Beverly Weidmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4088695 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beverly Weidmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beverly |
| FAMILY NAME | Weidmer |
| SIGNATURE | WEIDMER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0376-9777 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Evaluating the Accuracy of 2020 Census Block-Level Estimates in California
In this study, we provide an assessment of data accuracy from the 2020 Census. We compare block-level population totals from a sample of 173 census blocks in California across three sources: (1) the 2020 Census, which has been infused with error to protect respondent confidentiality; (2) the California Neighborhoods Count, the first independent enumeration survey of census blocks; and (3) projections based on the 2010 Census and subsequent Americ…
Municipalities on the Front Lines of Puerto Rico's Recovery
Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center experts assessed Hurricanes Irma and Maria's effect on Puerto Rico's municipalities' ability to govern, deliver services, and recover from the damage they incurred. They created a framework for assessing municipalities' recovery and developed courses of action to address damage and improve municipal capacity.
Culturally Competent Informed-Consent Process to Evaluate a Social Policy for Older Persons With Low Literacy
The informed-consent process seeks to provide complete information to participants about a research project and to protect personal information they may disclose. In this article, we present an informed-consent process that we piloted and improved to obtain consent from older adults in Yucatan, Mexico. Respondents had limited fluency in Spanish, spoke the local Mayan language, and had some physical limitations due to their age. We describe how we…
Development of Items to Assess Patients’ Health Literacy Experiences at Hospitals for the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospital Survey
BACKGROUND: The complexity of health information frequently exceeds patients' skills to understand and use it. Improvement in hospital communication has the potential to improve the quality of care. OBJECTIVE: To develop a set of items to supplement the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospital Survey (HCAHPS) to assess how well hospitals communicate health information to inpatients. METHODS: We conducted an environ…
The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Cultural Competence (CC) Item Set
BACKGROUND: There is a need for reliable and valid measures of cultural competence (CC) from the patient's perspective. OBJECTIVE: This paper evaluates the reliability and validity of the Consumer Assessments of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) CC item set. RESEARCH DESIGN: Using 2008 survey data, we assessed the internal consistency of the CAHPS CC scales using the Cronbach α's and examined the validity of the measures using exploratory …
Development and Evaluation of CAHPS® Survey Items Assessing How Well Healthcare Providers Address Health Literacy
BACKGROUND: The complexity of health information often exceeds patients' skills to understand and use it. OBJECTIVE: To develop survey items assessing how well healthcare providers communicate health information. METHODS: Domains and items for the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Item Set for Addressing Health Literacy were identified through an environmental scan and input from stakeholders. The draft item set was …
Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey (CAHPS)
This study describes the psychometric properties of the Consumer Assessments of Health Plans Survey (CAHPS) in 279 persons who completed it in Spanish and 439 persons who completed it in English. We found negatively skewed distributions of responses and significant ceiling effects in both English and Spanish surveys. Cronbach’s alphas for English and Spanish multiple-item composites were 0.69 or higher. Correlations between the CAHPS measures and…
Translating the CAHPSTM 1.0 Survey Instruments Into Spanish
OBJECTIVES: Collecting accurate health data on the growing number of ethnic minorities in the United States has increased in policy relevance in recent years. Today, most general population sample surveys conducted in the United States, including the CAHPS 1.0 Surveys, require translation into Spanish and often other languages as well. This article discusses the process used to translate the CAHPS 1.0 survey instruments into Spanish and the techn…
Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey (CAHPS)
This study describes the psychometric properties of the Consumer Assessments of Health Plans Survey (CAHPS) in 279 persons who completed it in Spanish and 439 persons who completed it in English. We found negatively skewed distributions of responses and significant ceiling effects in both English and Spanish surveys. Cronbach’s alphas for English and Spanish multiple-item composites were 0.69 or higher. Correlations between the CAHPS measures and…
Translating the CAHPSTM 1.0 Survey Instruments Into Spanish
OBJECTIVES: Collecting accurate health data on the growing number of ethnic minorities in the United States has increased in policy relevance in recent years. Today, most general population sample surveys conducted in the United States, including the CAHPS 1.0 Surveys, require translation into Spanish and often other languages as well. This article discusses the process used to translate the CAHPS 1.0 survey instruments into Spanish and the techn…
Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey (CAHPS)
This study describes the psychometric properties of the Consumer Assessments of Health Plans Survey (CAHPS) in 279 persons who completed it in Spanish and 439 persons who completed it in English. We found negatively skewed distributions of responses and significant ceiling effects in both English and Spanish surveys. Cronbach’s alphas for English and Spanish multiple-item composites were 0.69 or higher. Correlations between the CAHPS measures and…
Development of Items to Assess Patients’ Health Literacy Experiences at Hospitals for the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospital Survey
BACKGROUND: The complexity of health information frequently exceeds patients' skills to understand and use it. Improvement in hospital communication has the potential to improve the quality of care. OBJECTIVE: To develop a set of items to supplement the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospital Survey (HCAHPS) to assess how well hospitals communicate health information to inpatients. METHODS: We conducted an environ…
The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Cultural Competence (CC) Item Set
BACKGROUND: There is a need for reliable and valid measures of cultural competence (CC) from the patient's perspective. OBJECTIVE: This paper evaluates the reliability and validity of the Consumer Assessments of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) CC item set. RESEARCH DESIGN: Using 2008 survey data, we assessed the internal consistency of the CAHPS CC scales using the Cronbach α's and examined the validity of the measures using exploratory …
Development and Evaluation of CAHPS® Survey Items Assessing How Well Healthcare Providers Address Health Literacy
BACKGROUND: The complexity of health information often exceeds patients' skills to understand and use it. OBJECTIVE: To develop survey items assessing how well healthcare providers communicate health information. METHODS: Domains and items for the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Item Set for Addressing Health Literacy were identified through an environmental scan and input from stakeholders. The draft item set was …
Culturally Competent Informed-Consent Process to Evaluate a Social Policy for Older Persons With Low Literacy
The informed-consent process seeks to provide complete information to participants about a research project and to protect personal information they may disclose. In this article, we present an informed-consent process that we piloted and improved to obtain consent from older adults in Yucatan, Mexico. Respondents had limited fluency in Spanish, spoke the local Mayan language, and had some physical limitations due to their age. We describe how we…
Municipalities on the Front Lines of Puerto Rico's Recovery
Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center experts assessed Hurricanes Irma and Maria's effect on Puerto Rico's municipalities' ability to govern, deliver services, and recover from the damage they incurred. They created a framework for assessing municipalities' recovery and developed courses of action to address damage and improve municipal capacity.
Evaluating the Accuracy of 2020 Census Block-Level Estimates in California
In this study, we provide an assessment of data accuracy from the 2020 Census. We compare block-level population totals from a sample of 173 census blocks in California across three sources: (1) the 2020 Census, which has been infused with error to protect respondent confidentiality; (2) the California Neighborhoods Count, the first independent enumeration survey of census blocks; and (3) projections based on the 2010 Census and subsequent Americ…
Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Literacy (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Patient satisfaction (3 works)