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Leslie A. Curry

Leslie A. Curry

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
51
Citations
22256
World Ranking
2498
National Ranking
1218

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Leslie A. Curry is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Health Professions and Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The main topics of their work consist of:

  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Older Adults Driving Studies
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes

Their recent publications reflect a diverse research scope. Notable papers include:

  • "Barriers and Facilitators to Clinician Readiness to Provide Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine" (2020), published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Mapping the complex causal mechanisms of drinking and driving behaviors among adolescents and young adults" (2022), published in Social Science & Medicine
  • "Does Primary Care Fill the Gap in Access to Specialty Mental Health Care? A Mixed Methods Study" (2022), published in Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • "The role of leadership in times of systems disruption: a qualitative study of health and social care integration" (2022), published in BMJ Open
  • "Visualizing implementation: contextual and organizational support mapping of stakeholders (COSMOS)" (2020), published in Implementation Science Communications

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Deepa R. Camenga
  • Emily Cherlin
  • Bruce G. Simons-Morton
  • Barbara C. Banz
  • Ronald J. Iannotti

Curry has contributed multiple publications to several prominent academic venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • JAMA Network Open
  • BMJ Open
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • Traffic Injury Prevention
  • Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Among the distinctions received is the Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded in 1976.

Best Publications

  • Achieving Integration in Mixed Methods Designs—Principles and Practices

    Michael D. Fetters;Leslie A. Curry;John W. Creswell

  • Qualitative data analysis for health services research: developing taxonomy, themes, and theory.

    Elizabeth H. Bradley;Leslie A. Curry;Kelly J. Devers

  • Qualitative and Mixed Methods Provide Unique Contributions to Outcomes Research

    Leslie A. Curry;Ingrid M. Nembhard;Elizabeth H. Bradley

  • Research in action: using positive deviance to improve quality of health care

    Elizabeth H Bradley;Leslie A Curry;Shoba Ramanadhan;Laura Rowe

  • Getting by: underuse of interpreters by resident physicians.

    Lisa C. Diamond;Lisa C. Diamond;Lisa C. Diamond;Yael Schenker;Leslie Curry;Elizabeth H. Bradley

  • Expanding the Andersen model: the role of psychosocial factors in long-term care use.

    Elizabeth H Bradley;Sarah A McGraw;Leslie Curry;Alison Buckser

  • Hospital Strategies Associated With 30-Day Readmission Rates for Patients With Heart Failure

    Elizabeth H. Bradley;Leslie Curry;Leora I. Horwitz;Heather Sipsma

  • Leveraging the Social Determinants of Health: What Works?

    Lauren A. Taylor;Annabel Xulin Tan;Caitlin E. Coyle;Chima Ndumele

  • What Distinguishes Top-Performing Hospitals in Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality Rates?: A Qualitative Study

    Leslie A. Curry;Erica Spatz;Emily Cherlin;Jennifer W. Thompson

  • Variation In Health Outcomes: The Role Of Spending On Social Services, Public Health, And Health Care, 2000–09

    Elizabeth H. Bradley;Maureen Canavan;Erika Rogan;Kristina Talbert-Slagle

  • Community Health Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What Do We Know About Scaling Up and Sustainability?

    Sarah Wood Pallas;Dilpreet Minhas;Rafael Pérez-Escamilla;Lauren Taylor

  • Attitudes, training experiences, and professional expectations of US general surgery residents: a national survey.

    Heather Yeo;Kate Viola;David Berg;Zhenqiu Lin

  • Mixed Methods in Health Sciences Research: A Practical Primer

    Leslie A. Curry;Marcella Nunez-Smith

  • Scaling Up of Breastfeeding Promotion Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: the “Breastfeeding Gear” Model

    Rafael Pérez-Escamilla;Leslie Curry;Dilpreet Minhas;Lauren Taylor

  • Mixed Methods in Biomedical and Health Services Research

    Leslie A. Curry;Harlan M. Krumholz;Alicia O’Cathain;Vicki L. Plano Clark

  • Contemporary evidence about hospital strategies for reducing 30-day readmissions: a national study.

    Elizabeth H. Bradley;Leslie Curry;Leora I. Horwitz;Heather Sipsma

  • A national study of attrition in general surgery training: which residents leave and where do they go?

    Heather Yeo;Emily Bucholz;Julie Ann Sosa;Leslie Curry

  • Symptom Recognition and Healthcare Experiences of Young Women With Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Judith H. Lichtman;Erica C. Leifheit-Limson;Emi Watanabe;Norrina B. Allen

  • Attracting surgical clerks to surgical careers: role models, mentoring, and engagement in the operating room.

    Loren Berman;Marjorie S. Rosenthal;Leslie A. Curry;Leigh V. Evans

  • Barriers and Facilitators to Clinician Readiness to Provide Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine

    Kathryn F. Hawk;Gail D’Onofrio;Marek C. Chawarski;Patrick G. O’Connor

  • Partners in Caregiving in a Special Care Environment: Cooperative Communication Between Staff and Families on Dementia Units

    Julie Robison;Leslie Curry;Cynthia Gruman;Martha Porter

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Berman
Peter Berman University of British Columbia
Trace Kershaw
Trace Kershaw Yale University
Sharon-Lise T. Normand
Sharon-Lise T. Normand Harvard University
Martha J. Radford
Martha J. Radford New York University
Michael D. Fetters
Michael D. Fetters University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nathan B. Hansen
Nathan B. Hansen University of Georgia
Ronald M. Andersen
Ronald M. Andersen University of California, Los Angeles
Karl Pillemer
Karl Pillemer Cornell University
Linda C. Mayes
Linda C. Mayes Yale University
Alexandra J. Lansky
Alexandra J. Lansky Yale University

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