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View article: Parent Race and Communication During Elective Pediatric Surgery Consultations
Parent Race and Communication During Elective Pediatric Surgery Consultations Open
Importance Child and adolescent members of marginalized racial groups have poorer surgical outcomes compared with White children and adolescents. Clinical communication may contribute to these disparities. Objective To explore racial diffe…
View article: Does Clinical Documentation Reflect How Parents and Clinicians Share Decisions About Surgery?
Does Clinical Documentation Reflect How Parents and Clinicians Share Decisions About Surgery? Open
Background While use of shared decision-making (SDM) is widely accepted and applied in practice, it is unknown how core elements of SDM are reflected in clinical documentation. This knowledge gap is uniquely pertinent in the setting of sur…
View article: Racial bias in clinician assessment of patient credibility: Evidence from electronic health records
Racial bias in clinician assessment of patient credibility: Evidence from electronic health records Open
Objective Black patients disproportionately report feeling disbelieved or having concerns dismissed in medical encounters, suggesting potential racial bias in clinicians’ assessment of patient credibility. Because this bias may be evident …
View article: The perceived ethical appropriateness of messaging on breast cancer screening cessation among older women
The perceived ethical appropriateness of messaging on breast cancer screening cessation among older women Open
View article: Strategies to increase parent participation in pediatric surgery consultations
Strategies to increase parent participation in pediatric surgery consultations Open
View article: Parent Race and Communication During Elective Pediatric Surgery Consultations
Parent Race and Communication During Elective Pediatric Surgery Consultations Open
Importance Children of marginalized racial groups have poorer surgical outcomes compared to White children. Clinical communication may contribute to these disparities. Objective We explore racial differences in parent-clinician communicati…
View article: Stigmatizing Mothers: Qualitative Analysis of Language in Prenatal Records
Stigmatizing Mothers: Qualitative Analysis of Language in Prenatal Records Open
Pregnant people experience moral judgment in healthcare settings that may be coded into clinical documentation. Stigmatizing language in medical records transmits bias between clinicians, potentially exacerbating disparities in maternal mo…
View article: Building a Culture of Quality and Safety in Health Care—The Importance of Respect for Patients
Building a Culture of Quality and Safety in Health Care—The Importance of Respect for Patients Open
View article: The Credibility Deficit Experienced by Black Patients
The Credibility Deficit Experienced by Black Patients Open
View article: Impact of disease- and race-based discrimination in health care on pain outcomes among adults living with sickle cell disease in the United States: The mediating roles of internalized stigma and depressive symptoms.
Impact of disease- and race-based discrimination in health care on pain outcomes among adults living with sickle cell disease in the United States: The mediating roles of internalized stigma and depressive symptoms. Open
Studies have shown that disease- and race-based discrimination in healthcare exacerbate pain, yet little is known about the role of psychological processes and symptoms, such as internalized stigma and depressive symptoms, in the relations…
View article: Using Causal Bayesian Networks to Assess the Role of Patient-Centered Care and Psychosocial Factors on Durable HIV Viral Suppression
Using Causal Bayesian Networks to Assess the Role of Patient-Centered Care and Psychosocial Factors on Durable HIV Viral Suppression Open
View article: How patients experience respect in healthcare: findings from a qualitative study among multicultural women living with HIV
How patients experience respect in healthcare: findings from a qualitative study among multicultural women living with HIV Open
Background Respect is essential to providing high quality healthcare, particularly for groups that are historically marginalized and stigmatized. While ethical principles taught to health professionals focus on patient autonomy as the obje…
View article: Perceptions and Current Practices in Patient-Centered Care: A Qualitative Study of Ryan White HIV Providers in South Florida
Perceptions and Current Practices in Patient-Centered Care: A Qualitative Study of Ryan White HIV Providers in South Florida Open
Background: Patient-centered care (PCC) improves HIV adherence and retention, though lack of consensus on its conceptualization and understanding how it is interpreted has hindered implementation. Methods: We recruited 20 HIV providers at …
View article: Assessment and prevention of hypoglycaemia in primary care among U.S. Veterans: a mixed methods study
Assessment and prevention of hypoglycaemia in primary care among U.S. Veterans: a mixed methods study Open
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
View article: Validating computer-generated measures of linguistic style matching and accommodation in patient-clinician communication
Validating computer-generated measures of linguistic style matching and accommodation in patient-clinician communication Open
View article: Exploring the use of self-management strategies for antiretroviral therapy adherence among women with HIV in the Miami-Dade County Ryan White Program
