Publications

Kuzel AJ, Skoch EM. Achieving a patient centered medical home as determined by the NCQA: at what cost, and to what purpose? Annals of Family Medicine. 2009 Jan-Feb;7(1)85-6. (quality improvement, cost effectiveness)
Longo, DR, Rothemich, SF, Krist, AH, Flores, SK, Loney, SJ, Frazier, CO, Elder, NC, Wright, BA. Quality Performance Monitoring Data Collection and Reporting: Report of Experiences from Primary Care Practices in the Virginia Ambulatory Care Outcomes Network (VACORN). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2009
Longo, DR, Ge B, Radina ME, Greiner A, Williams CD, Longo GS, Mouzon DM, Natale-Pereira A, Salas-Lopez D. Understanding breast cancer patients’ perceptions regarding health information-seeking behavior and passive information receipt. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, May 2009; 2(2):184:206.
Woolf SH, Phillips RL, Jr. Social determinants of health: their influence on personal choice, environmental exposures, and health care. In: Scutchfield FD, Keck W, eds. Principles of Public Health Practice, 3rd ed. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Learning, 2009.
Woolf SH. Social policy as health policy. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2009; 301:1166-9.
Woolf SH. A closer look at the economic argument for disease prevention. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2009;301(5):536-8.

Krist AH, Woolf SH, Frazier CO, Johnson RE, Rothemich SF, Wilson DB, Devers KJ, Kerns JW. An electronic linkage system for health behavior counseling: effect on delivery of the "5As." American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2008; 35(5 Suppl):S350-8.
Dodoo MS, Krist AH, Cifuentes M, Green LA. Start up and incremental practice expenses for behavior change interventions in primary care. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2008; 35(5 Suppl):S423-30.
Kerns JW, Krist AH, Woolf SH, Johnson RE. Do residents communicate competently with patients? A comparison of how resident and faculty physicians approach shared decision-making for prostate cancer. Family Medicine. 2008; 40(3):181-7.
Krist AH, Guirguis-Blake J. “History.” In: Woolf SH, Jonas S, eds. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice. Second edition ed. Philadelphia PA: Lippincott Williams &Wilkins; 2008.
Krist AH, Guirguis-Blake J. “Physical.” In: Woolf SH, Jonas S, eds. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice. Second edition ed. Philadelphia PA: Lippincott Williams &Wilkins; 2008.
Krist AH, McCormally T. “What to do with abnormal screening test results.” In: Woolf SH, Jonas S, eds. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice. Second edition ed. Philadelphia PA: Lippincott Williams &Wilkins; 2008.
Guirguis-Blake J, Krist AH. “Laboratory screening tests.” In: Woolf SH, Jonas S, eds. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice. Second edition ed. Philadelphia PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008.
Kuzel AJ. “Afterword.” Narrative in Health Care: Healing Patients, Practitioners, Profession, and Community. Engel J, Zarconi J, Pethtel L, Missimi S. Oxford: Routledge, 2008. (narrative medicine, patient safety, practice redesign, health system reform)
Kuzel AJ. A tribute to Egon Guba, PhD. Qualitative Inquiry. 2008 Dec; 14(8):1368-9. (qualitative research)
Patrick K, Scutchfield FD, Woolf SH. External validity reporting in prevention research. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2008;34:260-2.
Woolf SH, Nestle M. Do dietary guidelines explain the obesity epidemic? American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2008;34:263-5.
Etz RS, Cohen DJ, Woolf SH, Holtrop JS, Donahue KE, Isaacson NF, Stange KC, Ferrer RL, Olson AL. Bridging primary care practices and communities to promote healthy behaviors. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2008;35(5 Suppl):S390-7.
Rothemich SF, Woolf SH, Johnson RE, Burgett AE, Flores SK, Marsland DW, Ahluwalia JS. Effect on cessation counseling of documenting smoking status as a routine vital sign: an VACORN study. Annals of Family Medicine. 2008;6(1):60-8.
Kottke TE, Solberg LI, Nelson AF, Belcher DW, Caplan W, Green LW, Lydick E, Magid DJ, Rolnick SJ, Woolf SH. Optimizing practice through research: a new perspective to solve an old problem. Annals of Family Medicine. 2008;6:459-62.
Kerns JW, Krist AH, Woolf SH, Flores SK, Johnson RE. Patient perceptions of how physicians communicate during prostate cancer screening discussions: a comparison of residents and faculty. Family Medicine. 2008;40:181-7.
Woolf SH. The meaning of translational research and why it matters. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2008;299:211-213.
Woolf SH. The power of prevention and what it requires. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2008;299:2437-9.
Stange KC, Woolf SH. Policy Options in Support of High-Value Preventive Care: A Prevention Policy Paper Commissioned by Partnership for Prevention. Washington, DC: Partnership for Prevention, 2008.
Woolf SH, Jonas S, Kaplan-Liss E, eds. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer-Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008.
Woolf SH. Principles of risk assessment. In: Woolf SH, Jonas S, Kaplan-Liss E, eds. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer-Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008, pp. 3-23.
Krist AH, Guirguis-Blake J, Woolf SH. The history: what to ask about. In: Woolf SH, Jonas S, Kaplan-Liss E, eds. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer-Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008, pp. 24-49.
Krist AH, Guirguis-Blake J, Woolf SH, Lawrence RS. The physical examination: where to look for preclinical disease. In: Woolf SH, Jonas S, Kaplan-Liss E, eds. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer-Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008, pp. 50-88.
Guirguis-Blake J, Krist AH, Woolf SH. Laboratory screening tests. In: Woolf SH, Jonas S, Kaplan-Liss E, eds. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer-Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008, pp. 89-125.
Woolf SH. Self-examination of the breasts, testes, and skin. In: Woolf SH, Jonas S, Kaplan-Liss E, eds. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer-Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008, pp. 333-345.

