This collection showcases journal articles, book chapters, and other publications and presentations written by faculty and researchers of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, one of the founding departments at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, is a dynamic, diverse, and broad-based academic and clinical department. Our mission statement both reflects and guides the work of our faculty and staff: Our mission is to provide leadership to achieve the highest standards of patient care, education, and research in family medicine and community health, and we are committed to improving the impact of this work on the health of populations with special emphasis on those most vulnerable. The words that attracted many members of our faculty to family medicine - continuity, coordination, commitment, caring, comprehensiveness, and community - still define our work, and in today's world are more important than ever.
Publications from 2020
Expanding Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training in a Low- and Middle-Income Country: Experiences From a Collaborative Short-Training Workshop in Kenya, Leanne Jones, Catherine Gathu, Daria Szkwarko, Sam Mucheru, Naushad Amin, James A. Amisi, Kevin Bergman, Mena Ramos, and Neil Jayasekera
Publications from 2019
Transformation Support Provided Remotely to a National Cohort of Optometry Practices, Ronald N. Adler, Warren J. Ferguson, Hussein Antar, Michael Steinkrauss, Brian Bjoern, Valerie Konar, Jay Flanagan, and David F. Polakoff
Risk of disordered eating at the intersection of gender and racial/ethnic identity among U.S. high school students, Ariel Beccia, Jonggyu Baek, William M. Jesdale, S. Bryn Austin, Sarah N. Forrester, Carol Curtin, and Kate L. Lapane
Corrections for Academic Medicine: The Importance of Using Person-First Language for Individuals Who Have Experienced Incarceration, Precious S. Bedell, Marvin So, Diane S Morse, Stuart A. Kinner, Warren J. Ferguson, and Anne C. Spaulding
Feasibility and Acceptability of Mindfulness-Based Group Visits for Smoking Cessation in Low-Socioeconomic Status and Minority Smokers with Cancer, Marjory Charlot, Salvatore D'Amico, Man Luo, Ahmed Gemei, Hasmeena Kathuria, and Paula Gardiner
Health Disparities in Access to Nonpharmacologic Therapies in an Urban Community, Teresa Cheng, Salvatore D'Amico, Man Luo, Anna Sophia Lestoquoy, Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon, Lance D. Laird, and Paula Gardiner
Infants Exposed To Homelessness: Health, Health Care Use, And Health Spending From Birth To Age Six, Robin E. Clark, Linda Weinreb, Julie M. Flahive, and Robert W. Seifert
Homelessness Contributes To Pregnancy Complications, Robin E. Clark, Linda Weinreb, Julie Flahive, and Robert W. Seifert
Screening and Intervention for Suicide Prevention: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the ED-SAFE Interventions, Laura J. Dunlap, Stephen Orme, Gary A. Zarkin, Sarah A. Arias, Ivan W. Miller, Carlos A. Camargo Jr, Ashley F. Sullivan, Michael H. Allen, Amy B. Goldstein, Anne P. Manton, Robin E. Clark, and Edwin D. Boudreaux
Restaurant List: Wuss-taah, Paris of the Millennium (2019-2020), Michael Ennis
Advancing the implementation and sustainment of medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorders in prisons and jails, Warren J. Ferguson, Joan Johnston, Jennifer G. Clarke, Peter J. Koutoujian, Kathleen Maurer, Colleen Gallagher, Julie White, Dyana Nickl, and Faye S. Taxman
Improving Access, Integration, and Sustainability: A Reflective Overview of the Special Issue on Innovation in Group-Delivered Services, Paula Gardiner, Maria Chao, and Marena Burnett
