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Evidence-based Clearinghouse

Welcome to the Aging Texas Well (ATW) Clearinghouse for evidence-based practices, a public resource database of national and state level evidence-based information and research. The ATW Clearinghouse evolved from the ATW initiative that began in 1997 and was formalized under Executive Order RP 42 in 2005. The website supports RP 42 and the activities of the Texas Healthy Lifestyle (TXHL) grant demonstration project and evidence-based programs throughout Texas.

In addition to including evidence-based practices, the ATW Clearinghouse features emerging practices in Texas and throughout the nation. Emerging practices are those which are currently being evaluated for evidence of effectiveness.

The ATW Clearinghouse offers researchers, practitioners, and individuals an opportunity to work collaboratively to identify, develop, and promote the adoption of evidence-based practices.

The information contained in the ATW Clearinghouse is used to support evidence-based practices as well as emerging practices. Topics are organized around the 16 ATW life areas. The interventions and programs adopted and promoted by the National Council on Aging (NCOA) are included in the ATW Clearinghouse. The clearinghouse guideline for evidence-based practices is taken from NCOA and includes practices that are based on evidence generated by scientific studies published in peer-reviewed journals.

The ATW Clearinghouse provides research syntheses and direct links to evidence-based practices and resources that inform the development of evidence-based practices in Texas or elsewhere in the nation.

 

 

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89 resources found.