Longo DR, Hewitt JE, Ge B, Schubert S. Rural hospital patient safety systems implementation in two states. Journal of Rural Health. 2007 Summer; 23(3):189-97.
Longo DR, Hewitt JE, Ge B, Schubert S. Hospital patient safety: Characteristics of best-performing hospitals. Journal of Healthcare Management. 2007 May-June; 52(3):188-204; discussion 204-5.
Wilson DB, McClish DK, Heckman CJ, Obando CP, Dahman BA. Parental smoking, closeness to parents and youth smoking. American Journal of Health Behavior. 2007 May-June; 31(3):261-71.
Krist AH, Woolf SH, Johnson RE. How physicians approach prostate cancer screening before and after losing a lawsuit. Annals of Family Medicine. 2007 Mar-Apr; 5(2):120-5.
Krist AH, Woolf SH, Johnson RE, Kerns JW. Patient education on prostate cancer screening and involvement in decision making. Annals of Family Medicine. 2007 Mar-Apr; 5(2):112-9.
Woolf SH, Johnson RE, Phillips RL, Philipsen M. Giving everyone the health of the educated: An examination of whether social change would save more lives than medical advances. American Journal of Public Health. 2007 Apr; 97(4):679-83. Epub2007 Feb 28.
Woolf SH. Potential health and economic consequences of misplaced priorities. JAMA. 2007 Feb 7; 297(5):523-6.
Bradley EH, Curry LA, Devers KJ. Qualitative data analysis for health services research: Developing taxonomy, themes and theory. Health Services Research. 2007 Jan 24.

Jones RM, Johnson RE, Rothemich SF, Woolf SH. Colorectal cancer screening adherence in a diverse patient population. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2006. 161(11 Suppl):S107.
Quillin JM, McClish DK, Jones RM, Burruss K, Bodurtha JN. Spiritual coping, family history, and perceived risk for breast cancer — can we make sense of it? Journal of Genetic Counseling. 2006 Dec; 15(6):449-60.
Everett KD, Longo DR, Rodgers S, Bullock L, Zaniletti I, Hewitt J. Community support of clean indoor air policies in mid-Missouri. Missouri Medicine. 2006 Nov-Dec; 103(6):599-6000.
Woolf SH, Johnson RE, Geiger HJ. The rising prevalence of severe poverty in America: A growing threat to public health. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2006 Oct; 31(4):332-341.
Longo DR, Hewitt JE, Ge B, Schubert S. The long road to patient safety: A status report on Missouri acute-care hospitals. Missouri Medicine. 2006 Sept-Oct; 103 (5):545-52.
Abernathy H, Cho C, Delanoy A, Khan O, Kerns JW, Knight K, Diehr S. Clinical inquiries. What nonpharmacological treatments are effective against common nongenital warts? The Journal of Family Practice. 2006 Sep; 55(9):801-2.
Everett KD, Bullock L, Gage JD, Longo DR, Geden E., Madsen R. Health risk behavior of rural low-income expectant fathers. Public Health Nursing. 2006 Jul-Aug; 23(4):297-306.
Orleans CT, Woolf SH, Rothemich SF, Marks JS, Isham GJ. The top priority: Building a better system for tobacco-cessation counseling. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2006 Jul; 31(1):103-6.
Woolf SH, Stange KC. A sense of priorities for the healthcare commons. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2006 Jul; 31(1):99-102.
Merenstein D, Deiner-West M, Halbower A, Krist A, Rubin H. The trial of infant response to diphenhydramine: The TIRED study, a randomized controlled trial. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 2006 Jul; 160:707-12.
Woolf SH. Weighing the evidence to formulate dietary guidelines. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 2006 Jun; 25(3Suppl):277S-284S.
North American Primary Care Research Group: Kuzel AJ, Diaz V, Devers K. The UK National Health Service and pay-for-performance: Lessons for the United States. Annals of Family Medicine. 2006 May-June; 4(3):275-6.
Longo DR, Stone TT, Phillips RL, Everett KD, Kruse RL, Jaen CR, Hewett JE. Characteristics of smoking cessation guideline use by primary care physicians. Missouri Medicine. 2006 Mar-Apr; 103(2):180-4.
Woolf SH, Krist AH, Johnson RE, Wilson DB, Rothemich SF, Norman GJ, Devers KJ. A practice-sponsored Web site to help patients pursue healthy behaviors: An VACORN study. Annals of Family Medicine. 2006 Mar-Apr; 4(2):148-52.

