Dr. Wallace is an assistant professor at the University of Iowa College of Nursing. Her research interest is in finding means of improving outcomes for those living with chronic illness, particularly for vulnerable patient populations. Her recent work has included an intervention to improve self-management support for those with diabetes, a state-level survey examining chronic back pain, and a clinical survey study examining the association between literacy, perceived health care quality, and diabetes outcomes. Her current focus is on examining how interventions aiming to improve diabetes self-management support among those with limited literacy skills can be feasibly implemented during routine primary care service delivery. Research Focus: Implementation and translation science, chronic illness management, quality improvement, health literacy, patient-provider communication Education : Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Healthcare Quality and Outcomes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PhD, Nursing, University of Colorado Health Sciences ND, Nursing Clinical Doctorate, University of Colorado Health Sciences BA, Psychology and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder
Articles
Race, care seeking, and utilization for chronic back and neck pain: Population perspectives (with T. S. Carey, J. K. Freburger, G. M. Holmes, A. Jackman, S. Knauer, and J. Darter), Journal of Pain (2010)
We analyzed a statewide survey of individuals with chronic back and neck pain to determine...
Low health literacy: Overview, assessment, and steps toward providing high-quality diabetes care, Diabetes Spectrum (2010)
Approximately half of all Americans do not understand written and verbal health information well enough...
The influence of literacy on patient-reported experiences of diabetes self-management support (with J. R. Carlson, R. M. Malone, J. Joyner, and D. A. DeWalt), Nursing Research (2010)
Background: Variability in disease-related outcomes may relate to how patients experience self-management support in clinical...
Literacy-appropriate educational materials and brief counseling improve diabetes self-management (with H. K. Seligman, T. C. Davis, D. Schillinger, C. L. Arnold, B. Bryant-Shilliday, J. K. Freburger, and D. A. DeWalt), Patient Education & Counseling (2009)
OBJECTIVE: In this pilot study, we evaluated the impact of providing patients with a literacy-appropriate...
Comfortably numb? Exploring satisfaction with chronic back pain visits (with J. K. Freburger, J. D. Darter, A. M. Jackman, and T. S. Carey), Spine Journal (2009)
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Chronic back pain is a condition characterized by high rates of disability, health-care...