Richard L. Kravitz
University of California, Davis
369 Papers
2.1K Citations
Richard L. Kravitz is an academic researcher from University of California, Davis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Health care. The author has an hindex of 78, co-authored 357 publications. Previous affiliations of Richard L. Kravitz include MCPHS University & University of California, Los Angeles.
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Papers
Training Primary Care Physicians to Employ Self-Efficacy-Enhancing Interviewing Techniques: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Standardized Patient Intervention
Anthony F Jerant,Richard L. Kravitz,Daniel J. Tancredi,Debora A. Paterniti,Debora A. Paterniti,Lynda White,Lynn Baker-Nauman,Dionne Evans-Dean,Chloe Villarreal,Lori Ried,Andrew Hudnut,Peter Franks +11 more
TL;DR: Primary care physicians receiving brief SPI-delivered training increased their use of SEE IT and found the training to be of value, and patients visiting SEE IT-trained physicians experience improved health behaviors and outcomes.
A transnational study of migration and smoking behavior in the Mexican-origin population.
Elisa K. Tong,Naomi Saito,Daniel J. Tancredi,Guilherme Borges,Richard L. Kravitz,Ladson Hinton,Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola,María Elena Medina-Mora,Joshua Breslau +8 more
TL;DR: Evidence suggests that smoking is suppressed among migrants relative to the broader transnational Mexican-origin population.
An Exploration of Maitland's Concept of Pain Irritability in Patients with Low Back Pain
TL;DR: The Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire, presence of distal symptoms, and forward bending tolerance were found to have a stronger association with the irritability judgments than the dimensions of irritability identified in this study.
Ratings of Physician Communication by Real and Standardized Patients
TL;DR: Real patient and standardized patient ratings of physician communication style differ substantially and appear to provide different information about physicians’ communication style.
Goals of Chronic Pain Management: Do Patients and Primary Care Physicians Agree and Does it Matter?
TL;DR: Patients and physicians prioritize substantially different goals for chronic pain management, but there is no evidence that agreement predicts patient experience or physician-reported visit difficulty.