Michael K Paasche‐Orlow

Biographic Data

ID5127805
NAMEMichael K Paasche‐Orlow
GIVEN NAMESMichael K
FAMILY NAMEPaasche‐Orlow
SIGNATUREORLOW M K P
AFFILIATIONSBoston University
ORCID0000-0002-9276-7190
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS23
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT23
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • Health professions school applicant experiences of discrimination during interviews

    Avik Chatterjee, Spencer Dunleavy et al.ARTICLEMedical Teacher2023

    BACKGROUND: Bias pervades every aspect of healthcare including admissions, perpetuating the lack of diversity in the healthcare workforce. Admissions interviews may be a time when applicants to health profession education programs experience discrimination. METHODS: Between January and June 2021 we invited US and Canadian applicants to health profession education programs to complete a survey including the Everyday Discrimination Scale, adapted t…

  • Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion was Associated With Reductions in the Proportion of Hospitalizations That are Potentially Preventable Among Hispanic and White Adults

    Amresh Hanchate, Amresh D Hanchate et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2023References: 40

    OBJECTIVE: Using data on 5 years of postexpansion experience, we examined whether the coverage gains from Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion among Black, Hispanic, and White individuals led to improvements in objective indicators of outpatient care adequacy and quality. RESEARCH DESIGN: For the population of adults aged 45-64 with no insurance or Medicaid coverage, we obtained data on census population and hospitalizations for ambulatory care…

  • Church after Sunday

    Open AccessTeresa K O’Leary, Elizabeth Stowell et al.ARTICLEinteractions2022

    Community + Culture features practitioner perspectives on designing technologies for and with communities. We highlight compelling projects and provocative points of view that speak to both community technology practice and the interaction design field as a whole. --- Sheena Erete, Editor

  • Examination of Elective Bariatric Surgery Rates Before and After US Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion

    Open AccessAmresh Hanchate, Amresh D Hanchate et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2021

    This cohort study found that Medicaid expansion was associated with increased rates of bariatric surgery among lower-income non-Hispanic White individuals, but not among Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black individuals

  • Prevalence and Predictors of Limited Literacy in Public Mental Health Care

    Open AccessAlisa K Lincoln, Mara Eyllon et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2021References: 30

  • Beyond Gender Identity Disorder Diagnoses Codes

    Guneet K Jasuja, Alexander de Groot et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2020References: 34

    BACKGROUND: Large administrative databases often do not capture gender identity data, limiting researchers' ability to identify transgender people and complicating the study of this population. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to develop methods for identifying transgender people in a large, national dataset for insured adults. RESEARCH DESIGN: This was a retrospective analysis of administrative claims data. After using gender identity …

  • Designing and Evaluating a Digital Family Health History Tool for Spanish Speakers

    Open AccessMaria Cerda Diez, Dharma E Cortés et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019

    Digital family health history tools have been developed but few have been tested with non-English speakers and evaluated for acceptability and usability. This study describes the cultural and linguistic adaptation and evaluation of a family health history tool (VICKY: VIrtual Counselor for Knowing Your Family History) for Spanish speakers. In-depth interviews were conducted with 56 Spanish-speaking participants; a subset of 30 also participated i…

  • Identifying and Addressing Language Needs in Primary Care

    Open AccessJulia E Murphy, David Washington et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2019References: 60

  • Relationships Between English Language Proficiency, Health Literacy, and Health Outcomes in Somali Refugees

    Open AccessJulia E Murphy, Laura Smock et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2018

  • Is 30-Day Posthospitalization Mortality Lower Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities

    Meng-Ying Lin, Meng-Yun Lin et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2018References: 24

    BACKGROUND: Multiple studies have reported that risk-adjusted rates of 30-day mortality after hospitalization for an acute condition are lower among blacks compared with whites. OBJECTIVE: To examine if previously reported lower mortality for minorities, relative to whites, is accounted for by adjustment for do-not-resuscitate status, potentially unconfirmed admission diagnosis, and differential risk of hospitalization. RESEARCH DESIGN: Using inp…

