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Graham F. Moore; Lawrence Raisanen; Laurence Moore; Nafees Ud Din; Simon Murphy – Health Education, 2013
Purpose: Primary-care referral to community-based exercise specialists (exercise referral) is common in the UK despite limited evidence of effectiveness. A recent pragmatic randomised trial of the Welsh National Exercise Referral Scheme (NERS), demonstrated promising impacts upon physical activity and mental health. This paper presents a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Referral, Health Services, Health Education
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Seale, J. Paul; Velasquez, Mary M.; Johnson, J. Aaron; Shellenberger, Sylvia; von Sternberg, Kirk; Dodrill, Carrie; Boltri, John M.; Takei, Roy; Clark, Denice; Grace, Daniel – Substance Abuse, 2012
Alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) is recommended for all primary care patients but is underutilized. This project trained 111 residents and faculty in 8 family medicine residencies to conduct SBI and implement SBI protocols in residency clinics, then assessed changes in self-reported importance and confidence in performing SBI and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Family Practice (Medicine), Patients, Organizational Change
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Murphy, John W. – Journal of Drug Education, 1979
Outlines a method of outcome evaluation which allows for a client to be tracked throughout a treatment episode, so that a client's behavioral status can be assessed while remaining in treatment. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Drug Addiction, Drug Therapy, Measurement Techniques
Hyner, Gerald C. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1978
A model for the evaluation of patient education programs is proposed. (MM)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Educational Programs, Health Education
Bigelow, George; And Others – 1976
The Treatment Evaluation Project was established to evaluate the feasibility of using behavioral treatment in conjunction with methadone maintenance to improve the effectiveness of methadone treatment. Over 100 outpatients were accepted into treatment and randomly assigned to one of four behavioral treatment modalities in addition to the usual…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Clinics, Contingency Management, Desensitization
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Prager, Edward; Tanaka, Henry – Social Work, 1980
How far should agencies go toward involving mental health clients in treatment and evaluation? The achievement of a group of clients in developing measures of self-assessment supports a call for a partnership between the professional and the consumer. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Counseling Effectiveness, Helping Relationship, Measurement Techniques
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Dengerink, Harold A. – Journal of Medical Education, 1982
Students enrolled in a behavioral science course at Washington State University were given the option of completing the behavior change project by functioning as the manager for a weight control patient. The weight control project is described and evaluation measures are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Sciences, Body Weight, Clinical Experience
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Tracy, James J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Two evaluation procedures were evaluated in terms of their impact upon client attrition in a community mental health center. The behavioral analysis report, an innovative evaluation procedure, led to more treatment contacts than a traditional evaluation method. Possible effective elements within the behavioral analysis report are discussed.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Community Health Services, Evaluation Methods, Helping Relationship
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Atak, Nazli; Arslan, Umit – Health Education Journal, 2005
Objective: The current research was designed to develop a health education programme for type 2 diabetes mellitus based on the Taba-Tyler model and to evaluate its effect. Design: The study was quasi-experimental in design. Setting: Fifty-five patients from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, University Hospital of Ankara. Method: An education…
Descriptors: Health Education, Employment Level, Pilot Projects, Knowledge Level