Sentences with phrase «of adherence behaviors»

The Diabetes Self - Management Scale (DMS), formerly the Diabetes Self - Care Practice Instrument (Frey & Denyes, 1989; Schilling, 2002), is a 25 - item self - report questionnaire measuring self - care behaviors and caregiver support of adherence behaviors, including dietary compliance, insulin injections, blood glucose monitoring, and exercise.

Johnson (1992) described limitations with child reports of adherence behaviors including biased responding to appear favorable to the health care provider.

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This gamification of consumer - driven healthcare could help to increase adherence to behaviors that positively affect patient health.

They used to remember thinking but now it's no longer necessary and with the enriched water it is no longer possible after the cataclysmic campaigns of the last decade when it was decided that facts no longer mattered so therefore truth no longer existed so therefore thinking was no longer necessary but in fact futile so therefore not only sterile but dangerous and therefore behavior alone was substantial and adherence to action alone was useful.

Camus» adherence to this mind - matter dualism, however, leaves his rebel's discovery of a «living transcendence» that guarantees limits in nature and human behavior in perilous intellectual limbo.

Sealchan's point is that absent religion you will see the same form of primate tribal behavior that the religious engage in over the «true faith» only instead of the «true faith» it will be «true adherence to the party».

One of the arguments advanced in favor of the existence of god is that strict adherence to his commands guarantees good behavior.

For instance, addressing concerns about infant comfort, choking, and aspiration while the infant is sleeping prone is helpful.348, 349 Similar interventions for improving behavior of medical and nursing staff and child care providers have shown that these professionals have similar concerns about the supine sleep position.350, — , 353 Primary care providers should be encouraged to develop quality improvement initiatives to improve adherence with safe sleep recommendations among their patients.

Many religions may have organized behaviors, clergy, a definition of what constitutes adherence or membership, holy places, and scriptures.

«This study provides some good insights into medication - taking behavior and tackling the adherence problem, a big problem in the U.S,» said study chair, Eric D. Peterson, executive director of the DCRI.

In the paper «Having their say: Patients» Perspectives and the Clinical Management of Diabetes,» Dr. Leonard Jack, Jr., Ph.D., M.Sc., Director of the Division of Community Health at the National Center for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion, and his co-authors Dr. Leandris C. Liburd, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A. and Dr. Pattie Tucker, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. and R.N., propose that healthcare providers can offer more effective diabetes support to their patients by understanding the cultural perspectives that explain their health behavior, to promote adherence and improve health outcomes.

Some argue that economically diverse societies need «No Excuse» schools that hold high standards for the completion of tasks and adherence to behavior norms like sitting up straight and tracking teachers with good eye contact.

These letters drafted in Word or PDF certifies the tenant as a reliable one in terms of payment of rent, social traits, cleanliness, behavior with the neighbors and adherence to the society norms.

Women and Families Center (Meriden, CT) 5/2003 — 7/2004 Sexual Assault Crisis Counselor & Internship • Developed curriculum for autistic pilot program while supervising the implementation of camp activities and overseeing the proper placement of children within program activities • Hired, trained, and monitored support staff to ensure proper adherence to teaching techniques • Managed camp budget, including trip expenditures, to ensure successful cost - benefit relationship • Communicated effectively with parents and other interested parties regarding student behavior / progress Safe Haven of Waterbury (Waterbury, CT) 9/2001 — 7/2004 Family Violence Victim Advocate • Utilized a complex variety of instructional and assessment strategies while effectively implementing behavior - change interventions at both the individual and student level • Developed and integrated media and other technological aides to improve classroom experience • Facilitated and fostered constructive communication with parents and other interested parties • Created an effective and constructive «curriculum writing project»

Predictors of adherence among community users of a cognitive behavior therapy website.

Individual risk factors for perpetration include alcohol and drug use, delinquency, empathic deficits, general aggressiveness and acceptance of violence, early sexual initiation, coercive sexual fantasies, preference for impersonal sex and sexual - risk taking, exposure to sexually explicit media, hostility towards women, adherence to traditional gender role norms, hyper - masculinity, suicidal behavior, and prior sexual victimization or perpetration.

