Linda S Kahn

Summary

Affiliation: University at Buffalo
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Assessing the prevalence of depression among individuals with diabetes in a Medicaid managed-care program
    Linda S Kahn
    State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
    Int J Psychiatry Med 38:13-29. 2008
  2. ncbi Living with diabetes on Buffalo, New York's culturally diverse West Side
    Linda S Kahn
    1Primary Care Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA
    Chronic Illn 9:43-56. 2013
  3. ncbi The impacts of "growing our own": a pilot project to address health disparities by training health professionals to become certified diabetes educators in safety net practices
    Linda S Kahn
    Primary Care Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14215, USA
    Diabetes Educ 38:86-93. 2012
  4. ncbi A physician self-assessment tool for quality improvement
    Linda S Kahn
    Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, USA
    J Healthc Qual 29:38-43. 2007
  5. ncbi The use of telephonic case management to link a special-needs population with a primary care physician
    Linda S Kahn
    Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
    J Am Board Fam Med 22:585-7. 2009
  6. ncbi Facilitating quality improvement in physician management of comorbid chronic disease in an urban minority practice
    Linda S Kahn
    Family Medicine Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, SUNY Clinical Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
    J Natl Med Assoc 99:377-83. 2007
  7. ncbi The impacts of subsidized health insurance on employees' use of preventive health services
    Linda S Kahn
    State University of New York, Buffalo, USA
    Eval Health Prof 30:22-34. 2007
  8. ncbi Telephonic nurse case management for patients with diabetes and mental illnesses: a qualitative perspective
    Linda S Kahn
    Primary Care Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, ECMC Clinical Center, 462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
    Chronic Illn 5:257-67. 2009
  9. ncbi Identifying barriers and facilitating factors to improve screening mammography rates in women diagnosed with mental illness and substance use disorders
    Linda S Kahn
    Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
    Women Health 42:111-26. 2005
  10. ncbi Diabetes educators in safety-net practices: a qualitative study
    Linda S Kahn
    Primary Care Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine, ECMC Clinical Center, CC 127, 462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
    Diabetes Educ 37:212-9. 2011

