Does HIV VCT reduce risk behaviors? An observational study in Guatemala CityBlanca Samayoa
Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Family and Social Medicine, 3544 Jerome Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Curr HIV Res 8:121-6. 2010
..We examined the impact of HIV voluntary counseling and testing on self-reported behavioral risks three months after HIV testing...
Are a speculum examination and wet mount always necessary for patients with vaginal symptoms? A pilot randomized controlled trialMatthew Anderson
Department of Family and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 22:617-24. 2009
..The suggested evaluation of vaginal symptoms is based on the wet mount diagnosis of candidiasis, trichomoniasis, and bacterial vaginosis. We wondered if patients with vaginal symptoms could be managed initially based solely on symptoms...
- An investigation of douching practices in the botánicas of the Bronx
Matthew R Anderson
Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
Cult Health Sex 10:1-11. 2008
..Botánicas are part of a complex healing system with conceptual models different from those of allopathic medicine. These models may not be unique to the botánicas...
- Can a clinical prediction tool guide HIV-testing decisions? Experience at a national hospital in Guatemala
M R Anderson
Department of Family and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Int J STD AIDS 20:30-4. 2009
..Before these recommendations can be adopted widely in Guatemala, treatment access needs to be assured and protections put in place for people diagnosed with HIV infection...
Vaginal hygiene and douching: perspectives of Hispanic menDiane McKee
Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
Cult Health Sex 11:159-71. 2009
..The implications of these findings for interventions with Latina women are discussed...
- A review of primary care training programs in correctional health for physicians
Insung Min
Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Teach Learn Med 24:81-9. 2012
..The purpose of this study was to survey existing correctional health training programs for primary care physicians...
- Reliability of the whiff test in clinical practice
Andreas Cohrssen
Institute for Urban Family Health, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 18:561-2. 2005
- The impact of mass incarceration on outpatients in the Bronx: a card study
Minesh P Shah
Department of Family and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 20:1049-59. 2009
..We examined the impact of arrest and incarceration on primary care patients in the Bronx, New York...
- Food insecurity and obesity in New York City primary care clinics
Arati Karnik
Department of Family and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10463, USA
Med Care 49:658-61. 2011
..Hunger continues to be a problem in New York City; paradoxically, the city also has disproportionally high rates of diabetes and obesity. Some research suggests that food insecurity leads to obesity...
- The vaginitis monologues: women's experiences of vaginal complaints in a primary care setting
Alison Karasz
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 3544 Jerome Ave, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Soc Sci Med 56:1013-21. 2003
..Finally, vaginal symptoms often functioned to express distress and gender conflict. These findings have important implications for the management of the disorder...
- A surgical algorithm for men with combined Peyronie's disease and erectile dysfunction: functional and satisfaction outcomes
John Mulhall
Weill Medical College of Cornell University Department of Urology, New York, NY, USA
J Sex Med 2:132-8. 2005
..This study was undertaken to define the outcomes of a penile reconstructive surgery algorithm in men with Peyronie's disease and concomitant erectile dysfunction (ED)...
- Are vaginal symptoms ever normal? a review of the literature
Matthew Anderson
Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
MedGenMed 6:49. 2004
..Vaginal symptoms such as discharge, odor, and itch are among the most common presenting complaints in primary care. We undertook to determine if the symptoms associated with vaginitis (discharge, odor, irritation) occur in normal women...
- Learning social medicine in the Bronx: an orientation for primary care residents
Alice Fornari
Department of Family and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10467, USA
Teach Learn Med 23:85-9. 2011
..Primary care educators face the challenge of teaching the social context of health and disease to clinicians...
