Anne C Kirchhoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 5538451 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anne C Kirchhoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anne C |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirchhoff |
| SIGNATURE | KIRCHHOFF A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Utah |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0747-9179 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Development of a Navigator-Delivered Health Insurance Education Program for Hispanic and Latine Communities
Background Equitable access to health care services for Hispanic and Latine populations requires that systems go beyond working to increase enrollment in health insurance but also addressing health insurance literacy—the knowledge, ability, and confidence to find and use health insurance. Methods In collaboration with a local health policy organization, individual interviews were conducted with Hispanic and Latine community members. Group engagem…
Development of a Health Insurance Navigation Program for Long-Term Childhood Cancer Survivors
Adapting interventions to new contexts requires consideration of the needs, norms, and delivery structures of the new setting. We describe how we followed the ORBIT model of intervention development to create Health Insurance Navigation Tools (HINT), a health insurance patient navigation intervention for childhood cancer survivors. By engaging stakeholders and leveraging institutional resources, we identified and preemptively addressed real-world…
Impact of the Covid‐19 pandemic on rural and urban cancer patients' experiences, health behaviors, and perceptions
PURPOSE: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many facets of life. We evaluated pandemic-related health care experiences, COVID-19 prevention behaviors and measures, health behaviors, and psychosocial outcomes among rural and urban cancer patients. METHODS: Among 1,472 adult cancer patients, who visited Huntsman Cancer Institute in the past 4 years and completed a COVID-19 survey (August-September 2020), we assessed the impact of the pandemic on m…
Employment of Young Adult Cancer Caregivers, Other Disease Caregivers, and Non-Caregiving Adults
Young adults are increasingly taking on caregiving roles in the United States, and cancer caregivers often experience a greater burden than other caregivers. An unexpected caregiving role may disrupt caregiver employment, leading to lost earning potential and workforce re-entry challenges. We examined caregiving employment among young adult caregivers (i.e., family or friends) using the 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), whi…
Fine Particulate Matter and Respiratory Healthcare Encounters among Survivors of Childhood Cancers
Some chemotherapies that treat childhood cancers have pulmonary-toxic properties that increase risk for adverse respiratory-health outcomes. PM 2.5 causes similar outcomes but its effect among pulmonary compromised cancer survivors is unknown. This case-crossover study identified the PM 2.5 -associated odds for primary-respiratory hospitalizations and emergency department visits among childhood cancer survivors in Utah. We compared risk among che…
Prognostic factors for rural endometrial cancer patients in a population-based cohort
Rural endometrial cancer patients in Utah were older at diagnosis, had higher grade and higher comorbidities. While urban and rural endometrial cancer patients shared many prognostic factors, the risk of mortality is greater among rural patients with advanced stage endometrial cancer. Future studies should examine where patients are receiving treatment and how that impacts their survival and how to reduce the mortality rates of high risk patients
Improvements in Colorectal Cancer Incidence Not Experienced by Nonmetropolitan Women
PURPOSE: Little is known about disparities in colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality by community-level factors such as metropolitan status. METHODS: This analysis utilized data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program from Utah. We included patients diagnosed with CRC from 1991 to 2010. To determine whether associations existed between metropolitan/nonmetropolitan county of residence and CRC incidence, Poisson…
Rural and Urban Primary Care Physician Professional Beliefs and Quality Improvement Behaviors
PURPOSE: We evaluated whether primary care physicians (PCPs) from urban and rural practices differ on attitudes and behaviors related to quality improvement (QI) activities, patient relationships, and professionalism/self-regulation. METHODS: Data from a national survey that assessed physician attitudes and behaviors based on the Physician Charter on Medical Professionalism were used. Of the 1,891 survey respondents, N = 840 were PCPs (n = 274 fa…
Unemployment Among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
BACKGROUND: Adult childhood cancer survivors report high levels of unemployment, although it is unknown whether this is because of health or employability limitations. OBJECTIVES: We examined 2 employment outcomes from 2003 in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS): (1) health-related unemployment and (2) unemployed but seeking work. We compared survivors with a nearest-age CCSS sibling cohort and examined demographic and treatment-related ri…
Positive and Negative Spillovers of the Health Disparities Collaboratives in Federally Qualified Health Centers
INTRODUCTION: Quality improvement (QI) interventions are usually evaluated for their intended effect; little is known about whether they generate significant positive or negative spillovers. METHODS: We mailed a 39-item self-administered survey to the 1256 staff at 135 federally qualified health centers (FQHC) implementing the Health Disparities Collaboratives (HDC), a large-scale QI collaborative intervention. We asked about the extent to which …
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…
Strategies for Physical Activity Maintenance in African American Women
