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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Community-based intervention"”.
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Improving Data Collection to Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality and Morbidity in Malawi: Evaluating Chimwemwe mu'bereki, a Community Based Intervention
… and malnutrition. Without government support and intervention, community groups must fill in the gaps to make needed improvements to maternal and infant health outcomes. African Mothers Health Initiative (AMHI) enrolls high risk mothers and infants in the capital Lilongwe District to provide …
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An exploratory study : the family's experience of the initial interview at the Child Guidance Clinic
… to the proposal that a broader, more community based intervention be proffered.
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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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Smartwatch Centered System for Facilitating Group Processes of Small Teams in a Statewide Health Promotion Program
… States and globally. Effective physical activity interventions often use community based approaches due to the demonstrated effectiveness of combining individual and group based behavioral strategies towards encouraging physical activity behaviors and influencing social norms. Such interventions …
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The effects of focused stimulation, vertical structuring, and expansions on verbal language in young minimally-verbal children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
… especially those who work in state-funded Early Intervention Programs (Part C-Early Intervention, IDEA, 2004), do not have access to training on autism-specific early intervention models (Stahmer, Collings, & Palinkas, 2005). In addition, children who are receiving Early Intervention in community …
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Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers’ experiences of a community garden based trauma intervention: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… research examines the subjective experiences of community gardening as a trauma psychological intervention in the recovery process of male Sri Lankan Tamils asylum seekers who have been diagnosed with war-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This research is particularly timely given …
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Staying Power: Aging in Community and the Village Model
… institutional model to a decentralized home-based model. However, a majority of homes older adults reside in lack basic accessibility features and are in predominantly suburban locations that have limited transportation options. Villages, a multi-faceted aging support program, were …
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Exploring Social Connectedness Through The Perspectives Of Latina Adolescents At Risk For Suicide, Their Families, And Providers In The Life Is Precious Program
… and behaviors, yet culturally responsive interventions remain limited. Social connectedness—a protective factor against suicide—plays a critical role in adolescent well-being but is shaped by complex sociocultural, familial, and systemic influences. This study explores how Latina …
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Buying to Thrive: Exploring the Potential for Market-Based Approaches to Contribute to Increases in Diet Diversity in Mozambique
… to these deficiencies. There are three priority interventions used to reduce micronutrient deficiencies and improve overall nutrition status — supplementation, fortification, and diet diversity. As the share of food purchases made by low-income households has been increasing, there is increasing …
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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
… Fund invested in a combination HIV prevention intervention aimed at adolescent girls and young women in 10 high priority districts. The HERStory study evaluated the combination HIV prevention intervention after two years of implementation. Using the findings of the HERStory evaluation, this …
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Exploring the Scale-up of a Free Community-Based Physical Activity Intervention to Rural and Smaller Urban Settings in Southwestern Ontario
… settings and identify strategies for scaling up interventions for lower-density communities by exploring how to appropriately and effectively expand the ACT-i-Pass Program, a community-based intervention for children ages 9-11 years, into the counties of Oxford, Elgin and Middlesex in …
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Reducing the Rate of Recidivism for First-Time Juvenile Offenders with the Parent Monitoring Program, PMP: A Family Counseling Intervention Program
… the effectiveness of a family counseling intervention program called the Parent Monitoring Program (PMP) on reducing the rate of recidivism with first-time juvenile offenders in New Orleans, Louisiana. The PMP is a multimodal treatment intervention that combines individual, family, and …
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Promoting the Health Needs of Homeless Women Residing in an Urban Community: A Participatory Action Research Study
… The team selected the activity to develop as an intervention.</p><p> The findings from this study indicated that a group of homeless women who resided in a shelter identified exercise as their health promoting need. They planned and developed a six (6) week walking class to meet self determined …
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Understanding the Fate of the Neurotoxin Domoic Acid In Coastal Systems
<p>The elderly club program (ECP), a community-based intervention, has been implemented to support self-help organizations and promote the health and quality of life of seniors in Thailand. Due to dramatic increases in aging populations, it is important to determine whether or not the club …
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Implementation of Elderly Club Programs In Thailand
<p>The elderly club program (ECP), a community-based intervention, has been implemented to support self-help organizations and promote the health and quality of life of seniors in Thailand. Due to dramatic increases in aging populations, it is important to determine whether or not the club …
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Improving eating behavior through nutrition education for early prevention of obesity and type 2 diabetes in Hispanic communities
… risk populations, like Hispanics, is imperative. Community-based interventions have proved effective and less expensive than clinic-based education among Caucasians. Dining with Diabetes, a community-based diabetes education program was modified to target the Hispanic community in Illinois. …
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From self-stigma to self-worth: understanding self-stigma through developing, implementing and evaluating a selfstigma intervention among people living with HIV and AIDS “Change your thoughts and you change the world”
… implementing and evaluating a self-stigma intervention. Methods This doctoral work adopted a mixed methods research design using an implementation science approach, and is comprised of five studies. Study 1 was an exploratory qualitative study that explored the core beliefs of people living …
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