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Health Coaching by Medical Assistants to Improve Control of Diabetes, Hypertension, and Hyperlipidemia in Low-Income Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Rachel Willard-Grace, Ellen H. Chen, Danielle Hessler, Denise DeVore, Camille Prado, Thomas Bodenheimer and David H. Thom
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2015, 13 (2) 130-138; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1768
Rachel Willard-Grace
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Ellen H. Chen
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
2Silver Avenue Family Health Center, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California
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Danielle Hessler
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Denise DeVore
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Camille Prado
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Thomas Bodenheimer
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David H. Thom
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vol. 13 no. 2 130-138
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1768
PubMed 
25755034

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication June 25, 2014
  • Revision received October 6, 2014
  • Accepted for publication October 15, 2014
  • Published online March 9, 2015.

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  1. Rachel Willard-Grace, MPH1⇑,
  2. Ellen H. Chen, MD1,2,
  3. Danielle Hessler, PhD, MS1,
  4. Denise DeVore1,
  5. Camille Prado1,
  6. Thomas Bodenheimer, MD, MPH1 and
  7. David H. Thom, MD, PhD1
  1. 1Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
  2. 2Silver Avenue Family Health Center, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Rachel Willard-Grace, MPH, University of California San Francisco, Department of Family & Community Medicine, 1001 Potrero Ave, Ward 83, San Francisco, CA 94114, willardr{at}fcm.ucsf.edu
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Rachel Willard-Grace, Ellen H. Chen, Danielle Hessler, Denise DeVore, Camille Prado, Thomas Bodenheimer, David H. Thom
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