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Prevention Policy & Practice Group (3PG)

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Systematizing Tobacco Cessation in Primary Care: A Quick Start Guide

Integrating tobacco cessation practices into your daily clinic routine will result in better patient health and better quality outcomes. This Quick Start Guide offers 10 evidence-based steps to integrate tobacco cessation practices into your primary care clinic using a Quality Improvement (QI) program approach.
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Whole Health in Practice

Healthy Living Clinic Initiative

HLCI is a 5-year program to advance tobacco cessation using quality improvement methods for up tp 40 community clinics.

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HLCI: Clinic Resources

These resources are for developing a system-based approach to advancing tobacco cessation in each HLCI partner clinic.

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HLCI: Patient Resources

These resources are for patients who have quit tobacco, or who are planning to quit tobacco.

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Weight Management

Our experience is in program development, evaluation, and health policy, with an emphasis on lifestyle behaviors and disease prevention.

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Health System Transformation

Our efforts focus on advancing prevention, supporting a whole health perspective, and addressing the needs of populations with low income.

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Greening and Health

Our expertise in connecting the natural world with health and well-being spans across research, practice, and policy.

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October 2025

Heart failure patients benefit from “whole health” approach

The Koa Family Program supports “whole health” for heart failure patients like Barbara Tiney and has shown positive outcomes in improving overall well-being. The Koa Family Program was created by the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research.

March 2025

Community Clinic Improvements in Tobacco Cessation

WellSpace Health, a community clinic in the Sacramento area, launched a quality improvement project to advance “system-based” tobacco cessation in partnership with the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research.

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February 2024

Weight-Loss Telewellness Program Makes Financial Sense

A new economic analysis of a telewellness, weight loss study found that a community-based “whole health” program is a cost-effective approach to improving wellness among vulnerable populations.

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August 2023

Pilot Program Turns 'Whole Health' into Practice

An innovative “whole health” approach to wellbeing and weight loss was launched earlier this year following promising results from the Koa Family Program, a study led by a team from the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research (CHPR).