Woolf SH, Johnson RE. The break-even point: when medical advances are less important than improving the fidelity with which they are delivered. Annals of Family Medicine. 2005 Nov-Dec; 3(6):545-52.
Akhavan A, Flores C, Green S, Hackett J, Nguyen M, Kerns JW, Knight K, Poddar S. Clinical inquiries. How should we follow athletes after a concussion? The Journal of Family Practice. 2005 Oct; 54(10):902-4.
Woolf SH, Chan EC, Harris R, Sheridan SL, Braddock CH 3rd, Kaplan RM, Krist A, O’Connor AM, Tunis S. Promoting informed choice: transforming health care to dispense knowledge for decision making. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2005 Aug 16; 143(4):293-300.
Krist AH, Woolf SH, Rothemich SF, Johnson RE, Wilson DB. It takes a partnership: the value of collaboration in developing and promoting a Web site for primary care patients. Annals of Family Medicine. 2005 July-Aug; 3 Suppl 2:S47-9.
Woolf SH, Glasgow RE, Krist AH, Bartz C, Flocke SA, Holtrop JS, Rothemich SF, Wald ER. Putting it together: finding success in behavior change through integration of services. Annals of Family Medicine. 2005 July-Aug; 3 Suppl 2:S20-7.
Krist AH. Evidence-based medicine: How EBM becomes a four letter word. The Journal of Family Practice. 2005 Jul; 54(7):604-6.
Wilson DB, Smith BN, Speizer IS, Bean MK, Mitchell KS, Uguy LS, Fries EA. Differences in food intake and exercise by smoking status in adolescents. Preventive Medicine. 2005 June; 40(6):872-9.
Woolf SH, Krist AH. The liability of giving patients a choice: shared decision making and prostate cancer. American Family Physician. 2005 May 15; 71(10):1871-2.
Wilson DB, Porter JS, Parker G, Kilpatrick J. Anthropometric changes using a walking intervention in African-American breast cancer survivors: a pilot study. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2005 Apr; 2(2):A16. Epub 2005 Mar 15.
Satcher D, Fryer GE Jr, McCann J, Troutman A, Woolf SH, Rust G. What if we were equal? A comparison of the black-white mortality gap in 1960 and 2000. Health Aff (Millwood). 2005 Mar-Apr; 24(2):459-64.
Riddle DL, Hillner BE, Wells PS, Johnson RE, Hoffman HJ, Zuelzer WA. Improving the diagnostic process for deep vein thrombosis in orthopaedic outpatients. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2005 Mar; (432):258-266.
Pham HH, Devers KJ, Kuo S, Berenson R. Health care market trends and the evolution of hospitalist use and roles. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005 Feb; 20(2):101-7.
Krist AH, Johnson RE, Callahan D, Woolf SH, Marsland D. Title VII funding and physician practice in rural or low-income areas. Journal of Rural Health. 2005 Winter; 21(1):3-11
Woolf SH, Krist AH, Johnson RE, Stenborg PS. Unwanted control: how patients in the primary care setting decide about screening for prostate cancer. Patient Education and Counseling. 2005 Jan; 56(1):116-24.

