*Accidents, Occupational

Outcomes in work-related injuries: a comparison of older and younger workers (with Glenn S. Pransky, Katy L. Benjamin, Douglas Currivan, and Kenneth E. Fletcher), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: The "graying of the workforce" has generated concerns about the physical capacity of older...

 

*Activities of Daily Living

Functional benefits following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert L. Thurer), The Annals of thoracic surgery (1984)

While some studies of patients who undergo cardiac surgery have included such outcome measures as...

 

*Adolescent Behavior

Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 
Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 

*Adolescent Psychology

Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 

*Ambulatory Care Facilities

Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 

*Appointments and Schedules

Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 

*Attitude

Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 

*Attitude of Health Personnel

Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 

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The effect of medical students' international experiences on attitudes toward serving underserved multicultural populations (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2003)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of international electives on the attitudes of preclinical and clinical-year...

 
Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 

*Attitude to Health

Primary care provider concerns about management of chronic pain in community clinic populations (with Carole C. Upshur and Roger S. Luckmann), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a common patient complaint in primary care, yet providers and patients...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 
Assessing mothers' attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion (with Tina L. Cheng, Carol Bigelow, Evan Charney, Sanjaya Kumar, and Thomas G. DeWitt), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed maternal attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion.

METHODS:...

 
Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 

*Body Mass Index

Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 

*Cardiac Surgical Procedures

Physical, psychologic, social, and economic outcomes after cardiac valve surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Ira S. Ockene, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), Archives of internal medicine (1983)

Eighty-nine patients receiving cardiac valve replacement or surgery consisting of valve replacement and coronary artery...

 
Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 

*Child Welfare

Assessing mothers' attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion (with Tina L. Cheng, Carol Bigelow, Evan Charney, Sanjaya Kumar, and Thomas G. DeWitt), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed maternal attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion.

METHODS:...

 

*Communication

Generalist-subspecialist communication for children with chronic conditions: a regional physician survey (with Christopher J. Stille and William A. Primack), Pediatrics (2003)

OBJECTIVE: To identify target areas for interventions to improve communication between pediatric generalists (PCPs) and...

 

*Community Health Centers

Health status of a low-income vulnerable population in a community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Maureen McMullen, Rebecca Kinney, Celeste A. Lemay, and Frances Anthes), The Journal of ambulatory care management (2005)

Healthcare safety net providers are under increasing pressure to meet the physical and mental health--as...

 
Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health center (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, and Ellen Long-Middleton), The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice (2003)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is at epidemic proportions. This study examined the extent to which obesity is...

 

*Community Health Services

Primary care provider concerns about management of chronic pain in community clinic populations (with Carole C. Upshur and Roger S. Luckmann), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a common patient complaint in primary care, yet providers and patients...

 

*Confidentiality

Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 

*Coronary Artery Bypass

Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 

*Counseling

Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 

*Cultural Diversity

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The effect of a global multiculturalism track on cultural competence of preclinical medical students (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of an elective (the Global Multiculturalism Track), including international and...

 

*Decision Making

Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 

*Decision Making, Organizational

Factors affecting the organizational responses of employers to workers with injuries (with Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Glenn S. Pransky, William S. Shaw, and Katy L. Benjamin), Work (Reading, Mass.) (2005)

The organizational responses of employers to work-related injuries is one of several significant influences on...

 

*Education, Medical, Undergraduate

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Lesson in a pill box: teaching about the challenges of medication adherence (with Darlene M. O'Connor, David B. Centerbar, Kimberly N. Wamback, Jennifer S. Ingle, and Nicole J. Lomerson), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Medication mismanagement is a serious health issue affecting elders and people...

 

*Education, Nursing, Graduate

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Lesson in a pill box: teaching about the challenges of medication adherence (with Darlene M. O'Connor, David B. Centerbar, Kimberly N. Wamback, Jennifer S. Ingle, and Nicole J. Lomerson), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Medication mismanagement is a serious health issue affecting elders and people...

 

*Employment

Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 

*Ethnic Groups

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The effect of medical students' international experiences on attitudes toward serving underserved multicultural populations (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2003)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of international electives on the attitudes of preclinical and clinical-year...

 

*Group Practice

Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 

*Group Processes

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 

*Health Behavior

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 
Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 

*Health Care Costs

What is the potential cost-effectiveness of enforcing a prohibition on the sale of tobacco to minors (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Richard M. Peck, and Thomas E. Radecki), Preventive medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND. Enforcement programs to halt the sale of tobacco to youths have been implemented across...

 

*Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 

*Health Promotion

Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 
Assessing mothers' attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion (with Tina L. Cheng, Carol Bigelow, Evan Charney, Sanjaya Kumar, and Thomas G. DeWitt), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed maternal attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion.

METHODS:...

 

*Health Status

Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 

*Health Status Indicators

Health status of a low-income vulnerable population in a community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Maureen McMullen, Rebecca Kinney, Celeste A. Lemay, and Frances Anthes), The Journal of ambulatory care management (2005)

Healthcare safety net providers are under increasing pressure to meet the physical and mental health--as...

 

*Influenza Vaccines

Improving influenza vaccination rates in children with asthma: a test of a computerized reminder system and an analysis of factors predicting vaccination compliance (with Peter G. Szilagyi, Lance E. Rodewald, Lorrie Yoos, and Cynthia Doane), Pediatrics (1992)

Fewer than 10% of children with moderate or severe asthma receive an annual influenza vaccination...

 

*Insurance, Health

Health insurance coverage and outcome following acute myocardial infarction. A community-wide perspective (with Silvia Kreindel, Ronald Rosetti, Robert J. Goldberg, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Arthur Russo, and Carol Bigelow), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that type of medical insurance coverage is associated with hospital...

 

*Internal-External Control

Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 

*Internship and Residency

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 

*Interprofessional Relations

Generalist-subspecialist communication for children with chronic conditions: a regional physician survey (with Christopher J. Stille and William A. Primack), Pediatrics (2003)

OBJECTIVE: To identify target areas for interventions to improve communication between pediatric generalists (PCPs) and...

 

*Manifest Anxiety Scale

Trait anxiety and nicotine dependence in adolescents: a report from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) and the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) were...

 

*Medicaid

Clinical health information technologies and the role of medicaid (with Shaun T. Alfreds, Michael A. Tutty, Scott Young, and Jay S. Himmelstein), Health care financing review (2007)

Clinical health information technologies (HIT) are widely viewed as essential tools for improving the quality...

 

*Medical Informatics

Clinical health information technologies and the role of medicaid (with Shaun T. Alfreds, Michael A. Tutty, Scott Young, and Jay S. Himmelstein), Health care financing review (2007)

Clinical health information technologies (HIT) are widely viewed as essential tools for improving the quality...

 

*Medically Underserved Area

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Community dimensions and HPSA practice location: 30 years of family medicine training (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Warren J. Ferguson, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to assess practicing family physicians' confidence and participation...

 
Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 

*Medically Uninsured

Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 

*Medication Adherence

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Lesson in a pill box: teaching about the challenges of medication adherence (with Darlene M. O'Connor, David B. Centerbar, Kimberly N. Wamback, Jennifer S. Ingle, and Nicole J. Lomerson), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Medication mismanagement is a serious health issue affecting elders and people...

 

*Mental Recall

Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience...

 

*Needs Assessment

Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child health (with David Keller, Nathan Jones, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (2008)

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the medical-legal advocacy screening questionnaire (MASQ), a simple 10-item questionnaire,...

 

*Nicotine

Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Tobacco control (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use...

 

*Occupational Exposure

Factors affecting the organizational responses of employers to workers with injuries (with Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Glenn S. Pransky, William S. Shaw, and Katy L. Benjamin), Work (Reading, Mass.) (2005)

The organizational responses of employers to work-related injuries is one of several significant influences on...

 

*Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)

Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 

*Patient Acceptance of Health Care

A randomized trial of telephone counseling to promote screening mammography in two HMOs (with Roger Luckmann, Lynn Clemow, Anne M. Stoddard, and Mary E. Costanza), Cancer detection and prevention (2003)

Tailored telephone counseling (TTC) is effective in increasing utilization of screening mammography, but has received...

 
Prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary heart disease: concordance between patient interviews and medical records (with Robert J. Goldberg, Paul G. McGovern, Thomas Guggina, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Russell V. Luepker), American heart journal (1998)

Patient-associated delay in seeking medical care in the setting of acute coronary disease is assuming...

 

*Patient Satisfaction

Primary care provider concerns about management of chronic pain in community clinic populations (with Carole C. Upshur and Roger S. Luckmann), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a common patient complaint in primary care, yet providers and patients...

 

*Patients

Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 

*Pediatrics

Generalist-subspecialist communication for children with chronic conditions: a regional physician survey (with Christopher J. Stille and William A. Primack), Pediatrics (2003)

OBJECTIVE: To identify target areas for interventions to improve communication between pediatric generalists (PCPs) and...

 
Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 
Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 

*Personal Autonomy

Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in adult smokers (with Robert J. Wellman, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, and Joseph R. DiFranza), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2006)

Diminished autonomy is a core feature common to all forms of dependence involving drugs or...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 

*Personality Inventory

A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in adult smokers (with Robert J. Wellman, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, and Joseph R. DiFranza), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2006)

Diminished autonomy is a core feature common to all forms of dependence involving drugs or...

 

*Physician's Role

Assessing mothers' attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion (with Tina L. Cheng, Carol Bigelow, Evan Charney, Sanjaya Kumar, and Thomas G. DeWitt), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed maternal attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion.

METHODS:...

 

*Physician-Patient Relations

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The effect of a global multiculturalism track on cultural competence of preclinical medical students (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of an elective (the Global Multiculturalism Track), including international and...

 

*Plants, Toxic

Youth access to tobacco: the effects of age, gender, vending machine locks, and "it's the law" programs (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Bryan F. Aisquith), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVES. This study evaluated the influence of age, gender, vending machine lockout devices, and tobacco...

 

*Poverty

Health status of a low-income vulnerable population in a community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Maureen McMullen, Rebecca Kinney, Celeste A. Lemay, and Frances Anthes), The Journal of ambulatory care management (2005)

Healthcare safety net providers are under increasing pressure to meet the physical and mental health--as...

 

*Primary Health Care

Primary care provider concerns about management of chronic pain in community clinic populations (with Carole C. Upshur and Roger S. Luckmann), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a common patient complaint in primary care, yet providers and patients...

 

*Professional Competence

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The effect of a global multiculturalism track on cultural competence of preclinical medical students (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of an elective (the Global Multiculturalism Track), including international and...

 

*Professional Practice Location

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Community dimensions and HPSA practice location: 30 years of family medicine training (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Warren J. Ferguson, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to assess practicing family physicians' confidence and participation...

 

*Prostheses and Implants

Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 

*Psychological Tests

Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

*Quality of Life

Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 

*Questionnaires

Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child health (with David Keller, Nathan Jones, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (2008)

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the medical-legal advocacy screening questionnaire (MASQ), a simple 10-item questionnaire,...

 

*Recovery of Function

Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 

*Reminder Systems

A randomized trial of telephone counseling to promote screening mammography in two HMOs (with Roger Luckmann, Lynn Clemow, Anne M. Stoddard, and Mary E. Costanza), Cancer detection and prevention (2003)

Tailored telephone counseling (TTC) is effective in increasing utilization of screening mammography, but has received...

 

*Sex Characteristics

Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 

*Smoking Cessation

Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 

*Specialties, Medical

Generalist-subspecialist communication for children with chronic conditions: a regional physician survey (with Christopher J. Stille and William A. Primack), Pediatrics (2003)

OBJECTIVE: To identify target areas for interventions to improve communication between pediatric generalists (PCPs) and...

 

*Tobacco

Youth access to tobacco: the effects of age, gender, vending machine locks, and "it's the law" programs (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Bryan F. Aisquith), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVES. This study evaluated the influence of age, gender, vending machine lockout devices, and tobacco...

 

*Trail Making Test

Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

*Travel

Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 

PDF

The effect of medical students' international experiences on attitudes toward serving underserved multicultural populations (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2003)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of international electives on the attitudes of preclinical and clinical-year...

 

*Urination

Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 

*Vaccination

Improving influenza vaccination rates in children with asthma: a test of a computerized reminder system and an analysis of factors predicting vaccination compliance (with Peter G. Szilagyi, Lance E. Rodewald, Lorrie Yoos, and Cynthia Doane), Pediatrics (1992)

Fewer than 10% of children with moderate or severe asthma receive an annual influenza vaccination...

