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| Andrew L SussmanSummaryAffiliation: University of New Mexico Country: USA Publications
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The art and complexity of primary care clinicians' preventive counseling decisions: obesity as a case studyAndrew L Sussman
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Ann Fam Med 4:327-33. 2006..Using obesity as a case study, we looked for factors that influence clinicians' decisions to include preventive counseling in the brief primary care encounter...- Barriers to colorectal cancer screening: physician and general population perspectives, New Mexico, 2006Richard M Hoffman
New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 8:A35. 2011..Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates are low in New Mexico. We used statewide surveys of primary care physicians and the general population to characterize CRC screening practices and compare perceptions about screening barriers... - Ethics of health research in communities: perspectives from the southwestern United StatesRobert L Williams
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
Ann Fam Med 8:433-9. 2010..We conducted a study to explore how community members perceive low-risk health research, the adequacy of human research protection processes, and the ethical conduct of community-based research... 
Can we rapidly identify traditional, complementary and alternative medicine users in the primary care encounter? A RIOS Net studyAndrew L Sussman
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
Ethn Dis 20:64-70. 2010..We conducted this study to determine if observable characteristics--among southwestern Hispanic and Native American persons--might suggest to the clinician that a patient is likely to use TM/CAM...- The marriage of community-based participatory research and practice-based research networks: can it work? -A Research Involving Outpatient Settings Network (RIOS Net) studyRobert L Williams
Department of Family and Community Medicine, MSC 09 5040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 0001, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 22:428-35. 2009..However, this marriage of CBPR and PBRNs faces many challenges, such as locus of project idea generation, time constraints, and funding limitations... - 'Be gentle and be sincere about it': a story about community-based primary care researchAndrew L Sussman
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
Ann Fam Med 6:463-5. 2008..This story shows how creating opportunities for sustained engagement with the people we serve can lead to more sensitive ways to establish research partnerships... 
Self determination theory and preventive care delivery: a Research Involving Outpatient Settings Network (RIOS Net) studyAndrew L Sussman
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 21:282-92. 2008..We examined how clinicians make preventive counseling decisions to ascertain if self-determination theory (SDT) may further clarify influences on clinicians' decisions to take time for preventive counseling...- 'They don't ask me so I don't tell them': patient-clinician communication about traditional, complementary, and alternative medicineBrian M Shelley
First Choice Community Healthcare, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87105, USA
Ann Fam Med 7:139-47. 2009..Such communication can be important in anticipating possible drug-herb interactions and in assuring agreement about therapeutic plans... - Expressions of machismo in colorectal cancer screening among New Mexico Hispanic subpopulationsChristina M Getrich
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 0001, USA
Qual Health Res 22:546-59. 2012..Findings from the study highlight the importance of identifying varying characteristics among subpopulations to better understand screening barriers and provide optimal CRC screening counseling in primary care settings... - The "ins" and "outs" of provider-parent communication: perspectives from adolescent primary care providers on challenges to forging alliances to reduce adolescent riskDeborah L Helitzer
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
J Adolesc Health 48:404-9. 2011..The purpose of this research was to elucidate the challenges in and identify solutions to realizing this newer vision in the primary care setting... - Reports of persistent change in the clinical encounter following research participation: a report from the Primary Care Multiethnic Network (PRIME Net)Robert Rhyne
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 24:496-502. 2011.... - An adaptive community-based participatory approach to formative assessment with high schools for obesity intervention*Alberta S Kong
Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, MSC10 5590, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
J Sch Health 82:147-54. 2012..We used CBPR principles to conduct formative research in identifying acceptable and potentially sustainable obesity intervention strategies in 8 New Mexico school communities... - HPV and cervical cancer prevention counseling with younger adolescents: implications for primary careAndrew L Sussman
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Ann Fam Med 5:298-304. 2007..We conducted a qualitative study to better understand the implications for counseling about cervical cancer prevention by primary care clinicians who care for adolescents... - Implementation of a walking school bus: lessons learnedAlberta S Kong
Department of Pediatrics, MSC 105590, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
J Sch Health 79:319-25; quiz 333-4. 2009..The purpose of this article is to examine the feasibility of implementing a WSB... - Acanthosis nigricans and diabetes risk factors: prevalence in young persons seen in southwestern US primary care practicesAlberta S Kong
Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
Ann Fam Med 5:202-8. 2007..The purpose of this study was to determine the association of acanthosis nigricans with type 2 diabetes risk factors and disease in young persons... - School-based health center intervention improves body mass index in overweight and obese adolescentsAlberta S Kong
Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
J Obes 2013:575016. 2013..No differences were found between the two groups in blood pressure, HOMA-IR, triglycerides, and HDL-C. The ACTION SBHC weight management program was feasible and demonstrated improved outcomes in BMI percentile and waist circumference...