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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"intervention design"”.
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OMS: rapid stress relief through behavior-intervention design
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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A social marketing approach to media intervention design in health and lifestyle education
Instructional Design development has not yet produced a dedicated comprehensive model concerned with instruction for specialized areas of education where attitude-based behavioral change in social settings is the primary goal. As such, health and lifestyle education is one specialized field which …
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Computational analysis of biochemical networks for drug target identification and therapeutic intervention design
… network. We quantify a relationship between how interventions at different places in network affect an output of interest. We use this quantitative relationship between target inhibited and output of interest as a metric to compare targets. In network analyzed here, most targets show a sub-linear …
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How Does Place Affect Access To "What Works?": Knowledge Usage In Urban And Rural Ngo Intervention Design
… stands to benefit greatly from health interventions developed and implemented by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). NGOs depend on governmental and private foundation support, and, precipitated by recent legislation, these funding sources increasingly require “evidence-based …
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Social Virtual Environments as ‘Third Places’: Co-Designing Socio-Relational Spaces For Autistic Young Adults
… young adults. Historically, autism research and intervention have focused primarily on childhood and have often been grounded in deficit-based frameworks. In contrast, contemporary perspectives informed by the neurodiversity paradigm emphasize autism as a form of human variation and call for …
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Developing a manualised task-sharing counselling intervention for perinatal common mental disorders in the South African context
… of a maternal mental health counselling intervention for routine treatment of mild to moderate symptoms of depression and anxiety for primary healthcare in South Africa, as part of the Health Systems Strengthening in sub-Saharan Africa (ASSET) study. Methods: A four-phase study process …
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Examining the Effectiveness of an Orthographic-Based Intervention for Children with Reading Disabilities
… population and react similarly to specific intervention approaches. Recognizing the heterogeneity within the RD population, preliminary research has surfaced which challenges the combined approach in favor of techniques which address the relative deficit in either phonological or …
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Assessment of Reflective Teaching Practice in Undergraduate Nursing Faculty
… Pilot was conducted using a pre- and post-intervention design with a convenience sample of participants. Using this design, the study compared the level of engagement in self-reflection score in Reflective Teaching Practice (RTP) pre- and post-Strategic Reflective Training Session (SRTS) in …
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Implementation and Assessment of a Test Anxiety Reduction Program with 10th Graders and Their Subsequent Performance on the MontCAS Criterion Referenced Test
… group protocol. The control group received no intervention prior to the test. The intervention design was based on results of meta-analyses of test anxiety research identifying effective treatment approaches. Overall in this study, the test anxiety program did not produce significantly improved …
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Implementation and Assessment of a Test Anxiety Reduction Program with 10th Graders and Their Subsequent Performance on the MontCAS Criterion Referenced Test
… group protocol. The control group received no intervention prior to the test. The intervention design was based on results of meta-analyses of test anxiety research identifying effective treatment approaches. Overall in this study, the test anxiety program did not produce significantly improved …
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Designing disclosure
… into the process of social techno logy design. Specifically, it was focused on the design of social utilities, which are technologies that enable new spheres of virtual social interaction. This aim was achieve d through the investigation and transcription of the experiences of engaging …
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Thankful or Thank You? Exploring the Impact of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Gratitude
… of an interpersonal and intrapersonal gratitude intervention on subjective well-being (SWB). Participants were assigned to one of three intervention conditions that were characterized by a weekly writing task—an interpersonal gratitude letter (n = 73), an intrapersonal gratitude journal (n = 65), …
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Social Marketing Approach to Recruit Cancer Survivors for Research and Treatment
… adequate numbers of participants for supportive interventions for cancer survivors (Buss et al., 2008). The purpose of this dissertation was to use social marketing theory as a framework to better understand recruitment for a web-based psychosocial intervention for cancer survivors. The study …
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From hospital to home: a mixed methods exploration of post-discharge medicines management for older people living with long-term conditions
… Medicines Research Council framework for complex intervention design, aimed to find acceptable intervention components, which would enhance patient experience. This research followed a sequential, mixed method design to: establish the evidence base through critical literature review, develop …
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“S.P.L.A.S.H. Into Fitness!” An Identity-Focused Behavioral Swim Camp and Family-Oriented eHealth Intervention for Girls
… short-term in nature. Indeed, the behavioral intervention literature is fraught with mixed findings regarding long-term positive results, perhaps due to two factors: 1) previous studies targeting youth have not directly intervened upon identity, an important psychological mechanism which …
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Increasing Physical Activity in Omani Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Attending Primary Health Care Facilities, MUSCAT
… Oman. Using these findings, a physical activity intervention design (the “MOVEdiabetes” study) was then developed, implemented and evaluated.<br/><br/>Formative work reported low levels of physical activity and prolonged sitting time in adults with type 2 diabetes. The odds of meeting PA …
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Worksite Physical Activity and Nutrition
… ideal setting through which health behavior interventions can be delivered. The majority of the population is employed and worksites typically involve individuals from various stages of life, which allows for programs to be broad-reaching. Understanding the theoretical underpinnings of …
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An exploration of how a drama-based pedagogy can promote understanding of chemical concepts in 11-15 year old science students
… yet under-theorised, consisting of single case designs and unreplicated methodologies. This multiple case study focused upon an intervention design based on a pedagogical model developed in my Masters research. This study aimed to explore the characteristics of students’ interaction and the …
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Developing Pre-service Teacher Education in Environmental Education for Sustainability in Papua New Guinea
… education. This doctoral study developed an intervention to address this problem in one PNG teachers college. The intervention design was underpinned by a theoretical framework comprising conceptual knowledge and pedagogical ideas from the EEfS literature, conceptions of teacher education and …
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Implementing an Organisational Intervention for Work-related Stress : An Action Research Study.
… assessing the effectiveness of an organisational intervention for work-related stress incorporating participatory principles. The study, set in the call centre business of a UK utilities company, aimed to contribute evidence of the effectiveness of the HSE Management Standards approach in managing …
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