 

*Wechsler Scales

Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

*Work

Office-based medical care for work-related conditions: findings from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1997-1998 (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2002)

Data from the 1997 and 1998 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys were analyzed to describe...

 

*Wounds and Injuries

Factors affecting the organizational responses of employers to workers with injuries (with Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Glenn S. Pransky, William S. Shaw, and Katy L. Benjamin), Work (Reading, Mass.) (2005)

The organizational responses of employers to work-related injuries is one of several significant influences on...

 

Absenteeism

Outcomes in work-related injuries: a comparison of older and younger workers (with Glenn S. Pransky, Katy L. Benjamin, Douglas Currivan, and Kenneth E. Fletcher), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: The "graying of the workforce" has generated concerns about the physical capacity of older...

 

Accidents, Occupational

Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 

Activities of Daily Living

Physical, psychologic, social, and economic outcomes after cardiac valve surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Ira S. Ockene, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), Archives of internal medicine (1983)

Eighty-nine patients receiving cardiac valve replacement or surgery consisting of valve replacement and coronary artery...

 

Adolescent

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Symptoms of diminished autonomy over cigarettes with non-daily use (with Paul D. Mowery and Joseph R. DiFranza), International journal of environmental research and public health (2009)

Data from a nationally representative sample of smokers (ages 12-22 years, n=2,091) was examined to...

 

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Enforcement of underage sales laws as a predictor of daily smoking among adolescents: a national study (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Kenneth E. Fletcher), BMC public health (2009)

BACKGROUND: With a goal to reduce youth smoking rates, the U.S. federal government mandated...

 

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Lesson in a pill box: teaching about the challenges of medication adherence (with Darlene M. O'Connor, David B. Centerbar, Kimberly N. Wamback, Jennifer S. Ingle, and Nicole J. Lomerson), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Medication mismanagement is a serious health issue affecting elders and people...

 
Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 
Factors affecting the organizational responses of employers to workers with injuries (with Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Glenn S. Pransky, William S. Shaw, and Katy L. Benjamin), Work (Reading, Mass.) (2005)

The organizational responses of employers to work-related injuries is one of several significant influences on...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 
Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 
Short term patterns of early smoking acquisition (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Gretchen Dussault), Tobacco control (2004)

OBJECTIVE: To describe short term patterns of smoking acquisition exhibited by adolescent smokers.

DESIGN: Interview...

 
Trait anxiety and nicotine dependence in adolescents: a report from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) and the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) were...

 
Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 
Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health center (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, and Ellen Long-Middleton), The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice (2003)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is at epidemic proportions. This study examined the extent to which obesity is...

 
Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Tobacco control (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use...

 
Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 
Is the standard compliance check protocol a valid measure of the accessibility of tobacco to underage smokers (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Joseph Bouchard), Tobacco control (2001)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if the standard compliance check protocol is a valid measure of the...

 
What is the potential cost-effectiveness of enforcing a prohibition on the sale of tobacco to minors (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Richard M. Peck, and Thomas E. Radecki), Preventive medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND. Enforcement programs to halt the sale of tobacco to youths have been implemented across...

 
Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Dorothy M. St. Cyr, and Mardia A. Coleman), Tobacco control (2000)

OBJECTIVES: It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs only...

 
Youth access to tobacco: the effects of age, gender, vending machine locks, and "it's the law" programs (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Bryan F. Aisquith), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVES. This study evaluated the influence of age, gender, vending machine lockout devices, and tobacco...

 
Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 
Improving influenza vaccination rates in children with asthma: a test of a computerized reminder system and an analysis of factors predicting vaccination compliance (with Peter G. Szilagyi, Lance E. Rodewald, Lorrie Yoos, and Cynthia Doane), Pediatrics (1992)

Fewer than 10% of children with moderate or severe asthma receive an annual influenza vaccination...

 

Adolescent Behavior

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Enforcement of underage sales laws as a predictor of daily smoking among adolescents: a national study (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Kenneth E. Fletcher), BMC public health (2009)

BACKGROUND: With a goal to reduce youth smoking rates, the U.S. federal government mandated...

 
Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Dorothy M. St. Cyr, and Mardia A. Coleman), Tobacco control (2000)

OBJECTIVES: It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs only...

 

Adolescent Health Services

Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 

Adolescent Psychology

Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists

Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 

Adult

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Community dimensions and HPSA practice location: 30 years of family medicine training (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Warren J. Ferguson, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to assess practicing family physicians' confidence and participation...

 

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 

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Lesson in a pill box: teaching about the challenges of medication adherence (with Darlene M. O'Connor, David B. Centerbar, Kimberly N. Wamback, Jennifer S. Ingle, and Nicole J. Lomerson), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Medication mismanagement is a serious health issue affecting elders and people...

 
The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child health (with David Keller, Nathan Jones, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (2008)

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the medical-legal advocacy screening questionnaire (MASQ), a simple 10-item questionnaire,...

 
Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in Massachusetts (with Jacob Drew, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Joseph Stenger), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2006)

CONTEXT: Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics...

 
A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in adult smokers (with Robert J. Wellman, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, and Joseph R. DiFranza), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2006)

Diminished autonomy is a core feature common to all forms of dependence involving drugs or...

 
Primary care provider concerns about management of chronic pain in community clinic populations (with Carole C. Upshur and Roger S. Luckmann), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a common patient complaint in primary care, yet providers and patients...

 
Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 
Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 
Factors affecting the organizational responses of employers to workers with injuries (with Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Glenn S. Pransky, William S. Shaw, and Katy L. Benjamin), Work (Reading, Mass.) (2005)

The organizational responses of employers to work-related injuries is one of several significant influences on...

 
The effect of abstinence on cigarette consumption upon the resumption of smoking (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Addictive behaviors (2005)

To study the impact of abstinence on the number of cigarettes smoked per day upon...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Health status of a low-income vulnerable population in a community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Maureen McMullen, Rebecca Kinney, Celeste A. Lemay, and Frances Anthes), The Journal of ambulatory care management (2005)

Healthcare safety net providers are under increasing pressure to meet the physical and mental health--as...

 
Outcomes in work-related injuries: a comparison of older and younger workers (with Glenn S. Pransky, Katy L. Benjamin, Douglas Currivan, and Kenneth E. Fletcher), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: The "graying of the workforce" has generated concerns about the physical capacity of older...

 
Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 
Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 
Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 

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The effect of medical students' international experiences on attitudes toward serving underserved multicultural populations (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2003)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of international electives on the attitudes of preclinical and clinical-year...

 
Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health center (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, and Ellen Long-Middleton), The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice (2003)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is at epidemic proportions. This study examined the extent to which obesity is...

 
Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 
Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 
Health insurance coverage and outcome following acute myocardial infarction. A community-wide perspective (with Silvia Kreindel, Ronald Rosetti, Robert J. Goldberg, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Arthur Russo, and Carol Bigelow), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that type of medical insurance coverage is associated with hospital...

 
Assessing mothers' attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion (with Tina L. Cheng, Carol Bigelow, Evan Charney, Sanjaya Kumar, and Thomas G. DeWitt), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed maternal attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion.

METHODS:...

 
Functional benefits following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert L. Thurer), The Annals of thoracic surgery (1984)

While some studies of patients who undergo cardiac surgery have included such outcome measures as...

 
Physical, psychologic, social, and economic outcomes after cardiac valve surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Ira S. Ockene, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), Archives of internal medicine (1983)

Eighty-nine patients receiving cardiac valve replacement or surgery consisting of valve replacement and coronary artery...

 
Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 
Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 
Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

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Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 

Age Factors

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 
Outcomes in work-related injuries: a comparison of older and younger workers (with Glenn S. Pransky, Katy L. Benjamin, Douglas Currivan, and Kenneth E. Fletcher), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: The "graying of the workforce" has generated concerns about the physical capacity of older...

 
Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 
What is the potential cost-effectiveness of enforcing a prohibition on the sale of tobacco to minors (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Richard M. Peck, and Thomas E. Radecki), Preventive medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND. Enforcement programs to halt the sale of tobacco to youths have been implemented across...

 
Age-related trends (1986-1993) in the use of thrombolytic agents in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The Worcester Heart Attack Study (with Harish Chandra, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Robert J. Goldberg, Colleen Singleton, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Joel M. Gore), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

OBJECTIVE: To examine age-related differences and temporal trends in the use of thrombolytic therapy in...

 
Youth access to tobacco: the effects of age, gender, vending machine locks, and "it's the law" programs (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Bryan F. Aisquith), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVES. This study evaluated the influence of age, gender, vending machine lockout devices, and tobacco...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 
Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 

Aged

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 
Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 
Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 
Factors affecting the organizational responses of employers to workers with injuries (with Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Glenn S. Pransky, William S. Shaw, and Katy L. Benjamin), Work (Reading, Mass.) (2005)

The organizational responses of employers to work-related injuries is one of several significant influences on...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 
A randomized trial of telephone counseling to promote screening mammography in two HMOs (with Roger Luckmann, Lynn Clemow, Anne M. Stoddard, and Mary E. Costanza), Cancer detection and prevention (2003)

Tailored telephone counseling (TTC) is effective in increasing utilization of screening mammography, but has received...

 
Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health center (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, and Ellen Long-Middleton), The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice (2003)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is at epidemic proportions. This study examined the extent to which obesity is...

 
Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective (with Robert J. Goldberg, Caitlin O'Donnell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Carol Bigelow, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (1998)

OBJECTIVES: To describe sex differences in symptom presentation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) while controlling...

 
Age-related trends (1986-1993) in the use of thrombolytic agents in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The Worcester Heart Attack Study (with Harish Chandra, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Robert J. Goldberg, Colleen Singleton, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Joel M. Gore), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

OBJECTIVE: To examine age-related differences and temporal trends in the use of thrombolytic therapy in...

 
Health insurance coverage and outcome following acute myocardial infarction. A community-wide perspective (with Silvia Kreindel, Ronald Rosetti, Robert J. Goldberg, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Arthur Russo, and Carol Bigelow), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that type of medical insurance coverage is associated with hospital...

 
Effect of elevated leukocyte count on in-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction (with Mark I. Furman, Richard C. Becker, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), The American journal of cardiology (1996)

The peripheral white blood cell count on presentation with acute myocardial infarction directly correlates with...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 
Functional benefits following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert L. Thurer), The Annals of thoracic surgery (1984)

While some studies of patients who undergo cardiac surgery have included such outcome measures as...

 
Physical, psychologic, social, and economic outcomes after cardiac valve surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Ira S. Ockene, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), Archives of internal medicine (1983)

Eighty-nine patients receiving cardiac valve replacement or surgery consisting of valve replacement and coronary artery...

 
Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 
Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

Aged, 80 and over

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 
Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 
Factors affecting the organizational responses of employers to workers with injuries (with Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Glenn S. Pransky, William S. Shaw, and Katy L. Benjamin), Work (Reading, Mass.) (2005)

The organizational responses of employers to work-related injuries is one of several significant influences on...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 
A randomized trial of telephone counseling to promote screening mammography in two HMOs (with Roger Luckmann, Lynn Clemow, Anne M. Stoddard, and Mary E. Costanza), Cancer detection and prevention (2003)

Tailored telephone counseling (TTC) is effective in increasing utilization of screening mammography, but has received...

 
Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health center (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, and Ellen Long-Middleton), The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice (2003)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is at epidemic proportions. This study examined the extent to which obesity is...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 

Aging

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 

Ambulatory Care

Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Office-based medical care for work-related conditions: findings from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1997-1998 (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2002)

Data from the 1997 and 1998 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys were analyzed to describe...

 

Ambulatory Care Information Systems

Office-based medical care for work-related conditions: findings from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1997-1998 (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2002)

Data from the 1997 and 1998 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys were analyzed to describe...

 

Ambulatory Surgical Procedures

Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 

Analysis of Variance

Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 

Angina Pectoris

Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 
Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 

Antilipemic Agents

Use of lipid-lowering medication in patients with acute myocardial infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study) (with Robert J. Goldberg, Ira S. Ockene, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Joel M. Gore), The American journal of cardiology (1997)

As part of a population-based longitudinal study, we examined the use of lipid-lowering medication in...

 

Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active

A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 

Anxiety

Trait anxiety and nicotine dependence in adolescents: a report from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) and the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) were...

 

Aspirin

Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 

Asthma

Improving influenza vaccination rates in children with asthma: a test of a computerized reminder system and an analysis of factors predicting vaccination compliance (with Peter G. Szilagyi, Lance E. Rodewald, Lorrie Yoos, and Cynthia Doane), Pediatrics (1992)

Fewer than 10% of children with moderate or severe asthma receive an annual influenza vaccination...

