Sentences with phrase «overall effects of programs»

«Our tools for determining the overall effects of programs are much stronger than our tools for sorting out exactly what elements increase or decrease the efficacy,» said Patrick Wolf, a professor at the University of Arkansas and one of the lead researchers on the Louisiana study.

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The research suggests, therefore, that while the overall trend is for the viewing of religious programs to decrease as educational and income level increases, changes in the composition of the audience can be effected through the particular format and content adopted.

This study investigated the effect of a 4 - month intensive aquatic resistance training program as well as the association between overall leisure time physical activity on body composition and functional capacity in post-menopausal women with mild knee OA.

These trends may be explained in part by the yo - yo effects that high glycemic - index carbohydrates have on blood glucose, which can stimulate fat production and inflammation, increase overall caloric intake and lower insulin sensitivity, says David Ludwig, director of the obesity program at Children's Hospital Boston.

Other projects include an analysis of regional variations of cancer treatment in Texas, a study of the effect of smoking bans on hospitalization rates, and a study of whether shared savings programs for physicians can reduce overall patient health care expenditures.

Promoting optimal mobility, physical activity and overall health and wellness; Preventing disease, injury, and disability; Managing acute and chronic conditions, activity limitations, and participation restrictions; Improving and maintaining optimal functional independence and physical performance; Rehabilitating injury and the effects of disease or disability with therapeutic exercise programs and other interventions; and Educating and planning maintenance and support programs to prevent re-occurrence, re-injury or functional decline.

Plus, as a bonus, you're also hitting the endurance - oriented Type 1 muscle fibers to maximize the overall muscle - stimulating effects of the program.

This well rounded program will have the desired effect of increasing your overall fitness.

A growing body of research suggests that college remediation programs — meant to bolster the skills of students deemed underprepared for the rigors of postsecondary study — seem to make very little positive difference to students, and may even have a negative effect on overall success in college.

Our first study examines the effects of participation in a G&T program on students who were just barely eligible to participate based on their overall index scores.

In «New Kids on the Block,» (research), Sanbonmatsu, Kling, Duncan, and Brooks - Gunn report the findings of their MTO study and offer several possible explanations for the program's lack of overall positive effects on academic achievement.

Overall, the study's findings suggest that, in the absence of higher - quality alternatives, participation in a low intensity preschool program may have some limited positive long term effects.

Decades of best practice, cutting edge research in early education including the Head Start Impact Study, expert advice, and The Secretary's Advisory Committee's recommendations all culminate in a call to action for policy changes that ensure all Head Start programs provide a consistently high quality early learning experience that prepares children for Kindergarten and has long - term effects on their academic success and overall health.

The study's authors speculate on four potential explanations for the large negative effects that their program evaluation found: misalignment of private school curriculum to the Louisiana State Standards; differences between serving scholarship students with achievement gaps and traditional private school students; success of other education developments, especially in New Orleans; and the overall quality of private schools willing to participate in the program.

For students as a whole, the overall effects of the Tulsa pre-K program are: a 52 percent gain in the Letter - Word Identification test score; a 27 percent gain in the spelling test score; and a 21 percent gain in the applied problems test score.

As announced on Sept. 13, 2016, in order to meet the overall goals of the program, the following changes to the interest rate buy down (IRBD) take effect October 17, 2016.

The researchers state, «the constraints that are thus required for implementing the strategy at scale attenuate its diversifying effect and compromise its power to reduce the overall risk of an investment program.»

Given that a number of other animal control programs and regulatory changes were implemented during the study period, separating out the effects of a single program may be impossible... Data were not collected on how many adoptable versus nonadoptable cats were impounded, so it was not possible specifically to assess changes in outcomes for feral cats, only changes in overall cat outcomes... it can be stated that the implementation of sterilization of feral cats as part of a TNR program did not result in negative changes.

But I also believe that the goals of such a program will take decades to reach, and some intermediate steps will have to be taken to slow down the overall effects of global warming.

The Advisory Board shall recommend changes to offset methodologies, protocols, or project types, or to the overall offset program under this part, to ensure that offset credits issued by the Administrator do not compromise the integrity of the annual emission reductions established under section 703, and to avoid or minimize adverse effects to human health or the environment.

(Sec. 1819) Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on: (1) methodologies to ensure the widest participation practicable in setting goals and milestones under the DOE hydrogen program, including international participants; and (2) the likely effects of a transition to a hydrogen economy upon overall employment in the United States.

