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February 4, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary examines economic arguments for disease prevention services. While services that reliably produce net savings are rare in health care, many preventive services improve health at a lower cost than other medical interventions.
November 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The University of Oregon defined patient activation as it relates to those with chronic illness, and developed and tested an instrument to measure patient activation.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result Report
BD was getting picked on at school because he stuttered. This sidebar tells how the Brotherhood Health Initiative helped put BD on the path toward growing social confidence and skills, which helped him make more friends both in and out of school.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result Report
This sidebar tells how project staff helped JJ begin to take responsibility for his life, be less disruptive at school, and earn money for the things he wanted through household chores and odd jobs for neighbors.
May 15, 2013 | Story/Video
The What's Next Health series features leading thinkers and visionaries. Executive director of FutureMed, Daniel Kraft, MD, discusses approaches to "escape velocity" in health care.
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.
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.
August 22, 2007 | Program Result Report
For AM, gang activity was "a family business." His father, a Blood, was incarcerated; three of his brothers were also Bloods and one was a Crip.
July 24, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Corporacion de Servicios de Salud y Medicina Avanzada developed a chronic disease prevention and control project to reach into rural communities and help educate those with chronic illnesses manage their own care.
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.