2022
Patient preferences for facility-based management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda: a discrete choice experiment
Moor SE, Tusubira AK, Wood D, Akiteng AR, Galusha D, Tessier-Sherman B, Donroe EH, Ngaruiya C, Rabin TL, Hawley NL, Armstrong-Hough M, Nakirya BD, Nugent R, Kalyesubula R, Nalwadda C, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz JI. Patient preferences for facility-based management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda: a discrete choice experiment. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e059949. PMID: 35863829, PMCID: PMC9310153, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059949.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeer support groupsAvailability of medicinesHealthcare providersPatient preferencesHealth facilitiesHealth educationRural UgandaFacility-based managementCost of treatmentLow-resource settingsDiabetes mellitusNakaseke districtDiscrete choice experimentHealthcare service deliveryAverage respondentIntervention designHTNMedicineUgandan shillingsDCE attributesProvidersGroupService delivery
2021
A Broader View of Risk to Health Care Workers: Perspectives on Supporting Vulnerable Health Care Professional Households During COVID-19
Donroe JH, Rabin TL, Hsieh E, Schwartz JI. A Broader View of Risk to Health Care Workers: Perspectives on Supporting Vulnerable Health Care Professional Households During COVID-19. Academic Medicine 2021, 96: 1233-1235. PMID: 34039858, PMCID: PMC8378440, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000004175.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsVulnerable householdsHigh-risk family membersCOVID-19 pandemicState of emergencyFull-time workRange of concernsFamily responsibilitiesFamily safetyFrontline workersSupport networksChallenges of planningFamily membersHealth care workersHealth care providersHouseholdsHealth care professionalsCOVID-19Health care settingsUncertain timesBroad riskPersonal hazardWorkersCare settingsThreat of illnessCare providersSocial 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
2015
Noncommunicable Diseases In East Africa: Assessing The Gaps In Care And Identifying Opportunities For Improvement
Siddharthan T, Ramaiya K, Yonga G, Mutungi GN, Rabin TL, List JM, Kishore SP, Schwartz JI. Noncommunicable Diseases In East Africa: Assessing The Gaps In Care And Identifying Opportunities For Improvement. Health Affairs 2015, 34: 1506-1513. PMID: 26355052, PMCID: PMC4568565, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNoncommunicable diseasesCommunicable diseasesPrimary health care systemNoncommunicable disease managementDisease managementPublic health initiativesHealth service deliveryHealth care systemBasic science researchEssential medicationsCommunicable diseases managementHealth initiativesSocial determinantsHealth systemNutritional transitionDiseaseLow-income countriesCare systemMedical trainingService deliveryMedicationsPrevalenceCareTowards reframing health service delivery in Uganda: the Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases
Schwartz JI, Dunkle A, Akiteng AR, Birabwa-Male D, Kagimu R, Mondo CK, Mutungi G, Rabin TL, Skonieczny M, Sykes J, Mayanja-Kizza H. Towards reframing health service delivery in Uganda: the Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases. Global Health Action 2015, 8: 26537. PMID: 25563451, PMCID: PMC4292588, DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.26537.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-communicable diseasesHealth service deliveryIntegrated health services deliveryTraining of HCWsChronic disease preventionHealthcare worker trainingMiddle-income countriesService deliveryDisease preventionCommunicable diseasesHealth systemDouble burdenDiseaseWorker trainingMultidisciplinary research collaborationBurdenDeliveryMorbidityMajor roleManagementMortalityIntegrated ManagementCarePreventionThe 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
2023
Bringing Generalists to Global Health: a Missed Opportunity and Call to Action
Heller D, Hudspeth J, Kishore S, Mercer T, Schwartz J, Rabin T. Bringing Generalists to Global Health: a Missed Opportunity and Call to Action. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2023, 39: 1901-1904. PMID: 38135777, PMCID: PMC11282038, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08573-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-care and healthcare seeking practices among patients with hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda
Tusubira A, Ssinabulya I, Kalyesubula R, Nalwadda C, Akiteng A, Ngaruiya C, Rabin T, Katahoire A, Armstrong-Hough M, Hsieh E, Hawley N, Schwartz J. Self-care and healthcare seeking practices among patients with hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda. PLOS Global Public Health 2023, 3: e0001777. PMID: 38079386, PMCID: PMC10712841, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001777.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Self-care practices and needs in patients with hypertension, diabetes, or both in rural Uganda: a mixed-methods study
