Publications from 2010
A systematic review of the International Classification of Diseases criteria for the diagnosis of tobacco dependence, Joseph R. DiFranza and W. W. Sanouri A. Ursprung
New insights into the compulsion to use tobacco from an adolescent case-series, Joseph R. DiFranza, W. W. Sanouri A. Ursprung, and Alisha Carson
A systematic review of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual diagnostic criteria for nicotine dependence, Joseph R. DiFranza, W. W. Sanouri A. Ursprung, Beatrice Lauzon, Christina Bancej, Robert J. Wellman, Douglas M. Ziedonis, Sun S. Kim, Andre Gervais, Bruce Meltzer, Colleen E. McKay, Jennifer O'Loughlin, Chizimuzo T. C. Okoli, Lisa R. Fortuna, and Michele Tremblay
Primary care, economic barriers to health care, and use of colorectal cancer screening tests among Medicare enrollees over time, Chyke A. Doubeni, Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, Angela (Young) Higgins, Carrie N. Klabunde, George W. Reed, Terry S. Field, and Robert H. Fletcher
Racial and ethnic trends of colorectal cancer screening among Medicare enrollees, Chyke A. Doubeni, Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, Carrie N. Klabunde, Angela (Young) Higgins, Terry S. Field, and Robert H. Fletcher
Primary care, economic barriers to health care, and use of colorectal cancer screening tests among Medicare enrollees over time, Chyke A. Doubeni, Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, Angela C. Young, Carrie N. Klabunde, George W. Reed, Terry S. Field, and Robert H. Fletcher
Early course of nicotine dependence in adolescent smokers, Chyke A. Doubeni, George W. Reed, and Joseph R. DiFranza
Modern moulage: evaluating the use of 3-dimensional prosthetic mimics in a dermatology teaching program for second-year medical students, Amit Garg, Heather-Lyn Haley, and David S. Hatem
Effect of financial incentives on improvement in medical quality indicators for primary care, Thomas F. Gavagan, Hongyan Du, Barry G. Saver, Gerald J. Adams, Douglas M. Graham, Regina McCray, and G. Ken Goodrick
Race and colorectal cancer disparities: health-care utilization vs different cancer susceptibilities, Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, Chyke A. Doubeni, Paul F. Pinsky, V. Paul Doria-Rose, Robert Bresalier, Lois E. Lamerato, E. David Crawford, Paul Kvale, Mona N. Fouad, Thomas Hickey, Thomas Riley, Joel Weissfeld, Robert E. Schoen, Pamela M. Marcus, Philip C. Prorok, and Christine D. Berg
Human Emotion and Response in Surgery (HEARS): a simulation-based curriculum for communication skills, systems-based practice, and professionalism in surgical residency training, Anne C. Larkin, Mitchell Cahan, Giles F. Whalen, David S. Hatem, Susan Starr, Heather-Lyn Haley, Demetrius E. M. Litwin, Kate Sullivan, and Mark E. Quirk
Lessons learned from a collaborative to improve care for patients with diabetes in 17 community health centers, Massachusetts, 2006, Celeste A. Lemay, Brianne M. Beagan, Warren J. Ferguson, and J. Lee Hargraves
Multi-Disciplinary Experts Supporting Graduate Medical Education through Participation in COMPLETE Chart Rounds, Len L. Levin, Suzanne B. Cashman, Heather-Lyn Haley, Marie Caggiano, Konstantinos Deligiannidis, Judith M. Nordberg, Stacy Potts, and Warren J. Ferguson
Design of a handheld electronic pain, treatment and activity diary, Roger S. Luckmann and Amin Vidal
Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and mortality: NIH-AARP diet and health study, Jacqueline M. Major, Chyke A. Doubeni, Neal D. Freedman, Yikyung Park, Min Lian, Albert R. Hollenbeck, Arthur Schatzkin, Barry I. Graubard, and Rashmi Sinha
Media messages about cancer: what do people understand, Kathleen M. Mazor, Josephine Calvi, Rebecca Cowan, Mary E. Costanza, Paul K. J. Han, Sarah M. Greene, Laura Saccoccio, Erica Cove, Douglas W. Roblin, and Andrew Williams
Creating Opportunities for Success: Working with Trauma Survivors in the Shelter Setting, Joanne Nicholson, Linda F. Weinreb, Tina Runyan, and Kathleen Biebel
Promoting self-directed learning skills in residency: a case study in program development, Melissa Nothnagle, Roberta Goldman, Mark E. Quirk, and Shmuel Reis
Iatrogenic disability and narcotics addiction after lumbar fusion in a worker's compensation claimant, Philip D. Parks, Glenn S. Pransky, and Stefanos N. Kales
Translational Research at Community Health Centers: Challenges and Successes in Recruiting and Retaining Low-Income Latino Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Into a Randomized Clinical Trial, Milagros C. Rosal, Mary Jo White, Amy Borg, Jeffrey Scavron, Lucy M. Candib, Ira S. Ockene, and Robert P. Magner
