Peter Mendel

Biographic Data

ID291707
NAMEPeter Mendel
GIVEN NAMESPeter
FAMILY NAMEMendel
SIGNATUREMENDEL P
AFFILIATIONSRAND Corporation
ORCID0000-0002-2816-9559
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS22
TOTAL CITATIONS33
AUTHOR COUNT22
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX3

  • Applying Elinor Ostrom’s Design Principles to Guide Co-Design in Health(care) Improvement

    Open AccessGlenn Robert, Oli Williams et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021Cited by: 2References: 8

    The eight design principles - and the relationships between them - form a heuristic that can support the planning, delivery, and evaluation of future healthcare improvement projects adopting co-design. They may help to address questions of how to scale up and embed such approaches as self-sustaining in wider systems

  • Engaging Community Networks to Improve Depression Services

    Open AccessPeter Mendel, Jennifer O’Hora et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2020References: 37

  • Congregational involvement in HIV

    Open AccessPeter Mendel, Helena D Green et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2020Cited by: 1References: 44

  • The Process of Team Building Among Content Experts and Methodologists

    Open AccessTimothy C Guetterman, Mahshid Abir et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020Cited by: 2References: 19

    Background: Community-engaged research engages the community in a collaborative manner to improve the local setting and has been increasingly applied to health services research. These complex studies require collaboration and team building among clinical experts, methodologists, and community stakeholders, yet few examples of this process have been published. Aim: Through a study of community emergency medical services, our aim was to understand…

  • Urban Religious Congregations’ Responses to Community Substance Use

    Open AccessBenjamin E Hidalgo, Kathryn P Derose et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2019

  • Social Entrepreneurship in Religious Congregations' Efforts to Address Health Needs

    Open AccessLaura Werber, Peter Mendel et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health…2014

    PURPOSE: Examine how religious congregations engage in social entrepreneurship as they strive to meet health-related needs in their communities. DESIGN: Multiple case studies. SETTING: Los Angeles County, California. PARTICIPANTS: Purposive sample of 14 congregations representing diverse races/ethnicities (African-American, Latino, and white) and faith traditions (Jewish and various Christian). METHOD: Congregations were recruited based on screen…

  • Facilitators and Barriers to HIV Activities in Religious Congregations

    Open AccessPeter Mendel, Kathryn P Derose et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2014

  • Lessons Learned and Future Directions

    Katherine L Kahn, Peter Mendel et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2014

    Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. S97–S100. In the article cited above, the degrees of two authors are misrepresented. Peter Mendel and David P. Baker should be listed as Peter Mendel, PhD, and David P. Baker, PhD

  • The National Response for Preventing Healthcare–associated Infections

    Peter Mendel, Sari Siegel et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2014References: 2

    BACKGROUND: In 2009, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs). The Action Plan adopted national targets for reduction of specific infections, making HHS accountable for change across the healthcare system over which federal agencies have limited control. OBJECTIVES: This article examines the unique infrastructure developed through the Action Plan to support ad…

  • The National Response for Preventing Healthcare–associated Infections

    Katherine L Kahn, Peter Mendel et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2014References: 10

    BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) have long been the subject of research and prevention practice. When findings show potential to significantly impact outcomes, clinicians, policymakers, safety experts, and stakeholders seek to bridge the gap between research and practice by identifying mechanisms and assigning responsibility for translating research to practice. OBJECTIVES: This paper describes progress and challenges in HAI re…

  • Lessons Learned and Future Directions

    Katherine L Kahn, Peter Mendel et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2014

    In this special issue, we have described results from the IMPAQ-RAND team’s formal longitudinal evaluation of HHS’s National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections1 and have discussed efforts to address healthcare–associated infections (HAIs) at the state, regional, and local levels. In this final article, we take a step back to consider briefly the overall impact of the Action Plan and to describe some possible future directions…

  • The National Response for Preventing Healthcare-associated Infections

    Katherine L Kahn, Daniel A Weinberg et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2014References: 5

    Background: Healthcare–associated infections (HAIs) have long been the subject of research and prevention practice. When findings show potential to significantly impact outcomes, clinicians, policymakers, safety experts, and stakeholders seek to bridge the gap between research and practice by identifying mechanisms and assigning responsibility for translating research to practice. Objectives: This paper describes progress and challenges in HAI re…

  • Approach for Conducting the Longitudinal Program Evaluation of the US Department of Health and Human Services National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections

    Katherine L Kahn, Peter Mendel et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2014References: 3

    Background: In response to mounting evidence about skyrocketing morbidity, mortality, and costs associated with healthcare–associated infections (HAIs), in 2009, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the HHS HAI Action Plan to enhance collaboration and coordination and to strengthen the impact of national efforts to address HAIs. To optimize timely understanding of the Action Plan’s approach and outcomes, as well as improve …

  • The National Response for Preventing Healthcare–associated Infections

    Peter Mendel, Daniel A Weinberg et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2014References: 2

    BACKGROUND: Strengthening capacity across the healthcare system for improvement is critical to ensuring that past efforts and investments establish a foundation for sustaining progress in patient safety. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this analysis was to identify key system capacity issues for sustainability from evaluation of the Action Plan to prevent healthcare-associated infections, a major national initiative launched by the US Department of …

  • An Implementation Evaluation of the Community Engagement and Planning Intervention in the CPIC Depression Care Improvement Trial

    Open AccessDmitry Khodyakov, Mienah Z Sharif et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2013Cited by: 5References: 47

  • The Organization of HIV and Other Health Activities within Urban Religious Congregations

    Open AccessKartika Palar, Peter Mendel et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2012Cited by: 1References: 7

  • Attitudes and beliefs related to HIV/Aids in urban religious congregations

    Open AccessRicky N Bluthenthal, Kartika Palar et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2012Cited by: 17References: 39

  • Religious Congregations’ Involvement in HIV

    Open AccessKathryn P Derose, Peter Mendel et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2010

  • Learning about Urban Congregations and HIV/Aids

    Open AccessKathryn P Derose, Peter Mendel et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2010Cited by: 5References: 2

  • The Making and Expansion of International Management Standards

    Peter MendelCHAPTERGlobalization and organization2006

    The ISO 9000 series of international standards for quality management presents an ideal empirical focus for a study of the global diffusion of organizational reforms, as it possesses several distinctive features that illustrate the dynamics underlying the globalization of modern organization and management. It is one of the foremost exemplars of an organizational model rooted in global institutions and claiming an expressly international scope. T…

  • The Role of Perceived Team Effectiveness in Improving Chronic Illness Care

    Stephen M Shortell, Jill Ann Marsteller et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2004References: 31

    BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The importance of teams for improving quality of care has received increased attention. We examine both the correlates of self-assessed or perceived team effectiveness and its consequences for actually making changes to improve care for people with chronic illness. STUDY SETTING AND METHODS: Data were obtained from 40 teams participating in the national evaluation of the Improving Chronic Illness Care Program. Based on curr…

  • Institutional Change and Healthcare Organizations

    David A Rochefort, W Richard Scott et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2002