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Development and validation of the Diabetes Numeracy Test (DNT)Mary Margaret Huizinga
Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 8:96. 2008..This paper describes the development and psychometric properties of the Diabetes Numeracy Test (DNT), the first scale to specifically measure numeracy skills used in diabetes...- A heart failure self-management program for patients of all literacy levels: a randomized, controlled trial [ISRCTN11535170]Darren A DeWalt
Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 6:30. 2006..However, no programs have analyzed their usefulness for patients with low literacy. We compared the efficacy of a heart failure self-management program designed for patients with low literacy versus usual care... 
Health literacy and quality: focus on chronic illness care and patient safetyRussell L Rothman
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Suite 6000 Medical Center East, Nashville, TN 37232 8300, USA
Pediatrics 124:S315-26. 2009....- Perspective: the role of numeracy in health careRussell L Rothman
Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 8300, USA
J Health Commun 13:583-95. 2008..Better tools to measure numeracy and more studies to assess the unique contribution of numeracy are needed. This research can contribute to developing interventions to improve outcomes for patients with poor numeracy... 
Pharmacist-led, primary care-based disease management improves hemoglobin A1c in high-risk patients with diabetesRussell Rothman
Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 8300, USA
Am J Med Qual 18:51-8. 2003..In conclusion, a pharmacist-based diabetes care program integrated into primary care practice significantly reduced HbA1c among patients with diabetes and poor glucose control...- Self-management behaviors, racial disparities, and glycemic control among adolescents with type 2 diabetesRussell L Rothman
Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research, Suite 6000 Medical Center East, Nashville, TN 37232 8300, USA
Pediatrics 121:e912-9. 2008..Type 2 diabetes is a growing problem among adolescents, but little is known about self-management behaviors in this population. Our aim was to examine self-management behaviors and glycemic control among adolescents with type 2 diabetes... - Patient understanding of food labels: the role of literacy and numeracyRussell L Rothman
Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Center for Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:391-8. 2006..Patient comprehension of food labels was examined, along with the relationship of comprehension to their underlying literacy and numeracy skills... - Labor characteristics and program costs of a successful diabetes disease management programRussell L Rothman
Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Suite 6000, Medical Center East, Nashville, TN 37232 8300, USA
Am J Manag Care 12:277-83. 2006..Organizations have invested in disease management programs to improve quality and to reduce costs, but little is known about the labor characteristics and the program costs necessary to implement a program... - Can diabetes management programs create sustained improvements in disease outcomes?Russell L Rothman
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 8300, USA
CMAJ 173:1467-8. 2005 - The Spoken Knowledge in Low Literacy in Diabetes scale: a diabetes knowledge scale for vulnerable patientsRussell L Rothman
Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenneessee 37232 8300, USA
Diabetes Educ 31:215-24. 2005..The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a new knowledge scale for patients with type 2 diabetes and poor literacy: the Spoken Knowledge in Low Literacy patients with Diabetes (SKILLD)... - The relationship between literacy and glycemic control in a diabetes disease-management programRussell Rothman
Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Diabetes Educ 30:263-73. 2004..This study examined the role of literacy in patients with poorly controlled diabetes who were participating in a diabetes management program that included low-literacy-oriented interventions... - A randomized trial of a primary care-based disease management program to improve cardiovascular risk factors and glycated hemoglobin levels in patients with diabetesRussell L Rothman
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 8300, USA
Am J Med 118:276-84. 2005..To assess the efficacy of a pharmacist-led, primary care-based, disease management program to improve cardiovascular risk factors and glycated hemoglobin (A(1C)) levels in vulnerable patients with poorly controlled diabetes... - Influence of patient literacy on the effectiveness of a primary care-based diabetes disease management programRussell L Rothman
Center for Health Services Research, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn 37232 8300, USA
JAMA 292:1711-6. 2004..Low literacy is an important barrier for patients with diabetes, but interventions to address low literacy have not been well examined... - Does this child have acute otitis media?Russell Rothman
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn 37232, USA
