scholarly journals Effect of ready‐to‐use foods for preventing child undernutrition in Niger: analysis of a prospective intervention study over 15 months of follow‐up

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudine Prudhon ◽  
Céline Langendorf ◽  
Thomas Roederer ◽  
Stéphane Doyon ◽  
Abdoul‐Aziz Mamaty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Study ◽  
Child Undernutrition ◽  
Ready To Use Foods

Mindful of Personality Trait Change: Are Treatment Effects on Personality Trait Change Ephemeral and Attributable to Changes in States?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirjam Stieger ◽  
Mathias Allemand ◽  
Brent Roberts ◽  
Jordan Davis
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Treatment Effects ◽  
Intervention Study ◽  
Measure Change ◽  
Conceptual Distinction ◽  
State Changes ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Changes Over Time

Objective: Are treatment effects on personality trait change ephemeral and attributable to change in clinical states? Data of an intervention study was used to examine if change in clinical states (e.g., stress or depression) accounts for change in personality traits and to test whether both changes in traits and clinical states were independently associated with substance use. Method: Seventy-nine substance use patients (Mage = 25.3, SD = 2.7; 35 % female) took part at a 4-week intervention and completed a total of 15 bi-monthly assessments across 28 weeks to measure change in traits and states during and after treatment. Results: The results suggest that participants showed large trait and state changes over time, which happened rapidly with the majority occurring during the first four weeks. Trait and state changes were highly correlated, but not perfectly redundant. Significant variance in personality trait change remained after controlling for change in clinical states. Moreover, both trait and state change independently predicted substance use. Conclusion: Personality trait change occurred relatively fast and was maintained until the last follow-up assessment six months after the end of the intervention. Also, the findings point to the notion that the conceptual distinction between traits and states may not be as important as originally thought.

scholarly journals Overview of Long-Term Nutrition Intervention Studies in Guatemala, 1968–1989

1992 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reynaldo Martorell
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Intervention Study ◽  
Fat Free Mass ◽  
Nutrition Intervention ◽  
Human Capital Formation ◽  
Working Capacity ◽  
Intellectual Performance ◽  
Food And Nutrition

This is an overview of ten papers published in this issue of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin dealing with two components of a nutrition intervention study: the INCAP longitudinal study, 1969–1977, and the follow-up study, 1988–1989. The latter is a continuation of the former and seeks to test the hypothesis that nutritional improvements in early childhood lead to improved human capital formation in adolescents and young adults. Beneficial outcomes have been found to include greater body size and fat-free mass (particularly in females), improved working capacity in males, and enhanced intellectual performance in bath sexes.

scholarly journals Positive Outcomes of a Comprehensive Health Literacy Communication Training for Health Professionals in Three European Countries: A Multi-centre Pre-post Intervention Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (20) ◽  
pp. 3923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marise S. Kaper ◽  
Andrea F. de Winter ◽  
Roberta Bevilacqua ◽  
Cinzia Giammarchi ◽  
Anne McCusker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Intervention Study ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Shared Decision ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Comprehensive Health

Many professionals have limited knowledge of how to address health literacy; they need a wider range of health literacy competencies to enhance empowerment and person-centred prevention. We evaluated whether: (1) a comprehensive health literacy training increased self-rated competencies of health professionals to address health literacy related problems and support the development of people’s autonomy and self-management abilities after training and 6–12 weeks later, (2) professionals were satisfied with the training, (3) outcomes differed for the three participating European countries. Health professionals (N = 106) participated in a multicentre pre-post intervention study in Italy, the Netherlands and Northern Ireland. The 8-hour training-intervention involved health literacy knowledge, the practice of comprehensible communication skills, shared decision-making, and enhancing self-management. Self-rated health literacy competencies and training satisfaction were assessed at baseline, immediately after training and 6-12 weeks later, and analysed by multi-level analysis. Professionals’ self-rated health literacy competencies significantly improved following training in all three countries; this increase persisted at 6-12 weeks follow-up. The strongest increase regarded professional’s skills to enhance shared-decision making and enabling self-management after training and follow-up respectively. Professionals perceived the training as relevant for practice. Competency increases seemed to be consistent across countries. In three countries, professionals’ self-rated health literacy competencies increased following this comprehensive training. These promising findings should be confirmed in a further full effect study. Implementation of this training in European education and health care may improve person-centred communication by professionals and might help to tackle health literacy related problems and to strengthen people’s abilities in achieving better health outcomes.

The Gambia Hepatitis Intervention Study: Follow-Up of a Cohort of Children Vaccinated against Hepatitis B

1992 ◽  
Vol 166 (4) ◽  
pp. 764-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Chotard ◽  
H. M. Inskip ◽  
A. J. Hall ◽  
F. Loik ◽  
M. Mendy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Intervention Study ◽  
The Gambia

EMDR With Children and Adolescents After Single-Incident Trauma An Intervention Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Hensel
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Eye Movement ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Intervention Study ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Slight Improvement

This study used a naturalistic design to investigate the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with children and adolescents who were exposed to single-incident trauma. Participants were 36 children and adolescents ranging in age from 1 year 9 months to 18 years 1 month who were referred consecutively to the author’s private practice. Assessments were conducted at intake, post-waitlist/pretreatment, and at follow up. EMDR treatment resulted in significant improvement (Cohen’s d = 1.87). Follow-ups after 6 months revealed stable, further slight improvement. It was shown that children younger than 4 years of age can be treated using EMDR and that the group of preschool children had the same benefit from the treatment as the school-age children.

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