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Click here to view Health Coaching via an Internet Portal for Primary Care Patients With Chronic Conditions: A Randomized Controlled Trial. co-authored by grantee Dr. Lisa I. Iezzoni.
Medical Care 2009;47:1, pp. 41-47.
Leveille SG, Jiamg A. Tsao SB. Allen M, Weingart SN.

Click here to view Food, Fun & Fitness Internet Program for Girls: Piolot Evaluation of an eHealth Youth Obesity Prevention Program Examining Predictors of Obesity co-authored by grantee Dr. Debbe Thompson.
Preventative Medicine, Volume 47, Issue 5, November 2008, Pages 494-497.
Thompson D, Baranowski T, Cullen K, Watson K, Canada A, Bhatt R, Liu Y, Zakeri I.

Click here to view Screening for chronic conditions using a patient internet portal: recruitment for an internet-based primary care intervention co-authored by grantee Dr. Lisa Iezzoni.
J Gen Intern Med., 2008;23:472-475.
Leveille SG, Huang A, Tsai SB, Weingart SN, Iezzoni LI.

Click here to view Improving patient-clinician communication about chronic conditions: description of an Internet-based nurse e-coach intervention co authored by grantee Dr. Lisa Iezzoni.
Nursing Res., 2008;57:107-112.
Allen M, Iezzoni L, Huang A, Huang L, Leveille SG.

Click here to view The Internet-based Arthritis Self-Management Program: A One-year Randomized Trial for Patients with Arthritis of Fibromyalgia co-authored by grantee
Dr. Kate R. Lorig.
Arthritis Care and Research, 59(7):1009-17, 2008.
Lorig KR, Ritter PL, Laurent DD, Plant K.

Click here to view The benefits and challenges of using computer-sympton assessments in oncology clinics: results of a qualitative assessment co-authored by grantee Dr. Tami Mark.
Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2008 Oct;7(5):401-6.
Mark TL, Johnson G, Fortner B, Ryan K

Click here to view Randomized Controlled Trial of an Internet-Based Versus Face-to-Face Dyspnea Self-Management Program for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Pilot Study co-authored by grantee Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman, RN, DNSc.
J Med Internet Res 2008;10(2):e9.
Nguyen H, Donesky-Cuenco D, Wolpin S, Reinke L, Benditt J, Paul S, Carrieri-Kohlman V.

Click here to view Food, Fun, and Fitness Internet Program for Girls: Influening Log-on Rate co-authored by grantee Dr. Debbe Thompson.
Health Education Research; 2008 Apr;23(2):228-37.
Thompson D, Baranowsky T, Cullen K, Watson K, Canada A, Bhatt R, Liu Y, Zakeri I.

Click here to view Evaluation of a tablet PC technology to screen and educate oncology patients.
co-authored by grantee Dr. Tami Mark.
Support Care Cancer. 2008 Apr;16(4):371-8. Epub 2007 Aug 18.
Mark TL, Fortner B, Johnson G.

Click here to view Use of Telehealth by Older Persons to Manage Heart Failure co-authored by grantee Dr. Kathryn H. Dansky.
Research in Gerontological Nursing Vol. 1 No. 1 January 2008.
Dansky KH, Vasey J, Bowles KH.

Click here to view Commonly cited website quality criteria are not effective at identifying inaccurate online information about breast cancer co-authored by grantees Dr. Elmer V. Bernstam and Dr. Funda Meric-Bernstam. Funda Meric-Bernstam, Cancer 2008.
Elmer V. Bernstam, Muhammad F. Walji, Smitha Sagaram, Deepak Sagaram, Craig W. Johnson.

Click here to view The Underrepresentation of African Americans in Online Cancer Support Groups co-authored by the research team of Dr. Barbara K. Rimer.
Journal of the National Medical Association; 100 (6), 705-12, 2008.

Click here to view Use of telehealth by older persons to manage heart failure co-authored by grantee Dr. Kathyrn H Dansky.
Research in Gerontological Nursing, 1 (11), online.
Vasey J. & Bowles KH.

Click here to view Playing for Real Video Games and Stories for Health-Related Behavior Change co-authored by grantee Dr. Debbe Thompson.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine; Volume 34, Issue 1, December 2007.
Baranowski T, Buday R, Thompson D, Baranowski J.

Click here to view Development of a Theory-Based Internet Program Promoting Maintenance of Diet and Physical Activity Change to 8 year old African American Girls co-authored by grantee Dr. Debbe Thompson.
Computers & Education; Volume 48, Issue 3, April 2007, Pages 446-459
Thompson D, Baranowski J, Cullen K, Baranowski T.

