Publications
Weller SC, Baer R, Nash A, Perez N. Discovering successful strategies
for diabetic self-management: a qualitative comparative study. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care. May 2017; 5(10): e000349. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2016-000349.
Jana KK. Do low glycemic index diets increase insulin sensitivity in overweight or obese patients? Evidence-based Practice. December 2016; 19(12): e12.
Weller SC, Baer R, Garcia de Alba Garcia JE, Salcedo Rocha AL. Are
difference between patient and provider explanatory models of diabetes
associated with patient self-management and glycemic control? Journal of the Poor and Underserved. 2013; 24(4): 1498-1510. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0166.
Baer R, Weller SC, Garcia de Alba Garcia JE, Salcedo Rocha AL.
Ethnomedical and biomedical realities: is there an epidemiological
relationship between stress-related folk illnesses and type 2 diabetes? Human Organization. 2012; 1(4): 339-347.
Olson MM, Trevino DB, Islam J, Denner L. The biopsychosocial milieu
of type II diabetes: an exploratory study of the impact of social
relationships on a chronic inflammatory disease. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. 2010. 40(3): 289-305.
Dallo FJ, Weller SC, Cass A: Variations in glucose test ordering
practices by diabetes risk factors. J Amer Board Fam Med. 2008,
21(3):249-50.
Dallo FJ, Weller SC, Cass A: Diabetes risk factors and testing in a Family Medicine clinic: Implications for quality of care. Texas Medicine. 2007, 107(3):45-50
Garcia de Alba Garcia JE, Salcedo Rocha AL, Lopez I, Baer RD,
Dressler WW, Weller SC: “Diabetes is my companion”: Lifestyle and
self-management among good and poor control Mexican diabetics. Social
Science & Medicine. 2007, 64:2223-35.
Garcia de Alba JE, Dallo FJ, Salcedo Rocha AL, Colunga Rodríguez C,
Baer RD, Perez N, Weller SC: The relative effect of self-management
practices on glycemic control in Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Mexico. J
of Chronic Illness. 2006, 2:77-85.
Dallo FJ, Weller SC: Effectiveness of diabetes mellitus screening
recommendations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2003,
100(18): 10574-10579.
Funding
A Shepherd, MD: Are cardiovascular disease risk factors among
patients with type 2 diabetes being managed according to evidence-based
guidelines in an academic residency environment? Texas Academy of Family
Physicians Foundation. 2/09 -07/10 $5000.
W J Alonso, MD: A retrospective cohort study evaluating the
relationship between uncontrolled obstructive sleep apnea and intensity
of hypoglycemic therapy among type 2 diabetics. The Joint AAFP/F-AAFP
Grant Awards Program. 11/07-10/08 $2,000.
A Gomez, MD: Relationship between depression and glycemic control and
its correlation with medication adherence in patients with DM type 2: a
cohort study in a primary care setting. The Joint AAFP/F-AAFP Grant
Awards Program. 11/07-10/08 $2,000.
W J Alonso, MD: A cross-sectional study examining the association
between habitual snoring and glycemic control in type 2 diabetics. The
Joint AAFP/F-AAFP Grant Awards Program. 11/06-10/07 $2,000.
Benavides L: Is there a difference in intensity of physicians’
intervention among depressed and non-depressed patients with Diabetes
Mellitus Type 2? The Joint AAFP/F-AAFP Grant Awards Program. 11/05-10/06
$2,000.
Benavides L: Perception of self-efficacy and health status in
patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: A predictor of outcome. The
Joint AAFP/F-AAFP Grant Awards Program. 11/04-10/05 $2,000.
Syed, I: Improving Compliance with Guidelines for Care of Patents
with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus The Joint AAFP/F-AAFP Grant Awards
Program. 11/02-10/03 $2,000.
Gosselink P: Depression Among Diabetic Patients in a Community
Clinic: Prevalence, demographic correlates and effects of screening. The
Joint AAFP/F-AAFP Grant Awards Program. 11/01-10/02 $2,000.
Weller SC (PI), Baer RD: Cultural beliefs and health status in Type 2 diabetics. NSF 9/ 01 – 8/ 04 $264,830.