O Kenrik Duru
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1235892 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | O Kenrik Duru |
| NOMBRES | O Kenrik |
| APELLIDO | Duru |
| FIRMA | DURU O K |
| AFILIACIONES | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8825-9460 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
The Family Perspectives Project
While guidelines recommend that families of critically ill patients receive emotional support from intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians, few receive it. To address this gap, we designed the Family Perspectives Project, an intervention that utilizes hospital chaplains to enhance the emotional support that ICU teams provide to families. This study's objective was to refine and preliminarily test the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention…
Census-tract broadband connectivity and the risk of diabetes, hypertension and obesity/overweight in California
In California, the prevalence of cardiometabolic conditions, particularly type 2 diabetes, is highest in areas with lowest broadband connectivity. More research is needed to better understand the direct relationship between broadband connectivity, the usage of online health resources and the management or prevention of cardiometabolic dysfunction
Multilevel perceptions of the virtual delivery of the University of California Diabetes Prevention Program on RE-AIM domains due to Covid-19 mandates
Background The University of California’s Diabetes Prevention Program (UC DPP) Initiative was implemented across all 10 UC campuses in 2018. The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying mandates required swift changes to program delivery, including pivoting from in-person to virtual delivery (i.e., Zoom). Our goal was to assess multilevel constituent perceptions of the use of a virtual platform to deliver UC DPP due to COVID-19 mandates. Methods We con…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Prevention Outcomes
Background: To achieve health equity, interventions should yield similar effectiveness across all patient subgroups. However, the adoption of diabetes prevention strategies and successful weight loss in "real-world" Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) translational studies have varied by race and ethnicity. We examined racial and ethnic differences in diabetes prevention outcomes among study participants from the Prediabetes Informed Decisions and …
Implementation lessons learned from the University of California’s Diabetes Prevention Program Initiative
This is one of the first studies to examine the challenges and opportunities of delivering an intensive lifestyle change program across 10 university sites. Understanding factors that enhance success of university-based diabetes prevention programs can facilitate UC DPP efforts and help inform delivery strategies of health and wellness programs across other university settings more broadly
Evaluation of the University of California Diabetes Prevention Program (UC DPP) Initiative
Our study will help inform diabetes and obesity prevention efforts across the UC system. Findings from this evaluation will also be highly applicable to universities and large employers, as well as community organizers, healthcare organizations and insurers implementing the DPP and/or other health promotion interventions
Network Engagement in Action
BACKGROUND: Stakeholders (ie, patients, policymakers, clinicians, advocacy groups, health system leaders, payers, and others) offer critical input at various stages in the research continuum, and their contributions are increasingly recognized as an important component of effective translational research. Natural experiments, in particular, may benefit from stakeholder feedback in addressing real-world issues and providing insight into future pol…
Filling the Public Health Science Gaps for Diabetes With Natural Experiments
Gregg, Edward W. PhD*; Duru, O. Kenrik MD, MSHS†; Shi, Lizheng PhD‡; Mangione, Carol M. MD, MSPH†; Siegel, Karen R. PhD, MPH§; Ramsay, Andrea MPA§; Thornton, Pamela L. PhD∥; Clauser, Steve PhD, MPA¶; Ali, Mohammed K. MD, MSC, MBA# Author Information
Evaluation of a National Care Coordination Program to Reduce Utilization Among High-cost, High-need Medicaid Beneficiaries With Diabetes
BACKGROUND: Medical, behavioral, and social determinants of health are each associated with high levels of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate a care coordination program designed to provide combined "whole-person care," integrating medical, behavioral, and social support for high-cost, high-need Medicaid beneficiaries by targeting access barriers and social determinants. R…
Trends in Costs of Care and Utilization for Medicaid Patients With Diabetes in Accountable Care Communities
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Medicaid beneficiaries with diabetes have complex care needs. The Accountable Care Communities (ACC) Program is a practice-level intervention implemented by UnitedHealthcare to improve care for Medicaid beneficiaries. We examined changes in costs and utilization for Medicaid beneficiaries with diabetes assigned to ACC versus usual care practices. RESEARCH DESIGN: Interrupted time series with concurrent control group analysi…
The Power of Place
African American neighborhoods have been historically targeted for urban renewal projects, which impact social composition and resident's health. The Hill District in Pittsburgh, PA is such a neighborhood. This research sought to investigate the extent to which social networks and perceived neighborhood social cohesion and safety were associated with psychological distress among residents in an African American neighborhood undergoing urban renew…
Patient Activation is Inconsistently Associated with Positive Health Behaviors Among Obese Safety Net Patients
Cost-related Nonadherence by Medication Type Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries With Diabetes
BACKGROUND: Despite the rollout of Medicare Part D, cost-related nonadherence (CRN) among older adults remains a problem. OBJECTIVES: To examine the rate and correlates of self-reported CRN among a population of older persons with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SUBJECTS: A total of 1264 Part D patients with diabetes, who entered the coverage gap in 2006. MEASURES: Initial administrative medication lists were verified in computer-assi…
