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Prevention and Treatment

Health outcomes among groups dramatically improve when prevention strategies are implemented before a disease ever occurs. Chronic illnesses are better controlled, or even fully treated, when therapies are administered early on after diagnosis. Key components of prevention include awareness and education, research, disease surveillance, improved health care systems and proactive behavior by individuals. Through our various programs such as TOUCH, Taking Texas Tobacco Free (TTTF) and UHAND, we help the community apply approaches to address preventable and treatable illnesses.

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Featured Publications

  • Tobacco-related knowledge following a comprehensive tobacco-free workplace program within behavioral health facilities: Identifying organizational moderators
  • Evaluation of the Taking Texas Tobacco Free Workplace Program within behavioral health centers
  • Organizational Characteristics and Readiness for Tobacco-Free Workplace Program Implementation Moderates Changes in Clinician’s Delivery of Smoking Interventions within Behavioral Health Treatment Clinics
  • The Need for Innovative Methods to Increase Adherence in Individuals Experiencing Cognitive Decline
  • Effects of anxiety sensitivity reduction on smoking abstinence: An analysis from a panic prevention program

Latest News

TTTF
"Taking Texas Tobacco Free" with Lorraine Reitzel
HRI, Co-Founder & Co-Director, Dr. Lorraine Reitzel was the guest speaker for the Hewlett…
Dr. Ezemenari Obasi
Pursuing Health Equity
Introducing our New National Research Center, a giant leap forward in Helping Everyone Achieve a…
Dr. Lorraine Reitzel
Dr. Lorraine Reitzel Works to Reduce Tobacco Use During Crisis
Studies have shown that people smoke more following natural disasters. As COVID-19 disrupts daily…
Dr. Reitzel
Dr. Lorraine Reitzel Awarded CPRIT Grant
Dr. Lorraine Reitzel, Co-Director of the HEALTH Research Institute, was featured in Inside Research…
Dr. Ezemenari Obasi
Opinion. We Shouldn’t Want to Return to Normal After COVID-19. Let’s Invest in Everyone’s Health.
In this powerful piece, Dr. Ezemenari Obasi, Director of HRI, discusses how the coronavirus…
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