Sentences with phrase «health interventions designed»

Pathogens are constantly evolving to evade the human immune system and the public health interventions designed to combat them.

According to Malo, «public health interventions designed to increase HPV vaccine recommendation for males should focus on increasing recommendations by family practitioners and also identifying and supporting innovators and early adopters who may help diffuse HPV vaccination guidelines and encourage later adopters to support the recommendations.»

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Digital Interventions: A Tour of Approaches and Evidence Digital health and the convergence of mobile technologies, sensors, persuasive design of software and analytics has afforded providers the opportunity to leverage the «labor» of healthcare to achieve equal or better clinical outcomes than traditional care has afforded them.

Danielle A. Schlosser, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Director of the Digital Health Core in the Department of Psychiatry, and Director of the NIH - funded Digital Research and Interventions for Volitional Enhancement (DRIVE) lab at UCSF Dr. Schlosser's research program's goal is to design, develop, and investigate neuroscience - informed digital health solutions to improve the lives of people with schizophrenia and depreHealth Core in the Department of Psychiatry, and Director of the NIH - funded Digital Research and Interventions for Volitional Enhancement (DRIVE) lab at UCSF Dr. Schlosser's research program's goal is to design, develop, and investigate neuroscience - informed digital health solutions to improve the lives of people with schizophrenia and deprehealth solutions to improve the lives of people with schizophrenia and depression.

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.

Both the Health Belief Model and Social Cognitive Theory were used to provide a theoretical foundation and process support for the design of the intervention material.

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.

Since 1985, the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Child Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP) has supported nongovernmental organizations» (NGO) efforts to reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality through interventions designed to address health issues, includinHealth Grants Program (CSHGP) has supported nongovernmental organizations» (NGO) efforts to reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality through interventions designed to address health issues, includinhealth issues, including EBF.

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.

Results published in the American Journal of Public Health were based on evaluation data from Legacy for ChildrenTM, a public health intervention program designed to improve child outcomes by promoting positive parenting among low - income mothers of infants and young chiHealth were based on evaluation data from Legacy for ChildrenTM, a public health intervention program designed to improve child outcomes by promoting positive parenting among low - income mothers of infants and young chihealth intervention program designed to improve child outcomes by promoting positive parenting among low - income mothers of infants and young children.

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).

The Health Inequalities Intervention Tool is designed to help local health services and councils identify areas affected by poor health and suggest simple steps to rectiHealth Inequalities Intervention Tool is designed to help local health services and councils identify areas affected by poor health and suggest simple steps to rectihealth services and councils identify areas affected by poor health and suggest simple steps to rectihealth and suggest simple steps to rectify it.

«Our results indicate that this simple intervention could be an effective and scalable approach to use the design of electronic health records to increase the rate of flu vaccinations, which are estimated to prevent millions of flu cases and tens of thousands of related hospitalizations every year,» said study lead author Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, MS, an assistant professor of Medicine and Health Care Management in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School, a staff physician at the Crescenz VA Medical Center, and director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, whose work is supported by the Penn Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Econhealth records to increase the rate of flu vaccinations, which are estimated to prevent millions of flu cases and tens of thousands of related hospitalizations every year,» said study lead author Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, MS, an assistant professor of Medicine and Health Care Management in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School, a staff physician at the Crescenz VA Medical Center, and director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, whose work is supported by the Penn Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral EconHealth Care Management in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School, a staff physician at the Crescenz VA Medical Center, and director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, whose work is supported by the Penn Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral EconHealth Incentives and Behavioral Economics.

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.»

The survey was conducted by RAND as part of efforts by the California Mental Health Services Administration (CalMHSA) to create prevention and early intervention programs designed to improve the mental health of California resiHealth Services Administration (CalMHSA) to create prevention and early intervention programs designed to improve the mental health of California resihealth of California residents.

In the latest programme, designed to see whether the intervention would work elsewhere, households were given assets such as goats, sheep or chickens to start farming, or the means to open a shop, and then supported with food, cash, a savings account, and access to health care while they were getting their activity up and running.

«We now need longitudinal studies to confirm these findings, because if true, it may be possible to design interventions to help prevent mental health problems in some people with epilepsy.»

Currently the team has begun a second phase of the project which consists of designing a health intervention programme aimed at improving cognitive function and lifestyles related to cognitive impairment in these patients.

«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.»

The role that evaluation possibilities play in intervention design should be brought to the fore in debates over health care improvement.

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.

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Implemented in eight provider - led sessions, FOCUS is a strength - based preventive intervention designed to bridge gaps in the continuum of behavioral health care for military families and has been implemented with over 600,000 individuals in the US.

The Dartmouth group's rehabilitation intervention was designed to help women find ways to accelerate recovery and engage in health - promoting activities.

Such interventions are designed to maintain vascular, metabolic, skeleto - muscular and other aspects of health, in part, through preventing increased flux of damage to proteins and increased steady - state levels of damaged proteins.

Because the state requires parental consent for children under 18 to receive the HPV vaccination, Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation Associate Professor Angela Chen and colleagues designed a computer - based intervention program to educate parents about the virus and the risks associated with it, all while they sit in a waiting room.

