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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Support Intervention"”.
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Parent and Child Wellbeing in a Humanitarian Context By Flora Cohen,
… and social fragmentation. Programs that support the mental health and wellbeing of communities and families living in humanitarian contexts are vital to improving future outcomes. This dissertation utilizes evidence from a psychosocial support intervention designed to support caregivers …
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Effects Of Parental Support On Physical Activity Levels In Children
… it is hypothesized that trained parental support may increase children's physical activity. </p> <p> <bold>Purpose:</bold> The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of parental support on children's physical activity. Pender's Health Promotion Model (HPM) served as a guide. The …
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Metacognition and dyslexia : towards an increased understanding of the cognitive knowledge and self-regulation practices of students with dyslexia in higher education
… and impact of training input and learning support intervention on such findings.
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Evaluation of psychological programmes for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in South Africa
… programmes take cognisance of psychological support. Failure to provide psychological support to children orphaned by HIV/AIDS may have negative, long lasting effects like mental illness, crime, street children and these can in turn result in dysfunctional societies. Thus the aims of the …
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An investigation of middle school mentoring relationships through the lens of the developmental assets framework
… mentoring is a popular but relatively unstudied support intervention for students entering middle school. Mentoring research more generally reveals that relationship quality between student and mentor is foundational for achieving positive student outcomes. Using a quasi-experimental …
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CAN LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION HELP CONTROL RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS OR MINOR STROKES?: A PILOT STUDY AND PROPOSAL FOR A MULTICENTRE TRIAL
… and 35 percent of patients are smokers ’ . Interventions aimed at lifestyle modification are becoming the focus of preventive efforts as patients under medical treatment are still left with poorly controlled risk factors. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the addition of …
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Social Support, Health Behaviors, and Academic Success in College Students
… study was to examine whether perceived social support was associated with self-efficacy for health promoting behaviors, and whether self-efficacy for health promoting behaviors predicts academic success for college students. Gender differences in perceived social support were also examined. …
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A Social Ecological Perspective On Diabetes Care: Supporting Adolescents And Caregivers
… with diabetes face unique risks for which social support may be one protective factor. The importance of social support from family and friends is well documented in the literature. Support for the caregiver and support from the health care provider, conversely, are understudied. These four …
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Shared Decision-Making to Improve Uptake of and Adherence with Oral Anticoagulation Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Initial Clinical Evaluation of a Web-Based Patient Decision Aid
… the acceptability of a shared decision-making intervention to support anticoagulation decisions in AF care. The research was conducted in three phases. First, a retrospective cohort study utilized administrative health data to identify the predictors of nonpersistence to OAC therapy among …
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Evaluation Of An Infant Feeding Support Strategy Among Hiv-Exposed Infants In Urban Haiti
Nutrition support is essential to improve health outcomes among HIV-exposed children. However, there are few evidence-based models for effective integration of nutrition support within clinical Prevention-of-Mother-to-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) services. To address this gap, we aimed: 1) to …
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Application of Symphonology Theory in Patient Decision-Making: Triangulation of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
… by testing the effect of an education/counseling intervention based on Symphonology, designed to facilitate decision-making. The study design was a pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design. Demographic and disease-related variables, decision-making role preference and the Bioethical Decision …
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The ward-based Nurse Clinical Educator: Impact on student learning outcomes and student and preceptor experiences
… research question was: “What impact does the NCE support intervention have on students and clinical staff during clinical practicum?” Background Clinical experience for undergraduate student nurses (students) undertaking their bachelor’s degree is of utmost importance for gaining both competence …
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Evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of new employment enhancement programmes in an Irish context: A focus on well-being and employability
… (2) evaluate the effectiveness of a new high support intervention ( when compared to services as usual ) in terms of its impact on psychol ogical well - being and related psychosocial factors which influence employability; and (3) conduct a small - scale process evaluation to explore the …
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Psychosocial Support, Newborn Readmissions, and Postpartum Follow-up
… A comprehensive program was offered to support new families in the form of developmental assessment and intervention, breastfeeding, infant and toddler nutrition, health promotion and education, and referrals to appropriate agencies when indicated. In 2004, due to inadequate funding, the …
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The prevalence of pain catastrophising in pregnancy and its influence on latent phase hospital admission The RETHINK Study
… uncomplicated pregnancy are at increased risk of interventions if admitted to hospital during the latent phase of labour. Women expecting their first child (nulliparous) are more likely to be admitted during the latent phase than women who have had one (primiparous) or more babies (multiparous). …
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Supporting parental caregivers of children living with life limiting or life threatening illnesses: A Delphi study
… understanding of parental caregivers’ current support needs in order to provide direction in the development of a theory-based hope intervention. The intervention is intended to improve psychosocial and bereavement support for parental caregivers of children with life limiting (LLI) or life …
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Psychosocial predictors of HIV treatment outcomes among young pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV
… that designed and evaluated the role of a peer support intervention to mitigate the negative impact of stigma among young (16 – 24 years old) pregnant and postpartum WLHIV attending antenatal care (ANC) at the Gugulethu midwife obstetric unit (MOU), in Cape Town, South Africa. Participants were …
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Electronic Performance Support Systems: Comparison Of Types Of Integration Levels On Performance Outcomes
<p>Selecting appropriate performance improvement interventions is a critical component of a comprehensive model of performance improvement. Intervention selection is an interconnected process involving analysis of an organization's environment, definition of the performance problem, and …
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Construction and Preliminary Validation of the interRAI 0-3 Developmental Domains
… and with a lack of a comprehensive assessment-to-intervention system that amalgamates social, psychiatric, medical, functional, psychological, and environmental constructs, the interRAI 0-3 was developed to support intervention efforts based on the needs of young children and their families. The …
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Enhancement and the Launch of Odyssey
… program is a research-based in-school student intervention developed in response to over two-thirds of Brooks Middle School students falling short of district College and Career Readiness (CCR) benchmarks. College and Career Readiness at Brooks Middle School is based on student outcomes from …
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