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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

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