Lessons Learned and Strategies for Recruitment of Diverse, Low-income Patients into an Integrative Medical Group Visit Clinical Trial, Paula Gardiner, Anna Sophia Lestoquoy, N. Lily Negash, Man Luo, Katherine Gergen-Barnett, Robert Saper, Brian Penti, Laura F. White, and Jane M. Liebschutz
Effectiveness of integrative medicine group visits in chronic pain and depressive symptoms: A randomized controlled trial, Paula Gardiner, Man Luo, Salvatore D'Amico, Katherine Gergen-Barnett, Laura F. White, Robert Saper, Suzanne Mitchell, and Jane M. Liebschutz
The Effective Medicaid Pharmacy Program: A White Paper for Medicaid Directors and State Agency Personnel, Bonnie C. Greenwood and Elena Nicolella
A Comprehensive Review of Pegvaliase, an Enzyme Substitution Therapy for the Treatment of Phenylketonuria, Tasmina Hydery and Valerie Azzopardi Coppenrath
Blood Lead Levels of Children Using Traditional Indian Medicine and Cosmetics: A Feasibility Study, Julia Keosaian, Thuppil Venkatesh, Salvatore D'Amico, Paula Gardiner, and Robert Saper
A 4-year randomized trial comparing three outreach interventions to promote screening mammograms, Roger Luckmann, Mary E. Costanza, Mary Jo White, Christine F. Frisard, Milagros C. Rosal, Susan Sama, Michelle R. Landry, and Robert Yood
Essential Skills for Family Medicine Residents Practicing Integrated Behavioral Health: A Delphi Study, Matt Martin, Leslie Allison, Elizabeth Banks, David Bauman, Jennifer Harsh, Amber L. Hewitt, Linda Myerholtz, Max Zubatsky, and Larry Mauksch
Natural Health Product-Drug Interaction Causality Assessment in Pediatric Adverse Event Reports Associated with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Medication, Hajra Mazhar, Brian C. Foster, Candace Necyk, Paula M. Gardiner, Cory S. Harris, and Philippe Robaey
The PRogram In Support of Moms (PRISM): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial of two active interventions addressing perinatal depression in obstetric settings, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Linda Brenckle, Padma Sankaran, Grace A. Masters, Sharina D. Person, Linda Weinreb, Jean Y. Ko, Cheryl L. Robbins, Jeroan J. Allison, and Nancy Byatt
Pre-clinical medical student reflections on implicit bias: Implications for learning and teaching, Christine Motzkus, Racquel J. Wells, Xingyue Wang, Sonia N. Chimienti, Deborah L. Plummer, Janice Sabin, Jeroan J. Allison, and Suzanne B. Cashman
Measuring the integration of primary care and behavioral health services, Daniel J. Mullin, J. Lee Hargraves, Andrea Auxier, Stephanie A Brennhofer, Juvena R Hitt, Rodger S. Kessler, Benjamin Littenberg, C. R. Macchi, Matthew Martin, Gail Rose, Felicia Trembath, and Constance van Eeghen
Characteristics and Components of Medical Group Visits for Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Scoping Review, Manasi Parikh, Iniya Rajendran, Salvatore D'Amico, Man Luo, and Paula Gardiner
Making Sense of Family Medicine Resident Wellness Curricula: A Delphi Study of Content Experts, Lauren Penwell-Waines, Christine Runyan, Irina Kolobova, Aaron Grace, Julie Brennan, Katherine Buck, Valerie Ross, and Jill Schneiderhan
Accessibility and IoT / Smart and Connected Communities, John Rochford
Why does the adverse effect of inappropriate MRI for LBP vary by geographic location? An exploratory analysis, Mujahed Shraim, Manuel Cifuentes, Joanna L. Willetts, Helen R. Marucci-Wellman, and Glenn Pransky
Abnormally Low Hemoglobin A1c as Harbinger of Hemoglobinopathy, Joshua St. Louis and Anthony Valdini
Online Sharing of Documents: the Mobile Office, Rebecca Sulyma, Sanjay Ram, and Steven C. Hatch