Behavior therapy is considered probably efficacious for childhood depression, and a number of other experimental interventions show promise but require further evaluation.12 Currently, only 2 research groups have focused on psychosocial interventions for childhood bipolar disorder.13 - 15 Hence, increased attention to creation and testing of treatments specifically targeting depression and bipolar disorder in children is needed.16 In particular, studies should focus on children's developmental needs, address comorbidity, involve family members in treatment, demonstrate treatment gains as rated by parents and clinicians rather than children themselves, and compare experimental interventions with standard care or treatment as usual (TAU) rather than no - treatment or attention control groups.12, 17,18 In addition, parental psychopathology may affect treatment adherence and response.

Rooted in child social, emotional and behavioral development, Touchpoints seeks to improve parent - provider relationships, improve provider relationships with each other, enhance parent - infant relationships, moderate parental stress, normalize parent's perceptions of their child's behavior, increase well - child care adherence, improve infant developmental outcomes, improve maternal mental health indicators, and encourage longer breastfeeding.

Adolescents» behaviour may vary from one context to another, or from one interaction partner to another, and informants» reports may be affected by their own perspectives.13 Because there is no gold standard for psychiatric disorders, and reports from different informants tend to correlate only moderately, using information from multiple informants seems the best strategy to chart mental health.14 Among other things, adherence to this first principle is expressed in the use of child (Youth Self - report; YSR), and parent (Child Behavior Checklist; CBCL) questionnaires on child / adolescent mental health, which are part of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA), 15,16 and the use of a teacher - report (Teacher Checklist of Psychopathology), which was developed for TRAILS on the basis of the Achenbach Teachers Report Form.17 It is also expressed in the use of peer nominations to assess adolescents» social status at school.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Strong African American Families (SAAF) to (a) be delivered with high levels of program adherence and (b) deter preadolescent youth's risk behavior vulnerability by enhancing intervention - targeted youth and family protective processes.

Measures used included the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI)(child & parent report), Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC)(child & parent report), Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Expectations of Therapy Outcome Scale (ETOS), Therapeutic Alliance Scale for Children (TASC)(youth & parent report), Service Assessment for Children and Adolescents (SACA), PASCET Brief Adherence Scale (PBA), and Therapy Process Observational Coding System for Child Psychotherapy — Strategies Scale (TPOCS - S).

These include depression, disturbed eating behavior, family conflict, poor health - related quality of life, low self - efficacy, and difficulty with medical adherence and metabolic control.

As such, this model posits that lack of diabetes - specific support behaviors and attitudes increases parent — child conflict, that in turn decreases children's willingness to comply with their prescribed regimen and decreases the parents» ability to monitor their child's adherence to regimen.

Raters used a standard adherence form to record presence or absence of the four prescribed and the one proscribed (i.e., facilitator acts as a switchboard and / or speaks for long periods) facilitator behaviors.

Externalizing behaviors, including hyperactivity, aggression, disruptiveness, defiance, and impulsivity, have been shown to interfere with optimal adherence, resulting in poorer glycemic control (Duke et al., 2008), and lower levels of internalizing behaviors predict better adherence in young adolescents with diabetes (Korbel, Wiebe, Berg, & Palmer, 2007).

Tov - Katzav A. Factors influencing on treatment adherence among adolescents with type 1 diabetes: examining the theory of planned behavior and the Treatment Difficulties Questionnaire.

Validity and reliability of an adolescent and parent rating scale of type 1 diabetes adherence behaviors: The Self - Care Inventory (SCI)

In contrast, observed positive parenting behaviors (i.e., parental warmth and support) were associated with better adherence ratings and improved quality of life (Botello - Harbaum, Nansel, Haynie, Iannotti, & Simons - Morton, 2008).

Positive family relationships (high family cohesion and low family conflict), with IDDM especially during the first years of illness, indirectly related to good metabolic control (through positive adherence behaviors).

Instead of focusing exclusively on improving specific adherence behaviors, therapy should address instrumental outcomes, such as improving family communication patterns and reducing factors that promote and maintain conflictual interaction patterns specific to diabetes management (or inhibit warm and caring relationships).

