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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-surveillance_executive.pdf
December 01, 2011 - 04-E029-1 Summary
Advancing Excellence in Health Care • www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-Based
Practice
Backgrounda
In 2011, more than 240,000 men are projected
to be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and
33,000 are projected to die from the disease in
the United States. In the United… 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/tech-brief-37-opiod-use-adults-comments.pdf
November 03, 2020 - Findings We should be careful to clarify which behaviors 
and risk factors may have origins in early … pertaining to 
opioid-related harms (such as overdose or opioid 
use disorder or high-risk or undesirable behaviors … ● 17 multivariable studies evaluated long-
term opioid use, which may sometimes 
be a high-risk behavior … The assertion of long-term opioid use as a high-
risk behavior is unsupported by any reference 
and is … We do not describe it as a high-risk 
behavior.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/traumatic-brain-injury-rehabilitation-surveillance-160902.pdf
October 08, 2025 - .$ Advances$in$the$Study$of$Behavior$ 1.$ Annual$Review$of$Clinical$Psychology$ 
2.$ Archives$of$Internal … Disciplines$ 
6.$ JAMA$Internal$Medicine$ 6.$ Cortex$ 6.$ Psychological$Bulletin$ 
7.$ JAMA$ 7.$ Hormones$and$Behavior … $Predictors$of$Agitated$Behavior$During$ 
Inpatient$Rehabilitation$for$Traumatic$Brain$Injury. … $Prevalence,$ 
comorbidities,$and$correlates$of$challenging$behavior$among$community"dwelling$adults$ … $Prevalence,$clinical$features,$and$correlates$of$ 
inappropriate$sexual$behavior$after$traumatic$brain
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/epc-year-in-review-2022.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior in Children and Adolescents
12. … patient-provider-level-strategies/protocol
https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/disruptive-behavior
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/opioids-oa-protocol.pdf
June 29, 2019 - Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Opioids, Opioid Misuse and Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults: Protocol
 
 
Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol 
Project Title: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of  Opioids, Opioid Misuse and Opioid 
Use Disorder in Older Adults 
 
I. Background an… 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/smoking-pregnancy-infants_research-protocol.pdf
March 11, 2013 - For primary assessment of smoking behavior, we will record biochemically validated 
smoking cessation … Point prevalence abstinence: A measure of cessation based on behavior at a particular point in 
time … [Postpartum smoking behavior in women and related factors]. … [Smoking behavior during pregnancy of women with type 1 or gestational 
diabetes]. … [Do maternal social factors, health behavior and work conditions during 
pregnancy increase the risk
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bundled-payments-quality-effects_research-protocol.pdf
June 23, 2011 - o ―Unbundling‖—that is, behavior of providers that results in separate payment 
for bundled service,
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-adult-treatment_executive.pdf
April 01, 2013 - conclusions about 
withdrawals due to adverse events, mortality, suicide, 
suicidal ideation, self-harmful behaviors … few studies 
reported any information about mortality, suicide, suicidal 
ideation, or self-harmful behaviors … measures of adverse effects, including 
assessment of mortality, suicide, suicidal ideation, self-
harmful behaviors
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/measuring-blood-pressure_executive.pdf
January 01, 2012 - hypertension or 
masked hypertension will be managed differently based 
on SMBP than those with average BP behavior
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/telehealth-women-protocol.pdf
June 21, 2021 - testing/biologic confirmation) 
o STI complications  
• Behavioral outcomes: 
o Changes in STI risk behaviors … intoxicated w ith alcohol or other substances, sex in exchange for 
money or drugs) 
o Changes in protective behaviors … sexual debut; use of condoms, other 
barrier methods, or chemical barriers; or other changes in sexual behavior … Text Messaging, Teen Outreach Program, and 
Sexual Health Behavior: A Cluster Randomized Trial.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mental-illness-adults-prisons_executive.pdf
August 01, 2013 - especially vulnerable 
population because “jails and prisons have cultures that 
often lead to maladaptive behaviors … jails, prisons, community reentry, assertive 
community treatment (ACT), case management, cognitive 
behavior … Another systematic review examined the effectiveness of 
psychological interventions on reoffending 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/pdf/developing-consistent-useful-quality-improvement.pdf
September 01, 2020 - For example, if the study’s primary outcome is 
parents’ view of physician behavior, this would not be … (yes/no) If yes, what is the main theoretical behavior change model or 
what are the main elements of … It included 
training in 
pharmacotherapy, 
physician behavior change 
strategy, help from 
ongoing learning … seminar 
was based on the theory 
of self- regulation [6, 7], 
guiding physicians to 
examine their own 
behavior … Types of 
Intervention 
Effects 
Physician behavior, 
parents' view of physician 
behavior, patients
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/weight-gain-prevention_executive.pdf
January 01, 2020 - The strength of evidence is low that neither behavior was 
favored to change weight or waist circumference … Behavior change is difficult for individuals whose goal 
is to prevent weight gain, just as behavior … way to help those attempting to prevent weight gain 
and those who aim to lose weight modify their behavior … gain about 0.5 kg per year.4 Individuals enrolled in 
intervention studies may be more likely to make behavior … Potentially effective 
strategies included ones that involve minor behavior 
change (eating more meals
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-usability-testing.pdf
November 01, 2018 - Evidence-based Practice Center—RAND Corporation 
 
Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior … mental disorder (e.g., aggression, agitation, behavioral dyscontrol, 
irritability, self-injurious behaviors … practice parenting program in 
primary care compared to referral to an 
external program
Externalizing 
behaviors … mental health status with 
training and feedback
Low
Benefit for change in socialization skills and 
behaviors … mental health symptoms
Low
Program to improve organizational climate 
and culture 
Externalizing 
behaviors
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/depression-pregnancy-postpartum_research-protocol.pdf
March 29, 2013 - mothers who are depressed.4 
Depression during pregnancy is known to lead to harmful prenatal health behaviors … Efficacy/ Effectiveness Outcomes 
Maternal 
•	 Danger to self (suicidal and nonsuicidal behaviors) … •	 Danger to infant (infanticidal behavior, abuse, or neglect) 
•	 Depression symptomatology as scored
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/deliberative-methods-facilitation-transcript.pdf
October 08, 2025 - We’ll be 
talking about managing participant behavior, as well as facilitation tools and strategies around … next slides I’m going to talk about some pointers, and tips, 
and what to look for, and to look at key behaviors … So one of the things that I want to talk through with you is key behaviors that 
teaches these levels … So obviously the key here is addressing the behavior issue without completely shutting them 
down, and
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ehc-protocol-acute-pain-treatments.pdf
August 08, 2019 - noxious stimuli that can become pathologic, is normally sudden in onset, time limited, and 
motivates behaviors … Risk Reduction Behavior/ or Risk/  
39. or/36-38  
40. 26 or 35 or 39  
41. 15 and 40
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/migraine-future_research.pdf
April 01, 2013 - Improved understanding should result in improved prescribing behavior. … Improved understanding should result in improved prescribing behavior.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medical-tests-proposals_research.pdf
January 01, 2009 - In general, their object of study is 
clinician behavior, not patient outcome. … clinicians’ judgment and 
decision-making, as patient outcome after testing will usually depend on the behavior … outcome, it may be 
important to know that the ineffective link in the testing process is a modifiable behavior … Evaluations of 
physicians’ judgments or their behavior are not necessary, nor can they be used as a