Integrative Group Medical Visits: A National Scoping Survey of Safety-Net Clinics, Ariana Thompson-Lastad, Paula Gardiner, and Maria T. Chao
Burnout among behavioral health providers in integrated care settings, Max Zubatsky, Christine Runyan, Samantha Gulotta, Jeanna R. Knight, and J. Douglas Pettinelli
Publications from 2018
A cross-sectional review of the prevalence of integrative medicine in pediatric pain clinics across the United States, Kristen Bodner, Salvatore D'Amico, Man Luo, Elizabeth Sommers, Laura Goldstein, Caitlin Neri, and Paula Gardiner
Can Mindfulness Address Maladaptive Eating Behaviors? Why Traditional Diet Plans Fail and How New Mechanistic Insights May Lead to Novel Interventions, Judson A. Brewer, Andrea Ruf, Ariel Beccia, Gloria I. Essien, Leonard M. Finn, Remko van Lutterveld, and Ashley E. Mason
Physician Well-being: Recommended Curriculum Guidelines for Family Medicine Residents, S. R. Brown and Christine N. Runyan
Access to Pharmacotherapy Amongst Women with Bipolar Disorder during Pregnancy: a Preliminary Study, Nancy Byatt, Lucille Cox, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Kathleen Biebel, Padma Sankaran, Holly A. Swartz, and Linda Weinreb
How obstetric settings can help address gaps in psychiatric care for pregnant and postpartum women with bipolar disorder, Nancy Byatt, Lucille Cox, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Nisha Kini, Kathleen Biebel, Padma Sankaran, Holly A. Swartz, and Linda Weinreb
Justice involvement has a profound link to social determinants of health, Warren J. Ferguson
Withholding methadone from inmates is wrong, Warren J. Ferguson
Supporting Family Physician Maternity Care Providers, Jessica Taylor Goldstein, Scott G. Hartman, Matthew R. Meunier, Bethany Panchal, Christine Chang Pecci, Nancy M. Zink, and Sara G. Shields
Determining the scope of attacks on health in four governorates of Syria in 2016: Results of a field surveillance program, Rohini J. Haar, Casey B. Risko, Sonal Singh, Diana Rayes, Ahmad Albaik, Mohammed Alnajar, Mazen Kewara, Emily Clouse, Elise Baker, and Leonard S. Rubenstein
The impact of deliberate reflection with WISE-MD modules on surgical clerkship students' critical thinking: a prospective, randomized controlled pilot study, Janet Fraser Hale, Jill M. Terrien, Mark E. Quirk, Kate Sullivan, and Mitchell A. Cahan
Screening mammography among nursing home residents in the United States: Current guidelines and practice, Deborah Mack, Mara M. Epstein, Catherine E. Dube, Robin E. Clark, and Kate L. Lapane
Under one roof: identification, evaluation, and treatment of chronic hepatitis C in addiction care, Stephen A. Martin, Jordon Bosse, Amanda Wilson, Phyllis Losikoff, and Lisa Chiodo
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Learners in Emergency Medicine, Lisa M. Meeks, Alina Engelman, Alicia Booth, and Michael Argenyi
A Systematic Review of Integrated Care Interventions Addressing Perinatal Depression Care in Ambulatory Obstetric Care Settings, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Michael Flynn, Aimee R. Kroll-Desrosiers, Stephanie M. Carvalho, Len L. Levin, Kathleen Biebel, and Nancy Byatt
Design and rationale of the medical students learning weight management counseling skills (MSWeight) group randomized controlled trial, Judith K. Ockene, Karen M. Ashe, Linda C. Churchill, Sybil L. Crawford, Denise G. Jolicoeur, Barbara C. Olendzki, Maria Theresa Basco, Jyothi A. Pendharkar, and Lori Pbert
Correlates of specialty substance use treatment among adults with opioid use disorders, Eric Romo, Christine M. Ulbricht, Robin E. Clark, and Kate L. Lapane
