Frances K. Barg - Faculty Biosketch

Frances K. Barg, PhD, MEd

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

K Oehlberg, FK Barg, GK Brown, D Taraborelli, MB Stern, D Weintraub: Attitudes regarding the etiology and treatment of depression in Parkinson's disease: A qualitative study. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 21(2): 123-32, June 2008.

Mao, JJ, Palmer S, Straton J, Cronholm P, Keddem S, Knott K, Bowman MA, Barg FK: Cancer survivors with unmet needs were more likely to use complementary and alternative medicine. Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice May 2008.

David J Casarett, Jessica Fishman, Peter J O'Dwyer, Frances K Barg, Mary Naylor, and David A Asch: How should we design supportive cancer care? The patient’s perspective. Journal of Clinical Oncology 26(8): 1296-301, March 2008.

Giang T. Nguyen, Frances K. Barg, Katrina Armstrong, John H. Holmes, Robert C. Hornik: Cancer and communication in the healthcare setting: Experiences of older Vietnamese immigrants, a qualitative study. Journal of General Internal Medicine 23(1): 45-50, Jan 2008.

Nguyen GT, Wittink MN, Murray GF, Barg FK: More than just a communication medium... What older adults say about TV and depression. The Gerontologist 48(3): 300-310, 2008.

Halbert CH, Weathers B, Esteve R, Audrain-McGovern J, Kumanyika S, DeMichele A, Barg FK: Experiences with weight change in African American breast cancer survivors. The Breast Journal 14(2): 190-195, 2008.

Hillary R. Bogner, Britt Dahlberg, Heather F. de Vries, Eileen Cahill, Frances K. Barg: Older patients' views on the relationship between depression and heart disease Family Medicine 40(9), 2008.

Marsha N.Wittink, Crystal Biruk, Britt Dahlberg, Frances K. Barg: How Older Adults Combine Medical and Experiential Notions of Depression. Qualitative Health Research 18: 1174-1183, 2008.

Cynthia J. Mollen MD, MSCE, Frances K. Barg PhD, Katie Hayes BA, Marah Gotcsik MD Nakeisha Blades BA, Donald Schwarz MD, MPH : Assessing Attitudes about Emergency Contraception among Urban, Minority Adolescents: An In-Depth Interview Study. Pediatrics 122(2): e395-e401, 2008.

Chanita Hughes Halbert, Frances K. Barg, Benita Weathers, Ernestine Delmoor, James Coyne, E. Paul Wileyto, Justin Arocho, Brendan Mahler, S. Bruce Malkowicz: Differences in cultural values and beliefs about prostate cancer among African American and European American men. Cancer Control 14(3): 277-284, July 2007.