One system for electronic health records, Barry G. Saver
Psychiatric disorders and risk of transition to chronicity in men with first onset low back pain, William S. Shaw, Adrienne J. Means-Christensen, Mark A. Slater, John S. Webster, Thomas L. Patterson, Igor Grant, Steven R. Garfin, Dennis R. Wahlgren, Shetal Patel, and J. Hampton Atkinson
Women-Centered Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth, Sara G. Shields and Lucy M. Candib
The Central Massachusetts Oral Health Initiative (CMOHI): a successful public-private community health collaboration, Hugh Silk, John Gusha, Ben Adler, Ellen Sachs Leicher, Lorenz J. Finison, Michael E. Huppert, Sheila O’Grady Stille, and Janice B. Yost
Validation of a risk factor-based intervention strategy model using data from the readiness for return to work cohort study, Ivan A. Steenstra, Selahadin A. Ibrahim, Renee-Louise Franche, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, William S. Shaw, and Glenn S. Pransky
A healthy bottom line: healthy life expectancy as an outcome measure for health improvement efforts, Matthew C. Stiefel, Rocco J. Perla, and Bonnie L. Zell
Managing pain in the workplace: a focus group study of challenges, strategies and what matters most to workers with low back pain, Torill Helene Tveito, William S. Shaw, Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Michael Nicholas, and Gregory Wagner
The loss of autonomy over smoking in relation to lifetime cigarette consumption, W. W. Sanouri A. Ursprung and Joseph R. DiFranza
Development of a Measure of the Latency to Needing a Cigarette, W. W. Sanouri A. Ursprung, Paola Morello, Bernice Gershenson, and Joseph R. DiFranza
Exiting shelter: an epidemiological analysis of barriers and facilitators for families, Linda F. Weinreb, Debra J. Rog, and Kathryn A. Henderson
Screening for Childhood Trauma in Adult Primary Care Patients: A Cross-Sectional Survey, Linda F. Weinreb, Judith A. Savageau, Lucy M. Candib, George Reed, Kenneth E. Fletcher, and J. Lee Hargraves
Publications from 2009
Community dimensions and HPSA practice location: 30 years of family medicine training, Suzanne B. Cashman, Judith A. Savageau, Warren J. Ferguson, and Daniel H. Lasser
Moving mammogram-reluctant women to screening: a pilot study, Mary E. Costanza, Roger S. Luckmann, Mary Jo White, Milagros C. Rosal, Nancy R. LaPelle, and Caroline Cranos
Enforcement of underage sales laws as a predictor of daily smoking among adolescents: a national study, Joseph R. DiFranza, Judith A. Savageau, and Kenneth E. Fletcher
The Autonomy Over Smoking Scale, Joseph R. DiFranza, Robert J. Wellman, W. W. Sanouri A. Ursprung, and Catherine Sabiston
Socioeconomic and racial patterns of colorectal cancer screening among Medicare enrollees in 2000 to 2005, Chyke A. Doubeni, Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, George W. Reed, Terry S. Field, and Robert H. Fletcher
Family medicine residency characteristics associated with practice in a health professions shortage area, Warren J. Ferguson, Suzanne B. Cashman, Judith A. Savageau, and Daniel H. Lasser
Correctional health curriculum enhancement through focus groups, Heather-Lyn Haley, Warren J. Ferguson, Arthur Brewer, and Janet Hale
Elders with Serious Mental Illness: Lost Opportunities and New Policy Options, Darlene M. O'Connor, Faith C. Little, and Richard H. McManus
Lesson in a pill box: teaching about the challenges of medication adherence, Darlene M. O'Connor, Judith A. Savageau, David B. Centerbar, Kimberly N. Wamback, Jennifer S. Ingle, and Nicole J. Lomerson
Symptoms of diminished autonomy over cigarettes with non-daily use, Judith A. Savageau, Paul D. Mowery, and Joseph R. DiFranza
Racial disparities in diabetes and physicians: lack of association does not indicate cause or cure, Barry G. Saver
No pain, but no gain? The disappearance of angina hospitalizations, 1992-1999, Barry G. Saver, Sharon A. Dobie, Pamela K. Green, Ching-Yun Wang, and Laura-Mae Baldwin
A pilot study of early childhood mental health consultation for children with behavioral problems in preschool, Carole C. Upshur, Melodie Wenz-Gross, and George W. Reed
Might expectations explain early self-reported symptoms of nicotine dependence, W. W. Sanouri A. Ursprung, Sharon M. DiFranza, Andrew D. Costa, and Joseph R. DiFranza
The contribution of longitudinal comorbidity measurements to survival analysis, C. Y. Wang, Laura-Mae Baldwin, Barry G. Saver, Sharon A. Dobie, Pamela K. Green, Yong Cai, and Carrie N. Klabunde
An empirical model to estimate the potential impact of medication safety alerts on patient safety, health care utilization, and cost in ambulatory care, Saul N. Weingart, Brett Simchowitz, Harper Padolsky, Thomas Isaac, Andrew C. Seger, Michael P. Massagli, Roger B. Davis, and Joel S. Weissman
