Department of Public Health
   
Publications
Title Author(s) Year  
SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Hip fractures in adults
Am Fam Physician 2003;67(3):537-542
Brunner LC, Eshilian-Oates L, Kuo TY    
Characteristics of acupuncturists who serve patients dissatisfied with Western medicine. The 11th Annual Society for Acupuncture Research Symposium,
J Alternat Comp Med 2004;10:1143
Burke A, Kuo T.   October 2004  
Hormone replacement therapy to prevent hip fractures
Am Fam Physician 2003;68(8):1489-1490
Kuo TY, Brunner LC    
Practice variations among US physicians in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
A systematic literature review.
Kuo TY, Gallagher TC, Gelberg L.   2001  
Measurement of femoral anteversion by biplane radiography and CT. Comparison with an anatomic reference.
Invest Radiol 2003;38(4):221-229
Kuo TY, Skedros JG, Bloebaum RD    
Femoral neck fractures in adults.
Am J Medicine & Sports 2004;6(3):118-122
Kuo TY, Brunner LC   2004  
Management of hip fracture
Menopause Digest 2004;16(2):14-15
Kuo TY, Brunner LC   2004  
Exploring the health beliefs of individuals exposed to methyl-isocyanate during the Union Carbide disaster 20 years ago in Bhopal, India.
J Investig Med 2006(Jan.);54(1):S535
Jeffrey J, Sztain J, Sarangi S, Kuo T.   2006  
California acupuncturists comment on their training.
American Acupuncturists 2006;36:22-25 (also published in Qi-Unity Report, June 2006, AAOM, pp. 1-13)
Kuo TY, Burke A et al., and The LAC Study Group.   2006  
Community-research collaboration between researchers and acupuncturists. Integrating a participatory research approach in a statewide survey of licensed acupuncturists in California
Ethnicity & Disease 2006;16:S1-98-S1-106
Kuo T, Christensen R, Gelberg L, Rubenstein L, Burke A   2006  
Re-interpretation of the results from the diet modification arm of the Womens Health Initiative
JAMA 2006;296(3):278-279
McCarthy WJ, Kuo T   2006  
Determinants of physical activity and dietary counseling by physicians at a large low-income clinic in Los Angeles County
J Investig Med 2007(Jan.);55(1):S118
Abejuela HR, Gelberg L, Manousogiannakis E, Kuo T.   2007  
Are homeless transitional shelters receptive to environmental tobacco control interventions?
Tob Control 2007; 16:143-144
Arangua L, McCarthy WJ, Moskowitz R, Gelberg L, Kuo T   2007  
Faculty development as a strategy for retaining family physicians in academic medicine.
Fam Med 2007;39:159-160
Kuo T, Wolf K   2007  
Comparison of weight-loss diets
JAMA 2007;297(15):173
McCarthy WJ, Kuo T   2007  
The relationship between chronic disease and clinical depression in low-income patient population
J Investig Med 2007(Jan.);55(1):S81-S82
Perez M, Natarajan R, Rodriguez M, Ani C, Bazargan M, Kuo T   2007  
Attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and receptivity to interventions for the care of the deaf and hard of hearing in the emergency department
J Investig Med 2007(Jan.);55(1):S110
Stucky S, Coates W, Baillie S, Kuo T   2007  
An international comparison of attitudes toward traditional and modern medicine in a clinic setting in China and the United States
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med (eCAM) 2008;doi:10.1093/ecam/nen065, pp. 1-9.
Burke A, Kuo T, Harvey R, Wang J   2008  
Letter to the Editor. Overseas experience in global health: travels to Bhopal, India, 20 years after the Union Carbide Disaster.
Fam Med 2008;40:8
Jeffrey J, Sztain J, Kuo T   2008  
Health seeking behaviors, health services utilization, and the receipt of clinician counseling among Latino patients in public sector clinics.
