Research Initiatives
Publications
Faculty in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health have published hundreds of articles over the years. Listed below (alphabetically by faculty member name) are the most recent publications (from the previous 12 months), and those recently accepted for publication.
Bob Baldor. Common Skin Cancers (book chapter). In: Taylor's Manual of Family Medicine. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
Alexander Blount and Ron Adler. A Collaborative Approach to Somatization (book chapter). In Collaborative Medicine Case Studies: Evidence in Practice. Rodger Kessler and Dale Stafford (Eds.). Springer, 2008.
Alexander Blount et al. The Economics of Behavioral Health Services in Medical Settings: A Summary of the Evidence. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 2007;39(3):290-297.
Kelton Burbank, Herb Stevenson et al. Chronic Shoulder Pain: Part I - Evaluation and Diagnosis and Chronic Shoulder Pain: Part 2 - Treatment. American Family Physician 2008;77(4).
Ludy Candib. How Turning a QI Project into "Research" Almost Sank a Great Program. Hastings Center Report (http://www.thehastingscenter.org/publications/hcr/hcr.asp), Jan-Feb, 2007.
Lucy Candib. Obesity and Diabetes in Vulnerable Populations: Reflection on Proximal and Distal Causes. Annals of Family Medicine 2007;5(6):547-556.
DR Garr, CH Evans and Suzanne Cashman. Interprofessional Prevention Education: Changing the Future of Health Professions Education. Am J Preventive Medicine 2008;34(2):161-163.
Celeste Lemay, Dianne Elfenbein, Suzanne Cashman, and Marianne Felice. The Body Mass Index of Teen Mothers and Their Toddler Children. Maternal and Child Health. In press, 2007.
Celeste Lemay, Suzanne Cashman, Dianne Elfenbein, and Marianne Felice. Adolescent Mothers' Attitudes Toward Contraceptive Use Before and After Pregnancy. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 2007;20(4):233-240.
Linda Clark and Carole Upshur. Family Medicine Physicians' Views of How to Improve Chronic Pain Management. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 2007;2(5):479-482.
Alexis Henry, Steven Banks, Robin Clark, and Jay Himmelstein. Mobility Limitations Negatively Impact Work Outcomes Among Medicaid Enrollees with Disabilities. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation 2007;17:355-369.
Robin Clark, Mihail Samnaliev, Mark McGovern. Treatment for Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders in Five State Medicaid Programs. Psychiatric Services 2007;58(7):942-948.
Mark McGovern, Robin Clark, Mihail Samnaliev. Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders: A Multistate Feasibility Study of the Quadrant Model. Psychiatric Services 2007;58(7):949-954.
Mihail Samnaliev and Robin Clark. The Economics of Schizophrenia (Book Chapter). In KT Mueser and DV Jeste, The Clinical Handbook of Schizophrenia, Guildford Press, April, 2008.
Dean Cleghorn et al. Educating and Empowering Elders: Improving the Health of Senior Latino Diabetics through Community Collaboration. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice 2008;2(2):1-16.
Joe DiFranza. Hooked From the First Cigarette. Scientific American 2008;298(5):82-87.
Joe DiFranza, Judy Savageau, Ken Fletcher, Bob Wellman et al. Symptoms of Tobacco Dependence with Brief Intermittent Use: The Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 Study. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2007;161(7):704-710.
Joe DiFranza, Judy Savageau, Ken Fletcher, Bob Wellman et al. Susceptibility to Nicotine Dependence: The Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependnece in Youth-2 Study. Pediatrics 2007;120:e974-983.