AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE The American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine are professional organizations dedicated to the advancement of disease prevention and health promotion in the clinical setting. The ACPM publishes a directory of all U.S. and Canadian preventive medicine residency training programs, as well as a bimonthly newsletter. The ATPM sponsors the Luther L. Terry Preventive Medicine Fellowship with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and operates a Prevention Education Resource Center, which is a library of prevention teaching materials. The organizations jointly publish the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and sponsor the annual Prevention Conference each spring. Green LW, Eriksen MP, Schor EL. Prvenive practices by physicians: Behavioral determinants and potential interventions. Am J Prev Med 1988;4(4):8101-107. Goldenberg K. Periodic health examination: Comparison of residency programs and national recommendations. J Gen Internal Med 1986;1:282-286. Lewis CE, Wells KB, Ware J. A model for predicting the counseling practices of physicians. J Gen Intern Med 1986;1:14-19. Lewis CE. Disease prevention and health promotion practices of primary care physicians in the United States. Am J Prev Med 1988; 4(4):89-16. Lurie N, Manning WG, Peterson C, Goldberg GA, Phelps CA, Lillard L. Preventive care: Do we practice what we preach? AJPH 1987;77:801-804. Maheux B, Pineault R, Beland F. Factors influencing physicians' orientation toward prevention. Am J Prev Med 1987;3(1):1218. Makuc DM, Freid VM, Kleinman JC. National trends in the use of preventive health care by women. AJPH 1989;79(1):21-26. Morris PD, Morris ER. Family practice residents' compliance with preventive medicine recommendations. Am J Prev Med 1988;4(3):161–165. 2 INSURE PROJECT An eight-year study of the benefits of preventive care concludes that preventive care services should be covered by insurers because they reduce the risk of disease and promote health. The $3.3 million INSURE project, which stands for Industry-wide Network for Social, Urban and Rural Efforts, was conducted at medical group practice sites and an HMO in four states. The study found that patients who received preventive care during regular physical exams were more likely than control patients to quit smoking, begin an exercise regimen, and use seat belts, and among women, more likely to begin monthly breast self-exams. The project, funded by life and health insurance companies, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and various philanthropic groups, paid for physicians' services, lab and mammography procedures, and physicians' time to educate the patient on risk reduction for coronary heart disease, stroke, and automobile injuries. Chest x-rays and electrocardiographs were not performed. Pill R, French J, Harding K, et al. Invitation to attend a health check in a general practice setting: Comparison of attenders and non-attenders. Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 1988;38:53-56. Pill R, Stott N. Invitation to attend a health check in a general practice setting: The views of a cohort of non-attenders. Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 1988;38:57-60. Romm, FJ. Patients' expectations of periodic health examinations. Journal of Family Practice 1984;19(2):191–195. Romm FJ. Periodic health examination: Williamson PS, Driscoll CE, Dvorak LD, et al. Health screening examinations: The patient's perspective. The Journal of Family Practice 1988;27(2):187–192. 3 Prepared by the ODPHP National Health Information Center (ONHIC). The ONHIC is a service of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Appearance on this list does not signify endorsement by the Department, the ODPHP, or the ONHIC. A single copy or reproducible master of this publication is available from the ONHIC, P.O. Box 1133, Washington, DC 20013-1133. 4 |