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| Edwin FisherSummaryAffiliation: University of North Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Peer support for self-management of diabetes improved outcomes in international settingsEdwin B Fisher
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:130-9. 2012..For policy makers, the broader message is that by emphasizing the four key peer support functions, diabetes management programs can be successfully introduced across varied cultural settings and within diverse health systems...- Ongoing follow-up and support for chronic disease management in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Diabetes InitiativeEdwin B Fisher
School of Public Health, Rosenau Hall, CB 7440, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7440, USA
Diabetes Educ 33:201S-207S. 2007.... - Perspectives on self-management from the Diabetes Initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson FoundationEdwin B Fisher
School of Public Health, Rosenau Hall, CB 7440, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7440, USA
Diabetes Educ 33:216S-224S. 2007..Review and highlight findings from the projects of the Diabetes Initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation described in this special supplemental issue... - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Diabetes Initiative: demonstration projects emphasizing self-managementEdwin B Fisher
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7440, USA
Diabetes Educ 33:83-4, 86-8, 91-2, passim. 2007..The purpose of the Diabetes Initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is to demonstrate feasible and sustainable approaches to promoting diabetes self-management in primary care and community settings... - Healthy coping, negative emotions, and diabetes management: a systematic review and appraisalEdwin B Fisher
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rosenau Hall, CB 7440, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7440, USA
Diabetes Educ 33:1080-103; discussion 1104-6. 2007..The purpose of this systematic review is to assess the literature pertinent to healthy coping in diabetes management and to identify effective or promising interventions and areas needing further investigation... - The importance of context in understanding behavior and promoting healthEdwin B Fisher
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Ann Behav Med 35:3-18. 2008..It closes with reflections on ways in which we cultivate and extend our knowledge base and on the intellectual contexts of positivism and postmodernism that surround behavioral and ecological thinking... - A randomized controlled evaluation of the effect of community health workers on hospitalization for asthma: the asthma coachEdwin B Fisher
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA corrected
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:225-32. 2009..To test whether community health workers are able to reach low-income parents of African American children hospitalized for asthma and to reduce rehospitalization among them... - Cross-cultural and international adaptation of peer support for diabetes managementEdwin B Fisher
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7440, USA
Fam Pract 27:i6-16. 2010.... - The effect of conflicting medication information and physician support on medication adherence for chronically ill patientsDelesha M Carpenter
Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Patient Educ Couns 81:169-76. 2010..We specifically investigate whether conflicting information and physician support directly affect medication adherence or whether the effect is mediated by adherence self-efficacy and outcome expectations for medications... - Peers for progress: promoting peer support for health around the worldRenée I Boothroyd
Peers for Progress Program Development Center, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7440, USA
Fam Pract 27:i62-8. 2010..Peers for Progress looks to raise the visibility and applicability of peer support as good health care for all people... - Ecological approaches to self-management: the case of diabetesEdwin B Fisher
Washington University, Division of Health Behavior Research, 4444 Forest Park Ave, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1523-35. 2005..Both approaches emphasize identification of goals, teaching of skills, and facilitation and reinforcement of the use of those skills... - Teaching how, not what: the contributions of community health workers to diabetes self-managementKia L Davis
Health Communication Research Laboratory, St Louis University School of Public Health, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, 408 B, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Diabetes Educ 33:208S-215S. 2007..The purpose of this study is to describe ways in which community health workers (CHWs) are used in various clinic and community settings to support diabetes self-management... - Depressive symptoms after lung cancer surgery: Their relation to coping style and social supportMark S Walker
Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Psychooncology 15:684-93. 2006..Results extend previous findings by showing that adaptive coping methods are related to severity of distress, and that the benefits of social support may depend on the characteristics of that support... - Use of the transtheoretical model to enhance resources and supports for diabetes self management: lessons from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Diabetes InitiativeGabrielle R Highstein
Division of Health Behavior Research, Washington University School of Medicine, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, Suite 6700, St Louis, MO 63108 2212, USA
