Relative Effectiveness of Reading Intervention Programs for Adults With Low Literacy

Measuring the Effectiveness of Financial Literacy Programs in Ghana

This paper explores the effectiveness of financial literacy programs. It further seeks to establish the relationship between financial literacy and certain demographic characteristics. This study adopted a correlational research design as the framework to examine the relationship between variables without determining cause and effect. Data were randomly collected from 235 petty traders in Kumas...

A path analysis of reading comprehension for adults with low literacy.

Adult literacy interventions often rely on models of reading validated with children or adult populations with a broad range of reading abilities. Such models do not fully satisfy the need for intervention research and development for adults with low literacy. Thus, the authors hypothesized that a model representing the relationship between reading component skills would be predictive of readin...

Evaluation of Intervention Programs for Children with Autism

The present study reviewed the literature about intervention programs for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) among children. ASD is a long-term neurodevelopment disorder that is identified as impairment in the context of social communication and interaction, and the predominance of restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior, interests or activities. Intervention programs have objectives such as...

Title: An Examination of the Effectiveness of Emergent Literacy Intervention for Pre- Kindergarteners at Risk for Reading Delays

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Community Health Worker Intervention for Low-Income Hispanic Adults with Diabetes

INTRODUCTION The objective of our study was to estimate the long-term cost-effectiveness of a lifestyle modification program led by community health workers (CHWs) for low-income Hispanic adults with type 2 diabetes. METHODS We forecasted disease outcomes, quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) gained, and lifetime costs associated with attaining different hemoglobin A1c (A1c) levels. Outcomes w...