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Validity of a self-reported history of a positive tuberculin skin test. A prospective study of drug usersHillary V Kunins
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:1039-44. 2004..To define the prevalence of and factors associated with having a negative purified protein derivative (PPD) among persons who self-report a prior positive PPD and to define the safety of repeat testing in such persons...
Substance abuse treatment staff perceptions of intimate partner victimization among female clientsHillary Kunins
Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 39:251-7. 2007..The study suggests that system-level assessment and change is needed to provide IPV-related services in substance abuse treatment settings...
HIV provider endorsement of primary care buprenorphine treatment: a vignette studyHillary V Kunins
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Fam Med 41:722-8. 2009..Using vignettes, we sought to identify HIV provider characteristics associated with endorsing buprenorphine treatment in primary care...
The effect of race on provider decisions to test for illicit drug use in the peripartum settingHillary Veda Kunins
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, New York 10467, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:245-55. 2007..It is unknown whether racial disparities in drug testing practices underlie observed disparities in legal and social consequences of positive tests...
Hepatitis C management by addiction medicine physicians: results from a national surveyAlain H Litwin
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 33:99-105. 2007..A significant minority of physicians were either providing HCV antiviral treatment or willing to provide HCV antiviral treatment...
Nurse practitioner and physician assistant interest in prescribing buprenorphineRobert J Roose
Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 34:456-9. 2008..NPs and PAs are interested in prescribing buprenorphine. To improve uptake of buprenorphine in HIV settings, the implications of permitting nonphysician providers to prescribe buprenorphine should be further explored...
Attending physicians' and residents' attitudes and beliefs about prescribing buprenorphine at an urban teaching hospitalChinazo O Cunningham
Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Fam Med 38:336-40. 2006..Physicians can now prescribe buprenorphine for opioid dependency in the primary care setting. This study assessed primary care providers' attitudes and beliefs about opioid addiction treatment with buprenorphine...
Association between alcohol consumption and both osteoporotic fracture and bone densityKarina M Berg
Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Am J Med 121:406-18. 2008....
Barriers to obtaining waivers to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid addiction treatment among HIV physiciansChinazo O Cunningham
Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1325-9. 2007..Buprenorphine enables physicians to simultaneously treat HIV and opioid dependence, offering opportunities to improve health outcomes. Despite this, few physicians prescribe buprenorphine...
Colocating buprenorphine with methadone maintenance and outpatient chemical dependency servicesSusan D Whitley
Division of Substance Abuse, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10451, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 33:85-90. 2007..8, CI = 1.8-53.1) were more likely to remain in treatment, but other variables were not associated with retention. Our experience demonstrates that buprenorphine can be successfully integrated into outpatient substance abuse treatment...
An intervention to improve advance emergency contraceptive prescribing practices among academic primary care physiciansMindy Sobota
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Contraception 78:131-5. 2008..Primary care physicians care for reproductive-aged women, yet do not routinely counsel women about or prescribe contraceptives, including emergency contraception (EC)...
