Sentences with phrase «lower use of interventions»

Attanasio, an assistant professor of health policy and management at UMass Amherst's School of Public Health and Health Sciences, explains that a growing body of research at the individual level has shown that compared to women cared for by physicians, women considered at low - risk for complications in childbirth who receive care from midwives have good outcomes that include lower use of interventions such as cesarean delivery.

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Flint and colleagues suggested that when midwives get to know the women for whom they provide care, interventions are minimised.22 The Albany midwifery practice, with an unselected population, has a rate for normal vaginal births of 77 %, with 35 % of women having a home birth.23 A review of care for women at low risk of complications has shown that continuity of midwifery care is generally associated with lower intervention rates than standard maternity care.24 Variation in normal birth rates between services (62 % -80 %), however, seems to be greater than outcome differences between «high continuity» and «traditional care» groups at the same unit.25 26 27 Use of epidural analgesia, for example, varies widely between Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, and the North Staffordshire NHS Trust.

While this simple intervention provides superior support for preterm, low - weight babies, in comparison to conventional practices, such as the use of incubator, it is rarely included in official hospital policies or recommended to mothers by mainstream experts.

These deaths are completely preventable by restricting the frequent use of hospital interventions that cause them: inductions and augmentations (currently 50 % of low risk births), forceps & vacuum (5 % of low risk births), rupturing membranes (85 % of low risk births), epidurals (50 % of low risk births), frequent vaginal exams (98 % of low risk births), general anesthesia at cesareans (5 % of low risk births).

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) issued new recommendations to help reduce the use of many common labor and birth interventions that offer limited or uncertain benefit to low - risk women.

We also estimated relative indices of inequality (RII) and slope indices of inequality (SII) as summary measures of relative and absolute inequalities of breastfeeding outcomes, respectively, across the entire distribution of maternal education.24 For child IQ, linear regression analyses using GEEs were performed to estimate mean IQ differences in lower maternal education from the reference category in each intervention group and compared between the groups.

An UpToDate review on «Planned home birth» (Declercq and Stotland, 2015) stated that «Large cohort studies using intent - to - treat analysis of midwife - attended, planned, out - of - hospital birth of low - risk women in developed countries have reported reduced rates of cesarean birth, perineal lacerations, and medical interventions, and similar rates of maternal and early perinatal morbidity and mortality compared to planned hospital birth.

Thousands of women who underwent home births using midwives had lower rates of medical interventions such as epidural pain relief, forceps delivery and Caesarean section than similar women who give birth in hospitals.

To evaluate the current status of knowledge regarding the effectiveness of breastfeeding interventions targeting minorities, we conducted PubMed searches in February 2011 using «breastfeeding» and «randomized trial» along with each of the following descriptors: Latina, Latino, Hispanic, black, African American, Asian, Native American, First Nation, Indian, minority, and low income.

CONCLUSIONS: Planned home birth for low risk women in North America using certified professional midwives was associated with lower rates of medical intervention but similar intrapartum and neonatal mortality to that of low risk hospital births in the United States.

Planned home birth for low risk women in North America using certified professional midwives was associated with lower rates of medical intervention but similar intrapartum and neonatal mortality to that of low risk hospital births in the United States.

It is a homelike setting that offers a place for low - risk women to give birth without the use of a lot of medical intervention, typically including the use of pain relieving medications.

The World Health Organization, Unicef, The March of Dimes, and the National Institute of Health all recommend the use of Kangaroo Mother Care and deem it a scientifically sound, low cost, and a high impact developmental intervention for both baby and mother.

«And now we have literally dozens and dozens of randomized controlled trials across a range of conditions in low - resource settings using low - cost human resources,» he says, «and they're backed by economic data of the cost effectiveness of these interventions.»

Rowe's lab created an intervention study with low - income families focused on parents» use of gestures with their infants to help jump - start their later vocabulary use.

