A5081028737- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Medical Coding and Health Information
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Global Health Care Issues
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Global Health and Surgery
Tufts University
2020-2021
University of Calgary
2020
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
2019
Boston Medical Center
2015-2018
Boston University
2015-2018
Emerge
2018
Brown University
2017
University Medical Center
2017
Northeastern University
2015
VA Boston Healthcare System
2015
Systems and tools are needed to identify mitigate preconception health (PCH) risks, particularly for African American (AA) women, given persistent disparities. We developed tested "Gabby," an online conversational agent system.One hundred nongravid AA women 18-34 years of age were screened over 100 PCH risks randomized the Gabby or control group. The group interacted with system up six months; received a letter indicating their recommendation talk clinician. numbers, proportions, types...
<h3>Introduction:</h3> Despite the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV), there is a paucity research exploring role that physicians might play in intervening with IPV perpetrators. <h3>Methods:</h3> A qualitative study explored interactions between family medicine and male perpetrators IPV. Fifteen were purposefully sampled from 1 hospital system. The individually interviewed using semistructured interview guide, transcripts analyzed techniques grounded theory. <h3>Results:</h3>...
BACKGROUND: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke increases pediatric asthma severity. Strict, state-level control reduces smoking. The Child Asthma Call-Back Survey (Child ACBS) is a nationally representative survey of the guardians children with asthma. American Lung Association’s annual State Tobacco Control report grades laws in each state including tax grade (cigarette excise relative national mean), and smoke-free air (number locations where smoking prohibited). METHODS: We joined...
Many partners and children who are affected by intimate partner violence (IPV) unable to leave abusive situations that put their health safety at risk. Family physicians provide care for people perpetrate IPV in a role may allow them recognize counsel patients using violence. Appropriate referrals can potentially help these access effective interventions such as certified battering intervention programs manner prevents families. The language used facilitate or impede disclosures among...
Black men have the highest age-adjusted death rate of any major race-gender group in America. Understanding their perceived barriers to accessing health care may benefit future interventions working increase men’s engagement. Data collected from focus groups men( N = 67), key informant interviews( 12), and 5) with participants who pilot tested an online education system (called “Gabe”) were analyzed explore experiences how computer-based programs might better assist men. Concerns pertaining...
Objective: Determine if peer feedback through a chart review tool (CRT) can impact opioid prescribing for patients with chronic noncancer pain in an outpatient family medicine clinic at urban, safety-net teaching hospital and to assess providing practices.Design: A quality improvement (QI) project, comparing preopioid postopioid practices.Setting: Outpatient hospital. Patients, Participants: convenience sample of 16 physicians. Interventions: CRT was developed allow physicians give one...
Background Lesotho has a severe shortage of human resources for health. Many young and talented Basotho leave the country each year to attend medical school, but usually they do not return, in part because lack opportunity continuing education specialty training Lesotho. Here, we describe family medicine programme (FMSTP), which aims only recruit physicians back also increase number well trained who have knowledge, skills commitment meet health needs people Lesotho, especially district hospitals.