1.	A Matter of Balance A Matter of Balance emphasizes practical strategies to reduce fear of falling and increase activity levels... more information
2.	AARP   AgeLine® focuses exclusively on the population aged 50+ and issues of aging... more information
3.	Academic Center for Evidence-Based Nursing (ACE) Evidence-Based Practice (EVP) Resources Academic Center for Evidence-based Practice (ACE) is part of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing... more information
4.	Active Choices Active Choicesis a six-month physical activity program that helps individuals learn essential self-management strategies to become and stay more physically active, with a focus on individualizing the program to each person's needs and preferences... more information
5.	Active Living Every Day (ALED) Active Living Every Day (ALED) uses facilitated group-based problem solving methods to integrate physical activity into everyday living... more information
6.	Age-Line AgeLine® focuses exclusively on the population aged 50+ and issues of aging... more information
7.	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the United States' premier evidence-based practice agency... more information
8.	Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy (ABCT) Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy (ABCT) is an outpatient treatment for individuals with alcohol use disorders and their intimate partners... more information
9.	Alzheimer Association Evidence-Based Practices The Alzheimer's Diseases Supportive Services Program (ADSSP) has a National Resource Center which provides technical assistance to states developing and implementing community-based services for individuals and families impacted by Alzheimer's disease and related dementias... more information
10.	Arthritis Foundation Aquatic Program (AFAP) Arthritis Foundation Aquatic Program (AFAP) is a water exercise program created by the Arthritis Foundation for people with arthritis and related conditions... more information
11.	Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program (AFEP) Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program  (AFEP) was designed for persons with rheumatic disease and addresses the pain, fatigue, decreased strength and motion which often accompanies the disease... more information
12.	Arthritis Self-Management (Self-Help) Program The Arthritis Self-Management Program, also known as the Arthritis Self-Help Course, was the first patient education program developed by the Stanford Patient Education Center... more information
13.	Behavioral Activities Intervention (BE-ACTIV) (Emerging Evidence-Based Practice) BE-ACTIV is a 10-week, behavioral, activities-based intervention for depression that can be implemented in nursing homes collaboratively with nursing home activities staff... more information
14.	Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT) for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (BCT) is a substance abuse treatment approach based on the assumptions that (1) intimate partners can reward abstinence and (2) reducing relationship distress lessens risk for relapse... more information
15.	Brief Marijuana Dependence Counseling (BMDC) Brief Marijuana Dependence Counseling (BMDC) is a 12-week intervention designed to treat adults with a diagnosis of cannabis dependence... more information
16.	Care Transitions Intervention Program (CTI) The Care Transitions Intervention Program (CTI), a four week program, helps patients by encouraging them to assert active role in their health care... more information
17.	Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), developed at the Stanford Patient Education Research Center, is designed for individuals with various chronic diseases... more information
18.	Chronic Pain Self-Management Program (CPSMP) The Chronic Pain Self-Management Program (CPSMP) is a two and a half hoursworkshop that is held  once a week, for six weeks in community settings such as senior centers, churches, libraries, and hospitals... more information
19.	Cocaine-Specific Coping Skills Training (CST) Cocaine-Specific Coping Skills Training (CST), an adaptation of a treatment approach used for alcoholism, teaches cocaine users how to identify high-risk situations associated with past episodes of cocaine use and modify their behavior to avoid or counteract those influences in the future... more information
20.	Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training (CBSST) Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training (CBSST) is a program for middle-aged and older individuals in the community with chronic schizophrenia... more information
21.	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Late-Life Depression (CBT) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based treatment for late-life depression... more information
22.	Community Trials Intervention to Reduce High-Risk Drinking Community Trials Intervention To Reduce High-Risk Drinking is a multicomponent, community-based program developed to alter alcohol use patterns and related problems of people of all ages... more information
23.	Coping with Work and Family Stress Coping With Work and Family Stress is a workplace prevention intervention designed to teach employees (18 years and older) how to deal with stressors at work and at home... more information
24.	Critical Time Intervention (CTI) Critical Time Intervention (CTI) is designed to prevent recurrent homelessness and other adverse outcomes among persons with severe mental illness... more information
25.	Department of Aging and Disability (DADS) Texercise (Emerging Evidence-Based Practice) Texercise is a statewide intergenerational health promotion and fitness program developed by DADS to educate and involve individuals and communities in physical activity and proper nutrition... more information
26.	Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (DEEP) The Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (DEEP) was developed to provide community residents with the tools to manage their diabetes in order to reduce complications and to lead healthier, longer lives... more information
27.	Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSMP) The Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSMP) is given in two and a half hours, once a week for six weeks in community settings such as churches, community centers, libraries and hospitals... more information
28.	Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive-behavioral treatment approach with two key characteristics:  1... more information
29.	Drinker's Check-Up (DCU) Drinker's Check-Up (DCU) is a computer-based brief intervention designed to help problem drinkers reduce their alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences... more information
30.	Eat Better and Move More: A Community-Based Program Designed to Improve Diets and Increase Exercise among Older Americans The Eat Better and Move More program is designed to encourage older adults to eat healthier and increase their physical activity by walking... more information