Tusubira A, Nalwadda C, Akiteng A, Armstrong-Hough M, Hsieh E, Ngaruiya C, Rabin T, Hawley N, Lipska K, Kalyesubula R, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz J. Self-care practices and needs in patients with hypertension, diabetes, or both in rural Uganda: a mixed-methods study. The Lancet Global Health 2020, 8: s19. DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(20)30160-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-communicable diseasesSelf-care practicesPhysical activityManagement of NCDsDaily vigorous physical activityEssential NCD medicinesRural UgandaMost respondentsModerate physical activityMixed-methods studyVigorous physical activitySelf-care programFocus group discussionsNCD clinicsAdult patientsMost patientsSwollen footPatient adherenceSaharan AfricaMean ageNCD medicinesNCD patientsWeight managementAlcohol abstinenceHealth facilitiesDevelopment of a discrete choice experiment to understand patient preferences for diabetes and hypertension management in rural Uganda
Moor S, Tusubira A, Akiteng A, Hsieh E, Ngaruiya C, Rabin T, Hawley N, Lipska K, Armstrong-Hough M, Nalwadda C, Nugent R, Kalyesubula R, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz J. Development of a discrete choice experiment to understand patient preferences for diabetes and hypertension management in rural Uganda. The Lancet Global Health 2020, 8: s22. DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(20)30163-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-communicable diseasesPatient preferencesHealth facilitiesCommon non-communicable diseasesRural UgandaCause of deathHealth care providersHealth service deliveryFormative qualitative researchAvailability of medicinesPeer support groupsHealth care systemPublic health officialsHypertension managementMiddle-income countriesRural patientsDiscrete choice experimentExpert consensusNakaseke districtPatientsCommunicable diseasesDiabetesLow-income countriesInternational content expertsHealth officials
2019
Cost-Related Insulin Underuse Among Patients With Diabetes.
Herkert D, Vijayakumar P, Luo J, Schwartz JI, Rabin TL, DeFilippo E, Lipska KJ. Cost-Related Insulin Underuse Among Patients With Diabetes. JAMA Internal Medicine 2019, 179: 112-114. PMID: 30508012, PMCID: PMC6583414, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.5008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Impact of Global Health Electives on US Medical Residents: A Systematic Review
Lu PM, Park EE, Rabin TL, Schwartz JI, Shearer LS, Siegler EL, Peck RN. Impact of Global Health Electives on US Medical Residents: A Systematic Review. Annals Of Global Health 2018, 84: 692-703. PMID: 30779519, PMCID: PMC6748170, DOI: 10.29024/aogh.2379.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Evaluation of a social franchising and telemedicine programme and the care provided for childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia, Bihar, India
Mohanan M, Giardili S, Das V, Rabin TL, Raj SS, Schwartz JI, Seth A, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Miller G, Vera-Hernández M. Evaluation of a social franchising and telemedicine programme and the care provided for childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia, Bihar, India. Bulletin Of The World Health Organization 2017, 95: 343-352e. PMID: 28479635, PMCID: PMC5418816, DOI: 10.2471/blt.16.179556.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildhood diarrheaHealth care providers' knowledgeTelemedicine programHypothetical patient vignettesStandardized patient methodHealth care providersHigh-quality careDifferences linear regression modelPatients MethodsProvider knowledgeAppropriate carePatient vignettesPneumoniaDiarrheaCareSocial franchisingProvider performanceLinear regression modelsSocial franchising programsRegression modelsRepresentative sampleProgram implementationProvidersRural areas
2014
Do no harm: The know-do gap and quality of care for childhood diarrhea and pneumonia in Bihar, India
Mohanan M, Vera-Hernández M, Das V, Giardili S, Goldhaber-Fiebert J, Rabin T, Raj S, Schwartz J, Seth A. Do no harm: The know-do gap and quality of care for childhood diarrhea and pneumonia in Bihar, India. Annals Of Global Health 2014, 80: 190. DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2014.08.103.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Integrated Care of Refugees in a Primary Care Residency Clinic
Schwartz JI, Rabin TL, Doolittle BR. Integrated Care of Refugees in a Primary Care Residency Clinic. Journal Of Graduate Medical Education 2012, 4: 551. PMID: 24294443, PMCID: PMC3546595, DOI: 10.4300/jgme-d-12-00176.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe global health chief resident: modifying an established role, strengthening a collaboration
Rabin TL, Schwartz JI. The global health chief resident: modifying an established role, strengthening a collaboration. Medical Education 2012, 46: 1128-1129. PMID: 23078719, DOI: 10.1111/medu.12028.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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