Proven Health Interventions in Which People Without Medical Training Can Play a Key Role: Options for Faith- and Community-Based Organizations

Proven Health Interventions in which People without Medical Training Can Play a Key Role: Options for Faith- and Community-Based Organizations Lisa Clemans-Cope, Jeremy Marks, and Stan Dorn Urban Institute Health Policy Center 2100 M St. NW Washington, DC 20037 December 2015 Contents About the Urban Institute ................................................................................................................................................................. ii About the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Education Fund ........................................................................................ ii About Community Catalyst .............................................................................................................................................................. ii Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Highly Promising Interventions ................................................................................................................................................. 1 Tobacco, Exercise, and Diet Messages (TEXT ME) .................................................................................................. 1 Project Re-Engineered Discharge (Project RED) ..................................................................................................... 2 Potentially Promising Interventions ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Community Asthma Intervention (CAI) ...................................................................................................................... 3 Project Sugar ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Individualized Management for Patient-Centered Targets (IMPaCT) ............................................................ 4 Technical Analysis ................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Introduction....................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 How We Chose the Interventions ............................................................................................................................................. 7 Review of Selected Interventions ............................................................................................................................................. 9 1. The Tobacco, Exercise and Diet Messages (TEXT ME) Intervention ........................................................ 9 2. Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge) ......................................................................................................... 13 3. Community Asthma Initiative (CAI) .................................................................................................................. 18 4. Project Sugar .............................................................................................................................................................. 22 5. Individualized Management for Patient-Centered Targets (IMPaCT™).............................................. 27 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 31 Works Cited ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 About the Authors and Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................... 35 i About the Urban Institute The nonprofit Urban Institute is dedicated to elevating the debate on social and economic policy. For nearly five decades, Urban scholars have conducted research and offered evidence-based solutions that improve lives and strengthen communities across a rapidly urbanizing world. Their objective research helps expand opportunities for all, reduce hardship among the most vulnerable, and strengthen the effectiveness of the public sector. About the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Education Fund The Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Education Fund, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non-profit advocacy organization that was created in 1999 with a mission to educate all Marylanders about sound ways to achieve quality, affordable health care for all. About Commu