 

Attitude of Health Personnel

The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 

PDF

The effect of a global multiculturalism track on cultural competence of preclinical medical students (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of an elective (the Global Multiculturalism Track), including international and...

 
Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 

Attitude to Health

Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 

Audiovisual Aids

Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 

Behavior, Addictive

Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
The effect of abstinence on cigarette consumption upon the resumption of smoking (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Addictive behaviors (2005)

To study the impact of abstinence on the number of cigarettes smoked per day upon...

 

Body Mass Index

Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health center (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, and Ellen Long-Middleton), The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice (2003)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is at epidemic proportions. This study examined the extent to which obesity is...

 

Bone and Bones

Suspected infant abuse: radiographic skeletal survey practices in pediatric health care facilities (with Patricia L. Kleinman and Paul K. Kleinman), Radiology (2004)

PURPOSE: To determine current national radiographic skeletal survey imaging practices, including migration to digital technologies,...

 

Breast Neoplasms

A randomized trial of telephone counseling to promote screening mammography in two HMOs (with Roger Luckmann, Lynn Clemow, Anne M. Stoddard, and Mary E. Costanza), Cancer detection and prevention (2003)

Tailored telephone counseling (TTC) is effective in increasing utilization of screening mammography, but has received...

 

Calcium Channel Blockers

Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 

Cardiovascular Agents

Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 

Cause of Death

Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective (with Robert J. Goldberg, Caitlin O'Donnell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Carol Bigelow, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (1998)

OBJECTIVES: To describe sex differences in symptom presentation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) while controlling...

 

Cerebrovascular Disorders

Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 

Chi-Square Distribution

Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 

Child

Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 
Short term patterns of early smoking acquisition (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Gretchen Dussault), Tobacco control (2004)

OBJECTIVE: To describe short term patterns of smoking acquisition exhibited by adolescent smokers.

DESIGN: Interview...

 
Generalist-subspecialist communication for children with chronic conditions: a regional physician survey (with Christopher J. Stille and William A. Primack), Pediatrics (2003)

OBJECTIVE: To identify target areas for interventions to improve communication between pediatric generalists (PCPs) and...

 
Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Tobacco control (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use...

 
Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Dorothy M. St. Cyr, and Mardia A. Coleman), Tobacco control (2000)

OBJECTIVES: It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs only...

 
Youth access to tobacco: the effects of age, gender, vending machine locks, and "it's the law" programs (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Bryan F. Aisquith), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVES. This study evaluated the influence of age, gender, vending machine lockout devices, and tobacco...

 
Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 
Improving influenza vaccination rates in children with asthma: a test of a computerized reminder system and an analysis of factors predicting vaccination compliance (with Peter G. Szilagyi, Lance E. Rodewald, Lorrie Yoos, and Cynthia Doane), Pediatrics (1992)

Fewer than 10% of children with moderate or severe asthma receive an annual influenza vaccination...

 

Child Abuse

Suspected infant abuse: radiographic skeletal survey practices in pediatric health care facilities (with Patricia L. Kleinman and Paul K. Kleinman), Radiology (2004)

PURPOSE: To determine current national radiographic skeletal survey imaging practices, including migration to digital technologies,...

 

Child Advocacy

Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child health (with David Keller, Nathan Jones, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (2008)

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the medical-legal advocacy screening questionnaire (MASQ), a simple 10-item questionnaire,...

 

Child Welfare

Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child health (with David Keller, Nathan Jones, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (2008)

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the medical-legal advocacy screening questionnaire (MASQ), a simple 10-item questionnaire,...

 

Child, Preschool

Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child health (with David Keller, Nathan Jones, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (2008)

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the medical-legal advocacy screening questionnaire (MASQ), a simple 10-item questionnaire,...

 
Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 
Assessing mothers' attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion (with Tina L. Cheng, Carol Bigelow, Evan Charney, Sanjaya Kumar, and Thomas G. DeWitt), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed maternal attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion.

METHODS:...

 
Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 
Improving influenza vaccination rates in children with asthma: a test of a computerized reminder system and an analysis of factors predicting vaccination compliance (with Peter G. Szilagyi, Lance E. Rodewald, Lorrie Yoos, and Cynthia Doane), Pediatrics (1992)

Fewer than 10% of children with moderate or severe asthma receive an annual influenza vaccination...

 

Chronic Disease

Primary care provider concerns about management of chronic pain in community clinic populations (with Carole C. Upshur and Roger S. Luckmann), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a common patient complaint in primary care, yet providers and patients...

 
Generalist-subspecialist communication for children with chronic conditions: a regional physician survey (with Christopher J. Stille and William A. Primack), Pediatrics (2003)

OBJECTIVE: To identify target areas for interventions to improve communication between pediatric generalists (PCPs) and...

 

Cohort Studies

Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Short term patterns of early smoking acquisition (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Gretchen Dussault), Tobacco control (2004)

OBJECTIVE: To describe short term patterns of smoking acquisition exhibited by adolescent smokers.

DESIGN: Interview...

 

PDF

The effect of a global multiculturalism track on cultural competence of preclinical medical students (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of an elective (the Global Multiculturalism Track), including international and...

 
Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Dorothy M. St. Cyr, and Mardia A. Coleman), Tobacco control (2000)

OBJECTIVES: It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs only...

 

Coitus

Functional benefits following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert L. Thurer), The Annals of thoracic surgery (1984)

While some studies of patients who undergo cardiac surgery have included such outcome measures as...

 

Commerce

PDF

Enforcement of underage sales laws as a predictor of daily smoking among adolescents: a national study (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Kenneth E. Fletcher), BMC public health (2009)

BACKGROUND: With a goal to reduce youth smoking rates, the U.S. federal government mandated...

 
What is the potential cost-effectiveness of enforcing a prohibition on the sale of tobacco to minors (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Richard M. Peck, and Thomas E. Radecki), Preventive medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND. Enforcement programs to halt the sale of tobacco to youths have been implemented across...

 
Youth access to tobacco: the effects of age, gender, vending machine locks, and "it's the law" programs (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Bryan F. Aisquith), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVES. This study evaluated the influence of age, gender, vending machine lockout devices, and tobacco...

 

Communication Barriers

Generalist-subspecialist communication for children with chronic conditions: a regional physician survey (with Christopher J. Stille and William A. Primack), Pediatrics (2003)

OBJECTIVE: To identify target areas for interventions to improve communication between pediatric generalists (PCPs) and...

 

Community Health Centers

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Family medicine residency characteristics associated with practice in a health professions shortage area (with Warren J. Ferguson, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: While some family medicine residency programs are designed to train residents...

 
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 
Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 
Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 
Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 

Community Health Services

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Community dimensions and HPSA practice location: 30 years of family medicine training (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Warren J. Ferguson, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to assess practicing family physicians' confidence and participation...

 
A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 

Comorbidity

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health center (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, and Ellen Long-Middleton), The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice (2003)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is at epidemic proportions. This study examined the extent to which obesity is...

 

Confidence Intervals

The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 

Consumer Satisfaction

Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 

control

What is the potential cost-effectiveness of enforcing a prohibition on the sale of tobacco to minors (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Richard M. Peck, and Thomas E. Radecki), Preventive medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND. Enforcement programs to halt the sale of tobacco to youths have been implemented across...

 

Coronary Angiography

Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 

Coronary Artery Bypass

Functional benefits following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert L. Thurer), The Annals of thoracic surgery (1984)

While some studies of patients who undergo cardiac surgery have included such outcome measures as...

 
Physical, psychologic, social, and economic outcomes after cardiac valve surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Ira S. Ockene, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), Archives of internal medicine (1983)

Eighty-nine patients receiving cardiac valve replacement or surgery consisting of valve replacement and coronary artery...

 
Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. II. A six-month reassessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert W. Frater), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Three neuropsychological tests were administered to 245 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

Coronary Disease

Prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary heart disease: concordance between patient interviews and medical records (with Robert J. Goldberg, Paul G. McGovern, Thomas Guggina, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Russell V. Luepker), American heart journal (1998)

Patient-associated delay in seeking medical care in the setting of acute coronary disease is assuming...

 
Use of lipid-lowering medication in patients with acute myocardial infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study) (with Robert J. Goldberg, Ira S. Ockene, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Joel M. Gore), The American journal of cardiology (1997)

As part of a population-based longitudinal study, we examined the use of lipid-lowering medication in...

 
Physical, psychologic, social, and economic outcomes after cardiac valve surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Ira S. Ockene, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), Archives of internal medicine (1983)

Eighty-nine patients receiving cardiac valve replacement or surgery consisting of valve replacement and coronary artery...

 
Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 
What is the potential cost-effectiveness of enforcing a prohibition on the sale of tobacco to minors (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Richard M. Peck, and Thomas E. Radecki), Preventive medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND. Enforcement programs to halt the sale of tobacco to youths have been implemented across...

 

Cotinine

Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 

Counseling

A randomized trial of telephone counseling to promote screening mammography in two HMOs (with Roger Luckmann, Lynn Clemow, Anne M. Stoddard, and Mary E. Costanza), Cancer detection and prevention (2003)

Tailored telephone counseling (TTC) is effective in increasing utilization of screening mammography, but has received...

 

Cross-Sectional Studies

A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 
Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 
Factors affecting the organizational responses of employers to workers with injuries (with Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Glenn S. Pransky, William S. Shaw, and Katy L. Benjamin), Work (Reading, Mass.) (2005)

The organizational responses of employers to work-related injuries is one of several significant influences on...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 
Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health center (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, and Ellen Long-Middleton), The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice (2003)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is at epidemic proportions. This study examined the extent to which obesity is...

 

Cultural Diversity

Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 

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The effect of medical students' international experiences on attitudes toward serving underserved multicultural populations (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2003)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of international electives on the attitudes of preclinical and clinical-year...

 

Curriculum

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Lesson in a pill box: teaching about the challenges of medication adherence (with Darlene M. O'Connor, David B. Centerbar, Kimberly N. Wamback, Jennifer S. Ingle, and Nicole J. Lomerson), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Medication mismanagement is a serious health issue affecting elders and people...

 

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The effect of a global multiculturalism track on cultural competence of preclinical medical students (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of an elective (the Global Multiculturalism Track), including international and...

 

Data Collection

The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
Generalist-subspecialist communication for children with chronic conditions: a regional physician survey (with Christopher J. Stille and William A. Primack), Pediatrics (2003)

OBJECTIVE: To identify target areas for interventions to improve communication between pediatric generalists (PCPs) and...

 
Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 

Decision Making

Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 

Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders

Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. II. A six-month reassessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert W. Frater), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Three neuropsychological tests were administered to 245 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

Depression

Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 

Diabetes Mellitus

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 

Diagnosis, Differential

Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective (with Robert J. Goldberg, Caitlin O'Donnell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Carol Bigelow, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (1998)

OBJECTIVES: To describe sex differences in symptom presentation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) while controlling...

 

Disability Evaluation

Functional benefits following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert L. Thurer), The Annals of thoracic surgery (1984)

While some studies of patients who undergo cardiac surgery have included such outcome measures as...

 

Disease Susceptibility

Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 

Dizziness

Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience...

 

Documentation

Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 

Drug and Narcotic Control

What is the potential cost-effectiveness of enforcing a prohibition on the sale of tobacco to minors (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Richard M. Peck, and Thomas E. Radecki), Preventive medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND. Enforcement programs to halt the sale of tobacco to youths have been implemented across...

 

Drug Utilization

Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 

Dyspnea

Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 

Education

Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 

Education, Medical

The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 

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The effect of a global multiculturalism track on cultural competence of preclinical medical students (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of an elective (the Global Multiculturalism Track), including international and...

 

Efficiency, Organizational

Clinical health information technologies and the role of medicaid (with Shaun T. Alfreds, Michael A. Tutty, Scott Young, and Jay S. Himmelstein), Health care financing review (2007)

Clinical health information technologies (HIT) are widely viewed as essential tools for improving the quality...

 

Electrocardiography

Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 

Emergency Service, Hospital

Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 
Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 

Emigration and Immigration

Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 

Employment

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Functional benefits following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert L. Thurer), The Annals of thoracic surgery (1984)

While some studies of patients who undergo cardiac surgery have included such outcome measures as...

 
Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 

Epidemiologic Methods

Outcomes in work-related injuries: a comparison of older and younger workers (with Glenn S. Pransky, Katy L. Benjamin, Douglas Currivan, and Kenneth E. Fletcher), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: The "graying of the workforce" has generated concerns about the physical capacity of older...