Assessing social determinants of health in primary care: Liability or opportunity, Christine Runyan
Dissolving the dichotomy in health and healthcare, Christine Runyan
Integrated primary care could play a starring role in the Amazon-JP Morgan-Buffet health care enterprise, Christine Runyan
Ethical Challenges Unique to the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) Model, Christine Runyan, Stephanie Carter-Henry, and Stacy Ogbeide
An Update of Oral Health Curricula in US Family Medicine Residency Programs, Hugh Silk, Judith A. Savageau, Kate Sullivan, Gail Sawosik, and Min Wang
Implementation of an active, clinic-based child tuberculosis contact management strategy in western Kenya, Daria Szkwarko, P. Owiti, N. Buziba, C. Bigelow, C. B. Eaton, and E. J. Carter
Tai Chi for Reducing Dual-task Gait Variability, a Potential Mediator of Fall Risk in Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial, Gloria Vergara-Diaz, Kamila Osypiuk, Jeffrey M. Hausdorff, Paolo Bonato, Brian J. Gow, Jose Gv. Miranda, Lewis R. Sudarsky, Daniel Tarsy, Michael D. Fox, Paula Gardiner, Cathi A. Thomas, Eric A. Macklin, and Peter M. Wayne
Pathways to Kindergarten Readiness: The Roles of Second Step Early Learning Curriculum and Social Emotional, Executive Functioning, Preschool Academic and Task Behavior Skills, Melodie Wenz-Gross, Yeonsoo Yoo, Carole C. Upshur, and Anthony J. Gambino
Fracture liaison services improve outcomes of patients with osteoporosis-related fractures: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis, Chih-Hsing Wu, Shih-Te Tu, Yin-Fan Chang, Ding-Cheng Chan, Jui-Teng Chien, Chih-Hsueh Lin, Sonal Singh, Manikanta Dasari, Jung-Fu Chen, and Keh-Sung Tsai
Substantial Increase in Compliance with Saturated Fatty Acid Intake Recommendations after One Year Following the American Heart Association Diet, Miaomiao Zhao, David E. Chiriboga, Barbara C. Olendzki, Bin Xie, Yawen Li, Lisa Jo McGonigal, Ana Maldonado-Contreras, and Yunsheng Ma
Publications from 2017
Staying afloat in a sea of information: Point-of-care resources, Rebecca Andrews, Neil Mehta, Jack Maypole, and Stephen A. Martin
A National CERA Study of the Use of Laborists in Family Medicine Residency Training, Robert A. Baldor, Christine Chang Pecci, Gerardo Moreno, Virginia Van Duyne, and Stacy E. Potts
PRogram In Support of Moms (PRISM): a pilot group randomized controlled trial of two approaches to improving depression among perinatal women, Nancy Byatt, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Kathleen Biebel, Padma Sankaran, Lori Pbert, Linda Weinreb, Douglas M. Ziedonis, and Jeroan J. Allison
Moving the Advance Care Planning Needle With Community Health Workers, Joanne Calista and Jennifer Tjia
Integrating Measures of Social Determinants of Health Into Health Care Encounters: Opportunities and Challenges, Melissa A. Clark and Deborah Gurewich
Can scribes boost FPs' efficiency and job satisfaction, Stephen T. Earls, Judith A. Savageau, Susan Begley, Barry G. Saver, Kate Sullivan, and Alan Chuman
A systematic review and meta-analysis on herpes zoster and the risk of cardiac and cerebrovascular events, Nathaniel Erskine, Hoang Tran, Len L. Levin, Christine M. Ulbricht, Joyce D. Fingeroth, Catarina I. Kiefe, Robert J. Goldberg, and Sonal Singh
Making addiction treatment work for inmates, Warren J. Ferguson
Design of the integrative medical group visits randomized control trial for underserved patients with chronic pain and depression, Paula Gardiner
Engaging women with an embodied conversational agent to deliver mindfulness and lifestyle recommendations: A feasibility randomized control trial, Paula Gardiner, Kelly D. McCue, Lily M. Negash, Teresa Cheng, Laura F. White, Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon, Brian W. Jack, and Timothy W. Bickmore
