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| R J VolkSummaryAffiliation: Baylor College of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Design and validation of the Health Professionals' Attitudes Toward the Homeless Inventory (HPATHI)David S Buck
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
BMC Med Educ 5:2. 2005....- Factors associated with herbal use among urban multiethnic primary care patients: a cross-sectional surveyGrace M Kuo
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
BMC Complement Altern Med 4:18. 2004..The secondary objective was to investigate perceptions about and patterns of herbal use... 
A randomized controlled trial of shared decision making for prostate cancer screeningR J Volk
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA
Arch Fam Med 8:333-40. 1999..To evaluate a patient-educational approach to shared decision making for prostate cancer screening...
Patient education for informed decision making about prostate cancer screening: a randomized controlled trial with 1-year follow-upRobert J Volk
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex 77098 3915, USA
Ann Fam Med 1:22-8. 2003..We evaluated the effect of a videotape decision aid on promoting informed decision making about prostate cancer screening among primary care patients...- The accuracy of primary care patients' self-reports of prostate-specific antigen testingRobert J Volk
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77005, USA
Am J Prev Med 22:56-8. 2002..The accuracy of reports made by male primary care patients of previous screening for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) assay is important for clinical practice, surveillance, and research... - Pregnant adolescents: experiences and behaviors associated with physical assault by an intimate partnerC M Wiemann
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Matern Child Health J 4:93-101. 2000..To better understand the experiences and behaviors of battered pregnant adolescents and the characteristics of their intimate partners... - The behavioral risks and life circumstances of adolescent mothers involved with older adult partnersC A Agurcia
Adolescent Medicine and Sports Medicine Section, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 155:822-30. 2001..Given their limited educational attainment and family support, a subsequent pregnancy may place these young women at considerable financial and educational disadvantage... - Preliminary testing of a just-in-time, user-defined values clarification exercise to aid lower literate women in making informed breast cancer treatment decisionsMaria L Jibaja-Weiss
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77098, USA
Health Expect 9:218-31. 2006..To report on the initial testing of a values clarification exercise utilizing a jewellery box within a computerized patient decision aid (CPtDA) designed to assist women in making a surgical breast cancer treatment decision... - Entertainment education for informed breast cancer treatment decisions in low-literate women: development and initial evaluation of a patient decision aidMaria L Jibaja-Weiss
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77098, USA
J Cancer Educ 21:133-9. 2006.... - Effectiveness of the AUDIT-C as a screening test for alcohol misuse in three race/ethnic groupsDanielle Frank
VA Puget Sound Health Services Research and Development, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:781-7. 2008..However, the AUDIT-C was validated in predominantly White populations, and its performance in different racial/ethnic groups is unclear... - AUDIT-C as a brief screen for alcohol misuse in primary careKatharine A Bradley
Health Services Research and Development, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 31:1208-17. 2007..However, the AUDIT-C's validity and optimal screening threshold(s) in other clinical populations are unknown... - Defining the concept of primary care in South Korea using a Delphi methodJae Ho Lee
Department of Family Medicine at the Catholic University of Korea, Kangnam St Mary s Hospital, 505 Banpo Dong, Seocho Gu, Seoul, Korea 137 701 ac kr
Fam Med 39:425-31. 2007..There is no consensus on the definition of primary care in South Korea. This study's objective was to define the concept of primary care using a Delphi method... - Utilizing computerized entertainment education in the development of decision aids for lower literate and naïve computer usersMaria L Jibaja-Weiss
Department of Family and Community Medicine, and Houston Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77098, USA
J Health Commun 12:681-97. 2007..Entertainment education may be a highly effective approach to promoting informed decision making for patients with low health literacy... - Management of type 2 diabetes in the primary care setting: a practice-based research network studyStephen J Spann
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex 77098 3926, USA
Ann Fam Med 4:23-31. 2006..We wanted to describe how primary care clinicians care for patients with type 2 diabetes... - Exploring beliefs about prostate cancer and early detection in men and women of three ethnic groupsStephanie L McFall
School of Public Health, San Antonio Regional Campus, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, 78229, USA
Patient Educ Couns 61:109-16. 2006..To compare beliefs across three racial/ethnic categories concerning prostate cancer etiology and risk, screening routines, and shared decision-making, we conducted 12 focus groups... - Psychological benefits of prostate cancer screening: the role of reassuranceScott B Cantor
Section of Health Services Research, Department of Biostatistics, M D Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Health Expect 5:104-13. 2002..The role of reassurance in decision-making about screening for health problems is largely unknown. We examined the reassurance value of prostate cancer screening in primary care patients... - Preferences for colorectal cancer screening among racially/ethnically diverse primary care patientsSarah T Hawley
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine and Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Med Care 46:S10-6. 2008..This study used conjoint analysis to describe variation in CRC screening preferences among racially/ethnically diverse primary care patients... - Tailored messages for breast and cervical cancer screening of low-income and minority women using medical records dataMaria L Jibaja-Weiss
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 5615 Kirby Drive, Suite 610, Houston, TX 77005, USA
Patient Educ Couns 50:123-32. 2003.... - Preferences of husbands and wives for outcomes of prostate cancer screening and treatmentRobert J Volk
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77098 3915, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:339-48. 2004..To explore the preferences of male primary care patients and their spouses for the outcomes of prostate cancer screening and treatment, and quality of life with metastatic prostate cancer... - Differential effects of messages for breast and cervical cancer screeningMaria L Jibaja-Weiss
J Health Care Poor Underserved 16:42-52. 2005.... - Are pregnant adolescents stigmatized by pregnancy?Constance M Wiemann
Section of Adolescent Medicine and Sports Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
J Adolesc Health 36:352.e1-8. 2005..To identify prevalence and correlates, including substance use and exposure to violence, of feeling stigmatized by being pregnant as an adolescent... - Association of spirituality and sobriety during a behavioral spirituality intervention for Twelve Step (TS) recoveryAnthony E Brown
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77098, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 33:611-7. 2007..These findings encourage a controlled trial to determine if this work has efficacy for practitioners in substance abuse treatment... - Trials of decision aids for prostate cancer screening: a systematic reviewRobert J Volk
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 3701 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX 77098, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:428-434. 2007..Patient decision aids are used to promote informed decision making. This review examines the methods and findings of studies that have evaluated the impact of prostate cancer screening decision aids on patient outcomes... - Principal investigator views of the IRB systemSimon N Whitney
Department of Family, Community Medicine, Houston Center for Education, Research on Therapeutics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77098 3926, USA
Int J Med Sci 5:68-72. 2008..Significant concern was expressed about the cost, inefficiency, and irrationality of IRB review. The IRB system works well for some researchers, but our results indicate that other investigators feel the costs outweigh the benefits... - Beyond breaking bad news: the roles of hope and hopefulnessSimon N Whitney
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77098 3926, USA
Cancer 113:442-5. 2008..Hope is important to patients, yet physicians are sometimes unsure how to promote hope in the face of life-threatening illness... - Improved detection of depression in primary care through severity evaluationDonald E Nease
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
J Fam Pract 51:1065-70. 2002....