The Diabetes Initiative
April 19, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Diabetes Initiative and its individual projects have contributed to the expansion of diabetes self-management at the state level and nationwide.
Self-care Management
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Managing Pediatric Asthma: Emergency Department Demonstration Program
National Program
Initiative to reduce emergency department visits, increase reliance on primary care providers, improve adherence to clinical protocols, and improve patient knowledge of and compliance with therapeutic regimens.
Race/Ethnicity and Patient Confidence to Self-Manage Cardiovascular Disease
September 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study examines associations between race/ethnicity and other characteristics that determine confidence levels related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) self management. Minority cardiac patients have lower levels of confidence in their ability to self-manage CVD than white patients.
Texas Hospitals Reduce Emergency Department Visits by Educating Families of Pediatric Asthma Patients
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Baylor College of Medicine collected information on emergency department pediatric asthma visits and studied the impact of an intervention to educate ED pediatric asthma patients and parents in managing the disease.
Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality
January 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality was a targeted solicitation for proposals to expand understanding of how to make health care both more patient-centered and more equitable.
Transforming Primary Care
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Care Plus is an alternative structure of the medical home model that would improve health and lower costs, particularly for the frail elderly population.
Prescription for Health: Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care Research Networks
January 27, 2011 | Program Result Report
Prescription for Health tested the use of tools and evidence-based models in primary care to counsel patients to change four leading behaviors associated with premature death: smoking, risky drinking, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity.
Spatial Accessibility to Providers and Vaccination Compliance Among Children with Medicaid
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Children in low-income families living far from an immunization provider can miss basic vaccinations because parents lack their own transportation. This study examined how the availability of immunization providers affected vaccination rates among low-income children in Washington, D.C.
Addressing Tobacco in Health Care
July 11, 2009 | Program Result Report
Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care supported evaluations of replicable efforts by managed care organizations to integrate effective tobacco-cessation interventions into everyday clinical practice and the basic health care these organizations provide.
Making the Grade: State and Local Partnerships to Establish School-Based Health Centers
February 26, 2007 | Program Result Report
Making the Grade was a national program that supported state-local collaborations designed to expand comprehensive school-based health services for children and adolescents.