 

Ethnic Groups

Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 

European Continental Ancestry Group

Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 

Exertion

Functional benefits following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert L. Thurer), The Annals of thoracic surgery (1984)

While some studies of patients who undergo cardiac surgery have included such outcome measures as...

 
Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 

Exploratory Behavior

Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 

Factor Analysis, Statistical

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The effect of medical students' international experiences on attitudes toward serving underserved multicultural populations (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2003)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of international electives on the attitudes of preclinical and clinical-year...

 
Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 

Family Characteristics

Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 

Family Practice

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Family medicine residency characteristics associated with practice in a health professions shortage area (with Warren J. Ferguson, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: While some family medicine residency programs are designed to train residents...

 

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Community dimensions and HPSA practice location: 30 years of family medicine training (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Warren J. Ferguson, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to assess practicing family physicians' confidence and participation...

 

PDF

Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 
The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 

Fatigue

Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 

Fee-for-Service Plans

Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 

Female

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Community dimensions and HPSA practice location: 30 years of family medicine training (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Warren J. Ferguson, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to assess practicing family physicians' confidence and participation...

 

PDF

Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 

PDF

Lesson in a pill box: teaching about the challenges of medication adherence (with Darlene M. O'Connor, David B. Centerbar, Kimberly N. Wamback, Jennifer S. Ingle, and Nicole J. Lomerson), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Medication mismanagement is a serious health issue affecting elders and people...

 
The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 
Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in Massachusetts (with Jacob Drew, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Joseph Stenger), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2006)

CONTEXT: Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics...

 
A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in adult smokers (with Robert J. Wellman, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, and Joseph R. DiFranza), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2006)

Diminished autonomy is a core feature common to all forms of dependence involving drugs or...

 
Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 
Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 
Factors affecting the organizational responses of employers to workers with injuries (with Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Glenn S. Pransky, William S. Shaw, and Katy L. Benjamin), Work (Reading, Mass.) (2005)

The organizational responses of employers to work-related injuries is one of several significant influences on...

 
The effect of abstinence on cigarette consumption upon the resumption of smoking (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Addictive behaviors (2005)

To study the impact of abstinence on the number of cigarettes smoked per day upon...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 
Health status of a low-income vulnerable population in a community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Maureen McMullen, Rebecca Kinney, Celeste A. Lemay, and Frances Anthes), The Journal of ambulatory care management (2005)

Healthcare safety net providers are under increasing pressure to meet the physical and mental health--as...

 
Outcomes in work-related injuries: a comparison of older and younger workers (with Glenn S. Pransky, Katy L. Benjamin, Douglas Currivan, and Kenneth E. Fletcher), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: The "graying of the workforce" has generated concerns about the physical capacity of older...

 
Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 
Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 
Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 
Short term patterns of early smoking acquisition (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Gretchen Dussault), Tobacco control (2004)

OBJECTIVE: To describe short term patterns of smoking acquisition exhibited by adolescent smokers.

DESIGN: Interview...

 
Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience...

 
A randomized trial of telephone counseling to promote screening mammography in two HMOs (with Roger Luckmann, Lynn Clemow, Anne M. Stoddard, and Mary E. Costanza), Cancer detection and prevention (2003)

Tailored telephone counseling (TTC) is effective in increasing utilization of screening mammography, but has received...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 
Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health center (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, and Ellen Long-Middleton), The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice (2003)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is at epidemic proportions. This study examined the extent to which obesity is...

 
Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Tobacco control (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use...

 
Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 
Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Dorothy M. St. Cyr, and Mardia A. Coleman), Tobacco control (2000)

OBJECTIVES: It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs only...

 
Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 
Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 
Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective (with Robert J. Goldberg, Caitlin O'Donnell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Carol Bigelow, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (1998)

OBJECTIVES: To describe sex differences in symptom presentation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) while controlling...

 
Prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary heart disease: concordance between patient interviews and medical records (with Robert J. Goldberg, Paul G. McGovern, Thomas Guggina, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Russell V. Luepker), American heart journal (1998)

Patient-associated delay in seeking medical care in the setting of acute coronary disease is assuming...

 
Health insurance coverage and outcome following acute myocardial infarction. A community-wide perspective (with Silvia Kreindel, Ronald Rosetti, Robert J. Goldberg, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Arthur Russo, and Carol Bigelow), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that type of medical insurance coverage is associated with hospital...

 
Assessing mothers' attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion (with Tina L. Cheng, Carol Bigelow, Evan Charney, Sanjaya Kumar, and Thomas G. DeWitt), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed maternal attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion.

METHODS:...

 
Effect of elevated leukocyte count on in-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction (with Mark I. Furman, Richard C. Becker, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), The American journal of cardiology (1996)

The peripheral white blood cell count on presentation with acute myocardial infarction directly correlates with...

 
Youth access to tobacco: the effects of age, gender, vending machine locks, and "it's the law" programs (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Bryan F. Aisquith), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVES. This study evaluated the influence of age, gender, vending machine lockout devices, and tobacco...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 
Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 
Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 
Functional benefits following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert L. Thurer), The Annals of thoracic surgery (1984)

While some studies of patients who undergo cardiac surgery have included such outcome measures as...

 
Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 
Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. II. A six-month reassessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert W. Frater), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Three neuropsychological tests were administered to 245 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

Fibrinolytic Agents

Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 

Follow-Up Studies

A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 
Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Tobacco control (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use...

 
Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 

Goals

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 
Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 
Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 

Health Benefit Plans, Employee

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 

Health Care Surveys

The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in Massachusetts (with Jacob Drew, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Joseph Stenger), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2006)

CONTEXT: Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics...

 
Office-based medical care for work-related conditions: findings from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1997-1998 (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2002)

Data from the 1997 and 1998 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys were analyzed to describe...

 

Health Maintenance Organizations

A randomized trial of telephone counseling to promote screening mammography in two HMOs (with Roger Luckmann, Lynn Clemow, Anne M. Stoddard, and Mary E. Costanza), Cancer detection and prevention (2003)

Tailored telephone counseling (TTC) is effective in increasing utilization of screening mammography, but has received...

 
Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 
Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 

Health Policy

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The effect of a global multiculturalism track on cultural competence of preclinical medical students (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of an elective (the Global Multiculturalism Track), including international and...

 

Health Promotion

A randomized trial of telephone counseling to promote screening mammography in two HMOs (with Roger Luckmann, Lynn Clemow, Anne M. Stoddard, and Mary E. Costanza), Cancer detection and prevention (2003)

Tailored telephone counseling (TTC) is effective in increasing utilization of screening mammography, but has received...

 

Health Services Accessibility

The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in Massachusetts (with Jacob Drew, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Joseph Stenger), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2006)

CONTEXT: Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics...

 

Health Status

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 

Health Surveys

A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in adult smokers (with Robert J. Wellman, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, and Joseph R. DiFranza), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2006)

Diminished autonomy is a core feature common to all forms of dependence involving drugs or...

 
Primary care provider concerns about management of chronic pain in community clinic populations (with Carole C. Upshur and Roger S. Luckmann), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a common patient complaint in primary care, yet providers and patients...

 
Outcomes in work-related injuries: a comparison of older and younger workers (with Glenn S. Pransky, Katy L. Benjamin, Douglas Currivan, and Kenneth E. Fletcher), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: The "graying of the workforce" has generated concerns about the physical capacity of older...

 

Heart Failure

Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 

Heart Valve Prosthesis

Physical, psychologic, social, and economic outcomes after cardiac valve surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Ira S. Ockene, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), Archives of internal medicine (1983)

Eighty-nine patients receiving cardiac valve replacement or surgery consisting of valve replacement and coronary artery...

 

Heart Valves

Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. II. A six-month reassessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert W. Frater), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Three neuropsychological tests were administered to 245 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 

HIV Infections

A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 

Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299

Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 

Hospital Mortality

Health insurance coverage and outcome following acute myocardial infarction. A community-wide perspective (with Silvia Kreindel, Ronald Rosetti, Robert J. Goldberg, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Arthur Russo, and Carol Bigelow), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that type of medical insurance coverage is associated with hospital...

 
Effect of elevated leukocyte count on in-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction (with Mark I. Furman, Richard C. Becker, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), The American journal of cardiology (1996)

The peripheral white blood cell count on presentation with acute myocardial infarction directly correlates with...

 

Hospitalization

Use of lipid-lowering medication in patients with acute myocardial infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study) (with Robert J. Goldberg, Ira S. Ockene, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Joel M. Gore), The American journal of cardiology (1997)

As part of a population-based longitudinal study, we examined the use of lipid-lowering medication in...

 

Hospitals, Rural

The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in Massachusetts (with Jacob Drew, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Joseph Stenger), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2006)

CONTEXT: Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics...

 

Humans

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Community dimensions and HPSA practice location: 30 years of family medicine training (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Warren J. Ferguson, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to assess practicing family physicians' confidence and participation...

 

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 

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Lesson in a pill box: teaching about the challenges of medication adherence (with Darlene M. O'Connor, David B. Centerbar, Kimberly N. Wamback, Jennifer S. Ingle, and Nicole J. Lomerson), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Medication mismanagement is a serious health issue affecting elders and people...

 
The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child health (with David Keller, Nathan Jones, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (2008)

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the medical-legal advocacy screening questionnaire (MASQ), a simple 10-item questionnaire,...

 
Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 
Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in Massachusetts (with Jacob Drew, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Joseph Stenger), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2006)

CONTEXT: Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics...

 
A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in adult smokers (with Robert J. Wellman, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, and Joseph R. DiFranza), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2006)

Diminished autonomy is a core feature common to all forms of dependence involving drugs or...

 
Primary care provider concerns about management of chronic pain in community clinic populations (with Carole C. Upshur and Roger S. Luckmann), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a common patient complaint in primary care, yet providers and patients...

 
Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 
Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 
Factors affecting the organizational responses of employers to workers with injuries (with Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Glenn S. Pransky, William S. Shaw, and Katy L. Benjamin), Work (Reading, Mass.) (2005)

The organizational responses of employers to work-related injuries is one of several significant influences on...

 
The effect of abstinence on cigarette consumption upon the resumption of smoking (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Addictive behaviors (2005)

To study the impact of abstinence on the number of cigarettes smoked per day upon...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 
Health status of a low-income vulnerable population in a community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Maureen McMullen, Rebecca Kinney, Celeste A. Lemay, and Frances Anthes), The Journal of ambulatory care management (2005)

Healthcare safety net providers are under increasing pressure to meet the physical and mental health--as...

 
Outcomes in work-related injuries: a comparison of older and younger workers (with Glenn S. Pransky, Katy L. Benjamin, Douglas Currivan, and Kenneth E. Fletcher), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: The "graying of the workforce" has generated concerns about the physical capacity of older...

 
Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 
Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 
Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 
Suspected infant abuse: radiographic skeletal survey practices in pediatric health care facilities (with Patricia L. Kleinman and Paul K. Kleinman), Radiology (2004)

PURPOSE: To determine current national radiographic skeletal survey imaging practices, including migration to digital technologies,...

 
Short term patterns of early smoking acquisition (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Gretchen Dussault), Tobacco control (2004)

OBJECTIVE: To describe short term patterns of smoking acquisition exhibited by adolescent smokers.

DESIGN: Interview...

 
Trait anxiety and nicotine dependence in adolescents: a report from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) and the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) were...

 
Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience...

 
Generalist-subspecialist communication for children with chronic conditions: a regional physician survey (with Christopher J. Stille and William A. Primack), Pediatrics (2003)

OBJECTIVE: To identify target areas for interventions to improve communication between pediatric generalists (PCPs) and...

 
A randomized trial of telephone counseling to promote screening mammography in two HMOs (with Roger Luckmann, Lynn Clemow, Anne M. Stoddard, and Mary E. Costanza), Cancer detection and prevention (2003)

Tailored telephone counseling (TTC) is effective in increasing utilization of screening mammography, but has received...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 

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The effect of medical students' international experiences on attitudes toward serving underserved multicultural populations (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2003)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of international electives on the attitudes of preclinical and clinical-year...

 
Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health center (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, and Ellen Long-Middleton), The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice (2003)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is at epidemic proportions. This study examined the extent to which obesity is...

 
Office-based medical care for work-related conditions: findings from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1997-1998 (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2002)

Data from the 1997 and 1998 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys were analyzed to describe...

 
Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Tobacco control (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use...

 
Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 
Is the standard compliance check protocol a valid measure of the accessibility of tobacco to underage smokers (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Joseph Bouchard), Tobacco control (2001)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if the standard compliance check protocol is a valid measure of the...

