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| Judith A LongSummaryAffiliation: University of Pennsylvania Country: USA Publications
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Peer mentoring and financial incentives to improve glucose control in African American veterans: a randomized trialJudith A Long
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, USA
Ann Intern Med 156:416-24. 2012..A peer mentorship model could be a scalable approach to improving control in this population and reducing disparities in diabetic outcomes...
Use of alcohol, illicit drugs, and tobacco among characters on prime-time televisionJudith A Long
Center for Health Equity and Research and Promotion, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 6021, USA
Subst Abus 23:95-103. 2002..S. ratio. These results indicate that contrary to prevailing beliefs, alcohol, illicit drug, and tobacco users are uncommon on prime-time TV and are less prevalent than in the U.S. population...- Missing race/ethnicity data in Veterans Health Administration based disparities research: a systematic reviewJudith A Long
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 17:128-40. 2006.... - Changes in veterans' use of outpatient care from 1992 to 2000Judith A Long
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, University of Pennsylvania s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, PA 19104 6021, USA
Am J Public Health 95:2246-51. 2005..To determine whether the reorganization was associated with changes in patterns of out-patient VHA use, we sought to evaluate changes in characteristics of veterans who use VHA outpatient services between 1992 and 2000... - Effect of race on ratings of hypothetical candidates for a research scholarship/research assistant positionJudith A Long
Philadelphia VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA
Teach Learn Med 16:355-60. 2004.... - Update on the health disparities literatureJudith A Long
Veterans Affairs Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Ann Intern Med 141:805-12. 2004 - Patient opinions regarding 'pay for performance for patients'Judith A Long
Philadelphia VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1647-52. 2008..Many large employers and payers are turning to pay for performance for patients (P4P4P) to reduce health costs and improve the health of their covered populations. How these programs may be perceived by patients is unknown... - Social class and mortality in older womenJudith A Long
Philadelphia Veterans Administration, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, 1201 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 55:952-8. 2002..7 (95% CI, 1.2-6.4) and 2.7 (95% CI, 1.3-5.7), respectively. In this population of older women, personal work history was the only social class marker predictive of mortality... 
Social capital and glucose controlJudith A Long
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, 1201 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
J Community Health 35:519-26. 2010..No other measure of social capital was associated with HbA1c. In this study of black veterans with diabetes we observed that living in neighborhoods where people work together is associated with better glucose control...- Behind-the-counter status and availability of emergency contraceptionRebekah E Gee
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 199:478.e1-5. 2008..The objective of the study was to determine whether the 2006 Food and Drug Administration approval of Plan B for behind-the-counter status increased availability... - Racial differences in the impact of comorbidities on survival among elderly men with prostate cancerMary Putt
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA
Med Care Res Rev 66:409-35. 2009..Adjusting for treatment had little impact on these results, despite variation in the racial difference in receipt of prostatectomy with differing comorbidity levels... - ''Buddy system'' of peer mentors may help control diabetesJudith A Long
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, USA
LDI Issue Brief 17:1-4. 2012..In this case, a telephone buddy makes a big difference... - Distrust of the health care system and self-reported health in the United StatesKatrina Armstrong
Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, PA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:292-7. 2006.... - Power over parity: intimate partner violence and issues of fertility controlRebekah E Gee
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 201:148.e1-7. 2009..The purpose of this study was to examine the association between intimate partner violence (IPV), abortion, parity, and contraception use... - Gender differences in the practice of adult primary care physiciansAnn K Boulis
Philadelphia VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 13:703-12. 2004..This study investigates how physician gender affects reactions to six model patients... - Reliability and validity of diabetes specific Health Beliefs Model scales in patients with diabetes and serious mental illnessJennifer Gutierrez
Philadelphia VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 92:342-7. 2011..While diabetes medication adherence has frequently been evaluated through the lens of the HBM, it is unclear if developed scales are reliable and valid in patients with SMI... - Predictors of emergent feeding tubes and tracheostomies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)Amy Y Tsou
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Veterans Affairs Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Amyotroph Lateral Scler 13:318-25. 2012..Academic hospital affiliation decreased odds of emergent gastrostomy or tracheostomy. After Medicare changes broadening access, while gastrostomy use increased, the proportion of emergent procedures decreased... - Measuring adherence to mammography screening recommendations among low-income womenKatrina Armstrong
Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Prev Med 38:754-60. 2004.... - Messages about black-box warnings: a comparative analysis of reports from the FDA and lay media in the USPierre L Yong
Department of Medicine, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Drug Saf 32:1147-57. 2009.... 
Medical student-run health clinics: important contributors to patient care and medical educationScott A Simpson
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:352-6. 2007..Despite the popularity of medical student-run health clinics among U.S. medical schools, there is no information about how many clinics exist, how many students volunteer there, or how many patients they see and what services they offer...- Variation in availability of emergency contraception in pharmaciesHannah E Shacter
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Contraception 75:214-7. 2007..We aimed to describe the availability of EC in areas governed by different state policies regarding pharmacist behavior... - Cell phone cardiopulmonary resuscitation: audio instructions when needed by lay rescuers: a randomized, controlled trialRaina M Merchant
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 55:538-543.e1. 2010.... - Perceptions of readmitted patients on the transition from hospital to homeShreya Kangovi
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
J Hosp Med 7:709-12. 2012..Hospital leaders have had mixed success reducing readmissions Little is known about the readmitted patient's perspective... - Impact of transitioning from HIV clinical trials to routine medical care on clinical outcomes and patient perceptionsBaligh R Yehia
Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
AIDS Care 24:769-77. 2012..Patients without a healthy fear of transitioning from ART-RCTs to routine care may be at increased risk of viral failure. Focus should be given to assisting patients during this transition... - Receipt of health services by low-income veteransJudith A Long
J Health Care Poor Underserved 14:305-17. 2003 - African American race was associated with an increased risk of complications following venous thromboembolismDrahomir Aujesky
Division of Internal Medicine, the Clinical Epidemiology Center, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
J Clin Epidemiol 60:410-6. 2007..Limited data exist on the quality of care for patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE), and it is unknown whether the processes and outcomes of care for this illness differ between African Americans and whites... - How do providers assess antihypertensive medication adherence in medical encounters?Barbara G Bokhour
Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA 01730, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:577-83. 2006..Poor adherence to antihypertensives has been shown to be a significant factor in poor blood pressure (BP) control. Providers' communication with patients about their medication-taking behavior may be central to improving adherence... - Advancing the science of health disparities researchNancy T Artinian
National Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities, The College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
Ethn Dis 17:427-33. 2007....
Research Grants
- A Randomized Trial of Incentives and Peer Mentors to Improve Diabetic OutcomesJudith A Long; Fiscal Year: 2010..If effective, these interventions could provide important models for improving glucose control in general and, in particular, for addressing racial disparities in diabetes outcomes. ..