All Articles on Preventive Care
6 ideas from the Mister Rogers movie that apply to health careHow Fred Rogers’ radical notions of love and kindness might inspire the best from those working in health care and health research.
Closing the knowledge gap on prevention in pediatricsDoes routine screening for autism, high cholesterol, and other problems improve kids’ health? We need better research to find out, Dr. Grossman says.
How to prevent disparities in colon cancer screeningGroup Health, Kaiser Permanente researchers in JAMA Internal Medicine
- Young children who miss well-child visits are more likely to be hospitalized
Young children who missed more than half of recommended well-child visits had up to twice the risk of hospitalization as children who attended most of their visits, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Managed Care. The study included more than 20,000 children enrolled at Group Health Cooperative.
- Installing gun cabinets in homes improves safe firearm storage
Installing a gun cabinet dramatically reduces unlocked guns and ammunition in the home, according to a study in rural Alaska villages where the residents are primarily Alaska Native people. Group Health Research Institute Senior Investigator David Grossman, MD, MPH, led the research.
- Incentives studied to align care, coverage, and wellness
The effectiveness of Total Health, a unique benefits program for Group Health Cooperative employees, is the subject of a four-year study that the federal Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently funded. It’s part of a trend to integrate care, insurance, and wellness programs and base them on research findings. The goal is to help people stay healthier and control health care costs.
- Group Health research results in new national chlamydia screening guideline
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued new chlamydia-screening recommendations last week based in large part on research conducted at Group Health Center for Health Studies in collaboration with the University of Washington.
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