Sentences with phrase «of quality interventions»

It would be the interest of policymakers who care about the details that inform the design of quality interventions.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Talk to your trusted person about what quality of life means to you, and at what point you no longer want artificial interventions, she said.

TQM was demonstrated on a grand scale by Japanese industry through the intervention of W. Edwards Deming — who, in consequence, and thanks to his missionary labors in the U.S. and across the world, has come to be viewed as the «father» of quality control, quality circles, and the quality movement generally.

PROMs are questionnaires that patients complete that assess how health services and interventions have, over time, affected their quality of life, daily functioning, symptom severity, and other dimensions of health, which only patients can know.

He says that although «preventative healthcare» in the private system has been the holy grail for health insurers it has proven difficult to lift the quality of data analysis and know exactly where intervention is needed.

In «Government Intervention in Venture Capital in Canada: Toward Greater Transparency and Accountability,» author Richard Rémillard argues that improving the quality of venture capital policy will provide a win - win outcome for the wider public, government and the venture capital industry itself.

«Government intervention will just bring the quality down and put doctors and insurance companies out of business.

A meta - analysis of American interventions with very young fathers points to quality intensive community - based interventions with a good understanding of gender: the staff (who were experienced, empathetic, enthusiastic, and well connected into their communities) partnered with community organisations and used incentives to draw the young men in; they utilized needs assessments and participant feedback; developed one - on - one relationships with their young clients and provided mentoring; offered a comprehensive array of services delivered in engaging and interactive ways which incorporated teaching methods and materials appropriate to young men's culture, sex and age.

Planned Hospital Birth versus Planned Home Birth Observational studies of increasingly better quality and in different settings suggest that planned home birth in many places can be as safe as planned hospital birth and with less intervention and fewer complications.

Observational studies of increasingly better quality and in different settings suggest that planned home birth in many places can be as safe as planned hospital birth and with less intervention and fewer complications.

Fletcher (2009) found that an intervention with a father whose partner was depressed not only improved the quality of his parenting (with inevitable positive impact on his baby's mental health) but also had positive knock - on effects on the quality of mother - infant interactions in that household.

Current research includes: co-leading organisational case studies in Birthplace in England, a national study of birth outcomes in home, midwife led, and obstetric led units; investigating the relationship between measures of safety climate and health care quality in A and E and intrapartum care; and conducting nested process evaluations of two trials of obesity in pregnancy behavioural interventions.

I really, really doubt that telling a woman, «This might indicate distress, it might be a threat to your baby's life, your baby's brain, your baby's quality of life, that's why I suggest Intervention A» is imposing one's values to a helpess patient.

The methodological quality of the studies was mixed and the components of the standard care interventions and extra support interventions varied a lot and were not always well described.

Evidence is emerging that the impact of high quality multidimensional home visiting programs lasts long after the intervention ends.

This includes work with with Member States to strengthen the availability and quality of data on preterm births, and testing effectiveness and delivery approaches for interventions to prevent preterm birth and provide the best possible care for babies that are born preterm.

Olsen and Clausen (2012) stated that observational studies of increasingly better quality and in different settings suggested that planned home birth in many places can be as safe as planned hospital birth and with less intervention and fewer complications.

A systematic review of existing reviews of the effectiveness of parent training for conduct disorder that were judged to be of high quality using a recognised checklist [11] suggested that parenting programmes are an effective intervention for children with behaviour problems.

The table provides information about study population characteristics; details of intervention and control groups; main results; quality assessment of studies and the outcome measure contributing to the meta - analysis.

Packages of care, such as the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses, might improve coverage, delivery quality and utilisation of effective interventions and thereby improve health outcomes.

I'll also fight tooth and nail against the sweet songs of «intimacy», «less interventions,» «bonding», and «breastfeeding» being presented as something BETTER than the things that can save a woman's life or quality of life and a baby's life or quality of life.

Finally, given that fatherhood is an emerging field of research, more prospective studies need to be conducted on the quality of fathering experiences, the types of effective interventions for fathers, and the different needs of fathers across cultures.

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.

Analyzing trends allows for the assessment of the effect of quality improvement interventions.

We also compared the Index to the Cochrane tool for assessing Risk of Bias in Non-randomized Studies of Interventions (ROBINS - I)[38], which is widely used to assess research quality in systematic reviews [59].

Nutritional interventions for the HIV - infected mother may improve her health and quality of life, provide additional nutrients to support pregnancy and lactation, and meet the increased energy needs resulting from the HIV infection.