Improving the health of diabetic patients through resident-initiated group visits, Chris Wheelock, Judith A. Savageau, Hugh Silk, and Scott Lee
Publications from 2008
Factors associated with retirement-related job lock in older workers with recent occupational injury, Katy L. Benjamin, Glenn S. Pransky, and Judith A. Savageau
Screening for type 2 diabetes: Why patients who self monitor glucose might be more depressed, Lucy M. Candib
Creating open access to exercise for low-income patients through a community collaboration for quality improvement: if you build it, they will come, Lucy M. Candib, Matthew A. Silva, Suzanne B. Cashman, Deborah R. Ellstrom, and Mallett Mallett
The power and the promise: working with communities to analyze data, interpret findings, and get to outcomes, Suzanne B. Cashman, Sarah Adeky, Alex J. Allen, Jason Corburn, Barbara A. Israel, Jaime Montaño, Alvin Rafelito, Scott D. Rhodes, Samara Swanston, Nina Wallerstein, and Eugenia Eng
Service-learning: an integral part of undergraduate public health, Suzanne B. Cashman and Sarena D. Seifer
Systemic antibiotics and tooth loss in periodontal disease, Joana Cunha-Cruz, Philippe P. Hujoel, Gerardo Maupome, and Barry G. Saver
Let the children be heard: lessons from studies of the early onset of tobacco addiction, Joseph R. DiFranza and Julius B. Richmond
The latency to the onset of nicotine withdrawal: a test of the sensitization-homeostasis theory, Joseph R. DiFranza and W. W. Sanouri A. Ursprung
Between two worlds: a multi-institutional qualitative analysis of students' reflections on joining the medical profession., Melissa A. Fischer, Heather E. Harrell, Heather-Lyn Haley, Adam S. Cifu, Eric J. Alper, Krista M. Johnson, and David S. Hatem
A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients., Phillip O. Fournier, Judith A. Savageau, and Robert A. Baldor
Interprofessional prevention education: changing the future of health professions education, David R. Garr, Clyde H. Evans, and Suzanne B. Cashman
The role of relationships in the professional formation of physicians: case report and illustration of an elicitation technique, Paul Haidet, David S. Hatem, Mary Lynn Fecile, Howard F. Stein, Heather-Lyn Haley, Barbara Kimmel, David L. Mossbarger, and Thomas S. Inui
Understanding the role of sex differences in work injuries: implications for primary care practice., Leslie R. Harrold, Judith A. Savageau, Glenn S. Pransky, and Katy L. Benjamin
Applying patient perspectives on caring to curriculum development, David S. Hatem, Kathleen M. Mazor, Melissa A. Fischer, Mary Philbin, and Mark E. Quirk
Long-term use of medications and destructive periodontal disease, Philippe P. Hujoel, Joana Cunha-Cruz, Gerardo Maupome, and Barry G. Saver
Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child health, David Keller, Nathan Jones, Judith A. Savageau, and Suzanne B. Cashman
Staging mammography nonadherent women: a qualitative study, Nancy R. LaPelle, Mary E. Costanza, Roger S. Luckmann, Milagros C. Rosal, Mary Jo White, and Jennifer Rider Stark
The body mass index of teen mothers and their toddler children, Celeste A. Lemay, Dianne S. Elfenbein, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Marianne E. Felice
Imaging brain activation in nicotine-sensitized rats, Zhixin Li, Joseph R. DiFranza, Robert J. Wellman, Praveen P. Kulkarni, and Jean A. King
“Enough about Me, Let’s Get Back to You”: Physician Self-disclosure during Primary Care Encounters, Diane S. Morse, Susan H. McDaniel, Lucy M. Candib, and Mary Catherine Beach
How patients perceive a doctor's caring attitude, Mark E. Quirk, Kathleen M. Mazor, Heather-Lyn Haley, Mary Philbin, Melissa A. Fischer, Kate Sullivan, and David S. Hatem
The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town America, Joseph Stenger, Suzanne B. Cashman, and Judith A. Savageau
A survey of primary care provider attitudes and behaviors regarding treatment of adult depression: what changes after a collaborative care intervention, Carole C. Upshur and Linda F. Weinreb
Publications from 2007
How turning a QI project into "research" almost sank a great program, Lucy M. Candib
Using tailored telephone counseling to accelerate the adoption of colorectal cancer screening, Mary E. Costanza, Roger S. Luckmann, Anne M. Stoddard, Mary Jo White, Jennifer Rider Stark, Jill S. Avrunin, Milagros C. Rosal, and Lynn Clemow
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study., Joseph R. DiFranza, Judith A. Savageau, 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
Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 study, Joseph R. DiFranza, Judith A. Savageau, 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
Racial differences in tumor stage and survival for colorectal cancer in an insured population, Chyke A. Doubeni, Terry S. Field, Diana S. M. Buist, Eli J. Korner, Carol Bigelow, Lois E. Lamerato, Lisa J. Herrinton, Virginia P. Quinn, Gene Hart, Mark C. Hornbrook, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Edward H. Wagner
Adolescent mothers' attitudes toward contraceptive use before and after pregnancy, Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Dianne S. Elfenbein, and Marianne E. Felice
The video-based test of communication skills: description, development, and preliminary findings, Kathleen M. Mazor, Heather-Lyn Haley, Kate Sullivan, and Mark E. Quirk
A tale of two studies: the importance of setting, subjects and context in two randomized, controlled trials of a web-based decision support for perimenopausal and postmenopausal health decisions, Barry G. Saver, David Gustafson, Thomas R. Taylor, Robert P. Hawkins, Nancy F. Woods, Susan Dinauer, Susan Casey, and Aileen MacLaren-Loranger
Are statins associated with decreased tooth loss in chronic periodontitis, Barry G. Saver, Philippe P. Hujoel, Joana Cunha-Cruz, and Gerardo Maupome
A qualitative study of depression in primary care: missed opportunities for diagnosis and education, Barry G. Saver, Victoria Van-Nguyen, Gina Keppel, and Mark P. Doescher
Treatment practices and outcomes of patients with established peripheral arterial disease hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction in a community setting, Frederick A. Spencer, Darleen M. Lessard, Chyke A. Doubeni, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg
Physicians' perceptions of adult patients' history of child abuse in family medicine settings, Linda F. Weinreb, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lucy M. Candib, and Gonzalo Bacigalupe
Publications from 2006
Clinical health information technologies and the role of medicaid, Shaun T. Alfreds, Michael A. Tutty, Judith A. Savageau, Scott Young, and Jay S. Himmelstein
Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling, Kenneth I. Barron, Judith A. Savageau, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse
Writing troubles for women clinicians: Turning weakness into strength through writing-in-relation, Lucy M. Candib
Paying physicians for quality: evidence and themes from the field, Douglas A. Conrad, Barry G. Saver, Beverly Court, and Sarah Heath
Statin use and tooth loss in chronic periodontitis patients, Joana Cunha-Cruz, Barry G. Saver, G. Maupome, and Philippe P. Hujoel
The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in Massachusetts, Jacob Drew, Suzanne B. Cashman, Judith A. Savageau, and Joseph Stenger
Effect of a global longitudinal pathway on medical students' attitudes toward the medically indigent, Michael A. Godkin, Judith A. Savageau, and Kenneth E. Fletcher
Factors affecting the organizational responses of employers to workers with injuries, Yueng-Hsiang Huang, Glenn S. Pransky, William S. Shaw, Katy L. Benjamin, and Judith A. Savageau
Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health center, Judith A. Savageau, Martha McLoughlin, Alina Ursan, Yan Bai, Matthew J. Collins, and Suzanne B. Cashman
Initial testing of an instrument to measure teacher identity in physicians, Susan Starr, Heather-Lyn Haley, Kathleen M. Mazor, Warren J. Ferguson, Mary Philbin, and Mark E. Quirk
Primary care provider concerns about management of chronic pain in community clinic populations, Carole C. Upshur, Roger S. Luckmann, and Judith A. Savageau
The relationship between level of cigarette consumption and latency to the onset of retrospectively reported withdrawal symptoms, W. W. Sanouri A. Ursprung, Robert J. Wellman, and Joseph R. DiFranza
The effect of abstinence on cigarette consumption upon the resumption of smoking, Robert J. Wellman, Joseph R. DiFranza, Judith A. Savageau, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton
A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in adult smokers, Robert J. Wellman, Judith A. Savageau, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, and Joseph R. DiFranza
Together for Kids: Three-Year Project Report: A Project Administered by Community Healthlink, Inc., Melodie Wenz-Gross, Carole C. Upshur, and Lynn Hennigan
Publications from 2005
Reliability of Group Health Cooperative automated pharmacy data by drug benefit status, Denise M. Boudreau, Mark P. Doescher, Barry G. Saver, J. Elizabeth Jackson, and Paul A. Fishman
"Isolated Instances of Banal Illness" or Why the Biopsychosocial Model Is Always Relevant, Lucy M. Candib