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Lia Fernald, PhD, MBA - Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF
February 1, 2005
The burden of disease in developing countries has traditionally been defined by under-nutrition and major infectious diseases. However, many developing countries are starting to parallel the developed world, with increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity and associated chronic disease comorbidities. In Mexico, there is a strikingly high prevalence of obesity and overweight among adults and children, even among the poorest of the poor (those living on less than $2 per day).
Richard Scheffler, PhD - Professor of Health Economics & Public Policy, UC Berkeley; Chair, Petris Center
Tim Brown, PhD - Associate Director of Research, Petris Center
February 15, 2005
This presentation will present new evidence on the association of social capital and health. Included is new research on social capital and mental health in the U.S.
Cecilia Runkle, PhD - Senior Training and Development Consultant, Physician Education and Development, Kaiser Permanente
March 1, 2005
For over 15 years, clinician-patient communication workshops have been offered to practicing clinicians in Kaiser Permanente. Effective communication is practicing good medicine. Dr. Runkle will highlight the science behind clinician-patient communication, what programs have been offered and why; and feature selected research results from programs to showcase the evidence for continuing such programs.
Ann Keller, PhD - Assistant Professor in Health Policy & Management, UC Berkeley
March 15, 2005
The CDC's strong reputation is based primarily on its expertise and successes with respect to infectious disease. Currently, with obesity topping the organization's priorities for adult health, the CDC is coming up against a number of organizational pressures and uncertainties in its attempt to match its track record in infectious disease. Evidence suggests that the organization is taking a surprising and risky approach to obesity prevention by defining "expertise" very broadly and opening the organization to outside input as well as scrutiny. This response presents traditional scholarly approaches to organizational adaptation with a significant challenge and suggests that even expert-based organizations will not always rely on rationalist methods for confronting uncertainty.
Paul Newacheck, DrPH - Professor of Health Policy and Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF
Charlene Harrington, PhD, RN, FAAN - Professor of Sociology and Nursing, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, UCSF
April 5, 2005
With rising public expenditures for health care and other programs, combined with aging of the population, concern has been raised about whether society is equitably distributed its limited social welfare resources between children and elders. Drs. Newacheck and Harrington will address this controversial topic with new data on public spending and provide perspectives from the child and elder communities.
Richard Kravitz, MD, MSPH - Director/Professor, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, UC Davis School of Medicine
April 19, 2005
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs in the United States is both ubiquitous and controversial. Critics charge that DTC advertising leads to over-prescribing, while proponents counter that such advertising helps avert under-use of effective treatments, especially for conditions that are poorly recognized or stigmatized. Dr. Kravitz's group found that patients' requests have a profound effect on physician prescribing in major depression and adjustment disorder. DTC advertising may have competing effects on quality, potentially both averting under-use and promoting over-use.
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