  • Sociodemographic Factors Mediate Race and Ethnicity-associated Childhood Asthma Health Disparities

    Open AccessDavid M Washington, Laura M Curtis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2018References: 34

  • The Double Stigma of Limited Literacy and Mental Illness

    Open AccessAlisa K Lincoln, W E Adams et al.ARTICLESociety and Mental Health2017

    The disadvantaged social position of public mental health service users reflects synergistic relationships among tangible disadvantage and stigma and its consequences. Limited literacy, an important factor in social disadvantage and an additional source of stigma, is virtually absent from the discussion. Employing a mixed-methods, service user–informed design, we explore the meaning and impact of limited literacy in the lives of public mental hea…

  • Communicating Risks and Benefits in Informed Consent for Research

    Open AccessLika Nusbaum, Brenda Douglas et al.ARTICLEGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research2017

    Multiple studies have documented major limitations in the informed consent process for the recruitment of clinical research participants. One challenging aspect of this process is successful communication of risks and benefits to potential research participants. This study explored the opinions and attitudes of informed consent experts about conveying risks and benefits to inform the development of a survey about the perspectives of research nurs…

  • Acculturation and a Potential Relationship with Oral Health Outcomes Among Somali Refugees in Massachusetts

    Open AccessJo Hunter‐Adams, Jennifer Cochran et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2017

  • Risk of Undetected Cancer at the Time of Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy and Laparoscopic Myomectomy

    Open AccessRebecca B Perkins, Roxane Handal-Orefice et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2015

  • Low health literacy predicts decline in physical function among older adults

    Open AccessSamuel G Smith, Rachel O'Conor et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2015Cited by: 3References: 40

    BACKGROUND: Limited health literacy is associated with worse physical function in cross-sectional studies. We aimed to determine if health literacy is a risk factor for decline in physical function among older adults. METHODS: A longitudinal cohort of 529 community-dwelling American adults aged 55-74 years were recruited from an academic general internal medicine clinic and federally qualified health centres in 2008-2011. Health literacy (Newest …

  • Clinical Operations Variables are Associated With Blood Pressure Outcomes

    Nancy R Kressin, Karen E Lasser et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2015

    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…

  • Health Literacy Measurement

    Jolie N Haun, Jolie Haun et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Communication2014

    This article aimed to provide a descriptive review of the psychometric properties and conceptual dimensions of published health literacy measurement tools. PsycINFO and PubMed search from 1999 through 2013, review of the grey literature, and an environmental scan was conducted to identify health literacy measurement tools. For each tool, we evaluated the conceptual dimensions assessed, test parameters, and psychometric properties. Of the 51 tools…

  • The Impact of Functional Health Literacy and Acculturation on the Oral Health Status of Somali Refugees Living in Massachusetts

    Paul L Geltman, Jo Hunter Adams et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2013Cited by: 2References: 30

    Objectives. We assessed the impact of health literacy and acculturation on oral health status of Somali refugees in Massachusetts. Methods. Between December 2009 and June 2011, we surveyed 439 adult Somalis who had lived in the United States 10 years or less. Assessments included oral examinations with decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) counts and measurement of spoken English and health literacy. We tested associations with generalized li…

  • The Role of Numeracy on Cancer Screening Among Urban Women

    Arpita Aggarwal, Jeanne L Speckman et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2007

  • The Causal Pathways Linking Health Literacy to Health Outcomes

    Michael K Paasche-Orlow, Michael K Paasche‐Orlow et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2007

  • The prevalence of limited health literacy

    Michael K Paasche-Orlow, Michael K Paasche‐Orlow et al.ARTICLEJournal of General Internal…2005

  • Notices of Privacy Practices

    Michael K Paasche-Orlow, Michael K Paasche‐Orlow et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2005

    BACKGROUND: Federal regulation requires hospitals to present patients with a Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) that contains all stipulated content items, is readable by patients, and posted on institutional web sites. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine whether the NPP texts contain the required content, if readability is influenced by local literacy rates, and if readability or the presentation of NPP texts in other language…