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  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For industrial and systems engineering methods to improve the care of aging, lung cancer, severe asthma, and drug addiction patients.

Overview

David H. Gustafson is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of medicine and psychology, with particular attention to applied psychology and general health professions. Contributions also extend to epidemiology, social psychology, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

The scientist's main topics of work include digital mental health interventions, mobile health and mHealth applications, telemedicine and telehealth implementation, HIV, drug use, and sexual risk, health disparities and outcomes, mental health via writing, and substance abuse treatment and outcomes.

Frequent venues for publication include:

  • JMIR Research Protocols
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • JMIR Aging
  • Health Communication
  • JMIR Formative Research

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by David H. Gustafson include:

  • Potential Influences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Drug Use and HIV Care Among People Living with HIV and Substance Use Disorders: Experience from a Pilot mHealth Intervention (2020, AIDS and Behavior)
  • Effect of an eHealth intervention on older adults' quality of life and health-related outcomes: a randomized clinical trial (2021, Journal of General Internal Medicine)
  • Effects of Web-Based Social Connectedness on Older Adults' Depressive Symptoms: A Two-Wave Cross-Lagged Panel Study (2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research)
  • Exploring the Role of Social Support in Promoting Patient Participation in Health Care among Women with Breast Cancer (2020, Health Communication)
  • A Web-Based eHealth Intervention to Improve the Quality of Life of Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (2021, JMIR Research Protocols)

Frequent collaborators of David H. Gustafson include:

  • Dhavan V. Shah
  • Klaren Pe-Romashko
  • Darcie C Johnston
  • John J. Curtin
  • Marie-Louise Mares

David H. Gustafson's work has been recognized with membership in the National Academy of Engineering in 2013 for contributions involving industrial and systems engineering methods aimed at improving care for aging, lung cancer, severe asthma, and drug addiction patients.

Best Publications

  • Group Techniques for Program Planning - A Guide to Nominal Group and Delphi Processes

    Andre L. Delbecq;Andrew H. Van de Ven;David H. Gustafson

  • A Smartphone Application to Support Recovery From Alcoholism: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    David H. Gustafson;Fiona M. McTavish;Ming-Yuan Chih;Amy K. Atwood

  • Quality collaboratives: lessons from research

    John C Ovretveit;Paul Bate;Paul Cleary;Shan Cretin

  • Impact of a patient-centered, computer-based health information/support system

    David H. Gustafson;Robert Hawkins;Eric Boberg;Susanne Pingree

  • Perceived helpfulness and impact of social support provided by family, friends, and health care providers to women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.

    Neeraj K. Arora;Lila J. Finney Rutten;David H. Gustafson;Richard Moser

  • Effect of computer support on younger women with breast cancer.

    David H. Gustafson;Robert Hawkins;Suzanne Pingree;Fiona McTavish

  • Access to Health Information and Support: A Public Highway or a Private Road?

    Thomas R. Eng;Andrew Maxfield;Kevin Patrick;Mary Jo Deering

  • A comparative study of differences in subjective likelihood estimates made by individuals, interacting groups, Delphi groups, and nominal groups☆

    David H. Gustafson;Ramesh K. Shukla;Andre Delbecq;G.William Walster

  • An Evidence-Based Approach to Interactive Health Communication: A Challenge to Medicine in the Information Age

    Thomas N. Robinson;Kevin Patrick;Thomas R. Eng;David Gustafson

  • Developing and testing a model to predict outcomes of organizational change.

    David H Gustafson;François Sainfort;Mary Eichler;Laura Adams

  • Evaluation of quality improvement programmes

    J Øvretveit;D Gustafson

  • The roles of social support and coping strategies in predicting breast cancer patients' emotional well-being: testing mediation and moderation models.

    Junghyun Kim;Jeong Yeob Han;Bret Shaw;Fiona McTavish

  • Needs assessment for cancer patients and their families.

    Kuang Yi Wen;David H. Gustafson

  • Impact of surgery and chemotherapy on the quality of life of younger women with breast carcinoma: a prospective study

    Neeraj K. Arora;David H. Gustafson;Robert P. Hawkins;B S Fiona McTavish

  • Experiences of women with breast cancer: exchanging social support over the CHESS computer network.

    Bret R. Shaw;Fiona McTavish;Robert Hawkins;David H. Gustafson

  • CHESS: 10 Years of Research and Development in Consumer Health Informatics for Broad Populations, Including the Underserved

    David H Gustafson;Robert P Hawkins;Eric W Boberg;Fiona McTavish

  • A computer interview for suicide-risk prediction

    J H Greist;D H Gustafson;F F Stauss;G L Rowse

  • Assessing the unmet information, support and care delivery needs of men with prostate cancer

    Eric W. Boberg;David H. Gustafson;Robert P. Hawkins;Kenneth P. Offord

  • How Can Research Keep Up With eHealth? Ten Strategies for Increasing the Timeliness and Usefulness of eHealth Research

    Timothy B Baker;David H Gustafson;Dhavan Shah

  • The Relationship Between Meeting Patients' Information Needs and their Satisfaction with Hospital Care and General Health Status Outcomes

    Celia O. Larson;Eugene C. Nelson;David Gustafson;Paul B. Batalden

Frequent Co-Authors

Fiona McTavish
Fiona McTavish University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert P. Hawkins
Robert P. Hawkins University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dhavan V. Shah
Dhavan V. Shah University of Wisconsin–Madison
Suzanne Pingree
Suzanne Pingree University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bret R. Shaw
Bret R. Shaw University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dennis McCarty
Dennis McCarty Oregon Health & Science University
Timothy B. Baker
Timothy B. Baker University of Wisconsin–Madison
Christy K. Scott
Christy K. Scott Chestnut Health Systems
Lisa A. Marsch
Lisa A. Marsch Dartmouth College

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