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| Suzanne B CashmanSummaryAffiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School Country: USA Publications
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Partnering for health: collaborative leadership between a community health center and the YWCA central MassachusettsSuzanne B Cashman
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 18:279-87. 2012..A collaborative partnership among community-based organizations (CBOs)-a community-health center, a YWCA, and 2 academic health centers-developed and implemented open access to physical activity for health center patients...
The power and the promise: working with communities to analyze data, interpret findings, and get to outcomesSuzanne B Cashman
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, A3 150 Benedict Bldg, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1407-17. 2008..We suggest that including community partners in data analysis and interpretation, while lengthening project time, enriches insights and findings and consequently should be a focus of the next generation of CBPR initiatives...- Service-learning: an integral part of undergraduate public healthSuzanne B Cashman
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:273-8. 2008.... 
Community dimensions and HPSA practice location: 30 years of family medicine trainingSuzanne B Cashman
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Fam Med 41:255-61. 2009....- Applying service-learning through a community-academic partnership: depression screening at a federally funded community health centerSuzanne Cashman
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Educ Health (Abingdon) 17:313-22. 2004..Identifying additional sources of support and resources is critical for facilities to be able to sustain current and develop new initiatives to improve patients' health... - Health status of a low-income vulnerable population in a community health centerSuzanne Cashman
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave N, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 28:60-72. 2005.... - Developing and measuring progress toward collaborative, integrated, interdisciplinary health care teamsSuzanne Cashman
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
J Interprof Care 18:183-96. 2004..Institutional, organizational, and team related supports and barriers that affect the development of collaborative, integrated teams are identified and discussed; implications for ensuring teams' success are presented... - The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: implications for the workforce in rural, small town AmericaJoseph Stenger
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
J Rural Health 24:375-83. 2008..Small towns across the United States struggle to maintain an adequate primary care workforce... - Family medicine residency characteristics associated with practice in a health professions shortage areaWarren J Ferguson
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Fam Med 41:405-10. 2009..We analyzed relationships between ambulatory training site and likelihood of practice in health professions shortage areas (HPSAs)... - Creating open access to exercise for low-income patients through a community collaboration for quality improvement: if you build it, they will comeLucy M Candib
Family Health Center of Worcester, Worcester, MA 01610, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 31:142-50. 2008..Frequent users (> or =24 visits), had an HbAlc reduction of 1% (P = .02). Community health centers can collaborate with local exercise facilities to ensure that patients have opportunities to pursue healthier lifestyles... - Effect of a low-cost intervention on recording body mass index in patients' recordsCeleste A Lemay
Office of Community Programs, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 222 Maple Avenue Chang Building, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
J Nurs Scholarsh 36:312-5. 2004..Evaluate the effectiveness of body mass index (BMI) tables placed in exam rooms as an intervention to encourage providers to calculate and record BMI scores in patients' medical records... - A new approach to ensuring oral health care for people living with HIV/AIDS: the dental case managerCeleste A Lemay
Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E158. 2012.... - Weaving public health education into the fabric of a family medicine residencyStacy E Potts
UMass Worcester Family Medicine Residency, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
Am J Prev Med 41:S256-63. 2011..This paper describes the integration of public health and prevention education into a family medicine residency to help residents acquire the fundamental skills necessary to improve a population's health... - A qualitative study of the meaning of fatherhood among young urban fathersCeleste A Lemay
Office of Community Programs, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655 0002, USA
Public Health Nurs 27:221-31. 2010..To explore the beliefs, attitudes, and needs young men have regarding their role as a father... - Adolescent mothers' attitudes toward contraceptive use before and after pregnancyCeleste A Lemay
Division of Adolescent Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 20:233-40. 2007..To understand attitudes and beliefs influencing use and nonuse of contraceptive methods pre- and postpartum among a group of adolescent mothers... - The body mass index of teen mothers and their toddler childrenCeleste A Lemay
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Benedict Building, A3 110, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA
Matern Child Health J 12:112-8. 2008..To evaluate: change in Body Mass Index (BMI) of adolescent mothers (14-19 years of age) from pre-pregnancy to 36 months postpartum; BMI of their children age 2 or older; relationship between maternal BMI and children's BMI... - The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: a survey in MassachusettsJacob Drew
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
J Rural Health 22:294-9. 2006..Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics staffed by visiting specialists... - Characteristics of frequent attenders at a community health centerJudith A Savageau
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, 01655, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 19:265-75. 2006..Studies documenting content of visits and characteristics of frequent attenders have paid limited attention to community health center populations. This study profiles these high utilizers comparing them to non-frequent attenders... - Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child healthDavid Keller
Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Ambul Pediatr 8:266-9. 2008.... - Patient health status and appointment keeping in an urban community health centerSuzanne B Cashman
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, at The University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 15:474-88. 2004..Patient appointment keeping is predictable; definable, measurable characteristics of patients can contribute to setting priorities for customizing interventions... - Underdiagnosis of obesity at a community health centerCeleste A Lemay
Office of Community Programs, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 16:14-21. 2003..As evidenced by significantly higher BMI scores for provider-diagnosed obesity, the data suggest that the obesity diagnosis is made by appearance. The importance of teaching and modeling the use of BMI to diagnose obesity is underscored... - Clinical prevention and population health: curriculum framework for health professionsJanet Allan
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Am J Prev Med 27:471-6. 2004..The Task Force recommends that each profession systematically determine whether appropriate items in the Curriculum Framework are included in its standardized examinations for licensure and certification and for program accreditation... - Characteristics of patients at three free clinicsRachel Mott Keis
Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 15:603-17. 2004..001). Although they serve an important need, free clinics cannot provide comprehensive, continuous care. Efforts to provide health care to the medically underserved must take these findings into consideration if they are to be successful...