Nancy Vuckovic

Biographic Data

ID	228292
NAME	Nancy Vuckovic
GIVEN NAMES	Nancy
FAMILY NAME	Vuckovic
SIGNATURE	VUCKOVIC N
AFFILIATIONS	United States Department of Labor
ORCID	0009-0003-8466-2908
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	43
TOTAL CITATIONS	165
AUTHOR COUNT	43
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2014
H-INDEX	4

A Qualitative Study of Rural Primary Care Clinician Views on Remote Monitoring Technologies
Open AccessMelinda M Davis, Jillian M Currey et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2014
PURPOSE: Remote monitoring technologies (RMTs) may improve the quality of care, reduce access barriers, and help control medical costs. Despite the role of primary care clinicians as potential key users of RMTs, few studies explore their views. This study explores rural primary care clinician interest and the resources necessary to incorporate RMTs into routine practice. METHODS: We conducted 15 in-depth interviews with rural primary care clinici…
Mobility is more than a device: Understanding complexity in Health Care with ethnography
Open AccessTodd S Harple, Gina Taha et al.ARTICLEEthnographic Praxis in Industry…2013Cited by: 2References: 12
This case study on mobility in health care demonstrates how ethnography and design research helped Intel meet the business challenge of redressing market share. Ethnography enabled the team to assess the interplay between mobile devices and other hospital technologies, understand how they fit within or subverted existing practices, and document positive and negative features of the technology. Our deliverables not only answered the direct busines…
Community Characteristics Affecting Emergency Department Use by Medicaid Enrollees
R A Lowe, Rongwei Fu et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2009References: 22
OBJECTIVES: In seeking to identify modifiable, system-level factors affecting emergency department (ED) use, we used a statewide Medicaid database to study community variation in ED use and ascertain community characteristics associated with higher use. METHODS: This historical cohort study used administrative data from July 1, 2003 to December 31, 2004. Residence ZIP codes were used to assign all 555,219 Medicaid enrollees to 130 primary care se…
Society for Medical Anthropology
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2005
Society for Medical Anthropology
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2005
Society for Medical Anthropology
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2005
Society for Medical Anthropology
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2005
Society for Medical Anthropology
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2005
Society for Medical Anthropology
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2005
Society for Medical Anthropology: SMA Graduate Student Mentor Awards
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2004
Society for Medical Anthropology: Did We Say Salsa Aerobics Works
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2004Cited by: 1
Society for Medical Anthropology: State of the Society Address
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2004
Society for Medical Anthropology: SMA Takes A Stand
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2004
Society for Medical Anthropology: Domains of Application in the 21st Century
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2004
Society for Medical Anthropology: Record Number of SMA Sessions at the Society for Applied Anthropology Meeting
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2004
Society for Medical Anthropology: Ethnography in Diabetological Scenes
Open AccessLiliana Cora Saslavski, Nancy Vuckovic et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2004
Society for Medical Anthropology: Special Interest Group in Child Health
Open AccessE J Sobo, Elisa Sobo et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2004
Society for Medical Anthropology
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2004
Society for Medical Anthropology
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2003
Society for Medical Anthropology
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2003
Developing and Testing New Smoking Measures for the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set
Lori Pbert, Nancy Vuckovic et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2003References: 8
OBJECTIVE: To develop and test items for the Health Plan Employee Data and Information Set (HEDIS) that assess delivery of the full range of provider-delivered tobacco interventions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The authors identified potential items via literature review; items were reviewed by national experts. Face validity of candidate items was tested in focus groups. The final survey was sent to a random sample of 1711 adult primary care patients…
Society for Medical Anthropology: SMA Website Milestone
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2003
Society for Medical Anthropology: SMA Invited Sessions
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2003
Society for Medical Anthropology: Are Fieldnotes Privileged Information
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2003
Society for Medical Anthropology: IRB Stories-Please Contribute
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2003

Agenda for an anthropology of pharmaceutical practice
Open AccessM Nichter, Nancy VuckovicARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1994Cited by: 66References: 36
Body Image and Weight Concerns among African American and White Adolescent Females: Differences that Make a Difference
Sheila Parker, Sheila Hill Parker et al.ARTICLEHuman Organization1995Cited by: 51References: 32
The paper examines body image ideals and dieting behaviors among African American and White adolescent females. Data are drawn from focus groups, individual interviews, and surveys. African American females were found to be more flexible than their White counterparts in their concepts of beauty and spoke about making what you've got work for you. In contrast, many White adolescent females expressed dissatisfaction with their body shape and were f…
Fast Relief: Buying Time with Medications
Open AccessNancy VuckovicARTICLEMedical Anthropology Quarterly1999Cited by: 23References: 31
The experience of time famine in contemporary U.S. culture affects household decisions about self-care and the use of pharmaceuticals for selfmedication. This article examines the manner in which time demands shape lay interpretations of medicine efficacy and drive increases in medication use for adults as well as children. Medicines, like other time-saving commodities, appear to shift the time-power differential in favor of individuals, placing …
Changing patterns of pharmaceutical practice in the United States
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, M NichterARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1997Cited by: 22References: 54
In the United States, contradictions related to medicine use abound in a social environment in which the pursuit of health has become a cultural project. In a marketplace where over half a million health products are available, choices at once seem to foster agency and encourage dependency on medical fixes. The aggressive marketing of medicines as indispensable commodities co-exits with rising concerns among the lay population about what is safe …
Mobility is more than a device: Understanding complexity in Health Care with ethnography
Open AccessTodd S Harple, Gina Taha et al.ARTICLEEthnographic Praxis in Industry…2013Cited by: 2References: 12
This case study on mobility in health care demonstrates how ethnography and design research helped Intel meet the business challenge of redressing market share. Ethnography enabled the team to assess the interplay between mobile devices and other hospital technologies, understand how they fit within or subverted existing practices, and document positive and negative features of the technology. Our deliverables not only answered the direct busines…
Society for Medical Anthropology: Did We Say Salsa Aerobics Works
Open AccessNancy Vuckovic, J S Taylor et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2004Cited by: 1