Efficacy trials have generated interventions to improve health behaviors and biomarkers.
However, these efforts have had limited impact on practice and policy. It is suggested that key …

Many grant proposals identify the use of a given evaluation model or framework but offer little
about how such models are implemented. The authors discuss what it means to employ a …

This article reports on the outcome of a presidential initiative of 2012 American Psychological
Association President Suzanne Bennett Johnson to delineate competencies for primary …

Introduction:Understanding, categorizing, and using implementation science theories,
models, and frameworks is a complex undertaking. The issues involved are even more …

This chapter is a review of the research literature that suggests that primary care is the de
facto behavioral health services and care system. It will summarize and reiterate the following …

The Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) is an innovative, improved, and evolving
approach to providing primary care that has gained broad acceptance in the United States. The …

Purpose: Most primary care patients with mental health issues are identified or treated in
primary care rather than the specialty mental health system. Primary care physicians report that …

Research often fails to find its way into practice or policy in a timely way, if at all. Given the
current pressure and pace of health care change, many authors have recommended different …

Directly involving patients and families in care improvement increasingly is viewed as an
important component of patient-centered care. To assess the extent to which practices actually …

Background There is a pressing need for greater attention to patient-centered health behavior
and psychosocial issues in primary care, and for practical tools, study designs and results …