Semi-structured interviews with members of the LCTs and other staff (front-line staff, and administrators) of the participating agencies were conducted periodically throughout the OPII intervention, specifically at the end of the Process Improvement Planning Phases, the end of the Implementation Phase and at the end of the Sustainability/Follow-Up Phase.
A key feature of this trial is the difference in timing of starting the intervention, specifically at least 3 mo preconception (Arm 1) vs early 2nd trimester (Arm 2).
With a nearly $5 million, five-year National Institutes of Health grant, Loucks' next phase will be to develop such customized mindfulness interventions specifically targeted at reducing heart disease factors like obesity to see if you can really think yourself thin.
(4) While some recovery oriented interventions were shown to increase hope as a secondary outcome, there are no successful interventions specifically aimed at increasing hope.
The discussion also addresses how treatment interventions specifically aimed at targeting pain behaviors might help to augment the overall impact of pain and disability management programs.
The development of interventions specifically aiming at these relatively young children is thus urgently needed.
Our research initiative is one of few worldwide to develop and test the effectiveness of interventions specifically targeted at employment.
Understanding the natural course of the disease will inform practitioners and researchers as they develop interventions specifically targeted at the affected population.
This systematic review identified 31 health care promoted interventions specifically aimed at improving the quality of diabetes care in African Americans, most of which targeted patients.
Even for well-known population-based screening programs, such as breast or cervical cancer screening, interventions specifically aimed at improving informed decision-making are limited [ 28, 29].