 

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The effect of a global multiculturalism track on cultural competence of preclinical medical students (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of an elective (the Global Multiculturalism Track), including international and...

 
What is the potential cost-effectiveness of enforcing a prohibition on the sale of tobacco to minors (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Richard M. Peck, and Thomas E. Radecki), Preventive medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND. Enforcement programs to halt the sale of tobacco to youths have been implemented across...

 
Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Dorothy M. St. Cyr, and Mardia A. Coleman), Tobacco control (2000)

OBJECTIVES: It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs only...

 
Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 
Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 
Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective (with Robert J. Goldberg, Caitlin O'Donnell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Carol Bigelow, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (1998)

OBJECTIVES: To describe sex differences in symptom presentation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) while controlling...

 
Prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary heart disease: concordance between patient interviews and medical records (with Robert J. Goldberg, Paul G. McGovern, Thomas Guggina, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Russell V. Luepker), American heart journal (1998)

Patient-associated delay in seeking medical care in the setting of acute coronary disease is assuming...

 
Use of lipid-lowering medication in patients with acute myocardial infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study) (with Robert J. Goldberg, Ira S. Ockene, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Joel M. Gore), The American journal of cardiology (1997)

As part of a population-based longitudinal study, we examined the use of lipid-lowering medication in...

 
Age-related trends (1986-1993) in the use of thrombolytic agents in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The Worcester Heart Attack Study (with Harish Chandra, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Robert J. Goldberg, Colleen Singleton, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Joel M. Gore), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

OBJECTIVE: To examine age-related differences and temporal trends in the use of thrombolytic therapy in...

 
Health insurance coverage and outcome following acute myocardial infarction. A community-wide perspective (with Silvia Kreindel, Ronald Rosetti, Robert J. Goldberg, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Arthur Russo, and Carol Bigelow), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that type of medical insurance coverage is associated with hospital...

 
Assessing mothers' attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion (with Tina L. Cheng, Carol Bigelow, Evan Charney, Sanjaya Kumar, and Thomas G. DeWitt), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed maternal attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion.

METHODS:...

 
Effect of elevated leukocyte count on in-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction (with Mark I. Furman, Richard C. Becker, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), The American journal of cardiology (1996)

The peripheral white blood cell count on presentation with acute myocardial infarction directly correlates with...

 
Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 
Youth access to tobacco: the effects of age, gender, vending machine locks, and "it's the law" programs (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Bryan F. Aisquith), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVES. This study evaluated the influence of age, gender, vending machine lockout devices, and tobacco...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 
Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 
Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 
Improving influenza vaccination rates in children with asthma: a test of a computerized reminder system and an analysis of factors predicting vaccination compliance (with Peter G. Szilagyi, Lance E. Rodewald, Lorrie Yoos, and Cynthia Doane), Pediatrics (1992)

Fewer than 10% of children with moderate or severe asthma receive an annual influenza vaccination...

 
Functional benefits following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert L. Thurer), The Annals of thoracic surgery (1984)

While some studies of patients who undergo cardiac surgery have included such outcome measures as...

 
Physical, psychologic, social, and economic outcomes after cardiac valve surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Ira S. Ockene, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), Archives of internal medicine (1983)

Eighty-nine patients receiving cardiac valve replacement or surgery consisting of valve replacement and coronary artery...

 
Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 
Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 
Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. II. A six-month reassessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert W. Frater), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Three neuropsychological tests were administered to 245 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

Hyperlipidemias

Use of lipid-lowering medication in patients with acute myocardial infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study) (with Robert J. Goldberg, Ira S. Ockene, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Joel M. Gore), The American journal of cardiology (1997)

As part of a population-based longitudinal study, we examined the use of lipid-lowering medication in...

 

Incidence

A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 

Income

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 

Infant

Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 
Suspected infant abuse: radiographic skeletal survey practices in pediatric health care facilities (with Patricia L. Kleinman and Paul K. Kleinman), Radiology (2004)

PURPOSE: To determine current national radiographic skeletal survey imaging practices, including migration to digital technologies,...

 
Improving influenza vaccination rates in children with asthma: a test of a computerized reminder system and an analysis of factors predicting vaccination compliance (with Peter G. Szilagyi, Lance E. Rodewald, Lorrie Yoos, and Cynthia Doane), Pediatrics (1992)

Fewer than 10% of children with moderate or severe asthma receive an annual influenza vaccination...

 

Infant, Newborn

Suspected infant abuse: radiographic skeletal survey practices in pediatric health care facilities (with Patricia L. Kleinman and Paul K. Kleinman), Radiology (2004)

PURPOSE: To determine current national radiographic skeletal survey imaging practices, including migration to digital technologies,...

 

Influenza, Human

Improving influenza vaccination rates in children with asthma: a test of a computerized reminder system and an analysis of factors predicting vaccination compliance (with Peter G. Szilagyi, Lance E. Rodewald, Lorrie Yoos, and Cynthia Doane), Pediatrics (1992)

Fewer than 10% of children with moderate or severe asthma receive an annual influenza vaccination...

 

Information Systems

Improving influenza vaccination rates in children with asthma: a test of a computerized reminder system and an analysis of factors predicting vaccination compliance (with Peter G. Szilagyi, Lance E. Rodewald, Lorrie Yoos, and Cynthia Doane), Pediatrics (1992)

Fewer than 10% of children with moderate or severe asthma receive an annual influenza vaccination...

 

Injury Severity Score

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 

Insurance Coverage

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 

Insurance, Health

Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 

Insurance, Health, Reimbursement

Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 

International Classification of Diseases

Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 

Internship and Residency

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Family medicine residency characteristics associated with practice in a health professions shortage area (with Warren J. Ferguson, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: While some family medicine residency programs are designed to train residents...

 

Interview, Psychological

Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Tobacco control (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use...

 

Interviews as Topic

Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary heart disease: concordance between patient interviews and medical records (with Robert J. Goldberg, Paul G. McGovern, Thomas Guggina, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Russell V. Luepker), American heart journal (1998)

Patient-associated delay in seeking medical care in the setting of acute coronary disease is assuming...

 

Job Description

Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 

Job Satisfaction

The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Outcomes in work-related injuries: a comparison of older and younger workers (with Glenn S. Pransky, Katy L. Benjamin, Douglas Currivan, and Kenneth E. Fletcher), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: The "graying of the workforce" has generated concerns about the physical capacity of older...

 

Law Enforcement

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Enforcement of underage sales laws as a predictor of daily smoking among adolescents: a national study (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Kenneth E. Fletcher), BMC public health (2009)

BACKGROUND: With a goal to reduce youth smoking rates, the U.S. federal government mandated...

 

Length of Stay

Health insurance coverage and outcome following acute myocardial infarction. A community-wide perspective (with Silvia Kreindel, Ronald Rosetti, Robert J. Goldberg, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Arthur Russo, and Carol Bigelow), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that type of medical insurance coverage is associated with hospital...

 

Leukocyte Count

Effect of elevated leukocyte count on in-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction (with Mark I. Furman, Richard C. Becker, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), The American journal of cardiology (1996)

The peripheral white blood cell count on presentation with acute myocardial infarction directly correlates with...

 

Life Change Events

Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 

Life Style

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 

Lipoproteins, LDL

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 

Logistic Models

The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 
Use of lipid-lowering medication in patients with acute myocardial infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study) (with Robert J. Goldberg, Ira S. Ockene, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Joel M. Gore), The American journal of cardiology (1997)

As part of a population-based longitudinal study, we examined the use of lipid-lowering medication in...

 

Longitudinal Studies

Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 
Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 

Male

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Community dimensions and HPSA practice location: 30 years of family medicine training (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Warren J. Ferguson, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to assess practicing family physicians' confidence and participation...

 

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 

PDF

Lesson in a pill box: teaching about the challenges of medication adherence (with Darlene M. O'Connor, David B. Centerbar, Kimberly N. Wamback, Jennifer S. Ingle, and Nicole J. Lomerson), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Medication mismanagement is a serious health issue affecting elders and people...

 
Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 
Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in Massachusetts (with Jacob Drew, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Joseph Stenger), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2006)

CONTEXT: Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics...

 
A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in adult smokers (with Robert J. Wellman, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, and Joseph R. DiFranza), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2006)

Diminished autonomy is a core feature common to all forms of dependence involving drugs or...

 
Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 
Factors affecting the organizational responses of employers to workers with injuries (with Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Glenn S. Pransky, William S. Shaw, and Katy L. Benjamin), Work (Reading, Mass.) (2005)

The organizational responses of employers to work-related injuries is one of several significant influences on...

 
The effect of abstinence on cigarette consumption upon the resumption of smoking (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Addictive behaviors (2005)

To study the impact of abstinence on the number of cigarettes smoked per day upon...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 
Health status of a low-income vulnerable population in a community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Maureen McMullen, Rebecca Kinney, Celeste A. Lemay, and Frances Anthes), The Journal of ambulatory care management (2005)

Healthcare safety net providers are under increasing pressure to meet the physical and mental health--as...

 
Outcomes in work-related injuries: a comparison of older and younger workers (with Glenn S. Pransky, Katy L. Benjamin, Douglas Currivan, and Kenneth E. Fletcher), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: The "graying of the workforce" has generated concerns about the physical capacity of older...

 
Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 
Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 
Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 
Short term patterns of early smoking acquisition (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Gretchen Dussault), Tobacco control (2004)

OBJECTIVE: To describe short term patterns of smoking acquisition exhibited by adolescent smokers.

DESIGN: Interview...

 
Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 
Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health center (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, and Ellen Long-Middleton), The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice (2003)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is at epidemic proportions. This study examined the extent to which obesity is...

 
Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Tobacco control (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use...

 
Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 
Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Dorothy M. St. Cyr, and Mardia A. Coleman), Tobacco control (2000)

OBJECTIVES: It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs only...

 
Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 
Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 
Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective (with Robert J. Goldberg, Caitlin O'Donnell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Carol Bigelow, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (1998)

OBJECTIVES: To describe sex differences in symptom presentation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) while controlling...

 
Prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary heart disease: concordance between patient interviews and medical records (with Robert J. Goldberg, Paul G. McGovern, Thomas Guggina, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Russell V. Luepker), American heart journal (1998)

Patient-associated delay in seeking medical care in the setting of acute coronary disease is assuming...

 
Health insurance coverage and outcome following acute myocardial infarction. A community-wide perspective (with Silvia Kreindel, Ronald Rosetti, Robert J. Goldberg, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Arthur Russo, and Carol Bigelow), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that type of medical insurance coverage is associated with hospital...

 
Effect of elevated leukocyte count on in-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction (with Mark I. Furman, Richard C. Becker, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), The American journal of cardiology (1996)

The peripheral white blood cell count on presentation with acute myocardial infarction directly correlates with...

 
Youth access to tobacco: the effects of age, gender, vending machine locks, and "it's the law" programs (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Bryan F. Aisquith), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVES. This study evaluated the influence of age, gender, vending machine lockout devices, and tobacco...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 
Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 
Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 
Functional benefits following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert L. Thurer), The Annals of thoracic surgery (1984)

While some studies of patients who undergo cardiac surgery have included such outcome measures as...

 
Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 
Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 
Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. II. A six-month reassessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert W. Frater), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Three neuropsychological tests were administered to 245 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

Mammography

A randomized trial of telephone counseling to promote screening mammography in two HMOs (with Roger Luckmann, Lynn Clemow, Anne M. Stoddard, and Mary E. Costanza), Cancer detection and prevention (2003)

Tailored telephone counseling (TTC) is effective in increasing utilization of screening mammography, but has received...

 

Massachusetts

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Community dimensions and HPSA practice location: 30 years of family medicine training (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Warren J. Ferguson, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to assess practicing family physicians' confidence and participation...

 

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 

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Lesson in a pill box: teaching about the challenges of medication adherence (with Darlene M. O'Connor, David B. Centerbar, Kimberly N. Wamback, Jennifer S. Ingle, and Nicole J. Lomerson), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Medication mismanagement is a serious health issue affecting elders and people...

 
The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child health (with David Keller, Nathan Jones, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (2008)

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the medical-legal advocacy screening questionnaire (MASQ), a simple 10-item questionnaire,...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in Massachusetts (with Jacob Drew, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Joseph Stenger), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2006)

CONTEXT: Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics...

 
Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 
Health status of a low-income vulnerable population in a community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Maureen McMullen, Rebecca Kinney, Celeste A. Lemay, and Frances Anthes), The Journal of ambulatory care management (2005)

Healthcare safety net providers are under increasing pressure to meet the physical and mental health--as...