Click here to view Breast cancer information currency co-authored by grantee Dr. Elmer Victor Bernstam.
MedInfo 2007, pp. 973-6.
Meric-Bernstam F, Walji M, Sagaram S, Sagaram D, Bernstam EV.

Click here to view In Pursuit of Change: Youth Response to Intensive Goal Setting Embedded in a Serious Video Game co-authored by grantee Dr. Debbe Thompson.
Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology; Volume 1, Issue 6, November 2007.
Thompson D, Baranowski T, Buday R, Baranowski J, Juliano M, Frazior M, Wilsdon J, Jago R.

Click here to view Televideo assessment using Functional Reach Test and European Stroke Scale co-authored by grantee Dr. Susan E. Palsbo.
Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 44(5):659-664.
Palsbo SE, Dawson SJ, Savard L, Goldstein M, Heuser A.

Click here to view How Cancer Survivors Provide Support on Cancer-Related Internet Mailing Lists authored by our grantee team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
J Med Internet Res 2007;9(2):e12.
Meier A, Lyons EJ, Frydman G, Forlenza M, Rimer BK.

Click here to view Reach, Engagement, and Retention in an Internet-Based Weight Loss Program in a Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial co-authored by grantee Dr. Kevin Wildenhaus.
J Med Internet Res 2007;9(2):e11.
Glasgow RE, Nelson CC, Kearney KA, Reid R, Ritzwoller DP, Strecher VJ, Couper MP, Green B, Wildenhaus K.

Click here to view the abstract of Methodological Considerations in Evaluating eHealth Interventions authored by grantees Dr. Huong Nguyen and Dr. Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman.
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 39, No. 1, March 2007.

Click here to view the abstract of Equivalence of functional communication assessment in speech pathology using videoconferencing authored by grantee Dr. Susan E. Palsbo.
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, Volume 13, Number 1, January 2007, pp. 40-43(4).

Click here to view the abstract of Methodologic challenges of e-health research co-authored by grantee Dr. Barbara K. Rimer.
Journal of Evaluation and Program Planning, Volume 29, Number 4, November 2006, pp. 390-396.
Bowling JM, Lyons EJ, Golin CE, Frydman G, Ribisl KM.

Click here to view the abstract of A framework for evaluating eHealth research Co-authored by grantees Dr. Kathryn H. Dansky and Dr. Debbe Thompson.
Journal of Evaluation and Program Planning, Volume 29, Number 4, November 2006, pp. 397-404.
Dansky K, Thompson D, Sanner T.

Click here to view the abstract of Worksite e-mail health promotion trial: Early lessons Authored by grantee Dr. Patricia D. Franklin.
Journal of Evaluation and Program Planning, Volume 29, Number 4, November 2006, pp. 405-412.
Ploutz-Snyder R, Rosenbaum P, Carey M, Smith N, Roizen M.

Click here to view abstract of Multidisciplinary eHealth survey evaluation methods Authored by grantee Dr. Bryant T. Karras.
Journal of Evaluation and Program Planning, Volume 29, Number 4, November 2006, pp. 413-418.
Karras T, Tufano J.

Click here to view abstract of Challenges in telemedicine equivalence studies co-authored by grantee Dr. Susan Palsbo.
Journal of Evaluation and Program Planning, Volume 29, Number 4, November 2006, pp. 419-425.
Nelson E, Palsbo S.

Click here to view abstract of Tailored program evaluation: Past, present, future co-authored by grantee Dr. L. Suzanne Suggs.
Journal of Evaluation and Program Planning, Volume 29, Number 4, November 2006, pp. 426-432.
Suggs LS, Cowdery JE, Carroll JB.

Click here to view abstract of eHealth recruitment challenges co-authored by grantee Dr. Debbe Thompson.
Journal of Evaluation and Program Planning, Volume 29, Number 4, November 2006, pp. 433-440.
Thompson D, Canada A, Bhatt R, Davis J, Plesko L, Baranowsky T, Cullen K, Zakeri I.

Click here to view the abstract of Internet-Based Chronic Disease Self-Management: A Randomized Trial authored by grantee Dr. Kate Lorig.
Medical Care; 44(11):964-971, November 2006.
Lorig KR, Ritter PL, Laurent DD, Plant K.

Click here to view the abstract of When computers should remain computers: a qualitative look at the humanization of health care technology authored by grantee Dr. Ramesh Farzanfar.
Health Informatics Journal 2006 12: 239-254.

