Accurate appropriate assessment of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents is a
critical aspect of contemporary medical care. However, physicians and other health care …

Racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular health care are well documented. Promising
approaches to disparity reduction are increasingly described in literature published since …

Background: Change champions are important for moving new innovations through the
phases of initiation, development, and implementation. Although research attributes positive …

CONTEXT: A literature review and environmental scan were conducted to develop a
framework for interventions that utilize linkages between clinical practices and community …

PURPOSE Researchers who conduct cluster-randomized studies must account for
clustering during study planning; failure to do so can result in insufficient study power. To …

BACKGROUND: Primary care practices able to create linkages with community resources
may be more successful at helping patients to make and sustain health behavior changes …

BACKGROUND: The problem of obesity is now epidemic in the United States. Despite the
existence of clinical guidelines for prevention and treatment of obesity and documented …

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to provide nurse practitioners (NPs) with an evidence-
based counseling strategy for motivating patients to adopt healthier cardiovascular lifestyles …

Background The adoption of a healthy lifestyle, including physical activity, a healthy diet,
moderate alcohol consumption and abstinence from smoking, is associated with a major …

Abstract Across the United States, primary care practices are engaged in demonstration
projects and quality improvement efforts aimed at integrating behavioral health and primary …