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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-screening_research-protocol.pdf
October 20, 2011 - Does becoming aware of positive HCV infection status decrease high-risk behaviors? 
 
c. … of patients with HCV infection at 
improving intermediate outcomes, including change in high-risk behaviors … High-risk sexual behaviors 
c. … Counseling against risky behaviors and alcohol use (KQs 6a and 6c) 
4.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/standardized-library-depression-white-paper.pdf
May 01, 2020 - A-4 
OMF CATEGORY OUTCOME MEASURE DEFINITION 
Events of Interest Suicide Ideation & Behavior Selection … Supplemental assessments of suicide ideation and behavior should be completed for 
patients who screen … Includes nonfatal suicide attempts/suicide attempt behaviors, 
planning/preparatory acts, active suicidal
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/standardized-library-depression-white-paper.pdf
May 01, 2020 - A-4 
OMF CATEGORY OUTCOME MEASURE DEFINITION 
Events of Interest Suicide Ideation & Behavior Selection … Supplemental assessments of suicide ideation and behavior should be completed for 
patients who screen … Includes nonfatal suicide attempts/suicide attempt behaviors, 
planning/preparatory acts, active suicidal
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/zikmund.pdf
October 08, 2025 - Assistant Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education
University of Michigan School of Public Health
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hepatitis-c-screening_disposition-comments.pdf
November 27, 2012 - have It has been shown repeatedly in behavioral research 
shown that knowledge alone does not change behavior … However, when a physician or other 
care provider encourages behavior change based on that knowledge, … behavior change (in 
the short term) does occur. … KQ 6b addresses impacts of a 
positive test on risky behaviors. … Diabetes would be an excellent example) behaviors may not change.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-informed-care-executive-summary.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Aggression and Violent Behavior. 2021;57. 
doi: 10.1016/j.avb.2020.101488. 
5.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/people-with-disabilities-protocol.pdf
January 16, 2024 - people with disabilities have been 
identified, including: physical environmental barriers; attitudes, behaviors … differences in patient, clinicians, and delivery setting; and uncertainty regarding the association between 
behavior
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/tinnitus_research-protocol.pdf
February 22, 2012 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
 
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov  
Published Online: February 22, 2012 
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol 
 
Project Title: Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus: A Comparative Effectiveness Review 
 
 
Source: www.eff… 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/sleep-apnea-treatment-future_research.pdf
February 01, 2012 - found to be effective in other domains 
such as weight control, drug addiction, and medication-taking behavior … Many 
interventions to promote health-related behaviors have utilized behavioral change 
models, and … have been shown to be effective in changing patients’ behaviors. … Another stakeholder commented that 
it is very difficult to predict adherence behavior but that it may
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0007_03-17-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - Effective Health Care
 
Topic Number(s):      0063 
Document Completion Date:  11-18-09 
1 
 
 
 
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps 
 
 Depression treatment after SSRI failure will go forward for refinement as a comparative effectiveness 
or effectiveness review.  The scope of this topic, includi… 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/adhd_disposition-comments.pdf
October 01, 2011 - of the complexities of 
diagnosis and treatment of ADHD and the confounding impact of 
oppositional behaviors … Clarity 
and Usability 
Target population is somewhat confusing as a result of inclusion of ODD 
and the behaviors … While 'merely' disruptive behaviors may be described as 
contributing factors they may not necessarily … Report identifies section on combination 
behavior psychosocial and medication and also 
a section on … Furthermore, only 25% of the parents attended more than four parent 
behavior training sessions.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/opioid-use-disorder_research-protocol.pdf
February 24, 2016 - control over drug purity, and possibility of blood-borne disease transmission 
(stemming from injection behaviors … contributors to addiction and include strategies such as individual therapy, group 
counseling, family behavior
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dcis-endocrine-therapy_research.pdf
August 01, 2012 - Definitions
DCIS: We identified cases of DCIS using information on histology, 
stage, and behavior information … Oncol-
ogy, Third Edition (ICD-O-3) histologies 8500, 8521, 8501, 8230, 
8522, and 8523 with an ICD-O-3 behavior … code of 2, and ICD-O-3 
histology 8500 with an ICD-O-3 behavior code of 5. … breast cancer: We defined early invasive breast cancer 
using SEER summary local stage and ICD-O-3 behavior
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/meditation_executive.pdf
January 01, 2014 - review are to evaluate 
the effects of meditation programs on affect, attention, 
and health-related behaviors … What are the efficacy and harms of 
meditation programs on health-related behaviors affected 
by stress … We also found insufficient evidence 
that meditation programs had an effect on health-related 
behaviors … Among the 13 trials evaluating the effects of meditation 
programs on health-related behaviors affected … Randomized trial of a
meditation-based stress reduction program and cognitive behavior
therapy in generalized
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-adults-trauma-interventions_executive.pdf
April 01, 2013 - work/duty or 
ability to work
•	 Incidence of self-injurious 
or suicidal thoughts, 
attempts, or behaviors … (including suicide)
•	 Incidence of aggressive 
or homicidal thoughts, 
attempts, or behaviors 
(including … quality 
of life; return to work or duty; incidence of self-injurious 
or suicidal thoughts, attempts, or behaviors … (including 
suicide); incidence of aggressive or homicidal thoughts, 
attempts, or behaviors (including
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/developmental-delays-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
December 01, 2014 - deficits in social communication and social interaction, restricted and repetitive patterns of 
behavior
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-208-bipolar-adults-disposition-comments.pdf
August 07, 2018 - Suicidal behavior during lithium and valproate treatment: A within-
individual 8-Year prospective study … report does not cover other meaningful outcomes 
that are critical in BD treatment, such as suicide behaviors
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/depression-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
December 01, 2015 - pharmacotherapies for treating BPD and MDD and one uses telehealth services to 
expand the reach of behavior … Telemedicine-facilitated psychotherapy is an alternative care delivery model used to 
administer PTSD behavior … delivery of one, or a combination, of several standard PTSD psychotherapies, including 
cognitive behavior … delivery of one, or a combination, of several standard PTSD psychotherapies, including 
cognitive behavior … identical to in-person therapy, potentially allowing underserved populations 
to receive standard of care behavior
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/carman-presentation.pdf
October 08, 2025 - We have to move away from thinking that it is matter of behavior to thinking of of how 
the system is … structuring the context around	
   behavior.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/smoking-pregnancy-infants_executive.pdf
February 01, 2014 - Interventions 
targeting the behavior of smokers’ partners or health care 
providers exclusively were … exposure to 
tobacco smoke are characteristics that are often considered 
predictors in the health behavior … research 
in other fields, such as weight loss, suggests that modest 
incentives can be adequate to change behavior … helpful to 
end-users to understand whether specific populations of 
patients are more amenable to behavior