Prevention Action

MMR scare separates the educated affluent from the poor

Kevin Mount — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:20:55 +0100

Analysis of the social trends underlying the UK's 1990s anxieties about the triple measles, mumps and rubella vaccine might lead to smarter public health strategies for improving immunization rates and designing targeted services.

A dark art comes to the water-cooler

Kevin Mount — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:00:40 +0100

A collection of essays offering eminently practical guidance on how to design randomized controlled trials so that they illuminate why programs work and in what conditions should begin to sway UK critics.

Genes may influence the fault-lines beneath the trauma

Kevin Mount — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:00:07 +0100

Emory University in Atlanta is among US centers whose studies are improving understanding of the relationship between early trauma, resilience and the influence of a stress-related gene in the chemistry of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Getting closer to the truth about false memories

Kevin Mount — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:00:12 +0100

Cornell University research analysts suggest that changes in memory function as children approach adulthood should be taken into account when deciding how evidence is best offered and interpreted during court proceedings.

We shape our children; our children shape us

Kevin Mount — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:03:27 +0100

Researchers at the Minnesota Twin Center are among the growing number attempting to understand the relationship between genetic and environmental influences on personality development.

Welsh ADHD study uncovers a two-way stretch

Kevin Mount — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:00:21 +0100

Researchers at Cardiff University are beginning to shed light on the unusual dynamics that operate in families where a child shows symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Not enough learned from the reality of passing trains?

Kevin Mount — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:19:01 +0100

Cognitive scientists at Ohio State University are challenging the conventional wisdom of decades of school math teaching by suggesting that using “real world” examples to explain abstract concepts may not help children to learn.

Counting on the luck of the lucky

Kevin Mount — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:12:15 +0100

We know it’s wrong to judge others by the lucky or unlucky events that befall them – but US researchers are finding that that’s what children the world over tend to do, with important consequences for the less fortunate.

Dutch wake-up call - go back to sleep!

Kevin Mount — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:01:51 +0100

Long-term studies of the behavior of 1,000 families in the Netherlands suggest that too little sleep early in life is associated with later anxiety and aggression.

Don’t leave the lessons of after-school out on the doorstep

Kevin Mount — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:11:14 +0100

Harvard researchers’ scrutiny of after-school programs has identified numerous academic and health benefits, particularly when parents help to plan the content.