Intervention strategy

PREVENTING ADOLESCENT DRUG ABUSE INTERVENTION STRATEGIES. Thomas J. Glynn, Ph.D. Carl G. Leukefeld. D.S.W. and Jacqueline P. Ludford, M.S., eds. A RAUS Review Report... 

PREVENTING ADOLESCENT DRUG ABUSE INTERVENTION STRATEGIES. 

Kohlbrand et al. [131], present an example using ARC data for development of an intervention strategy for an uncooled storage tank. A reactive monomer mixture is continuously added to a 10-m3 tank over a 6-hour period. The mixture remains nonviscous to about 40% conversion. The tank will be... 

Relationship Between Personal, Outdoor and Indoor Air Concentrations (RIOPA) The overall goal of the national multicenter (Elizabeth, NJ, Houston, TX, and Los Angeles County, CA) RIOPA study is to establish a scientific foundation for effective, timely, public health intervention strategies. Outdoor, indoor, and personal exposures of adults and children to PM are measured and evaluated by mass, elemental, chemical, and source apportionment analyses in the other research programs. Non-smoking asthmatic and non-asthmatic adults and their children are included. Monitoring occurs... 

The order of the letters identifies the most effective intervention (removing the cause A) till the least effective intervention (removing a sign C). The possible intervention strategies are stated below ... 

Implication for Practice. If substantiated in a larger study, this represents an opportunity for professional counseling organizations, teacher organizations and other relevant stakeholders to develop intervention strategies. Moreover, counselors and teachers should make special efforts to assist African American students in understanding the relationship between their education and anticipated careers. This also represents an opportunity for chemists and other scientists to serve as volunteers in both formal (schools) and informal STEM educational... 

In order to employ effective control and intervention strategies to prevent reproductive and developmental toxicity, an adequate knowledge base must be developed. The following recommendations are made to improve this knowledge base ... 

Mulder, R.W.A.W., Havenaar, R., and Huis in t Veld, J.H.J., Intervention strategies the use of probiotics and competitive exclusion microflora against contamination with pathogens in pigs and poultry, in Probiotics 2 Applications and Practical Aspects, Fuller, R., Ed., Chapman Hall, London, 1997, pp. 187-207. 

Schallert T, Tillerson JL (1999) Intervention strategies for degeneration of dopamine neurones in Parkinsonism optimising behavioral assessment of outcome. In Emerich DF, Dean RL, Sanberg PR (Eds), CNS Diseases Innovative Animal Models from Lab to Clinic, pp. 131-151. Humana Press, Clifton NJ. 

Intervention studies usually measure relative or absolute risk. Analysis can either be done on (1) intention to treat, which compares outcome on the subjects assigned to each groups regardless of whether they continued with the intervention strategy, or (2) randomized treatment, which measures the outcome observed in the subjects being treated. The preferred method is intention to treat, which avoids bias that can arise from different levels of participation due to loss of follow-up (the loss of contact with subjects) however, the true effects of the intervention may sometimes be diminished. 

There is an association between the illicit use of metamfetamine and traumatic accidents. A retrospective review of trauma patients in California showed that metamfetamine rates doubled between 1989 and 1994, while cocaine showed a minimal increase and alcohol a fall. Metamfetamine-positive patients were most likely to be Caucasian or Hispanic and were most commonly injured in motor vehicle collisions. The authors recommended intervention strategies, similar to those used for preventing alcohol consumption and driving, in order to minimize morbidity and mortality (12). 

The goal of this chapter is to stimulate research activity to develop both novel intervention strategies and therapeutic approaches to mitigate the neurotoxicity associated with prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The focus of this chapter is PAH exposure of vulnerable populations as a result of terrorist attacks on US targets. We will attempt to define the signature of prenatal PAH exposure-induced neurotoxicity within the context of human epidemiological data and translate this to appropriate animals models. 

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