Foreign Exchange Intervention Definition, Strategies, Goals

Foreign exchange intervention is a monetary policy tool used by the central banks of countries that actively seek to weaken ...
Nature

The state of evidence-based parenting interventions for parents who are substance-involved

Approximately 70 million children and adolescents live with at least one parent who abuses or is dependent on alcohol or an illicit substance. Given the negative parenting practices that ...
Health Affairs

When Talking About Social Determinants, Precision Matters

Each stakeholder has an important role to play in what should be a harmonious collaboration. Precise use of terminology is an important first step in determining what those roles should be. The term ...
News Medical

CATCH program identified as excellent example of evidence-based physical activity intervention

In a paper published today in a special physical activity series of The Lancet, the Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) program developed by researchers at The University of Texas Health ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

New Issue Papers Explore Bystander Interventions for Sexual Harassment; Ways to Evaluate Efforts to Prevent Sexual Harassment; and Policies to Prevent ‘Passing the Harasser’

The Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education today released three new individually authored issue papers to serve as resources for higher education institutions as they ...
Psychology Today

Early Childhood Interventions Impose Western Norms and Values

Millions are spent each year to spread Western-style parenting, without regard for the adaptive value of existing practices ...
World Bank

The critical importance of an education landscape driven by evidence

Zanaki Primary School is a public primary school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.It received a School Improvement Grant in 2016 financed by the World Bank for its substantially improved student performance ...
BMJ

Comparative effectiveness of physical exercise interventions for chronic non-specific neck pain: a systematic review with network meta-analysis of 40 randomised controlled trials

Data sources Electronic databases: AMED, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, MEDLINE, Physiotherapy Evidence Database, PsycINFO, Scopus and SPORTDiscus. Eligibility ...
Slate

Do Armed Citizens Stop Mass Shootings?

A Republican congressman responded to the Newtown shootings by calling for more citizens to be armed. “I wish to God she had had an M-4 in her office,” Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas said on Fox News on ...