Prescription for Health: Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care Research Networks
December 1, 2012 | Report
This evaluation was of a program that sought to incorporate effective health behavior counseling into routine primary care.
Behavioral/Mental Health Care
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Diffusion of a Model for Addressing Behavioral Health Issues in Primary Care Practices
December 5, 2012 | Program Result
Prescription for Health developed innovative models to integrate counseling for tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and excessive alcohol consumption into primary care. These models spread and became integrated into the national health care system after RWJF's funding ended.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pediatric Mental Health
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This research summary discusses inadequate treatment of mental health problems among minority youth. The authors discuss a wide range of studies that have investigated need and prevention among minority adolescents, psychotherapy and pharmacological treatment, outcomes and approaches to addressing disparities.
Prescription for Health: Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care Research Networks
January 27, 2011 | Program Result
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.
Use of Inexpensive Technology to Enhance Adolescent Health Screening and Counseling
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
In this study, the authors examine the use of a health behavior questionnaire on a personal digital assistant (PDA) as a possible method for primary care practices to screen teens for risky behaviors, as well as their willingness to change those behaviors.
Medication Algorithms Trump Treatment-as-Usual for Mentally Ill in Texas Study
May 1, 2005 | Program Result
The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation evaluated the clinical and economic impact of an algorithm-guided treatment package on seriously mentally ill patients treated in the Texas public mental health system.
Market Research Helps Develop Prescription for Health
December 1, 2004 | Program Result
Porter Novelli planned and conducted market research activities on consumer demand for health and behavior interventions in primary care as background for the development of Prescription for Health: Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care Research Networks.
New Researchers Encouraged to Study Latino Access to Mental Health Services
April 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Latino Research Program Project of the University of Puerto Rico sponsored a conference aimed at increasing research that explores the reasons for disparities in Latino access to mental health care and potential solutions.
New Nonprofit Entity Manages Mental Health Services for Youth in New York
June 1, 2001 | Program Result
Starting in January 1996, the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Albany, N.Y. developed a method — through the education, social services, juvenile justice, and mental health systems — to purchase and manage individualized services for seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents to divert them from unnecessary placements and hospitalizations.
Child Mental Health Treatment Shifts from Specialists to Pediatricians, and So Does Concern
July 1, 2001 | Program Result
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine held a one-day conference on children's mental health care issues and produced a monograph including a literature review, conference proceedings and recommendations.