Lisa K. Sharp
University of Illinois at Chicago
167 Papers
868 Citations
Lisa K. Sharp is an academic researcher from University of Illinois at Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 146 publications. Previous affiliations of Lisa K. Sharp include NorthShore University HealthSystem & University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
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Papers
Traveling Towards Disease: Transportation Barriers to Health Care Access
TL;DR: Overall, the evidence supports that transportation barriers are an important barrier to healthcare access, particularly for those with lower incomes or the under/uninsured.
Anti-vaccinationists past and present
Robert M. Wolfe,Lisa K. Sharp +1 more
TL;DR: The activities of today's propagandists against immunisations are directly descended from those of the anti-vaccinationists of the late nineteenth century, say Robert Wolfe and Lisa Sharp.
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From idea to market: the drug approval process
Martin S. Lipsky,Lisa K. Sharp +1 more
TL;DR: The drug development process is described based on a review of the literature and Web sites addressing FDA processes and policies and it is claimed that changes in the approval process help patients with debilitating diseases that were previously denied critical medication because of bureaucratic regulations.
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Weight loss and African-American women: a systematic review of the behavioural weight loss intervention literature.
Marian L. Fitzgibbon,Lisa Tussing-Humphreys,Jerlym S. Porter,Iman K. Martin,Angela Odoms-Young,Lisa K. Sharp +5 more
TL;DR: This paper conducted a systematic review of all behavioral weight loss intervention trials published between 1990 and 2010 that included and reported results separately for African-American women, and found that more intensive randomized behavioural weight loss trials with medically at-risk populations yield better results.
Dismissing the Family Who Refuses Vaccines: A Study of Pediatrician Attitudes
TL;DR: Pediatricians commonly face vaccine refusal that they perceive to be due to parent safety concerns, and many pediatricians say they would discontinue care for families refusing some or all vaccines, which is inconsistent with an apparent ambivalence about newer, yet recommended, vaccines.
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