| PBRN ID | Intervention Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Practices collaborated with a local health department to use an extension agent model to promote screening, counseling, and use of community resources. Intervention: used IT, new/modified staff roles, and counseling outside the practice HRA: self-administered by computer Design: longitudinal; no comparison group |
| 2 | A community health educator referral liaison was available to practices to provide patients with health behavior counseling, follow-up, and assistance in connecting to community resources. Intervention: used new/modified staff roles and counseling outside the practice HRA: administered by liaison Design: group (practice) randomized; control received physician referral only |
| 3 | Family screening assessments were conducted during modified well visits for children aged 2 years, and families were directed to health behavior counseling. Intervention: used new/modified staff roles and counseling outside the practice HRA: administered by nurse staff as part of screening tool Design: quasi-experimental; practices were assigned to groups |
| 4 | Patients were connected to web-based tools that promoted health behavior change accompanied by an IVR telephone system to prompt website use. Intervention: used IT, population screening/outreach, and counseling outside the practice HRA: self-administered by computer Design: patient randomized; control received usual care |
| 5 | Practice enhancement assistants provided performance feedback, training, practice change facilitation, and local quality improvement collaboratives for behavior change. Intervention: used new/modified staff roles, population screening/outreach, and counseling outside the practice HRA: self-administered by paper forms Design: practices randomized to receive different sets of health behavior-specific modules in time-ordered blocks |
| 8 | Existing medical assistants identified patients at risk for unhealthy behaviors then offered counseling and referred to community resources. Intervention: used new/modified staff roles, population screening/outreach, and counseling outside the practice HRA: self-administered by paper forms Design: patient randomized; control received usual care. |
| 9 | Patients connected to an IVR telephone system to promote health behavior change and deliver counseling. Intervention: used IT and counseling outside the practice HRA: self-administered via the IVR system Design: patient randomized; control received only printed educational materials |
Adapted from Etz et al (2008)20 and Dodoo et al (2008).21
HRA, health risk assessment; IT, information technology; IVR, interactive voice recognition; PBRN, practice-based research network.