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Creating a more resilient safety net for persons with chronic disease: beyond the "medical home"Karen B DeSalvo
J Gen Intern Med 22:1377-9. 2007
Assessing measurement properties of two single-item general health measuresKaren B DeSalvo
Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Qual Life Res 15:191-201. 2006..Single-item measures may be an alternative. We compared measurement properties of two single-item, general self-rated health (GSRH) questions to assess how well they captured information in a validated, multi-item instrument...- Cardiac risk underestimation in urban, black womenKaren B DeSalvo
Department of Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:1127-31. 2005..Black women have a disproportionately higher incidence of cardiovascular disease mortality than other groups and the reason for this health disparity is incompletely understood. Underestimation of personal cardiac risk may play a role... - Mortality prediction with a single general self-rated health question. A meta-analysisKaren B DeSalvo
Section of General Internal Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:267-75. 2006..We conducted a systematic review of the association between a single item assessing general self-rated health (GSRH) and mortality... - Community-based health care for "the city that care forgot"Karen B DeSalvo
Section of General Internal Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Avenue, SL-16, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
J Urban Health 82:520-3. 2005 - Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in a New Orleans workforce following Hurricane KatrinaKaren B DeSalvo
Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
J Urban Health 84:142-52. 2007..The strong relationship between displacement from one's pre-Katrina residence and symptoms of PTSD suggests a need to focus resource utilization and interventions on individuals living in temporary housing... - Predictors of variation in office visit interval assignmentKaren B DeSalvo
Section of General Internal Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, New Orleans, LA 70012, USA
Int J Qual Health Care 15:399-405. 2003..Two hundred and twenty-eight patients seen in 1997 for continuity care in two academic clinics in New Orleans, Louisiana... 
Health care expenditure prediction with a single item, self-rated health measureKaren B DeSalvo
Division of General Internal Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Med Care 47:440-7. 2009..Prediction models that identify populations at risk for high health expenditures can guide the management and allocation of financial resources...- Health care infrastructure in post-Katrina New Orleans: a status reportKaren B DeSalvo
Section of General Internal Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Am J Med Sci 336:197-200. 2008 - Continued decline in blood lead levels among adults in the United States: the National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveysPaul Muntner
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:2155-61. 2005..Declines in blood lead levels between 1976 and 1991 among US adults have been previously reported. More recent trends in blood lead levels and the association of lower blood lead levels with chronic disease have not been reported... - Hypertension knowledge among patients from an urban clinicShane Sanne
Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, SL 16, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Ethn Dis 18:42-7. 2008..To determine levels and correlates of hypertension knowledge... - Prevalence and predictors of poor antihypertensive medication adherence in an urban health clinic settingAmanda D Hyre
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, and Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Center for Health Research, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 9:179-86. 2007..The current study identified a set of risk factors for poor antihypertensive medication adherence in the urban setting... - Restoring and reforming ambulatory services and internal medicine training in the aftermath of hurricane KatrinaAnjali Niyogi
Department of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Am J Med Sci 332:289-91. 2006 - Trends in the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of cardiovascular disease risk factors among noninstitutionalized patients with a history of myocardial infarction and strokePaul Muntner
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Am J Epidemiol 163:913-20. 2006..20). The number of US myocardial infarction and stroke survivors increased between 1988-1994 and 1999-2002, and substantial improvements occurred in the awareness, treatment, and control of high LDL cholesterol in this population... - Perceived stress among a workforce 6 months following hurricane KatrinaKyla A Leon
Dept of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1430 Tulane Avenue, SL 18, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 42:1005-11. 2007..Employers and health care providers should be apprised of the need for monitoring stress and offering counseling opportunities for returning workforces following future large-scale disasters... - Psychometric properties of the Hurricane Coping Self-Efficacy measure following Hurricane KatrinaAmanda D Hyre
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Lousiana, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 196:562-7. 2008..The HCSE measure exhibited excellent internal consistency, external validity and repeatability after Hurricane Katrina... - Relationship between HbA1c level and peripheral arterial diseasePaul Muntner
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University SPHTM, 1430 Tulane Ave, SL 18 New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Diabetes Care 28:1981-7. 2005..We sought to evaluate the association of HbA(1c) (A1C) with peripheral arterial disease in a representative sample of the U.S. population with and without diabetes... - Validation of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form 36 (KDQOL-36) US Spanish and English versions in a cohort of Hispanics with chronic kidney diseaseAna C Ricardo
Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Ethn Dis 23:202-9. 2013..Evaluate the reliability and validity of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form 36 (KDQOL-36) in Hispanics with mild-to-moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD)... - Letter from New OrleansKaren B DeSalvo
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Ann Intern Med 143:905-6. 2005 - Predicting mortality and healthcare utilization with a single questionKaren B DeSalvo
Section of General Internal Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Health Serv Res 40:1234-46. 2005..We compared single- and multi-item measures of general self-rated health (GSRH) to predict mortality and clinical events a large population of veteran patients... - Are physicians equipped to address the obesity epidemic? Knowledge and attitudes of internal medicine residentsJason P Block
Department of Internal Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Prev Med 36:669-75. 2003..Previous assessments have not analyzed familiarity with obesity measurement tools or the correlation between knowledge and attitudes... - Cardiovascular disease among hispanics and non-hispanics in the chronic renal insufficiency cohort (CRIC) studyAna C Ricardo
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 6:2121-31. 2011..Hispanics are the largest minority group in the United States. The leading cause of death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is cardiovascular disease (CVD), yet little is known about its prevalence among Hispanics with CKD... - Fast food, race/ethnicity, and income: a geographic analysisJason P Block
Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:211-7. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: The link between fast food restaurants and black and low-income neighborhoods may contribute to the understanding of environmental causes of the obesity epidemic in these populations... - The anthrax scare: US healthcare as usualKaren B DeSalvo
Section of General Medicine, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
MedGenMed 4:3. 2002 - Predictors of HIV-infection in older adultsMolly A Szerlip
Internal Medicine Clinic, Department of Medicine, Dwight D Eisenhower Medical Center, Bldg 300, Fort Gordon, GA 30905, USA
J Aging Health 17:293-304. 2005..An albumin to globulin ratio < 1.0, especially when combined with a history of alcohol abuse or prior sexually transmitted disease, should prompt all physicians to screen their older patients for HIV... - Perceived barriers to diabetic eye care: qualitative study of patients and physiciansM Elizabeth Hartnett
Department of Ophthalmology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7040, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 123:387-91. 2005..To address inadequate retinopathy screening at a largely indigent clinic and to explore perceived barriers, using qualitative techniques... - The efficacy and tolerability of nebivolol in hypertensive African American patientsElijah Saunders
Section of Hypertension, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 9:866-75. 2007..Nebivolol monotherapy provides antihypertensive efficacy, with few significant adverse effects, in hypertensive African Americans...