Source: United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Recommendation Statement What is this about? This edition of Connections newsletter provides an 8-page article published recently in JAMA from the USPSTF with recommendations for behavioral counselling interventions to promote a healthy diet and physical activity for cardiovascular disease prevention in adults without cardiovascular disease health risks factors.  This… Continue Reading ›

Source: Chapman Institute and the WellCert Program What is this about? This edition of Connections newsletter provides an 8-page document with recommendations for how employee wellness programs can better protect their employees and family members from a future pandemic threat.  It is based heavily on lessons learned from the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The document is… Continue Reading ›

Source: United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and JAMA What is this about? This edition of Connections newsletter provides a copy of 3 articles and a patient education insert in this week’s online JAMA publications. The 4 articles have been combined into one PDF and include: The USPSTF issuance itself An explanatory article with… Continue Reading ›

Source: The Lancet Psychiatry What is this about? This edition of Connections newsletter provides a copy of the recent article published in the respected peer review journal The Lancet Psychiatry on the Global Burden of Mental Health Diseases and Conditions and includes nine major mental health diseases/conditions as well as a catch-all category. The authors… Continue Reading ›

Source: Community Prevention Services Task Force (CPSTF) , DHHS What is this about? This edition of Connections newsletter provides an easy-to-read set of evidence-based interventions for reduction of obesity and overweight status among working adults.  It is a set of formal recommendations from the Community Prevention Service Task Force (CPSTF) within the federal Department of… Continue Reading ›

Source: CDC, March, 2022 What is this about? This edition of Connections newsletter provides the just-released, definitive guidance on all recommended immunizations over the human lifespan for the U.S. population. The recommendations are in two parts; Part 1 is for adults 19 and up and Part 2 is for infants and children through age 18. … Continue Reading ›

Source: JOEM What is this about? This edition of Connections newsletter provides a important recent JOEM article that suggests a practical approach for examining an employer’s capability and efforts to provide mental health support for their employees.  This article further highlights an extensive effort to develop evidence-based recommendations for employers in dealing with how they… Continue Reading ›

Source: Forrester Reports What is this about? This edition of Connections newsletter provides an important report produced by the well-respected business consulting and analytics company Forrester.  The report examines 4 large clients of the Virgin Pulse Engage platform with 264,500 eligible employees and approximately 50,000 users of the platform.  The report examines economic savings projections… Continue Reading ›