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07/02/2025
Predicting Long-Term Student Outcomes from Short-Term EdTech Log Data
Educational stakeholders are often particularly interested in sparse, delayed student outcomes, like end-of-year statewide exams. The rare occurrence of such assessments makes it harder to identify students likely to fail such assessments, as well as making it slow for researchers and educators to be able to assess the effectiveness of particular educational tools. Prior work has primarily focused on using logs from students full usage (e.g. year-long) of an educational product to predict outcomes, or considered predictive accuracy using a few minutes to predict outcomes after a short (e.g. 1 hour) session. In contrast, this study investigates machine learning predictors using students’ logs during their first few hours of usage can provide useful predictive insight into those students’ end-of-school year external assessment.
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01/02/2019
Improving access to evidence-based interventions for young adolescents: Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions (EASE)
Access to effective psychological interventions for adolescents is essential to promote healthy development into adulthood. EASE is a brief, transdiagnostic intervention that aims to mitigate symptoms of emotional distress in young adolescents. If proven effective, it can potentially be scaled-up in many settings. The effectiveness of EASE is currently being tested through randomized controlled trials in Lebanon, Jordan, Pakistan and Tanzania.
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04/29/2019
A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Family and Parenting Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Child and Youth Mental Health Outcomes
This review presents evidence for family and parent-focused interventions on mental health outcomes for children and youth in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) and identifies treatment components present in promising interventions.
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12/11/2018
Alcohol and Drug Misuse Interventions in Conflict-Affected Populations
This chapter reviews: (1) the epidemiology of substance misuse; (2) evidence for treatment and prevention services; and (3) implementation considerations for substance use services in conflict-affected populations. Existing research indicates that substance misuse is common in conflict settings and displaced populations, and implementation of prevention and treatment programs is feasible, highlighting the importance of strengthening knowledge on how best to address this critical public health concern.
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04/23/2016
Indicators for routine monitoring of effective mental healthcare coverage in low- and middle-income settings: a Delphi study
This study provides data on how mental health service and financial coverage can be assessed in LMIC. Results show a highly stable list of most frequently endorsed indicators that cover different domains of measuring mental healthcare coverage, including needs, utilization, quality and financial protection.
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04/18/2016
Determinants of Children’s Mental Health in War-Torn Settings: Translating Research Into Action
This paper discusses the evidence in support of an ecological approach to evidence-based interventions. This approach integrates a comprehensive model of risk and protective factors for children in conflict-affected settings.
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12/07/2017
Developmental assistance for child and adolescent mental health in low– and middle–income countries (2007–2014): Annual trends and allocation by sector, project type, donors and recipients
This study aimed to identify, describe and analyse developmental assistance for mental health that targets children and adolescents (DAMH–CA). Findings indicated a need for increased financial aid to be invested in child and adolescent mental health, especially with respect to capacity building, research and prevention of mental disorder projects.
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