31.	EnhanceFitness EnhanceFitness is a low-cost, highly adaptable group exercise program specifically designed for older adults... more information
32.	EnhanceWellness EnhanceWellness is an individualized, motivational self-care program that supports encourages older adults to make health behavior changes... more information
33.	Experience Corp (Emerging Evidence-based Practice) Experience Corps engages people over 55 in order to meet their communities' greatest challenges... more information
34.	First Step to Active Health The First Step to Active Health is an evidence-based, step-by-step activity program... more information
35.	Fit and Strong! Fit and Strong! is a low-cost, evidence-based, multiple component exercise program... more information
36.	Functional Adaptation Skills Training (FAST) Functional Adaptation Skills Training (FAST) is an intervention for adult patients 40 years and older living in board-and-care facilities who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder... more information
37.	Guide to Community Preventive Services The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a resource to help you choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in your community... more information
38.	Harvest Health will add later... more information
39.	Health Education Program or the Telephone Education Program The Health Education program is focused on caregivers of chronically ill older adults... more information
40.	Healthy Changes: A Community-Based Diabetes Education and Support Program Healthy Changes is funded by the Administration on Aging "Evidence-Based Prevention Program for Older Adults... more information
41.	Healthy Eating for Successful Living Among Older Adults Healthy Eating for Successful Living in Older Adults is an educational,support program designed to assist older adults in the self-management of their nutritional health... more information
42.	Healthy IDEAS (Identifying Depression, Empowering Activities for Seniors) Healthy IDEAS is a service delivery model that trains existing agency case management staff to identify and address depression in at risk elderly... more information
43.	Healthy Moves for Aging Well Healthy Moves is a simple and safe evidence-based physical activity program designed to enhance health outcomes for frial, high-risk, and diverse older adults receiving services in the home... more information
44.	Healthy Workplace Healthy Workplace is a set of substance abuse prevention interventions for the workplace that are designed for workers who are not substance-dependent and still have the power to make choices about their substance use... more information
45.	IMPACT: Bringing Team Care to Late-Life Depression IMPACT (Improving Mood-Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment) is an intervention for patients 60 years or older who have major depression or dysthymic disorder... more information
46.	Medication Management and Improvement System (MMIS) The Partners in Care Foundation Medication Management Improvement System (MMIS)is an evidence-based intervention designed to enable social worker and nurse care managers to identify and resolve medication problems common among frail elders living in the community... more information
47.	Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) is an adaptation of Motivational Interviewing (MI) that includes one or more client feedback sessions for feedback to be presented and discussed in a nonconfrontational manner... more information
48.	Motivational Interviewing (MI) Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a goal-directed, client-centered counseling style that aims for behavioral change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence... more information
49.	National Council on Aging (NCOA) NCOA Center for "Healthy Aging: Model Health Programs for Communities" provides information on health topics, community programs, coalitions and resources... more information
50.	National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) Sponsored by Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), NREPP is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders... more information
51.	Network Therapy Network Therapy is a substance-abuse treatment approach that engages members of a patient's social support network to support abstinence... more information
52.	New York University Caregiver Intervention (NYUCI) New York University Caregiver Intervention (NYUCI) is a counseling and support intervention for spouse caregivers to improve the well-being of caregivers and delay the nursing home placement of patients with Alzheimer's disease... more information
53.	Pathways' Housing First Program Housing First, a program developed by Pathways to Housing, Inc... more information
54.	PEARLS (Program to Encourage Active Rewarding Lives for Seniors) PEARLS (Program to Encourage Active Rewarding Lives for Seniors) is an evidence-based depression treatment program that focuses on two client populations: older adults and individuals with epilepsy... more information
55.	Positive Self-Management Program for HIV (PSMP) The Positive Self-Management Program (PSMP) is a two and a half hour workshop for people with HIV... more information
56.	Prevention and Management of Alcohol Problems in Older Adults: A Brief Intervention The Prevention and Management of Alcohol Problems in Older Adults: A Brief Intervention approach is designed specifically for an older adult population and relies on concepts of motivational interviewing to enhance participants' commitment to change their behavior... more information
57.	Preventive Nutrition Education for Cardiovascular Disease (PNE-CVD) Preventive Nutrition Education for Cardiovascular Disease... more information
58.	Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) features a comprehensive and seamless service delivery system and integrated Medicare and Medicaid financing... more information
59.	Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold (PLST) Psychoeducation Intervention The progressively lowered stress threshold (PLST) model developed by Hall and Buckwalter (1987) provides the foundation for a psychoeducation intervention to assist formal and informal caregivers in the understanding behaviors and planning care for persons with dementia (PWD)... more information
60.	Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorders Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorders is a cognitive-behavioral treatment program for adult men and women who have experienced single or multiple/continuous traumas and have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)... more information
61.	PROSPECT (Prevention of Suicide in Primary Care Elderly: Collaborative Trial) PROSPECT (Prevention of Suicide in Primary Care Elderly: Collaborative Trial) aims to prevent suicide among older primary care patients by reducing suicidal ideation and depression... more information
