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Mailed fecal immunochemical tests plus educational materials to improve colon cancer screening rates in Iowa Research Network (IRENE) practicesBarcey T Levy
Department of Family Medicine, Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine and College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 25:73-82. 2012..In addition, we compared changes in attitudes toward, readiness for, and barriers to screening from baseline to follow-up after education about screening...
Is paracervical block safe and effective? A prospective study of its association with neonatal umbilical artery pH valuesB T Levy
Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
J Fam Pract 48:778-84. 1999..Paracervical blocks (PCBs) relieve labor pain, but reports of associated complications have caused many physicians to question their safety...- Physician specialty is significantly associated with hormone replacement therapy useBarcey T Levy
Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Obstet Gynecol 101:114-22. 2003..To compare the characteristics of postmenopausal women seen by gynecologists versus family physicians and to determine factors associated with current hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use... - Colorectal cancer testing among patients cared for by Iowa family physiciansBarcey T Levy
Department of Family Medicine, Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:193-201. 2006..The purpose of this study was to examine patient and physician factors associated with documented CRC testing according to national guidelines... - Predictors of neonatal resuscitation, low Apgar scores, and umbilical artery pH among growth-restricted neonatesB T Levy
Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
Obstet Gynecol 91:909-16. 1998..To identify risk factors associated with poorer immediate neonatal outcomes among growth-restricted neonates... - Respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants and young childrenB T Levy
Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
J Fam Pract 45:473-81. 1997..Steroids do not seem to confer any advantage. Ribavirin is expensive and should be used very selectively in infants at high risk for serious RSV disease. These infants may benefit from prophylaxis with RSV immune globulin... - Why hasn't this patient been screened for colon cancer? An Iowa Research Network studyBarcey T Levy
Department of Family Medicine, Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 20:458-68. 2007..The objective of this study was to describe physicians' reasons for screening or not screening specific patients for CRC and their approach to CRC testing discussions... - Perceptions of Iowa family physicians regarding colorectal cancer screeningBarcey T Levy
From the Department of Family Medicine, Pomerantz Family Pavilion, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Med Care 46:S103-8. 2008..Fewer than half of Americans have been screened for colorectal cancer (CRC), a largely preventable disease... - Interventions to improving osteoporosis screening: an Iowa Research Network (IRENE) studyBarcey T Levy
Department of Family Medicine, Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City IA 52246, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 22:360-7. 2009..Primary care physicians often fail to diagnose low bone density. This pilot study assessed 2 interventions for their effect on bone mineral density testing... - Quality of a family medicine preceptorship is significantly associated with matching into family practiceB T Levy
Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
Fam Med 33:683-90. 2001..This study tested whether clinical experiences in family practice are associated with matching into family practice... - Antibiotic use during the first 200 days of lifeG R Bergus
Department of Family Practice, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Arch Fam Med 5:523-6. 1996..Infants were most frequently treated with amoxicillin, followed by cephalosporins and sulfonamides. Otitis media was the illness that most commonly prompted the use of an antibiotic... - Clinical diagnosis and the order of informationG R Bergus
Department of Family Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
Med Decis Making 18:412-7. 1998..Information order can influence judgment. However, it remains unclear whether the order of clinical data affects physicians' interpretations of these data when they are engaged in familiar diagnostic tasks... - Skills that Iowa family physicians desire in a new physician partnerG R Bergus
Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Fam Med 29:618-24. 1997..As a result, there is not consensus on which skills need to be stressed during residency training. Our project asked community-based family physicians to rate the importance of specific skills in a new family physician partner... - The effects of precepting on and the support desired by community-based preceptors in IowaB T Levy
Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242 1097, USA
Acad Med 72:382-4. 1997..To survey community-based family physician-preceptors about teaching costs, issues, and support desired... - Skills actively performed during a family medicine community-based preceptorshipC L Gjerde
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, USA
Fam Med 29:21-6. 1997..This study assessed the clinical learning experiences provided to third-year medical students during a 2-week, required, community-based family medicine preceptorship... - Unique learning contributions of a family medicine preceptorshipC L Gjerde
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Fam Med 30:410-6. 1998..This study identified clinical skills performed by third-year medical students only during a community-based family medicine preceptorship, even when the family medicine rotation occurs after all other required clerkships... 
