2023
Implementing real-time prescription benefit tools: Early experiences from 5 academic medical centers
Luo J, Wong R, Mehta T, Schwartz J, Epstein J, Smith E, Kashyap N, Woreta F, Feterik K, Fliotsos M, Crotty B. Implementing real-time prescription benefit tools: Early experiences from 5 academic medical centers. Healthcare 2023, 11: 100689. PMID: 36989915, PMCID: PMC10880821, DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2023.100689.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcademic Medical CentersCross-Sectional StudiesDrug CostsDrug PrescriptionsHealth ExpendituresHumans
2021
Social Support for Self-Care: Patient Strategies for Managing Diabetes and Hypertension in Rural Uganda
Tusubira AK, Nalwadda CK, Akiteng AR, Hsieh E, Ngaruiya C, Rabin TL, Katahoire A, Hawley NL, Kalyesubula R, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz JI, Armstrong-Hough M. Social Support for Self-Care: Patient Strategies for Managing Diabetes and Hypertension in Rural Uganda. Annals Of Global Health 2021, 87: 86. PMID: 34458110, PMCID: PMC8378074, DOI: 10.5334/aogh.3308.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-communicable diseasesSelf-care practicesPrescribed medicinesConventional medicinePatient's social support networkRural UgandaSelf-care activitiesBlood sugar levelsCross-sectional qualitative studyResource-limited settingsSelf-care effortsSocial support networksSocial supportNCD clinicsNineteen patientsAdult patientsHealth facilitiesPatientsPatient strategiesManaging diabetesHypertensionSelf-CareDiabetesDiagnostic testsLow-income countries
2017
Exploring knowledge and attitudes toward non-communicable diseases among village health teams in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Ojo TT, Hawley NL, Desai MM, Akiteng AR, Guwatudde D, Schwartz JI. Exploring knowledge and attitudes toward non-communicable diseases among village health teams in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2017, 17: 947. PMID: 29233114, PMCID: PMC5727968, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4954-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCommunity Health WorkersCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFocus GroupsHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleMiddle AgedNoncommunicable DiseasesUgandaConceptsVillage health teamsNon-communicable diseasesNCD preventionVHT membersHealth teamsMaternal-child healthMedical personnelCross-sectional studyResource-limited settingsEastern UgandaNCD servicesHealth workersReferral toolMajor barrierInfectious diseasesMayuge districtHealth issuesDiseaseThematic qualitative analysisPotential rolePreventionRole expansionCommunity awarenessFocus group discussionsEssential personnel
2015
The Know-Do Gap in Quality of Health Care for Childhood Diarrhea and Pneumonia in Rural India
Mohanan M, Vera-Hernández M, Das V, Giardili S, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Rabin TL, Raj SS, Schwartz JI, Seth A. The Know-Do Gap in Quality of Health Care for Childhood Diarrhea and Pneumonia in Rural India. JAMA Pediatrics 2015, 169: 349-357. PMID: 25686357, PMCID: PMC5023324, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.3445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care practitionersChildhood diarrheaCare practitionersChildhood mortalityHealth careStandardized patientsHarmful treatmentCorrect treatmentMost health care practitionersKey diagnostic questionsLocal health care practitionersOral rehydration saltsUnannounced standardized patientsDiagnostic questionsCross-sectional studyPediatric health care practitionersQuality of careHigher knowledge scoresDiarrhea treatmentRehydration saltsActual careMAIN OUTCOMEMultivariable regressionAppropriate carePneumonia