Publications by authors named "Lindsey Turr"
Background: Half of all Americans have a chronic disease. Promoting healthy behaviors to decrease this burden is a national priority. A number of behavioral interventions have proven efficacy; yet even the most effective of these has high levels of nonresponse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Upstream interventions - e.g. housing programs and community health worker interventions- address socioeconomic and behavioral factors that influence health outcomes across diseases.
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- Growing interest in collaborative goal-setting raises questions about the appropriateness and difficulty of patient goals, as well as the support needed to achieve them.
- The study involved 302 residents in a high-poverty urban area who prioritized chronic conditions and created action plans with their healthcare providers to manage these goals.
- Results showed that patients focused on poorly controlled conditions, set ambitious health goals, and developed personalized action plans, indicating the need for adaptable support from healthcare personnel.