Innovative Techniques for Evaluating Behavioral Nutrition Interventions

A strategy for optimizing and evaluating behavioral interventions.

BACKGROUND Although the optimization of behavioral interventions offers the potential of both public health and research benefits, currently there is no widely agreed-upon principled procedure for accomplishing this. PURPOSE This article suggests a multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) for achieving the dual goals of program optimization and program evaluation in the behavioral intervention...

Evaluating primary care behavioral counseling interventions: an evidence-based approach.

Risky behaviors are a leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality, yet behavioral counseling interventions to address them are underutilized in healthcare settings. Research on such interventions has grown steadily, but the systematic review of this research is complicated by wide variations in the organization, content, and delivery of behavioral interventions and the lack of a consis...

Interventions for Behavioral Problems

Behavior change is difficult for any individual to accomplish. The process, however, can be infinitely more difficult for those who suffer from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to physical, cognitive, and emotional impairments associated with an injury. Successful reintegration into the community and return to activities of choice is often dependent on the individual’s ability to modify malad...

Innovative Interventions in Psychotherapy

Method for Evaluating Innovative Mine Detection Systems

Researchers in physical, chemical, and biological sciences are studying and developing methods that could reduce the false alarm rate and maintain or increase the probability of detection for mine clearance. New detection concepts involve searching for characteristics other than mine metal content. A variety of techniques that exploit properties of the electromagnetic spectrum are being explore...