Sentences with phrase «intervention than prevention»

One controversial feature of his program — which might more accurately be termed intervention than prevention — involves offering antipsychotic medication when only the warning signs of schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses, such as altered perception and paranoia, are present.

Not exact matches

It offers a diverse range of early childhood education, prevention, intervention and community - based programs.Home of the SparrowHome of the Sparrow began more than 30 years ago to make a difference for the homeless in McHenry County.

Studies were excluded where the intervention (a) was aimed at prevention rather than treatment; (b) was aimed specifically at children, the whole family as a unit or at teachers; or (c) was non-structured, such as an informal support group or unstructured home visits.

Education, counseling, support, skilled assessment of your progress, and both physical and emotional health are key aspects of gentle, comprehensive midwifery care, with focus on prevention rather than intervention.

From 2000 through 2015, the scale - up of malaria prevention and treatment interventions saved approximately 6.8 million lives globally, and malaria death rates in Africa were cut by more than half.

The virtual dental home system delivers significantly more prevention and early intervention at less cost per patient than the current Denti - Cal system.

«Combination HIV prevention» (a package of interventions taking into account both the individual and the socio - economic context) remains a must in the fight against AIDS, even at a time where the disease has become chronic rather than fatal.

It also strongly recommends very early assessment, identification, and intervention — preferably within the earliest years of life — as prevention remains much more effective and affordable than remediation.

Ensure that the use of prevention / intervention strategies is implemented consistently as part of, rather than separate from, the district's instructional program?

Gary L. Vermeire has been a leader in the education and human services professions for more than 40 years, addressing comprehensive school and community prevention and intervention programs, policies and services for various at - risk behaviors.

«I became a school counselor rather than choosing to work in an office first and foremost because I'm an educator at heart, but also because I prefer prevention work to intervention work.

The range and type of prevention and early intervention programs operating at the elementary and middle schools is qualitatively different than those at high schools.

If we set our sights on prevention through organizing, rather than continued intervention after the fact, we will help a lot more animals and use a lot less resources.

More than 40 multi-disciplinary, cross-sector workshops were offered at the conference which brought together home visitors and other early childhood providers in maternal and infant health, prevention of abuse and neglect, early intervention and school readiness.

Our sample can be characterized as high risk (baseline ECBI T score > 55) 42 or at the borderline of clinical (T score > 60), 34 which is typical of previous randomized clinical trials of parent training for young children.41 The results across methods in this study are impressive given that effect sizes have been shown to be associated with the magnitude of symptom severity at baseline, 43 and thus it is typically more difficult to find large effects in prevention than in intervention trials.

Within the application of the Family - Centered Regulatory treatment model a system of application is geared towards prevention of upset emotional stress and behavioral acting out rather than intervention.

The inaugural First 1000 Days Florida Summit, held in 2015, drew more than 700 participants from programs in maternal and child health, prevention of abuse and neglect, early intervention, child care and school readiness.

People in rural and remote areas are hospitalised at a much higher rate than people in the city for conditions or causes that were amenable to prevention or early intervention through primary care.

Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) data show good performance in risk factor monitoring and the management of hypertension and chronic disease.15 Box 2 shows improving performance in completion of health assessments — a first step in prevention activity — over the past 4 years.22 The Torpedo study, a randomised controlled trial of the use of an electronic decision - support system measuring absolute cardiovascular risk, shows ACCHSs outperforming general practices in managing risk.21 Data collected in late 2011 show that the ACCHSs sites had significantly more patients at high risk being prescribed best - practice medications than the general practice sites at baseline, and this gap was sustained through the intervention period (Box 3).23

Program evaluation has supported this multifaceted approach in multiple countries and settings.83 Analyses by Nobel Prize — winning economist James Heckman reveal that early prevention activities targeted toward disadvantaged children have high rates of economic returns, much higher than remediation efforts later in childhood or adult life.84 For example, the Perry Preschool Program showed an average rate of return of $ 8.74 for every dollar invested in early childhood education.85 Targeted interventions foster protective factors, including responsive, nurturing, cognitively stimulating, consistent, and stable parenting by either birth parents or other consistent adults.

Today, an average of more than 50 diverse research projects are underway within the center at any one time, encompassing neuroscience, genetics, social science, prevention, intervention, and health disparities and health services research.

For more than a decade, the Atlantic Philanthropies, sometimes in conjunction with Government and other organisations, has invested over $ 127 million / # 105 million in 30 partner agencies and community groups running 52 prevention and early intervention services and programmes across the island of Ireland.

These couples are smart because according to the research, prevention is 3x more effective than intervention.

The conference, which will feature more than 40 workshops and five plenaries, is a collaborative effort of key statewide groups in maternal & child health, prevention & early intervention, school readiness and early child development, including:

PFSA has been strengthening families in Pennsylvania for more than 30 years and is a vital community partner in the prevention, intervention, reporting and treatment of child abuse.

42 U.S. Code § 13001a (7) the term «multidisciplinary response to child abuse» means a response to child abuse that is based on mutually agreed upon procedures among the community agencies and professionals involved in the intervention, prevention, prosecution, and investigation systems that best meets the needs of child victims and their nonoffending family members; (8) the term «nonoffending family member» means a member of the family of a victim of child abuse other than a member who has been convicted or accused of committing an act of child abuse; and (Pub.

Couples and Marriage Counseling can be the prevention rather than the intervention.

The latter type of parent — child program that involves coaching has been used more in clinical settings or interventions targeting high - risk families than in large - scale prevention services.

PMT may have significant preventive effects, especially if it is applied during the preschool period, 42 or is a component of broader preventive interventions for school - age children at risk for conduct problems.43, 44 An integrative review of 26 reviews and meta - analyses (1,075 studies) published between 1990 and 2008 found that PMT interventions had a larger effect size than either child focused or school / community based interventions (ds =.56,.41, and.28, respectively).45 If PMT can play a role in the prevention of conduct problems, that will have important implications for reducing the need for ongoing interventions throughout the developmental period and adulthood.

Yet, these interventions have often focused on universal strategies, rather than targeted preventions aimed at improving interaction quality for families most at risk or those likely to engage in poor interaction quality (Cooper et al., 2007).

This finding is in line with findings of a meta - analysis on effective ingredients of prevention programs for youth at risk for juvenile delinquency, which also showed that preventive interventions of shorter duration were more effective than preventive interventions of longer duration (De Vries et al. 2015).

We hypothesized that mothers of young children would prefer prevention / intervention services in primary care more than in other settings, and they would want greater attention on behavior problems during primary care visits than they currently receive.

Differentiating between «prevention» and «treatment» in this area of intervention is therefore more complex than in some other fields.

Intervention characteristics associated with more effective outcomes: promoting positive mental health rather than the prevention of mental illness; continuous and long term; whole school approach, focusing on school climate and environment rather than on individual change; opportunities for practice in range of contexts, addressed self - concept, self - esteem and coping skills; combining universal and targeted programmes

Universal school mental health promotion programmes can be effective and long - term interventions that aim to promote the positive mental health of all pupils and involve changes to the school climate likely to be more successful than brief class - based mental illness prevention programmes