News tagged with school based intervention

Research finds schools can help reduce depression

(PhysOrg.com) -- School-based intervention programs could help curb the amount of antidepressants being prescribed to adolescent boys, UQ research has found.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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A design to save American cities

When Brent Ryan started doing academic research on Detroit, in the 1990s, he was immediately taken aback by the city’s plight: derelict commercial buildings, burnt-out homes and whole neighborhoods being ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Healthy marriage interventions: A boon or a bust?

Conventional wisdom, backed by years of research, suggests that healthy marriages equals a healthy society. And politicians and government officials have taken note, investing hundreds of millions of dollars each year in ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

120,000 troubled families in UK?

The reliability of figures used as the basis for the Coalition’s ‘Troubled Families’ program is questioned in new research published by academics at the University of Bristol. The government claim ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The secrets of the system

As the United States seeks to reinvigorate its job market and move past economic recession, MIT News examines manufacturing’s role in the country’s economic future through this series on work at the Institute ...

Technology / Software

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Investments in physics technology and education are key to the future success of medicine

Physics is fundamental to many of the technologies used across medicine today, yet it is often forgotten -- and certainly neglected -- that physics has made important contributions to health ever since the birth of medicine ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Children teaching parents about Aboriginal culture: Canadian study

In a unique role reversal, children in literacy programs for indigenous families are learning about Aboriginal culture and language and teaching it to their parents – many of whom are missing this knowledge because of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Engineers improve allocation of limited health care resources in resource-poor nations

In the developing world, allocating limited health care resources as effectively and equitably as possible is a top priority.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study shows inmate re-entry programs not evaluated optimally

A recent study shows a government-funded program designed to help prisoners re-enter society and avoid returning to prison did not produce better results for those in the program when compared to those not taking part in ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Viewing the world through a 'mathematical lens' can help young children learn math

(PhysOrg.com) -- Teaching children mathematics at a young age may be as simple as helping them see how math is all around them.

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created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research reveals why fishermen keep fishing despite dwindling catches

Half of fishermen would not give up their livelihood in the face of drastically declining catches according to research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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