Sentences with phrase «term impacts of interventions»

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A new study of the Chicago Public Schools» (CPS) double - dose algebra policy for struggling 9th grade students — the first such study to examine long - term impacts of this intervention — has found substantial improved outcomes for intensive math instruction on college entrance exam scores, high school graduation rates, and college enrollment rates.

Students enrolled in the HGSE course will study how to recognize opportunities and assess needs for informal learning interventions; how to conduct, assemble, and synthesize research on media - based teaching and learning in a particular domain; how to design, test, and revise materials that are responsive to particular audiences and objectives; how to make diversity a fundamental component of the design process; and how to gauge the short - and long - term impact of an intervention.

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So, after contemplating where I'd feel most comfortable, which local providers I felt respected me most and what type of birth experience would give me the best odds of avoiding surgery (and other interventions that might impact my long - term sexual health and satisfaction), I chose to give birth at home with midwives.

Interventions to improve the feeding of LBW infants are likely to improve the immediate and longer - term health and well - being of the individual infant and have a significant impact on neonatal and infant mortality levels in the population.

The two papers in this Series will describe past and current global trends of breastfeeding, its short and long - term health consequences for the mother and child, the impact of investment in breastfeeding, and the determinants of breastfeeding and the effectiveness of promotion interventions.

«O - Robo is a women's capacity building component of O - REAP's QIIP - a short term intervention directed to fill apparent needs - gap of small to medium scale farmers to engineer the process of food sufficiency and increased income of the people of Osun state through high impact timely interventions.

Speaking on the significant impact of Opon Imo since its introduction, Governor Aregbesola said since the advent of the electronic gadgets which serve as crucial educational intervention, the performance of students across the state have tremendously improved in terms of results and academic prizes.

For their analysis, researchers used the results of 23 rigorous studies on the short - and long - term impact of school - based interventions on student knowledge of teen dating violence, attitudes toward teen dating violence, and frequency of perpetration or victimization in adolescent intimate partner relationships.

Studies of early - childhood and school - age interventions often find long - term impacts on such outcomes as educational attainment, earnings, and criminal activity despite nonexistence or «fade - out» of test - score gains.

None of these interventions has yet been shown to improve long - term outcomes such as college completion or earnings, however, and other researchers have failed to replicate even the narrower impacts that have been reported.

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Burke Harris shares how childhood adversity creates toxic stress that can impact health long term, and explains how intervention and response through collaborative efforts can significantly alter children's futures.

But the results of this investigation nonetheless advance our understanding of the effects of school choice policies by providing the first experimentally generated information on the long - term impact of a voucher intervention.

This compelling knowledge base underscores three significant, unmet needs: (1) valid and reliable biological and bio-behavioral measures (or «biomarkers») of «toxic stress» to identify children who are at higher risk of chronic disease in adulthood; (2) more effective intervention strategies to prevent, reduce, or mitigate the long - term health consequences of significant adversity in early childhood; and (3) biomarkers that are sensitive to change and can thus be used to assess the short - term and medium - term effects of intervention strategies whose ultimate impacts on physical and mental health may not be apparent until decades later.

-LSB-...] rank this intervention strategy 6th in terms of its impact out of the 138 different interventions that John Hattie tested.

to increase understanding of adverse childhood experiences, the potential trauma response in children, and the resulting impacts on student learning and behavior, and to introduce short - and long - term interventions that can restore students» sense of safety and agency, and 2)

Nevertheless, in terms of benchmarking and measuring impact and outcomes of interventions in the education systems, there will always be a certain demand for such testing approaches.

The impact of each intervention component is shown in terms of standard deviations on the horizontal axis.

When these interventions do not produce short or long - term impacts, we do not question the entire idea of K - 12 education, but rather build on the evidence and ask how we can do better.

Freya's attempts at peaceful intervention may have profound effects on the impact of the story, but it adds virtually nothing in terms of the gameplay itself besides an occasional quick - time event here and a scene transition there.

Proceedings: Friday 4 May Opening remarks Welcome by Mr, Sefa Sadık AYTEKIN, Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey Keynote address by H.E. Thamir GHADHBAN, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Iraq Workplan of WEO - 2012 Iraq Energy Outlook by Dr. Fatih BIROL, Chief Economist, IEA Session 1: Energy in Iraq — fuelling Iraq's reconstruction and development Chair: Mr. Simon STOLP, World Bank Introductory interventions: H.E. Martin KOBLER, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Iraq Dr. Usama KARIM, Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Iraq Dr. Kamal AL - BASRI, Chairman of the Iraq Institute for Economic Reform Open discussion Session 2: Iraq's electricity sector — short term needs and long - term interests Chair: Mr. Hamish MCNINCH, International Expert Introductory interventions: Dr. Majeed ABDUL - HUSSAIN, Parsons Brinckerhoff Dr. Abdul Qader AHMED, Mass Global Open discussion Special address: Mr. Tariq SHAFIQ, Managing Director, Petrolog & Associates Session 3: Iraq's oil and gas supply — managing the development of a huge resource Chair: Mr. Tariq SHAFIQ, Managing Director, Petrolog & Associates Dr. Ali AL - MASHAT, Advisor, Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Iraq Ms. Ruba HUSARI, Managing Director, Iraq Insight Open discussion Session 4: Iraq and international markets — impacts on regional and global balances Chair: H.E. Thamir GHADHBAN, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Iraq Introductory interventions: Dr. Mussab AL - DUJAYLI, former Director General, State Oil Marketing Organisation Mr. Jonathan ELKIND, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy of the United States Ms. Coby VAN DER LINDE, Director of the Energy Programme, Clingendael Institute, the Netherlands Open discussion Session 5: Summary and conclusions Co-Chairs: H.E. Fareed Yasseen, Ambassador of Iraq to France and H.E. Nick Bridge, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the OECD Tour de table with recommendations for key topics and areas of study for consideration in the WEO - 2012 Concluding remarks by Dr. Fatih BIROL, Chief Economist, IEA

