Sentences with phrase «evaluating health interventions»

Existing frameworks for health program planning provide robust guidelines for developing, implementing and evaluating health interventions and services and so can help to overcome existing challenges.

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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has evaluated the scientific grounding of the health claim, which is backed by six human intervention studies that prove that consumption of a minimum of 12g of Orafti inulin a day improved stool frequency and promoted digestive health.

Classroom observations to evaluate the mental health needs of a particular child or children who are having behavioral difficulties in a classroom and offer suggestions for intervention

Our study illustrates that a randomized intervention trial with good socioeconomic information can help assess interventions designed to improve population health not only by examining the intervention effects on primary outcomes but also by evaluating the intervention's impact on socioeconomic inequalities.

Reducing socioeconomic inequalities in health is an important public health goal.1 A key first step toward achieving that goal is to evaluate and compare the impact of various interventions across socioeconomic strata.

Public health information and interventions should be rigorously evaluated before being recommended as techniques for managing infant crying.

Summary: This study, published in Public Health Nutrition in April 2010, evaluated an educational intervention aimed at improving complementary feeding...

The objectives of this critical review are to identify and evaluate U.S. - based randomized trials evaluating breastfeeding interventions targeting minorities and highlight promising public health approaches designed to minimize breastfeeding disparities.

Although cost - benefit analyses have been conducted that evaluated breastfeeding (45), more work is needed in this area to allow the allocation of limited health care resources to the most effective interventions.

In a review of U.S. - based randomized trials evaluating breastfeeding interventions targeting minorities, interventions to change hospital or WIC policies, including enhanced practices and services, were among the public health approaches found to successfully improve breastfeeding outcomes among minority women (9).

To address this care gap, a team of researchers lead by Alison Buttenheim PhD, MBA, an Assistant Professor of Nursing and an Assistant Professor of Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, evaluated the feasibility and impact of different interventions aimed at increasing the number of vaccinated caregivers.

As a scientific standard, future studies evaluating possible population - level health effects of this intervention (which, to be clear, was not the purpose of the study by Kypri et al) should assess outcomes at the population level, ideally using instruments external to the study.

Even fewer interventions are tailored for racial and ethnic minorities, and not one intervention has been evaluated with sexual - and gender - minority people,» said Robert Coulter, M.P.H., a doctoral candidate in Pitt Public Health's Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences and lead author of both studies.

In a review of existing literature, Marteau did find descriptions of nudging being used to improve health behaviors — one study reports a 70 % increase in the amount of fruit bought by school children at lunchtime after fruit was placed by the cash register — but these interventions have not been evaluated on a large scale or assessed for cost - effectiveness.

These include internet - based approaches to cognitive - behavioral therapy for depression, «telemental» health approaches enabling remote mental health visits, technology - based interventions for substance abuse and accompanying disorders, and standards for evaluating the quality of smartphone applications designed for patients with schizophrenia.

In Lebanon, War Child Holland, a branch of the global NGO that assists children in conflict zones, is evaluating three efforts: a life skills program, a program to reduce parents» stress, and a World Health Organization — designed mental health intervention for Syrian refHealth Organization — designed mental health intervention for Syrian refhealth intervention for Syrian refugees.

The researchers evaluated the return on investment (ROI) of the STAR intervention — «an innovative process for creating an effective and productive work culture,» developed by the federally funded Work, Family & Health Network.

We focus on evaluating your blood chemistry and teaching you about specific nutritional and lifestyle interventions that will help you invest in your most precious possession, your health!

The curriculum will provide experiential training in a community setting, and give graduates the skills to do a health assessment for a specific population, create nutrition education interventions or programs, and evaluate their effectiveness.

We examined body composition with dual - energy X-ray absorptiometry, muscle strength with a handgrip dynamometer, and blood biochemical indexes of nutritional and health status, and evaluated global nutritional status, physical function, and quality of life before and after the 12 wk of intervention.

His research focuses primarily on (1) strengthening economic evaluations of preventive interventions, (2) facilitating evidence - based policy - making through strategic investments in preventive services, and (3) evaluating the utility of performance - based financing to access new resources for improving health.

