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Lingering questions and doubts: online information-seeking of support forum members following their medical visitsRobert A Bell
Department of Communication, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Patient Educ Couns 85:525-8. 2011..To examine the prevalence and predictors of patients' post-appointment online health information-seeking and the reasons behind their information searches...- The impact of the Wellness Guide/Guía on Hispanic women's well-being-related knowledge, efficacy beliefs, and behaviors: the mediating role of acculturationR A Bell
Department of Communication, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
Health Educ Behav 24:326-43. 1997..Finally, the Guide/Guía did not increase the knowledge gap between high- and low-acculturated guide recipients... - Do antidepressant advertisements educate consumers and promote communication between patients with depression and their physicians?Robert A Bell
Department of Communication, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Patient Educ Couns 81:245-50. 2010..To examine how online depression support group members respond to direct-to-consumer (DTC) antidepressant advertising... - Frequency and types of foods advertised on Saturday morning and weekday afternoon English- and Spanish-language American television programsRobert A Bell
Department of Communication, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 41:406-13. 2009..To describe food advertised on networks serving children and youth, and to compare ads on English-language networks with ads on Spanish networks... - Encouraging patients with depressive symptoms to seek care: a mixed methods approach to message developmentRobert A Bell
Department of Communication, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Patient Educ Couns 78:198-205. 2010..To assess the message preferences of individuals affected by depression as part of a project that will evaluate interventions to encourage at-risk patients to talk to their physicians about depression... - Physician counseling for hypertension: what do doctors really do?Robert A Bell
Department of Communication, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States
Patient Educ Couns 72:115-21. 2008..To describe patient counseling by physicians on hypertension and lifestyle and assess its impact on participants' satisfaction... - Suffering in silence: reasons for not disclosing depression in primary careRobert A Bell
Departments of Communication and Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
Ann Fam Med 9:439-46. 2011..Depression symptoms are underreported by patients. We thus assessed individuals' reasons for not disclosing depression to their primary care physician... - Portrayals of food practices and exercise behavior in popular American filmsRobert A Bell
Department of Communication, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 37:27-32. 2005..To describe depictions of food, alcohol, and exercise and sport in popular films... - Unmet expectations for care and the patient-physician relationshipRobert A Bell
Department of Communication, University of California Davis, Davis, Calif 95616, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:817-24. 2002..To profile patients likely to have unmet expectations for care, examine the effects of such expectations, and investigate how physicians' responses to patients' requests affect the development of unfulfilled expectations... - Advertisement-induced prescription drug requests: patients' anticipated reactions to a physician who refusesR A Bell
Department of Communication, University of California Davis, 95616 8500, USA
J Fam Pract 48:446-52. 1999..We describe patients' forecasts of their reactions if their doctor were to deny an advertisement-motivated drug request and then identify significant predictors of these reactions... - The educational value of consumer-targeted prescription drug print advertisingR A Bell
Department of Communication, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
J Fam Pract 49:1092-8. 2000..Our content analysis of DTC advertising assessed the extent to which such educational efforts have been attempted... - Direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising, 1989-1998. A content analysis of conditions, targets, inducements, and appealsR A Bell
Department of Communication, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
J Fam Pract 49:329-35. 2000.... - Unsaid but not forgotten: patients' unvoiced desires in office visitsR A Bell
Department of Communication, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Arch Intern Med 161:1977-84. 2001..To examine patient, physician, and health care system characteristics associated with unvoiced desires for action, as well as the consequences of these unspoken requests... - Request fulfillment in office practice: antecedents and relationship to outcomesRichard L Kravitz
Department of Medicine, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis, Sacramento 95817, USA
Med Care 40:38-51. 2002..Patients communicate their desires and expectations largely by making requests. However, the antecedents and consequences of request fulfillment have received limited attention... - Direct observation of requests for clinical services in office practice: what do patients want and do they get it?Richard L Kravitz
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:1673-81. 2003..However, little is known about the nature, frequency, and impact of such requests. We performed this study to ascertain the prevalence, antecedents, and consequences of patients' requests for clinical services in ambulatory practice... - Third-person effects and direct-to-consumer advertisements for antidepressantsLaramie D Taylor
Communication Department, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Depress Anxiety 28:160-5. 2011..Past Previous research has also found a link between depression and diminished self-serving biases; whether this would be the case for TPE is unknown... - Beliefs about control in the physician-patient relationship: effect on communication in medical encountersRichard L Street
Department of Communication, Texas A and M University, College Station, Tex 77843 4234, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:609-16. 2003..g., shared control vs doctor control) were related to their communications styles and adaptations (i.e., how they responded to the communication of the other participant)... - Characteristics of food industry web sites and "advergames" targeting childrenJennifer Culp
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 42:197-201. 2010..To assess the content of food industry Web sites targeting children by describing strategies used to prolong their visits and foster brand loyalty; and to document health-promoting messages on these Web sites... - Depression treatment preferences of Hispanic individuals: exploring the influence of ethnicity, language, and explanatory modelsErik Fernandez y Garcia
Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 24:39-50. 2011..Specifically, we examined factors associated with medication preferences in non-Hispanic white and Spanish-speaking and English-speaking Hispanic persons... - Relational barriers to depression help-seeking in primary careRichard L Kravitz
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Patient Educ Couns 82:207-13. 2011..To identify attitudinal and interpersonal barriers to depression care-seeking and disclosure in primary care and in so doing, evaluate the primary care paradigm for depression care in the United States... - Direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs: balancing benefits and risks, and a way forwardR L Kravitz
Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, USA
Clin Pharmacol Ther 82:360-2. 2007 - A taxonomy of requests by patients (TORP): a new system for understanding clinical negotiation in office practiceR L Kravitz
Department of Internal Medicine, and the Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis, USA
J Fam Pract 48:872-8. 1999..The goal of our investigation was to facilitate research on clinical negotiation between patients and physicians by developing a reliable and valid classification system for patients' requests in office practice... - What do doctors say when prescribing medications?: an examination of medical recommendations from a communication perspectiveBo Feng
Department of Communication and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Health Commun 26:286-96. 2011..The implications of the findings are discussed in light of the study's limitations and directions for future research... - Direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising and the publicR A Bell
Department of Communication, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
J Gen Intern Med 14:651-7. 1999..CONCLUSIONS: Direct-to-consumer advertisements are reaching the public, but selectively so, and affecting their behaviors. Implications for public policy are examined... - Patient trust in the physician: relationship to patient requestsDavid H Thom
University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine, SF General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Building 80 83, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Fam Pract 19:476-83. 2002..Patient trust is a key component of the patient-physician relationship. A previous qualitative study has suggested that a low level of trust is associated with unfulfilled requests... - Physicians' shared decision-making behaviors in depression careHenry N Young
Social and Administrative Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:1404-8. 2008..This study assesses the extent to which physicians enact SDM behaviors and describes factors associated with physicians' SDM behaviors within the context of depression care... - Characterizing patient requests and physician responses in office practiceRichard L Kravitz
UC Davis Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Health Serv Res 37:217-38. 2002..In addition, the system appears applicable to both generalist and specialist practices. More experience with the system is necessary to appraise TORP's ability to predict important clinical outcomes... - A practical guide to ACR MRI accreditationRobert A Bell
Department of Radiology, UCSD School of Medicine, USA
Radiol Manage 29:58-62. 2007..Most failures occur because applicants don't check their submissions properly. Use care in selecting an MRI physics expert to assist you in this process... - Types of information physicians provide when prescribing antidepressantsHenry N Young
Social and Administrative Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:1172-7. 2006..Providing antidepressant information to patients may foster greater adherence to therapy...