U.S. Quitlines at a Crossroads
April 1, 2010 | Report/Video
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded initiative helps increase smoker awareness of smoking cessation options.
Evidence-based Models
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Making Evidence from Research More Relevant, Useful, and Actionable in Policy, Program Planning and Practice
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This commentary examines the gap between peer-reviewed research and practice. The authors provide suggestions to help research journals improve the relevance of research and speed the utilization of evidence-based practice.
Oral Health: Putting Teeth Into the Health Care System
August 22, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF and The Alliance for Health Reform sponsored a briefing to discuss oral health care in the United States, particularly for children and other vulnerable populations.
Addiction Services Executives Learn about Measurement and Quality Improvement
August 27, 2009 | Program Result Report
The 2007 Annual State Associations of Addiction Services National Conference for Executives and Senior Managers in Addiction Services focused on issues of organizational capacity, quality, management, budget and policy.
Can We Achieve Evidence-Based Policy and Practice on Active Travel?
January 1, 2009 | Commentary
In this commentary prepared for the 2008 Active Living Research Conference, Philip Insall of Sustrans, a UK nonprofit organization, shares his insights into how research can be used to shape policies that encourage people to travel on foot or by bicycle.
Addressing the Complexities of Survey Research
January 1, 2009 | Book
This chapter of "Nursing Policy Research: Turning Evidence-Based Research into Health Policy" reviews the conceptual and practical issues related to conducting surveys, including development of the research topic and survey questions, maximizing data collection, and coping with common problems.
An Exploratory Analysis of the Model for Understanding Success in Quality
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
MUSIQ tool identifies contextual factors that affect the success of quality improvement efforts.
Model Community-Based Treatment Program Reduces Hospitalization and Jail Time Among People with Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
September 29, 2008 | Program Result Report
Project Link is a consortium of six community service organizations to reduce repeated hospitalizations and incarcerations among a population of clients with the dual diagnoses of severe mental illness and substance abuse.
Help for Teen Drug Abusers
April 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
In January 2003, the nonprofit research institute Drug Strategies published a national guide to drug treatment programs for teens. The institute also established a companion Web site to the guide.
Neighborhood Social Capital and Adult Health
September 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Most studies investigating links between social capital and health have relied on work by Robert Putnam who conceptualized social capital as features of social organization, such as interpersonal trust, reciprocity norms, and engagements with commun ...