The information obtained by a mentor through interaction with the new teacher while engaged in the mentoring activities of the program shall not be used for evaluating or disciplining the new teacher, unless withholding such information poses a danger to the life, health, or safety if an individual, including but not limited to students and staff of the school; or unless such information indicates that the new teacher has been convicted of a crime, or has committed an act which raises a reasonable question as to the new teacher's moral character; or unless the school district or BOCES has entered into an agreement, negotiated pursuant to article 14 of the Civil Service Law whose terms are in effect, that provides that the information obtained by the mentor through intervention with the new teacher while engaged in the mentoring activities of the program may be used for evaluating or disciplining the new teacher.

This paper evaluates the impact of a health intervention

This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized health intervention delivering iron supplementation and

She has also developed and evaluated interventions for preventing adolescent alcohol use and her general school - based health promotion approach constituted the frame - work for the national Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) funded by NHLBI in 1986, the largest school - based intervention study to reduce cardiovascular risk through diet, activity and tobacco prevehealth promotion approach constituted the frame - work for the national Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) funded by NHLBI in 1986, the largest school - based intervention study to reduce cardiovascular risk through diet, activity and tobacco preveHealth (CATCH) funded by NHLBI in 1986, the largest school - based intervention study to reduce cardiovascular risk through diet, activity and tobacco prevention.

She stated that «I aspire to create rigorously evaluated school - based health interventions and design models of partnership between K - 12 schools and local health departments (LHDs).

The present authors have all been subject to such attacks, whose similarity is notable because the authors» research spans a broad range of topics and disciplines: The first author has investigated the psychological variables underlying the acceptance or rejection of scientific findings; the second author is a paleoclimatologist who has shown that current global temperatures are likely unprecedented during the last 1,000 years or more; the third and fourth authors are public - health researchers who have investigated the attitudes of teenagers and young adults towards smoking and evaluated a range of tobacco control interventions; and the fifth author has established that human memory is not only fallible but subject to very large and systematic distortions.

Performed initial and ongoing health assessments of individuals and their families by evaluating their physical, mental, and environmental status - provided nursing interventions based on assessment of need

The objective of the Bachelor of Physician Assistantship programme is to train graduates who will possess the ability to evaluate the health status of an individual, diagnose and treat acute illness as well as life saving interventions, manage chronic diseases, deliver preventive care and counsel individuals on psychosocial problems in independently or in collaboration with a physician.

Special Projects Vocational Empowerment: The Development of a Culturally Competent Peer - Run Photovoice Training Program (2010 — Present) Project Co-Director Development of an Instrument to Measure Recovery Promoting Competences Among Providers Serving Spanish Speaking Mental Health Consumers (2007 — 2010) Project Director The Development of a Latino Consumer - Provider Training Program (2004 — 2010) Project Director A Study Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Structured Psycho - Educational Recovery Intervention with English Speaking and Latino Samples (2004 — 2010) Project Coordinator Project A: Building of Capacity of CBOs for Participatory Research & Program Evaluation (Under the Center for Capacity Building on Minorities with Disability Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago (2005 — 2008) Northeast Coordinator Phase II: Community Action Grant for System Change (2002 — 2006) Principal Investigator Field Initiated Project (NIDRR): Rehabilitation Readiness Tool for Latinos with Psychiatric Disabilities (1999 — 2002) Co-Principal Investigator Phase I: Community Action Grant for System Change (1998 — 1999) Co-Principal Investigator Transitional Rehabilitation Services (1996 — 1997) Project Director

We report on the long - term health effects of one of the oldest and most heavily cited early childhood interventions with long - term follow - up evaluated by the method of randomization: the Carolina Abecedarian Project (ABC).

Classroom observations to evaluate the mental health needs of a particular child or children who are having behavioral difficulties in a classroom and offer suggestions for intervention

While data around Indigenous adolescent health are improving, there is a need for further research, particularly to evaluate interventions.

A «GLBQ Screening and Outcome Tool» has been developed which incorporates identified risk and protective factors and a measure of mental health to be used for both research purpose (validation of current identified factors) and clinical purpose of informing assessment and intervention, and evaluating interventions.

