Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
2011
Are United States and Canadian Cancer Screening Rates Consistent with Guideline Information Regarding the Age of Screening Initiation? — 2011
US and Canadian differences in cancer screening due to each country?s guidelines can potentially explain cross-country differences in breast cancer mortality and affect interpretation of international comparisons of cancer statistics.
Behavioral Health Insurance Parity: Does Oregon's Experience Presage the National Experience with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act? — 2011
Analysis of Oregon's state parity law suggests that behavioral health insurance parity rules restricting how plans manage mental health and substance abuse services can improve insurance protections without substantial increases in total costs.
Building Recovery by Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts (BRIGHT): A Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Clients with Co-Occurring Alcohol and Drug Use Problems — Group Leader's Manual — 2011
This is the group leader's manual for BRIGHT, a manualized group cognitive behavioral therapy program for depression in individuals with co-occurring alcohol and drug use problems.
Building Recovery by Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts (BRIGHT): A Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Clients with Co-Occurring Alcohol and Drug Use Problems — Group Member's Workbook — 2011
This is the group member's workbook for BRIGHT, a manualized group cognitive behavioral therapy program for depression in individuals with co-occurring alcohol and drug use problems.
Building Recovery by Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts (BRIGHT-2): An Integrated Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Co-Occurring Depression and Alcohol and Drug Use Problems — Group Leader's Manual — 2011
This is the group leader's manual for BRIGHT-2, a manualized group cognitive behavioral therapy program for co-occurring depression and alcohol and drug use problems.
Building Recovery by Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts (BRIGHT-2): An Integrated Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Co-Occurring Depression and Alcohol and Drug Use Problems — Group Member's Workbook — 2011
This is the group member's workbook for BRIGHT-2, a manualized group cognitive behavioral therapy program for co-occurring depression and alcohol and drug use problems.
Contact and Communication with Healthcare Providers Regarding Influenza Vaccination During the 2009-2010 H1N1 Pandemic — 2011
Communication between healthcare providers and adults about influenza vaccination was relatively uncommon during the 2009-2010 pandemic. Increased communication could significantly enhance influenza vaccination rates.
The Cost and Quality of VA Mental Health Services — 2011
The quality of mental health care delivered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is generally as good or better than care delivered by private health plans, although it falls short of the high standards set in VA guidelines.
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Low-Fat Diet in the Prevention of Breast and Ovarian Cancer — 2011
A low fat diet may be a cost-effective strategy for preventing breast and ovarian cancers.
Economic Analysis of Physical Activity Interventions — 2011
This study compared the cost-effectiveness of different public interventions for promoting exercise and found that community-based campaigns and school-based interventions have the greatest potential to be scaled up at the lowest costs.
The Effectiveness of Community-Based Delivery of an Evidence-Based Treatment for Adolescent Substance Use — 2011
This study evaluates the effectiveness of motivational enhancement therapy/cognitive behavioral therapy–5 (MET/CBT-5) when delivered in community practice settings relative to standard community-based adolescent treatment.
An Effectiveness Trial of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients with Persistent Depressive Symptoms in Substance Abuse Treatment — 2011
Providing group cognitive behavioral therapy for depression to clients with persistent depressive symptoms receiving residential substance abuse treatment is associated with improved depression and substance use outcomes.
The Effects of Arkansas Master Settlement Spending on Disparities in Smoking — 2011
We assessed the effect of Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) spending on smoking disparities in Arkansas, which distinguished itself from other states by investing all of its MSA funds in health-related programs.
A Fidelity Coding Guide for a Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression — 2011
Description of fidelity rating tools for the Building Recovery by Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts (BRIGHT) and BRIGHT-2 interventions for depression and substance abuse, interrater reliability of measures, and a training plan for coders.
Group Alcohol and Drug Treatment — 2011
Group treatment for teen alcohol and drug disorders can be enhanced by motivational interviewing, a technique that may be ideally suited to addressing barriers to treating teens in groups because it is inherently collaborative, focusing on achievable approaches for change.
Healthcare Spending and Preventive Care in High-Deductible and Consumer-Directed Health Plans — 2011
The largest-ever assessment of high-deductible health plans find that such plans significantly cut health spending but families with such plans also cut preventive care such as cancer screening, childhood immunizations, and routine diabetes testing.
High-Deductible Health Plans Cut Spending but Also Reduce Preventive Care — 2011
High-deductible plans significantly reduce health care spending but also lead consumers to cut back on their use of preventive health care -- even though high-deductible plans waive the deductible for such care.
How Do Consumer-Directed Health Plans Affect Vulnerable Populations? — 2011
Consumers in high deductible health plans use less health care, but they also cut use of preventive services, even though plans exempt preventive services from the deductible.
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake Among 9- to 17-Year-Old Girls: National Health Interview Survey, 2008 — 2011
Less than one quarter of girls aged 9-17 years had initiated HPV vaccination by the end of 2008. Efforts to increase uptake should encourage providers to educate parents and promote access to reduced-cost vaccines.
Immunization Disparities By Hispanic Ethnicity and Language Preference — 2011
Hispanic seniors, especially if Spanish-preferring and in linguistically isolated areas, are immunized at lower rates than non-Hispanic whites. Physicians and policymakers may be able to help by addressing cultural and linguistic barriers to immunization.
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