Allostatic Load Burden and Racial Disparities in Mortality
Identifying Risk Factors for Racial Disparities in Diabetes Outcomes
BACKGROUND: Versus whites, blacks with diabetes have poorer control of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), higher systolic blood pressure (SBP), and higher low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol as well as higher rates of morbidity and microvascular complications. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether several mutable risk factors were more strongly associated with poor control of multiple intermediate outcomes among blacks with diabetes than among similar whites.…
Educational Disparities in Rates of Smoking Among Diabetic Adults
Objectives. We assessed educational disparities in smoking rates among adults with diabetes in managed care settings. Methods. We used a cross-sectional, survey-based (2002–2003) observational study among 6538 diabetic patients older than 25 years across multiple managed care health plans and states. For smoking at each level of self-reported educational attainment, predicted probabilities were estimated by means of hierarchical logistic regressi…
Educational disparities in health behaviors among patients with diabetes
The relationship between educational attainment and health behaviors was modest in strength for most behaviors. Over the life course, the cumulative effect of reduced practice of multiple self-care behaviors among less educated patients may play an important part in shaping the social health gradient
Understanding the Gap Between Good Processes of Diabetes Care and Poor Intermediate Outcomes
BACKGROUND: Performance of diabetes clinical care processes has improved recently, but control of hemoglobin A1c (A1c) and other vascular disease risk factors has improved more slowly. OBJECTIVES: To identify patient factors associated with control of vascular disease risk factors among diabetes patients receiving recommended care processes. POPULATION: Managed care enrollees who participated in the TRIAD (Translating Research into Action for Dia…
Correlates of sex without serostatus disclosure among a national probability sample of HIV patients
The Association Between Clinical Care Strategies and the Attenuation of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Care
OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether greater implementation of clinical care strategies in managed care is associated with attenuation of known racial/ethnic disparities in diabetes care. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Using cross-sectional data, we examined the quality of diabetes care as measured by frequencies of process delivery as well as medication management of intermediate outcomes, for 7426 black, Latinos, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and…
The Power of Place
African American neighborhoods have been historically targeted for urban renewal projects, which impact social composition and resident's health. The Hill District in Pittsburgh, PA is such a neighborhood. This research sought to investigate the extent to which social networks and perceived neighborhood social cohesion and safety were associated with psychological distress among residents in an African American neighborhood undergoing urban renew…
Correlates of sex without serostatus disclosure among a national probability sample of HIV patients
The Association Between Clinical Care Strategies and the Attenuation of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Care
OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether greater implementation of clinical care strategies in managed care is associated with attenuation of known racial/ethnic disparities in diabetes care. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Using cross-sectional data, we examined the quality of diabetes care as measured by frequencies of process delivery as well as medication management of intermediate outcomes, for 7426 black, Latinos, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and…
Educational disparities in health behaviors among patients with diabetes
The relationship between educational attainment and health behaviors was modest in strength for most behaviors. Over the life course, the cumulative effect of reduced practice of multiple self-care behaviors among less educated patients may play an important part in shaping the social health gradient
Understanding the Gap Between Good Processes of Diabetes Care and Poor Intermediate Outcomes
BACKGROUND: Performance of diabetes clinical care processes has improved recently, but control of hemoglobin A1c (A1c) and other vascular disease risk factors has improved more slowly. OBJECTIVES: To identify patient factors associated with control of vascular disease risk factors among diabetes patients receiving recommended care processes. POPULATION: Managed care enrollees who participated in the TRIAD (Translating Research into Action for Dia…
Educational Disparities in Rates of Smoking Among Diabetic Adults
Objectives. We assessed educational disparities in smoking rates among adults with diabetes in managed care settings. Methods. We used a cross-sectional, survey-based (2002–2003) observational study among 6538 diabetic patients older than 25 years across multiple managed care health plans and states. For smoking at each level of self-reported educational attainment, predicted probabilities were estimated by means of hierarchical logistic regressi…
Identifying Risk Factors for Racial Disparities in Diabetes Outcomes
BACKGROUND: Versus whites, blacks with diabetes have poorer control of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), higher systolic blood pressure (SBP), and higher low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol as well as higher rates of morbidity and microvascular complications. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether several mutable risk factors were more strongly associated with poor control of multiple intermediate outcomes among blacks with diabetes than among similar whites.…
Allostatic Load Burden and Racial Disparities in Mortality
Cost-related Nonadherence by Medication Type Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries With Diabetes
