Background Type 2 diabetes presents a major morbidity and mortality burden in the United
States. Diabetes self-management education (DSME) is an intervention associated with …

The Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) is a broadly used instrument developed to measure
empathy in the context of health professions education and patient care. Evidence in support …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy and effectiveness of training to improve primary care
providers’ patient-centered communication skills and proficiency in discussing their patients’ …

Objectives: To reaffirm the underlying components of the JSE by using exploratory factor
analysis (EFA), and to confirm its latent variable structure by using confirmatory factor analysis (…

PURPOSE Data confirm that high rates of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination have not
been achieved despite strong clinician endorsement of the vaccine. We conducted a study …

American Indian adolescents experience higher rates of suicide and psychological distress
than the overall US adolescent population, and research suggests that these disparities are …

Refugees resettled in the United States have disproportionately high rates of psychological
distress. Research has demonstrated the roles of postmigration stressors, including lack of …

Through a CBPR partnership, university and American Indian (AI) tribal members developed
and tested Our Life intervention to promote mental health of AI youth and their families by …

A small percentage of emergency department (ED) visitors account for a disproportionate
portion of ED visits. Little is known about their relationships with their primary care providers (…

Exposure to adverse events in childhood is a predictor of subsequent exposure to adverse
events in adulthood, and both are predictors of depression in adults. The degree to which …