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A framework for understanding modifications to measures for diverse populationsAnita L Stewart
Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Aging Health 24:992-1017. 2012..A framework of issues to consider when modifying measures for diverse populations is presented...
Body Awareness: a phenomenological inquiry into the common ground of mind-body therapiesWolf E Mehling
University of California, San Francisco, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, California, USA
Philos Ethics Humanit Med 6:6. 2011....- Patients' perspectives on how idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis affects the quality of their livesJeffrey J Swigris
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:61. 2005..On a broader scale, to provide the best care for people with IPF, clinicians must appreciate--from patients' perspectives--how this disease affects various aspects of their lives... 
Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status and the health of pregnant womenAnita L Stewart
University of California, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Health Psychol 12:285-300. 2007..Few race/ethnic differences were found in physical functioning. Our results contribute to a small literature on how SES might interact with race/ethnicity in explaining health...- Diffusing a research-based physical activity promotion program for seniors into diverse communities: CHAMPS IIIAnita L Stewart
Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California St, Suite 340, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 3:A51. 2006.... - Interpersonal processes of care survey: patient-reported measures for diverse groupsAnita L Stewart
Center for Aging in Diverse Communities, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Institute for Health and Aging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118 1944, USA
Health Serv Res 42:1235-56. 2007..The survey was administered in English and Spanish to adult general medicine patients, stratified by race/ethnicity and language (African Americans, English-speaking Latinos, Spanish-speaking Latinos, non-Latino whites) (N=1,664). Study.. - Depressive symptoms and perceived doctor-patient communication in the Heart and Soul studyYael Schenker
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Box 1364, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:550-6. 2009..Little is known about the extent to which medical comorbidities, disease severity and depressive symptoms influence perceptions of doctor-patient communication in patients with chronic disease... - The effectiveness of an advance notice letter on the recruitment of African Americans and Whites for a mailed patient satisfaction surveyANNA M NAPOLES-SPRINGER
University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 335, San Francisco, CA 94118 1944, USA
J Aging Health 16:124S-36S. 2004..Evaluate an advance notice letter for enhancing patient satisfaction survey response rates in African Americans and Whites... - A conceptual model of HIV/AIDS stigma from five African countriesWilliam L Holzemer
University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
J Adv Nurs 58:541-51. 2007..It is part of a larger study to increase understanding of HIV/AIDS stigma... - Older African Americans' perceptions of pharmacistsSharon L Youmans
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco, 94143 0622, USA
Ethn Dis 17:284-90. 2007..To describe older African Americans' communication with pharmacists and their opinions, beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes about the role of the community pharmacist... - The effects of acute illness on ADL decline over 1 year in frail older adults with and without cognitive impairmentLaura P Sands
Center on Aging, Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco 94143 1265, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:M449-54. 2002..These relationships have not been described for the frailest of older adults whose high rates of acute illness and cognitive impairment put them at the greatest risk for loss of ADL functioning... - Effects of acculturation on smoking behavior in Asian Americans: a meta-analysisSarah Choi
Department of Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Cardiovasc Nurs 23:67-73. 2008..In the United States, the prevalence rate in Asian immigrants is high (26%-70%), with Southeast Asian men having the highest rate. Acculturation has been associated with smoking behavior in this ethnic group... - Body awareness: construct and self-report measuresWolf E Mehling
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 4:e5614. 2009..We assessed the psychometric quality of selected self-report measures and examined their items for underlying definitions of the construct... - Improving physical activity resource guides to bridge the divide between the clinic and the communityHilary K Seligman
Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, Box 1364, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 6:A18. 2009..We elicited the detailed opinions of providers about how to make resource guides more useful for them... - Psychoeducation to increase psychotherapy entry for older African AmericansJennifer Alvidrez
UCSF Dept of Psychiatry, Box 0852 TRCR, San Francisco, CA 94143 0852, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:554-61. 2005..This pilot study examined the impact of a brief psychoeducational intervention on treatment entry and attendance for older African American medical patients referred for psychotherapy... - Using cognitive interviews to develop surveys in diverse populationsANNA M NAPOLES-SPRINGER
Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations and the Center on Aging in Diverse Communities, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94118 1944, USA
Med Care 44:S21-30. 2006..Cognitive interviews are pretest methods to explore the conceptual equivalence of survey items. Systematic approaches for using these methods are emerging... - Overview of qualitative methods in research with diverse populations. Making research reflect the populationANNA M NAPOLES-SPRINGER
University of California San Francisco, 3333California Street, Suite 335, San Francisco, California 94118 1944, USA
Med Care 44:S5-9. 2006 - Multilevel perspectives on diffusing a physical activity promotion program to reach diverse older adultsAnita L Stewart
University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health and Aging, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Aging Phys Act 14:270-87. 2006..Linking sectors to connect resources and expertise was considered essential. Complexities of such large-scale collaborations were identified. These results may guide communities interested in diffusing health promotion interventions... - "Below average" self-assessed school performance and Alzheimer's disease in the Aging, Demographics, and Memory StudyKala M Mehta