The report recommends that colleges use mobile technology to address heavy drinking on campuses as part of a comprehensive approach that includes consistent enforcement of drinking age and consumption laws, trained intervention specialists, and a crackdown on low - priced serving methods such as kegs and «happy hours.»

The study is part of a critical national conversation led by researchers at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics to find evidence - based interventions that lower health care costs and unnecessary use of health care.

All yoga interventions used were specifically designed for treatment of lower back pain, and were provided by experienced and qualified teachers.

«Although signs suggest that obstetric interventions are being used too readily in developed countries, the lower rates we saw among First Nations mothers are of concern when coupled with the known increased risk of adverse perinatal and infant outcomes,» writes Corinne Riddell, PhD candidate, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, with coauthors.

Primary responsibility will be to work under direction of the Principal Investigator (PI) to complete testing and training protocols; evaluate and research participants for interventions, working with neuromuscular electrical stimulation and exercise using upper - and lower - extremity exoskeleton devices and treadmill training; and perform other related research tasks.

There are many documented benefits of having a doula, among them a lower rate of C - sections, less use of epidurals and other interventions, and more overall satisfaction and confidence with birth experiences.

«This systematic review and meta - regression analysis of 108 randomised controlled trials using lipid modifying interventions did not show an association between treatment mediated change in high density lipoprotein cholesterol and risk ratios for coronary heart disease events, coronary heart disease deaths, or total deaths whenever change in low density lipoprotein cholesterol was taken into account.

Some important studies include: • Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men (1976) • Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise (1982) • Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: The need for early emphasis (1994) • Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a low fat, vegetarian diet (1999) • The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity (2005) • A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes (2006) • A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial (2009) • Vegetarian diet improves insulin resistance and oxidative stress markers more than conventional diet in subjects with Type 2 diabetes (2011) • Glycemic and cardiovascular parameters improved in type 2 diabetes with the high nutrient density (HND) diet (2012)

Other studies often used to justify a low - fat diet, including The U.S. Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) and the Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial (LRC - CPPT), are also misleading examples that used omissions of key data and statistical lies to «prove» their points.

1935 Effects of the high carbohydrate - low calorie diet upon carbohydrate tolerance in diabetes mellitus 1955 Low - fat diet and therapeutic doses of insulin in diabetes mellitus 1958 Effect of rice diet on diabetes mellitus associated with vascular disease 1976 Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men 1977 Effect of carbohydrate restriction and high carbohydrates diets on men with chemical diabetes 1979 High - carbohydrate, high - fiber diets for insulin - treated men with diabetes mellitus 1981 High carbohydrate high in fibre diet in diabetes 1982 Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise 1983 Long - term use of a high - complex - carbohydrate, high - fiber, low - fat diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM patients 1994 Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: the need for early emphasis 1999 Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a lowfat, vegetarian diet 2005 The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity 2006 A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes 2006 Effect of short ‐ term Pritikin diet therapy on the metabolic syndrome 2009 A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trlow calorie diet upon carbohydrate tolerance in diabetes mellitus 1955 Low - fat diet and therapeutic doses of insulin in diabetes mellitus 1958 Effect of rice diet on diabetes mellitus associated with vascular disease 1976 Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men 1977 Effect of carbohydrate restriction and high carbohydrates diets on men with chemical diabetes 1979 High - carbohydrate, high - fiber diets for insulin - treated men with diabetes mellitus 1981 High carbohydrate high in fibre diet in diabetes 1982 Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise 1983 Long - term use of a high - complex - carbohydrate, high - fiber, low - fat diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM patients 1994 Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: the need for early emphasis 1999 Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a lowfat, vegetarian diet 2005 The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity 2006 A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes 2006 Effect of short ‐ term Pritikin diet therapy on the metabolic syndrome 2009 A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trLow - fat diet and therapeutic doses of insulin in diabetes mellitus 1958 Effect of rice diet on diabetes mellitus associated with vascular disease 1976 Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men 1977 Effect of carbohydrate restriction and high carbohydrates diets on men with chemical diabetes 1979 High - carbohydrate, high - fiber diets for insulin - treated men with diabetes mellitus 1981 High carbohydrate high in fibre diet in diabetes 1982 Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise 1983 Long - term use of a high - complex - carbohydrate, high - fiber, low - fat diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM patients 1994 Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: the need for early emphasis 1999 Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a lowfat, vegetarian diet 2005 The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity 2006 A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes 2006 Effect of short ‐ term Pritikin diet therapy on the metabolic syndrome 2009 A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trlow - fat diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM patients 1994 Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: the need for early emphasis 1999 Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a lowfat, vegetarian diet 2005 The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity 2006 A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes 2006 Effect of short ‐ term Pritikin diet therapy on the metabolic syndrome 2009 A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trlow - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity 2006 A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes 2006 Effect of short ‐ term Pritikin diet therapy on the metabolic syndrome 2009 A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trlow - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes 2006 Effect of short ‐ term Pritikin diet therapy on the metabolic syndrome 2009 A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trlow - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial

