Pracha P Eamranond

Summary

Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Acculturation and cardiovascular risk factor control among Hispanic adults in the United States
    Pracha P Eamranond
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, USA
    Public Health Rep 124:818-24. 2009
  2. ncbi Patient-physician language concordance and primary care screening among spanish-speaking patients
    PRACHA PETER EAMRANOND
    Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Med Care 49:668-72. 2011
  3. ncbi Association between language and risk factor levels among Hispanic adults with hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, or diabetes
    Pracha P Eamranond
    Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Am Heart J 157:53-9. 2009
  4. ncbi Patient-physician language concordance and lifestyle counseling among Spanish-speaking patients
    Pracha P Eamranond
    Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, Boston, MA 02446, USA
    J Immigr Minor Health 11:494-8. 2009
  5. ncbi The association of language with prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension among older Mexican Americans
    Pracha P Eamranond
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02246, USA
    Ethn Dis 17:699-706. 2007

Detail Information

Publications5

  1. ncbi Acculturation and cardiovascular risk factor control among Hispanic adults in the United States
    Pracha P Eamranond
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, USA
    Public Health Rep 124:818-24. 2009
    ..We sought to determine whether low acculturation, based on language measures, leads to disparities in cardiovascular risk factor control in U.S. Hispanic adults...
  2. ncbi Patient-physician language concordance and primary care screening among spanish-speaking patients
    PRACHA PETER EAMRANOND
    Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Med Care 49:668-72. 2011
    ..As Hispanic patients have low rates of cardiovascular and cancer screening, we sought to determine whether patient-physician language concordance was associated with differences in rates of screening...
  3. ncbi Association between language and risk factor levels among Hispanic adults with hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, or diabetes
    Pracha P Eamranond
    Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Am Heart J 157:53-9. 2009
    ..The association of acculturation and cardiovascular risk factor control among populations with high proportions of immigrants has not been well studied...
  4. ncbi Patient-physician language concordance and lifestyle counseling among Spanish-speaking patients
    Pracha P Eamranond
    Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, Boston, MA 02446, USA
    J Immigr Minor Health 11:494-8. 2009
    ..Patients with language-discordant physicians have more problems understanding medical situations. The impact of patient-physician language concordance on lifestyle counseling among Spanish-speaking patients is not known...
  5. ncbi The association of language with prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension among older Mexican Americans
    Pracha P Eamranond
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02246, USA
    Ethn Dis 17:699-706. 2007
    ..Language barriers have been shown to negatively impact health care for immigrants. We evaluated the association between language use and the diagnosis of hypertension among elderly Mexican Americans...