Promising Health Interventions Inventoried by a Network of Diverse Experts for Regional

Application: PHINDER

Using the PHINDER Database

The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center130 Division Street

Derby, CT06418

www.yalegriffinprc.org

Promising Health Interventions Inventoried by a Network of Diverse Experts for Regional

Application

What is PHINDER?The New England Region PHINDER Project is positioned to serve as an exciting national model to disseminate tested and effective, promising or best-practice programs designed for a variety of settings, such as worksites, schools, communities, etc., to address the seven most prevalent chronic diseases.

Many promising health promotion practices of widely varying intensity have been devised for diverse settings; however, universal access to a detailed searchable inventory of such practices does not exist. PHINDER was developed to do just that.

The PHINDER clearinghouse includes program information supplied by faculty at the schools of public health, medicine, and nursing, as well as the six state health departments in the New England region.

PHINDER was developed through a collaboration of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) - CT Chapter, and the Connecticut Cancer Partnership/CT State Department of Public Health.

If you would like additional information about PHINDER. please contact Dr. David Katz, Director, Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center via email at katzdl@pol.net.

Step 1:

Go to www.yalegriffinprc.org

How to use the PHINDER database

www.yalegriffinprc.org

Step 2:

On the left-hand side of the screen, under Tools, locate and click on the PHINDER tab.

How to use PHINDER

click here

Step 3:

This is the PHINDER main page.

Below the PHINDER program description, click on ‘Go to PHINDER searchable database’

How to use PHINDER

click here

Step 4:

This is the PHINDER log-in page.

Enter your email address to register to use PHINDER

How to use PHINDER

enter your email address

Step 5:

This is the PHINDER searchable database page.

Use the listed parameters (on the left) to search for programs in the PHINDER searchable database.

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The Primary Condition selected was Nutrition

The Setting selected was School

Click ‘Submit’ to complete your search

Step 6: This is the search results

page.

Based on your selected parameters, a list of programs will be generated.

Click on a program of interest to get full program details.

A new window will pop up containing a selected program’s information.

How to use PHINDER

Select a program

Step 7:

This is the individual program page.

The program page can be printed out or simply closed.

The original list will not be lost.

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Print the program description

Close the program window

To search again:

Return to the searchable database page.

Use the ‘clear’ button to remove your prior search parameters.

Follow the same search process described earlier to get a new list of programs.

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The ‘clear’ button will reset your previous PHINDER query.

Available search topic areas include: Primary Condition, Secondary Condition, Setting, Intervention Approach,

Achieved Outcomes, Target Age Group and Cost to Purchase.

Search criteria can include selections from any or all of these topic areas.

If your search results in too few or no programs found, try narrowing your search to only one or two areas.

If you would like to select all programs in a topic area, simply leave all boxes unchecked.

Your search can be narrowed by using the AND checkbox or expanded by using the OR checkbox.

Once the list of programs has been generated, you may also refine your search by removing or adding search criteria (from the topic areas) and clicking the Submit button again.

If you wish to start over, click the Clear button and start over again.

PHINDER Search Tips

Adding Programs to PHINDER

Step 1:

To add a program for consideration, return to the PHINDER main page.

Step 2: Click on the link at the bottom of the page ‘Submit a program for consideration to be added to the PHINDER database’ Click here

Step 3:

To add a program for consideration, complete PHINDER survey.

Programs found to be appropriate for inclusion will be added to the PHINDER database.

Adding Programs to PHINDER

If you have questions or comments about the PHINDER database, please contact Jesse Reynolds, MS, at jesse.reynolds@yalegriffinprc.org