Sentences with phrase «improve effectiveness of interventions»

As part of The Family Institute's mission, we are committed to using clinical science to improve the effectiveness of our interventions.

«There's a need to improve the effectiveness of interventions to reduce the prevalence of mental disorders in children experiencing socio - economic disadvantage and to improve the effectiveness of programs to help students.

«In order to improve effectiveness of interventions, you need to know how people will influence each other in a group.»

Enhanced understanding of these barriers could improve the effectiveness of interventions.

Not exact matches

Evaluation of the effectiveness of cell phone technology as community based intervention to improve exclusive breastfeeding and reduce infant morbidity rates

The increase in longevity, especially in high - income countries (HICs), has been largely due to the decline in deaths from cardiovascular disease (stroke and ischaemic heart disease), mainly because of simple, cost - effective strategies to reduce tobacco use and high blood pressure, and improved coverage and effectiveness of health interventions.

Improved detection and surgery for congenital abnormalities, better medical care during pregnancy and childbirth, and more research on effectiveness of injury interventions could help improve survival in these countries.

The study, published in the Journal of Gambling Studies, found that the effectiveness ofGambers Anonymous needs to be studied further, but appeared to show better rates of abstinence, improved gambling symptoms and better quality of life, especially when used in conjunction with other approaches, such as stress management intervention and cognitive behavioural therapy.

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.

The team systematically reviewed research from around the world and assessed the effectiveness of 56 interventions which all aimed to improve, maintain, or facilitate food or drink intake among more than 2,200 people with dementia.

Improving the effectiveness of this naturally occurring mechanism, by increasing, for example, the rate of vesicle formation, may indeed encourage bile elimination from the blocked duct so as to avoid long - term liver damage and increase the effectiveness of surgical intervention.

In their paper published in Frontiers in Immunology, British researchers noted that, «There is considerable evidence for the effectiveness of mind - body interventions in improving mental and physical health, but the molecular mechanisms of these benefits remain poorly understood.»

James S. Kim studies the effectiveness of literacy reforms and interventions in improving student outcomes.

A 2005 NCREL report draft (which we received special permission to cite for this article) finds «new evidence supporting the apparent effectiveness of online programs and schools and generally demonstrating the potential of online learning as a promising instructional intervention that can, when implemented judiciously, and with attention to «evidence - based» practices, apparently improve student academic performance.»

Long standing research clearly demonstrates the importance of prenatal care and the effectiveness of prenatal interventions in facilitating healthy pregnancies [224225, 226227228] and improving child outcomes that affect later school readiness [229230231232233] among at - risk women.

This blueprint builds on the significant reforms already made in response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 around four areas: (1) Improving teacher and principal effectiveness; (2) Providing information to families to help them evaluate and improve their children's schools; (3) Implementing college - and career - ready standards; and (4) Improving student learning and achievement in America's lowest - performing schools by providing intensive support and effective interventions.

Kim originally joined the faculty in 2007 and researches the effectiveness of literacy reforms and interventions in improving student outcomes with the Reading Enhances Achievement During Summer (READS) Lab.

The second set focused on gaining an understanding of how to enhance the «scale - up» process through which K - 12 schools are able to initially adapt, expand the application, and sustain research - based interventions that improve school effectiveness.

She has focused her recent research on the effectiveness of numerous school and district educational interventions designed to improve student achievement and has more than two decades experience conducting mixed methods studies.

The results from each of her efficacy or effectiveness studies raised questions about how the intervention might be improved and, thus, she continuously worked to improve her interventions.

To achieve this goal, PARCC will develop «assessments to help educators improve teacher, school, and system effectiveness by providing a wider variety of data that is useful for the purposes of analyzing effectiveness, calibrating interventions, holding school professionals accountable for student outcomes, supporting strategic management of human resources, and identifying mid-year professional development and support needs for educators.

The overall evidence base supported the effectiveness of SSTP as an intervention for improving child and parent outcomes in families of children with disabilities.

The availability of psychotherapy may have led to substitution of psychotherapy for medication, and emphasizing combined psychotherapy and medication might have led to improved outcomes.21 Our effectiveness design, which encouraged but did not require treatment fidelity or adherence, likely weakened intervention effects.

A comparison of the effectiveness of three parenting programmes in improving parenting skills, parent mental well - being and children's behaviour when implemented on a large scale in community settings in 18 English local authorities: the Parenting Early Intervention Pathfinder (PEIP).

Despite the evidence base for the effectiveness of CBT for adolescent depression, 10, 14, 15 adolescents often avoid face - to - face therapy because of stigma.16 Given their affinity with computers, treatment accessibility may be improved by the availability of computer - administered CBT (CCBT) which could be provided at an earlier stage of illness, 17 particularly for those with a high degree of familiarity with technology.18 CCBT represents an autonomous form of therapy delivery with the potential to provide a realistic alternative, or potentially preventative, intervention.

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

Compton, Carter, & Hastings (2013) The American Journal of Psychiatry, 170 (1) View Abstract Examines the effectiveness of Family Spirit, a paraprofessional - delivered, home - visiting pregnancy and early childhood intervention, in improving American Indian teen mothers» parenting outcomes and mothers» and children's emotional and behavioral functioning 12 months postpartum.

Psychoeducation with problem - solving (PEPS) therapy for adults with personality disorder: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial to determine the clinical effectiveness and cost - effectiveness of a manualised intervention to improve social functioning.

The association between depressive symptoms and daily step count at baseline in adults with high cardiovascular risk in a randomised controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of an intensive lifestyle intervention to improve physical activity and reduce weight.

Objective: This longitudinal study sought to determine the effectiveness of interventions to improve injury management in an industrial setting.

The articles focus on efforts to: improve the capacity of home visitors to address maternal depression, increase cultural competency and equity in the early intervention system, evaluate the effectiveness of family child care networks that have the potential for improving family child care quality, and create competency standards in early care and education programs.

This randomized clinical trial tests the effectiveness of patient and clinician interventions to improve shared decision making and quality of care among an ethnically / racially diverse sample from behavioral health clinics.

This study evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention designed to improve early parenting by increasing understanding of infant developmental needs and promoting maternal responsiveness as indicated by increased positive behavior support for infants and decreased psychological control.

Nevertheless a recent study (Gatta et al., 2016b), aiming to examine the usefulness of the LTP as an outcome measure, found that the LTP assessment of the family interactions might help clinicians to focus on the dysfunctional familial dynamics, thus improving the effectiveness of a video - feedback intervention with the families of children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders (i.e., significantly reducing internalizing symptoms).

Second, the effectiveness of existing interventions could be improved by integrating specific components associated with greater effectiveness into interventions.

The aim is to test the effectiveness of a social skill training interventions aiming at improving social behaviors among 3 year - old children in CCS of low - SES neighborhoods using a cluster Randomized Control Trial (cRCT).