BACKGROUND: Despite the rollout of Medicare Part D, cost-related nonadherence (CRN) among older adults remains a problem. OBJECTIVES: To examine the rate and correlates of self-reported CRN among a population of older persons with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SUBJECTS: A total of 1264 Part D patients with diabetes, who entered the coverage gap in 2006. MEASURES: Initial administrative medication lists were verified in computer-assi…
Patient Activation is Inconsistently Associated with Positive Health Behaviors Among Obese Safety Net Patients
The Power of Place
African American neighborhoods have been historically targeted for urban renewal projects, which impact social composition and resident's health. The Hill District in Pittsburgh, PA is such a neighborhood. This research sought to investigate the extent to which social networks and perceived neighborhood social cohesion and safety were associated with psychological distress among residents in an African American neighborhood undergoing urban renew…
Network Engagement in Action
BACKGROUND: Stakeholders (ie, patients, policymakers, clinicians, advocacy groups, health system leaders, payers, and others) offer critical input at various stages in the research continuum, and their contributions are increasingly recognized as an important component of effective translational research. Natural experiments, in particular, may benefit from stakeholder feedback in addressing real-world issues and providing insight into future pol…
Filling the Public Health Science Gaps for Diabetes With Natural Experiments
Gregg, Edward W. PhD*; Duru, O. Kenrik MD, MSHS†; Shi, Lizheng PhD‡; Mangione, Carol M. MD, MSPH†; Siegel, Karen R. PhD, MPH§; Ramsay, Andrea MPA§; Thornton, Pamela L. PhD∥; Clauser, Steve PhD, MPA¶; Ali, Mohammed K. MD, MSC, MBA# Author Information
Evaluation of a National Care Coordination Program to Reduce Utilization Among High-cost, High-need Medicaid Beneficiaries With Diabetes
BACKGROUND: Medical, behavioral, and social determinants of health are each associated with high levels of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate a care coordination program designed to provide combined "whole-person care," integrating medical, behavioral, and social support for high-cost, high-need Medicaid beneficiaries by targeting access barriers and social determinants. R…
Trends in Costs of Care and Utilization for Medicaid Patients With Diabetes in Accountable Care Communities
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Medicaid beneficiaries with diabetes have complex care needs. The Accountable Care Communities (ACC) Program is a practice-level intervention implemented by UnitedHealthcare to improve care for Medicaid beneficiaries. We examined changes in costs and utilization for Medicaid beneficiaries with diabetes assigned to ACC versus usual care practices. RESEARCH DESIGN: Interrupted time series with concurrent control group analysi…
Evaluation of the University of California Diabetes Prevention Program (UC DPP) Initiative
Our study will help inform diabetes and obesity prevention efforts across the UC system. Findings from this evaluation will also be highly applicable to universities and large employers, as well as community organizers, healthcare organizations and insurers implementing the DPP and/or other health promotion interventions
Multilevel perceptions of the virtual delivery of the University of California Diabetes Prevention Program on RE-AIM domains due to Covid-19 mandates
Background The University of California’s Diabetes Prevention Program (UC DPP) Initiative was implemented across all 10 UC campuses in 2018. The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying mandates required swift changes to program delivery, including pivoting from in-person to virtual delivery (i.e., Zoom). Our goal was to assess multilevel constituent perceptions of the use of a virtual platform to deliver UC DPP due to COVID-19 mandates. Methods We con…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Prevention Outcomes
Background: To achieve health equity, interventions should yield similar effectiveness across all patient subgroups. However, the adoption of diabetes prevention strategies and successful weight loss in "real-world" Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) translational studies have varied by race and ethnicity. We examined racial and ethnic differences in diabetes prevention outcomes among study participants from the Prediabetes Informed Decisions and …
Implementation lessons learned from the University of California’s Diabetes Prevention Program Initiative
This is one of the first studies to examine the challenges and opportunities of delivering an intensive lifestyle change program across 10 university sites. Understanding factors that enhance success of university-based diabetes prevention programs can facilitate UC DPP efforts and help inform delivery strategies of health and wellness programs across other university settings more broadly
Census-tract broadband connectivity and the risk of diabetes, hypertension and obesity/overweight in California
In California, the prevalence of cardiometabolic conditions, particularly type 2 diabetes, is highest in areas with lowest broadband connectivity. More research is needed to better understand the direct relationship between broadband connectivity, the usage of online health resources and the management or prevention of cardiometabolic dysfunction
The Family Perspectives Project
While guidelines recommend that families of critically ill patients receive emotional support from intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians, few receive it. To address this gap, we designed the Family Perspectives Project, an intervention that utilizes hospital chaplains to enhance the emotional support that ICU teams provide to families. This study's objective was to refine and preliminarily test the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention…
Medicine (17 obras) · Diabetes Management and Education (14 obras) · Gerontology (12 obras) · Public health (11 obras) · Diabetes mellitus (10 obras) · Environmental health (9 obras) · Gerontology (8 obras) · Internal Medicine (7 obras) · Family medicine (6 obras) · Nursing (6 obras)