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Frances K. Barg is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and has a research focus within the broad field of Medicine, with a total of 112 publications. Their work spans several significant subfields including General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Dermatology, Oncology, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research addresses diverse topics relevant to healthcare and clinical practice. Key areas of focus are:

  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

Frances K. Barg has contributed regularly to several academic journals, with frequent publications in these venues:

  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • JAMA Dermatology
  • The Oncologist
  • Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
  • Preventing Chronic Disease

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Frances K. Barg include:

  • "Research Techniques Made Simple: An Introduction to Qualitative Research," 2021, Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • "What Matters to Patients and Their Families During and After Critical Illness: A Qualitative Study," 2021, American Journal of Critical Care
  • "Effectiveness and Ethics of Incentives for Research Participation," 2021, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • "Prevalence of Continuous Pulse Oximetry Monitoring in Hospitalized Children With Bronchiolitis Not Requiring Supplemental Oxygen," 2020, JAMA
  • "Early Childhood Sleep Intervention in Urban Primary Care: Caregiver and Clinician Perspectives," 2020, Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Collaborations have been an important aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Whitney Eriksen (9 collaborations)
  • M. Elle Saine (8 collaborations)
  • Nandita Mitra (7 collaborations)
  • A. Bazen (6 collaborations)
  • Junko Takeshita (6 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Understanding Why Patients Of Low Socioeconomic Status Prefer Hospitals Over Ambulatory Care

    Shreya Kangovi;Frances K. Barg;Tamala Carter;Judith A. Long

  • Examining the dimensions of cancer-related information seeking and scanning behavior.

    Jeff Niederdeppe;Robert C Hornik;Bridget J Kelly;Dominick L Frosch

  • A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding Loneliness and Depression in Older Adults

    Frances K. Barg;Rebecca Huss-Ashmore;Marsha N. Wittink;Genevra F. Murray

  • Creating Demand for Prescription Drugs: A Content Analysis of Television Direct-to-Consumer Advertising

    Dominick L. Frosch;Patrick M. Krueger;Robert C. Hornik;Peter F. Cronholm

  • Promoters and barriers to fruit, vegetable, and fast-food consumption among urban, low-income African Americans--a qualitative approach.

    Sean C. Lucan;Frances K. Barg;Judith A. Long

  • Predictors of community therapists' use of therapy techniques in a large public mental health system.

    Rinad S. Beidas;Steven Marcus;Gregory A. Aarons;Kimberly E. Hoagwood

  • Unwritten Rules of Talking to Doctors About Depression: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

    Marsha N. Wittink;Frances K. Barg;Joseph J. Gallo

  • Older Patients' Aversion to Antidepressants

    Lane L. Givens;Catherine J. Datto;Catherine J. Datto;Katy Ruckdeschel;Katy Ruckdeschel;Kathryn Knott

  • “I Didn’t Want To Put Them Through That”: The Influence Of Children on Victim Decision-making in Intimate Partner Violence Cases

    Karin V. Rhodes;Catherine Cerulli;Melissa E. Dichter;Catherine L. Kothari

  • Needs of family caregivers of persons with cancer: a review.

    Andréa Maria Laizner;Linda M. Shegda Yost;Frances K. Barg;Ruth McCorkle

  • Acupuncture Versus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Sheila N Garland;Sharon X Xie;Kate DuHamel;Ting Bao

  • Proceedings from the 9th annual conference on the science of dissemination and implementation

    David Chambers;Lisa Simpson;Felicia Hill-Briggs;Gila Neta

  • A Prospective Examination of Clinician and Supervisor Turnover Within the Context of Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in a Publicly-Funded Mental Health System

    Rinad S. Beidas;Steven Marcus;Steven Marcus;Courtney Benjamin Wolk;Byron Powell;Byron Powell

  • "You Don't Want to Burden Them": Older Adults' Views on Family Involvement in Care

    Eileen Cahill;Lisa M. Lewis;Frances K. Barg;Hillary R. Bogner

  • Challenges Faced by Patients with Low Socioeconomic Status During the Post-Hospital Transition

    Shreya Kangovi;Frances K. Barg;Tamala Carter;Kathryn Levy

  • ‘Breaking It Down’: Patient-Clinician Communication and Prenatal Care Among African American Women of Low and Higher Literacy

    Ian Bennett;Julia Switzer;Abigail Aguirre;Kelley Evans

  • A description of a psychoeducational intervention for family caregivers of cancer patients

    Frances K. Barg;Jeannie V. Pasacreta;Isaac F. Nuamah;Karen D. Robinson

  • Older patients' aversion to antidepressants. A qualitative study.

    Jane L Givens;Catherine J Datto;Katy Ruckdeschel;Kathryn Knott

  • Contrasting parents' and pediatricians' perspectives on shared decision-making in ADHD.

    Alexander G. Fiks;Cayce C. Hughes;Angela Gafen;James P. Guevara

  • A Multi-Level Examination of Stakeholder Perspectives of Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in a Large Urban Publicly-Funded Mental Health System

    Rinad S. Beidas;Rebecca E. Stewart;Danielle R. Adams;Tara Fernandez

Frequent Co-Authors

Rinad S. Beidas
Rinad S. Beidas University of Pennsylvania
David S. Mandell
David S. Mandell University of Pennsylvania
Gregory A. Aarons
Gregory A. Aarons University of California, San Diego
Trevor R. Hadley
Trevor R. Hadley University of Pennsylvania
David Grande
David Grande University of Pennsylvania
Byron J. Powell
Byron J. Powell Washington University in St. Louis
Kimberly Hoagwood
Kimberly Hoagwood New York University
Philip R. Gehrman
Philip R. Gehrman University of Pennsylvania
Sonja K. Schoenwald
Sonja K. Schoenwald Medical University of South Carolina
Cara C. Lewis
Cara C. Lewis Kaiser Permanente

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