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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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92 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.	Alamo Caregiver Teleconnecting The Alamo Caregiver TeleConnection program is a multil-faceted bi-lingual, culturally appropriate approach that supports caregivers through technology (tele-learning) and interaction... more information
9.	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
10.	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
11.	Applied Suicide Intervention SKills Training (ASIST) Emerging Evidence-Based Program ASIST is a standardized and customizable two-day, two trainer, workshop designed for  of all caregiving groups... more information
12.	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
13.	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
14.	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
15.	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
16.	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
17.	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
18.	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
19.	Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) was developed by the Stanford Patient Education Research Center, is designed for individuals with various chronic diseases... more information
20.	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
21.	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
22.	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
23.	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Late-Life Depression (CBT) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based treatment for late-life depression... more information
24.	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
25.	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
26.	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
27.	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
28.	Diabetes Self-Management for Mexican American Adults     The Diabetes Self Management Program is a community-based culturally tailored program designed for Spanish speaking adults of Mexican descent... more information
29.	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
30.	Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive-behavioral treatment approach with two key characteristics:  1... more information
31.	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
32.	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
33.	EnhanceFitness EnhanceFitness is a low-cost, highly adaptable group exercise program specifically designed for older adults... more information
34.	EnhanceWellness EnhanceWellness is an individualized, motivational self-care program that supports encourages older adults to make health behavior changes... more information
35.	Experience Corp (Emerging Evidence-based Practice) Experience Corps engages people over 55 in order to meet their communities' greatest challenges... more information
36.	First Step to Active Health The First Step to Active Health is an evidence-based, step-by-step activity program... more information
37.	Fit and Strong! Fit and Strong! is a low-cost, evidence-based, multiple component exercise program... more information
38.	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
39.	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
40.	Harvest Health Harvest Health is an interdisciplinary collaboration between an Area Agency for Aging, a senior center, a health care  provider, and a research institution... more information
41.	Health Education Program or the Telephone Education Program The Health Education program is focused on caregivers of chronically ill older adults... more information
42.	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
43.	Healthy Eating for Successful Living in Older Adults Healthy Eating for Successful Living in Older Adults is an educational and support program designed to assist older adults in the self-management of their nutritional health... more information
44.	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
45.	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
46.	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
47.	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
48.	Medication Management and Improvement System (MMIS) The Medication Management Improvement System (MMIS) was adapted from the Vanderbilt University medication Management model by the Partners in Care Foundation in California... more information
49.	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
50.	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
51.	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
52.	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
53.	Network Therapy Network Therapyis a substance-abuse treatment approach that engages members of a patient's social support network to support abstinence... more information
54.	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
55.	Pathways' Housing First Program Housing First, a program developed by Pathways to Housing, Inc... more information
56.	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
57.	Positive Self-Management Program for HIV (PSMP) and Manejando su Salud con VIH/SIDA The Positive Self-Management Program (PSMP) is a two and a half hour workshop for people with HIV... more information
58.	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
59.	Preventive Nutrition Education for Cardiovascular Disease (PNE-CVD) Preventive Nutrition Education for Cardiovascular Disease... more information
60.	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
61.	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
62.	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
63.	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
64.	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
65.	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
66.	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
67.	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
68.	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
69.	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
70.	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
71.	Social Work Leadership Institute (SWLI) at the New York Academy of Medicine The Social Work Leadership Institute (SWLI) at the New York Academy of Medicine is a national program that supports healthy aging through the evidence database on aging care (EDAC)... more information
72.	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
73.	Spanish Arthritis Self-Management Program (Curso de Manejo Personal de la Artritis) 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
74.	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
75.	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
76.	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
77.	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
78.	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
79.	Strong for Life Strong for Life is a strengthening exercise program designed by physical therapists for frail homebound older adults to improve strength, balance, and overall health... more information
80.	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
81.	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
82.	Telehealth Problem-Solving Therapy for Depressed Homebound Older Adults (Emerging Evidence-Based Practice) Older individuals with disabilities who cannot leave their homes are at increased risk of depression or depressive symptoms... more information
83.	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
84.	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
85.	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
86.	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
87.	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
88.	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
89.	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
90.	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
91.	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
92.	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: August 24, 2010