Editors' Note:

Anne Victoria Neale and Marjorie A. Bowman

Fourth Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Practice-based Research Theme Issue
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 343-345. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorial Office News and Notes:

Phillip Lupo, Anne Victoria Neale, and Marjorie A. Bowman

Introduction of More Editorial Board Members and New Journal of American Board of Family Medicine Features
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 346-347. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Commentaries:

Philip D. Sloane, Rowena J. Dolor, and Jacquie Halladay

Increasing the Role of Practice Networks in Medical Research
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 348-351. [Full Text] [PDF]  

James F. Calvert

Guest Family Physician Commentaries
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 352. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Research:

Gary McCord, Brian F. Pendleton, Susan Labuda Schrop, Lisa Weiss, LuAnne Stockton, and Lynn M. Hamrich

Assessing the Impact on Patient–Physician Interaction When Physicians Use Personal Digital Assistants: A Northeastern Ohio Network (NEON®) Study
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 353-359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barcey T. Levy, Arthur Hartz, George Woodworth, Yinghui Xu, and Suzanne Sinift

Interventions to Improving Osteoporosis Screening: An Iowa Research Network (IRENE) Study
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 360-367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Desireé B. Froshaug, L. Miriam Dickinson, Douglas H. Fernald, and Larry A. Green

Personal Health Behaviors are Associated with Physical and Mental Unhealthy Days: A Prescription for Health (P4H) Practice-based Research Networks Study
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 368-374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael L. Parchman and Abel Munoz

Risk Factors for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcal aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Presenting in Primary Care: A South Texas Ambulatory Research Network (STARNet) Study
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 375-379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian M. Bennett, Andrew Coco, Janice Anderson, Michael Horst, Angela S. Gambler, Wendy Brooks Barr, and Stephen Ratcliffe

Improving Maternal Care with a Continuous Quality Improvement Strategy: A Report from the Interventions to Minimize Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants through Continuous Improvement Techniques (IMPLICIT) Network
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 380-386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Fleming, Dale Olsen, Hilary Stathes, Laura Boteler, Paul Grossberg, Judie Pfeifer, Stephanie Schiro, Jane Banning, and Susan Skochelak

Virtual Reality Skills Training for Health Care Professionals in Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 387-398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Review:

James H. Lynch and Alfred A. Bove

Diving Medicine: A Review of Current Evidence
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 399-407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Report:

William Murdoch and Frederick C. Rosin

One Presentation, Two Continents: Left Wrist Myositis of Distinct Etiology in Genetically Similar Individuals
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 408-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Family MedicineWorld Perspective:

Richard Birtwhistle, Karim Keshavjee, Anita Lambert-Lanning, Marshall Godwin, Michelle Greiver, Donna Manca, and Claudia Lagacé

Building a Pan-Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network: Initial Development and Moving Forward
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 412-422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special Communications:

John M. Westfall, Lyle J. Fagnan, Margaret Handley, Jon Salsberg, Paul McGinnis, Linda K. Zittleman, and Ann C. Macaulay

Practice-based Research is Community Engagement
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 423-427. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert L. Williams, Brian M. Shelley, Andrew L. Sussman on behalf of RIOS Net clinicians

The Marriage of Community-based Participatory Research and Practice-based Research Networks: Can It Work? –A Research Involving Outpatient Settings Network (RIOS Net) Study
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 428-435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

About Practice-Based Research Networks:

Suzanne Bakken, Rafael A. Lantigua, Linda V. Busacca, and J. Thomas Bigger

Barriers, Enablers, and Incentives for Research Participation: A Report from the Ambulatory Care Research Network (ACRN)
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 436-445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert L. Williams, Laurie McPherson, Alberta Kong, Betty Skipper, Nancy Weller on behalf of PRIME Net clinicians

Internet-based Training in a Practice-based Research Network Consortium: A Report from the Primary Care Multiethnic Network (PRIME Net)
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 446-452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara P. Yawn, Deborah G. Graham, Susan L. Bertram, Marge J. Kurland, Allen J. Dietrich, Peter C. Wollan, Elias C. Brandt, Jessica M. Huff, and Wilson D. Pace

Practice-based Research Network Studies and Institutional Review Boards: Two New Issues
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 453-460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Letter:

Kendra L. Schwartz, Joseph Monsur, Adnan Hammad, Monina G. Bartoces, and Anne Victoria Neale

Comparison of Point of Care and Laboratory HbA1c Analysis: A MetroNet Study
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 461-463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Board News:

Kathy Banks

American Board of Family Medicine In-Training Examination
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 464. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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