Exploring the use of self-management strategies for antiretroviral therapy adherence among women with HIV in the Miami-Dade County Ryan White Program Open
View article: Surgeon Information‐Sharing, Parent Verbal Engagement, and Parent Knowledge of Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy
Surgeon Information‐Sharing, Parent Verbal Engagement, and Parent Knowledge of Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy Open
Objective We characterize clinician information‐sharing and parent verbal engagement during pediatric adenotonsillectomy consultations and evaluate whether these behaviors relate to disease‐specific knowledge for parents of children with o…
View article: The association of a scholarly concentrations program with medical students’ matched residencies
The association of a scholarly concentrations program with medical students’ matched residencies Open
Baseline certainty of specialty interest and research productivity were associated with specialty congruence. However, as completing an SC project in a given specialty was not associated with increased odds of matching into that specialty …
View article: Patient–Provider Relationships and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and Durable Viral Suppression Among Women with HIV, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2021–2022
Patient–Provider Relationships and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and Durable Viral Suppression Among Women with HIV, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2021–2022 Open
Women with HIV in the United States are more negatively affected by adverse social determinants such as low education and poverty than men, and thus, especially need a supportive health care system. This cross-sectional study assessed the …
View article: Efficacy of an online communication skill training intervention on genetic counseling students’ performance during standardized patient sessions
Efficacy of an online communication skill training intervention on genetic counseling students’ performance during standardized patient sessions Open
View article: Characterization of Stigmatizing Language in Medical Records
Characterization of Stigmatizing Language in Medical Records Open
Keith Harrigian, Ayah Zirikly, Brant Chee, Alya Ahmad, Anne Links, Somnath Saha, Mary Catherine Beach, Mark Dredze. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 2: Short Papers). 2023.
View article: Assessment and Prevention of Hypoglycemia in Primary Care Among U.S. Veterans
Assessment and Prevention of Hypoglycemia in Primary Care Among U.S. Veterans Open
View article: In memoriam: Dr. Carlton Haywood, Jr. (1976–2021)
In memoriam: Dr. Carlton Haywood, Jr. (1976–2021) Open
Dr. Haywood was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1976. A serious and ambitious student, he earned undergraduate admission to the University of Virginia (UVA), where he found his calling as a bioethicist. Dr. Haywood graduated from UVA in 1999 …
View article: Digital Scarlet Letters: Sexually Transmitted Infections in the Electronic Medical Record.
Digital Scarlet Letters: Sexually Transmitted Infections in the Electronic Medical Record. Open
The harms of implicit bias in clinical settings are acknowledged but poorly understood and difficult to overcome. We discuss how structural components of electronic medical record (EMR) user interfaces may contribute to sex and gender-base…
View article: Sex differences in psychosocial and demographic factors associated with sustained HIV viral suppression in the Miami-Dade County Ryan White Program, 2017
Sex differences in psychosocial and demographic factors associated with sustained HIV viral suppression in the Miami-Dade County Ryan White Program, 2017 Open
This exploratory study examined sex differences in psychosocial and demographic factors associated with sustained HIV viral suppression (SVS). The study population included 6,489 Miami-Dade Ryan White Program (RWP) clients receiving servic…
View article: Clients’ Perspectives on Patient-Centeredness: a Qualitative Study with Low-Income Minority Women Receiving HIV Care in South Florida
Clients’ Perspectives on Patient-Centeredness: a Qualitative Study with Low-Income Minority Women Receiving HIV Care in South Florida Open
View article: Patient caught breastfeeding and instructed to stop: an empirical ethics study on marijuana and lactation
Patient caught breastfeeding and instructed to stop: an empirical ethics study on marijuana and lactation Open
View article: Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer clinicians’ communication about sexual health
Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer clinicians’ communication about sexual health Open
View article: Exploring the Experiences of Co-morbid Pain and Depression in Older African American Women and Their Preferred Management Strategies
Exploring the Experiences of Co-morbid Pain and Depression in Older African American Women and Their Preferred Management Strategies Open
The intersection of race, gender, and age places older African American women at an increased risk for untreated physical pain and depression that can significantly diminish their quality of life. The objectives of this study were to (1) e…
View article: Referee report. For: Vagueness and variety in person-centred care [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Referee report. For: Vagueness and variety in person-centred care [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] Open