Bruce J Fried
Biographic Data
| ID | 5419491 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruce J Fried |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruce J |
| FAMILY NAME | Fried |
| SIGNATURE | FRIED B J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Travel time, availability of emergency obstetric care, and perceived quality of care associated with maternal healthcare utilisation in Afghanistan
Limited understanding of factors such as travel time, availability of emergency obstetric care (EmOC), and satisfaction/perceived quality of care on the utilisation of maternal health services exists in fragile and conflict-affect settings. We examined these key factors on three utilisation outcomes: at least one skilled antenatal care (ANC) visit, in-facility delivery, and bypassing the nearest public facility for childbirth in Afghanistan from …
Reliability, validity and measurement invariance of the Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ) among HIV-positive women in Ethiopia
Our results show that the six-item SMAQ scale has adequate reliability and validity indices for this sample, in addition to being invariant across comparison groups. The findings of this study strengthen the evidence in support of the increasing use of SMAQ by interventionists and researchers to examine, pool and compare adherence scores across groups and time periods
National and subnational estimates of coverage and travel time to emergency obstetric care in Afghanistan
Integrating community outreach into a quality improvement project to promote maternal and child health in Ghana
Quality improvement (QI) is used to promote and strengthen maternal and child health services in middle- and low-income countries. Very little research has examined community-level factors beyond the confines of health facilities that create demand for health services and influence health outcomes. We examined the role of community outreach in the context of Project Fives Alive!, a QI project aimed at improving maternal and under-5 outcomes in Gh…
Effect of Village Midwife Program on Contraceptive Prevalence and Method Choice in Indonesia
Indonesia established its Village Midwife Program in 1989 to combat high rates of maternal mortality. The program's goals were to address gaps in access to reproductive health care for rural women, increase access to and use of family planning services, and broaden the mix of available contraceptive methods. In this study, we use longitudinal data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey to examine the program's effect on contraceptive practice. We …
Disasters and the Public Health Safety Net
Objectives. We measured the effect of Hurricane Floyd on Medicaid enrollment and health services use in the most severely affected counties of North Carolina. Methods. We used differences-in-differences models on balanced panels of Medicaid claims and enrollment data. Results. Overall spending per enrollee showed little short-term effect but demonstrated a moderate increase 1 year after the storm. We found very modest short-term increases in Medi…
An Empirical Assessment of Rural Community Support Networks for Individuals with Severe Mental Disorders
Rural Mental Health Leaders' Perceptions of Stigma and Community Issues
This paper provides a description of the attitudes of rural leaders toward mental health issues using data collected in two rural counties (one in Virginia and one in North Carolina). Study participants (N=63) are individuals identified as leaders making a significant positive contribution to mental health issues in each county. While the counties were matched on a number of demographic characteristics, the counties had one difference believed im…
The multiconstitutency approach to organizational performance assessment
Power Acquisition in a Health Care Setting
Strategic contingencies theory suggests that uncertainty coping, nonsubstitutability, and centrality predict intra-organizational group power. This theory was tested in 20 ambulatory care clinic settings. Physician, nurse, and administrator power and roles were examined. Theoretical support was greatest among nurses, but less conclusive for physicians and administrative personnel, whose roles in the clinics were more clearly prescribed and determ…
Role Perceptions among Occupational Groups in an Ambulatory Care Setting
Effective multidisciplinary health care teams require a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of each group. This paper reports on a study of role perceptions among three occupational groups in a medical setting-physicians, nurses, and administrative personnel. Each group was asked to assess the extent to which their group and each of the others were involved in performing each of several activities. It was hypothesized that diffe…
An Empirical Assessment of Rural Community Support Networks for Individuals with Severe Mental Disorders
Effect of Village Midwife Program on Contraceptive Prevalence and Method Choice in Indonesia
Indonesia established its Village Midwife Program in 1989 to combat high rates of maternal mortality. The program's goals were to address gaps in access to reproductive health care for rural women, increase access to and use of family planning services, and broaden the mix of available contraceptive methods. In this study, we use longitudinal data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey to examine the program's effect on contraceptive practice. We …
Disasters and the Public Health Safety Net
Objectives. We measured the effect of Hurricane Floyd on Medicaid enrollment and health services use in the most severely affected counties of North Carolina. Methods. We used differences-in-differences models on balanced panels of Medicaid claims and enrollment data. Results. Overall spending per enrollee showed little short-term effect but demonstrated a moderate increase 1 year after the storm. We found very modest short-term increases in Medi…
