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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"intervention effectiveness"”.
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Can increasing surface credibility improve e-health intervention effectiveness?
… investigates what role such factors play in the effectiveness of two e-health interventions. An e-health intervention is a health related website designed to change a person’s behaviour.<br/>Until now research into credibility has been largely theoretical. Studies have relied on subjective …
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Improving Outcomes for Children Impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): A Study of Intervention Effectiveness Guided by Developmental Theory
… in implementing effective prevention and intervention strategies has also increased (Donisch et al., 2016; Ko et al., 2008). While many effective treatments for stress and trauma have been developed for use in clinical settings, far fewer innovations have been developed and tested in …
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Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Interventions Used in Cattle Processing Plants to Reduce Escherichia coli Contamination in Beef
… However, high variability in processing plant intervention literature has prompted a meta-analysis to determine informed estimates of intervention effectiveness for QMRA parameterization. Meta-analysis derived least-squares means bacterial log reductions for acetic acid, lactic acid, steam …
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Reducing and understanding petrified wood theft at Petrified Forest National Park
… behavior. Despite numerous anti-theft interventions, approximately 12 tons of wood disappear from the park each year. The focus of this study was to design, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to reduce the theft of petrified wood. In addition to gaining a …
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The design, development and evaluation of an SMS contraceptive behaviour change intervention - a case study in Chikwawa, Malawi
… to determine the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of a behaviour change intervention delivered via mHealth in Chikwawa, Malawi. Three qualitative studies were executed to identify health needs in the area and to understand cultural practices which may influence intervention …
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Treatment Effectiveness in Preschool Education- A Look at Affective Variables
… disorder make the need for identifying effective interventions critical. DSM-IVTR identifies core characteristics of autism as significant deficits in communication, social interaction, and symbolic play. Neither intellectual ability nor academic achievement, two variables frequently used for …
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Effects of a Computer Assisted Intervention in Second Graders with Attention and Literacy Problems
… outcomes. Few studies have focused on the effectiveness of computer-assisted interventions for children with reading and attention problems. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a computerized early literacy intervention on the on-task behavior and oral reading fluency of …
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Personality Correlates of Treatment Mode and Later Usage in Violators of Campus Alcohol Policies
… the NEO Personality Inventory--Revised, and for intervention effectiveness based on personality characteristics. These students chose or were assigned to one of three conditions: (a) a monetary fine, (b) motivational interviewing in an individual session, or (c) motivational feedback through …
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Apraxia: anaylsis of assessment and rehabilitation
… main areas: the assessment of apraxia and the intervention effectiveness in rehabilitation of the apraxic condition. This was achieved through a group study and a series of single case designs. Three experimental groups were used to investigate clinical tests and the kinematics ofmovement~ …
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Evaluating and understanding how interventions work to encourage shifts towards active travel
… co-benefits. However, with the large variety of intervention forms that may be implemented to shift population levels of active travel, such as modifying the built environment or implementing policies that restrict the use of motorised vehicles, it is difficult to know which should be …
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The Effects of Incorporating Interactive Questioning During Shared Electronic Book Reading on Preschoolers' Comprehension
… to assess the effects of parent training on post-intervention parental interactive behaviors during shared electronic book reading. Four parent-child dyads participated in this seven week multiple baseline study. Participants were recruited from a suburban preschool in southeastern Virginia and …
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The Influence of Deprivation on Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in Rural Indians
… on socio-economic barriers, service gaps and intervention effectiveness. Findings/Results: Four main themes emerged: aging and low health literacy vulnerability; Socio-economic damage delay in diagnosis and obstruction of continuity of care; Infrastructure intervals, caste and gender …
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Understanding adolescent and young people’s sexual health and development in a public health context: research studies and interventions
… risk behaviours in early adulthood. Prevention interventions implemented early on are shown to be most effective at preventing or reducing the poor health outcomes associated with risk-behaviours. Policies and prevention interventions are informed by current data showing patterns of risk …
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Programming Generality into a Performance Feedback Writing Intervention
… focus on the development of effective writing interventions. Although performance feedback procedures have been shown to produce promising short-term improvements in elementary-aged students' writing fluency skills (Eckert, Lovett, Rosenthal, Jiao, Ricci, & Truckenmiller, 2006), evidence of …
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Patient flow optimization in the Department of Medicine at MGH
… Medicine patient flow, develops and evaluates interventions to improve this flow, and provides recommendations to hospital leadership. To this end, we construct a discrete-event simulation based on historical data. Intervention effectiveness is measured primarily based on patient-wait-for-bed, …
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Communicative participation outcomes of preschool speech-language services: Opportunities, challenges, and solutions
… pathologists provide assessments and early interventions to improve children’s communication skills and lessen the negative effect of communication delays on development. Since 2012, the Program mandated the use of an outcome measure, the Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six® …
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Die Dauer der unbehandelten Psychose bei erstbehandelten Patienten mit Schizophrenie : eine prospektive Kohortenstudie in Bielefeld
… patients and health policy. Early detection and intervention is expected to have a positive effect on the outcome. Since the nineties, especially the concept of the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) has gained special interest. As we provide a well-equipped specialized mental health care …
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Assessing the Relationship between Occupational Injury Risk and Performance: the Efficacy of Adding Adjustability and Using Exoskeletons in the Context of a Simulated Drilling Task
… performance, a perspective potentially hindering intervention proposals in practice. Highlighting potential performance benefits can facilitate intervention cost-justification, along with the traditional focus on reducing exposure to injury risk. The main objective of this research was to examine …
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The development and evaluation of a self-monitoring and patient-initiated follow-up service for people with rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis on methotrexate
… in clinic. This is followed by an evaluation of intervention effectiveness and safety, along with an exploration of the mechanisms of action and patient acceptability. One hundred patients from University College Hospital London (UCLH) with either RA or PsA on methotrexate were recruited into the …
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Evaluation of a large scale intervention project to increase safety belt use in eight Virginia communities
A large scale intervention program conducted by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles to increase safety belt use in eight communities (cities, towns, and counties) throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia was evaluated. The police or sheriff's department in each community conducted either one, …
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