SALIMAH MEGHANI

Summary

Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Time to take stock: a meta-analysis and systematic review of analgesic treatment disparities for pain in the United States
    Salimah H Meghani
    Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania, 418 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4217, USA
    Pain Med 13:150-74. 2012
  2. ncbi Advancing a national agenda to eliminate disparities in pain care: directions for health policy, education, practice, and research
    Salimah H Meghani
    University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4217, USA
    Pain Med 13:5-28. 2012
  3. ncbi A concept analysis of palliative care in the United States
    Salimah H Meghani
    School of Nursing and Biomedical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA
    J Adv Nurs 46:152-61. 2004
  4. ncbi Corporatization of pain medicine: implications for widening pain care disparities
    Salimah H Meghani
    University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Pain Med 12:634-44. 2011
  5. ncbi Perspective: the need for practice socialization of international medical graduates--an exemplar from pain medicine
    Salimah H Meghani
    Biobehavioral and Health Science Division, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 4217, USA
    Acad Med 86:571-4. 2011
  6. ncbi Patient-provider race-concordance: does it matter in improving minority patients' health outcomes?
    Salimah H Meghani
    NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
    Ethn Health 14:107-30. 2009
  7. ncbi Disparity vs inequity: toward reconceptualization of pain treatment disparities
    Salimah H Meghani
    Center for Health Disparities Research, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6096, USA
    Pain Med 9:613-23. 2008
  8. ncbi Preference for analgesic treatment for cancer pain among African Americans
    Salimah H Meghani
    Center for Health Disparities Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    J Pain Symptom Manage 34:136-47. 2007
  9. ncbi Latent class cluster analysis to understand heterogeneity in prostate cancer treatment utilities
    Salimah H Meghani
    Biobehavioral and Health Sciences Division, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 9:47. 2009
  10. ncbi Self-reported pain and utilization of pain treatment between minorities and nonminorities in the United States
    Salimah H Meghani
    NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Public Health Nurs 26:307-16. 2009

Research Grants

  1. A Novel Approach to Elucidate Mechanisms for Disparity in Cancer Pain Outcomes
    SALIMAH MEGHANI; Fiscal Year: 2009
  2. A Novel Approach to Elucidate Mechanisms for Disparity in Cancer Pain Outcomes
    Salimah H Meghani; Fiscal Year: 2010
  3. Disparities in Analgesic Preference for Cancer Pain: A Conjoint Analysis Study
    SALIMAH MEGHANI; Fiscal Year: 2009

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi Time to take stock: a meta-analysis and systematic review of analgesic treatment disparities for pain in the United States
    Salimah H Meghani
    Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania, 418 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4217, USA
    Pain Med 13:150-74. 2012
    ....
  2. ncbi Advancing a national agenda to eliminate disparities in pain care: directions for health policy, education, practice, and research
    Salimah H Meghani
    University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4217, USA
    Pain Med 13:5-28. 2012
    ..Pain is strongly associated with significant personal and societal costs. A crucial element of any initiative on pain must focus on eliminating pain care disparities that are pervasive throughout the United States health care settings...
  3. ncbi A concept analysis of palliative care in the United States
    Salimah H Meghani
    School of Nursing and Biomedical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA
    J Adv Nurs 46:152-61. 2004
    ..The purpose of this analysis is to trace the evolution of the concept of palliative in the United States, explicate its meanings, and draw comparisons with other related concepts such as hospice care and terminal care...
  4. ncbi Corporatization of pain medicine: implications for widening pain care disparities
    Salimah H Meghani
    University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Pain Med 12:634-44. 2011
    ....
  5. ncbi Perspective: the need for practice socialization of international medical graduates--an exemplar from pain medicine
    Salimah H Meghani
    Biobehavioral and Health Science Division, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 4217, USA
    Acad Med 86:571-4. 2011
    ..S. practice. The authors conclude with recommendations to close this transitional gap, emphasizing the need for targeted assessment and training for IMGs...
  6. ncbi Patient-provider race-concordance: does it matter in improving minority patients' health outcomes?
    Salimah H Meghani
    NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
    Ethn Health 14:107-30. 2009
    ..To understand if patient-provider race-concordance is associated with improved health outcomes for minorities...
  7. ncbi Disparity vs inequity: toward reconceptualization of pain treatment disparities
    Salimah H Meghani
    Center for Health Disparities Research, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6096, USA
    Pain Med 9:613-23. 2008
    ..The existing research surrounding racial/ethnic disparities in pain treatment presents a conceptual predicament when placed within the framework of horizontal equity...
  8. ncbi Preference for analgesic treatment for cancer pain among African Americans
    Salimah H Meghani
    Center for Health Disparities Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    J Pain Symptom Manage 34:136-47. 2007
    ..These factors should be the focus of future inquiry...
  9. ncbi Latent class cluster analysis to understand heterogeneity in prostate cancer treatment utilities
    Salimah H Meghani
    Biobehavioral and Health Sciences Division, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 9:47. 2009
    ..Previous studies of preference elicitation for prostate cancer treatment have found considerable heterogeneity in individuals' preferences for health states given similar treatments and clinical risks...
  10. ncbi Self-reported pain and utilization of pain treatment between minorities and nonminorities in the United States
    Salimah H Meghani
    NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Public Health Nurs 26:307-16. 2009
    ....
  11. ncbi The use of comorbidities among adults experiencing care transitions: a systematic review and evolutionary analysis of empirical literature
    Harleah G Buck
    School of Nursing, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Philadelphia, 16802, USA
    Chronic Illn 8:278-95. 2012
    ..To systematically review how comorbidities are employed in the empirical literature for adults coping with multiple chronic conditions during common episodes of acute illness that resulted in transition across health care setting...
  12. ncbi Characteristics and outcomes of patients discharged from the Opioid Renewal Clinic at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center
    William C Becker
    Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VISN4 MIRECC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Am J Addict 18:135-9. 2009
    ..There was a positive correlation between length of time in the ORC and receipt of opioids post discharge. These outcomes reveal areas of need in the management of this complex population...
  13. ncbi Predictors of resolution of aberrant drug behavior in chronic pain patients treated in a structured opioid risk management program
    Salimah H Meghani
    NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Pennsylvania, USA
    Pain Med 10:858-65. 2009
    ..ORC is a program supporting PCPs' use of opioids for chronic pain in patients perceived as at risk for opioid abuse or those with demonstrated ADRBs...
  14. ncbi The meanings of and attitudes about cancer pain among African Americans
    Salimah H Meghani
    The School of Nursing, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
    Oncol Nurs Forum 34:1179-86. 2007
    ..To describe the meaning of cancer pain and attitudes in dealing with cancer pain among a group of African Americans with cancer...
  15. ncbi Leveling the playing field: does pain disparity literature suffer from a reporting bias?
    Salimah H Meghani
    Pain Med 6:269-70; author reply 271-2. 2005

Research Grants4

  1. A Novel Approach to Elucidate Mechanisms for Disparity in Cancer Pain Outcomes
    SALIMAH MEGHANI; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Findings will help identify targets sensitive to tailored, patient-centered interventions in improving equity in palliative care outcomes. ..
  2. A Novel Approach to Elucidate Mechanisms for Disparity in Cancer Pain Outcomes
    Salimah H Meghani; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Findings will help identify targets sensitive to tailored, patient-centered interventions in improving equity in palliative care outcomes. ..
  3. Disparities in Analgesic Preference for Cancer Pain: A Conjoint Analysis Study
    SALIMAH MEGHANI; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ....