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Integrating behavioral health into primary care: The time has comeDr. Ed Wagner offers guidance for care teams as they begin to treat mental health, substance abuse, and behavioral disorders.
mental health, behavioral disorders, substance abuse
2016-03-15
Patients and providers talk about lung cancer screening, GHRI listensSusan Brandzel, GHRI project manager, tells about two studies that are exploring personal experiences with a new cancer screening program.
smoking cessation, screening, lung cancer
2016-03-11
Our tobacco cessation research is smoking hotDr. Jennifer McClure studies how best to fight the most common preventable cause of death—including the apps for that.
2016-03-03
What if a street map could show how healthily people eat?UW and GHRI researchers have come up with innovative maps that illustrate the link between wealth accumulation and diet quality.
2016-03-01
PrEP can prevent HIV/AIDS—if we get it to the right peopleWe have a way to limit the spread of AIDS. We just need to reach people at high risk of HIV infection. GHRI researcher Dr. Leah Adams explains.
2016-02-24
Highlighting social determinants of health—beyond the usual suspectsAt the June 27 Birnbaum Lecture and beyond, GHRI focuses on social factors that shape our communities’ well-being.
social determinants of health, community health, Leana Wen
2016-02-22
News release: Northwest doctors improve their practices—and patients’ heart healthHealthy Hearts Northwest is part of major national effort to help small medical practices to prevent heart disease, our biggest killer.
heart disease, primary care, Healthy Hearts Northwest
2016-02-16
Land Acknowledgment
Our Seattle offices sit on the occupied land of the Duwamish and by the shared waters of the Coast Salish people, who have been here thousands of years and remain. Learn about practicing land acknowledgment.