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Direct linkHolden, Sue; Gordon-Dseagu, Vanessa LZ; Gordon, Gill; Chiziza, Nelson; Kiwia, Pfiriaeli; Magesa, Daniel; Manyama, Willbrord; Welbourn, Alice – Health Education Journal, 2019
Objective: To evaluate the effects of a transformative training programme on children aged 5-14 years affected by HIV and their caregivers. Method: A formative process was used to draft, pilot and finalise training materials in Tanzania. We ran workshops with children living with HIV, their caregivers and some siblings in four communities. We…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Transformative Learning, Children
Ko, Yi-An; Song, Peter X. K.; Clark, Noreen M. – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Rationale: Asthma is a variable condition with an apparent tendency for a natural decline in asthma symptoms and health care use occurring as children age. As a result, asthma interventions using a pre-post design may overestimate the intervention effect when no proper control group is available. Objectives: Investigate patterns of natural decline…
Descriptors: Diseases, Children, Age, Health Services
Aalborg, Annette E.; Miller, Brenda A.; Husson, Gail; Byrnes, Hilary F.; Bauman, Karl E.; Spoth, Richard L. – Health Education Journal, 2012
Objective: To examine factors that influence the effectiveness and quality of implementation of evidence-based family-focused adolescent substance use prevention programmes delivered in health care settings and to assess the effects of programme choice versus programme assignment on programme delivery. Design: Strengthening Families Program: For…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Substance Abuse, Control Groups, Health Services
Tudor, Megan E.; DeVincent, Carla J.; Gadow, Kenneth D. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
The current study examined the association between prenatal pregnancy complications (PPC) and childhood psychiatric symptoms in children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and non-ASD children who were referred to a psychiatric clinic (Controls). Parents completed a "DSM-IV"-referenced rating scale and developmental history questionnaire.…
Descriptors: Autism, Hyperactivity, Pregnancy, Rating Scales
Firkowska-Mankiewicz, Anna – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
The author's plenary address at the 3rd International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities-Europe Conference in Rome, Italy (October 2010), provided a retrospective overview of a longitudinal study conducted with a cohort of pre-teens (11 and 13 years of age) residing in Warsaw, Poland, in the 1970s. The intent was to…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Health Services, Intelligence, Employment Level
Download full textWolf, Sharon; Aber, J. Lawrence; Morris, Pamela A. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
In 2007, the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) in the Mayor's Office of the City of New York mounted the first holistic Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) initiative in an economically advanced, services rich jurisdiction. The initiative is known as Opportunity NYC-Family Rewards (henceforth "Family Rewards"). CCTs offer cash assistance…
Descriptors: Rewards, Incentives, Low Income Groups, Family Programs
Jent, Jason F.; Niec, Larissa N. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2009
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a group mentoring program that included components of empirically supported mentoring and cognitive behavioral techniques for children served at a community mental health center. Eighty-six 8- to 12-year-old children were randomly assigned to either group mentoring or a wait-list control group. Group…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Health Services, Social Problems, Behavior Problems