Although Naturopath's are licensed to prescribe medications, most follow a «Therapeutic Order» which involves using therapeutic diet and lifestyle improvements along with other complimentary medicine modalities such as herbal medicine, nutritional therapy, and other low intervention therapeutics to help the body achieve a better state of balance.

These ways are with: Diet — eat more fruits and vegetables daily, including: foods rich in Vitamins A (leafy green vegetables), C (peppers, citrus fruits, berries, tropical fruits, broccoli and tomatoes), and E (almonds, spinach, wheat germ and sweet potato), Zinc (grass - fed beef, kefir, yogurt, chickpeas and pumpkin seeds); Lutein and zeaxanthin (spinach, kale and broccoli, and eggs), fish and omega 3 — eating fish 3 times a week is in total co-relation to cataract health and can lower the risk of cataracts; Supplements (it's preferable to get your nutrients from food, but it's not always possible) such as bilberry which is used traditionally to help protect against cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration; Sun protection — make sure to wear eye protection whenever out in the sun to help reduce the risk of eye health issues; Lifestyle modifications — smoking and drinking are known health risks, but also for the eyes; and the possible upcoming Eye Drop intervention — drops containing Lanosterol have been tested on 3 dogs that cleared their vision after 6 weeks of using these drops — unfortunately, it's not yet available for human use at this time.

Part 2 of this article will discuss how to use active interventions to lower your physiological age: how to make your body better at eliminating free radicals, and how to remove damaging toxins from your daily life.

Some of the interventions that can help you successfully wean off thyroid hormones include getting off gluten, getting thyroid antibodies in the remission range (under 100 kU / L, but the lower the better), getting plenty of rest, using an infrared sauna, resting / physical relaxation that helps your body go from fight and flight to rest and digest, getting your nutrients (especially selenium, vitamin D and ferritin) in balance and eliminating of toxins / infections within the body / gland.

Here are the key details: Population = 1,755 institutionalised and community - dwelling Spanish people (985 females and 770 males), aged > 65 years Intervention = four different measurements of strength (grip, shoulder abduction, hip flexion and knee extension) using a hand dynamometer, compiled into a composite measure Comparisons = four quartiles of strength (high, medium - high, medium - low, and low) Outcome = risk ratios for mortality and hospitalisation To combine the four measurements of strength into one composite measure, the researchers used the following calculation.

And that's one of the things that I think, a point that needs belaboring with more people is that a lot what we see, I mean, a huge proponent of going back to basics in terms of childbirth, moving more towards with low risk or no risk pregnancies, more home birth and more midwives and things like that, going back to the way things used to be done before a lot of interventions.

Emrys has a special interest in using neuromodulation (nerve stimulation and low level laser therapy) with nutrition and lifestyle interventions in order to treat a wide variety of conditions.

Restoring Opportunity examines how increasing income inequality has reduced opportunities for many children to thrive in a changing economy and offers evidence for how intervention through childhood, school, and family support can be used to increase the life chances of low - income children.