Can facility - and community - based interventions improve the quality of infant feeding practices among mothers living with HIV?

These kinds of interventions might prove effective in achieving their immediate goals — goals more closely linked to development — but it isn't clear whether they can foster the kinds of transformations that will improve the quality of democracy.

With the implementation of the adopted interventions including free fertilizer distribution, mass cocoa spraying, free distribution of hybrid seedlings, cocoa farms rehabilitation together with other programmes being implemented in the cocoa industry, premium quality cocoa beans would be supplied to the local and world markets.

Strict minimum water quality and environmental impact targets are set and interventions of this kind, through periodically upgraded standards, have improved services.

The study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), supports other findings that interventions aimed at improving individuals» wellbeing and quality of life can be far more effective if they are carried out among groups of people in ways that generate a strong sense of group identity.

The Report highlights the significant shift since 2010 in DFID's international development strategy to increasingly promote private sector involvement in the design and delivery of education services, despite the fact that DFID's own research evidence questions the impact of such interventions in relation to education quality and equity for learners.

The Youth Services Division is dedicated to providing quality services to youth and families of Erie County along a broad spectrum, including an array of positive youth development programs; screening, assessment, appropriate diversion, accountability, monitoring and intervention services to youth involved in Family Court matters.

The Jigawa state governor, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has sought for intervention from corporate organizations, Banks and wealthy individuals to support government effort in providing quality education to the people of the state.

The idea is that different devices with these sensors should be able to share high quality data efficiently with each other without the intervention of human beings.»

Early intervention to improve the quantity and quality of words a young child hears can improve his or her language abilities, she said.

It also and demonstrates how liver lymphatic imaging and a novel intervention that seals off the abnormal lymph flow can improve the quality of life for patients with this condition.

The study, «Development and testing of the Dementia Symptom Management at Home (DSM - H) Program: An interprofessional home healthcare intervention to improve the quality of life for persons with dementia and their caregivers,» also sought to examine if the DSM - H is a feasible resource to be used by interprofessional HHC teams.

«The findings of both studies support a growing body of research that suggests lifestyle interventions lower biomarkers associated with breast cancer recurrence and mortality, and improve quality of life,» said Melinda Irwin, PhD, co-program leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Yale Cancer Center, associate professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, and principal investigator on both studies.

«We found that music therapy interventions specifically help improve patients» quality of life,» explained Bradt.

Because PD prevalence will likely increase in future, in part due to life - extending treatments now available, interventions aimed at minimizing morbidity are crucial to reducing the strain on the healthcare system and improving the quality of life for PD patients.

In light of the benefits to cancer patients» quality of life, and specifically their levels of anxiety, pain and fatigue, the researchers hope music interventions will become more widespread.

«Our hope is that by identifying these stress - buffering qualities we may be able to tailor clinical interventions for families in a way that affords them the opportunity to strengthen these personal characteristics and responses,» said Alessandri, clinical professor of psychology at UM and executive director of the UM - NSU Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD).

At 12 - months follow - up, anxiety symptoms remitted in 53 percent of intervention patients versus only 32 percent in patients who continued to receive their primary care physicians» usual care, and the intervention also produced similar significant improvements in health - related quality of life, panic and mood symptoms.

«Cardiac arrest survival rates are unacceptably low,» said Robert Graham, chair of the study committee and director of the national program office for Aligning Forces for Quality at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. «Although breakthroughs in understanding and treating cardiac arrest are promising, the ability to deliver timely interventions and high - quality care is inconsQuality at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. «Although breakthroughs in understanding and treating cardiac arrest are promising, the ability to deliver timely interventions and high - quality care is inconsquality care is inconsistent.

Dr Kollmannsberger said: «The quantification we developed could be useful in assessing bone quality during physiological development or pathological conditions of age, disease and pharmaceutical intervention, complementary to existing measures such as bone mineral density.

More importantly, the intervention was associated with overall marriage quality: As in other research, more positive automatic reactions to the partner predicted greater improvements in marital satisfaction over the course of the study.

Such comprehensive improvements would cost an estimated $ 96 billion, according to the model, but could reduce HIV incidence in the U.S. by 54 percent and the mortality rate by 64 percent, at a cost - effectiveness ratio of $ 45,300 per quality - adjusted life year, or QALY, a standard economic measure of the value of a medical intervention.

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.