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School- and family-based interventions to prevent overweight in children [PDF]

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2005
There have been only a few controlled studies on the prevention of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. These studies differ in relation to strategy, setting, duration, focus, variables of outcome and statistical power, and therefore do not allow general conclusions to be made about the value of preventive measures.
Manfred J, Müller, Sandra, Danielzik, Svenja, Pust   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The Family Talk Intervention Improves Family Communication and Psychosocial Health Among Families in Pediatric Palliative Care: A Pre-Post Evaluation Study

Children
Background: The psychosocial needs of families involving a child with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition are well recognized. However, evidence-based interventions that address the needs of the entire family remain scarce, even though family ...
Kerstin Ivéus, Maja Holm, Kristofer Årestedt, Ulrika Kreicbergs, Lena Anmyr, Camilla Udo, Malin Lövgren   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Brief Family-Based Intervention for Substance Abusing Adolescents. [PDF]

Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am, 2015
Research has shown that a lack of parental involvement in their children's activities predicts initiation and escalation of substance use. Parental monitoring and supervision, parent-child communication including communication regarding beliefs and disapproval of substance use, positive parenting, and family management strategies, have been shown to ...
Hernandez L, Rodriguez AM, Spirito A.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Effects of family-based dignity intervention and expressive writing on anticipatory grief in family caregivers of patients with cancer: a randomized controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry, 2023
Family caregivers of dying cancer patients may suffer from grief experiences and bereavement complications. Previous studies have proposed some psycho-emotional interventions for the management of these complications.
Tahereh Najafi Ghezeljeh, Naima Seyedfatemi, Jafar Bolhari, Naser Kamyari, Masoud Rezaei   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of an Evidence-Informed and Codesigned Model of Support for Children of Parents With a Mental Illness— “It Takes a Village” Approach

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Providing support to parents and their children to help address the cycle of intergenerational impacts of mental illness and reduce the negative consequences for children is a key focus of selective prevention approaches in public mental health. However,
Melinda Goodyear, Melinda Goodyear, Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss, Annette Bauer, Hanna Christiansen, Martina Glatz-Grugger, Jean Lillian Paul, Jean Lillian Paul   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Children affected by domestic and family violence: a review of domestic and family violence prevention, early intervention and response services [PDF]

, 2014
This report sets out the findings of research into domestic and family violence prevention, early intervention and response for children aged 0–8 years in New South Wales.
Rae Kaspiew, Sarah Tayton, Sharnee Moore, Monica Campo   +3 more
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A HIV stigma reduction intervention for people living with HIV and their families

Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2016
Background: The diagnosis of HIV is life-changing that requires people not only to deal with the disease but also to cope with the stigma attached to HIV. People living with HIV (PLWH) as well as their close family members (CFM) are stigmatised; however,
Johanna Beatrix Pretorius, Minrie Greeff, Fazel Ebrihiam Freeks, Annamarie Kruger   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of ‘Families for Health’, a family-based childhood obesity treatment intervention delivered in a community setting for ages 6 to 11 years

Health Technology Assessment, 2017
Background: Effective programmes to help children manage their weight are required. ‘Families for Health’ focuses on a parenting approach, designed to help parents develop their parenting skills to support lifestyle change within the family. Families for
Wendy Robertson, Joanna Fleming, Atiya Kamal, Thomas Hamborg, Kamran A Khan, Frances Griffiths, Sarah Stewart-Brown, Nigel Stallard, Stavros Petrou, Douglas Simkiss, Elizabeth Harrison, Sung Wook Kim, Margaret Thorogood   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source