Though results are mixed, most home visiting studies find that the early intervention of home visiting can improve both short - and long - term outcomes for children who are at - risk of being maltreated by positively impacting not only the outcomes listed above, but perhaps most importantly, the mother - child relationship (e.g., Black et al., 2007; Guttentag et al., 2014; Karoly et al., 2006; Olds et al., 1998).

Two of the most widely - cited early intervention programs with high - cost savings — the Perry Preschool program and the Abecedarian program — were associated with long - term impacts ranging from reduced rates of teen parenthood, higher employment rates and earnings, and lower arrest rates.

This curriculum is divided into four units which include an introduction to Trauma - Informed Early Childhood Services, and then cover the impact of trauma on young children in terms of their neurobiology and development, the screening and interventions used with traumatized children, and reflective practices used to work with caregivers and traumatized young children.

Given the high prevalence of child maltreatment and the serious consequences in terms of its impact on the lives of the individuals concerned, their families, and society more generally, it is important that we identify effective methods of prevention and intervention, and there are some suggestions that a public health approach is now needed.27 Although there is limited research available in terms of what works to prevent child maltreatment, there have been significant gains over the past 20 years in terms of the development of new approaches.

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.

Saving Lives, Saving Dollars: Mitigating the Impact of Child Maltreatment (PDF - 318 KB) Department of Extension Home Economics, New Mexico State University (2006) Focuses on the physical, psychoemotional, and behavioral impact of child maltreatment; estimated direct and indirect financial costs to society; the long - term socioeconomic impact of abuse and neglect; and strategies for prevention and interveImpact of Child Maltreatment (PDF - 318 KB) Department of Extension Home Economics, New Mexico State University (2006) Focuses on the physical, psychoemotional, and behavioral impact of child maltreatment; estimated direct and indirect financial costs to society; the long - term socioeconomic impact of abuse and neglect; and strategies for prevention and interveimpact of child maltreatment; estimated direct and indirect financial costs to society; the long - term socioeconomic impact of abuse and neglect; and strategies for prevention and interveimpact of abuse and neglect; and strategies for prevention and intervention.

The study investigated these two groups of pre-kindergarten children on immediate (prekindergarten), intermediate (kindergarten) and longer term (first grade) outcomes as well as examined a number of key factors that may impact intervention including: child history of EI / ECSE and other educational services, child characteristics, and familial risk factors.

The evidence about the impact of compromised parent - infant interaction in terms of the infants rapidly developing neurological system is now extensive (see Background) and evaluations of appropriately focused infant massage interventions for these groups, are urgently needed.

Alternatively, because of the brevity of this preventive intervention, one might expect impacts only to be evident in the short term.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study examined the impact of a short - term behavioral intervention [now called Functional Family Therapy (FFT)-RSB- on the recidivism rates of delinquent teenagers and their families.

GRANDcare's long - term goal is to create effective evidence - based intervention strategies that significantly improve the quality of life for grandparents faced with the challenges of raising grandchildren that, in concert, will positively impact the lives of their grandchildren.

An evaluation of the long - term impact of the Chicago Child - Parent Centers, for example, showed that children attending the program for a full day scored better on measures of social - emotional development, math and reading skills, and physical health than similar children attending the program part day.Arthur Reynolds et al. «Association of a Full - Day vs. Part - Day Preschool Intervention with School Readiness, Attendance, and Parent Involvement,» JAMA 312, no. 20 (2014): 2126 — 2134.

A better understanding of the underlying processes mediating the impact of childhood trauma on later mental health may lead to novel interventions which focus on preventing the long - term impact of childhood trauma.

Implementing interventions to reduce experiences of early adversity may also be able to ward off early biological damages with long - term health impacts.

Additionally, review of support programs and interventions are warranted in terms of their uptake and impact on families affected by a parent's cancer.

Given that pediatric pain relief was expected to result secondary to effective parent coaching, our primary hypothesis was that a parent computer training intervention would result in greater immediate and long - term parent knowledge about the impact of specific parent behavior on child procedural distress.

For example, in a study of the long - term impact of the Fast Track programme in the USA for children with behavioural problems, children with a particular genetic profile (those with a variant in the glucocorticoid receptor gene) were the ones who both benefitted the most from the intervention and the ones in the control group who did the worse when no intervention was provided (Albert et al., 2015).

Identification of developmental delays and referral to appropriate early intervention services are key to mitigating the long - term impacts or severity of physical or cognitive impairments.

This is the first study to examine the long - term outcomes of sleep problems in a community sample of infants, together with the long - term impact of a behavioral sleep intervention on infant sleep problems.

Long - Term Impact of a Cell Phone — Enhanced Parenting Intervention.