Chandra Y Osborn

..2-15.9), as were the lowest scores on the REALM, AOR 3.3 (95% CI 1.3-8.7). The BEHKA-HIV is a psychometrically sound tool for assessing health knowledge and action regarding HIV treatment, and predicting non-adherence to HIV medications...

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..Findings support the use of the IMB model to culturally tailor diabetes interventions and to enhance patients' knowledge, motivation, and behavior skills needed for self-care...

..Research suggests individuals with diabetes are twice as likely as those without diabetes to be clinically depressed. Still unknown is the relationship between diabetes and depression in socioeconomically disadvantaged populations...

..Diabetes self-efficacy may be an important target of interventions to improve diabetes control and promote health equity related to health literacy and general numeracy skills needed for diabetes management...

..For exercise, personal motivation related to behavioral skills (r = 0.53, p < .001), and behavioral skills related to behavior (r = 0.45, p < .001). The IMB model could inform interventions targeting these behaviors in diabetes...

..The goal of this study was to examine racial disparities in the treatment of depression with antidepressant medication in the southeastern U.S...

..Our policies and procedures have supported widespread adoption and use of MHAV. We believe other healthcare organizations could employ our general guidelines and lessons learned to facilitate portal implementation and usage...

..09, p = .14). Diabetes medication adherence promotion interventions should address patient health literacy limitations...

..We examined whether health literacy, general numeracy, and diabetes-related numeracy explain the association between African American race and poor glycemic control (A1C) in patients with diabetes...

..To examine the mechanisms linking health literacy to physical activity and self-reported health...

..The purpose of this study was to develop a measure of psychosocial barriers to adherence in adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and examine relationships to patient characteristics, adherence, and hemoglobin A1C (A1C)...

..Describe intervention processes associated with an Internet self-management problem solving program for adolescents with type 1 diabetes, and relate participant characteristics to program use...

..We applied the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model, a well-validated, comprehensive health behavior change framework, to diabetes self-care...

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..We examined the relationships between health literacy, determinants of diabetes self-care, and glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes...

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..To examine the relationships among patient characteristics, labor inputs, and improvement in glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C) level in a successful primary care-based diabetes disease management program (DDMP)...

..The PMCSMS has broad utility as a generic template that can easily be adapted to different medical conditions...

..In an effort to identify what factors contribute to this link, we examined the role of social support as a mediator of the relationship between depressive symptoms and medication nonadherence...

..Participant statements suggest family members may bridge the HIT "digital divide" in diabetes by helping adults access a PWP or HIT for diabetes management...

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..For individuals with low subjective numeracy, perceiving high quality communication offset the association between low numeracy and underutilization of CRC screening...

..Patient portal use has been associated with favorable outcomes, but we know less about how patients use and benefit from specific patient portal features...

..In conclusion, patients--particularly those with limited health literacy--found a hospital pharmacist-based intervention to be very helpful and empowering...

..Limited health literacy may influence patients' ability to identify medications taken; a serious concern for ambulatory safety and quality...