Frances K. Barg || Center for Public Health Initiatives

Frances K. Barg

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Department: Family Medicine and Community Health

Contact information

Family Medicine and Community Health
3400 Spruce Street
2 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-615-4156
Fax: 215-662-3591

Education:
B.A. ((International Affairs))
George Washington University , 1974.
M.Ed. ((Rehabilitation Counseling))
University of Pittsburgh , 1976.
PhD ((Medical Anthropology))
University of Pennsylvania , 2000.

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Description of Research Expertise

Mixed Methods approach with focus on the uneven distribution of risk and disease among ethnic groups.

Description of Clinical Expertise

Culture in medicine

Description of Other Expertise

Depression in older adults, Cancer Prevention.

Selected Publications

Nagata J, Valeggia C, Barg F, Bream K: Body mass index, socio-economic status and socio-behavioral practices among Tz’utujil Maya women Economics and Human Biology 7(1): 96-106, Mar 2009 Notes: Epub 2009 Feb 23.

Frances K. Barg, Shimrit Keddem, Kenneth Ginsburg, Flaura Winston: Teen perceptions of good drivers and safe drivers:Implications for reaching adolescents. Injury Prevention February 2009.

Joanna L. Starrels, Frances K. Barg, Joshua P. Metlay: Patterns and Determinants of Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in Injection Drug Users. Journal of General Internal Medicine 24(2): 263-9, Feb 2009.

Sean C. Lucan, Frances K. Barg, Andrew W. Bazemore, Robert L. Phillips, Jr, : Family Medicine, the NIH, and the Medical-Research Roadmap: Perspectives From Inside the NIH Family Medicine 41(3): 188-196, Feb 2009.

Cronholm PF, Margo K, Bazelon G, Bream KDW, Bennett IM, Barg FK: Student attitudes: Potential barriers to implementing a community medicine field activity. Family Medicine 41(1): 22-27, January 2009.

Wittink MN, Joo JN, Lewis LM, Barg FK.: Losing Faith and Using Faith: Older African Americans Discuss Spirituality, Religious Activities and Depression. Journal of General Internal Medicine epub ahead of print, Jan 21 2009.

Bogner, H.R., Cahill, E., Frauenhoffer, C., Barg, F.K.: Older primary care patient views regarding antidepressants: A mixed methods approach. Journal of Mental Health 1(18): 57-64, 2009.

Britt Dahlberg, Frances K. Barg, Joseph J. Gallo, Marsha N. Wittink: Bridging psychiatric and anthropologic approaches: The case of "nerves" in the United States. Ethos 37(3): 283-314, 2009.

Frances K. Barg, Sonya A. Grier: Enhancing breast cancer communications: A cultural models approach. International Journal of Research in Marketing 25(4): 335-342, December 2008.

David Casarett, Jessica M. Fishman, Hien L. Lu, Peter O'Dwyer, Frances K. Barg, Mary D. Naylor, David A. Asch: The ‘terrible choice’: Reevaluating hospice eligibility criteria for cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology epub ahead of print, Dec 2008.