Jeroan J Allison
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 195746 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jeroan J Allison |
| NOMBRES | Jeroan J |
| APELLIDO | Allison |
| FIRMA | ALLISON J J |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4472-2112 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 45 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 58 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 45 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Examining Race-Based and Gender-Based Discrimination, Trust in Providers, and Mental Well-Being Among Black Women
Effects of Teacher Training and Continued Support on the Delivery of an Evidence-Based HIV Prevention Program
Background Few studies have investigated the effects of teacher training and continued support on teachers’ delivery of evidence-based HIV prevention programs. We examined these factors in a national implementation study of an evidence-based HIV risk reduction intervention for adolescents in the sixth grade in the Bahamas. Methods Data were collected from 126 grade 6 teachers and 3,118 students in 58 government elementary schools in the Bahamas i…
Predictive algorithm to stratify newborns at-risk for child undernutrition in India
Background: India is at the epicentre of global child undernutrition. Strategies to identify at-risk populations are needed in the context of limited resources. Methods: Data from children under the age of five surveyed in the 2015-2016 National Family Health Survey were used. Child undernutrition was assessed using anthropometric measurements. Predictor variables were identified from the extant literature and included if they could be measured a…
Predicting Adolescent Intervention Non-responsiveness for Precision HIV Prevention Using Machine Learning
Interventions to teach protective behaviors may be differentially effective within an adolescent population. Identifying the characteristics of youth who are less likely to respond to an intervention can guide program modifications to improve its effectiveness. Using comprehensive longitudinal data on adolescent risk behaviors, perceptions, sensation-seeking, peer and family influence, and neighborhood risk factors from 2564 grade 10-12 students …
Evaluating the use of a recommender system for selecting optimal messages for smoking cessation
Registration Identifier: NCT03224520 . Registration date: July 21, 2017
Complex Patients Have More Emergency Visits
IMPORTANCE: Better patient management can reduce emergency department (ED) use. Performance measures should reward plans for reducing utilization by predictably high-use patients, rather than rewarding plans that shun them. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to develop a quality measure for ED use for people diagnosed with serious mental illness or substance use disorder, accounting for both medical and social determinants of health (SDH)…
A Storytelling Intervention in a Mobile, Web-Based Platform
Korean American women have substantially greater incidence rates of cervical cancer and the lowest rates of cervical cancer screening in the United States. However, there has been minimal research to promote human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among this population. A pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate preliminary effectiveness of a storytelling video intervention using mobile, Web-based technology. One hundred and fou…
Does Home Remedy Use Contribute to Medication Nonadherence Among Blacks with Hypertension
The use of HR and the number of HRs used may be associated with medication nonadherence, and higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure among Blacks with hypertension. Medication nonadherence is of critical importance for individuals with hypertension, and it is essential that health care providers be aware of health behaviors that may serve as barriers to medication adherence, such as use of home remedies
Physician Trust and Home Remedy Use Among Low-Income Blacks and Whites with Hypertension
Personal Bias in Scientific Review
Allison, Jeroan J. MD, MS*; Horner, Ronnie D. PhD†; Kiefe, Catarina MD, PhD* Author Information
An Innovative Simulation-based Community-engaged Intervention for Training Research Assistants in Culturally Appropriate Informed Consent
This pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of SCRIIPTT, with preliminary evidence of effectiveness and acceptability. SCRIIPTT offers an innovative approach for community engagement in research training and advancing the skills of RAs in culturally appropriate informed consent
An Innovative Simulation-based Community-engaged Intervention for Training Research Assistants in Culturally Appropriate Informed Consent
An Innovative Simulation-based Community-engaged Intervention for Training Research Assistants in Culturally Appropriate Informed Consent Chioma Nnaji, MPH, Med, Marie Boone, MHS, Michele P. Pugnaire, MD, Tawara Goode, MA, Scott Wellman, MD, Ashton R. Gunn, Med, Brenda Jenkins, Joyce McNickles, EdD, Med, Bill Gardiner, Michael Jerry, Mario Santos, Lauren Powell, Sharina Person, PhD, and Jeroan Allison, MD What Is the Purpose of this Study/Review?…
Awareness, knowledge, social norms, and vaccination intentions among Khmer mother–daughter pairs
Culturally and linguistically appropriate communication strategies such as storytelling or visual presentation approaches may be more effective than the current practice of using information-based written materials to promote HPV vaccination and health education among Cambodian Americans
An Introduction to the Point/Counter-Point/Reply Exchange by Dr Stone and Professor Lu and Colleagues
