Sentences with phrase «health effects of this intervention»

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.

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OBJECTIVES: To review the effects of intercessory prayer as an additional intervention for people with health problems already receiving routine health care.

Rembiałkowska, prof. Ewa (2006) Animal dietary intervention study of effect of organic vs conventional food production methods on health and well — being of rats.

It may be that part of what produces positive results in health - based interventions like the Nurse - Family Partnership, or read - with - your - kids programs, or even the Jamaican experiment, is that they involve home visitors urging parents to play and read and talk more with their infants — to engage in more serve - and - return moments, in other words — and those up - close parental interactions may have the effect of promoting secure attachment, even if attachment was not the intended target of the intervention.

Effect of Exercise on Maternal Health • Reduced fat deposition • Less weight retention in the postpartum period • Higher energy levels during and after pregnancy • Greater tolerance to the physiological and psychological demands of pregnancy • Fewer physical complaints • Shorter and less complicated labors • Less incidence of surgical intervention in labor • Quicker postpartum recovery

Fletcher (2009) found that an intervention with a father whose partner was depressed not only improved the quality of his parenting (with inevitable positive impact on his baby's mental health) but also had positive knock - on effects on the quality of mother - infant interactions in that household.

We will look at compelling statistics about infant abuse / Shaken Baby Syndrome, infant emergency room visits, as well as Breastfeeding initiation and duration rates and how the introduction of baby carriers as a public health intervention could effect those different statistics.

The claim is a conjecture that childbirth interventions MIGHT (please note MIGHT not DOES) change the microbiome of the gut causing health effects.

A full description of PROBIT's design and methods has been published elsewhere.17 In brief, 31 maternity hospitals and their affiliated polyclinics (where children are followed for routine health care) were randomized either to receive a breastfeeding promotion intervention modelled on the 10 steps to successful breastfeeding of the WHO / UNICEF Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) or to continue the maternity hospital and polyclinic practices in effect at the time of randomization.

Another strength is that our results provide a more complete assessment of socioeconomic inequalities in breastfeeding rates, by estimating both relative and absolute inequalities, than common practice in inequality assessments.23 Finally, our study analysed effects of the intervention not only on an immediate, direct outcome (breastfeeding) but also on a long - term consequence of breastfeeding (child cognitive ability) that is associated with important health and behavioural outcomes in later life.27

Long - term mother and child mental health effects of a population - based infant sleep intervention: Cluster - randomized, controlled trial.

The initiative is founded on a developmental origins of health and disease concept (DOHaD) and will examine the cumulative effects of interventions starting preconception and continuing through pregnancy into childhood.

HIV Medicine DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2011.00918.x IBFAN - Asia Position Statement on HIV and Infant Feeding, 13 October 2008 South African Tshwane Declaration on breastfeeding, S Afr J Clin Nutr 2011; 24 (4) UNAIDS 2010, Strategy Getting to Zero, UNAIDS Strategy 2011 — 2015 UNAIDS 2010, Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, 2010 - 2014 UNAIDS 2011, Countdown to Zero: Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive, 2011 - 2015 UNAIDS 2011 Press Release, 9 June, World leaders launch plan to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015 UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child UNICEF 2010, Facts for Life UNICEF 2011, Programming Guide, Infant and Young Child Feeding, 26 May 2011 WHO / UNICEF 2003, Global strategy for infant and young child feeding WHO 2007, Evidence on the long - term effects of breastfeeding: systematic reviews and meta - analysis WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009, Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV / AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2009 WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and ininterventions in the health sector: progress report 2009 WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and inInterventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding.

This study provided comprehensive evidence of the effect of interventions on early initiation, exclusive, continued and any breastfeeding rates when delivered in five settings: (i) Health systems and services (ii) Home and family environment (iii) Community environment (iv) Work environment (v) Policy environment or a combination of any of above.

The Lancet reinforces other recent large scale evidence reviews such as aspecial issue of Acta Paediatrica, which stated that breastfeeding rates are responsive to interventions delivered in health systems, communities and homes, with the largest effects achieved when interventions are delivered in combination.

Future research should include further evaluations of successful interventions, with an emphasis on determining the optimal timeframe for the provision of support, the effect of educating women's family members, and the impact on infant health care use and cost - effectiveness.

Long - term mother and child mental health effects of a population - based infant sleep intervention: cluster - randomized, controlled trial.

The effects of breastfeeding on children's development have important implications for both public - health policies and for the design of targeted early intervention strategies to improve the developmental outcomes of children at risk as a result of biological (e.g., prematurity) or social adversity (e.g., poverty).

An understanding of the effects of birth weight and gestational age on the regulation of infant growth by genetic and environmental effects may assist in tailoring research, counseling, and possibly interventions in infant growth to specific subgroups in which attaining a health benefit is more likely.

He informed his audiences at the various locations where he was received with fanfare that with the cantankerous and combative stance of the the present administration, Ekiti state is losing out on billions of Naira that could have come into the state in form of support from many of the intervention initiatives by the federal government to cushion the effect of the recession and restore the economic health of the nation.

The family is following the recommended asthma intervention plan and today's visit was a follow - up to assess the effect of the changes on the family's health.

Writing in a linked Comment, Professor Dieter Wolke, University of Warwick, UK, says: «Until not that long ago, being bullied by others was often considered as a normal rite of passage... Any intervention to reduce bullying and the adverse mental health effects caused by victimisation must include efforts to reduce traditional bullying.

Dr Meleady, a lecturer in psychology, added: «If similar interventions were to be implemented in comparable situations in other cities and countries, the potential contribution to reducing air pollution, improving short and long term health, and reducing effects of global warming could be substantial.»

