Karen L Pellegrin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5378891 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen L Pellegrin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen L |
| FAMILY NAME | Pellegrin |
| SIGNATURE | PELLEGRIN K L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hawaii at Hilo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1040-2009 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Socioeconomic variables explain rural disparities in US mortality rates
Addressing poverty and other socioeconomic issues should be a priority to improve health in rural communities. Interventions designed to target social determinants of health in rural areas are needed to address the growing rural mortality disparity that is largely explained by measures of poverty and income. Researchers examining rural health disparities should routinely include socioeconomic variables in their analyses
The Community Culture Survey
The Community Culture Survey (CCS) was designed to advance the measurement of culture and its link to health by asking individuals to describe the attitudes and behaviors of people in the local community where they live. To assess preliminary validity, 130 respondents completed the CCS, a health survey, and demographic questions. Five subscales were derived from the CCS, 2 of which were correlated with health survey items. Residents living in nei…
Recruitment of rural healthcare professionals for live continuing education
Providing free CE coordinated through local healthcare organizations and physician groups was the most cost-effective method of recruiting rural HCPs for CE. Formal advertising added cost without increasing the number of participants per event. Although this is the first study of the cost-effectiveness of recruitment methods targeting HCPs in rural areas, results are consistent with research on cost-effectiveness of outreach to rural lay communit…
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Recruitment of rural healthcare professionals for live continuing education
Providing free CE coordinated through local healthcare organizations and physician groups was the most cost-effective method of recruiting rural HCPs for CE. Formal advertising added cost without increasing the number of participants per event. Although this is the first study of the cost-effectiveness of recruitment methods targeting HCPs in rural areas, results are consistent with research on cost-effectiveness of outreach to rural lay communit…
The Community Culture Survey
The Community Culture Survey (CCS) was designed to advance the measurement of culture and its link to health by asking individuals to describe the attitudes and behaviors of people in the local community where they live. To assess preliminary validity, 130 respondents completed the CCS, a health survey, and demographic questions. Five subscales were derived from the CCS, 2 of which were correlated with health survey items. Residents living in nei…
Socioeconomic variables explain rural disparities in US mortality rates
Addressing poverty and other socioeconomic issues should be a priority to improve health in rural communities. Interventions designed to target social determinants of health in rural areas are needed to address the growing rural mortality disparity that is largely explained by measures of poverty and income. Researchers examining rural health disparities should routinely include socioeconomic variables in their analyses
Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works) · Global Health Workforce Issues (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (2 works) · Health equity (2 works)