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April 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Providence, R.I., carried out a pilot study to examine the efficacy of a motivational interviewing intervention for adolescent smokers.
February 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The CDC sponsored a conference to draft recommendations to encourage trauma center staff to screen patients for alcohol and other drug problems and to counsel those who screen positive and refer them for treatment.
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
This study explored the distribution of decision aids—an important first step toward patient engagement, but one that cannot be equated with actual use of the aids.
May 1, 2013 | New Public Health Post
A New York Times article raises the controversial question of whether the uber-awareness campaign about breast cancer led to more mammograms than were necessary.
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Researchers conducted a systematic review of the research literature to determine which interventions improve cervical cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis or treatment for racial or ethnic minorities in the United States
November 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative will host a webinar on November 28, where INQRI grantees will discuss their research and future implications of their work.
National Program
A model that improves the health and well-being of adolescents by using evidence-based psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions in the early identification and treatment of adolescents and young adults with severe mental illness.
March 26, 2013 | Issue Brief
Early treatment and intervention for mental illness can improve lives and lower related health care costs.
National Program
Initiative to test the feasibility and effectiveness of developing a large national effort to build a cadre of researchers who integrate substance abuse issues into mainstream medicine.
June 6, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
With my colleagues at Johns Hopkins University, I fielded a survey to shed some light on what PCPs thought about the recommendations. In the setting of changing recommendations, we wanted to understand whether PCPs believed the recommendations were ...