In “Near real-time surveillance for consequences of health policies using sequential analysis,” Lu et al1 (referred to as Lu18) illustrate use of the maximized sequential probability ratio test (maxSPRT) to detect early signals about potential unintended consequences of a health policy. These signals indicate the importance of more rigorous analysis to investigate possible policy consequences. In particular, Lu18 show that maxSPRT detected signal…
Cinco Minutos Solamente
Declining social capital is one explanation for lower response to household surveys. By intentionally developing an awareness of social capital among its interviewers, the Por Ahí Dicen research study encouraged the use of interviewer social capital as a mechanism to achieve a response rate of 65.2 percent for baseline and post-intervention household studies of Puerto Rican mothers ( n = 413). These surveys were conducted in a “hard-to-count” urb…
Introduction to Medical Care Statistical Workshops for Health Services Research
RAND Corporation, Pittsbugh, PA †University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA The authors declare no conflict of interest. Reprints: Claude M. Setodji, PhD, RAND Corporation, 4570 5th Avenue, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. E-mail: [email protected]
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Predicts Health After Hospitalization for Acute Coronary Syndromes
OBJECTIVE: To explore the influence of contextual factors on health-related quality of life (HRQoL), which is sometimes used as an indicator of quality of care, we examined the association of neighborhood socioeconomic status (NSES) and trajectories of HRQoL after hospitalization for acute coronary syndromes (ACS). METHODS: We studied 1481 patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes in Massachusetts and Georgia querying HRQoL via the ment…
African American Veterans Storytelling
BACKGROUND: Disparities in hypertension control persist for African American Veterans. OBJECTIVE: To enhance cultural relevance of hypertension control self-management education, in a multisite, stratified randomized trial, we tested an interactive Veteran-to-Veteran storytelling digital video disk (DVD) intervention created with Veteran partners, versus an education-only DVD comparison. METHODS: At 3 VA facilities, African American Veterans with…
Psychometric Development of the Research and Knowledge Scale
BACKGROUND: Many research participants are misinformed about research terms, procedures, and goals; however, no validated instruments exist to assess individual's comprehension of health-related research information. We propose research literacy as a concept that incorporates understanding about the purpose and nature of research. OBJECTIVES: We developed the Research and Knowledge Scale (RaKS) to measure research literacy in a culturally, litera…
Results of a Culturally Adapted Internet-Enhanced Physical Activity Pilot Intervention for Overweight and Obese Young Adult African American Women
Purpose: This study evaluated a culturally relevant, social cognitive theory–based, Internet-enhanced physical activity (PA) pilot intervention developed for overweight/obese African American (AA) female college students. Design: Using a 3-month, single group, pretest–posttest design, participants accessed a culturally relevant PA promotion website and engaged in four moderate-intensity PA sessions each week. Results: Study completers ( n = 25, m…
Influential Factors of Puerto Rican Mother–Child Communication About Sexual Health Topics
Patterns of adult cross-racial friendships
This study identified salient characteristics of individuals associated with cross-racial friendships and highlighted the influence of the social, historical, and political context in shaping such friendships. Our findings suggest that contemporary race relations reflect progress as well as polarization. (PsycINFO Database Record
Medical Debt and Related Financial Consequences Among Older African American and White Adults
Objectives. To evaluate African American–White differences in medical debt among older adults and the extent to which economic and health factors explained these. Methods. We used nationally representative data from the 2007 and 2010 US Health Tracking Household Survey (n = 5838) and computed population-based estimates of medical debt attributable to economic and health factors with adjustment for age, gender, marital status, and education. Resul…
Differences in Problems Paying Medical Bills between African Americans and Whites from 2007 and 2009
Developing Research and Community Literacies to Recruit Latino Researchers and Practitioners to Address Health Disparities
Reported Racial Discrimination, Trust in Physicians, and Medication Adherence Among Inner-City African Americans With Hypertension
Within our sample of inner city African Americans with hypertension, racial discrimination was associated with lower medication adherence, and this association was partially mediated by trust in physicians. Patient, physician and system approaches to increase "earned" trust may enhance existing interventions for promoting medication adherence
Health and Happiness among Older Adults
The relationship between health and happiness was explored using a cross-sectional survey of 383 community-dwelling older adults. As a function of self-reported health, median happiness was increasing at a decreasing rate; happiness variability was decreasing at a decreasing rate. In multivariable logistic regression, lowest-quartile happiness was associated with poverty, unfavorable subjective health, debilitating pain and urinary incontinence, …
I’ll die with the hammer in my hand”
Health Literacy and Happiness
Patterns of adult cross-racial friendships
This study identified salient characteristics of individuals associated with cross-racial friendships and highlighted the influence of the social, historical, and political context in shaping such friendships. Our findings suggest that contemporary race relations reflect progress as well as polarization. (PsycINFO Database Record
