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An investigation into issues related to the establishment of a parental training course to develop an early intervention home-based programme for children with autism [PDF]

, 2011
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Context: The aim of the proposed research is to investigate autism early intervention in Saudi Arabia, taking into account the reality that such services ...
Al-aoufi, Hiam
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Evaluation of the impact of a school gardening intervention on children's fruit and vegetable intake: a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Current academic literature suggests that school gardening programmes can provide an interactive environment with the potential to change children’s fruit and vegetable intake.
Neil Hancock, Janet E Cade, Camilla Nykjaer, Christian, MS, Evans, CE, Charlotte EL Evans, Cade, JE, Meaghan MeaghanS Christian, Nykjaer, C, Hancock, N   +9 more
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Effectiveness of an educational intervention to promote psychosocial well-being of school-going adolescents in Sri Lanka

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background One-fifth of the Sri Lankan population consists of adolescents, with 71% of them schooling. An extreme need exists in the country for the introduction of evidence-based interventions for the psychosocial well-being of adolescents.
Chiranthika Vithana, Ayesha Lokubalasooriya, Ganeshamoorthy Pragasan, Kanchana Lanka Mahagamage, Kumudumalee Nanayakkara, Himali Prasangika Herath, Priyani Karunarathna, Nadeeka Perera, Chithramalee de Silva, Dushyanthi Jayawardene, Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe   +10 more
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Experiences of Intervention Against Violence [PDF]

, 2016
The stories in this anthology emerged from interviews with women and young people about their experience of intervention when they were escaping a situation of abuse, neglect and/or sexual exploitation.

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LifeFirst: Impact of a school-based tobacco and supari cessation intervention among adolescent students in Mumbai, India

Population Medicine, 2021
Introduction The youth are a vulnerable populationgroup for tobacco-related harms. Schools are an excellent setting for health promotion; yet there is a dearth of schoolbased cessation interventions, rarely evaluated for their impact. Here, we assess the
Upendra Bhojani, Amiti Varma, Pragati B. Hebbar, Gauri Mandal, Himanshu Gupte   +4 more
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Could scale-up of parenting programmes improve child disruptive behaviour and reduce social inequalities? Using individual participant data meta-analysis to establish for whom programmes are effective and cost-effective

Public Health Research, 2017
Background: Child disruptive behavioural problems are a large and costly public health problem. The Incredible Years® (IY) parenting programme has been disseminated across the UK to prevent this problem and shown to be effective in several trials.
Frances Gardner, Patty Leijten, Joanna Mann, Sabine Landau, Victoria Harris, Jennifer Beecham, Eva-Maria Bonin, Judy Hutchings, Stephen Scott   +8 more
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Outcomes of behavioral intervention for children with autism in mainstream pre-school settings [PDF]

, 2011
We evaluated outcomes for 31 children with autism (2–6 years of age at intake) who received behavioral intervention in mainstream pre-school settings and a comparison group of 12 children receiving treatment as usual.
J. Carl Hughes, Hughes, J. Carl, Richard P. Hastings, Jahr, Erik, Hastings, R.P., Eldevik, S., Sigmund Eldevik, Hughes, J.C., Erik Jahr, Hastings, Richard P., Hastings, Richard P.; id_orcid, Jahr, E., Eldevik, Sigmund   +12 more
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Preventing Violence by Teachers in Primary Schools: Study Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Haiti

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
ContextAlthough teacher violence at schools is a serious problem in Haiti, there is a lack of systematic evidence on the effectiveness of school-based interventions in reducing teacher violence in this low-income country.ObjectiveTo test the ...
Ana Isabel López García, Florian Scharpf, Anke Hoeffler, Tobias Hecker   +3 more
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School-Based Intervention Research: What's New? [PDF]

This presentation from the 2026 virtual Evidence-Based School Counseling Conference explores some recent outcome research studies related to school counseling practice.
Smith, Claudia, Cholewa, Blaire, Dimmitt, Catherine   +2 more
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Social differential effects of a school-based smoking intervention

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Smoking remains the leading risk for the total burden of disease in Western Europe, and smoking is more prevalent among adolescents from lower socioeconomic positions (SEP).
Anette Andersen, Lotus Sofie Bast, Pernille Due   +2 more
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