Woolf SH A Smarter Strategy? Reflections of fecal DNA screening for colorectal cancer. New England Journal of Medicine. 2004 Dec 23; 351(26):2755-8.
Woolf SH, Johnson RE, Fryer GE Jr., Rust G, Satcher D. The health impact of resolving racial disparities: an analysis of US mortality data. American Journal of Public Health, 2004 Dec; 94(12):2078-81.
Kuzel AJ, Rothemich SF. Networks for new knowledge in family medicine. Annals of Family Medicine. 2004 Sept-Oct; 2(5):521-2.
Rimer BK, Briss PA, Zeller PK, Chan EC, Woolf SH. Informed decision making: what is its role in cancer screening? Cancer. 2004 Sep 1; 101(5 Suppl):1214-28.
Adair G, Grant J, Pandhi N, Saunders R, Sadowsky I, West B, Kerns, JW, Knight K. Clinical inquiries. When should patients with stroke receive thrombolytics? The Journal of Family Practice. 2004 Aug; 53(8):656, 658-9; discussion 659.
Kuzel AJ, Woolf SH, Gilchrist VJ, Engel JD, LaVeist TA, Vincent C, Frankel RM. Patient reports of preventable problems and harms in primary health care. Annals of Family Medicine. 2004 Jul-Aug; 2(4):333-40.
Woolf SH. Society’s choice: the tradeoff between efficacy and equity and the lives at stake. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2004 Jul; 27(1):49-56.
Woolf SH, Kuzel AJ, Dovey SM, Phillips RL Jr. A string of mistakes: the importance of cascade analysis in describing, counting, and preventing medical errors. Annals of Family Medicine. 2004 Jul-Aug; 2(4):317-26.
Kuzel AJ, Woolf SH, Gilchrist VJ, Engel JD, LaVeist TA, Vincent C, Frankel RM. Patient reports of preventable problems and harms in primary health care. Annals of Family Medicine. 2004 Jul-Aug; 2(4):333-40. Full text.
Church TR, Yeazel MW, Jones RM, Kochevar LK, Watt GD, Mongin SJ, Cordes JE, Engelhard D. A randomized trial of direct mailing of fecal occult blood tests to increase colorectal cancer screening. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2004 May 19; 96(10):770-80.
Yeazel MW, Church TR, Jones RM, Kochevar LK, Watt GD, Cordes JE, Engelhard D, Mongin SJ. Colorectal cancer screening adherence in a general population. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention. 2004 Apr; 13(4):654-7.
Devers KJ, Pham HH, Liu G. What is driving hospitals’ patient-safety efforts? Health Affairs (Millwood). 2004 Mar-Apr; 23(2):103-15.
Devers KJ, Liu G. Leapfrog patient-safety standards are a stretch for most hospitals. Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change). 2004 Feb; (77):1-6.
Ebell MH, Siwek J, Weiss BD, Woolf SH, Susman JL, Ewigman B, Bowman M. Simplifying the language of evidence to improve patient care: Strength of recommendation taxonomy (SORT): a patient-centered approach to grading evidence in medical literature. The Journal of Family Practice. 2004 Feb; 53(2):111-20.
Ebell MH, Siwek J, Weiss BD, Woolf SH, Susman J, Ewigman B, Bowman M. Strength of recommendation taxonomy (SORT): a patient centered approach to grading evidence in the medical literature. American Family Physician. 2004 Feb 1; 69(3):548-56.
Woolf SH. Patient safety is not enough: Targeting quality improvements to optimize the health of the population. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2004 Jan 6; 140(1):33-6.
Sheridan SL, Harris RP, Woolf SH; Shared Decision-Making Workgroup of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Shared decision making about screening and chemoprevention. A suggested approach from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2004 Jan; 26(1):56-66.
Kuzel AJ. Clinical research. In M Lewis-Beck, AE Bryman, TF Liao (Eds.). The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2004.
Krist AH, Woolf SH, Callahan D, Marsland D. Title VII funding and physician practice in rural and impoverished communities. Journal of Rural Health. 2004; 21(1):3-11.
Woolf SH. Patient safety is not enough: targeting quality improvements to optimize the health of the population. Annals of Internal Medicine 2004; 140:33-36.

Kuzel AJ, Woolf SH, Engel JD, Gilchrist VJ, Frankel RM, LaVeist TA, Vincent C. Making the case for a qualitative study of medical errors in primary care. Qualitative Health Research. 2003 Jul; 13(6):743-80.

Rothemich SF, Woolf SH, Johnson RE, Marsland DW. Evaluating the administration of an office-based health survey in a primary care practice. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2000 Sept; 53(10):1002-1012.
Woolf SH, Rothemich SF, Johnson RE, Marsland DW. Selection Bias From Requiring Patients to Give Consent to Examine Data for Health Services Research. Archives of Family Medicine. 2000. 9(10):1111-1118.

Woolf SH, Rothemich SF, Johnson RE, Marsland DW. The functional status of inner-city primary care patients. Diminished function in a family practice population and its potential determinants. The Journal of Family Practice. 1998 Oct; 47(4):312-315.
Woolf SH, Rothemich SF, Johnson RE, Marsland DW. Is cigarette smoking associated with impaired physical and mental functional status? An office-based survey of primary care patients. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 1999; 17(2):134-137.

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