Factors in recruiting and retaining health professionals for rural practice

…, BJ Skipper, ML Sanders, RL Rhyne - The Journal of Rural …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Context: Rural communities, often with complex health care issues, have difficulty creating
and sustaining an adequate health professional workforce. Purpose: To identify factors …

Cell-mediated immunity as a predictor of morbidity and mortality in subjects over 60

SJ Wayne, RL Rhyne, PJ Garry… - Journal of …, 1990 - academic.oup.com
Previous studies have suggested an association between depressed cell-mediated immunity
and increased mortality in elderly persons.However, the effects of age and existing disease …

Acanthosis nigricans and diabetes risk factors: prevalence in young persons seen in southwestern US primary care practices

…, B Skipper, AC Hsi, RL Rhyne - The Annals of Family …, 2007 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Evidence shows acanthosis nigricans is often associated with hyperinsulinemia
and may indicate increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The purpose of this study was to …

Effect of combined patient decision aid and patient navigation vs usual care for colorectal cancer screening in a vulnerable patient population: a randomized clinical …

…, R Hoffman, A McWilliams, RL Rhyne… - JAMA internal …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is underused, especially among vulnerable
populations. Decision aids and patient navigation are potentially complementary …

[HTML][HTML] Peer Reviewed: Attitudes and Beliefs of Primary Care Providers in New Mexico About Lung Cancer Screening Using Low-Dose Computed Tomography

…, AL Sussman, CM Getrich, RL Rhyne… - Preventing chronic …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods We conducted semistructured interviews with primary care providers practicing in
New Mexico clinics for underserved minority populations. The interviews, conducted from …

Expressions of machismo in colorectal cancer screening among New Mexico Hispanic subpopulations

…, V Sánchez, A Solares, RL Rhyne… - Qualitative health …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Although national colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence rates have steadily decreased, the
rate for New Mexico Hispanics has been increasing, and screening rates are low. We …

Combining web-based and mail surveys improves response rates: a PBRN study from PRIME Net

…, W Pace, E Daniels, RL Rhyne… - The Annals of Family …, 2009 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE The advent of Web-based survey tools has provided the investigator with an
alternative to paper-based survey methods that in many instances may be less expensive to …

Distributions of serial changes in stature and weight in a healthy elderly population

WC Chumlea, PJ Garry, WC Hunt, RL Rhyne - Human Biology, 1988 - JSTOR
Decreases in stature and weight are known to occur with old age, but there is limited
knowledge of normal values for rates of change of these measures in the healthy elderly. In the …

Increasing the relative weight of noncognitive admission criteria improves underrepresented minority admission rates to medical school

MP Ballejos, RL Rhyne, J Parkes - Teaching and Learning in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Construct: The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of varying the relative weights
of cognitive versus noncognitive admission criteria on the proportion of underrepresented …

Chronic non-cancer pain: a siren for primary care–a report from the PRImary care MultiEthnic Network (PRIME Net)

…, RJ Volk, AE Brown, RL Rhyne - The Journal of the …, 2011 - Am Board Family Med
Introduction: Patients with chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) are common and have a high
degree of morbidity. Previous studies document clinician frustration and variability in CNCP …