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Benefits of Mental Health Task Sharing

Lynsay Ayer, senior behavioral scientist with the RAND Corporation, describes how task sharing helps fill the need for more mental health care providers.

Jun 8, 2020
Report

Report

Improving U.S. Military Accession Medical Screening Systems

The project team outlined advantages and disadvantages of the two main systems for medically screening applicants to the U.S. armed forces and recommended a hybrid model as potentially more effective and efficient.

Oct 24, 2019
Report

Identifying Safety-Net Resources at Health Centers to Prevent Infectious Disease Transmission Resulting from the Opioid Epidemic

This study highlights factors that affect Community Health Centers' ability to reduce infectious disease transmission related to the opioid epidemic.

Jun 18, 2019
Journal Article

Journal Article

Randomized Controlled Dissemination Study of Community-to-Clinic Navigation to Promote CRC Screening: Study Design and Implications

The purpose of this study is to extend the pilot study in a group-randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of tailored messaging delivered by Community Health Navigators to guide individuals from especially hard-to-reach, multicultural, and underinsured communities into primary care clinics for referral for CRC screening (Phase I) and to continue navigation after referral to track effects of the intervention on completion of CRC screening (Phase II).

Jun 11, 2019
Journal Article

Journal Article

Effect of Time to Diagnostic Testing for Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Abnormalities on Screening Efficacy: A Modeling Study

Even relatively small delays in diagnostic testing after an abnormal cancer screening test can reduce screening effectiveness, though the impact varies by cancer type.

Jan 24, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

Specialty Societies and Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations--Reply

Gynecologists order twice as many mammograms as family medicine and/or general practice physicians; physician specialty society guidelines may account for this wide variation.

Jan 24, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

Linking Reminders and Physician Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations: Results From a National Survey

Physicians are more likely to recommend mammograms when they are reminded to do so, despite variation in how much they trust mammogram guidelines.

Dec 18, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

When Guidelines Conflict: A Case Study of Mammography Screening Initiation in the 1990s

Analyzing the history of age-mammography patterns in the US may help us better understand and address current guideline conflicts.

Dec 5, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Primary Care Providers with More Experience and Stronger Self-Efficacy Beliefs Regarding Women Veterans Screen More Frequently for Interpersonal Violence

Some primary care provider experiences and beliefs regarding women's health care influence rates of screening for military sexual trauma (MST) and/or intimate partner violence (IPV) .

Sep 6, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Werther Effect Revisited: Measuring the Effect of News Items on User Behavior

A new methodology detects how news coverage can have both positive and negative effects on people; feedback to journalists might offer an opportunity to modify a publication to reduce negative effects.

May 24, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Follow-up of Positive Fecal Test Results: Sooner Is Better, but How Much Better?

Patients prefer less invasive approaches such as fecal immunochemical test (FIT) for colorectal cancer screening, but the effectiveness of FIT depends on annual screenings for those with negative test results and colonoscopy if FIT tests are positive.

May 23, 2017
Tool

SUMMIT Study Protocol for Opioid or Alcohol Use Disorders

This integrated collaborative care protocol created for the SUMMIT study outlines procedures for screening, brief intervention, and treatment for patients with opioid or alcohol use disorders.

May 11, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Gender Differences in the Association Between Conduct Disorder and Risky Sexual Behavior

Conduct disorder is associated with risky sexual behavior among youth, but the specific behavior most strongly associated with conduct disorder is different for female and males.

Apr 27, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Chronic Physical Health Conditions and Emotional Problems From Early Adolescence Through Midadolescence

Screening youth with chronic health conditions for symptoms of depression or anxiety may help reduce adverse outcomes from these conditions.

Apr 26, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Frequency of E-cigarette Use, Health Status, and Risk and Protective Health Behaviors in Adolescents

Adolescents who use electronic cigarettes may engage in fewer risky behaviors than their tobacco smoking peers, but their physical health and engagement in protective health behaviors is not necessarily any better.

Mar 16, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Church-Based HIV Screening in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities of California, 2011–2012

By expanding the reach of HIV testing programs, church-based testing events could help achieve the goal of universal testing.

Mar 14, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Quality of Care Measures for the Management of Unhealthy Alcohol Use

Proposed quality of care measures for unhealthy alcohol use focus on screening, assessment, treatment, and follow-up in outpatient care.

Mar 13, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

A Comparison of Home-Based Versus Outreach Event-Based Community HIV Testing in Ugandan Fisherfolk Communities

Among Ugandan fisherfolk, more new HIV cases were identified in home-based testing than in community-based testing, but fewer of those tested at home were linked to care.

Jan 3, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Patient-Reported Offers of Alcohol Treatment for Primary Care Patients at High-Risk for an Alcohol Use Disorder

Most primary care patients in this study, who were at high risk for an alcohol use disorder, report that they were not offered treatment after an annual screening.

Nov 29, 2016
News Release

News Release

Changes Needed to Fortify U.S. Blood System from Financial and Biological Threats

Medical advances have reduced the demand for blood in the United States, creating financial pressure on the nation's blood collection centers and threatening their future survival.

Nov 28, 2016

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