Forging Alliances in Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Research (FAIRR): A Logic Model, Simone V. Gill, Mary A. Khetani, Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon, Beth McManus, Paula Gardiner, and Linda Tickle-Degnen
Prescription contraception use and adherence by women with substance use disorders, Gillian J. Griffith, Tara Kumaraswami, Stavroula A. Chrysanthopoulou, Kristin M. Mattocks, and Robin E. Clark
Residents' Confidence Providing Primary Care With Behavioral Health Integration, Patrick Hemming, Amber L. Hewitt, Joseph J. Gallo, Rodger Kessler, and R. B. Levine
Massachusetts Medicaid members that smoked in 2008: Characteristics associated with smoking status in 2014, Alexis D. Henry, John Gettens, Judith A. Savageau, Doris Cullen, and Anna Landau
Acculturation, Depression, and Smoking Cessation: a trajectory pattern recognition approach, Sun S. Kim, Hua (Julia) Fang, Kunsook Bernstein, Zhaoyang Zhang, Joseph R. DiFranza, Douglas Ziedonis, and Jeroan J. Allison
Implementation and process evaluation of three interventions to promote screening mammograms delivered for 4 years in a large primary care population, Roger Luckmann, Mary Jo White, Mary E. Costanza, Christine F. Frisard, Caroline Cranos, Susan Sama, and Robert A. Yood
Oral Health and Medicine Integration: Overcoming Historical Artifact to Relieve Suffering, Stephen A. Martin and Lisa Simon
Initiation and Engagement with Methadone Treatment among Pregnant and Postpartum Women, Kristin M. Mattocks, Robin E. Clark, and Linda Weinreb
ICU Admission Source as a Predictor of Mortality for Patients With Sepsis, Christine A. Motzkus, Stavroula A. Chrysanthopoulou, Roger Luckmann, Teresa A. Rincon, Kate L. Lapane, and Craig M. Lilly
Predictors of Cigarette Smoking Initiation in Early, Middle, and Late Adolescence, Jennifer O'Loughlin, Erin K. O'Loughlin, Robert J. Wellman, Marie-Pierre Sylvestre, Erika N. Dugas, Miguel Chagnon, Hartley Dutczak, Johanne Lague, and Jennifer J. McGrath
Health System Advance Care Planning Culture Change for High-Risk Patients: The Promise and Challenges of Engaging Providers, Patients, and Families in Systematic Advance Care Planning, Jennifer Reidy, Jennifer Halvorson, Suzana Makowski, Delila Katz, Barbara Weinstein, Christine McCluskey, Alex Doering, Kathryn DeCarli, and Jennifer Tjia
Text Simplification and Pupillometry: An Exploratory Study, John Rochford, Mina Shojaeizadeh, Soussan Djamasbi, and Ping Chen
Mentorship during transitions, Christine Runyan, Julie M. Austen, and Limor Gildenblatt
Yoga, Physical Therapy, or Education for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial, Robert B. Saper, Chelsey Lemaster, Anthony Delitto, Karen J. Sherman, Patricia M. Herman, Ekaterina Sadikova, Joel Stevans, Julia E. Keosaian, Christian J. Cerrada, Alexandra L. Femia, Eric J. Roseen, Paula Gardiner, Katherine Gergen Barnett, Carol Faulkner, and Janice Weinberg
Persuasive Interventions for Controversial Cancer Screening Recommendations: Testing a Novel Approach to Help Patients Make Evidence-Based Decisions, Barry G. Saver, Kathleen M. Mazor, Roger Luckmann, Sarah L. Cutrona, Marcela Hayes, Tatyana Gorodetsky, Nancy Esparza, and Gonzalo Bacigalupe
When Breath Becomes Air [book review], Hugh Silk
