Contextual factors associated with successful alcohol screening and brief intervention implementation and sustainment in adult primary care.

Introduction: Hazardous drinking is a public health problem affecting approximately 20 % of the U.S. primary care population.

A Randomized Study of Values Affirmation to Promote Interest in Diabetes Prevention Among Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes.

Objective: The objective of this study was to test whether 2 interventions promote interest in diabetes prevention among women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus, who face high lifetime risk for diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: We designed an email outreach message promoting an existing preventive lifestyle program. The message incorporated values affirmation, a theory-based intervention that can improve openness to health information but typically relies on a writing exercise less practical in health care settings.

Leveraging EHRs for patient engagement: perspectives on tailored program outreach.

Objectives: Electronic health records (EHRs) present healthcare delivery systems with scalable, cost-effective opportunities to promote lifestyle programs among patients at high risk for type 2 diabetes, yet little consensus exists on strategies to enhance patient engagement. We explored patient perspectives on program outreach messages containing content tailored to EHR-derived diabetes risk factors-a theory-driven strategy to increase the persuasiveness of health communications.

Study Design: Convergent mixed methods.

Developing and using a partnership covenant to guide a study of late HIV diagnosis.

Background: Late diagnosis of HIV is an important problem in the United States, particularly in ethnically and socially diverse communities.

Objectives: We created and used a partnership covenant to ensure our adherence to community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles as we began studying and addressing individual and structural barriers to timely HIV testing.

Methods: Sample CBPR principles were used to help develop a partnership covenant that in turn was used in steering committee (SC) meetings to gauge our adherence to CBPR in our work together and in the field.