Treating Pre-School Children at Risk for Overweight in the Primary Care Setting
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Clinical Trials
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a family counseling intervention, entitled "Tuko Pamoja" (Translation "We are Together" in Kiswahili). The intervention, delivered by lay counselor...
A Trial of Group Versus Individual Family Planning Counseling in Ghana
This study uses a randomized, noninferiority design to determine whether group family planning counseling is as effective as individual family planning counseling among gynecological patie...
The Activity School in Finnmark
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a life style counseling programme designed for overweight and obese children and their parents in groups compared to traditional in...
HIV Prevention Counseling for Men Who Have Sex With Men
The purpose of this study is to see if a behavioral intervention, a special kind of counseling, can reduce the risk of HIV infection in men who have sex with men. The behavioral interventi...
Integrating Nutrition Education & Household Food Production for Child Nutrition
In Ethiopia, a child-centered counseling approach is hypothesized to be more effective than the current nutrition and health education when investment on home-based food production is used...
PubMed Articles
Randomized Controlled Trial of E-Counseling for Hypertension: REACH.
The efficacy of internet-based interventions to improve hypertension management is not established. We evaluated the therapeutic benefit of e-counseling by adapting best evidence guidelines for behavi...
What do people really think about grief counseling? Examining community attitudes.
To understand why bereaved people who are highly distressed significantly underutilize grief counseling and therapy, we surveyed adults (N = 156) to investigate community attitudes toward grief co...
Assess if video-based contraceptive education could be an efficient adjunct to contraceptive counseling and attain the same contraceptive knowledge acquisition as conversation-based counseling.
Genetic counseling as a formal clinical service was defined in 1946, though the first study of its effectiveness was not published until 1966. This history can be broadly divided in to 3 periods: 1) 1...
The mechanisms underlying behavioral synchrony during psychological counseling are not clear. Recent research has provided evidence that pervasive synchrony is associated with interpersonal brain sync...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Directive Counseling
Counseling during which a professional plays an active role in a client's or patient's decision making by offering advice, guidance, and/or recommendations.
Distance Counseling
Counseling conducted via electronic or other non-face-to-face interactions.
Child Guidance Clinics
Facilities which administer the delivery of mental health counseling services to children.
Preconception Care
An organized and comprehensive program of health care that identifies and reduces a woman's reproductive risks before conception through risk assessment, health promotion, and interventions. Preconception care programs may be designed to include the male partner in providing counseling and educational information in preparation for fatherhood, such as genetic counseling and testing, financial and family planning, etc. This concept is different from PRENATAL CARE, which occurs during pregnancy.
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy
Contextually focused form of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy that uses MINDFULNESS and behavioral activation to increase patients' psychological flexibility in areas such as ability to engage in values-based, positive behaviors while experiencing difficult thoughts, emotions, or sensations.
