HPV prevention is not just for girls: an examination of college-age-students' adoption of HPV vaccines.

This study identifies source(s) of information young adults found to be persuasive in choosing/declining HPV vaccines. The results indicate that males are not getting HPV vaccination information from either their physician, parent, or DTC advertising. Females reported that physicians and their mothers were the most influential sources of information.

Learning from implementation setbacks: Identifying and responding to contextual challenges.

Introduction: We address organizational learning about implementation context during setbacks to primary care redesign in an ambulatory system. The redesign expanded care teams and added a medical assistant assigned administrative and coordination tasks. The redesign was expected to improve care efficiency, prevention, and continuity.

PRISM-E: comparison of integrated care and enhanced specialty referral in managing at-risk alcohol use.

Objective: This study was part of the Primary Care Research in Substance Abuse and Mental Health for the Elderly study (PRISM-E) and determined the relative effectiveness of two different models of care for reducing at-risk alcohol use among primary care patients aged 65 and older.

Methods: This multisite study was a randomized clinical trial comparing integrated care with enhanced specialty referral for older primary care patients screened and identified to have at-risk drinking.

Results: Before the study, the 560 participants consumed a mean of 17.