Behavioral Counseling Research and Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Perspectives

Susan J CURRY; David C GROSSMAN; Evelyn P WHITLOCK; Adelita CANTU

doi:10.7326/M13-2128

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Behavioral Counseling Research and Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Perspectives

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Behavioral Counseling Research and Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Perspectives

Susan J CURRY, David C GROSSMAN, Evelyn P WHITLOCK and Adelita CANTU

Annals of internal medicine, Vol.160(6), pp.407-413

2014

DOI: 10.7326/M13-2128

PMID: 24723080

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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) makes recommendations on which preventive services to routinely incorporate into primary care for specific populations. Behavioral counseling interventions are preventive services designed to help persons engage in healthy behaviors and limit unhealthy ones. The USPSTF's evaluation of behavioral counseling interventions asks 2 primary questions: Do interventions in the clinical setting influence persons to change their behavior, and does changing health behavior improve health outcomes with minimal harms?This article discusses challenges encountered by the USPSTF in aggregating the behavioral counseling intervention literature to develop guidelines. The challenges relate broadly to study populations, intervention protocols, assessment of outcomes, and linking behavior changes to health outcomes. Recommendations to address these challenges include use of the PRECIS (Pragmatic-Explanatory Continuum Indicator Summary) tool as a guide for the development of feasible, replicable, and generalizable behavioral counseling interventions; improved reporting of study methods and results; consensus measures for key behavioral outcomes; and use of existing data sets to link behavior change and clinical outcomes.

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Title: Subtitle: Behavioral Counseling Research and Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Perspectives
Creators: Susan J CURRY - University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
David C GROSSMAN - University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Evelyn P WHITLOCK - University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Adelita CANTU - University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Annals of internal medicine, Vol.160(6), pp.407-413
DOI: 10.7326/M13-2128
PMID: 24723080
NLM abbreviation: Ann Intern Med
ISSN: 0003-4819
eISSN: 1539-3704
Publisher: American College of Physicians; Philadelphia, PA
Language: English
Date published: 2014
Academic Unit: Health Management and Policy; Community and Behavioral Health
Record Identifier: 9984063131802771

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