Sentences with phrase «intermediate outcomes»

This is mostly in the form of intermediate outcomes, such as signing the pledge to go vegetarian or emailing the advertising organization with questions about changing their diets.

A handful of large, well - known interventions designed to support at - risk students target school attendance as a key intermediate outcome.

To update its 2012 recommendation, the USPSTF reviewed the evidence on whether primary care - relevant counseling interventions to promote a healthful diet, physical activity, or both improve health outcomes, intermediate outcomes associated with CVD, or dietary or physical activity behaviors in adults.

The USPSTF found at least adequate evidence that treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and mandibular advancement devices (MADs) can improve intermediate outcomes (e.g., the apnea - hypopnea index, Epworth Sleepiness Scale score, and blood pressure) in populations referred for treatment.

Metabolic functioning is a particularly important intermediate outcome between stress - related physiological compromise and health outcomes because it is prognostic for heart disease, hypertension, and Type II diabetes, among other chronic health disorders.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has already warned the US not settle for any intermediate outcome, such as allowing North Korea to retain its nuclear capabilities while dismantling long - range missiles.

Experiencing and responding to private competition: the importance of subjectivity and intermediate outcomes

The Rossier team will first examine implementation and intermediate outcomes.

We have indirect evidence from (i) intermediate outcomes, such as people pledging to go vegetarian, (ii) evidence from other outreach activities outside of animal advocacy (see, for example, our Conversation with Josh Kalla), (iii) anecdotes, such as people who tell advertising organizations that they went vegetarian because of the ads, and (iv) general intuitions and understanding of psychology and sociology.

By assessing parenting as an intermediate outcome, we can guide more nurturing parenting and ultimately improve child outcomes.

It measures inputs and intermediate outcomes of the health system (such as antenatal care, immunisation, screening, management of chronic illness etc where there is clear evidence in the literature of a linkage between health system activity and health outcomes).

Although altering maternal parenting skills is not directly targeted by Home - Start, changes in maternal sense of competence, as expected by theory, were related to changes in maternal behavior (intermediate outcomes).