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Project QUIT (Quit Using Drugs Intervention Trial): a randomized controlled trial of a primary care-based multi-component brief intervention to reduce risky drug use by Gelberg, Lillian, Andersen, Ronald M., Afifi, Abdelmonem A., Leake, Barbara D., Arangua, Lisa, Vahidi, Mani, Singleton, Kyle, Yacenda-Murphy, Julia, Shoptaw, Steve, Fleming, Michael F., Baumeister, Sebastian E.

“…Aims To assess the effect of a multi‐component primary care delivered brief intervention for reducing risky psychoactive drug use (RDU) among patients…”
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A pilot replication of QUIT, a randomized controlled trial of a brief intervention for reducing risky drug use, among Latino primary care patients by Gelberg, Lillian, Andersen, Ronald M, Rico, Melvin W, Vahidi, Mani, Rey, Guillermina Natera, Shoptaw, Steve, Leake, Barbara D, Serota, Martin, Singleton, Kyle, Baumeister, Sebastian E

“…Highlights • QUIT (Quit Using Drugs Intervention Trial) brief intervention reduced past month drug use by 4.5 days. • QUIT protocol was efficacious in a…”
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Effect of a primary care based brief intervention trial among risky drug users on health-related quality of life by Baumeister, Sebastian E, Gelberg, Lillian, Leake, Barbara D, Yacenda-Murphy, Julia, Vahidi, Mani, Andersen, Ronald M

“…Highlights • Improvement in quality of life (QOL) is a long term goal of drug treatment. • We examined the effect of a brief intervention among risky…”
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Prevalence, Distribution, and Correlates of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Homeless Adults in Los Angeles by Gelberg, Lillian, Robertson, Marjorie J., Arangua, Lisa, Leake, Barbara D., Sumner, Gerald, Moe, Ardis, Andersen, Ronald M., Morgenstern, Hal, Nyamathi, Adeline

“…Objective. We documented the prevalence, distribution, and correlates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among urban homeless adults. Methods. We sampled a…”
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The Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations: application to medical care use and outcomes for homeless people by Gelberg, L, Andersen, R M, Leake, B D

“…(1) To present the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations, a major revision of a leading model of access to care that is particularly applicable to…”
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Homeless Women: Who is Really at Risk for Unintended Pregnancy? by Gelberg, Lillian, Lu, Michael C., Leake, Barbara D., Andersen, Ronald M., Morgenstern, Hal, Nyamathi, Adeline M.

“…Objective To identify correlates of failure to use contraception among homeless women at risk for unintended pregnancy. Study Design A representative sample of…”
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Risk Factors for Major Violence Among Homeless Women by WENZEL, SUZANNE L., LEAKE, BARBARA D., GELBERG, LILLIAN

“…Violence against women is a significant public health, criminal, and social problem, but survey research with a focus on homeless women's experiences of…”
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Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of cardiovascular procedures: associations with type of health insurance by Carlisle, D M, Leake, B D, Shapiro, M F

“…This study examined whether disparities in the use of cardiovascular procedures exist among African Americans, Latinos, and Asians relative to White patients,…”
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Adverse Asthma Outcomes Among Children Hospitalized With Asthma in California by Calmes, Daphne, Leake, Barbara D, Carlisle, David M

“…To use administrative data to determine whether adverse asthma outcomes for pediatric asthma hospitalizations are related to specific clinical and nonclinical…”
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Childhood Predictors of Daily Substance Use among Homeless Women of Different Ethnicities by Nyamathi, Adeline, Longshore, Douglas, Keenan, Colleen, Lesser, Janna, Leake, Barbara D

“…The objective of this study was to describe associations between childhood factors and adult daily substance use profiles among homeless women and to identify…”
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Use of contraceptive methods among homeless women for protection against unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases: prior use and willingness to use in the future by Gelberg, Lillian, Leake, Barbara D., Lu, Michael C., Andersen, Ronald M., Wenzel, Suzanne L., Morgenstern, Hal, Koegel, Paul, Browner, Carole H.

“…Lifetime contraceptive use as reported by a representative sample of 764 homeless women in Los Angeles was examined overall and for different age and ethnic…”
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Utilization of Birth Control Services among Homeless Women by Wenzel, Suzanne L, Leake, Barbara D, Andersen, Ronald M, Gelberg, Lillian

“…Although homeless women appear to be at notable risk of unintended pregnancy, insufficient attention has been paid to understanding their access to birth…”
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Differences in the effect of patients' socioeconomic status on the use of invasive cardiovascular procedures across health insurance categories by Carlisle, D M, Leake, B D

“…This study evaluated the effect of patients' socioeconomic status on use of coronary angiography, bypass grafting, and angioplasty across health insurance…”
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Health of Homeless Women with Recent Experience of Rape by Wenzel, Suzanne L., Leake, Barbara D., Gelberg, Lillian

“…There is limited understanding of the physical health, mental health, and substance use or abuse correlates of sexual violence against homeless women. This…”
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The effect of race and ethnicity on the use of selected health care procedures: a comparison of south central Los Angeles and the remainder of Los Angeles county by Carlisle, D M, Leake, B D, Brook, R H, Shapiro, M F

“…The purpose of this study was to compare the use of eight hospital-based procedures (appendectomy, cesarean section, coronary artery angioplasty (PTCA),…”
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Racial and ethnic differences in the use of invasive cardiac procedures among cardiac patients in Los Angeles County, 1986 through 1988 by Carlisle, D M, Leake, B D, Shapiro, M F

“…The purpose of the study was to compare use of invasive cardiovascular procedures among Latino, Asian, African-American, and White patients. In a…”
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Faculty development in general internal medicine. Perceptions concerning academic survival by Linn, L S, Lewis, C E, Leake, B D

“…To understand the educational needs of faculty general internists in academic hospital environments, surveys of general internal medicine division chiefs,…”
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Mental health, alcohol and drug use, and criminal history among homeless adults by Gelberg, L, Linn, L S, Leake, B D

“…As part of a community-based survey of 529 homeless adults, the authors analyzed factors associated with their use of mental health services. Homeless persons…”
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Substance Use among Impoverished Medical Patients: The Effect of Housing Status and Other Factors by Gelberg, Lillian, Leake, Barbara D.

“…Four hundred forty-three impoverished medical patients, many of whom were homeless, were studied to determine whether homelessness is an independent predictor…”
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Ambulatory health services provided to low-income and homeless adult patients in a major community health center by GELBERG, L, DOBLIN, B. H, LEAKE, B. D

“…The homeless are more likely than other poor and vulnerable populations to manifest serious health problems. Early research focused on needs assessments of…”
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