Presentations, Publications Recommendations and Reports

The following compilation of presentations, publications, recommendations, and reports are useful background information for Prescription for Health constituents.

Presentations

Mental Health: The Role of Public Health and CDC

Health Behavior and Disease Prevention: Primary Care and Community Perspectives, October 2004.

The Real Story Behind Obesity, November 2004.

Publications

Round1 Journal Supplement

PBRN Journal Supplement, May/June 2005

Transforming Primary Care Health Behavior Counseling: A New Prescription for Health form Practice-Based Research Networks, August 2004.

Integration of Health Behavior Counseling in Routine Medical Care, page 5. Washington: Center for the Advancement of Health, April 2001.

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, March 2001.

Primary Care Practices Promoting Healthy Behaviors: Meeting Summary, December, 2001.

Recommendations

US Preventative Services Task Force Recommendations

Healthy People 2010

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Guide to Community Preventive Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: Summary

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Guide to Clinical Preventive Service, 1996.

Reports

Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century

Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies
Volume 2 – Diabetes Mellitus Care

The Future of Family Medicine: A Collaborative Project of the Family Medicine Community