Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Osborn, Chandra Y. , PhD MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine

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Phone Number: 615-936-8468

Email Address: chandra.osborn@vanderbilt.edu

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MCE North Tower Suite 6000, rm 6010

Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health & Center for Health Services Research Medical Center East, North Tower, Suite 6000 37232-8300


Research Keywords
Health Communication, Health Disparities, Chronic Disease Self-management, Diabetes, Health Literacy & Numeracy, Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model of Heath Behavior Change

Clinical Research Description
Dr. Osborn is a research investigator at the Center for Health Services Research and Eskind Diabetes Center, and a core faculty member in the Program on Effective Health Communication. Dr. Osborn's research focuses on improving care for ethnic minorities, and patients with limited literacy and numeracy skills who have diabetes and other chronic illnesses. Her current work involves understanding population-specific determinants of behavior change and testing frameworks to inform the design and content of self-care interventions that are culturally-tailored and literacy/numeracy appropriate.

Publications
Osborn, CY, Cavanaugh, K, Wallston, KA, White, RO, Rothman, RL. Diabetes numeracy: an overlooked factor in understanding racial disparities in glycemic control. Diabetes Care, 32(9), 1614-9, 2009.

Osborn, CY, Egede, LE. Validation of an Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model of diabetes self-care (IMB-DSC). Patient Educ Couns, , , 2009.

Osborn, CY, Davis, TC, Bailey, SC, Wolf, MS. Health Literacy in the Context of HIV Treatment: Introducing the Brief Estimate of Health Knowledge and Action (BEHKA)-HIV Version. AIDS Behav, , , 2008.

Osborn, CY, Fisher JD. Diabetes education: Integrating theory, cultural considerations, and individually-tailored content . Clinical Diabetes, 26(4), 148-150, 2008.

Khankari, K, Eder, M, Osborn, CY, Makoul, G, Clayman, M, Skripkauskas, S, Diamond-Shapiro, L, Makundan, D, Wolf, MS. Improving colorectal cancer screening among the medically underserved: a pilot study within a federally qualified health center. J Gen Intern Med, 22(10), 1410-4, 2007. PMCID:2305844

Osborn, CY, Paasche-Orlow, MK, Davis, TC, Wolf, MS. Health literacy: an overlooked factor in understanding HIV health disparities. Am J Prev Med, 33(5), 374-8, 2007.

Osborn, CY, Weiss, BD, Davis, TC, Skripkauskas, S, Rodrigue, C, Bass, PF, Wolf, MS. Measuring adult literacy in health care: performance of the newest vital sign. Am J Health Behav, 31 Suppl 1, S36-46, 2007.

Persell, SD, Osborn, CY, Richard, R, Skripkauskas, S, Wolf, MS. Limited health literacy is a barrier to medication reconciliation in ambulatory care. J Gen Intern Med, 22(11), 1523-6, 2007. PMCID:2219798

Wolf, MS, Davis, TC, Osborn, CY, Skripkauskas, S, Bennett, CL, Makoul, G. Literacy, self-efficacy, and HIV medication adherence. Patient Educ Couns, 65(2), 253-60, 2007.

Osborn, CY, Johnson, BT, Fisher JD. After 9/11 at ground zero: The anxiety-buffering effects of worldview support on the first anniversary of 9/11 . Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 2(65), 303-310, 2006.

Fisher, JD, Cornman, DH, Osborn, CY, Amico, KR, Fisher, WA, Friedland, GA. Clinician-initiated HIV risk reduction intervention for HIV-positive persons: Formative Research, Acceptability, and Fidelity of the Options Project. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 37 Suppl 2, S78-87, 2004.

Postdoctoral Position Available
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Postdoctoral Position Details
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Updated Date
10/27/2009


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