Kenneth B. Wells — Publications
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Integration of Arts and Health Sciences in Developing an Opera on Veteran Resilience and Recovery
2023
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Impact of Veteran Journeys Opera on Audience Member Attitudes Related to Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress or Unstable Housing
2022
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Veteran Journeys: Creating an Opera Based on Research, Clinical, and Personal Experiences
2021
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Engaging Community Networks to Improve Depression Services: A Cluster-Randomized Trial of a Community Engagement and Planning Intervention
2020
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Commentary: Applying the Community Partners in Care Approach to the Opioid Crisis
2018
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Emotional Well-Being and Public Health: Proposal for a Model National Initiative
2018
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Evaluating Community Partnerships Addressing Community Resilience in Los Angeles, California
2018
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Improving Adjustment and Resilience in Children Following a Disaster: Addressing Research Challenges
2018
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Perceptual and Structural Facilitators and Barriers to Becoming a Surgeon: A Qualitative Study of African-American and Latino Surgeons
2018
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A Community-Partnered, Participatory, Cluster-Randomized Study of Depression Care Quality Improvement: Three-Year Outcomes
2017
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Community Partners in Care: 6-Month Outcomes of Two Quality Improvement Depression Care Interventions in Male Participants
2017
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Comparative Effectiveness of Two Models of Depression Services Quality Improvement in Health and Community Sectors
2017
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How Do Communities Use a Participatory Public Health Approach to Build Resilience? The Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience Project
2017
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Primary Care-Mental Health Integration in the VA: Shifting Mental Health Services for Common Mental Illnesses to Primary Care
2017
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The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in the Depression Care of African Americans and Hispanics in Los Angeles
2017
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Using Stakeholder Input to Inform an Innovative Research and Policy Initiative to Improve Depression in Safety Net Communities
2017
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Community Engagement Compared with Technical Assistance to Disseminate Depression Care Among Low-Income, Minority Women: A Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Study
2016
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The Effects of Collaborative Care Training on Case Managers' Perceived Depression-Related Services Delivery
2016
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The Fracture of Relational Space in Depression: Predicaments in Primary Care Help Seeking
2016
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The Impact of Community Engagement on Health, Social, and Utilization Outcomes in Depressed, Impoverished Populations: Secondary Findings from a Randomized Trial
2016
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Comorbid Depression and Substance Abuse Among Safety-Net Clients in Los Angeles: A Community Participatory Study
2015
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Consumer-involved Participatory Research to Address General Medical Health and Wellness in a Community Mental Health Setting
2015
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Grandparenting Experiences Among Adults with a History of Depression: A Mixed-Methods Study
2015
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Minority Parents' Perspectives on Racial Socialization and School Readiness in the Early Childhood Period
2015
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Participation in Training for Depression Care Quality Improvement: A Randomized Trial of Community Engagement or Technical Support
2015
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Sampling and Recruiting Community-Based Programs Using Community-Partnered Participation Research
2015
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12-Month Outcomes of Community Engagement Versus Technical Assistance to Implement Depression Collaborative Care: A Partnered, Cluster, Randomized, Comparative Effectiveness Trial
2014
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Implementing Psychological First-Aid Training for Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers
2014
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The Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience Project: A Community-Level, Public Health Initiative to Build Community Disaster Resilience
2014
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Older Depressed Latinos' Experiences with Primary Care Visits for Personal, Emotional And/Or Mental Health Problems: A Qualitative Analysis
2014
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Applying Community Engagement to Disaster Planning: Developing the Vision and Design for the Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience Initiative
2013
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Building Community Disaster Resilience: Perspectives from a Large Urban County Department of Public Health
2013
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Community Engagement in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery: A Tale of Two Cities – Los Angeles and New Orleans
2013
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Community-partnered Cluster-Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Community Engagement and Planning or Resources for Services to Address Depression Disparities
2013
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Community-partnered Evaluation of Depression Services for Clients of Community-Based Agencies in Under-Resourced Communities in Los Angeles
2013
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Getting Actionable About Community Resilience: The Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience Project
2013
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Community-based Partnered Research: New Directions in Mental Health Services Research
2012
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Post-Katrina Project Demonstrates a Rapid, Participatory Assessment of Health Care and Develops a Partnership for Post-Disaster Recovery in New Orleans
2010
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Using a Community Partnered Participatory Research Approach to Implement a Randomized Controlled Trial: Planning Community Partners in Care
2010
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Applying Health Care Reform Principles to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
2009
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Community Partners in Care: Leveraging Community Diversity to Improve Depression Care for Underserved Populations
2009
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How Quality Improvement Interventions for Depression Affect Stigma Concerns Over Time: A Nine-Year Follow-Up Study
2009
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Long-term Benefits of Short-Term Quality Improvement Interventions for Depressed Youths in Primary Care
2009
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Promoting Mental Health Recovery After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: What Can Be Done at What Cost
2009
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Rapid Community Participatory Assessment of Health Care in Post-Storm New Orleans
2009
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"Research" in Community-Partnered, Participatory Research
2009
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Teaching Community-Based Participatory Research Principles to Physicians Enrolled in a Health Services Research Fellowship
2009
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Using Community Arts Events to Enhance Collective Efficacy and Community Engagement to Address Depression in an African American Community
2009
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The Vision, Valley, and Victory of Community Engagement
2009
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Work Through the Valley: Do
2009
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Work Through the Valley: Evaluate
2009
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Bringing Experimental Design to Community-Partnered Participatory Research
2008
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The Effects of Quality Improvement for Depression in Primary Care at Nine Years: Results from a Randomized, Controlled Group-Level Trial
2008