Developing Research and Community Literacies to Recruit Latino Researchers and Practitioners to Address Health Disparities
Trust, Medication Adherence, and Hypertension Control in Southern African American Men
We examined the relationship between trust in the medical system, medication adherence, and hypertension control in Southern African American men. The sample included 235 African American men aged 18 years and older with hypertension. African American men with higher general trust in the medical system were more likely to report better medication adherence (odds ratio [OR] = 1.06), and those with higher self-efficacy were more likely to report be…
Medical Debt and Related Financial Consequences Among Older African American and White Adults
Objectives. To evaluate African American–White differences in medical debt among older adults and the extent to which economic and health factors explained these. Methods. We used nationally representative data from the 2007 and 2010 US Health Tracking Household Survey (n = 5838) and computed population-based estimates of medical debt attributable to economic and health factors with adjustment for age, gender, marital status, and education. Resul…
Physician Trust and Home Remedy Use Among Low-Income Blacks and Whites with Hypertension
Disentangling the Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Differences Between African American and White Women in Unmet Medical Needs
Objectives. We sought to disentangle the relationships between race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), and unmet medical care needs. Methods. Data from the 2003–2004 Community Tracking Study Household Survey were used to examine associations between unmet medical needs and SES among African American and White women. Results. No significant racial/ethnic differences in unmet medical needs (24.8% of Whites, 25.9% of African Americans; P = .59) …
Can data-driven benchmarks be used to set the goals of healthy people 2010
OBJECTIVES: Expert panels determined the public health goals of Healthy People 2000 subjectively. The present study examined whether data-driven benchmarks provide a better alternative. METHODS: We developed the "pared-mean" method to define from data the best achievable health care practices. We calculated the pared-mean benchmark for screening mammography from the 1994 National Health Interview Survey, using the metropolitan statistical area as…
Do Local Opinion Leaders Augment Hospital Quality Improvement Efforts
BACKGROUND: The influence of an opinion leader intervention on adherence to Unstable Angina (UA) guidelines compared with a traditional quality improvement model was investigated. RESEARCH DESIGN: A group-randomized controlled trial with 2210 patients from 21 hospitals was designed. There were three intervention arms: (1) no intervention (NI); (2) a traditional Health Care Quality Improvement Program (HCQIP); and (3) a physician opinion leader in…
Quality Assessment Tools
From the Divisions of General Internal and Preventive Medicine and Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. Reprints: Jeroan Allison, Faculty Office Tower 720, 1530 3rd Avenue South, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. E-mail: [email protected]
Nurse Staffing and Mortality for Medicare Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
CONTEXT: Recent hospital reductions in registered nurses (RNs) for hospital care raise concerns about patient outcomes. OBJECTIVE: Assess the association of nurse staffing with in-hospital mortality for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: Medical record review data from the 1994-1995 Cooperative Cardiovascular Project were linked with American Hospital Association data for 118,940 fee-for-service Medica…
A Message from the New Medical Care Co-Editors-in-Chief
From the University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education, Birmingham, Alabama. Reprints: Jeroan J. Allison, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. E-mail: [email protected]
Announcing a New Occasional Feature of Medical Care
Medical Care: August 2007 - Volume 45 - Issue 8 - p 697-698 doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318074cebd
Missed Visits and Mortality among Patients Establishing Initial Outpatient HIV Treatment
BACKGROUND: Dramatic increases in the number of patients requiring linkage to treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are anticipated in response to updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV testing recommendations that advocate routine, opt-out HIV testing. METHODS: A retrospective analysis nested within a prospective HIV clinical cohort study evaluated patients who established initial outpatient treatment for HIV…
The Therapeutic Implications of Timely Linkage and Early Retention in HIV Care
Following HIV diagnosis, linkage to outpatient treatment, antiretroviral initiation, and longitudinal retention in care represent the foundation for successful treatment. While prior studies have evaluated these processes in isolation, a systematic evaluation of successive steps in the same cohort of patients has not yet been performed. To ensure optimal long-term outcomes, a better understanding of the interplay of these processes is needed. The…
Disentangling the Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Differences Between African American and White Women in Unmet Medical Needs
Objectives. We sought to disentangle the relationships between race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), and unmet medical care needs. Methods. Data from the 2003–2004 Community Tracking Study Household Survey were used to examine associations between unmet medical needs and SES among African American and White women. Results. No significant racial/ethnic differences in unmet medical needs (24.8% of Whites, 25.9% of African Americans; P = .59) …