 
Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 
Short term patterns of early smoking acquisition (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Gretchen Dussault), Tobacco control (2004)

OBJECTIVE: To describe short term patterns of smoking acquisition exhibited by adolescent smokers.

DESIGN: Interview...

 
Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 
Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health center (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, and Ellen Long-Middleton), The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice (2003)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is at epidemic proportions. This study examined the extent to which obesity is...

 
Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Tobacco control (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use...

 
Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 
Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective (with Robert J. Goldberg, Caitlin O'Donnell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Carol Bigelow, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (1998)

OBJECTIVES: To describe sex differences in symptom presentation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) while controlling...

 
Age-related trends (1986-1993) in the use of thrombolytic agents in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The Worcester Heart Attack Study (with Harish Chandra, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Robert J. Goldberg, Colleen Singleton, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Joel M. Gore), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

OBJECTIVE: To examine age-related differences and temporal trends in the use of thrombolytic therapy in...

 
Health insurance coverage and outcome following acute myocardial infarction. A community-wide perspective (with Silvia Kreindel, Ronald Rosetti, Robert J. Goldberg, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Arthur Russo, and Carol Bigelow), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that type of medical insurance coverage is associated with hospital...

 
Assessing mothers' attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion (with Tina L. Cheng, Carol Bigelow, Evan Charney, Sanjaya Kumar, and Thomas G. DeWitt), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed maternal attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion.

METHODS:...

 
Youth access to tobacco: the effects of age, gender, vending machine locks, and "it's the law" programs (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Bryan F. Aisquith), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVES. This study evaluated the influence of age, gender, vending machine lockout devices, and tobacco...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 
Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 
Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 

Mathematics

Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 

Medicaid

Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 

Medical Audit

Health status of a low-income vulnerable population in a community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Maureen McMullen, Rebecca Kinney, Celeste A. Lemay, and Frances Anthes), The Journal of ambulatory care management (2005)

Healthcare safety net providers are under increasing pressure to meet the physical and mental health--as...

 

Medical History Taking

Prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary heart disease: concordance between patient interviews and medical records (with Robert J. Goldberg, Paul G. McGovern, Thomas Guggina, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Russell V. Luepker), American heart journal (1998)

Patient-associated delay in seeking medical care in the setting of acute coronary disease is assuming...

 

Medical Indigency

Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 

Medical Records

Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 
Prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary heart disease: concordance between patient interviews and medical records (with Robert J. Goldberg, Paul G. McGovern, Thomas Guggina, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Russell V. Luepker), American heart journal (1998)

Patient-associated delay in seeking medical care in the setting of acute coronary disease is assuming...

 
Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 

Medically Underserved Area

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Family medicine residency characteristics associated with practice in a health professions shortage area (with Warren J. Ferguson, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: While some family medicine residency programs are designed to train residents...

 
The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in Massachusetts (with Jacob Drew, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Joseph Stenger), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2006)

CONTEXT: Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics...

 

Medicare

Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 

Memory

Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. II. A six-month reassessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert W. Frater), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Three neuropsychological tests were administered to 245 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

Memory Disorders

Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. II. A six-month reassessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert W. Frater), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Three neuropsychological tests were administered to 245 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

Mental Disorders

Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 

Mental Health

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 

Middle Aged

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Community dimensions and HPSA practice location: 30 years of family medicine training (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Warren J. Ferguson, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to assess practicing family physicians' confidence and participation...

 

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 
The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in Massachusetts (with Jacob Drew, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Joseph Stenger), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2006)

CONTEXT: Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics...

 
A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in adult smokers (with Robert J. Wellman, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, and Joseph R. DiFranza), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2006)

Diminished autonomy is a core feature common to all forms of dependence involving drugs or...

 
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 
Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 
Factors affecting the organizational responses of employers to workers with injuries (with Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Glenn S. Pransky, William S. Shaw, and Katy L. Benjamin), Work (Reading, Mass.) (2005)

The organizational responses of employers to work-related injuries is one of several significant influences on...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 
Outcomes in work-related injuries: a comparison of older and younger workers (with Glenn S. Pransky, Katy L. Benjamin, Douglas Currivan, and Kenneth E. Fletcher), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: The "graying of the workforce" has generated concerns about the physical capacity of older...

 
Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 
Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 
A randomized trial of telephone counseling to promote screening mammography in two HMOs (with Roger Luckmann, Lynn Clemow, Anne M. Stoddard, and Mary E. Costanza), Cancer detection and prevention (2003)

Tailored telephone counseling (TTC) is effective in increasing utilization of screening mammography, but has received...

 
Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health center (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, and Ellen Long-Middleton), The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice (2003)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is at epidemic proportions. This study examined the extent to which obesity is...

 
Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 
Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective (with Robert J. Goldberg, Caitlin O'Donnell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Carol Bigelow, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (1998)

OBJECTIVES: To describe sex differences in symptom presentation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) while controlling...

 
Prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary heart disease: concordance between patient interviews and medical records (with Robert J. Goldberg, Paul G. McGovern, Thomas Guggina, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Russell V. Luepker), American heart journal (1998)

Patient-associated delay in seeking medical care in the setting of acute coronary disease is assuming...

 
Age-related trends (1986-1993) in the use of thrombolytic agents in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The Worcester Heart Attack Study (with Harish Chandra, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Robert J. Goldberg, Colleen Singleton, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Joel M. Gore), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

OBJECTIVE: To examine age-related differences and temporal trends in the use of thrombolytic therapy in...

 
Health insurance coverage and outcome following acute myocardial infarction. A community-wide perspective (with Silvia Kreindel, Ronald Rosetti, Robert J. Goldberg, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Arthur Russo, and Carol Bigelow), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that type of medical insurance coverage is associated with hospital...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 
Functional benefits following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert L. Thurer), The Annals of thoracic surgery (1984)

While some studies of patients who undergo cardiac surgery have included such outcome measures as...

 
Physical, psychologic, social, and economic outcomes after cardiac valve surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Ira S. Ockene, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), Archives of internal medicine (1983)

Eighty-nine patients receiving cardiac valve replacement or surgery consisting of valve replacement and coronary artery...

 
Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 
Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 
Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. II. A six-month reassessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert W. Frater), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Three neuropsychological tests were administered to 245 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

Minnesota

Prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary heart disease: concordance between patient interviews and medical records (with Robert J. Goldberg, Paul G. McGovern, Thomas Guggina, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Russell V. Luepker), American heart journal (1998)

Patient-associated delay in seeking medical care in the setting of acute coronary disease is assuming...

 

Models, Econometric

What is the potential cost-effectiveness of enforcing a prohibition on the sale of tobacco to minors (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Richard M. Peck, and Thomas E. Radecki), Preventive medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND. Enforcement programs to halt the sale of tobacco to youths have been implemented across...

 

Mothers

Assessing mothers' attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion (with Tina L. Cheng, Carol Bigelow, Evan Charney, Sanjaya Kumar, and Thomas G. DeWitt), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed maternal attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion.

METHODS:...

 
Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 

Motivation

The effect of abstinence on cigarette consumption upon the resumption of smoking (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Addictive behaviors (2005)

To study the impact of abstinence on the number of cigarettes smoked per day upon...

 

Multivariate Analysis

The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 
Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 
Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 
Age-related trends (1986-1993) in the use of thrombolytic agents in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The Worcester Heart Attack Study (with Harish Chandra, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Robert J. Goldberg, Colleen Singleton, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Joel M. Gore), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

OBJECTIVE: To examine age-related differences and temporal trends in the use of thrombolytic therapy in...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 

Myocardial Infarction

Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 
Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective (with Robert J. Goldberg, Caitlin O'Donnell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Carol Bigelow, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (1998)

OBJECTIVES: To describe sex differences in symptom presentation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) while controlling...

 
Use of lipid-lowering medication in patients with acute myocardial infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study) (with Robert J. Goldberg, Ira S. Ockene, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Joel M. Gore), The American journal of cardiology (1997)

As part of a population-based longitudinal study, we examined the use of lipid-lowering medication in...

 
Age-related trends (1986-1993) in the use of thrombolytic agents in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The Worcester Heart Attack Study (with Harish Chandra, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Robert J. Goldberg, Colleen Singleton, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Joel M. Gore), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

OBJECTIVE: To examine age-related differences and temporal trends in the use of thrombolytic therapy in...

 
Health insurance coverage and outcome following acute myocardial infarction. A community-wide perspective (with Silvia Kreindel, Ronald Rosetti, Robert J. Goldberg, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Arthur Russo, and Carol Bigelow), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that type of medical insurance coverage is associated with hospital...

 
Effect of elevated leukocyte count on in-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction (with Mark I. Furman, Richard C. Becker, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), The American journal of cardiology (1996)

The peripheral white blood cell count on presentation with acute myocardial infarction directly correlates with...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 

Myocardial Reperfusion

Prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary heart disease: concordance between patient interviews and medical records (with Robert J. Goldberg, Paul G. McGovern, Thomas Guggina, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Russell V. Luepker), American heart journal (1998)

Patient-associated delay in seeking medical care in the setting of acute coronary disease is assuming...

 

Narcotics

Primary care provider concerns about management of chronic pain in community clinic populations (with Carole C. Upshur and Roger S. Luckmann), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a common patient complaint in primary care, yet providers and patients...

 

Nausea

Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience...

 

New England

Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 
Generalist-subspecialist communication for children with chronic conditions: a regional physician survey (with Christopher J. Stille and William A. Primack), Pediatrics (2003)

OBJECTIVE: To identify target areas for interventions to improve communication between pediatric generalists (PCPs) and...

 
A randomized trial of telephone counseling to promote screening mammography in two HMOs (with Roger Luckmann, Lynn Clemow, Anne M. Stoddard, and Mary E. Costanza), Cancer detection and prevention (2003)

Tailored telephone counseling (TTC) is effective in increasing utilization of screening mammography, but has received...

 

New Hampshire

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 

Nicotine

Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 

Obesity

Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 
Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health center (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, and Ellen Long-Middleton), The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice (2003)

BACKGROUND: Obesity is at epidemic proportions. This study examined the extent to which obesity is...

 

Occupational Diseases

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 

Occupations

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 

Odds Ratio

The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 
Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective (with Robert J. Goldberg, Caitlin O'Donnell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Carol Bigelow, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (1998)

OBJECTIVES: To describe sex differences in symptom presentation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) while controlling...

 
Use of lipid-lowering medication in patients with acute myocardial infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study) (with Robert J. Goldberg, Ira S. Ockene, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Joel M. Gore), The American journal of cardiology (1997)

As part of a population-based longitudinal study, we examined the use of lipid-lowering medication in...

 

Office Visits

Office-based medical care for work-related conditions: findings from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1997-1998 (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2002)

Data from the 1997 and 1998 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys were analyzed to describe...

 

Opioid-Related Disorders

Primary care provider concerns about management of chronic pain in community clinic populations (with Carole C. Upshur and Roger S. Luckmann), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a common patient complaint in primary care, yet providers and patients...

 

Organizational Objectives

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The effect of a global multiculturalism track on cultural competence of preclinical medical students (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of an elective (the Global Multiculturalism Track), including international and...

 
Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 

Organizational Policy

Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 

Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 

Outcome Assessment (Health Care)

Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 

Pain

Primary care provider concerns about management of chronic pain in community clinic populations (with Carole C. Upshur and Roger S. Luckmann), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a common patient complaint in primary care, yet providers and patients...

 
Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective (with Robert J. Goldberg, Caitlin O'Donnell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Carol Bigelow, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (1998)

OBJECTIVES: To describe sex differences in symptom presentation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) while controlling...

 
Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 

Patient Acceptance of Health Care

Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child health (with David Keller, Nathan Jones, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (2008)

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the medical-legal advocacy screening questionnaire (MASQ), a simple 10-item questionnaire,...

 
Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective (with Robert J. Goldberg, Caitlin O'Donnell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Carol Bigelow, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (1998)

OBJECTIVES: To describe sex differences in symptom presentation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) while controlling...

 
Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 

Patient Admission

Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective (with Robert J. Goldberg, Caitlin O'Donnell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Carol Bigelow, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (1998)

OBJECTIVES: To describe sex differences in symptom presentation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) while controlling...

 

Patient Care

Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 

Patient Care Team

Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 

Patient Compliance

Improving influenza vaccination rates in children with asthma: a test of a computerized reminder system and an analysis of factors predicting vaccination compliance (with Peter G. Szilagyi, Lance E. Rodewald, Lorrie Yoos, and Cynthia Doane), Pediatrics (1992)

Fewer than 10% of children with moderate or severe asthma receive an annual influenza vaccination...

