Mark Perkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 5542375 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Perkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Perkins |
| SIGNATURE | PERKINS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | VA Puget Sound Health Care System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“I Was Heard”
Professional counseling is an emerging practice in African nations, including Uganda. While there is need for mental health services, social stigma related to seeking professional counseling services represents a barrier to accessing mental health resources. Stigma is especially present for men due to gender roles and strong pressure to display strength and resilience. This qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry explored men’s counselin…
Understanding Profiles of Preservice Teachers With Different Levels of Commitment to Teaching in Urban Schools
Understanding the beliefs of preservice teachers is an important area to investigate in the teacher education process. This article examines the relationship between preservice teachers’ beliefs pertaining to diversity and urban schooling and how these inclinations contribute to a commitment to teaching urban students. Canonical correlation analysis was used to identify profiles of preservice teachers who exhibited varying degrees of interest to …
Measures of Adherence to Oral Hypoglycemic Agents at the Primary Care Clinic Level
BACKGROUND: Prior research found that in the Veterans Affairs health care system (VA), the proportion of patients adherent to oral hypoglycemic agents varies from 50% to 80% across primary care clinics. This study examined whether variation in patient and facility characteristics determined those differences. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study of 444,418 VA primary care patients with diabetes treated in 559 clinics in fiscal year (FY) 2006-2007.…
Reliance on Veterans Affairs Outpatient Care by Medicare-eligible Veterans
OBJECTIVE: To examine longitudinal changes in Medicare-eligible veterans' reliance on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system for primary and specialty care over 4 years. METHODS: We merged VA administrative and Medicare claims data to examine outpatient use during fiscal years (FY) 2001 to 2004 by 15,520 Medicare-eligible veterans who used VA primary care in FY2000. Reliance on VA outpatient care was defined as the proportion o…
Medicare Managed Care Enrollment by Disability-Eligible and Age-Eligible Veterans
OBJECTIVE: To assess factors associated with enrollment in a Medicare advantage (MA) plan versus Medicare fee-for-service plan in 2000-2004 by Medicare-eligible veterans. We also assessed whether these factors differed between disability-eligible veterans and age-eligible veterans. METHODS: Medicare claims data, VA administrative data, and 2000 census data were constructed in a retrospective cohort study of 20,581 age-eligible veterans and 7541 d…
Understanding Profiles of Preservice Teachers With Different Levels of Commitment to Teaching in Urban Schools
Understanding the beliefs of preservice teachers is an important area to investigate in the teacher education process. This article examines the relationship between preservice teachers’ beliefs pertaining to diversity and urban schooling and how these inclinations contribute to a commitment to teaching urban students. Canonical correlation analysis was used to identify profiles of preservice teachers who exhibited varying degrees of interest to …
Medicare Managed Care Enrollment by Disability-Eligible and Age-Eligible Veterans
OBJECTIVE: To assess factors associated with enrollment in a Medicare advantage (MA) plan versus Medicare fee-for-service plan in 2000-2004 by Medicare-eligible veterans. We also assessed whether these factors differed between disability-eligible veterans and age-eligible veterans. METHODS: Medicare claims data, VA administrative data, and 2000 census data were constructed in a retrospective cohort study of 20,581 age-eligible veterans and 7541 d…
Reliance on Veterans Affairs Outpatient Care by Medicare-eligible Veterans
OBJECTIVE: To examine longitudinal changes in Medicare-eligible veterans' reliance on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system for primary and specialty care over 4 years. METHODS: We merged VA administrative and Medicare claims data to examine outpatient use during fiscal years (FY) 2001 to 2004 by 15,520 Medicare-eligible veterans who used VA primary care in FY2000. Reliance on VA outpatient care was defined as the proportion o…
Measures of Adherence to Oral Hypoglycemic Agents at the Primary Care Clinic Level
BACKGROUND: Prior research found that in the Veterans Affairs health care system (VA), the proportion of patients adherent to oral hypoglycemic agents varies from 50% to 80% across primary care clinics. This study examined whether variation in patient and facility characteristics determined those differences. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study of 444,418 VA primary care patients with diabetes treated in 559 clinics in fiscal year (FY) 2006-2007.…
Understanding Profiles of Preservice Teachers With Different Levels of Commitment to Teaching in Urban Schools
Understanding the beliefs of preservice teachers is an important area to investigate in the teacher education process. This article examines the relationship between preservice teachers’ beliefs pertaining to diversity and urban schooling and how these inclinations contribute to a commitment to teaching urban students. Canonical correlation analysis was used to identify profiles of preservice teachers who exhibited varying degrees of interest to …
“I Was Heard”
Professional counseling is an emerging practice in African nations, including Uganda. While there is need for mental health services, social stigma related to seeking professional counseling services represents a barrier to accessing mental health resources. Stigma is especially present for men due to gender roles and strong pressure to display strength and resilience. This qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry explored men’s counselin…
Family medicine (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Emergency Medicine (2 works) · Emergency Medicine (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Medication Adherence and Compliance (2 works) · Primary care (2 works)