Power Acquisition in a Health Care Setting
Strategic contingencies theory suggests that uncertainty coping, nonsubstitutability, and centrality predict intra-organizational group power. This theory was tested in 20 ambulatory care clinic settings. Physician, nurse, and administrator power and roles were examined. Theoretical support was greatest among nurses, but less conclusive for physicians and administrative personnel, whose roles in the clinics were more clearly prescribed and determ…
Role Perceptions among Occupational Groups in an Ambulatory Care Setting
Effective multidisciplinary health care teams require a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of each group. This paper reports on a study of role perceptions among three occupational groups in a medical setting-physicians, nurses, and administrative personnel. Each group was asked to assess the extent to which their group and each of the others were involved in performing each of several activities. It was hypothesized that diffe…
Role Perceptions among Occupational Groups in an Ambulatory Care Setting
Effective multidisciplinary health care teams require a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of each group. This paper reports on a study of role perceptions among three occupational groups in a medical setting-physicians, nurses, and administrative personnel. Each group was asked to assess the extent to which their group and each of the others were involved in performing each of several activities. It was hypothesized that diffe…
Power Acquisition in a Health Care Setting
Strategic contingencies theory suggests that uncertainty coping, nonsubstitutability, and centrality predict intra-organizational group power. This theory was tested in 20 ambulatory care clinic settings. Physician, nurse, and administrator power and roles were examined. Theoretical support was greatest among nurses, but less conclusive for physicians and administrative personnel, whose roles in the clinics were more clearly prescribed and determ…
The multiconstitutency approach to organizational performance assessment
Rural Mental Health Leaders' Perceptions of Stigma and Community Issues
This paper provides a description of the attitudes of rural leaders toward mental health issues using data collected in two rural counties (one in Virginia and one in North Carolina). Study participants (N=63) are individuals identified as leaders making a significant positive contribution to mental health issues in each county. While the counties were matched on a number of demographic characteristics, the counties had one difference believed im…
An Empirical Assessment of Rural Community Support Networks for Individuals with Severe Mental Disorders
Disasters and the Public Health Safety Net
Objectives. We measured the effect of Hurricane Floyd on Medicaid enrollment and health services use in the most severely affected counties of North Carolina. Methods. We used differences-in-differences models on balanced panels of Medicaid claims and enrollment data. Results. Overall spending per enrollee showed little short-term effect but demonstrated a moderate increase 1 year after the storm. We found very modest short-term increases in Medi…
Effect of Village Midwife Program on Contraceptive Prevalence and Method Choice in Indonesia
Indonesia established its Village Midwife Program in 1989 to combat high rates of maternal mortality. The program's goals were to address gaps in access to reproductive health care for rural women, increase access to and use of family planning services, and broaden the mix of available contraceptive methods. In this study, we use longitudinal data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey to examine the program's effect on contraceptive practice. We …
Integrating community outreach into a quality improvement project to promote maternal and child health in Ghana
Quality improvement (QI) is used to promote and strengthen maternal and child health services in middle- and low-income countries. Very little research has examined community-level factors beyond the confines of health facilities that create demand for health services and influence health outcomes. We examined the role of community outreach in the context of Project Fives Alive!, a QI project aimed at improving maternal and under-5 outcomes in Gh…
Reliability, validity and measurement invariance of the Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ) among HIV-positive women in Ethiopia
Our results show that the six-item SMAQ scale has adequate reliability and validity indices for this sample, in addition to being invariant across comparison groups. The findings of this study strengthen the evidence in support of the increasing use of SMAQ by interventionists and researchers to examine, pool and compare adherence scores across groups and time periods
National and subnational estimates of coverage and travel time to emergency obstetric care in Afghanistan
Travel time, availability of emergency obstetric care, and perceived quality of care associated with maternal healthcare utilisation in Afghanistan
Limited understanding of factors such as travel time, availability of emergency obstetric care (EmOC), and satisfaction/perceived quality of care on the utilisation of maternal health services exists in fragile and conflict-affect settings. We examined these key factors on three utilisation outcomes: at least one skilled antenatal care (ANC) visit, in-facility delivery, and bypassing the nearest public facility for childbirth in Afghanistan from …
Medicine (11 works) · Nursing (8 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Health care (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works)