JAMA 290:1633-40. 2003..Acute otitis media (AOM) is one of the most common problems in pediatrics. An accurate diagnosis of AOM can guide proper treatment and follow-up... - Self-management in type 2 diabetes: the adolescent perspectiveShelagh A Mulvaney
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
Diabetes Educ 34:674-82. 2008..The purpose of this study was to document barriers and facilitators of self-management as perceived by adolescents with type 2 diabetes... - Addressing literacy and numeracy to improve diabetes care: two randomized controlled trialsKerri Cavanaugh
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Diabetes Care 32:2149-55. 2009..This study evaluated the impact of providing literacy- and numeracy-sensitive diabetes care within an enhanced diabetes care program on A1C and other diabetes outcomes... - Association of numeracy and diabetes controlKerri Cavanaugh
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
Ann Intern Med 148:737-46. 2008..The influence of a patient's quantitative skills (numeracy) on the management of diabetes is only partially understood... - Parent perceptions of caring for adolescents with type 2 diabetesShelagh A Mulvaney
Center for Evaluation and Program Improvement, Vanderbilt University, 230 Appleton Place, Peabody No 151, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Diabetes Care 29:993-7. 2006..In this qualitative study, we examined parent perceptions of barriers and strategies to address barriers to self-care in adolescents with type 2 diabetes... - The influence of health literacy on colorectal cancer screening knowledge, beliefs and behaviorNeeraja B Peterson
Center for Health Services Research, Division of General Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 99:1105-12. 2007.... - Diabetes numeracy: an overlooked factor in understanding racial disparities in glycemic controlChandra Y Osborn
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Diabetes Care 32:1614-9. 2009..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... - The Diabetes Literacy and Numeracy Education Toolkit (DLNET): materials to facilitate diabetes education and management in patients with low literacy and numeracy skillsKathleen Wolff
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 6100 Medical Center East, North Tower, Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research, Nashville, TN 37232 8300, USA
Diabetes Educ 35:233-6, 238-41, 244-5. 2009..Patients with low health literacy and numeracy may have difficulty translating information from traditional diabetes educational programs and materials into effective self-care... - Self-efficacy links health literacy and numeracy to glycemic controlChandra Y Osborn
Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 8300, USA
J Health Commun 15:146-58. 2010..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... - Insulin use and weight maintenance in well-controlled type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort studyMary Margaret Huizinga
Diabetes Research and Training Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1933-7. 2008..033). Less weight gain was observed over 24 months in insulin-treated patients. Whether this effect may be due to central catabolic effects of insulin merits additional confirmatory study and mechanistic investigation... - Low numeracy skills are associated with higher BMIMary Margaret Huizinga
Diabetes Research and Training Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1966-8. 2008..However, numeracy may have important clinical implications in the design and implementation of healthy weight management interventions and should be further evaluated to determine the magnitude of its effect... - An internet-based program to improve self-management in adolescents with type 1 diabetesShelagh A Mulvaney
School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Diabetes Care 33:602-4. 2010..33%). CONCLUSIONS This brief trial suggests that self-management support delivered through a secure website may improve self-management and offset typical decreases in adolescent glycemic control... - Psychometric properties of the Perceived Diabetes Self-Management Scale (PDSMS)Kenneth A Wallston
School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, 421 Godchaux Hall, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
J Behav Med 30:395-401. 2007..The PDSMS is a valid measure of diabetes self-efficacy, and the more generic template from which it was adapted can easily be altered for use with other chronic medical conditions... - Behind-the-scenes of patient-centered care: content analysis of electronic messaging among primary care clinic providers and staffRenee A Stiles
Department of General Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville Tennessee, USA
Med Care 45:1205-9. 2007..A taxonomy for codifying clinical text messages into standardized categories could facilitate content analysis of work performed or enhanced via electronic messaging... - Low health literacy associates with increased mortality in ESRDKerri L Cavanaugh
