Sentences with phrase «smaller number of interventions»

It's that kind of fact — knowing that most of the things we're trying probably are not working — that gives you a sense of urgency around increasing the number of trials, rather than what the federal government strategy has been: to fund a few very expensive, very high - quality studies of a smaller number of interventions.

Only a small number of these interventions — Calorie Restriction, Methionine Restriction, Growth Hormone Knockout, IGF - 1 and Insulin Signalling Manipulation — have actually been shown to extend maximum lifespan in normal, healthy mice.

Not exact matches

A smaller number of studies have examined home visitation programs» identification of maternal depression, 9,11 and challenges related to programs» identification and response.13, 14 In recognition of the prevalence of maternal depression and home visiting programs» limited response to this issue, interventions aimed at preventing and treating maternal depression have been developed.

The number of babies from multiple pregnancies was small and none of the studies had sufficient numbers to provide information about how interventions worked for mothers of multiples.

A small number of secondary prevention programs for fathers of young children have been conducted and evaluated.18 For example, Parent — Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a short - term, evidence - based, training intervention for parents dealing with preschool children who display behavioural problems was evaluated in the Netherlands using a quasi-experimental design.19 The results showed a large effect on fathers» reports of child behaviour problems at the completion of the intervention.

«There will be some of course who oppose any kind of intervention in the Middle East, but a relatively small number.

Most of the new cases are in the capital Freetown, but worryingly, small numbers of cases also continue to occur in many districts throughout the country, meaning that the virus is still spread over a wide area and that many control interventions are needed.

In men ages 15 to 44 years, American Indians or Alaska Natives (whose numbers were small) had the highest rates of death from legal intervention, but blacks and African Americans, and white Hispanics or Latinos all had rates that were significantly higher than those experienced by non-Hispanic whites and Asians or Pacific Islanders.

«Previous studies suggest that reducing heart fat is feasible through weight loss or weight management, but these studies only looked at small numbers of people and there have been no clinical trials linking cardiovascular outcomes with heart fat changes due to weight management interventions.

Lastly, given the small number of women with major depressive disorder included in this study, we are not able to determine whether a yoga intervention would be feasible and beneficial for women with more severe forms of depression.

Intervention Studies There have been a number of small clinical interventions addressing various surrogate markers for colon cancer, primarily changes in rectal cell proliferation and polyp recurrence.

Nevertheless, owing to its important clinical significance, a small number of studies have investigated the effect of different interventions on peak hip extension angles.

A variety of groups will be upset over the plan to impose «rigorous interventions to turn schools around» only on a small number of really low - performing schools and let merely - mediocre schools avoid the turnaround lash.

The authors found that intervention effects did not vary significantly by program type, though the number of studies of each type was small enough that it would have been difficult to differentiate between program effects.

While there has been a gradual increase in the number of school - based health clinics, which provide preventive and remedial care and even crisis interventions, clinics serve only a small minority of students, and few states and districts have policies in place to help them scale up and become sustainable.

By comparison, two moderately effective schools operated a one - on - one nationally disseminated intervention for a relatively small number of students in grade 1.

Nonetheless, a very small number of students will need more intensive intervention in order to meet their learning goals.

Some schools have many students exhibiting social, emotional and behavioral risks that warrant schoolwide intervention, while other schools may address a smaller number of at - risk students through supplemental tiered supports.

It is harder to do that when there are only a small number of approaches and interventions with some evidence of promise, none of which have been trialled in the UK.

Schools in affluent areas with small numbers of pupils eligible for funding will also have very limited budgets to work with, which will limit the range of interventions that they can potentially use.

The exception is a small number of payments requiring some manual intervention, such as where incorrect fund account numbers have been supplied.

A number of small video projection screens will be integrated into the fabric of the gallery and the new spatial intervention.

An extremely small number of residents had received treatment from specialist mental health services, and psychological interventions were not accessed by the group.

The sum of participants in the treatment groups (intervention plus CAU) is smaller than the number of participants in each subgroup because some participants did not complete the post or the follow - up assessment and could therefore not be included in the main analysis.

A smaller number of studies have examined home visitation programs» identification of maternal depression, 9,11 and challenges related to programs» identification and response.13, 14 In recognition of the prevalence of maternal depression and home visiting programs» limited response to this issue, interventions aimed at preventing and treating maternal depression have been developed.

While existing reviews report positive outcomes for cognitive - behavioral therapy, behaviour management, and parenting interventions, either alone or in combination with family - based approaches, the authors suggest that evidence for interventions with a child - only component was limited because of the small number of studies and that the estimate for child - only interventions was imprecise.

Only a small number of studies have found favourable intervention effects during the early years..

Group parenting programmes have been shown to have a positive impact on the mental health of children and parents in the short term.9 — 12 Positive results have been obtained from randomised controlled trials and other studies with parents of children with clinically defined behaviour disorders, 9,13,14 children at high risk of behaviour problems, 9,15 and to a lesser extent with normal populations.16, 17 They have also been obtained in trials of interventions for parents and children of different ages.18, 19 The number of trials carried out in the UK is small.13, 15,20,21 A recent systematic review concluded that these programmes are effective in the long term, 12 but most of the trials on which this review was based used a waiting list control design, and as a result outcome data are not reported on the control groups beyond 6 months.

First, the effect sizes are smaller both in absolute terms and in comparison to effect sizes reported elsewhere — for example, in the UK, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence reported effects of 1.7 for waiting list versus trauma focused psychological therapies and 1.18 for other active interventions for PTSD.1 Second, there are problems with the small number of trials in key areas (for example, TAU / WL n = 5), with the combining of different outcomes from the same study in the meta - analysis and the failure to consider clinical as opposed to statistical significance.

A small number of secondary prevention programs for fathers of young children have been conducted and evaluated.18 For example, Parent — Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a short - term, evidence - based, training intervention for parents dealing with preschool children who display behavioural problems was evaluated in the Netherlands using a quasi-experimental design.19 The results showed a large effect on fathers» reports of child behaviour problems at the completion of the intervention.

Limitations include small sample size, lack of control group on specific number of sessions, and use of a no - intervention control group, and lack of follow - up.

Australia produced almost the same number of intervention studies as the US, despite our smaller research budget.

While the number of intervention research publications was higher in 1997 — 1998 and 2001 — 2003 for all countries except Canada, the proportional allocation to this type of research can be argued to be small.

A small number of qualitative questions are included in the questionnaires to assess participants» unique perspective and experience of the intervention.

Consistency of the intervention was attempted by having a small and stable number of therapists.

A number of studies have examined whether parenting and family interventions increase parental knowledge, and there is evidence that this is the case.25, 26,27,28 However, in general these studies have been uncontrolled, with small sample sizes, examining very high risk samples, and with no examination of the mechanism of action between increased knowledge and potential child outcomes.

There has been a considerable body of research into the effectiveness of interventions to promote / protect the mental health and well - being of children and their parents, both within and external to school settings (Adi et al., 2007a, b; Dretzke et al., 2009); there is also a small but growing number of studies looking at the economic case for taking action, albeit largely set in either a USA or UK context.

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