Detail Information

Publications23

  1. ncbi Assessing the prevalence of depression among individuals with diabetes in a Medicaid managed-care program
    Linda S Kahn
    State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
    Int J Psychiatry Med 38:13-29. 2008
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  2. ncbi Living with diabetes on Buffalo, New York's culturally diverse West Side
    Linda S Kahn
    1Primary Care Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA
    Chronic Illn 9:43-56. 2013
    ..The specific research objective was to examine participants' explanations of how their diabetes began, understandings about the illness, description of symptoms, as well as physical and emotional reactions to the diagnosis...
  3. ncbi The impacts of "growing our own": a pilot project to address health disparities by training health professionals to become certified diabetes educators in safety net practices
    Linda S Kahn
    Primary Care Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14215, USA
    Diabetes Educ 38:86-93. 2012
    ..The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of incorporating certified diabetes educator trainees into medical practices on patient diabetes outcomes...
  4. ncbi A physician self-assessment tool for quality improvement
    Linda S Kahn
    Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, USA
    J Healthc Qual 29:38-43. 2007
    ..These findings suggest that the PSA, combined with random chart audits, can be a viable alternative to full chart reviews...
  5. ncbi The use of telephonic case management to link a special-needs population with a primary care physician
    Linda S Kahn
    Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
    J Am Board Fam Med 22:585-7. 2009
    ..This study assessed the effectiveness of this approach...
  6. ncbi Facilitating quality improvement in physician management of comorbid chronic disease in an urban minority practice
    Linda S Kahn
    Family Medicine Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, SUNY Clinical Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
    J Natl Med Assoc 99:377-83. 2007
    ..Increasing numbers of patients with multiple chronic conditions present in the primary care setting and pose a challenge to physicians who must cope with competing demands while adhering to clinical practice guidelines...
  7. ncbi The impacts of subsidized health insurance on employees' use of preventive health services
    Linda S Kahn
    State University of New York, Buffalo, USA
    Eval Health Prof 30:22-34. 2007
    ..A model of shared cost responsibility is an effective way to provide affordable insurance to small-business employees, thus increasing preventive services in these populations...
  8. ncbi Telephonic nurse case management for patients with diabetes and mental illnesses: a qualitative perspective
    Linda S Kahn
    Primary Care Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, ECMC Clinical Center, 462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
    Chronic Illn 5:257-67. 2009
    ..We also explored the role of the TNCM in addressing members' needs...
  9. ncbi Identifying barriers and facilitating factors to improve screening mammography rates in women diagnosed with mental illness and substance use disorders
    Linda S Kahn
    Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
    Women Health 42:111-26. 2005
    ..The findings highlight the importance of patient education as well as the positive effects of physician recommendations to encourage patients to receive breast cancer screening...
  10. ncbi Diabetes educators in safety-net practices: a qualitative study
    Linda S Kahn
    Primary Care Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine, ECMC Clinical Center, CC 127, 462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
    Diabetes Educ 37:212-9. 2011
    ..The purpose of this study was to explore the issues and challenges faced by certified diabetes educator (CDE) trainees in providing diabetes self-management education to patients in safety-net practices...
  11. ncbi Two years after a quality improvement intervention for chronic kidney disease care in a primary care office
    Ashley L Wentworth
    Departmentof Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
    Am J Med Qual 26:200-5. 2011
    ..This suggests that the intervention provided the education and reinforcement necessary to effect long-term change...
  12. ncbi High prevalence of undetected vitamin D deficiency in an urban minority primary care practice
    Linda S Kahn
    Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
    J Natl Med Assoc 103:407-11. 2011
    ..To assess the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among patients in an inner-city practice with a large African American population, and to evaluate the efficacy of vitamin D replacement as part of routine care...
  13. ncbi Improving chronic kidney disease care in primary care practices: an upstate New York practice-based research network (UNYNET) study
    Chester H Fox
    Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York 14215, USA
    J Am Board Fam Med 21:522-30. 2008
    ..CKD and its complications are still largely under-diagnosed and under-treated. A multifaceted quality improvement study was undertaken to test if these guidelines could be implemented to improve CKD care in underserved practices...
  14. ncbi Adolescent substance use and abuse: recognition and management
    Kim S Griswold
    State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, Buffalo, New York 14215, USA
    Am Fam Physician 77:331-6. 2008
    ..Working within community and family contexts, family physicians can activate and oversee the system of professionals and treatment components necessary for optimal management of substance misuse in adolescents...
  15. ncbi Atypical depression, somatic depression and anxious depression in women: are they gender-preferred phenotypes?
    Uriel Halbreich
    Biobehavior Research, State University of New York at Buffalo, Hayes Annex C Ste 1, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
    J Affect Disord 102:245-58. 2007
    ..Women also have a documented higher frequency of comorbid depression and anxiety disorders, and a three-fold higher prevalence of atypical depression...
  16. ncbi Treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder with luteal phase dosing of sertraline
    Uriel Halbreich
    Biobehavioural Program, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Hayes C, Suite 1, 3435 Main St, Building 5, Buffalo, NY 14214 3016, USA
    Expert Opin Pharmacother 4:2065-78. 2003
    ....
  17. ncbi The prevalence, impairment, impact, and burden of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMS/PMDD)
    Uriel Halbreich
    Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
    Psychoneuroendocrinology 28:1-23. 2003
    ..Appropriate recognition of the disorder and its impact should lead to treatment of more women with PMS/PMDD. Efficacious treatments are available. They should reduce individual suffering and impact on family, society, and economy...
  18. ncbi An adaptation of the diabetes prevention program for use with high-risk, minority patients with type 2 diabetes
    J Steven Cramer
    Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2447 Sheridan Drive, Tonawanda, NY 14150, USA
    Diabetes Educ 33:503-8. 2007
    ..Modifications were made to attempt to cut to the bare essentials to work within the constrained budgets of safety net providers. The primary aim was to achieve a mean absolute reduction in HbA1c level of 1 percentage point...
  19. ncbi Fasting Blood Glucose and Depressive Mood among Patients with Mental Illness in a Medicaid Managed Care Program
    Linda S Kahn
    Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, NY 14215, USA
    Depress Res Treat 2011:862708. 2011
    ..This finding supports current recommendations that physicians be alert to depressive symptoms among patients with diabetes or impaired glucose metabolism...
  20. ncbi Transforming community members into diabetes cultural health brokers: the neighborhood health talker project
    Renee B Cadzow
    Renee B Cadzow, D Youville College, KAB 431, 320 Porter Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14201 1084
    Diabetes Educ 39:100-8. 2013
    ..Low-cost initiatives like this are easily reproducible in other communities of color and could be modified to meet the needs of other communities as well...
  21. ncbi Nursing recruitment and retention in New York state: a qualitative workforce needs assessment
    Carol S Brewer
    School of Nursing, New York State Area Health Education Center System Statewide Office, Department of Family Medicine, University of Buffalo, New York, USA
    Policy Polit Nurs Pract 7:54-63. 2006
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  22. ncbi Pharmacotherapy of premenstrual syndromes and premenstrual dysphoric disorder: current practices
    Mohamed F Mitwally
    Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, State University of New Yorkat Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
    Expert Opin Pharmacother 3:1577-90. 2002
    ..The SSRIs are also efficacious when administered intermittently--only during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle...
  23. ncbi Screening for mental illness in primary care clinics
    Linda S Kahn
    Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, USA
    Int J Psychiatry Med 34:345-62. 2004
    ..A weakness of this study is that the POPR might generate false positive results. Even if this were the case, the rate of previous diagnoses was still extremely low...