Sentences with phrase «piloting an intervention study»

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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.

In order to study all aspects related to the topic, we used a reference questionnaire prepared by nutrition and breastfeeding experts, which had been tested, modified and validated two months before our research team1 started the study (following a pilot study conducted on 20 women to determine whether the questions were clear and understandable), and then administered in a standardized fashion to women in both groups (intervention group and control group).

Based on the encouraging, but not statistically significant, results of the pilot study, they conducted a larger study (34), with the intervention consisting of daily in - hospital visits and 3 PP home visits from the team, PC telephone support through 6 mo PP, and unlimited access to a nurse via pager.

However, available research (e.g., waitlist - controlled pilot studies) suggests that behavioral / cognitive - behavioral interventions and pharmacotherapy with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are effective for treating SM.

Effects of a mindfulness - based intervention on psychological distress, well - being, and maternal self - efficacy in breast - feeding mothers: results of a pilot study

This study is the first phase of a larger initiative to develop and pilot test Critical Time Intervention, a transitional assistance model for individuals leaving residential substance abuse treatment.

Men with prostate cancer who are under close medical surveillance reported significantly greater resilience and less anxiety over time after receiving an intervention of mindfulness meditation, according to a recently published pilot study from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

The UChicago team's NBER study concludes, «The impact of the pilot intervention reported in this paper are large enough to raise the question of whether the field has given up prematurely on the possibility of improving academic outcomes for disadvantaged youth.»

Emphasis is on clinical research, but recently we initiated pre-clinical studies to pilot new interventions and to enhance our understanding of tretament processes.

This is the first prospective pilot study assessing the epidemiological effects of a yoga intervention on biomarkers of inflammation (CRP, IL6, and TNF) and DNA methylation patterns of the CRP, IL6 and TNF genes, and comparing changes in these biomarkers with self - reported stress, distress and mood in middle - aged women.

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)

Source Efficacy of an Eight - Week Yoga Intervention on Symptoms of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS): A Pilot Study Kim E. Innes, Terry Kit Selfe, Parul Agarwal, Kimberly Williams, and Kathryn L. Flack.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & UccePilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccepilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

Analyses for this pilot study will compare the intervention (n = 20) group to a control group (n = 20) to determine whether the intervention affects parental communicative gestures with children during structured free - play observations and whether the intervention affects child gesture or vocabulary development via parent communicative input.

Initial pilot studies tested out these assumptions and determined that these types of mediated interventions can be successful in motivating students to read and complete books and increase personal understanding of the relevance of reading and writing in the lives of those who otherwise demonstrate an aversion to text - based media.

To address this problem, Grills and Vaughn conducted a pilot study examining the effects of a reading intervention program that featured strategies for reducing anxiety.

How best to structure these is an open question; recent findings from Rites of Passage, an early intervention programme for Aboriginal young people which includes resilience - building camps and increasing access to mental health services, suggest that boys may be more difficult than girls to engage in social and emotional well - being programmes (Robinson R, Schuster L, Williamson A. Rites of Passage: evaluation if a pilot study if an early intervention program for Aboriginal young people.

Evaluation of a brief pilot psychoeducational support group intervention for family caregivers of cancer patients: a quasi-experimental mixed - methods study.

A virtual reality intervention to improve the understanding and empathy for people with dementia in informal caregivers: results of a pilot study.

A pilot, quasi-experimental, mixed methods investigation into the efficacy of a group psychotherapy intervention for caregivers of outpatients with cancer: the COPE study protocol.

We then describe our pilot studies that investigate the dissemination and use of our preventive intervention with couples who marry within religious organizations and with expectant couples where the mother is at high risk for maternal depression.

A pilot study and stakeholder input have provided valuable information about culture and context that have subsequently informed the Alert Program intervention as described in this protocol.

For example, more attention is being paid to the need for pilot and consultation work in the development phase of RCTs, 23 the importance of a more theory based approach to evaluation, 24 and the modification of intervention effects by context in community intervention trials.25 Statistical methods to integrate process and outcome data, such as those developed in the RIPPLE study, are a move forward.

The recently completed CADENCE study developed and piloted an enhanced psychological care (EPC) intervention for patients presenting with depressive symptoms following a cardiac event who attended cardiac rehabilitation.16 EPC was delivered by cardiac nurse specialists, within their existing workloads and embedded within the structured cardiac rehabilitation programme.

