Today’s Health Headlines - Jessie Gruman's Tweets
Health behavior stories from the news media
Health behavior stories from the news media
Prepared Patient:
Do You Need a Yearly Checkup? (Updated) | Last: Do I Have to Go to the Dentist? | Archives
Do You Need a Yearly Checkup? (Updated) | Last: Do I Have to Go to the Dentist? | Archives
Review Confirms Value of Combined Approach to Quitting Smoking
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Collaborative Care Teams Improve Mental Health Outcomes
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Shingles Vaccine Prevents Painful Disease in Older Adults
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Graphic Anti-Smoking Ads Increase Attempts to Quit
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Condom Use Drops When Young Women Use Hormonal Contraceptives
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Despite Access to Care, Male Veterans in Poorer Health than Civilian Men
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States that Support Access to Health Information Can Decrease Colon Cancer Deaths
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Evidence Does Not Back-Up Spinal Manipulation for Acute Lower Back Pain
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Check out the latest blogs on the Prepared Patient Forum
Inside Health Care: Getting Lab Results, Just for Doctors or Patients too?
May I Please See the Prices on the Menu Before I Order? - Cory Siegel, Guest Blogger
Do Seniors Want So Many Medicare Choices? - Trudy Lieberman, CFAH William Ziff Fellow
Kellogg Health Scholars Program
"This program is unique among public health training programs with thich I am familiar in that scholars not only hone rigorous health disparities methods training, we also learn to translate our academic research into evidence-based resources for use in ongoing community-based social studies efforts and for policy-makers seeking to develop evidence-based policies to reduce health disparities.
Kellogg Health Scholar, 2008
- Snapshot of People’s Engagement in Their Health Care
- Getting Tools Used: Lessons for Health Care from Successful Consumer Decision Aids
- Supporting Patients’ Engagement in Their Health and Health Care
- Supporting Patient Engagement in the Patient-Centered Medical Home
- Engagement Behavior Framework: A New Definition of Patient Engagement
- Creating a Patient Guide for a "Medical Home" Physician Practice
- Creating a Patient Guide for a Clinic or Medical Practice
- A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to speak as a patient about “consumers and cost information” while being videotaped for use in the annual meeting of the Aligning Forces for Quality initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Here's what I had to say
Revised and UpdatedAfterShock:
What to Do When the Doctor Gives You –
Or Someone You Love –
A Devastating Diagnosis
For more information visit:
www.aftershockbook.com
