Karen M Freund

Biographic Data

ID75314
NAMEKaren M Freund
GIVEN NAMESKaren M
FAMILY NAMEFreund
SIGNATUREFREUND K M
AFFILIATIONSTufts Medical Center
ORCID0000-0002-9049-5574
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS24
TOTAL CITATIONS42
AUTHOR COUNT24
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Health Care Workers’ Perspectives on Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Adult Primary Care Setting

    Amy Leclair, Raviv Rose et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2024References: 21

    BACKGROUND: Despite numerous calls for standardized collection of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data in clinical settings, uptake of this practice still lags. OBJECTIVES: This study conducted a preimplementation assessment of staff attitudes toward SOGI data collection within an adult primary care practice in an urban academic medical center in the northeastern United States. RESEARCH DESIGN: We created a process map of the flow o…

  • Diabetes Control During Massachusetts Insurance Reform

    Open AccessMelanie T Chen, Danielle M Krzyszczyk et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2022

  • Development and validation of assessments of adolescent health literacy

    Open AccessSasha A Fleary, Karen M Freund et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    These assessments are the first test-based measures of adolescents' interactive and critical HL, the first test-based measure of functional HL designed for adolescents, and the first composite test-based assessment of all three major areas of HL. These assessments should be used to inform strategies for improving adolescents' HL, decision-making, and behaviors

  • Disparities in Adolescents' Obesogenic Behaviors, 2005-2017

    Sasha A Fleary, Patrece Joseph et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2021

    Objectives: Given the increasing national-level efforts to reduce disparities in obesogenic behaviors in youth, in this paper, we assessed the change in disparities in meeting guidelines for fruits and vegetables intake (FV), physical activity (PA), and sedentary behavior (SB) among adolescents in the United States in the last 13 years. Methods: Using the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (2005-2017), overall and characteristic-specific (se…

  • The Influence of Health Insurance Stability on Racial/Ethnic Differences in Diabetes Control and Management

    Alison G M Brown, Nancy Kressin et al.ARTICLEEthnicity & Disease2021

    Stable insurance coverage was associated with improved DM outcomes for all racial / ethnic groups, but did not eliminate racial ethnic disparities

  • Dementia Diagnosis Disparities by Race and Ethnicity

    Pei-Jung Lin, Pei‐Jung Lin et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2021References: 42

    BACKGROUND: Dementia is often underdiagnosed and this problem is more common among some ethnoracial groups. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine racial and ethnic disparities in the timeliness of receiving a clinical diagnosis of dementia. RESEARCH DESIGN: This was a prospective cohort study. SUBJECTS: A total of 3966 participants age 70 years and above with probable dementia in the Health and Retirement Study, linked with their …

  • Evaluating the Role of Self-Esteem on Differential Career Outcomes by Gender in Academic Medicine

    Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Karen M Freund et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2020

    PURPOSE: Gender differences in faculty advancement persist in academic medicine. Understanding of what drives these differences remains limited. The relationship among self-esteem, gender, and career outcomes has not previously been explored. METHOD: The authors evaluated the association between gender and 2012-2013 career outcomes, specifically, the number of publications, academic rank, leadership positions, and retention, and whether self-este…

  • Insurance Stability and Cancer Screening Behaviors

    Open AccessKaren M Freund, Sarah A Reisinger et al.ARTICLEHealth Equity2019

    Background: Disparities in rates of cancer screening are observed in underserved populations. Lack of stable health insurance may contribute to these disparities. The goal of this study was to examine the association between insurance stability and up-to-date cancer screening in underserved populations. Methods and Findings: We enrolled 333 community participants aged 40–74 years across four different sites in three states: Chinese Americans in B…

  • Racial Differences in Insurance Stability After Health Insurance Reform

    Karen M Freund, Amy Leclair et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2019References: 13

    BACKGROUND: One of the potential benefits of insurance reform is greater stability of insurance and reduced coverage disparities by race and ethnicity. OBJECTIVES: We examined the temporal trends in insurance coverage by racial/ethnic group before and after Massachusetts Insurance Reform by abstracting records across 2 urban safety net hospital systems. RESEARCH DESIGN: We examined adjusted odds of being uninsured and incident rate ratios of gain…

