Prevention and Intervention Flashcards
(12 cards)
What is clinical intervention?
An effort to improve or maintain the health of a person
What is the clinical science 2-prong approach?
- Nomothetic: consider the research on the client’s particular presenting problem
- Idiographic: consider each client as an individual and unique circumstances
What are the three waves of ESTs?
Behavioral > Cognitive > cognitive-behavioral therapy (acceptance)
What is efficacy?
Treatment validated under carefully controlled research conditions.
What is effectiveness?
The real world, ordinary clinical conditions
What is fidelity?
Refers to how closely this protocol is followed.
What is flexibility?
Refers to adaptations a practitioner might make to help a client take the most out of therapy.
What is cultural adaptation?
Intentionally modifying interventions, usually in a large scale manner, prior to use in either content or program delivery to address the community receiving intervention.
What is local adaptation?
Individual practitioners change intervention to help better fit their ideas of what their community needs.
What are the types of prevention?
Primary prevention aims to prevent problems before they occurs.
Secondary prevention focuses on early detection and intervention.
Tertiary prevention targets existing conditions to prevent worsening or recurrence.
What are kernels?
Simple, evidence-based strategies or techniques that reliably influence specific behaviors.
Kernels are the “active ingredients” of bigger programs.
What is an example of a kernel?
Giving specific praise, using a hand signal to manage classroom behavior, or encouraging self-monitoring-that has been shown to change behavior on its own.
