Sentences with phrase «effects of comprehensive programs»

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A second major issue is that economists and policymakers do not have a comprehensive view of how government programs designed to ameliorate the worst effects of economic inequality actually affect inequality.

Because of the lack of comprehensive information about the effects of cable development on the total television industry, it is difficult to tell what effects these new programs will have on religious broadcasting in general.

Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.

How dosing works Because patients can experience side effects like dizziness and sleepiness, Charles E. Argoff, MD, director of the Comprehensive Pain Program at Albany Medical Center, in Albany, N.Y., recommends that patients begin with the lowest dose possible (75 mg twice a day).

President Obama's 2012 administrative action — the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — represents an acknowledgement that the current status quo on immigration policy is having particularly disastrous effects on young people who have grown up in the U.S. but due to their undocumented status and to the inability of Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, experience turbulent transitions to adulthood rife with legal barriers and exclusions.

Access a comprehensive and properly cited list of empirical studies conducted to date on the effects of educational choice programs on students, public schools, segregation, civic values and state finances.

There are several other scaled - up preschool programs that have been evaluated with well - implemented RCTs and found to have no immediate effects, including Even Start, the Comprehensive Child Development Program, and over a dozen curriculum improvement efforts pitting model curricula against run - of - the - mill programs (see PCER and CLIO).

More frequently, studies were designed to examine the effect of a comprehensive preparation program, yielding findings of value to those interested in replicating the entire program, but with less utility to those interested in understanding which knowledge and skills mattered for which teacher leader roles.

It appears to take intensive efforts over a period of several years to produce lasting effects, but the fact that even the least intensive models of early intervention produce strong immediate effects suggests that a combination of approaches within a comprehensive preventive program will have great promise in increasing children's cognitive functioning and reducing future dropout.

This study provides the first comprehensive analysis of the distributional effects of Head Start, using the first national randomized experiment of the Head Start program (the Head Start Impact

This study examined the effects of a comprehensive elementary school - wide social - emotional and character education program, Positive Action, on teacher, parent, and student perceptions of school safety and quality utilizing a matched - pair, cluster - randomized, controlled design.

A comprehensive spring vaccination program can help beef producers address risks and help prevent the damaging effects of bovine respiratory disease (BRD), stimulate the immune system and help provide duration of immunity, says J.P. Pollreisz, DVM, Cattle and Equine Technical Services, Zoetis.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) promulgate performance standards (limiting emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and mercury) for new boilers, integrated gasification combined cycle plants, and combustion turbines; and (2) conduct a comprehensive research and environmental assessment program to enhance understanding of health and environmental effects of particulate matter and mercury and to demonstrate the efficacy of emission reductions under this Act.

The guide is a comprehensive overview of the most popular film, television, visual effects and digital media incentive programs available across the country.

The effect was small, but was identified in the whole program group, instead of only in a smaller subgroup.86 In Memphis, more positive interactions were observed in the subgroup of women who possessed low psychological resources.87 Likewise, home - visited mothers in Early Head Start were rated as more supportive during play with their children than controls, though the effect was small.88 Maternal sensitivity was also examined in Hawaii Healthy Start, the Healthy Families evaluations in San Diego and Alaska, and the Comprehensive Child Development Program, though none identified significant eprogram group, instead of only in a smaller subgroup.86 In Memphis, more positive interactions were observed in the subgroup of women who possessed low psychological resources.87 Likewise, home - visited mothers in Early Head Start were rated as more supportive during play with their children than controls, though the effect was small.88 Maternal sensitivity was also examined in Hawaii Healthy Start, the Healthy Families evaluations in San Diego and Alaska, and the Comprehensive Child Development Program, though none identified significant eProgram, though none identified significant effects.

Home - visitation programs can be an effective early - intervention strategy to improve the health and well - being of children, particularly if they are embedded in comprehensive community services to families at risk.4 Home - visitation programs are not a panacea, sufficient unto themselves to reverse or prevent the damaging effects on children of poverty and inadequate or inexperienced parenting.

Although most outcomes were reviewed at program completion to observe the effects of a high - intensity comprehensive treatment program for low - birth - weight infants, 39 certain outcomes were examined after the first year and provide a test of the home - visiting component on its own.40

PEI also partnered with the Child and Family Research Partnership (CFRP) at The University of Texas at Austin to conduct a comprehensive evaluation using a mixed - methods approach that relied on administrative and survey data collected from fathers participating in the EFFECT Program, literature reviews, and interviews with key fatherhood stakeholders, program administrators and staff, and fProgram, literature reviews, and interviews with key fatherhood stakeholders, program administrators and staff, and fprogram administrators and staff, and fathers.

To fully understand program effects, the HomVEE team conducted a comprehensive search of the literature.

Evaluations of sustained treatment effects for other, more - intensive, early childhood interventions have yielded mixed results, with variation being attributed to unevenness in both program quality and evaluation rigor.10, 11 Less - intensive interventions, such as the Comprehensive Child Development Program, have reported no effect during or after the intervention.12 Intensive interventions with short - term effects seem to be more likely to demonstrate sustained benefits for children's cognitive and social development and parenting behavprogram quality and evaluation rigor.10, 11 Less - intensive interventions, such as the Comprehensive Child Development Program, have reported no effect during or after the intervention.12 Intensive interventions with short - term effects seem to be more likely to demonstrate sustained benefits for children's cognitive and social development and parenting behavProgram, have reported no effect during or after the intervention.12 Intensive interventions with short - term effects seem to be more likely to demonstrate sustained benefits for children's cognitive and social development and parenting behaviors.11

Long - term effects of the Positive Action program: A comprehensive, positive youth development program