The SUMMIT pilot study aimed to build on the existing service framework in Melbourne by developing a collaborative, integrated, women - centered intervention for reducing depression (including postnatal depression) among maternal drug users, using triangulated data gathered from interviews with service providers and consumers, case studies, the views of an expert panel and a review of the literature.

It will analyse existing datasets and use learnings and experiences gained from other local studies to design the pilot intervention.

Denise is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who began working in infant mental health [IMH] in the mid 80's in Dunedin, New Zealand, joining Elisabeth and Angela Stupples in the pilot study of the Watch, Wait and Wonder Intervention.

In this pilot study a randomised control trial was used to examine the effects of a school - based engagement intervention on parent adherence to recommendations for children screened for social, emotional, behavioural, and adaptive problems at kindergarten entry.

Given findings in the literature of an association between parental emotion talk and children's emotional competence, developmental skills that are frequently compromised in oppositional children, the current pilot study has implications for interventions that broaden the focus of PMT.

However, because this pilot study did not rely on randomization, the degree to which changes in cortisol levels reflected intervention effects remains unclear.

Note: Due to differences between the intervention examined in this pilot study and the current KITS intervention, the results of this study was not considered during the rating process.

Following an encouraging pilot study, thirty - seven pre-school children, six girls and thirty - one boys, were allocated to one of four methods of parent training: group, home visit, telephone, or waiting list / delayed intervention control.

An intervention to promote social emotional school readiness in foster children: Preliminary outcomes from a pilot study.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The purpose of this pilot study was to review the effects of professional staff training in crisis management (Nonviolent Crisis Intervention ® Training Program) and de-escalation techniques on the use of seclusion timeout and restraint procedures with at - risk students in a K - 12 special day school.

Vermont researchers performed a study with the purpose of conducting a pilot test of the feasibility and effectiveness of an innovative obesity prevention intervention with the parents of preschool Native - American children.

A new social communication intervention for children with autism: Pilot randomized controlled treatment study suggesting effectiveness.

Effects of a mindfulness - based intervention on psychological distress, well - being, and maternal self - efficacy in breast - feeding mothers: results of a pilot study

This study presents findings from a pilot randomized controlled trial, testing a 12 - week intervention to train parents of youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to advocate for adult disability services — the Volunteer Advocacy Program - Transition (VAP - T).

This pilot study aims to evaluate the impact of a brief parenting psychoeducation intervention on children's mental health.

Flink, I.K., Smeets, E. et al. (2015) Happy despite pain: Pilot study of a positive pscyhology intervention for patients with chronic pain.

On the other hand, in another pilot study targeting individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis, there were no significant differences in cognition between the intervention and control groups immediately post - training.21 Furthermore, high attrition rates led the authors to suggest that more engaging interventions should be trialled, especially for younger age groups.

His work with these groups, funded by NIMH, NIDA, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and others, spans all phases of treatment research, including initial development and pilot testing of intervention protocols, randomized efficacy studies, and multi-site effectiveness trials.

The aims of the project are to (1) develop a culturally specific parent training intervention for Latino families with youngsters at risk for substance use and related problems, (2) evaluate implementation feasibility and initial efficacy of the intervention in a pilot study, (3) develop and refine measurement methods for assessing Latino individual family processes, and (4) test an integrative theoretical model that hypothesizes how social and acculturation contexts, family stress processes, and parenting practices are linked to predict Latino youngster adjustment.

Psychosocial correlates of healthy beliefs, choices, and behaviors in overweight and obese school - age children: a primary care healthy choices intervention pilot study

Comparative effectiveness of a mindful eating intervention to a diabetes self - management intervention among adults with type 2 diabetes: a pilot study

Outcomes of a massage intervention on teen mothers: s pilot study.

In addition, we estimated the overall effect of child maltreatment interventions excluding the results of pilot / feasibility studies, because these studies are more likely to show an effect that is larger than effects produced by well - powered trials.

The literature contains some observational studies of children but very few intervention studies, most of which are pilot or on - going studies.

A couples intervention for patients facing advanced cancer and their spouse caregivers: outcomes of a pilot study.

A later study by Willetts and Leff56 describes a pilot of an adapted version their original intervention, which involved discussing ways of managing specific patients problems, as opposed to discussing general coping strategies.