Objectives To examine family factors as predictors of metabolic control in children with type 1 diabetes and determine whether adherence behaviors mediate this relationship.

First, although a recent controlled trial of Behavior Family Systems Therapy (BFST) for families of children with type 1 diabetes identified improved adherence at 6 - and 12 - month follow - ups, no improvement in HbA1c was identified (Wysocki, Bubb, Greco, White, & Harris, 2001).

In summary, although boys may appear to be more at risk for adherence concerns, boys and girls with high levels of externalizing behavior are both at risk for poor adherence and metabolic control.

Taking the insights of her basic research to the domain of health care services, Judith Hall also illuminated the verbal and nonverbal behavior of physicians and patients in medical visits, with a focus on gender differences and correlates of patient outcomes such as satisfaction and adherence to medical regimens.

No statistical support for formal mediation of organizational effects through adherence was found, though examination of changes in parameter estimates suggest a possible interplay of organizational climate with adherence and youth behavior change.

Furthermore, measures of parental monitoring of behaviors of interest to pediatric psychologists, such as youths» regimen adherence, are lacking, although items measuring monitoring are often embedded in measures that assess other constructs, such as parental support.

Also, it is likely that the presence of negative youth behaviors would contribute to the erosion of adherence processes.

While findings from research using this structured interview document the importance of collaboration in promoting adherence and glycemic control (Wiebe et al., 2005), the measure itself is limited to parent behavior during stressful events, as opposed to day - to - day events, and the time and interviewer burden of a structured interview limits the measure's utility in future research and practice.

Prior research has provided tentative evidence indicating that therapists» close adherence to the treatment protocol is indeed associated with greater improvements in parenting skills and more clear - cut reductions of externalizing behavior problems, and this appeared not only true for PMTO (Forgatch and DeGarmo 2011; Forgatch et al. 2005; Hukkelberg and Ogden 2013) but also for other interventions aimed at externalizing behavior problems in children (e.g., Hogue et al. 2008; Huey et al. 2000).

Conclusions The presence of youth perceptions of critical parenting and youth externalizing behavior problems may interfere with adherence, leading to increases in HbA1c.

A number of other interventions have been widely used including play therapy, individual insight therapy, cognitive behavioral therapies, biofeedback, and dietary interventions, but there is little support for their effectiveness in the literature.57 One recent study did inspect adherence to quality indicators for the outpatient care of ADHD, conduct disorder and major depression, including the use of behavior modification, for 813 children seen in 62 mental health clinics in California from August 1, 1998, through May 31, 1999.

We posited that youth externalizing problems [Child Behavior Checklist Externalizing Subscale (CBCL) externalizing problem scores] would contribute to patterns of conflict with caregivers, subsequently interfering with adherence processes, thereby decreasing glycemic control (increased HbA1c).

The amount of variance accounted for by the CPI was modest; however, parenting behavior is only one of many factors that may influence adherence and quality of life, and therefore we did not hypothesize that the construct would account for a large proportion of the variance in these outcomes.

In addition, in areas of particular interest to pediatric psychologists, such as regimen adherence behavior in youth with chronic conditions, numerous studies have recommended that parents maintain a high level of oversight of youth, in order to ensure optimal regimen adherence and good health outcomes (Silverstein et al., 2005).

PLWH's interpersonal concerns about how their HIV status may affect the security of their existing relationships may help explain how internalized stigma affects adherence behaviors.

ASDs are a heterogeneous group of lifelong neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by deficits in social relatedness, repetitive behaviors, restricted interests, and a rigid adherence to specific routines (American Psychiatric Association, 1994).

The PMDC contains a number of items that, as is the case for most general population measures of monitoring developed to date, assess parental knowledge — in this case, of youth adherence behaviors (e.g., «When your child misses an insulin dose, how often do you know?»

However, in order for such hypotheses to be evaluated, new measures capturing the various processes by which parents monitor chronically ill youth must first be developed and must include items evaluating domains such as direct supervision, surveillance of the youth through checking medical device and supply use, checking with the youth and other family members regarding adherence behavior or health status, gathering information from other adults and so on.