As of July 31, 2008:
40,987 brief screens
6,305 brief interventions
135 referrals to treatment
42 patients with treatment
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We're here to help the people of Wisconsin live healthier lives. Lives enhanced by healthful nutrition, exercise, a positive mental attitude--and free from damage by smoking, illicit drug use, or too much drinking.
The Wisconsin Initiative to Promote Healthy Lifestyles (WIPHL) is partnering with clinics around the state to provide evidence-based, cost-efficient Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment services to help patients make positive changes.
Whether you're a patient, a caregiver, an employer, a policymaker, or simply an engaged citizen, there's something in WIPHL for you.
We all have a stake in a healthier Wisconsin!
Please browse our website to learn more about us. You can also
click here to watch a video introduction to WIPHL.
| What's New at WIPHL? |
| WIPHL's Rich Brown weighs in on a discussion about Wisconsin's alcohol problems in a series in the Appleton Post Crescent. Click here to read more.
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| Did You Know? |
| Cut health costs by paying doctors more? That doesn't make sense--until you consider that paying family physicians, internists, and pediatricians to devote more time to patients can save thousands of dollars downstream. Click here to read the story in the New York Times. |
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| Clinic Spotlight |
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| St. Joseph's Community Health Services clinics in Hillsboro and Wonewoc have a new way of delivering WIPHL services--health educator Sue Larson has been meeting with patients via video conferencing. Patients are responding to it wonderfully, she says--just as if they were meeting in person. It is a very convenient option for patients, especially in rural areas where people might otherwise have to travel long distances. |
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Funded by a federal grant from the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Administered by the
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
Coordinated by the
UW Department of Family Medicine