The ongoing catastrophic effects of the global atmospheric spraying and radio frequency transmissions related to geoengineering programs are so massive in scope and scale that the overall destruction and death they are inflicting is impossible to quantify.

A key part of the company, as well as a key reason investors are so enamored with it, is Codecademy's reliance on the network effects of its users, who each add to the overall value of the program.

In the Infant Health and Development program, mothers in the intervention group engaged in higher - quality interactions with their infants, though the effects were small.82 In New Zealand, Early Start documented higher positive parenting attitudes, a greater prevalence of nonpunitive attitudes, and more favorable overall parenting scores for families in the treatment group.83 In Queensland, mothers in the intervention group were rated as significantly higher in emotional and verbal responsivity.84

Although there was only a small positive effect of the COPE program on maternal reports of overall parental stress during the PICU stay, as assessed with the Parental Stressor Scale: PICU (Table 4), mothers in the COPE group reported significantly less stress regarding staff communication than did control group mothers (COPE: mean score = 4.3, SD = 3.9; control: mean score = 6.0, SD = 5.9; P <.05).

In contrast, Hawaii Healthy Start showed no overall effects in terms of parent - reported abusive or neglectful behaviors, even though the program was initially designed to prevent child abuse and neglect.

However, for both child abuse and parent stress, the average effect sizes were not different from zero, suggesting a lack of evidence for effects in these areas.108 Earlier meta - analytic reviews have also noted the lack of sizable effects in preventing child maltreatment — again citing the different intensity of surveillance of families in the treatment versus control groups as an explanation (though the authors did report that home visiting was associated with an approximately 25 percent reduction in the rate of childhood injuries).109 Another review focusing on the quality of the home environment also found evidence for a significant overall effect of home - visiting programs.110 More recently, Harriet MacMillan and colleagues published a review of interventions to prevent child maltreatment, and identified the Nurse - Family Partnership and Early Start programs as the most effective with regard to preventing maltreatment and childhood injuries.

Studies of HFA, NFP, and PAT find effects for certain subgroups of their samples, but show no overall impact of program participation on reductions in child maltreatment.

The effect of home visiting programs on mothers» life - course (subsequent pregnancies, education, employment, and use of welfare) is disappointing overall.10 In the trial of the nurse home visitor program described above, there were enduring effects of the program 15 years after birth of the first child on maternal life - course outcomes (e.g., interpregnancy intervals, use of welfare, behavioural problems due to women's use of drugs and alcohol, and arrests among women who were low - income and unmarried at registration).21 The effects of this program on maternal life - course have been replicated in separate trials with urban African - Americans20, 23,24 and with Hispanics.18

The program of prenatal and infancy home visiting by nurses, tested with a primarily white sample, produced a 48 percent treatment - control difference in the overall rates of substantiated rates of child abuse and neglect (irrespective of risk) and an 80 percent difference for families in which the mothers were low - income and unmarried at registration.21 Corresponding rates of child maltreatment were too low to serve as a viable outcome in a subsequent trial of the program in a large sample of urban African - Americans, 20 but program effects on children's health - care encounters for serious injuries and ingestions at child age 2 and reductions in childhood mortality from preventable causes at child age 9 were consistent with the prevention of abuse and neglect.20, 22

In an early impact study on the effectiveness of «skills - based relationship education programs designed to help low - income married couples strengthen their relationships and, in turn, to support more stable and more nurturing home environments and more positive outcomes for parents and their children,» MDRC reported [20] «Overall, the program has shown some small positive effects, without clear indications (yet no clear negative proof) for improving the odds to stay together after 12 months.»

The effect of the program on arrests was not limited to any specific type of crime, although property crimes were more frequent and, therefore, accounted for a larger portion of the program effect on arrests overall.

The results of this study were as follow: First, the effectiveness of the attachment enhancement programs for children showed that the overall weighted mean effect size of.64.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The present study examines the relationship among parent characteristics (hostility, depression, and overall parenting skills) and child bullying and the effects of the ACT Parents Raising Safe Kids (ACT - PRSK) program [now called the ACT Raising Safe Kids Program] on reducing early childhood buprogram [now called the ACT Raising Safe Kids Program] on reducing early childhood buProgram] on reducing early childhood bullying.

There was no significant overall program effect on any risk or on at - risk mothers» desire for and use of community services to address risks.

If the banks, lenders, and servicers implemented the program exactly as it was written it would have helped many millions of homeowners refinance to lower interest rates, lowering their payments, and even probably had a positive effect on the national housing market and overall economy as less of those homeowners would have lost their homes and had more money in their pockets to spend.