Between November 1996 and December 1998, new study initiatives were implemented to assess social stressors and neurodevelopmental outcomes.
As this was an observational study we cannot, methodologically, attribute these changes in outcome directly to the case study initiatives.
Again, in the context of the study, initiatives such as the one-stop shop might be useful, but they require communication and co-operation across services.
(Administrator) It is no coincidence that each of the case study initiatives was structured as an inter-sectoral partnership, reflecting both elements of social capital theory and principles of health promotion.
In addition, SHOW supports the establishment of basic and applied population health research programs, i.e., by providing the foundation for ancillary study initiatives addressing a diverse set of statewide and local population health inquiries.
Loth to be outdone by accountants in the arena of spoiling fun, the legal profession has responded to KPMG's work-while-you-study initiative by launching an intensive, two-year undergraduate law degree.
And just this fall, New York University started an animal studies initiative, allowing undergraduates to minor in the field.
Catherine Kerr, lead author of the new study and director of translational neuroscience for the contemplative studies initiative at Brown University in Providence, in the US, says that when we are depressed, attention is "consumed by negative preoccupations, thoughts and worries".
The STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association (STREGA) studies initiative builds on the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement and provides additions to 12 of the 22 items on the STROBE checklist.