J Investig Med 2009(Jan.);57(1):167
Abejuela HR, Bazargan-Hejazi S, Kuo T, Wolf KE   2009  
Menu labeling as a potential strategy for combating the obesity epidemic: A health impact assessment.
Am J Public Health 2009;99(9):1680-1686
Kuo T, Jarosz CJ, Simon P, Fielding JE.   2009  
Update on meningococcal disease mortality in the United States since 2002.
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2010;29(7):681
Kim GY, Sorvillo F, Kuo T.   2010  
Factors that influence career selection among medical students.
Fam Med 2010;42(4):236-237
Kim GY, Wolf KE, Kuo T.   2010  
Support for benefit of physical activity on satiety, weight control, and diabetes risk.
Arch Intern Med 2009;169(No. 6):634-635
McCarthy WJ, Kuo T.   2009  
Knowledge, attitudes and potential response to menu labeling in an urban public health clinic population.
Public Health Nutr 2010;13(4):550-555 (as online version, 2009;26:1-6).
Piron J, Smith LV, Simon P, Cummings PL, Kuo T.   2010  
Readiness and perceived barriers to removing artificial trans-fat from restaurant menus.
J Public Health Policy 2010;31:119-127
Redelings MD, Piron J, Smith LV, Dela Cruz HS, Takeshita S, Tremaine J, Kuo T.   2010  
The economic impact of age-related hearing loss: national, state, and local estimates, 2002 and 2030.
J Am Geriatr Soc 2010;58(3):618-619
Stucky SR, Wolf KE, Kuo T.   2010  
REPORTS
Findings from the LAC Study. Provider Perceptions of Oriental Medical Education and Practice.
UCLA and VAGLAHS, June 2004
Kuo TY, Burke A, Coulter I, McNamee K, Gelberg L, Asch S, Rubenstein L, & The LAC Study   2004  
Guideline of Alzheimers Disease Management. Final Report 2008.
State of California, Department of Public Health, 2008
California Workgroup on Guidelines for Alzheimers Disease Management.   2008  
Menu Labeling as a Potential Strategy for Combating the Obesity Epidemic: A Health Impact Assessment.
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, May 2008.
Simon P, Jarosz CJ, Kuo T, Fielding FE.   2008  
Menu Labeling as a Potential Strategy for Combating the Obesity Epidemic: A Health Impact Assessment.
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, May 2008.
Simon P, Jarosz CJ, Kuo T, Fielding FE.   2008  
Alzheimers Disease: An Emerging Public Health Concern.
LA Health; October 2008
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Office of Health Assessment & Epidemiology,   2008  
State of Aging and Health among Latinos in Los Angeles, 2009.
Cummings PL (ed.) Los Angeles Partnership for Evidence-Based Solutions in Elder Health; June 2009
Kuo T, Villa V, Aranda M, Trejo L.   2009  
Arthritis. [Issue Brief]. Los Angeles, CA: The Los Angeles Partnership for Evidence-Based Solutions in Elder Health, 2009
Cummings PL, PeDa MA, Tompkins J, Campbell R, Ford-Keach P, Fung V, Kuo T.   2009  
Brain Health. [Issue Brief]. Los Angeles, CA: The Los Angeles Partnership for Evidence-Based Solutions in Elder Health, 2009.
Cummings PL, Eliash-Daneshfar M, Kuo T, Cherry D.   2009  
Diabetes. [Issue Brief]. Los Angeles, CA: The Los Angeles Partnership for Evidence-Based Solutions in Elder Health, 2009
Cummings PL, Kuo T.   2009  
The Health of Older Angelenos and the Looming Shortage of Health and Aging Services Professionals. Los Angeles, California: The Edmund G. Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs, October 2009
Kuo T.   2009  
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Office of Health Assessment & Epidemiology, Informal Caregiving: Implications for Public Health. LA Health; January 2010.
  2010  
Low Vision and Blindness Among Adults in Los Angeles County. Office of Senior Health and the Braille Institute, February 2010.
  2010  
 
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