behavioral health

Speaking Public Health: Integrated Care

One of the factors that often frustrates both patients and care providers is a disjointed system -- one in which a primary care doctor handles some aspects of a person’s well-being, while another provider, such as a mental health professional, takes care of another aspect of that person’s wellness. That’s where integrated care comes in.

Speaking Public Health: Types of Prevention

While health care typically deals mainly with diagnosing and treating disease, public health looks at trying to improve a broad spectrum of outcomes related to health and well-being -- ideally, preventing health problems from developing in the first place. That’s the basic idea behind prevention strategies, which can be understood as three types of measures: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary.

Speaking Public Health: Strategic Prevention Framework

Designed for use by prevention strategists, the Strategic Prevention Framework provides a comprehensive set of steps and guiding principles for creating effective, sustainable approaches to improving community behavioral health -- specifically in the areas of preventing substance use and misuse.