Diabetes Educ 33:193S-200S. 2007..The purpose of this article is to describe how Resources and Supports for Self Management (RSSM) and strategies of the transtheoretical model (TTM) intersect to produce a comprehensive approach resulting in cutting-edge diabetes programs... - A quality improvement tool to assess self-management support in primary careCarol A Brownson
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Diabetes Initiative National Program Office, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 33:408-16. 2007..The Assessment of Primary Care Resources and Supports for Chronic Disease Self-Management (PCRS) tool assesses both organizational infrastructure and delivery of self-management support services... - Smoking relapse during the first year after treatment for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancerMark S Walker
Department of Medicie, Washingon University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:2370-7. 2006..Despite this, many continue to smoke, with estimates ranging from 13% to approximately 60%... - Parental impressions of the benefits (pros) and barriers (cons) of follow-up care after an acute emergency department visit for children with asthmaSharon R Smith
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St Louis Children s Hospital, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Pediatrics 110:323-30. 2002..Follow-up care after ED visits is infrequent. We developed and evaluated an instrument that describes the parental benefits (pros) and barriers (cons) of obtaining follow-up care for interventions to promote follow-up... - Predictors of repeat hospitalizations in children with asthma: the role of psychosocial and socioenvironmental factorsEdith Chen
Department of Psychology, Washington University, Campus Box 1125, One Brookings Drive, St Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
Health Psychol 22:12-8. 2003..These findings could help guide future interventions targeted at the subgroup of children who represent a high proportion of asthma hospitalizations... - Socioeconomic status, stress, and immune markers in adolescents with asthmaEdith Chen
Washington University, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA
Psychosom Med 65:984-92. 2003..Our findings also suggest that psychological stress and control beliefs may provide one explanation for links between SES and immune responses in childhood asthma... - Coping and anxiety in women recalled for additional diagnostic procedures following an abnormal screening mammogramBernadette Davantes Heckman
Department of Psychology, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
Health Psychol 23:42-8. 2004..Findings suggest that cognitive avoidance coping plays an important role in reducing anxiety in women recalled to clarify an initially ambiguous screening procedure... - Community organization to reduce the need for acute care for asthma among African American children in low-income neighborhoods: the Neighborhood Asthma CoalitionEdwin B Fisher
Department of Psychology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
Pediatrics 114:116-23. 2004.... - Smoking urges and relapse among lung cancer patients: findings from a preliminary retrospective studyMark S Walker
Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
Prev Med 39:449-57. 2004..As part of a prospective study of relapse to smoking among previously resected lung cancer patients, we conducted a retrospective survey to examine factors that may contribute to relapse... - Depression symptoms and antidepressant medicine use in Diabetes Prevention Program participantsRichard R Rubin
Diabetes Prevention Program Coordinating Center, Biostatistics Center, 6110 Executive Boulevard, Suite 750, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Diabetes Care 28:830-7. 2005..The finding that those taking antidepressant medicine often do not have elevated depression symptoms indicates the value of assessing both markers when estimating overall depression rates... - Differentiated roles of social encouragement and social constraint on physical activity behaviorJeanne M Gabriele
Department of Psychology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130 4899, USA
Ann Behav Med 29:210-5. 2005..Social support is, in general, positively associated with exercise behavior. However, social influence may not always be helpful and may sometimes lead to obligation or a sense of intrusion rather than encouragement or assistance... - Refinement of an instrument to evaluate parental attitudes about follow-up care after an acute emergency department visit for asthmaSharon R Smith
Division of Emergency Medicine, St Louis Children s Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
J Asthma 42:587-92. 2005..Prompt follow-up after emergency department (ED) care for asthma allows the primary care provider (PCP) and family to review factors that led to the ED visit, update current care plans, and plan for prevention of future exacerbations... - Asthma coaching in the pediatric emergency departmentSharon R Smith
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children s Hospital, St Louis, MO, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:835-9. 2006..The authors performed a randomized, controlled trial of an intervention combining asthma coaching during an emergency department (ED) visit for asthma, and monetary incentive to improve follow-up with primary care providers (PCP)... - Behavioral science research in the prevention of diabetes : status and opportunitiesEdwin B Fisher
Departments of Psychology, Medicine, and Pediatrics, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
Diabetes Care 25:599-606. 2002....
Research Grants
- PREDICTORS OF RELAPSE TO SMOKING IN LUNG CANCEREdwin Fisher; Fiscal Year: 2003..abstract_text> ..
- Worksite Phone Counseling for Smoking CessationEdwin Fisher; Fiscal Year: 2004..Power will range from .66 to .99 depending on recruitment rates (projected to range from 15% to 25%) and the magnitude of difference in outcomes between the two conditions. ..