62.	RE-AIM RE-AIM is a framework and a set of criteria for evaluating interventions that are intended to eventually be broadly implemented or widely adopted... more information
63.	Reducing Disability in Alzheimer's Disease (RDAD) The RDAD intervention is a caregiver education program that combines exercise training with teaching caregivers how to manage dementia-related behavior problems in persons with Alzheimer's disease... more information
64.	Relapse Prevention Therapy (RPT) Relapse Prevention Therapy (RPT) is a behavioral self-control program that teaches individuals with substance addiction how to anticipate and cope with the potential for relapse... more information
65.	Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health II (REACH II) Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health II (REACH II) is a multi-component psychosocial and behavioral training intervention for caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease or dementia... more information
66.	Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving This on-line resource includes an Evidence Based Interventions Resource Center with names of caregiving programs, program discriptions and outcomes of the evidence-based research... more information
67.	Savvy Caregiver Savvy Caregiver is intended to train families and others for the role they face as caregiver for a relative or friend with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia... more information
68.	SeniorWISE (Emerging Evidence-based Practice) SeniorWISE, a research project based at the University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing, was designed to enhance memory function in community-dwelling adults over the age of 65... more information
69.	Social Work Leadership Institute (SWLI) at the New York Academy of Medicine The Social Work Leadership Institute (SWLI) The New York Academy of Medicine is a national program that supports healthy aging through the evidence database on aging care (EDAC)... more information
70.	Southern Illinois Rural Caregiver Telehealth Project The Southern Illinois Rural Caregiver Telehealth Project is designed to meet the needs of informal caregivers in a rural areas... more information
71.	Spanish Arthritis Self-Management Program This program is a workshop given two hours, once a week, for six weeks, in community settings such as senior centers, churches, libraries, and hospitals... more information
72.	Spanish Diabetes Self-Management Program (SDSMP) Tomando Control de su Diabetes The Spanish Diabetes Self-Management Program  SDSMP) is a community-based, peer-led program for individuals living with type 2 diabetes... more information
73.	STAR Caregivers (STAR-C) The STAR-Caregivers program is a behavioral intervention to decrease depression and anxiety in individuals with Alzheimer's disease and their family caregivers... more information
74.	Step by Step: Thoughtful Fall Prevention The Step By Step Fall Prevention Program strives to incorporate a fall prevention program within the daily operation of senior centers by enhancing fall prevention-related knowledge and behavior and by building or enhancing relationships between senior centers and community and health care providers... more information
75.	Strategies for Cognitive Vitality: Live Well, Live Long Strategies for Cognitive Vitality: Live Well, Live Long, a seven-session program, introduces participants to basic physiological concepts of memory creation; characteristics of normal aging... more information
76.	Stress-Busting Program for Family Caregivers (Emerging Evidence-Based Practice) UT Health Science Center Stress-busting program  for family caregivers comprises psychoeducational support groups of 6-8 people, for 9 weeks, and for 1 1/2 hours per week... more information
77.	Strong for Life Strong for Life is a strengthening exercise program designed by physical therapists for home use by older adults to improve strength, balance, and overall health... more information
78.	Tai Chi--Moving for Better Balance (Emerging Evidence-Based Practice) Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance was designed to develop a community evidence-based fall prevention program... more information
79.	TCU (Texas Christian University) Mapping Enhanced Counseling TCU (Texas Christian University) Mapping-Enhanced Counseling is a communication and decision-making technique designed to support delivery of treatment services... more information
80.	Telehealth Problem-Solving Therapy for Depressed Homebound Older Adults (Emerging Evidence-Based Practice) Older people with disabilities who cannot leave their homes are at increased risk of depression or depressive symptoms... more information
81.	Texas Behavioral Health Clearinghouse (DSHS) The Provider Resource Room offers links to a variety of websites and resources that behavioral health providers may find useful... more information
82.	Texas Quality Matters The Texas Quality Matters website was developed by the Center for Policy and Innovation at the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services... more information
83.	The Blueprint for Healthy Aging in New Jersey On the Blueprint for Healthy Aging in New Jersey website, you will find the link for HealthEASE Evidence-Base Programs... more information
84.	Transtheoretical Model (TTM)-Based Stress Management The Transtheoretical Model (TTM)-Based Stress Management Programtargets adults with stress management problems for 6 months or longer... more information
85.	U.S. Health and Human Service Hispanic Elders' Health Five federal agencies have collaborated to assist local communities develop coordinated strategies for improving the health and well-being of elderly Hispanics... more information
86.	Walk with Ease (WWE) (Emerging Evidence-Based Practice) The Walk with Ease program aims to decrease disability and improve arthritis symptoms, self-efficacy and perceived control, balance, strength, and walking pace in individuals with self-reported arthritis regardless of whether they are taking an instructor-led group class or doing the program on their own as independent self-directed walkers... more information
87.	Wellness Outreach at Work Wellness Outreach at Workprovides comprehensive risk reduction services to workplace employees, offering cardiovascular and cancer risk screening and personalized follow-up health coaching to addresses alcohol and tobacco use... more information
88.	WISEWOMAN- Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation The WISEWOMAN program is administered through CDC's Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP)... more information
89.	Women Take Pride: A Program Designed to Help Women Over 60 Manage Heart Disease (Emerging Evidence-Based Practice) Women Take Pride addresses the unique problems that women, especially older women, face in managing their heart disease and adhering to their physicians' recommendations... more information

Updated: March 10, 2010