Nancy L Atkinson

Summary

Affiliation: University of Maryland
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Self-medication with antibiotics for the treatment of menstrual symptoms in Southwest Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
    Amy R Sapkota
    Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
    BMC Public Health 10:610. 2010
  2. ncbi Assessing the impact of user-centered research on a clinical trial eHealth tool via counterbalanced research design
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 18:24-31. 2011
  3. ncbi Assets, challenges, and the potential of technology for nutrition education in rural communities
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    J Nutr Educ Behav 42:410-6. 2010
  4. ncbi Rural eHealth nutrition education for limited-income families: an iterative and user-centered design approach
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 2611, USA
    J Med Internet Res 11:e21. 2009
  5. ncbi Using the internet for health-related activities: findings from a national probability sample
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, Public Health Informatics Research Laboratory, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 2611, USA
    J Med Internet Res 11:e4. 2009
  6. ncbi Benefits, barriers, and cues to action of yoga practice: a focus group approach
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Am J Health Behav 33:3-14. 2009
  7. ncbi Using the Internet to search for cancer clinical trials: a comparative audit of clinical trial search tools
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Contemp Clin Trials 29:555-64. 2008
  8. ncbi Assessment of the nutrition and physical activity education needs of low-income, rural mothers: can technology play a role?
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, Suite 2387 Valley Drive, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    J Community Health 32:245-67. 2007
  9. ncbi Developing a questionnaire to measure perceived attributes of eHealth innovations
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Am J Health Behav 31:612-21. 2007
  10. ncbi User-centered research on breast cancer patient needs and preferences of an Internet-based clinical trial matching system
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    J Med Internet Res 9:e13. 2007

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Publications13

  1. ncbi Self-medication with antibiotics for the treatment of menstrual symptoms in Southwest Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
    Amy R Sapkota
    Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
    BMC Public Health 10:610. 2010
    ..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics for the treatment of menstrual symptoms among university women in Southwest Nigeria...
  2. ncbi Assessing the impact of user-centered research on a clinical trial eHealth tool via counterbalanced research design
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 18:24-31. 2011
    ..org/, and confirm that the revised version addressed and reinforced patients' needs and expectations...
  3. ncbi Assets, challenges, and the potential of technology for nutrition education in rural communities
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    J Nutr Educ Behav 42:410-6. 2010
    ..To examine assets of and challenges to getting adequate nutrition and physical activity among low-income rural residents, and the potential for technology to provide health education...
  4. ncbi Rural eHealth nutrition education for limited-income families: an iterative and user-centered design approach
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 2611, USA
    J Med Internet Res 11:e21. 2009
    ..However, when people are able to get online, they may not find information designed for them and their needs, especially harder to reach populations. This results in a "content gap" for many users...
  5. ncbi Using the internet for health-related activities: findings from a national probability sample
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, Public Health Informatics Research Laboratory, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 2611, USA
    J Med Internet Res 11:e4. 2009
    ..However, little is known about the distribution and use of different kinds of eHealth tools across the population or within population subgroups...
  6. ncbi Benefits, barriers, and cues to action of yoga practice: a focus group approach
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Am J Health Behav 33:3-14. 2009
    ..To explore perceived benefits, barriers, and cues to action of yoga practice among adults...
  7. ncbi Using the Internet to search for cancer clinical trials: a comparative audit of clinical trial search tools
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Contemp Clin Trials 29:555-64. 2008
    ..Findings from this analysis can be used as a framework from which to systematically examine actual consumer experience with online clinical trial search tools...
  8. ncbi Assessment of the nutrition and physical activity education needs of low-income, rural mothers: can technology play a role?
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, Suite 2387 Valley Drive, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    J Community Health 32:245-67. 2007
    ..Those working in rural communities need to consider technology as a way to reach traditionally underserved populations like low-income mothers...
  9. ncbi Developing a questionnaire to measure perceived attributes of eHealth innovations
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Am J Health Behav 31:612-21. 2007
    ..To design a valid and reliable questionnaire to assess perceived attributes of technology-based health education innovations...
  10. ncbi User-centered research on breast cancer patient needs and preferences of an Internet-based clinical trial matching system
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    J Med Internet Res 9:e13. 2007
    ..A prototype system was developed to leverage the capabilities of a personal health record system for the purpose of identifying clinical trials...
  11. ncbi The promise and challenge of eHealth interventions
    Nancy L Atkinson
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park 20742, USA
    Am J Health Behav 26:494-503. 2002
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Health behavior researchers and interventionists need to learn to apply eHealth tools to extend their ability to study and influence health behavior...
  12. ncbi The development of a theory-based instrument to evaluate the effectiveness of continuing medical education
    Jing Tian
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
    Acad Med 85:1518-25. 2010
    ..The instrument's scales represented constructs from the theory of planned behavior...
  13. ncbi A systematic review of evaluation in formal continuing medical education
    Jing Tian
    Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 2611, USA
    J Contin Educ Health Prof 27:16-27. 2007
    ..Standards for CME evaluation are needed to enable comparison among different studies and to detect factors influencing CME evaluation...