March 25, 2015 New analysis finds successes, gaps in community - based diabetes prevention programs Lifestyle interventions designed to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes can work well in group - based, community settings, conclude authors from the University of Chicago Medicine in a new report issued by the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) on March 25, 2015.

This strict health plan — which has gone viral over the past few years — is designed to be a short - term intervention that'll help you make better choices for your body going forward.

Mastering Wellness Coaching Interventions (12 hours) This class is designed to put the Health and Wellness coach's skill - set into action by helping you coach your clients towards their goals of improved lifestyle.

He is devoting his professional attention to being a «Health Futurist» and delivers lifestyle programs and wellness interventions designed to enable individuals and communities attain healthier futures.

She created a diet and lifestyle intervention designed specifically to optimize our mitochondria and brain cells which restored health and vitality, and now bikes 5 miles to work each day.

Program: Ed.M., Human Development Research Areas: Life courses from pregnancy through childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, and mid-life; the influence of reproductive transitions on life course trajectories; class, race, and ethnic disparities in education and health and designing interventions to reduce these disparities; prevention efforts targeting parenting, schooling, community, housing, and work - family balance.

Its strategy draws on advances in the biological, behavioral, and social sciences to: (1) identify causal mechanisms that influence developmental trajectories; (2) formulate theories of change about how to produce better outcomes; and (3) design and test new intervention approaches and measure their effectiveness in reducing barriers to learning and strengthening the foundations of lifelong physical and mental health.

In the Prevention Science and Practice (PSP) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, you will explore the many risk and protective influences on child and adolescent development, and learn how to design strengths - based interventions that promote well - being across academic, social - emotional, and health domains.

Currently, she is the principal investigator of an experimental evaluation of the 4Rs Program — a universal school - based intervention designed to integrate social - emotional learning and literacy development — funded by National Institute of Mental Health, the Institute for Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, as well as by the William T. Grant Foundation.

As a Health Educator, a big part of what I do is design and implement health intervention proHealth Educator, a big part of what I do is design and implement health intervention prohealth intervention programs.

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 Canine - Assisted Intervention Specialist (CAIS) Certificate is a professional development program specifically designed for teachers and advanced - degree mental - health therapists who want to add canine - assisted work to their practice.

A certified B Corporation, we believe that to tackle climate change, poverty and create sustainable development, we need interventions that deliver on a holistic basis We help the public and private sector work together to create award - winning Climate + Care programmes designed to tackle poverty, improve health and protect the environment, whilst delivering value for the organisations involved.

In that quest, click here for her (positive) critique of Google Accounts Privacy Checkup, culminating in these recommendations for designing an effective strategy for a legal health check - up «intervention»:

A Public Health Professional proficient in managing projects, designing, implementing and coordinating health promotion interventions, teaching and training individuals and organizations, developing curricula, and creating collaborative partnerships with diverse populaHealth Professional proficient in managing projects, designing, implementing and coordinating health promotion interventions, teaching and training individuals and organizations, developing curricula, and creating collaborative partnerships with diverse populahealth promotion interventions, teaching and training individuals and organizations, developing curricula, and creating collaborative partnerships with diverse populations.

Social Worker — Duties & Responsibilities Successfully serve as a psychiatric social worker and practice manager for multiple institutions Perform crisis intervention, adult, geriatric, child, and adolescent case management and therapy Counsel patients facing depression, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia Serve survivors of domestic violence, rape, robbery, child abuse, suicide, and other traumatic events Responsible for 24 hour on call crisis intervention for multiple hospital emergency rooms Complete psychosocial assessments to ensure appropriate patient diagnosis and care Design and implement treatment plans including medication and individual / group / family therapy sessions Attend weekly team meetings to assess patient progress and document in the DAP system Review psychometric and psychological reports and provide feedback to patients and families Provide clients and family members with guidance and referrals to community resources Maintain contact with family members and encouraged their involvement in patient treatment Performed discharge planning including nursing home placement, home health, medication needs, transportation and Passport screening, extended in - patient and out - patient mental health services Serve as public speaker, referral development committee member, and marketing / financial advisor

This session will provide overviews of several free online interventions designed to address the needs of families affected by parental mental health challenges.

Baltimore Mediation has designed interventions and trainings for professionals, executives, court systems, bar associations, government agencies, small and large companies, state and federal contractors, real estate and construction management firms, physicians and medical staff, long term care and assisted living facilities management, higher education faculty, religious and clergy as well as mental health and family law practitioners.

HFS is a promising community - based intervention for military spouses designed to enhance resiliency, reduce negative psychological health symptoms, and improve coping.

Intervention strategies designed to promote lifetime physical activity represent a major public health challenge and priority.

The interventions were designed to increase bonding to school and academic success and to prevent a broad range of health - risk behaviors in a multiethnic urban sample.

The Healthy Steps for Young Children program (HS) was designed to support families of young children using a new type of health care provider, the HS specialist (HSS), in a practice - based intervention.1 The HS consists of risk reduction activities and universal components, including developmental screening, anticipatory guidance, and follow - up services, offered to all families receiving care.2 - 5 Expected benefits of HS include improved parental promotion of child development, 6 parenting practices, child development, and health care utilization.

A quasi-experimental design was used to compare intervention families with families who received the health plan's usual complement of pregnancy and pediatric services.