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Factors associated with weaning in the first 3 months postpartumKendra Schwartz
Dept of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, 101 E Alexandrine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Fam Pract 51:439-44. 2002..To determine the demographic, behavioral, and clinical factors associated with breastfeeding termination in the first 12 weeks postpartum...
Interplay of race, socioeconomic status, and treatment on survival of patients with prostate cancerKendra Schwartz
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
Urology 74:1296-302. 2009....- Predictors, barriers, and facilitators of lipid-lowering medication use among African Americans in a primary care clinicKendra L Schwartz
Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 101:944-52. 2009..Hypercholesterolemic African Americans are less likely than white Americans to be taking lipid-lowering medications, yet they suffer disproportionately from coronary heart disease (CHD)... 
Mammography screening among Arab American women in metropolitan DetroitKendra Schwartz
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 10:541-9. 2008..Appropriate mammography screening is decreased in this group. Targeted outreach regarding screening is appropriate for this population; however, lack of insurance may prevent adequate follow-up...- Racial similarities in response to standardized offer of influenza vaccination. A MetroNet studyKendra L Schwartz
Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:346-51. 2006..Despite known benefits of influenza vaccination and coverage by Medicare Part B, elderly minority patients are less likely to receive influenza vaccination than whites... - Family medicine patients' use of the Internet for health information: a MetroNet studyKendra L Schwartz
Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 101 E Alexandrine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 19:39-45. 2006..In addition, physicians directing patients to websites for health information must be confident that the site is maintained and updated by a reliable and credible source... - Correlation of same-visit HbA1c test with laboratory-based measurements: a MetroNet studyKendra L Schwartz
Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 101 E Alexandrine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
BMC Fam Pract 6:28. 2005.... - Screening for prostate cancer: who and how often?Kendra Schwartz
Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 101 E Alexandrine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Fam Pract 54:586-96. 2005..Men with tumors with a Gleason score less than 5 are the best candidates for "watchful waiting," having a favorable 20-year survival... - Pharyngitis clinical prediction rules: effect of interobserver agreement: a MetroNet studyKendra Schwartz
Division of Practice Based Research, Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, 101 East Alexandrine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 57:142-6. 2004.... - Use of on-line evidence-based resources at the point of careKendra Schwartz
Division of Practice Based Research, Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Fam Med 35:251-6. 2003..Our objectives were to determine if family physician faculty could answer their questions using on-line resources and the proportion of answers that influenced patient care... - Cancer among Arab Americans in the metropolitan Detroit areaKendra L Schwartz
Karmanos Cancer Institute, Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Ethn Dis 14:141-6. 2004..The cancers with significantly increased PIRs in the Detroit Arab/Chaldean population also are frequently diagnosed in Middle Eastern countries... - Race, socioeconomic status and stage at diagnosis for five common malignanciesKendra L Schwartz
Karmanos Cancer Institute, Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Cancer Causes Control 14:761-6. 2003..Previous studies investigating this association have used aggregate SES indicators from census tract of residence; we used census block-group data, representing a smaller, potentially more homogenous group... - Complications from treatment for prostate carcinoma among men in the Detroit areaKendra Schwartz
Karmanos Cancer Institute and Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
Cancer 95:82-9. 2002..The authors conducted a population-based study of Detroit area men with localized PC to determine the outcome of bowel, urinary, and sexual function after aggressive treatment... - Antioxidant vitamins do not prevent cardiovascular diseasePromita Roychoudhury
Wayne State University, Family Practice Residency Program, Detroit, MI, USA
J Fam Pract 52:751-2. 2003 - Body mass index and renal cell cancer: the influence of race and sexJennifer L Beebe-Dimmer
Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Epidemiology 23:821-8. 2012..The effects of early-age obesity and change in body mass index (BMI) on renal cancer have been studied less thoroughly, and the influence of race has never been formally investigated... - Natural history of menopause symptoms in primary care patients: a MetroNet studyJinping Xu
Division of Practice-Based Research, Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201-2153, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 18:374-82. 2005..African American and white women may present different symptoms through menopause transition... - Timing of androgen deprivation therapy use and fracture risk among elderly men with prostate cancer in the United StatesJennifer L Beebe-Dimmer
Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 21:70-8. 2012..Fractures are a recognized consequence of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT); however, less is known about the incidence of fracture in relation to the timing of ADT use or the impact of fracture on mortality in men with prostate cancer... - Men's perspectives on selecting their prostate cancer treatmentJinping Xu
Department of Family Medicine, Sciences, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 103:468-78. 2011..In the context of scientific uncertainty, treatment choices for localized prostate cancer vary, but reasons for this variation are unclear. We explored how black and white American men made their treatment decision... - Using the Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services to estimate adolescent depressive symptoms in school-based health centersMichael T Kopec
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 101 E Alexandrine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Fam Med 42:193-201. 2010.... - Primary care of overweight children: the importance of parent weight and attitudes about overweight: a MetroNet studyRosalie F Young
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 21:361-3. 2008..The purpose of this study was to identify the association of parents' weight and attitude about their child's weight with the child's body mass index (BMI) status... - Challenges in making therapeutic lifestyle changes among hypercholesterolemic African-American patients and their physiciansRhonda Dailey
Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 98:1895-903. 2006..We explored challenges faced by hypercholesterolemic African-American primary care patients and their physicians regarding therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC) and provide patient-influenced recommendations to physicians... - Quality of life and self-esteem of long-term survivors of invasive and noninvasive cervical cancerMonina G Bartoces
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:655-61. 2009..We compared long-term survivors of invasive and noninvasive cervical cancer (1) to determine if there are differences in the quality of life (QOL) and (2) to assess the association between self-esteem and QOL... - Herbal product use and menopause symptom relief in primary care patients: a MetroNet studyRhonda K Dailey
Division of Practice Based Research, Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12:633-41. 2003.... - Androgen deprivation therapy and cataract incidence among elderly prostate cancer patients in the United StatesJennifer Beebe-Dimmer
Division of Population Studies and Prevention, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, USA
Ann Epidemiol 21:156-63. 2011..As cataracts have been linked to these metabolic abnormalities, an increased risk of cataract may be another adverse consequence of ADT use... - Patient perspective on watchful waiting/active surveillance for localized prostate cancerJinping Xu
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 25:763-70. 2012..To describe prostate cancer treatment decision making, focusing on knowledge and attitudes toward observation, known as watchful waiting (WW) or active surveillance (AS), and reasons for not choosing WW/AS... - Cigarette smoking and renal cell carcinoma risk among black and white Americans: effect modification by hypertension and obesityMichele L Cote
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 21:770-9. 2012..An association between cigarette smoking and renal cell carcinoma (RCC), the most common form of kidney cancer, has been reported for whites, but the association in blacks is less clear... - Peer reviewing for the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine: what does it take?Anne Victoria Neale
Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, 101 E Alexandrine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 19:643-7. 2006 - A primer of the HIPAA Privacy Rule for practice-based researchersAnne Victoria Neale
Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 17:461-5. 2004 - Scholarly development of clinician faculty using evidence-based medicine as an organizing themeAnne Victoria Neale
Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Med Teach 25:442-7. 2003..This case study illustrates a faculty development curriculum that stimulated scholarly discussion and research activities in the authors' clinician faculty...