  • Gender Differences in Academic Medicine

    Phyllis L Carr, Anita Raj et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2018

    PURPOSE: Prior studies have found that women in academic medicine do not advance or remain in their careers in parity with men. The authors examined a cohort of faculty from the 1995 National Faculty Survey to identify predictors of advancement, retention, and leadership for women faculty. METHOD: The authors followed 1,273 faculty at 24 medical schools in the continental United States for 17 years to identify predictors of advancement, retention…

  • An Examination of Changes in Social Disparities in Health Behaviors in the US, 2003-2015

    Sasha A Fleary, C R Nigg et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2018

    The results suggest health disparities in preventive health behaviors in the last 13 years have not improved. Tailored interventions, systemic and policy changes, and/or inclusive population efforts should be initiated to reduce disparities in preventive health for the most- divergent groups identified in the results

  • Social Disparities in Obesogenic Behaviors in Adolescents

    Open AccessSasha A Fleary, Karen M FreundARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2018Cited by: 1References: 24

  • Recruitment, Promotion, and Retention of Women in Academic Medicine

    Open AccessPhyllis L Carr, Christine M Gunn et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2017

  • The Risk of Remaining Silent

    Open AccessClaire D Brindis, Karen M Freund et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2017

  • Inadequate Progress for Women in Academic Medicine

    Open AccessPhyllis L Carr, Christine M Gunn et al.ARTICLEJournal of women's health2015

    BACKGROUND: Women have entered academic medicine in significant numbers for 4 decades and now comprise 20% of full-time faculty. Despite this, women have not reached senior positions in parity with men. We sought to explore the gender climate in academic medicine as perceived by representatives to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) and Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI). METHODS:…

  • Knowledge and Perceptions of Family Leave Policies Among Female Faculty in Academic Medicine

    Open AccessChristine M Gunn, Karen M Freund et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2014

  • We Make the Path by Walking It”

    Carolyn Leung Rubin, Nathan Allukian et al.ARTICLEProgress in community health…2014Cited by: 1References: 4

    ADAPT recognizes that long term sustainability requires bringing multiple stakeholders to the table even before a funding opportunity is released and attempting to build a diversified funding base

  • Psychometric Evaluation of the Patient Satisfaction With Logistical Aspects of Navigation (PSN-L) Scale Using Item Response Theory

    A C Carle, Pascal Jean-Pierre et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2014References: 5

    BACKGROUND: Patient navigation--the provision of logistical, educational, and emotional support needed to help patients "navigate around" barriers to high-quality cancer treatment offers promise. No patient-reported outcome measures currently exist that assess patient navigation from the patient's perspective. We use a partial independence item response theory model to report on the psychometric properties of the Patient Satisfaction with Navigat…

  • Comprehensive Healthcare

    Open AccessKaren M Freund, Chloe E BirdARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2012

  • Nursing Home Residence Confounds Gender Differences in Medicare Utilization

    Open AccessAndrea C Kronman, Karen M Freund et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2010

  • A qualitative evaluation of the national centers of excellence in women’s health program

    Open AccessRobert M Goodman, Margaret R Seaver et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2002

  • The Unexpected Influence of Physician Attributes on Clinical Decisions

    John B Mckinlay, Ting Lin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…2002Cited by: 15

    UNLABELLED: This experiment was designed to determine: (1) whether patient attributes (specifically a patient's age, gender, race, and socioeconomic status) independently influence clinical decision-making; and (2) whether physician characteristics alone (such as their gender, age, race, and medical specialty), or in combination with patient attributes, influence medical decision-making. METHODS: An experiment was conducted in which 16 (= 2(4)) v…

  • Patient assertiveness and physician decision-making among older breast cancer patients

    Open AccessEdward Krupat, Julie T Irish et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1999Cited by: 25References: 33

  • Physician Variability and Uncertainty in the Management of Breast Cancer

    John B Mckinlay, Risa B Burns et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1998References: 40

    Objectives. The puropse of this research was to determine the influence of patient and physician characteristics on physicians' level of variability and certainty in breast cancer care. Methods. One hundred twenty-eight physicians viewed a videotape of a simulated physician-patient interaction in which the patient has an "atypical" breast lump. Six patient characteristics (age, race, socioeconomic status, physical mobility, comorbidity, presentat…