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…
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…
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…
Strategies for Physical Activity Maintenance in African American Women
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…
Unemployment Among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
BACKGROUND: Adult childhood cancer survivors report high levels of unemployment, although it is unknown whether this is because of health or employability limitations. OBJECTIVES: We examined 2 employment outcomes from 2003 in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS): (1) health-related unemployment and (2) unemployed but seeking work. We compared survivors with a nearest-age CCSS sibling cohort and examined demographic and treatment-related ri…
Positive and Negative Spillovers of the Health Disparities Collaboratives in Federally Qualified Health Centers
INTRODUCTION: Quality improvement (QI) interventions are usually evaluated for their intended effect; little is known about whether they generate significant positive or negative spillovers. METHODS: We mailed a 39-item self-administered survey to the 1256 staff at 135 federally qualified health centers (FQHC) implementing the Health Disparities Collaboratives (HDC), a large-scale QI collaborative intervention. We asked about the extent to which …
Rural and Urban Primary Care Physician Professional Beliefs and Quality Improvement Behaviors
PURPOSE: We evaluated whether primary care physicians (PCPs) from urban and rural practices differ on attitudes and behaviors related to quality improvement (QI) activities, patient relationships, and professionalism/self-regulation. METHODS: Data from a national survey that assessed physician attitudes and behaviors based on the Physician Charter on Medical Professionalism were used. Of the 1,891 survey respondents, N = 840 were PCPs (n = 274 fa…
Improvements in Colorectal Cancer Incidence Not Experienced by Nonmetropolitan Women
PURPOSE: Little is known about disparities in colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality by community-level factors such as metropolitan status. METHODS: This analysis utilized data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program from Utah. We included patients diagnosed with CRC from 1991 to 2010. To determine whether associations existed between metropolitan/nonmetropolitan county of residence and CRC incidence, Poisson…
Fine Particulate Matter and Respiratory Healthcare Encounters among Survivors of Childhood Cancers
Some chemotherapies that treat childhood cancers have pulmonary-toxic properties that increase risk for adverse respiratory-health outcomes. PM 2.5 causes similar outcomes but its effect among pulmonary compromised cancer survivors is unknown. This case-crossover study identified the PM 2.5 -associated odds for primary-respiratory hospitalizations and emergency department visits among childhood cancer survivors in Utah. We compared risk among che…
Prognostic factors for rural endometrial cancer patients in a population-based cohort
Rural endometrial cancer patients in Utah were older at diagnosis, had higher grade and higher comorbidities. While urban and rural endometrial cancer patients shared many prognostic factors, the risk of mortality is greater among rural patients with advanced stage endometrial cancer. Future studies should examine where patients are receiving treatment and how that impacts their survival and how to reduce the mortality rates of high risk patients
Employment of Young Adult Cancer Caregivers, Other Disease Caregivers, and Non-Caregiving Adults
Young adults are increasingly taking on caregiving roles in the United States, and cancer caregivers often experience a greater burden than other caregivers. An unexpected caregiving role may disrupt caregiver employment, leading to lost earning potential and workforce re-entry challenges. We examined caregiving employment among young adult caregivers (i.e., family or friends) using the 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), whi…
Impact of the Covid‐19 pandemic on rural and urban cancer patients' experiences, health behaviors, and perceptions
PURPOSE: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many facets of life. We evaluated pandemic-related health care experiences, COVID-19 prevention behaviors and measures, health behaviors, and psychosocial outcomes among rural and urban cancer patients. METHODS: Among 1,472 adult cancer patients, who visited Huntsman Cancer Institute in the past 4 years and completed a COVID-19 survey (August-September 2020), we assessed the impact of the pandemic on m…
Development of a Navigator-Delivered Health Insurance Education Program for Hispanic and Latine Communities
Background Equitable access to health care services for Hispanic and Latine populations requires that systems go beyond working to increase enrollment in health insurance but also addressing health insurance literacy—the knowledge, ability, and confidence to find and use health insurance. Methods In collaboration with a local health policy organization, individual interviews were conducted with Hispanic and Latine community members. Group engagem…
Development of a Health Insurance Navigation Program for Long-Term Childhood Cancer Survivors
Adapting interventions to new contexts requires consideration of the needs, norms, and delivery structures of the new setting. We describe how we followed the ORBIT model of intervention development to create Health Insurance Navigation Tools (HINT), a health insurance patient navigation intervention for childhood cancer survivors. By engaging stakeholders and leveraging institutional resources, we identified and preemptively addressed real-world…
Medicine (13 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Internal Medicine (7 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Cancer (5 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (4 works) · Public health (4 works)