Health and Happiness among Older Adults
The relationship between health and happiness was explored using a cross-sectional survey of 383 community-dwelling older adults. As a function of self-reported health, median happiness was increasing at a decreasing rate; happiness variability was decreasing at a decreasing rate. In multivariable logistic regression, lowest-quartile happiness was associated with poverty, unfavorable subjective health, debilitating pain and urinary incontinence, …
Health Literacy and Happiness
I’ll die with the hammer in my hand”
Health, Market Forces, and Debate in Medical Care
From the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA. Reprints: Catarina Kiefe, MD, PhD, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655-0002. Email: [email protected]
Quality of Diabetes Mellitus Care by Rural Primary Care Physicians
Purpose: To explore the relationship between degree of rurality and glucose (hemoglobin A1c), blood pressure (BP), and lipid (LDL) control among patients with diabetes. Methods: Descriptive study; 1,649 patients in 205 rural practices in the United States. Patients’ residence ZIP codes defined degree of rurality (Rural‐Urban Commuting Areas codes). Outcomes were measures of acceptable control (A1c P Findings: Although the proportion of patients w…
Trust, Medication Adherence, and Hypertension Control in Southern African American Men
We examined the relationship between trust in the medical system, medication adherence, and hypertension control in Southern African American men. The sample included 235 African American men aged 18 years and older with hypertension. African American men with higher general trust in the medical system were more likely to report better medication adherence (odds ratio [OR] = 1.06), and those with higher self-efficacy were more likely to report be…
Patient-Provider Secure Messaging in VA
BACKGROUND: The Veterans Health Administration has implemented patient to clinical team electronic asynchronous secure messaging (SM). This disruptive technology has the potential to support continuous, coordinated quality care, but limited evidence supports this connection. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this paper is to (1) measure SM implementation and identify facility characteristics associated with higher rates of adoption and (2) understand …
Predicting Hospital Readmission
Kiefe, Catarina MD, PhD; Allison, Jeroan J. MD, MS; de Lissovoy, Greg PhD, MPH Author Information
Reported Racial Discrimination, Trust in Physicians, and Medication Adherence Among Inner-City African Americans With Hypertension
Within our sample of inner city African Americans with hypertension, racial discrimination was associated with lower medication adherence, and this association was partially mediated by trust in physicians. Patient, physician and system approaches to increase "earned" trust may enhance existing interventions for promoting medication adherence
Effect of Self-referral on Bone Mineral Density Testing and Osteoporosis Treatment
BACKGROUND: Despite national guidelines recommending bone mineral density screening with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in women aged 65 years and older, many women do not receive initial screening. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of health system and patient-level interventions designed to increase appropriate DXA testing and osteoporosis treatment through (1) an invitation to self-refer for DXA (self-referral); (2) self-referr…
Clinical Operations Variables are Associated With Blood Pressure Outcomes
BACKGROUND: Uncontrolled blood pressure (BP), among patients diagnosed and treated for the condition, remains an important clinical challenge; aspects of clinical operations could potentially be adjusted if they were associated with better outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To assess clinical operations factors' effects on normalization of uncontrolled BP. RESEARCH DESIGN: Observational cohort study. SUBJECTS: Patients diagnosed with hypertension from a large…
Results of a Culturally Adapted Internet-Enhanced Physical Activity Pilot Intervention for Overweight and Obese Young Adult African American Women
Purpose: This study evaluated a culturally relevant, social cognitive theory–based, Internet-enhanced physical activity (PA) pilot intervention developed for overweight/obese African American (AA) female college students. Design: Using a 3-month, single group, pretest–posttest design, participants accessed a culturally relevant PA promotion website and engaged in four moderate-intensity PA sessions each week. Results: Study completers ( n = 25, m…
Influential Factors of Puerto Rican Mother–Child Communication About Sexual Health Topics
Patterns of adult cross-racial friendships
This study identified salient characteristics of individuals associated with cross-racial friendships and highlighted the influence of the social, historical, and political context in shaping such friendships. Our findings suggest that contemporary race relations reflect progress as well as polarization. (PsycINFO Database Record
Medical Debt and Related Financial Consequences Among Older African American and White Adults
Objectives. To evaluate African American–White differences in medical debt among older adults and the extent to which economic and health factors explained these. Methods. We used nationally representative data from the 2007 and 2010 US Health Tracking Household Survey (n = 5838) and computed population-based estimates of medical debt attributable to economic and health factors with adjustment for age, gender, marital status, and education. Resul…
Differences in Problems Paying Medical Bills between African Americans and Whites from 2007 and 2009
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