Sentences with phrase «preventive focus of the study»

The preventive focus of the study, and the fact that participants were enrolling in a brief pilot study combine to make this sample different from that in many psychological intervention studies of clinically referred families.

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Studies on cruciferous vegetables and cancer prevention have not typically focused on vitamin K per se, but we suspect that the amazing K content of cruciferous vegetables is definitely related to their cancer - preventive properties through mechanisms involving better control of inflammation.

Since this is an observational study, no definitive conclusions can be drawn about cause and effect, but the researchers postulate that preventive strategies that focus on diet, body chemistry, mental health, underlying disease, and lifestyle could help to lessen the number of new cases of Alzheimer's disease.

Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement Moyer (2013) Annals of Internal Medicine, 159 (4) Analyzes a systematic review of interventions to prevent child maltreatment for children at risk, focusing on new studies and evidence gaps that were unresolved at the time of the 2004 recommendation by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Maternal postnatal depression (PND) is common with a prevalence in the developed world of around 13 % 1 and a far higher prevalence in some developing world contexts.2, 3,4 There is a considerable body of evidence attesting to the fact that PND limits a mother's capacity to engage positively with her infant, with several studies showing that PND compromises child cognitive, behavioural and emotional development.5 It has proved difficult to predict PND antenatally6 and, in any event, preventive interventions have largely proved ineffective.7 Research and clinical attention has, therefore, been focused on the treatment of manifest PND.

As an example, a preventive intervention in families with internationally adopted infants significantly enhanced maternal sensitivity and also significantly reduced disorganized attachment: in the intervention group there were only 6 % disorganized - attached children compared with 22 % in the control group.11 This study used a brief intervention of three home - based sessions of video feedback focusing on parental sensitivity, with the intervention starting when the child was six months old.

PMT may have significant preventive effects, especially if it is applied during the preschool period, 42 or is a component of broader preventive interventions for school - age children at risk for conduct problems.43, 44 An integrative review of 26 reviews and meta - analyses (1,075 studies) published between 1990 and 2008 found that PMT interventions had a larger effect size than either child focused or school / community based interventions (ds =.56,.41, and.28, respectively).45 If PMT can play a role in the prevention of conduct problems, that will have important implications for reducing the need for ongoing interventions throughout the developmental period and adulthood.

Because the focus of this study is to understand the factors that influence engagement and retention in an ecodevelopmental, parent - centered preventive intervention, only those participants randomized to the experimental condition were included in these analyses.