Using Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Single-Use Produce Bags

Behavioral interventions produce robust beneficial biological alterations.

Irwin et al. (1) demonstrate in a randomized controlled trial that cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia and tai chi chih, a westernized variant of tai chi, produce robust reductions of inflammatory markers in participants .55 years old with insomnia. Although the temporal persistence of the effects varies, and the specific molecular outcome measures differ to some extent, both intervention...

Behavioral interventions reduce infant distress at immunization.

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of simple behavioral interventions at immunization on behavioral and biochemical indicators of distress in infants and parents in a primary care setting. DESIGN Subjects were enrolled sequentially to control (standard care) and intervention groups. Intervention parents (n=57) were provided information about techniques to help their infants at immunization...

Primary Care Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Illicit Drug and Nonmedical Pharmaceutical Use in Children.

DESCRIPTION Update of the 2008 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for illicit drug use. METHODS The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on interventions to help adolescents who have never used drugs to remain abstinent and interventions to help adolescents who are using drugs but do not meet criteria for a substance use disorder to reduce or stop their use. PO...

antibiotic and interventions to reduce inappropriate prescribing

Interventions to reduce harm associated with adolescent substance use.

A major proportion of the disease burden and deaths for young people in developed nations is attributable to misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs. Patterns of substance use established in adolescence are quite stable and predict chronic patterns of use, mortality, and morbidity later in life. We integrated findings of systematic reviews to summarise evidence for interventions aimed at prevention...