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The Prescription for Health Initiative

2008; Elsevier BV; Volume: 35; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.amepre.2008.08.002

1873-2607

Robert S. Thompson,

Diabetes Management and Education

The papers in this supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine1 Green L.A. Cifuentes M. Glasgow R.E. et al. Redesigning primary care practice to incorporate health behavior change: Prescription for Health Round-2 results. Am J Prev Med. 2008; 35: S347-S349 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (43) Google Scholar , 2 Krist A.H. Woolf S.H. Frazier C.O. et al. An electronic linkage system for health behavior counseling: effect on delivery of the 5A's. Am J Prev Med. 2008; 35: S350-S358 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (60) Google Scholar , 3 Olson A.L. Gaffney C.A. Lee P.W. Starr P. Changing adolescent health behaviors: the Healthy Teens counseling approach. Am J Prev Med. 2008; 35: S359-S364 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (49) Google Scholar , 4 Holtrop J.S. Dosh S.A. Torres T. Thum Y.M. The community health educator referral liaison (CHERL): a primary care practice role for promoting healthy behaviors. Am J Prev Med. 2008; 35: S365-S372 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (41) Google Scholar , 5 Aspy C.B. Mold J.W. Thompson D.M. Integrating screening and interventions for unhealthy behaviors into primary care practices. Am J Prev Med. 2008; 35: S373-S380 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (57) Google Scholar , 6 Cohen D.J. Crabtree B.F. Etz R.S. et al. Fidelity versus flexibility: translating evidence-based research into practice. Am J Prev Med. 2008; 35: S381-S389 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (166) Google Scholar , 7 Etz R.S. Cohen D.J. Woolf S.H. Bridging primary care practices and communities to promote healthy behaviors. Am J Prev Med. 2008; 35: S390-S397 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (87) Google Scholar , 8 Hung D.Y. Glasgow R.E. Dickinson L.M. et al. The chronic care model and relationships to patient health status and health-related quality of life. Am J Prev Med. 2008; 35: S398-S406 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (34) Google Scholar , 9 Balasubramanian B.A. Cohen D.J. Clark E.C. et al. Practice-level approaches for behavioral counseling and patient health behaviors. Am J Prev Med. 2008; 35: S407-S413 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (28) Google Scholar , 10 Fernald D.H. Froshaug D.B. Miriam Dickinson L.M. Common measures, better outcomes (COMBO): a field test of brief health behavior measures in primary care. Am J Prev Med. 2008; 35: S414-S422 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (25) Google Scholar , 11 Dodoo M.S. Krist A. Cifuentes M. Green L.A. Start-up and incremental practice expenses for behavior change interventions in primary care. Am J Prev Med. 2008; 35: S423-S430 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (19) Google Scholar on the Prescription for Health initiative represents a noble practice-based effort to build assessment, intervention, support, and linkages for a big four (use of tobacco, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, and the risky use of alcohol) of behavioral issues as encountered in ten different primary care research network practices into functioning and sustained programs. Taken as a whole, the papers address various aspects of the system building that must occur to successfully address these issues in practice.