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<td><h1><a name="h1" id="h1"></a> <em>Research Activities</em> </h1>
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<h2>May 2008, No. 333</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p><a href="/research/resactabout.htm">About <em>Research Activities</em></a></p>
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<h3>Feature Story</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA1.htm">AHRQ's 2007 <em>State Snapshots</em> provide broader portraits of State-by-State health care performance</a></p>
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<h3>Disparities/Minority Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA2.htm">AHRQ and Ad Council encourage Hispanics to become more involved in their health care</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA3.htm">American Indian health advocates can learn to develop multimedia health projects for rural communities</a></p>
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<h3>Patient Safety and Quality</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA4.htm">Medication monitoring advice and feedback to physicians modestly improves outpatient medication safety</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA5.htm">Use of a visual medication schedule and brief physician counseling can reduce time to anticoagulation control</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA6.htm">New pill card helps patients take medications on time</a></p>
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<h3>Women's Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA7.htm">Pain varies among women with late-stage breast cancer</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA8.htm">Antidepressant use during pregnancy is linked to increases in preterm birth and potentially serious infant perinatal problems</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA9.htm">Noncancerous pelvic problems are linked to poor quality of life and sexual functioning for premenopausal women</a></p>
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<h3>Child/Adolescent Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA10.htm">Studies examine pediatricians' and parents' attitudes toward childhood obesity</a></p>
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<h3>Elderly/Long-Term Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA11.htm">Researchers examine the relationship of workarounds to technology implementation and medication safety in nursing homes</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA12.htm">Staff education and performance feedback only slightly improve fracture prevention among nursing home residents</a></p>
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<h3>Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA13.htm">Surgery patients have better outcomes when their surgical team communicates and collaborates</a>
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<a href="0508RA14.htm">Delaying repair of an asymptomatic hernia does not adversely affect the patient</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA15.htm">CT angiographic source images detect stroke better than nonenhanced CT scans</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA16.htm">Leaving hospitals against medical advice puts heart attack patients at substantial risk for rehospitalization or death within 2 years</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA17.htm">Hospitalists shorten stays but don't save much money or more lives</a></p>
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<h3>Chronic Disease</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA18.htm">Physicians could improve end-of-life communication and decision-making for elderly patients with advanced heart failure</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA19.htm">Studies examine disease self-management and quality of life of individuals with multiple chronic illnesses</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA20.htm">Worries about finances often prompt patients with HIV disease to skimp on their antiretroviral medication</a></p>
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<h3>Health Literacy</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA21.htm">Nearly one-third of adults show low literacy on dental health</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA22.htm">Limited health literacy is a barrier to patients taking the correct prescribed medications</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA23.htm">Poor literacy is linked to poor HIV medication adherence among blacks, and may contribute to HIV health disparities</a></p>
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<h3>Primary Care Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA24.htm">Nurses can facilitate quality improvement in primary care practices with electronic medical records</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA25.htm">Managing knowledge in family practices takes more than technology</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA26.htm">Patients with diabetes have better glucose control when they receive care at primary care clinics that adhere to the chronic care model</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA27.htm">Most health care workers do not intend to receive pertussis vaccination, despite their increased risk of acquiring and transmitting the infection</a></p>
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<h3>Pharmaceutical Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA28.htm">Physician residents use personal digital assistants most for drug references and medical calculations</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA29.htm">Physicians generally followed drug treatment guidelines for atrial fibrillation, but only one-third used warfarin</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA30.htm">Coxibs and NSAIDs with gastroprotective agents offer better protection from ulcers than NSAIDs alone</a></p>
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<h3>Access to Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA31.htm">Trio of factors affects low-income parents' ability to purchase health care for their families</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA32.htm">Health improves when previously uninsured adults become eligible for Medicare</a></p>
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<h3>Mental Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA33.htm">Telepsychiatry can help veterans with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA34.htm">Nursing home residents likely to receive diagnosis and pills for depression but not psychotherapy</a></p>
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<h3>Agency News and Notes</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA35.htm">Hispanics with limited proficiency in English access health care less often</a>
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<a href="0508RA36.htm">Diabetes-related amputations increase for Hispanics</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA37.htm">Hospital treatment costs for violence top $2 billion annually</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA38.htm">New tool to helps reduce unnecessary hospitalizations</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA39.htm">Implantation of cardiac devices has increased 145 percent since 1997</a></p>
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<h3>Announcements</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA40.htm">AHRQ awards $5 million to help integrate clinical decision support technologies into health care delivery</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA41.htm">New members appointed to AHRQ National Advisory Council</a></p>
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<h3>Research Briefs</h3>
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<p><a href="0508RA42.htm">Research Briefs</a><br />
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<a href="0508RA43.htm">Visit the AHRQ Patient Safety Network Web Site</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 08-0049<br />
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Current as of May 2008</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><strong>Internet Citation:</strong></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> Newsletter. May 2008, No. 333. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0049. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/may08/</p>
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