 

Patient Discharge

Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 

Patient Education as Topic

Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 
Improving influenza vaccination rates in children with asthma: a test of a computerized reminder system and an analysis of factors predicting vaccination compliance (with Peter G. Szilagyi, Lance E. Rodewald, Lorrie Yoos, and Cynthia Doane), Pediatrics (1992)

Fewer than 10% of children with moderate or severe asthma receive an annual influenza vaccination...

 

Patient Satisfaction

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 
Health status of a low-income vulnerable population in a community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Maureen McMullen, Rebecca Kinney, Celeste A. Lemay, and Frances Anthes), The Journal of ambulatory care management (2005)

Healthcare safety net providers are under increasing pressure to meet the physical and mental health--as...

 
Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 

Pediatrics

Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 

Personal Autonomy

Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 

Personal Satisfaction

Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 

Personality

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The effect of medical students' international experiences on attitudes toward serving underserved multicultural populations (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2003)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of international electives on the attitudes of preclinical and clinical-year...

 

Personnel Selection

The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 

Personnel Staffing and Scheduling

The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in Massachusetts (with Jacob Drew, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Joseph Stenger), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2006)

CONTEXT: Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics...

 

Physical Examination

Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 

Physician's Practice Patterns

A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 
Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 

Physicians' Offices

Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 

Physicians, Family

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Community dimensions and HPSA practice location: 30 years of family medicine training (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Warren J. Ferguson, and Daniel H. Lasser), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to assess practicing family physicians' confidence and participation...

 
The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 

Plants, Toxic

Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Dorothy M. St. Cyr, and Mardia A. Coleman), Tobacco control (2000)

OBJECTIVES: It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs only...

 

Policy Making

Clinical health information technologies and the role of medicaid (with Shaun T. Alfreds, Michael A. Tutty, Scott Young, and Jay S. Himmelstein), Health care financing review (2007)

Clinical health information technologies (HIT) are widely viewed as essential tools for improving the quality...

 

Population Surveillance

Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 

Postoperative Complications

Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. I. Early assessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Michael D. Klein), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Two neuropsychological tests were administered to 227 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

Poverty

Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 
Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 
Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 

Predictive Value of Tests

Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child health (with David Keller, Nathan Jones, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (2008)

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the medical-legal advocacy screening questionnaire (MASQ), a simple 10-item questionnaire,...

 

Prevalence

Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 

Preventive Medicine

Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 

Primary Health Care

Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child health (with David Keller, Nathan Jones, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (2008)

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the medical-legal advocacy screening questionnaire (MASQ), a simple 10-item questionnaire,...

 
Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 

Probability

A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 

Professional Practice

Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 

Professional Practice Location

The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 

Prognosis

Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
Effect of elevated leukocyte count on in-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction (with Mark I. Furman, Richard C. Becker, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), The American journal of cardiology (1996)

The peripheral white blood cell count on presentation with acute myocardial infarction directly correlates with...

 
Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 

Program Evaluation

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 

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The effect of a global multiculturalism track on cultural competence of preclinical medical students (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of an elective (the Global Multiculturalism Track), including international and...

 

Proportional Hazards Models

Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 

Prospective Studies

Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 
Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Tobacco control (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use...

 
Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 
Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients with HMO and fee-for-service medical insurance (with Danny McCormick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of fee-for-service (FFS) versus HMO medical insurance coverage on receipt...

 

Psychological Tests

Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 

Psychometrics

A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in adult smokers (with Robert J. Wellman, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, and Joseph R. DiFranza), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2006)

Diminished autonomy is a core feature common to all forms of dependence involving drugs or...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience...

 
Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 

Quality of Health Care

Clinical health information technologies and the role of medicaid (with Shaun T. Alfreds, Michael A. Tutty, Scott Young, and Jay S. Himmelstein), Health care financing review (2007)

Clinical health information technologies (HIT) are widely viewed as essential tools for improving the quality...

 

Quality of Life

Physical, psychologic, social, and economic outcomes after cardiac valve surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Ira S. Ockene, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), Archives of internal medicine (1983)

Eighty-nine patients receiving cardiac valve replacement or surgery consisting of valve replacement and coronary artery...

 

Questionnaires

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in adult smokers (with Robert J. Wellman, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, and Joseph R. DiFranza), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2006)

Diminished autonomy is a core feature common to all forms of dependence involving drugs or...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Health status of a low-income vulnerable population in a community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Maureen McMullen, Rebecca Kinney, Celeste A. Lemay, and Frances Anthes), The Journal of ambulatory care management (2005)

Healthcare safety net providers are under increasing pressure to meet the physical and mental health--as...

 
Suspected infant abuse: radiographic skeletal survey practices in pediatric health care facilities (with Patricia L. Kleinman and Paul K. Kleinman), Radiology (2004)

PURPOSE: To determine current national radiographic skeletal survey imaging practices, including migration to digital technologies,...

 
Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 
Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 
Assessing mothers' attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion (with Tina L. Cheng, Carol Bigelow, Evan Charney, Sanjaya Kumar, and Thomas G. DeWitt), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed maternal attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion.

METHODS:...

 
Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 
Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 

Radiographic Image Enhancement

Suspected infant abuse: radiographic skeletal survey practices in pediatric health care facilities (with Patricia L. Kleinman and Paul K. Kleinman), Radiology (2004)

PURPOSE: To determine current national radiographic skeletal survey imaging practices, including migration to digital technologies,...

 

Radiography

Suspected infant abuse: radiographic skeletal survey practices in pediatric health care facilities (with Patricia L. Kleinman and Paul K. Kleinman), Radiology (2004)

PURPOSE: To determine current national radiographic skeletal survey imaging practices, including migration to digital technologies,...

 

Random Allocation

Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 

Referral and Consultation

Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child health (with David Keller, Nathan Jones, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (2008)

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the medical-legal advocacy screening questionnaire (MASQ), a simple 10-item questionnaire,...

 
A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 

Registries

Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary heart disease: concordance between patient interviews and medical records (with Robert J. Goldberg, Paul G. McGovern, Thomas Guggina, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Russell V. Luepker), American heart journal (1998)

Patient-associated delay in seeking medical care in the setting of acute coronary disease is assuming...

 

Regression Analysis

Is the standard compliance check protocol a valid measure of the accessibility of tobacco to underage smokers (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Joseph Bouchard), Tobacco control (2001)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if the standard compliance check protocol is a valid measure of the...

 
Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 
Age-related trends (1986-1993) in the use of thrombolytic agents in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The Worcester Heart Attack Study (with Harish Chandra, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Robert J. Goldberg, Colleen Singleton, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Joel M. Gore), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

OBJECTIVE: To examine age-related differences and temporal trends in the use of thrombolytic therapy in...

 
Effect of elevated leukocyte count on in-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction (with Mark I. Furman, Richard C. Becker, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), The American journal of cardiology (1996)

The peripheral white blood cell count on presentation with acute myocardial infarction directly correlates with...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 
Predictors of employment status after cardiac surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, Philip Denlinger, Ronald M. Weintraub, and R. L. Goldstein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

Preoperative predictors of postoperative employment status were studied in 228 patients (aged 25 to 64...

 

Relaxation

Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 
Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience...

 

Reproducibility of Results

Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 

Retirement

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 

Retrospective Studies

A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 
The effect of abstinence on cigarette consumption upon the resumption of smoking (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Addictive behaviors (2005)

To study the impact of abstinence on the number of cigarettes smoked per day upon...

 
Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience...

 
Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Tobacco control (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use...

 
Use of lipid-lowering medication in patients with acute myocardial infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study) (with Robert J. Goldberg, Ira S. Ockene, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Joel M. Gore), The American journal of cardiology (1997)

As part of a population-based longitudinal study, we examined the use of lipid-lowering medication in...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 

Risk

Health insurance coverage and outcome following acute myocardial infarction. A community-wide perspective (with Silvia Kreindel, Ronald Rosetti, Robert J. Goldberg, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Arthur Russo, and Carol Bigelow), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that type of medical insurance coverage is associated with hospital...

 

Risk Assessment

Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 

Risk Factors

Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 
Trait anxiety and nicotine dependence in adolescents: a report from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) and the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) were...

 
Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 
Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Tobacco control (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use...

 

Rural Health Services

The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in Massachusetts (with Jacob Drew, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Joseph Stenger), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2006)

CONTEXT: Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics...

 

Saliva

Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 

School Health Services

Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 

Schools

Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 

Self Efficacy

Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 

Sensitivity and Specificity

Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' records (with Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Patricia A. Reidy), Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (2005)

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as...

 

Severity of Illness Index

Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 

Sex Factors

Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective (with Robert J. Goldberg, Caitlin O'Donnell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Carol Bigelow, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (1998)

OBJECTIVES: To describe sex differences in symptom presentation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) while controlling...

 
Youth access to tobacco: the effects of age, gender, vending machine locks, and "it's the law" programs (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Bryan F. Aisquith), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVES. This study evaluated the influence of age, gender, vending machine lockout devices, and tobacco...

 

Sleep Disorders

Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 

Smoking

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Symptoms of diminished autonomy over cigarettes with non-daily use (with Paul D. Mowery and Joseph R. DiFranza), International journal of environmental research and public health (2009)

Data from a nationally representative sample of smokers (ages 12-22 years, n=2,091) was examined to...

 

PDF

Enforcement of underage sales laws as a predictor of daily smoking among adolescents: a national study (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Kenneth E. Fletcher), BMC public health (2009)

BACKGROUND: With a goal to reduce youth smoking rates, the U.S. federal government mandated...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
The effect of abstinence on cigarette consumption upon the resumption of smoking (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Addictive behaviors (2005)

To study the impact of abstinence on the number of cigarettes smoked per day upon...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Short term patterns of early smoking acquisition (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Gretchen Dussault), Tobacco control (2004)

OBJECTIVE: To describe short term patterns of smoking acquisition exhibited by adolescent smokers.

DESIGN: Interview...

 
Trait anxiety and nicotine dependence in adolescents: a report from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) and the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) were...

 
Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 
Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Tobacco control (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use...

 
Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 
Is the standard compliance check protocol a valid measure of the accessibility of tobacco to underage smokers (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Joseph Bouchard), Tobacco control (2001)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if the standard compliance check protocol is a valid measure of the...

 
What is the potential cost-effectiveness of enforcing a prohibition on the sale of tobacco to minors (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Richard M. Peck, and Thomas E. Radecki), Preventive medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND. Enforcement programs to halt the sale of tobacco to youths have been implemented across...

 
Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Dorothy M. St. Cyr, and Mardia A. Coleman), Tobacco control (2000)

OBJECTIVES: It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs only...

 
Youth access to tobacco: the effects of age, gender, vending machine locks, and "it's the law" programs (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Bryan F. Aisquith), American journal of public health (1996)

OBJECTIVES. This study evaluated the influence of age, gender, vending machine lockout devices, and tobacco...

 
Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 

Smoking Cessation

Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
The effect of abstinence on cigarette consumption upon the resumption of smoking (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Addictive behaviors (2005)

To study the impact of abstinence on the number of cigarettes smoked per day upon...

 
Short term patterns of early smoking acquisition (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Gretchen Dussault), Tobacco control (2004)

OBJECTIVE: To describe short term patterns of smoking acquisition exhibited by adolescent smokers.

DESIGN: Interview...

 
Trait anxiety and nicotine dependence in adolescents: a report from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) and the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) were...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 
What is the potential cost-effectiveness of enforcing a prohibition on the sale of tobacco to minors (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Richard M. Peck, and Thomas E. Radecki), Preventive medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND. Enforcement programs to halt the sale of tobacco to youths have been implemented across...

 
Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Dorothy M. St. Cyr, and Mardia A. Coleman), Tobacco control (2000)

OBJECTIVES: It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs only...

 

Social Adjustment

Functional benefits following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert L. Thurer), The Annals of thoracic surgery (1984)

While some studies of patients who undergo cardiac surgery have included such outcome measures as...

 

Social Control, Formal

Is the standard compliance check protocol a valid measure of the accessibility of tobacco to underage smokers (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Joseph Bouchard), Tobacco control (2001)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if the standard compliance check protocol is a valid measure of the...

 

Social Environment

The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America (with Joseph Stenger and Suzanne B. Cashman), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2008)

CONTEXT: Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 

Social Support

Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 
Correlates of angina pectoris among men awaiting coronary by-pass surgery (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Michael D. Klein, and Dwight E. Harken), Psychosomatic medicine (1983)

Biomedical, behavioral, and psychological correlates of angina pectoris were identified in 204 men awaiting coronary...