Dr. Iwona Rudkowska, a research scientist at the Endocrinology and Nephrology Department, at the CHU de Québec Research Center and assistant professor at Laval University, says «additional well - designed intervention studies are needed to ascertain the effects of increased dairy consumption on metabolic health in healthy and in metabolically deteriorated populations.»

Widely hailed as a «breakthrough» in HIV prevention by public health officials, the studies — one of which dropped its placebo arm today because of the convincing effects of the intervention — add powerful new tools to derail transmission of the virus in the population that accounts for most of the 34 million infections in the world.

A number of interventions at the individual, family, health care provider and community levels that could be useful in helping to ameliorate the negative effects of stress on low - income and minority populations and potentially address some of the health disparities are identified in the report.

«We observed that a multifaceted audit and feedback intervention aimed at health professionals results in a slight reduction in the rate of caesareans for low - risk pregnancies, without adverse effects on maternal and neonatal health,» revealed Nils Chaillet, principal investigator of the QUARISMA trial, researcher at the CHU de Québec - Université Laval Research Centre and professor at Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine.

«All patients should be well informed about the potential adverse effects of ADT, and interventions to improve mental and emotional health such as exercise programs and dietary / lifestyles changes could be of particular importance,» he concludes.

Development of a healthy gut microbiota can have a lifelong effect on health, and early intervention in the establishment of that microbiota could have lifelong positive effects: The early establishment of bifidobacteria has been shown to be associated with improved immune response to vaccines, development of the infants» immature immune system, and protection against pathogens.

Possible long - term interventions to reduce mortality and morbidity after high exposures end include disease screening, reducing important co-exposures, treatment and health services resource planning, and increasing public awareness of arsenic health effects.

The results of the new study are notable because positive effects of an intervention, especially one that aims to improve self - regulation and academic achievement, can be difficult for researchers to find, said McClelland, the Katherine E. Smith Healthy Children and Families Professor in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences.

Yves Longtin, M.D., of the Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Canada, reports on the effects of the intervention to reduce the incidence of health care - associated CDI (HA - CDI) at the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Quebec City, Canada.

«However, given the observational design, the relative magnitude of effect of physical activity and sedentary behaviour on health needs further examination through experimental or intervention level research.»

These results suggest that there may be reason to push routine clinical testing earlier in pregnancy to check for the effects of chemicals and help guide potential interventions to protect the health of the baby.

Establishing the long - term effect of additional outdoor activities on the development and progression of myopia is particularly important because the intervention is essentially free and may have other health benefits.»

For her research efforts, Dietrich has registered a number of firsts with journal papers reflecting her work on such diverse topics as: improving cancer therapy through odor and taste intervention; prevention and treatment of obesity by drinking more water; health effects of iron and copper in drinking water; and risks to people over 50 for unhealthy over-exposure to iron in water.

The authors suggest that finding effective ways to help women lose weight between pregnancies will assist in maintaining their health and that of their children, though additional interventions will likely be required as multiple pregnancies appear to have an adverse effect on women that is independent of her fat mass.

In a randomised controlled trial, Landon Myer and colleagues study the effect of an integrated maternal and child health intervention on provision of HIV care.

Rapid and accurate disease risk profiling predicts health outcomes and allows responsive feedback on the effect of drug and lifestyle intervention strategies.

«However it is possible to speculate that consumption of a low glycaemic index diet late in life still has beneficial health effects and it may extend lifespan, although the effect may not be as dramatic as an intervention earlier in life.

Promoting optimal mobility, physical activity and overall health and wellness; Preventing disease, injury, and disability; Managing acute and chronic conditions, activity limitations, and participation restrictions; Improving and maintaining optimal functional independence and physical performance; Rehabilitating injury and the effects of disease or disability with therapeutic exercise programs and other interventions; and Educating and planning maintenance and support programs to prevent re-occurrence, re-injury or functional decline.

Naturopathic physicians utilize methods and medicinal substances which minimize the risk of harmful effects, and apply the least possible force or intervention necessary to diagnose illness and restore health.

The British Journal of Nutrition published a meta - analysis that revealed the effects of polyunsaturated fats on cardiovascular disease risk when used as an intervention for better health.

Perry Renshaw, MD, PhD, director of the Brain Imaging Center at McLean Hospital and senior author stated, «The development of an inexpensive, widely available intervention such as yoga that has no side effects but is effective in alleviating the symptoms of disorders associated with low GABA levels has clear public health advantage.

She is conducting clinical trials testing the effect of nutrition and lifestyle interventions to treat MS.. She is also committed to teaching the public and medical community about the healing power of the Paleo diet and therapeutic lifestyle changes to restore health and vitality to our citizens.

Abstract: This study examined the effects of a workplace - based resistance training intervention on different health -, fitness -, and work - related measures in untrained men (bus drivers).

The effect of a health intervention on surrogate measures of risk is of only academic, nonclinical interest if the treatment does not reduce subsequent major health events such as the onset of diabetes, dementia, and CAD.

Brandhorst et al. (2015) stated that the concerns about health impairment from fasting point to the need for dietary interventions that induce fasting - like healthy effects that minimize the risk of adverse effects, and the burden of complete food restriction.

Although short - term randomized clinical trials have shown a beneficial effect of high protein intake, 3,4,20,21 the long - term health consequences of protein intake remain controversial.8,9,22 - 25 In a randomized clinical trial with a 2 - year intervention, 4 calorie - restricted diets with different macronutrient compositions did not show a difference in the effects on weight loss or on improvement of lipid profiles and insulin levels.26 When protein is substituted for other macronutrients, the dietary source of protein appears to be a critical determinant of the outcome.

While a focus on socialization does not preclude long - term effects, kindergarten programs lacked features of some targeted interventions — such as parental involvement and health services — that may be critical to their success.