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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Community-Based Interventions"”.
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Addressing Student School Refusal Through Effective School, Family And Community-Based Interventions
… school refusal and in-turn diagnose a school-based intervention designed to retain students. This study specifically addressed the use of a teacher mentor intervention for school refusal students as a means of improving attendance, academics, social and emotional well being and improve their …
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A formative evaluation of the James House programme for orphans and vulnerable children
… in the South African context. A number of community based interventions have been put in place to provide both material and psychosocial support. This dissertation is a theory-driven process evaluation of a programme offering care and support to orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs). The …
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Prevalence of Hypertension Among Low-Income Individuals in Muscogee County Columbus, Georgia
… underscore the need for culturally sensitive, community-based interventions that address social determinants, early detection, and long-term management strategies to mitigate hypertension in vulnerable populations.</p>
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THRIVE: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ACCESSIBILITY AS AN ISSUE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, AN INCARCERAL HEALTH WELLNESS PROGRAM MODEL
… change. I conclude with an analysis of how community- based interventions that allow for meaningful engagement, such as exercise programming, can alleviate the stressors associated with incarceration — a physical and metaphorical opportunity for renewal and transformation.
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Factors Associated With Local Public Health Agency Participation In Obesity Prevention, 2008
… and are the foundation for health efforts on the community levels. Conceptual frameworks show that good infrastructure leads to good process, which, in turn, leads to good outcomes. Community-based interventions for obesity prevention, as examples of process, have not proven to be successful. If …
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How Do Refugees Experience a “Sense Of Place” in a Community Garden? Exploring an Intervention to Mitigate the Consequences of Displacement
… service providers understand the neces-sity for community-based interventions to improve the resettlement process for refugees, using a place attachment model. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Karen and Chin Burmese (Myanmar) adult refugees who participated in a community garden …
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Do place-based interventions displace crime in cities? : an evaluation of two crime prevention strategies in Chihuahua, Mexico
… have traditionally been skeptical of place-based crime prevention and reduction interventions because they can potentially displace crime to other times, locations, settings, or crime events. However, only few empirical studies have successfully demonstrated crime displacement, and when …
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Prevention of childhood drowning: A review of current community interventions and their effect on recreational drowning mortality in children
… of risk reduction and other exposure limiting interventions is that they produce differing outcomes because they have differing efficacy even though they lead to the same end of reducing childhood drowning. These include laws that require secured pools and beaches; community programs that …
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A mixed-methods evaluation of the ‘Closer to Home’ community intervention programme for preventing frail and elderly hospital admissions in NHS Forth Valley
… the results of a mixed-methods evaluation of a community-based programme called ‘Closer to Home’, aimed at preventing hospital admissions among frail and elderly people living in the NHS Forth Valley health board in Scotland.The evaluation sought to 1) understand the structures and operational …
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Faith-Based Counseling Versus Traditional Psychotherapy: A Phenomenological Evaluation of African American Protestant Experiences
… within traditional psychotherapy and faith-based counseling settings. Research has shown various therapist/counselor identities affect Christian African American clients, and that Christians as well as African Americans have historically been less likely to pursue traditional psychotherapy …
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The effectiveness of a community-based intensive intervention for young people with complex psychological and forensic needs
… examined the effectiveness of an intensive, community-based intervention for youth presenting with complex psychological needs, and their families, and discussed the need to understand and address the multiple risk and protective factors across several systems associated with aggressive, …
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Exploring health geography by examining physical activity in older Latino women living in rural and urban communities
… areas (urban and rural) and the impact of the community perceptions in geographic areas. Demographic information, levels of physical activity using accelerometers, survey data on community perceptions were gathered. This information was obtained from a sample of older Latino women living in the …
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Negotiating access and buy-in from communities in the context of a South African combination HIV prevention intervention for adolescent girls and young women
… successfully accessing communities and gaining community buy-in or support for community based interventions. The HERStory study explored the identification of the gaps and challenges in the intervention components and the intervention implementation to be able to revise and improve the …
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Increasing children's safety belt use: intrinsic versus extrinsic motivators
… vehicle license number both before and after the interventions. Coupons for free food at a fast food restaurant were distributed to participants by the school personnel, and safety belt use was observed at the restaurant's drive-thru window to assess generalization. The results revealed that …
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Development and evaluation of a hands-on culinary education program for youth
The vast majority of American youth consume unhealthy diets and do not meet national nutrition recommendations. Participation in cooking and food preparation is associated with healthy dietary behaviors for individuals of all ages, likely because home cooked foods tend to be healthier than …
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Perspectives on Mistreated Homebound Older Adults Living in Geographically Isolated Communities
… dignity that shape reporting and response, and community-driven solutions grounded in trust and collaboration. The findings reveal that EM in rural, homebound settings cannot be separated from the broader ecological realities of place, culture, and care. Practitioners described navigating …
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Role of Trauma in Social-Cognitive Adjustment Strategies and Moral Disengagement among African-American Urban Youth
… correlated with specific coping styles. Based on these data, the findings of this study suggest that adolescents with more constructive or effective problem solving are not only less likely to engage in delinquent and aggressive behavior, but are also less likely to morally disengage or …
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Community correlates of pneumonia hospitalization and mortality among persons 65 years and older in Texas counties
… 65+ in Texas counties, and considered how community (county) characteristics such as prosperity and racial/ethnic homogeneity impact population health and well-being.\r\n The project applied Evans and Stoddart determinants of health model to examine the effect and relationship of contextual …
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A randomized controlled trial comparing a companion dog walking intervention to an attention control education intervention on the psychological health of adult intensive care unit survivors: the POOCH study
… Quality evidence supporting innovative home and community-based interventions that improve psychological health in ICU survivors is needed. The use of companion dogs to improve the health and wellbeing of ICU survivors is a novel strategy not previously explored in the ICU survivor population. …
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A Realist Review and Evaluation of Spark: An Online, Arts in Health Intervention for Older People Experiencing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Wales
… For the older population, finding preventative, community-based interventions that can reduce social isolation and loneliness is particularly important because of the potential to reduce their need to access secondary health and social care services and the ability to increase the amount of time …
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