 

Social Welfare

Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 

Socioeconomic Factors

Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Characteristics of patients at three free clinics (with Rachel Mott Keis, Linda Gifford DeGeus, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examined factors associated with the use of three free clinics located in Central...

 
Expectations, goals, and perceived effectiveness of child health supervision: a study of mothers in a pediatric practice (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, Carol Bigelow, and Evan Charney), Clinical pediatrics (1996)

The purpose of the study was to assess parent expectations and goals in child health...

 

Specialties, Medical

The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in Massachusetts (with Jacob Drew, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Joseph Stenger), The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2006)

CONTEXT: Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics...

 

State Government

Clinical health information technologies and the role of medicaid (with Shaun T. Alfreds, Michael A. Tutty, Scott Young, and Jay S. Himmelstein), Health care financing review (2007)

Clinical health information technologies (HIT) are widely viewed as essential tools for improving the quality...

 

Stress, Psychological

Trait anxiety and nicotine dependence in adolescents: a report from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) and the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) were...

 

Students

Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 
Confidentiality in health care. A survey of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among high school students (with Tina L. Cheng, Ann L. Sattler, and Thomas G. DeWitt), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1993)

OBJECTIVE--To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care confidentiality.

DESIGN--Anonymous self-report survey with...

 

Students, Medical

Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent (with Michael A. Godkin and Kenneth E. Fletcher), Teaching and learning in medicine (2006)

BACKGROUND: The increase in people with insufficient health insurance has largely been fueled by a...

 

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The effect of medical students' international experiences on attitudes toward serving underserved multicultural populations (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2003)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of international electives on the attitudes of preclinical and clinical-year...

 

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The effect of a global multiculturalism track on cultural competence of preclinical medical students (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of an elective (the Global Multiculturalism Track), including international and...

 

Substance-Related Disorders

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Symptoms of diminished autonomy over cigarettes with non-daily use (with Paul D. Mowery and Joseph R. DiFranza), International journal of environmental research and public health (2009)

Data from a nationally representative sample of smokers (ages 12-22 years, n=2,091) was examined to...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 
Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Tobacco control (2002)

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use...

 

Survival Rate

A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 

Teaching

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Lesson in a pill box: teaching about the challenges of medication adherence (with Darlene M. O'Connor, David B. Centerbar, Kimberly N. Wamback, Jennifer S. Ingle, and Nicole J. Lomerson), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Medication mismanagement is a serious health issue affecting elders and people...

 

Telephone

A randomized trial of telephone counseling to promote screening mammography in two HMOs (with Roger Luckmann, Lynn Clemow, Anne M. Stoddard, and Mary E. Costanza), Cancer detection and prevention (2003)

Tailored telephone counseling (TTC) is effective in increasing utilization of screening mammography, but has received...

 

Thrombolytic Therapy

Prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary heart disease: concordance between patient interviews and medical records (with Robert J. Goldberg, Paul G. McGovern, Thomas Guggina, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Russell V. Luepker), American heart journal (1998)

Patient-associated delay in seeking medical care in the setting of acute coronary disease is assuming...

 
Age-related trends (1986-1993) in the use of thrombolytic agents in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The Worcester Heart Attack Study (with Harish Chandra, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Robert J. Goldberg, Colleen Singleton, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Joel M. Gore), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

OBJECTIVE: To examine age-related differences and temporal trends in the use of thrombolytic therapy in...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 

Time Factors

A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
The effect of abstinence on cigarette consumption upon the resumption of smoking (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Addictive behaviors (2005)

To study the impact of abstinence on the number of cigarettes smoked per day upon...

 
Symptoms of nicotine dependence and other predictors of student smoking at school: implications for school smoking policy (with Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Michael Nicolaou), The Journal of school health (2003)

Students who violate school smoking policies present a difficult health and disciplinary issue for school...

 
Office-based medical care for work-related conditions: findings from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1997-1998 (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2002)

Data from the 1997 and 1998 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys were analyzed to describe...

 
Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 
Prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary heart disease: concordance between patient interviews and medical records (with Robert J. Goldberg, Paul G. McGovern, Thomas Guggina, Wayne D. Rosamond, and Russell V. Luepker), American heart journal (1998)

Patient-associated delay in seeking medical care in the setting of acute coronary disease is assuming...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 
Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 

Tobacco

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Symptoms of diminished autonomy over cigarettes with non-daily use (with Paul D. Mowery and Joseph R. DiFranza), International journal of environmental research and public health (2009)

Data from a nationally representative sample of smokers (ages 12-22 years, n=2,091) was examined to...

 

PDF

Enforcement of underage sales laws as a predictor of daily smoking among adolescents: a national study (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Kenneth E. Fletcher), BMC public health (2009)

BACKGROUND: With a goal to reduce youth smoking rates, the U.S. federal government mandated...

 
Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Dorothy M. St. Cyr, and Mardia A. Coleman), Tobacco control (2000)

OBJECTIVES: It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs only...

 

Tobacco Industry

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Enforcement of underage sales laws as a predictor of daily smoking among adolescents: a national study (with Joseph R. DiFranza and Kenneth E. Fletcher), BMC public health (2009)

BACKGROUND: With a goal to reduce youth smoking rates, the U.S. federal government mandated...

 

Tobacco Use Disorder

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Symptoms of diminished autonomy over cigarettes with non-daily use (with Paul D. Mowery and Joseph R. DiFranza), International journal of environmental research and public health (2009)

Data from a nationally representative sample of smokers (ages 12-22 years, n=2,091) was examined to...

 
Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Constance Wood, Gretchen Dussault, and Robert J. Wellman), Pediatrics (2007)

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, Constance Wood, and Robert J. Wellman), Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (2007)

OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in...

 
A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in adult smokers (with Robert J. Wellman, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, and Joseph R. DiFranza), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2006)

Diminished autonomy is a core feature common to all forms of dependence involving drugs or...

 
The effect of abstinence on cigarette consumption upon the resumption of smoking (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Addictive behaviors (2005)

To study the impact of abstinence on the number of cigarettes smoked per day upon...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Short term patterns of early smoking acquisition (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Gretchen Dussault), Tobacco control (2004)

OBJECTIVE: To describe short term patterns of smoking acquisition exhibited by adolescent smokers.

DESIGN: Interview...

 
Trait anxiety and nicotine dependence in adolescents: a report from the DANDY study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) and the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) were...

 
Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Addictive behaviors (2004)

CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience...

 
Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Judith K. Ockene, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Mardia A. Coleman, and Constance Wood), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (2002)

CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However,...

 
Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Dorothy M. St. Cyr, and Mardia A. Coleman), Tobacco control (2000)

OBJECTIVES: It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs only...

 

Trail Making Test

Coronary artery bypass surgery. Physical, psychological, social, and economic outcomes six months later (with C. David Jenkins, Babette-Ann Stanton, Philip Denlinger, and Michael D. Klein), JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (1983)

To evaluate the benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, we interviewed and tested...

 
Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. II. A six-month reassessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert W. Frater), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Three neuropsychological tests were administered to 245 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

Treatment Outcome

A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients. (with Phillip O. Fournier and Robert A. Baldor), The Journal of family practice (2008)

PURPOSE: With the rapid development (and complex prescribing patterns) of drugs for HIV/AIDS care, it...

 
Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 
Outcomes in work-related injuries: a comparison of older and younger workers (with Glenn S. Pransky, Katy L. Benjamin, Douglas Currivan, and Kenneth E. Fletcher), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: The "graying of the workforce" has generated concerns about the physical capacity of older...

 
Health insurance coverage and outcome following acute myocardial infarction. A community-wide perspective (with Silvia Kreindel, Ronald Rosetti, Robert J. Goldberg, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Arthur Russo, and Carol Bigelow), Archives of internal medicine (1997)

BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that type of medical insurance coverage is associated with hospital...

 

Triage

Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 

United States

Clinical health information technologies and the role of medicaid (with Shaun T. Alfreds, Michael A. Tutty, Scott Young, and Jay S. Himmelstein), Health care financing review (2007)

Clinical health information technologies (HIT) are widely viewed as essential tools for improving the quality...

 
Factors affecting the organizational responses of employers to workers with injuries (with Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Glenn S. Pransky, William S. Shaw, and Katy L. Benjamin), Work (Reading, Mass.) (2005)

The organizational responses of employers to work-related injuries is one of several significant influences on...

 
Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 
Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (with Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton), Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2005)

The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess...

 
Suspected infant abuse: radiographic skeletal survey practices in pediatric health care facilities (with Patricia L. Kleinman and Paul K. Kleinman), Radiology (2004)

PURPOSE: To determine current national radiographic skeletal survey imaging practices, including migration to digital technologies,...

 
Office-based medical care for work-related conditions: findings from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1997-1998 (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2002)

Data from the 1997 and 1998 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys were analyzed to describe...

 

PDF

The effect of a global multiculturalism track on cultural competence of preclinical medical students (with Michael A. Godkin), Family medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of an elective (the Global Multiculturalism Track), including international and...

 
What is the potential cost-effectiveness of enforcing a prohibition on the sale of tobacco to minors (with Joseph R. DiFranza, Richard M. Peck, and Thomas E. Radecki), Preventive medicine (2001)

BACKGROUND. Enforcement programs to halt the sale of tobacco to youths have been implemented across...

 
Determinants of counseling in primary care pediatric practice: physician attitudes about time, money, and health issues (with Tina L. Cheng, Thomas G. DeWitt, and Karen G. O'Connor), Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine (1999)

OBJECTIVES: To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use social learning...

 
Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 
Emergency department utilization in a large pediatric group practice (with D. MacKoul, M. Feldman, and A. Krumholz), American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality (1995)

The effect of a triage and care system, which employs continued patient education, alternatives to...

 

Urban Health

Gender differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective (with Jorge L. Yarzebski, Nananda Col, Paul Pagley, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg), American heart journal (1996)

In spite of national interest in gender differences in the presentation and management of chronic...

 

Urban Health Services

Health status of a low-income vulnerable population in a community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Maureen McMullen, Rebecca Kinney, Celeste A. Lemay, and Frances Anthes), The Journal of ambulatory care management (2005)

Healthcare safety net providers are under increasing pressure to meet the physical and mental health--as...

 

Urban Population

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Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits (with Chris Wheelock, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Group visits have the potential to benefit patients with chronic illnesses....

 
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center (with Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman), Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2006)

BACKGROUND: As high utilizers of health care resources, frequent attenders to medical practices pose a...

 
Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health center (with Suzanne B. Cashman, Celeste A. Lemay, and Warren Ferguson), Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (2004)

This study examines the relationship between patient health status and the likelihood of missing appointments...

 

Urinary Incontinence, Stress

Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 

Urinary Retention

Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 

Urodynamics

Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 

Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male

Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling (with Kenneth I. Barron, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse), International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2006)

We set out to identify predictors of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling. The...

 

Wechsler Scales

Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation. II. A six-month reassessment (with Babette-Ann Stanton, C. David Jenkins, and Robert W. Frater), The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1982)

Three neuropsychological tests were administered to 245 men and women, ages 25 to 69 years,...

 

Work Capacity Evaluation

Outcomes in work-related injuries: a comparison of older and younger workers (with Glenn S. Pransky, Katy L. Benjamin, Douglas Currivan, and Kenneth E. Fletcher), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: The "graying of the workforce" has generated concerns about the physical capacity of older...

 

Workplace

Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses (with Allard E. Dembe, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Steven M. Banks), Journal of the National Medical Association (2005)

OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study uses nationally representative data to evaluate the extent to which ambulatory...

 

Wounds and Injuries

Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury (with Katy L. Benjamin and Glenn S. Pransky), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSES: Job lock (inability to leave a job due to financial or benefits needs)...

 
Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice. (with Leslie R. Harrold, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin), Disability and rehabilitation (2008)

PURPOSE: Primary care physicians care for work-injured women and men, yet there is little information...

 
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk (with Glenn S. Pransky and Katy L. Benjamin), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in...

 
Outcomes in work-related injuries: a comparison of older and younger workers (with Glenn S. Pransky, Katy L. Benjamin, Douglas Currivan, and Kenneth E. Fletcher), American journal of industrial medicine (2005)

BACKGROUND: The "graying of the workforce" has generated concerns about the physical capacity of older...

 

Young Adult

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Lesson in a pill box: teaching about the challenges of medication adherence (with Darlene M. O'Connor, David B. Centerbar, Kimberly N. Wamback, Jennifer S. Ingle, and Nicole J. Lomerson), Family medicine (2009)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Medication mismanagement is a serious health issue affecting elders and people...