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 2372, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 21:1979-85. 2010..In summary, limited health literacy is common and associates with higher mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients. Addressing health literacy may improve survival for these patients... - Literacy, numeracy, and portion-size estimation skillsMary Margaret Huizinga
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:324-8. 2009..Literacy and numeracy skills may be important for accurate portion-size estimation. It was hypothesized that low literacy and numeracy would be associated with decreased accuracy in portion estimation... - Leveling the field: addressing health disparities through diabetes disease managementRichard O White
Division of General Internal Medicine, Meharry Medical College, 1005 Dr DB Todd Jr Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA
Am J Manag Care 16:42-8. 2010..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)... - Low numeracy is associated with increased odds of 30-day emergency department or hospital recidivism for patients with acute heart failureCandace D McNaughton
Department of Emergency Medicine
Circ Heart Fail 6:40-6. 2013..Further investigation is warranted to determine whether addressing numeracy and health literacy may reduce 30-day recidivism for patients with acute heart failure... - The impact of family history of diabetes on glucose testing and counseling behavior in primary careHarvey J Murff
Division of General Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Diabetes Care 27:2247-8. 2004 - Exploring the relationship between diabetes self-efficacy, depressive symptoms, and glycemic control among men and women with type 2 diabetesAndrea Cherrington
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 725 Faculty Office Tower, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294 3407, USA
J Behav Med 33:81-9. 2010..We conclude that men with depressive symptoms and type 2 diabetes may need tailored interventions that improve their self-efficacy in order to achieve glycemic control... - Assessment of commonly available education materials in heart failure clinicsKimberli Taylor-Clarke
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
J Cardiovasc Nurs 27:485-94. 2012..Therefore, we sought to determine the suitability and readability level of common cardiovascular patient education materials (PEM) related to heart failure and heart-healthy lifestyle... - Interventions aimed at decreasing obesity in children younger than 2 years: a systematic reviewPhilip J Ciampa
Program in Effective Health Communication, Department of Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 8300, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:1098-104. 2010..To assess the evidence for interventions designed to prevent or reduce overweight and obesity in children younger than 2 years... - Pediatric endocrinologists' management of children with type 2 diabetesKam Wong
Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Diabetes Care 33:512-4. 2010..More aggressive management of type 2 diabetes among younger providers may be related to recent training when type 2 diabetes was more common... - Accuracy of perceptions of overweight and relation to self-care behaviors among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parentsAsheley Cockrell Skinner
Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7411, USA
Diabetes Care 31:227-9. 2008..To examine how adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents/primary caregivers perceive the adolescents' weight and the relationship of those perceptions to diet and exercise behaviors and perceived barriers to healthy behaviors... - Development and pilot testing of a disease management program for low literacy patients with heart failureDarren A DeWalt
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, 5034 Old Clinic Building, CB#7105, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Patient Educ Couns 55:78-86. 2004..CONCLUSION: A heart failure disease management program designed specifically for patients with low literacy skills is acceptable and is associated with improvement in self-care behavior and heart failure related symptoms... - Weakness in numbers. The challenge of numeracy in health careVictor M Montori
J Gen Intern Med 20:1071-2. 2005 - Addressing the diabetes pandemic: a comprehensive approachMary Margaret Huizinga
Indian J Med Res 124:481-4. 2006
Research Grants
- Chronic Disease Management for Adolescents with Type 2 DiabetesRussell Rothman; Fiscal Year: 2007..The process and results of this research will provide valuable insights into adolescent diabetes, and will accelerate my future independent investigation in adolescent T2D. ..
- Addressing Health Literacy and Numeracy to Prevent Childhood ObesityRussell Rothman; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Addressing Health Literacy and Numeracy to Prevent Childhood ObesityHsiang Shonna Yin; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- Addressing Health Literacy and Numeracy to Prevent Childhood ObesityRussell Rothman; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Addressing Health Literacy and Numeracy to Prevent Childhood ObesityHsiang Shonna Yin; Fiscal Year: 2010....