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Why Don't Youth Quit Smoking?

March 17, 2011 | Program Result

A national study of 2,582 smokers ages 16 to 24, provides insights into whether young smokers tried to quit, the methods they used in trying to quit and factors that would predict their quitting patterns and success rates.

Small Group Counseling in Memphis Helps Motivate Low-Income Patients to Develop Healthy Behaviors

May 1, 2005 | Program Result

The Church Health Center of Memphis tested and refined Prescription for Health, an intervention designed to deliver health behavior and motivational counseling to low-income, predominantly African-American clients at a clinic and a prevention and wellness center.

Patients Benefit from Interventions to Change Their Behaviors

August 1, 2002 | Program Result

The Center for the Advancement of Health conducted a study of the availability and integration of health behavior change programs in managed care.

Neuroscience Advances Could Have Impact on Behavioral Health by 2018 - Yet Nonprofit Providers Slow to Apply Them to Practice

May 9, 2008 | Program Result

Researchers from the Alliance for Children and Families explored recent advancements in neuroscience and how they affected the behavioral health care practices of Alliance member organizations.

Newark, N.J., Brotherhood Health Initiative Seeks to Engage Troubled Young Minority Males in Health Care System

August 22, 2007 | Program Result

The Brotherhood Health Initiative (BHI) was a program designed to increase engagement with the health care system among young minority males aged 12 to 25 in Newark, N.J.

Caring School Community Program Goes National with Focuses on Community Building to Promote Healthy Behaviors

September 26, 2007 | Program Result

The Developmental Studies Center conducted a trial of an elementary school reform initiative which attempted to build a sense of connectedness to school, and thereby promote healthy behaviors in adolescence.

Web Site Helps Community Leaders Translate Research Into Behavior Changes Using the RE-AIM Framework

November 1, 2006 | Program Result

Between 2000 and 2005, researchers associated with the Behavior Change Consortium conducted a study designed to help move behavior change interventions from research settings into community settings.

Do Facebook and Other Social Networks Influence Health and Behavior?

August 9, 2011 | Program Result

A team at Harvard led by Nicholas Christakis, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H, built several health-related social network data sets and used them to analyze the role social networks play in health and health care. Some findings achieved national media coverage.

Evaluations of Two Violence Prevention Programs for Youth Show Little Impact

March 13, 2012 | Program Result

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence replicated and evaluated two violence prevention programs: the Good Behavior Game (used in first or second grade) and CASASTART (for adolescents aged 11-13).

In the Tribal Communities of California's Pauma Valley, it Takes a Village to Combat Chronic Illness

September 12, 2011 | Program Result

In North San Diego County, the Indian Health Council is using the Chronic Care Model to engage patients in their own care.

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