Effect of a patient's psychiatric history on physicians' estimation of probability of diseaseM A Graber
Department of Family Medicine, at The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1097, USA
J Gen Intern Med 15:204-6. 2000..We conclude that past psychiatric history influences physicians' estimation of disease presence and willingness to order tests...- Analysis of questions asked by family doctors regarding patient careJ W Ely
Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, 01291 D PFP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
BMJ 319:358-61. 1999..To characterise the information needs of family doctors by collecting the questions they asked about patient care during consultations and to classify these in ways that would be useful to developers of knowledge bases... - Is use of hormone replacement therapy associated with increased detection of human papillomavirus and potential risk of HPV-related genital cancers?E M Smith
Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Eur J Cancer Prev 11:295-305. 2002.... - Magnitude and variability of sequential estradiol and progesterone concentrations in women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate for contraceptionM K Clark
College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Fertil Steril 75:871-7. 2001..To describe the magnitude and variability of sequential serum estradiol and progesterone concentrations throughout one depot medroxyprogesterone (DMPA) injection interval... - An assessment of attitudes, behaviors, and outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetesJeanette M Daly
Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 22:280-90. 2009..The purpose of this research was to identify (1) which barriers to diabetes management are associated with problem behaviors and (2) which patient behaviors and barriers are associated with diabetes control... - Mailed fecal-immunochemical test for colon cancer screeningJeanette M Daly
Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Community Health 35:235-9. 2010..Commitment by health care providers is necessary for prevention. This method is one of several that could reach the hard to screen population... - Patient clock drawing and accuracy of self-report compared with chart review for colorectal cancer (CRC) screeningJeanette M Daly
Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, 01290 F PFP, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Arch Gerontol Geriatr 50:341-4. 2010..When examining predictors of agreement/disagreement for colonoscopy screening, abnormal clock drawing was the single predictor for higher disagreement... - Factors associated with higher clinical skills experience of medical students on a family medicine preceptorshipBarcey T Levy
Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa
Fam Med 37:332-40. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Use of a consistent clinical skills checklist allowed us to document important effects of curriculum, legislation, and preceptor teaching qualities on the students' clinical skills experience... - Prevalence and persistence of human papillomavirus in postmenopausal age womenElaine M Smith
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, C21P GH, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 27:472-80. 2003..1-3.1). These findings suggest that a significant percentage of older women are infected with HPV. This may put them at increased risk of genital cancers with longer use of HRTs. Additional studies are needed... - Differences in clinical experiences based on gender of third-year medical students in a required family medicine preceptorshipBarcey T Levy
Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Acad Med 77:1241-6. 2002..To investigate whether the gender of a student or preceptor affects the students' level of experience with clinical skills in a preceptorship... - Associations of pacifier use, digit sucking, and child care attendance with cessation of breastfeedingSteven M Levy
Universit of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
J Fam Pract 51:465. 2002..This study assessed the associations between pacifier use, digit sucking, childcare attendance, and breastfeeding cessation among 1387 infants in the Iowa Fluoride Study... - Human papillomavirus in the oral cavities of children and adolescentsK F Summersgill
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, USA
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 91:62-9. 2001..The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the frequency of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the oral cavities of children and adolescents and to identify potential risk factors for HPV infection... - A prospective study of antibiotic use and associated infections in young childrenG R Bergus
Department of Family Medicine, The Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 15:61-7. 2001..18) and showed a trend for more days of use (P = 0.052). There was a small but significant variation in antibiotic usage in the different recruitment communities (P = 0.02)... - Empirically identified goals for the management of unexplained symptomsTerri A Nordin
Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242-1097, USA
Fam Med 38:476-82. 2006..Clearly identified management goals may improve the care of patients with medically unexplained symptoms and help clinicians achieve greater satisfaction with the management of these patients... - Specialty of ambulatory care physicians and mortality after myocardial infarctionPaul A James
N Engl J Med 348:1288-9; author reply 1288-9. 2003