An initial randomized trial evaluated a protocol for on - site nurse - administered intervention (PONI) relative to enhanced usual care (EUC) in children with behavior problems.13 PONI involved co-location of a nonmental health nurse trained as a care manager (CM) to implement a modular intervention (eg, parenting, child social skills, family problem solving, and communication) with minimal PCP involvement.

Five self - report questionnaires will be used at baseline and, except for the sociodemographic variables, after the intervention is completed (12, 18 and 24 months later) to evaluate the short - term and long - term effects of the intervention on primary (health) and secondary (social participation, life satisfaction and healthcare services utilisation) outcomes and to describe the participants (table 1).

Studies were selected if the intervention targeted children with a chronic health condition or their family members; a planned psychosocial intervention was evaluated (naturally occurring family resources, medical interventions and medical or physical treatment, medications, or treatment regimens were excluded); psychological or social outcomes were examined; and ≥ 15 participants were included in the study which had random assignment to treatment groups, a matched comparison group, or a convenience comparison group.

To evaluate the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for children with chronic health conditions.

We identified 15 examples of psychosocial interventions published in peer - reviewed journals that were adequately evaluated for their effects on psychologic or social outcomes among children with chronic health conditions or their family members.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a preventive educational - behavioral intervention program, the Creating Opportunities for Parent Empowerment (COPE) program, initiated early in the intensive care unit hospitalization on the mental health / psychosocial outcomes of critically ill young children and their mothers.

One Colorado study showed that paraprofessional home visiting, when combined with an early - intervention program focused on children with developmental delays, resulted in improved involvement with the program.25 In North Carolina, the combination of a public health department's home - visiting program with links into private physician's offices was helpful in overcoming personal and structural barriers to care.43 The Commonwealth Fund's Healthy Steps intervention included home visiting by masters - level healthy development specialists with significant gains in the quality of well - child care, although the multifactorial nature of this intervention made it difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of the home - visiting component.44 — 46 A South Carolina study showed that a program that linked school - based home visitors to group well - child visits resulted in greater retention of anticipatory guidance and improved satisfaction with care.47

«Research plays an important role in advancing Aboriginal health through investigation of emerging areas of concern, identifying protective and risk factors, developing and trialling interventions, and evaluating the implementation of programs and policy.»

At the same, I was working with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to evaluate the new statewide early childhood and parenting intervention program they were launching.

Few prevention programs have been rigorously evaluated, and only a few have proven effective.60, 61 Health - care based prevention programs, including parent education programs to reduce rates of abusive head trauma, and improving physician ambulatory care practices to help families decrease risk factors for child maltreatment have shown good initial results, but require further evaluation.62, 63 Specific intensive home visitation programs such as nurse home visiting programs for first - time mothers have proven to be both clinically and cost effective in preventing maltreatment.64, 65 However, a program of nurse home visitation has been found ineffective as a treatment model for abusive and neglectful families, highlighting the importance of primary prevention, as well as the need to rigorously evaluate potential treatments for abusive families.66 Child welfare services are historically structured as short - term interventions that monitor families for recidivism, provide parenting education and assist with referrals to community - based services.

This three - year project, promoted as the «Business in Mind» program, evaluated a mental health promotion intervention in the small - to - medium business sector.

This study proposes to plan, implement, and evaluate an integrated job stress and mental health literacy intervention in a predominantly male, blue - collar work setting.

This project aimed to evaluate the cultural appropriateness of two mental health interventions within an obstetric hospital setting.

The staged Precede — Proceed framework supports health educators in identifying and influencing the multiple factors that shape health status, and evaluating the changes produced by interventions.

See also this article in BMC Public Health on a systematic review that looked at whether interventions to promote healthy eating is equally effective for all, which concluded that interventions aimed at improving population health should be routinely evaluated for differential socioeconomic iHealth on a systematic review that looked at whether interventions to promote healthy eating is equally effective for all, which concluded that interventions aimed at improving population health should be routinely evaluated for differential socioeconomic ihealth should be routinely evaluated for differential socioeconomic impact.

This study is one of the few that evaluates an evidence based mental health intervention for conduct problems in an existing mental health agency.8 The results provide valuable information about this treatment programme's replicability and effectiveness in a setting with a diverse cultural and socioeconomic population.