Click here to view the abstract of Methodological challenges of e-health research.
co-authored by grantee Dr. Barbara K. Rimer.
Evaluation and Program Planning, Aug 2006, 29, pp. 390-396.
Bowling JM, Rimer BK, Lyons EJ, Golin CE, Frydman G, Ribisl KM.

Click here to view Is There a Business Case for Telehealth in Home Health Agencies?
co-authored by grantee Dr. Kathryn Dansky.
Telemedicine and e-Health, Apr 2006, Vol. 12, No. 2: 122-127.
Rumberger JS, Dansky K.

Click here to view Making the Business Case for Telemedicine: An Interactive Spreadsheet?
co-authored by grantee Dr. Susan E. Palsbo.
Telemedicine and e-Health, Apr 2006, Vol. 12, No. 2: 99-106.
McCue MJ, Palsbo SE.

Click here to view Using Sequential Email Messages to Promote Health Behaviors: Evidence of Feasibility and Reach in a Worksite Sample co-authored by grantee Dr. Patricia D. Franklin.
J Med Internet Res 2006;8(1):e3.
Franklin PD, Rosenbaum P, Carey MP, Roizen MF.

Click here to view Mobile eHealth Interventions for Obesity: A Timely Opportunity to Leverage Convergence Trends co-authored by grantee Dr. Bryant T. Karras.
J Med Internet Res 2005;7(5):e58.
Tufano JT, Karras BT.

Click here to view How New Subscribers Use Cancer-Related Online Mailing Lists co-authored by grantee Dr. Barbara K. Rimer.
J Med Internet Res 2005;7(3):e32.
Rimer BK, Lyons EJ, Ribisl KM, Bowling JM, Golin CE, Forlenza MJ, Meier A.

Click here to view Telephone-linked Care for Physical Activity: A Qualitative Evaluation of the Use Patterns of an Information Technology Program for Patients co-authored by grantee Dr. Ramesh Farzanfar.
Journal of Biomedical Informatics, Volume 38, Issue 3, June 2005, pages 220-228.
Farzanfar R, Frishkopf S, Migneault J, Friedman R.

Click here to view Modifying the Roter Interaction Analysis System to Study Provider Patient Communication in Telemedicine: Promises, Pitfalls, Insights, and Recommendations co-authored by grantee Dr. Eve-Lynn Nelson.
Telemedicine and e-Health 2005 11:1, 44-55.
Miller EA, Nelson E.

Click here to view Searching for cancer-related information online: unintended retrieval of complementary and alternative medicine information. co-authored by Dr. Elmer Victor Bernstam.
Int J Med Inf 2005 August, 74:1; pp. 685-93.
Bernstam EV, Wagaram S, Walji M, Johnson CW, Meric-Bernstam F.

Click here to view Usability of quality measures for online health information: can commonly used technical quality criteria be reliably assessed? co-authored by Dr. Elmer Victor Bernstam.
Int J Med Inf 2005, 74:7-8; pp. 675-83.
Bernstam EV, Wagaram S, Walji M, Johnson CW, Meric-Bernstam F.

Click here to view Instruments to assess the quality of health information on the World Wide Web; what can our patients actually use? co-authored by Dr. Elmer Victor Bernstam.
Int J Med Inf 2005 January; 74:1, pp. 13-9.
Bernstam EV, Shelton DM, Walji M, Meric-Bernstam F.

Click here to view Inter-observer agreement for quality measures co-authored by Dr. Elmer Victor Bernstam.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2004;107(Pt 2):1308-12.
Sagaram S, Walji M, Meric-Bernstam F, Johnson C, Bernstam EV.

Click here to view Internet Versus Mailed Questionnaires: A Randomized Comparison co-authored by Dr. Kate Lorig.
Journal of Medical Internet Research 2004;6(3):e29.
Ritter P, Lorig K, Laurent D, Matthews K.

Click here to view Efficacy of Quality Criteria to Identify Potentially Harmful Information: A Cross-sectional Survey of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Web Sites, co-authored by grantees Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD and Elmer V. Bernstam, MD.
Journal of Medical Internet Research 2004;6(2):e21.
Walji M, Sagaram S, Sagaram D, Meric-Bernstam F, Johnson C, Mirza NQ, Bernstam EV.

Click here to view Using an Internet Comanagement Module to Improve the Quality of Chronic Disease Care, co-authored by grantee Dr. Harold I. Goldberg.
©Joint Commission Resources: Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, 2003, 29(9):443-451. Reprinted with Permission.

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