The research showed that regardless of the intervention used or the amount of money spent, persistently low - performing schools stubbornly remained that way.

Here is an example of the use of a «Nudge» to help citizens take more informed decisions: Nudges and Learning: Evidence from Informational Interventions for Low - Income Taxpayers.

In addition to our main experiment testing the ECO-C Intervention's effects on our target group of high - achieving, low - income students, we also used the same approach to study its effects on students who meet the same test - score criteria but who have estimated family income above the bottom one - third or attended a feeder high school.

There are two versions of the assessment: Paper A: Support for lower attaining students Paper B: For the core with appropriate challenge You can use these assessments to determine gaps in your students» knowledge and use them to plan support and intervention strategies.

This study examined an instructional method rarely used as a form of integration at the primary - grade level - interactive read - alouds of informational text - in order to determine the degree that this intervention might simultaneously build kindergarten students» knowledge of economic concepts and content literacy in low - SES settings.

By combining teacher - student links with the ability to measure achievement gains using common assessments, we could be generating lower - cost, faster - turnaround evaluations of curricula and other educational interventions.

For instance, I directed a national Head Start Quality Research Center; created a program, Dialogic Reading (which is a widely used and effective intervention for enhancing the language development and book knowledge of young children from low - income families); and authored an assessment tool, the Get Ready to Read Screen, that has become a staple of early intervention program evaluation.

In return for this flexibility, states participating in the pilot must commit to: build their capacity for school reform; take the most significant actions for the lowest - performing schools, including addressing the issue of teacher effectiveness; and use data to determine the method of differentiation and categories of intervention.

Priority schools and school divisions receiving SIG funds for «Tier I» and «Tier II» schools must implement one of the following four USED intervention models in their persistently lowest achieving schools:

Since ESSA requires states to adopt evidence - based interventions for the lowest performing bottom 5 percent of schools, and school diversity is a research - supported strategy linked to improved student outcomes, (when appropriate) states could use this mandate as an opportunity to invest in these schools by turning them into high - quality racially and socioeconomically diverse magnets.

For example, Baker, Gersten, and Lee's (2002) synthesis of researcher - directed intervention studies yielded a weighted ES of.66 for the use of structured peer tutoring on low - skilled children's mathematics achievement.

In using ARRA funds, states and school divisions must advance core reforms identified in the legislation, including: implementation of college - and career - ready standards and assessments for all students; establishment of preschool to postsecondary and career longitudinal data systems; improvement in teacher quality — especially for students most at risk of academic failure; and improvement of low - performing schools through effective interventions.

«During the period of time that the Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) funds were available, schools used those funds to purchase addition [sic] teacher positions to lower class size (CSR positions — and have adjusted their course offerings to provide a greater variety of options to students, intervention classes, enrichment opportunities, etc..

Topeka is working to lower discipline problems, raise academic achievement, and build student resiliency by using a variety of trauma - informed strategies and interventions throughout its 28 schools.

+ Maintain professional relationships with pupils, parents, colleagues and supervising staff members + Keep anecdotal records about student behavior and progress for use when generating IEPs and in conferences with parents Voices Academies Intervention Teacher candidates will have the following Requirements Required Qualifications: + Bachelor's degree required + CA Credential: Multiple Subject or eligible for intern credential + Valid bilingual authorization (BCLAD or equivalent, BCC, ELD, or LDS, etc.) + Knowledge of subject matter, including California Common Core Standards + Demonstrated passion for the mission, vision and values of Voices Academies with a deep commitment to improving the lives of students from low - income communities + Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Spanish.

Rather than federally - prescribed interventions for low - performing schools, states and districts will have to use locally - developed, evidence - based interventions in the bottom 5 percent of schools and in schools where less than two - thirds of students graduate.

Such possible interventions include revamping curriculum, installing a full - time data specialist at a low - performing school, and redesigning the use of the school day to require more student learning time.