RAHI-SATHI Indo-U.S. Collaboration: The Evolution of a Trainee-Led Twinning Model in Global Health Into a Multidisciplinary Collaborative Program, Apurv Soni, Nisha Fahey, Abraham Jaffe, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Nancy Byatt, Michael Chin, David D. McManus, Michaela Tracey, Jasmine A. Khubchandani, Haley Newman, Allison Earon, Hannah Rosenfield, Anna Handorf, Brittany Novak, John Bostrom, Anindita Deb, Milagros C. Rosal, Patricia A. McQuilkin, Heena Santry, Melissa A. Fischer, and Jeroan J. Allison
Gender differences in risk factors for cigarette smoking initiation in childhood, Marie-Pierre Sylvestre, Robert J. Wellman, Erin K. O'Loughlin, Erika N. Dugas, and Jennifer O'Loughlin
Child contact management in high tuberculosis burden countries: A mixed-methods systematic review, Daria Szkwarko, Yael Hirsch-Moverman, Lienki Du Plessis, Karen Du Preez, Catherine W. Carr, and Anna M. Mandalakas
Risk of Gastrointestinal Bleeding Among Dabigatran Users - A Self Controlled Case Series Analysis, Wenze Tang, Hsien-Yen Chang, Meijia Zhou, and Sonal Singh
Circumstances of fall-related injuries by age and gender among community-dwelling adults in the United States, Lava R. Timsina, Joanna L. Willetts, Melanye J. Brennan, Helen Marucci-Wellman, David A. Lombardi, Theodore K. Courtney, and Santosh K. Verma
Effect of weather on pedestrian trip count and duration: City-scale evaluations using mobile phone application data, Anthony P. Vanky, Santosh K. Verma, Theodore K. Courtney, Paolo Santi, and Carlo Ratti
Publications from 2016
Lessons From a Care Management Pilot Program for People With Acquired Brain Injury, Laney Bruner-Canhoto, Judith A. Savageau, Deborah Croucher, and Kathryn Bradley
PRogram In Support of Moms (PRISM): Development and Beta Testing, Nancy Byatt, Lori Pbert, Safiyah Hosein, Holly A. Swartz, Linda Weinreb, Jeroan J. Allison, and Douglas M. Ziedonis
Accountable Care Organizations: Embracing a New Population Health, Suzanne B. Cashman
Uveitis and Systemic Inflammatory Markers in Convalescent Phase of Ebola Virus Disease, John R. Chancellor, Sriranjani P. Padmanabhan, Thomas C. Greenough, Richard Sacra, Richard T. Ellison III, Lawrence C. Madoff, Rebecca Droms, David Hinkle, George K. Asdourian, Robert W. Finberg, Ute Stroher, Timothy M. Uyeki, and Olga M. Cerón
Levels of physical dependence on tobacco among adolescent smokers in Cyprus, Costas A. Christophi, Despina Pampaka, Martha Paisi, Solonas Ioannou, and Joseph R. DiFranza
Access to New Medications for Hepatitis C for Medicaid Members: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Karen M. Clements, Robin E. Clark, Pavel Lavitas, Parag Kunte, Camilla S. Graham, Elizabeth O'Connell, Kimberly J. Lenz, and Paul Jeffrey
Can tobacco dependence provide insights into other drug addictions, Joseph R. DiFranza
Listening to Their Words: A Qualitative Analysis of Integrative Medicine Group Visits in an Urban Underserved Medical Setting, Danielle Dresner, Katherine Gergen Barnett, Kirsten Resnick, Lance D. Laird, and Paula Gardiner
Comparison of a Medication Inventory and a Dietary Supplement Interview in Assessing Dietary Supplement Use in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, Keturah R. Faurot, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Paula Gardiner, Jose O. Rivera, Laura A. Young, Charles Poole, Eric A. Whitsel, Hector M. Gonzalez, Diana A. Chirinos-Medina, Gregory A. Talavera, Sheila F. Castaneda, Martha L. Daviglus, Janice Barnhart, Rebeca E. Giacinto, and Linda Van Horn
A Call to Action: A Blueprint for Academic Health Sciences in the Era of Mass Incarceration, Warren J. Ferguson, David Cloud, Anne C. Spaulding, Deborah Shelton, Robert L. Trestman, Frederick L. Altice, Carisa Champion-Lippmann, David Thomas, and Faye S. Taxman
Including Language Access into Medicaid ACO Design, Rachel Gershon, Lisa Morris, and Warren J. Ferguson