Melinda L Drum
Biographic Data
| ID | 5125795 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melinda L Drum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melinda L |
| FAMILY NAME | Drum |
| SIGNATURE | DRUM M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Use of Enabling Services by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander Patients at 4 Community Health Centers
Objectives. We sought to examine the utilization and impact of enabling services, such as interpretation and eligibility assistance, among underserved Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander (AANHOPI) patients served at 4 community health centers. Methods. For this project, we developed a uniform model for collecting data on enabling services and implemented it across 4 health centers that served primarily AANHOPI patients. We…
Assessment of Smoking Behaviors and Alcohol Use in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
NSHAP provides data useful for investigation of smoking and alcohol use and their association with health and social factors
Insurance Status and Quality of Diabetes Care in Community Health Centers
Objectives. We sought to compare quality of diabetes care by insurance type in federally funded community health centers. Method. We categorized 2018 diabetes patients, randomly selected from 27 community health centers in 17 states in 2002, into 6 mutually exclusive insurance groups. We used multivariate logistic regression analyses to compare quality of diabetes care according to 6 National Committee for Quality Assurance Health Plan Employer D…
Variation in Treatment Preferences and Care Goals Among Older Patients With Diabetes and Their Physicians
BACKGROUND: Older persons with diabetes are heterogeneous with respect to life expectancy and frailty, and new guidelines recommend individualizing care. OBJECTIVES: (1) To describe variation in the preferences of older patients with diabetes regarding aggressiveness of glycemic control and avoiding diabetic complications. (2) To determine correlates of patient preferences and physician treatment goals. (3) To assess whether physicians' goals wer…
Improving and Sustaining Diabetes Care in Community Health Centers With the Health Disparities Collaboratives
BACKGROUND: In 1998, the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Primary Health Care began the Health Disparities Collaboratives (HDC) to improve chronic disease management in community health centers (HCs) nationwide. The HDC incorporates rapid quality improvement, a chronic care model, and best practice learning sessions. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the HDC improves diabetes care in HCs over 4 years and whether more intens…
Sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse among university employees: Prevalence and mental health correlates
OBJECTIVES: This study hypothesized that interpersonal workplace stressors involving sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse are highly prevalent and significantly linked with mental health outcomes including symptomatic distress, the use and abuse of alcohol, and other drug use. METHODS: Employees in 4 university occupational groups (faculty, student, clerical, and service workers; n = 2492) were surveyed by means of a mailed self-repo…
Sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse among university employees: Prevalence and mental health correlates
OBJECTIVES: This study hypothesized that interpersonal workplace stressors involving sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse are highly prevalent and significantly linked with mental health outcomes including symptomatic distress, the use and abuse of alcohol, and other drug use. METHODS: Employees in 4 university occupational groups (faculty, student, clerical, and service workers; n = 2492) were surveyed by means of a mailed self-repo…
Insurance Status and Quality of Diabetes Care in Community Health Centers
Objectives. We sought to compare quality of diabetes care by insurance type in federally funded community health centers. Method. We categorized 2018 diabetes patients, randomly selected from 27 community health centers in 17 states in 2002, into 6 mutually exclusive insurance groups. We used multivariate logistic regression analyses to compare quality of diabetes care according to 6 National Committee for Quality Assurance Health Plan Employer D…
Assessment of Smoking Behaviors and Alcohol Use in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
NSHAP provides data useful for investigation of smoking and alcohol use and their association with health and social factors
Use of Enabling Services by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander Patients at 4 Community Health Centers
Objectives. We sought to examine the utilization and impact of enabling services, such as interpretation and eligibility assistance, among underserved Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander (AANHOPI) patients served at 4 community health centers. Methods. For this project, we developed a uniform model for collecting data on enabling services and implemented it across 4 health centers that served primarily AANHOPI patients. We…
Sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse among university employees: Prevalence and mental health correlates
OBJECTIVES: This study hypothesized that interpersonal workplace stressors involving sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse are highly prevalent and significantly linked with mental health outcomes including symptomatic distress, the use and abuse of alcohol, and other drug use. METHODS: Employees in 4 university occupational groups (faculty, student, clerical, and service workers; n = 2492) were surveyed by means of a mailed self-repo…
Improving and Sustaining Diabetes Care in Community Health Centers With the Health Disparities Collaboratives
BACKGROUND: In 1998, the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Primary Health Care began the Health Disparities Collaboratives (HDC) to improve chronic disease management in community health centers (HCs) nationwide. The HDC incorporates rapid quality improvement, a chronic care model, and best practice learning sessions. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the HDC improves diabetes care in HCs over 4 years and whether more intens…
Variation in Treatment Preferences and Care Goals Among Older Patients With Diabetes and Their Physicians
BACKGROUND: Older persons with diabetes are heterogeneous with respect to life expectancy and frailty, and new guidelines recommend individualizing care. OBJECTIVES: (1) To describe variation in the preferences of older patients with diabetes regarding aggressiveness of glycemic control and avoiding diabetic complications. (2) To determine correlates of patient preferences and physician treatment goals. (3) To assess whether physicians' goals wer…
Assessment of Smoking Behaviors and Alcohol Use in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
NSHAP provides data useful for investigation of smoking and alcohol use and their association with health and social factors
Insurance Status and Quality of Diabetes Care in Community Health Centers
Objectives. We sought to compare quality of diabetes care by insurance type in federally funded community health centers. Method. We categorized 2018 diabetes patients, randomly selected from 27 community health centers in 17 states in 2002, into 6 mutually exclusive insurance groups. We used multivariate logistic regression analyses to compare quality of diabetes care according to 6 National Committee for Quality Assurance Health Plan Employer D…
Use of Enabling Services by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander Patients at 4 Community Health Centers
Objectives. We sought to examine the utilization and impact of enabling services, such as interpretation and eligibility assistance, among underserved Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander (AANHOPI) patients served at 4 community health centers. Methods. For this project, we developed a uniform model for collecting data on enabling services and implemented it across 4 health centers that served primarily AANHOPI patients. We…
Medicine (6 works) · Diabetes Management and Education (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Diabetes mellitus (3 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Chronic Disease Management Strategies (2 works)