Mary Margaret Huizinga

Summary

Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Literacy, numeracy, and portion-size estimation skills
    Mary Margaret Huizinga
    Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Am J Prev Med 36:324-8. 2009
  2. ncbi Physician respect for patients with obesity
    Mary Margaret Huizinga
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2024 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 24:1236-9. 2009
  3. ncbi Disparity in physician perception of patients' adherence to medications by obesity status
    Mary Margaret Huizinga
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1932-7. 2010
  4. ncbi Obese patients overestimate physicians' attitudes of respect
    Kimberly A Gudzune
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore 21287, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 88:23-8. 2012
  5. ncbi Addressing literacy and numeracy to improve diabetes care: two randomized controlled trials
    Kerri Cavanaugh
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
    Diabetes Care 32:2149-55. 2009
  6. ncbi Impact of patient obesity on the patient-provider relationship
    Kimberly Anne Gudzune
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 85:e322-5. 2011
  7. ncbi Low health literacy associates with increased mortality in ESRD
    Kerri L Cavanaugh
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 2372, USA
    J Am Soc Nephrol 21:1979-85. 2010
  8. ncbi Glycemic and weight changes after persistent use of incident oral diabetes therapy: a Veterans Administration retrospective cohort study
    Mary Margaret Huizinga
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 19:1108-12. 2010
  9. ncbi Patient use of weight-management activities: a comparison of patient and physician assessments
    Sara N Bleich
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 79:344-50. 2010
  10. ncbi Development and validation of the Diabetes Numeracy Test (DNT)
    Mary Margaret Huizinga
    Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA
    BMC Health Serv Res 8:96. 2008

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Literacy, numeracy, and portion-size estimation skills
    Mary Margaret Huizinga
    Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Am J Prev Med 36:324-8. 2009
    ..Literacy and numeracy skills may be important for accurate portion-size estimation. It was hypothesized that low literacy and numeracy would be associated with decreased accuracy in portion estimation...
  2. ncbi Physician respect for patients with obesity
    Mary Margaret Huizinga
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2024 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 24:1236-9. 2009
    ..Obesity stigma is common in our society, and a general stigma towards obesity has also been documented in physicians. We hypothesized that physician respect for patients would be lower in patients with higher body mass index (BMI)...
  3. ncbi Disparity in physician perception of patients' adherence to medications by obesity status
    Mary Margaret Huizinga
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1932-7. 2010
    ..Physician perception of medication adherence has been shown to affect prescribing patterns in other studies. More work is needed to understand how this perception may affect the care of patients with obesity...
  4. ncbi Obese patients overestimate physicians' attitudes of respect
    Kimberly A Gudzune
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore 21287, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 88:23-8. 2012
    ..To evaluate whether obese patients overestimate or underestimate the level of respect that their physicians hold toward them...
  5. ncbi Addressing literacy and numeracy to improve diabetes care: two randomized controlled trials
    Kerri Cavanaugh
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
    Diabetes Care 32:2149-55. 2009
    ..This study evaluated the impact of providing literacy- and numeracy-sensitive diabetes care within an enhanced diabetes care program on A1C and other diabetes outcomes...
  6. ncbi Impact of patient obesity on the patient-provider relationship
    Kimberly Anne Gudzune
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 85:e322-5. 2011
    ..We hypothesized that higher patient body mass index (BMI) would be negatively associated with patient-provider relationship quality...
  7. ncbi Low health literacy associates with increased mortality in ESRD
    Kerri L Cavanaugh
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 2372, USA
    J Am Soc Nephrol 21:1979-85. 2010
    ..In summary, limited health literacy is common and associates with higher mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients. Addressing health literacy may improve survival for these patients...
  8. ncbi Glycemic and weight changes after persistent use of incident oral diabetes therapy: a Veterans Administration retrospective cohort study
    Mary Margaret Huizinga
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 19:1108-12. 2010
    ..Data on comparative effectiveness of OADs in other populations is limited. The objective was to compare the effectiveness of incident OAD regimens in reducing A1C and to compare the effect of OADs on body mass index (BMI)...
  9. ncbi Patient use of weight-management activities: a comparison of patient and physician assessments
    Sara N Bleich
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 79:344-50. 2010
    ..Examine concordance between patient and physician assessments of patient self-reported use of weight-management activities...
  10. ncbi Development and validation of the Diabetes Numeracy Test (DNT)
    Mary Margaret Huizinga
    Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA
    BMC Health Serv Res 8:96. 2008
    ..This paper describes the development and psychometric properties of the Diabetes Numeracy Test (DNT), the first scale to specifically measure numeracy skills used in diabetes...