prevention effort
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreventionandeffort
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prevention
noun[U]
uk/prɪˈven.ʃən/us/prɪˈven.ʃən/
the act of stopping something from happening or of stopping someone from ...
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effort
noun
uk/ˈef.ət/us/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofpreventionandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A recentpreventioneffortbased on that contention supports this view.
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Thepreventioneffortis a comprehensive program to decrease conduct problems among early elementary school children and to boost their reading competency.
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However, there are several prevention trials that have analyzed the impact of thepreventioneffortwith consideration of high-risk versus other youth.
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Notably, this was a universalpreventioneffortin the sense that all first graders' families were included, but it was selective by focusing only on schools serving high-risk inner-city communities.
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We focus on two compositional features of children's neighborhood of residence thought to both influence children's development and possibly counter the positive impact of a school-based violencepreventioneffort.
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Schools have a vital role to play in thepreventioneffort.
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If we apply that principle to the crimepreventioneffortas a whole, society will be much better off.
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They carried out swamp drainage, malaria diagnosis and treatment, and implemented general hygiene and prevention efforts.
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For low-risk youth, however, the prevention efforts may have had little effect for parents who already employ strong monitoring skills.
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Many prevention efforts are based closely on findings from longitudinal risk studies and the ensuing theoretical formulations about the development of violence.
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In addition to long-term changes associated with child anxiety treatment, the durability of prevention efforts warrant investigation.
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Prevention efforts should be directed at aggressive males who are multiple-substance users in early adolescence.
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Epidemiological studies have shown various groups are at greater risk, and prevention efforts can be aimed at these.
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It is important to base disease prevention efforts on scientific evidence.
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Unfortunately, longer term follow-up of childhood anxiety prevention efforts has yet to be carried out.
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Therefore, we will briefly consider how treatment and prevention efforts for young children and adolescents could be informed by developmental psychopathology.
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The implication from these results is that prevention efforts are actually more effective with those more at risk (and, presumably, early starters).
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Thus, this research has implications for primary prevention efforts that aim to ameliorate the deleterious consequences of trauma exposure in childhood (or beyond).
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The collection of data on intergenerational relations could inform treatment and prevention efforts.
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This supports the importance of limiting the availability of abusable drugs and reinforces the necessity of vigorous societal prevention efforts.
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