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Alzheimers Dement 5:380-7. 2009..We examined whether self-assessed school performance is associated with AD beyond the effects of educational level alone... - Resident perceptions of the impact of work hour limitationsGrace A Lin
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Box 1364, SFGH, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:969-75. 2007..Mandatory work hour limitations for residents began in July 2003. There has been little evaluation of the impact of the new limitations on Internal Medicine residency training... - Interpersonal processes of care and patient satisfaction: do associations differ by race, ethnicity, and language?Anna María Nápoles
Department of Medicine, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94118 1944, USA
Health Serv Res 44:1326-44. 2009..Describe association of patient satisfaction with interpersonal processes of care (IPC) by race/ethnicity... - Physician language ability and cultural competence. An exploratory study of communication with Spanish-speaking patientsAlicia Fernandez
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Calif 94110, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:167-74. 2004..We studied physician-patient dyads to determine how physician self-rated Spanish-language ability and cultural competence affect Spanish-speaking patients' reports of interpersonal processes of care... - Validation of the HIV/AIDS Stigma Instrument - PLWA (HASI-P)William L Holzemer
University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, CA 94143, USA
AIDS Care 19:1002-12. 2007..The scale is available is several African languages... - The mediating effect of pain and fatigue on level of functioning in older adultsJill A Bennett
School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 94143 0610, USA
Nurs Res 51:254-65. 2002.... - Loss of independence in activities of daily living in older adults hospitalized with medical illnesses: increased vulnerability with ageKenneth E Covinsky
Division of Geriatrics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:451-8. 2003..To describe the changes in activities of daily living (ADL) function occurring before and after hospital admission in older people hospitalized with medical illness and to assess the effect of age on loss of ADL function... - Conceptual challenges in linking physical activity and disability researchAnita L Stewart
Institute for Health and Aging, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94118, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:137-40. 2003 - Advancing health disparities research: can we afford to ignore measurement issues?Anita L Stewart
Center for Aging in Diverse Communities and Medical Effectiveness Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Med Care 41:1207-20. 2003..To compare groups, mean scores must reflect true scores and have minimal bias, assumptions that have not been tested for many self-report measures used in this research... - Effect of hysterectomy vs medical treatment on health-related quality of life and sexual functioning: the medicine or surgery (Ms) randomized trialMiriam Kuppermann
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0856, USA
JAMA 291:1447-55. 2004..Although a quarter of US women undergo elective hysterectomy before menopause, controlled trials that evaluate the benefits and harms are lacking... - Patients' perceptions of cultural factors affecting the quality of their medical encountersANNA M NAPOLES-SPRINGER
Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations and the Center on Aging in Diverse Communities, University of California San Francisco UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94118 1944
Health Expect 8:4-17. 2005..The aim of this study was to identify key domains of cultural competence from the perspective of ethnically and linguistically diverse patients... - Recruiting ethnically diverse general internal medicine patients for a telephone survey on physician-patient communicationANNA M NAPOLES-SPRINGER
Center for Aging in Diverse Communities, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94118 1944, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:438-43. 2005..Limited evidence exists on the effectiveness of recruitment methods among diverse populations... - Health promotion and psychosocial services and women's assessments of interpersonal prenatal care in Medicaid managed careCarol C Korenbrot
Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco, CA, USA
Matern Child Health J 9:135-49. 2005.... - The influence of depressive symptoms on clinician-patient communication among patients with type 2 diabetesSara L Swenson
Department of Internal Medicine, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94118, USA
Med Care 46:257-65. 2008..We investigated whether diabetes patients with depressive symptoms, compared with those without depressive symptoms, report worse clinician-patient communication, and which domains of communication are most affected... - Perceptions of coronary heart disease risk in Korean immigrants with type 2 diabetesSarah Choi
Department of Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Diabetes Educ 34:484-92. 2008..The purpose of this study was to examine coronary heart disease (CHD) risk perception, risk factor status, and factors associated with CHD risk perception in Korean immigrants with type 2 diabetes mellitus... - Self-care behaviors in indigent patients with heart failureAurelia Macabasco-O'Connell
University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 6918, USA
J Cardiovasc Nurs 23:223-30. 2008.... - Sexual function among overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence in a randomized controlled trial of an intensive behavioral weight loss interventionAlison J Huang
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
J Urol 181:2235-42. 2009..We examined sexual function in overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence, and evaluated the effects of an intensive behavioral weight reduction intervention on sexual function in this population... - Psychometric characteristics of the spiritual perspective scale in pregnant African-American womenDawn E Dailey
Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Res Nurs Health 30:61-71. 2007..Factor analysis revealed a two-factor solution. The SPS performed well suggesting that it is an appropriate tool to use as a measure of spirituality in pregnant African American women... - Functional health literacy and the quality of physician-patient communication among diabetes patientsDean Schillinger
Primary Care Research Center, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, 995 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Patient Educ Couns 52:315-23. 2004..Research is needed to identify strategies to improve communication for this group of patients... - "You aren't going to get better by just sitting around": physical activity perceptions, motivations, and barriers in adults 75 years of age or olderMelanie D Grossman
Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA
Am J Geriatr Cardiol 12:33-7. 2003..Even with health problems and age, physical activity counseling by doctors is valued and considered helpful by this age group... - Prevalence and correlates of perceived societal racism in older African-American adults with type 2 diabetes mellitusSandra Y Moody-Ayers
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:2202-8. 2005.... - Cultural factors associated with antihypertensive medication adherence in Chinese immigrantsWen Wen Li
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143 0610, USA
J Cardiovasc Nurs 21:354-62. 2006..Little is known about hypertension control and cultural factors related to medication adherence in Chinese immigrants... - Measurement issues in health disparities researchMildred Ramirez
Research Division, The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, NY 10471, USA
Health Serv Res 40:1640-57. 2005..g., estimates of prevalence, magnitude of risks, and differences in mean scores. Addressing measurement issues in the assessment of health status may contribute to a better understanding of health issues in cross-cultural research... - Women's initiative for non-smoking (WINS) VI: reliability and validity of health and psychosocial measures in women smokers with cardiovascular diseaseErika Sivarajan Froelicher
Department of Physiological Nursing at the School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 94143-0610, USA
Heart Lung 33:162-75. 2004..The measures generally performed well and show promise for advancing our understanding of smokers in this population... - Consumer assessment of the quality of interpersonal processes of prenatal care among ethnically diverse low-income women: development of a new measureSabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia School of Nursing, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada
Womens Health Issues 14:118-29. 2004..The purpose of this study is to develop a multidimensional measure of prenatal interpersonal processes of care (PIPC) that demonstrates reliability and validity in ethnically diverse women in Medicaid managed care plans... - Prepregnancy health status and the risk of preterm deliveryJennifer S Haas
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02120 1613, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:58-63. 2005..Despite extensive evaluation, our understanding of risk factors for premature delivery is incomplete... - Cultural factors and medication compliance in Chinese immigrants who are taking antihypertensive medications: instrument developmentWen Wen Li
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143 0610, USA
J Nurs Meas 13:231-52. 2005..60. Results showed that most of the scales are applicable and acceptable in a Chinese immigrant population and had good reliability. However, further testing with a larger sample in other regions of the country is indicated... - Measurement in a multi-ethnic society. Overview to the special issueJeanne A Teresi
Columbia University Stroud Center and Research Division, Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, 5901 Palisade Avenue, Riverdale, NY 10471, USA
Med Care 44:S3-4. 2006 - The California active aging community grant program: translating science into practice to promote physical activity in older adultsSteven P Hooker
Prevention Research Center, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Ann Behav Med 29:155-65. 2005..Attempts to study the translation of evidence-based physical activity interventions in community settings are scarce... - Psychometric characteristics of a patient satisfaction instrument tailored to the concerns of African AmericansMarie N Fongwa
School of Nursing, UCLA, California 90095 6917, USA
Ethn Dis 16:948-55. 2006..The survey needs to be evaluated in other samples to determine if it adequately reflects cultural issues from other ethnic minorities... - Measurement adequacy of parenting and children's functional status in African American and Latino familiesSabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, Vancouver, Canada
J Nurs Meas 12:47-62. 2004..Different factor loadings for some items for Hispanics and African Americans suggest different interpretation of items between the two cultural groups... - An empirical evaluation of social support and psychological well-being in older Chinese and Korean immigrantsSabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, Culture, Gender, and Health Research Unit, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ethn Health 12:43-67. 2007.... - Assessing environmentally determined mobility disability: self-report versus observed community mobilityAnne Shumway-Cook
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:700-4. 2005.... - Changes in the health status of women during and after pregnancyJennifer S Haas
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02120 1613, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:45-51. 2005..To characterize the changes in health status experienced by a multi-ethnic cohort of women during and after pregnancy... - Physical activity counseling in primary care and patient well-being: Do patients benefit?Roger T Anderson
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27104, USA
Ann Behav Med 30:146-54. 2005..Benefits to health-related quality of life (HRQL) and subjective well-being may be as important and take less time to accrue... - The changing meaning of family support among older Chinese and Korean immigrantsSabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia, Culture, Gender, and Health Research Unit, School of Nursing and Centre for Health Services Policy Research, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, T 161, Vancouver, B C V6T 2B5, Canada
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 61:S4-9. 2006..Our objective in this study was to examine how family social-support expectations have changed among older Chinese and Korean U.S. immigrants... - Examining the types of social support and the actual sources of support in older Chinese and Korean immigrantsSabrina T Wong
University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Culture, Gender, and Health Unit Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Vancouver, Canada
Int J Aging Hum Dev 61:105-21. 2005..Despite their reticence in asking for help outside the family, elders are seeking help from other sources, such as ethnic churches and the government... - What explains differences between dementia patients' and their caregivers' ratings of patients' quality of life?Laura P Sands
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 2069, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 12:272-80. 2004....
Research Grants
- MEASURING INTERPERSONAL PROCESSES IN DIVERSE PATIENTSAnita Stewart; Fiscal Year: 2002..Interventions arising from such studies could contribute to quality improvements in caring for diverse groups. ..
- Physical Activity and Diet to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes RiskAnita Stewart; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..