Program Findings

The following products were developed by the National Program Office, the Analysis Team, and the practice based research networks funded by the Prescription for Health initiative. These products represent the most complete compilation of program findings to date.

Issue Briefs:

Changing Patient Health Risk Behavior Requires New Investment in PrimaryCare

Behavioral Change Counseling in the Medical Home

Integrating Linkages between Primary Care Practices and Community Resources to Promote Healthy Behaviors

Prescription for Health – Write it Now

Reshaping Primary Care Practice to Support Behavior Change: On the Road to the Patient-Centered Medical Home

Start Up and Incremental Practice Expenses for Behavior Change Interventions in Primary Care

Use of Patient Registries in U.S. Primary Care Practices

Journal Supplements:

Prescription for Health: Reshaping Practice to Support Health Behavior Change in Primary Care, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 35, Issue 5, Supplement (November 2008)

Full supplement content also available in PDF format (Click here to download collected .PDF files in a .ZIP archive.)

- Introduction -

Redesigning Primary Care Practice to Incorporate Health Behavior Change: Prescription for Health Round-2 Results
Larry A. Green, Maribel Cifuentes, Russell E. Glasgow, Kurt C. Stange
pages S347-S349

- Articles -

An Electronic Linkage System for Health Behavior Counseling: Effect on Delivery of the 5A's
Alex H. Krist, Steven H. Woolf, Charles O. Frazier, Robert E. Johnson, Stephen F. Rothemich, Diane B. Wilson, Kelly J. Devers, J. William Kerns
pages S350-S358

Changing Adolescent Health Behaviors: The Healthy Teens Counseling Approach
Ardis L. Olson, Cecelia A. Gaffney, Pamela W. Lee, Pamela Starr
pages S359-S364

The Community Health Educator Referral Liaison (CHERL) A Primary Care Practice Role for Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Jodi Summers Holtrop, Steven A. Dosh, Trissa Torres, Yeow Meng Thum
pages S365-S372

Integrating Screening and Interventions for Unhealthy Behaviors into Primary Care Practices
Cheryl B. Aspy, James W. Mold, David M. Thompson, Richard D. Blondell, Patti S. Landers, Kathryn E. Reilly, Linda Wright-Eakers
pages S373-S380

Fidelity Versus Flexibility: Translating Evidence-Based Research into Practice
Deborah J. Cohen, Benjamin F. Crabtree, Rebecca S. Etz, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Katrina E. Donahue, Laura C. Leviton, Elizabeth C. Clark, Nicole F. Isaacson, Kurt C. Stange, Lawrence W. Green
pages S381-S389

Bridging Primary Care Practices and Communities to Promote Healthy Behaviors
Rebecca S. Etz, Deborah J. Cohen, Steven H. Woolf, Jodi Summers Holtrop, Katrina E. Donahue, Nicole F. Isaacson, Kurt C. Stange, Robert L. Ferrer, Ardis L. Olson
pages S390-S397

The Chronic Care Model and Relationships to Patient Health Status and Health-Related Quality of Life
Dorothy Y. Hung, Russell E. Glasgow, L. Miriam Dickinson, Desireé B. Froshaug, Douglas H. Fernald, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Larry A. Green
pages S398-S406

Practice-Level Approaches for Behavioral Counseling and Patient Health Behaviors
Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Deborah J. Cohen, Elizabeth C. Clark, Nicole F. Isaacson, Dorothy Y. Hung, L. Miriam Dickinson, Douglas H. Fernald, Larry A. Green, Benjamin F. Crabtree
pages S407-S413

Common Measures, Better Outcomes (COMBO) A Field Test of Brief Health Behavior Measures in Primary Care
Douglas H. Fernald, Desireé B. Froshaug, L. Miriam Dickinson, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Martey S. Dodoo, Jodi Summers Holtrop, Dorothy Y. Hung, Russell E. Glasgow, Linda J. Niebauer, Larry A. Green
pages S414-S422

Start-Up and Incremental Practice Expenses for Behavior Change Interventions in Primary Care
Martey S. Dodoo, Alex H. Krist, Maribel Cifuentes, Larry A. Green
pages S423-S430

- Commentary -

The Prescription for Health Initiative: Some Steps on the Road to Success: What Will It Take to Complete the Journey?
Robert S. Thompson
pages S431-S433

From Alma Ata to Prescription for Health: Correcting 30 Years of Drift in Primary Care Prevention and Behavioral Interventions
Lawrence W. Green
pages S434-S436

- Indexes-

Acknowledgement
page A4

Prescription for Health: Changing Primary Care Practice to Foster Healthy Behaviors - Annals of Family Medicine July/August 2005 Volume 3, Supplement

Other Publications:

Cohen, DJ, Leviton, LC, Isaacson, N, Tallia, AF, Crabtree, BF. Online diaries for qualitative evaluation: Gaining real-time insights. American Journal of Evaluation. 2006, 27(2), 163-184.

Flocke SA, Gordon LE, Pomiecko GL. Evaluation of a Community Health Promotion Resource for Primary Care Practices. AJPM, 2006 30:243-251.

Froshaug DB, et al. Personal Health Behaviors are Associated with Physical and Mental Unhealthy Days: A Prescription for Health Practice-based Research Networks Study. JABFM. In press.

Glasgow RE, Ory MG, Klesges LM, Cifuentes M, Fernald DH, Green LA. Practical and Relevant Self-Report Measures of Patient Health Behaviors for Primary Care Research. Ann Fam Med 2005: 3:73-81.

Handley, M, MacGregor, K, Schillinger D, Sharifi C, Wong S, Bodenheimer T. Using Action Plans to Help Primary Care Patients Adopt Health Behaviors: A Descriptive Study. JABFM, 2006, 19; 224-231

Holtrop JS, Dosh S, Torres T, et al. Consultation support to primary care practices to increase delivery of health behavior services. Appl Nur Res. In press.

Holtrop JS, Baumann J, Arnold AK, Torres T. Nurses as practice change facilitators for healthy behaviors. J Nurs Care Qual. 2008 Apr-Jun;23(2):123-31.

Hung DY. Improving the Delivery of Preventive Care Services. Managed Care Interface, 2007, 38-44.

Hung DY, Rundall TG, Tallia AF, Cohen DJ, Halpin HA, Crabtree BF. Rethinking Prevention in Primary Care: Applying the Chronic Care Model to Address Health Risk Behaviors. The Milbank Quarterly, 2007, 85,1 69-91.

Hung DY, Rundall TG, Crabtree BF, Tallia AF, Cohen DJ, Halpin, HA. Influence of primary care practice and provider attributes on preventive service delivery. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2006, 30(5) 413-422.

Hung DY, Rundall TG, Cohen DJ, Tallia AF, Crabtree BF. Productivity and turnover in primary care practices: The role of staff participating in decision making. Medical Care. 2006. 44(10): 946-51.

MacGregor K, Handley M, Wong S, Sharifi C, Gjeltema K, Schillinger D, Bodenheimer T. Behavior-Change Action Plans in Primary Care: A Feasibility Study of Clinicians. JABFM, 2006, 19; 215-223.

Strayer SM, Rollins LK, Martindale JR. A Handheld Computer Smoking Intervention Tool and Its Effects on Physician Smoking Cessation Counseling. JABFM, 2006; 19:350-357

Woolf SH, Krist AH, Johnson RE, Wilson DB, Rothemich SF, Norman GJ, Devers KJ. A Practice-Sponsored Web Site to Help Patients Pursue Healthy Behaviors: An ACORN Study. Annals of Fam Med. 2006, 4:148-152.

Reports:

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