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How a Therapy-Based Quality Improvement Intervention for Depression Affected Life Events and Psychological Well-Being Over Time: A 9-Year Longitudinal Analysis
2008
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Interventions in Organizational and Community Context: A Framework for Building Evidence on Dissemination and Implementation in Health Services Research
2008
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Out of the Ivory Tower, Into the Real World: Examples of Street-Smart Community Health Research
2008
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The Societal Promise of Improving Care for Depression: Nine Years Out
2008
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A Community-Based Participatory Assessment of Health Care Needs in Post-Katrina New Orleans: An Update for Community Members and Advocates
2007
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Cost-Effectiveness of Quality Improvement Programs for Patients With Subthreshold Depression or Depressive Disorder
2007
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The Cumulative Effects of Quality Improvement for Depression on Outcome Disparities Over 9 Years: Results from a Randomized, Controlled Group-Level Trial
2007
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The Effects of Health Sector Market Factors and Vulnerable Group Membership on Access to Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Care
2007
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The Importance of Social Context: Neighborhood Stressors, Stress-Buffering Mechanisms, and Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Disorders
2007
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Mental Health Service Use Among Hurricane Katrina Survivors in the Eight Months After the Disaster
2007
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Processes and Outcomes of Substance Abuse Treatment Between Two Programs for Clients Insured Under Managed Care
2007
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The Teen Photovoice Project: A Pilot Study to Promote Health Through Advocacy
2007
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Adolescent Primary Care Patients' Preferences for Depression Treatment
2006
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Building an Academic-Community Partnered Network for Clinical Services Research: The Community Health Improvement Collaborative (CHIC)
2006
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The Building Wellness Project: A Case History of Partnership, Power Sharing, and Compromise
2006
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A Community Participatory Research Partnership: The Development of a Faith-Based Intervention for Children Exposed to Violence
2006
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Improving Care for Depression in Patients With Comorbid Substance Misuse
2006
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Influence of Patient Preference and Primary Care Clinician Proclivity for Watchful Waiting on Receipt of Depression Treatment
2006
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Innovative Approaches to Obtaining Community Feedback in the Witness for Wellness Experience
2006
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Longitudinal Patterns of Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Need and Care in a National Sample of U.S. Adults
2006
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Talking Wellness: A Description of a Community-Academic Partnered Project to Engage an African-American Community Around Depression Through the Use of Poetry, Film, and Photography
2006
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Three Steps for Improving the Quality of Mental Health Care in the United States
2006
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What Is Necessary to Transform the Quality of Mental Health Care
2006
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Witness for Wellness: Preliminary Findings from a Community-Academic Participatory Research Mental Health Initiative
2006
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Depression and Role Impairment Among Adolescents in Primary Care Clinics
2005
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Effectiveness of a Quality Improvement Intervention for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Clinics: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
2005
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Gender Patterns in Cost Effectiveness of Quality Improvement for Depression: Results of a Randomized, Controlled Trial
2005
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Generalizability of Studies on Mental Health Treatment and Outcomes, 1981 to 1996
2005
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Healing Storm Victims' Mental Health
2005
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Obstacles and Opportunities in Providing Mental Health Services Through a Faith-Based Network in Los Angeles
2005
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Physician Conceptions of Responsibility to Individual Patients and Distributive Justice in Health Care
2005
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Quality Improvement for Depression in Primary Care: Do Patients with Subthreshold Depression Benefit in the Long Run?
2005
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Quality of Publicly-Funded Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Care for Common Childhood Psychiatric Disorders in California
2005
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Bridging Community Intervention and Mental Health Services Research
2004
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Characteristics, Treatment Patterns, and Outcomes of Persistent Depression Despite Treatment in Primary Care
2004
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Clinician Screening and Treatment of Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Problems in Primary Care: Results from Healthcare for Communities
2004
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Cost-effectiveness of Interventions for Depressed Latinos
2004
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Do the Effects of Quality Improvement for Depression Care Differ for Men and Women?
2004
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Effects of Primary Care Depression Treatment on Minority Patients' Clinical Status and Employment
2004
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Five-year Impact of Quality Improvement for Depression: Results of a Group-Level Randomized Controlled Trial
2004
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The Partners in Care Approach to Ethics Outcomes in Quality Improvement Programs for Depression
2004
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Does Satisfaction Reflect the Technical Quality of Mental Health Care?
2003
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Impact of a Primary Care Quality Improvement Intervention on Use of Psychotherapy for Depression
2003
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Improving Care for Minorities: Can Quality Improvement Interventions Improve Care and Outcomes for Depressed Minorities? Results of a Randomized, Controlled Trial
2003
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Stigma and Depression Among Primary Care Patients
2003
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Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Care for Uninsured and Insured Adults
2002
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Beating Depression: The Journey to Hope
2002
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Do Family Physicians and Internists Differ in Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Reported Approaches for Depression?
2002
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Effects of Cost-Containment Strategies Within Managed Care on Continuity of The Relationship Between Patients with Depression and Their Primary Care Providers
2002
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The Effects of Primary Care Depression Treatment on Patients' Clinical Status and Employment
2002
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The Health Risks of Obesity: Worse Than Smoking, Drinking or Poverty
2002
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Improving the Care for Depression in Patients with Comorbid Medical Illness
2002
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Overcoming Barriers to Reducing the Burden of Affective Disorders
2002
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Quality Improvement for Depression Enhances Long-term Treatment Knowledge for Primary Care Clinicians
2002
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Unmet Need for Mental Health Care Among U.S. Children: Variation by Ethnicity and Insurance Status
2002
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Can Quality Improvement Programs for Depression in Primary Care Address Patient Preferences for Treatment?
2001
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Can Utility-Weighted Health-Related Quality-of-Life Estimates Capture Health Effects of Quality Improvement for Depression?
2001
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Cost-effectiveness of Practice-Initiated Quality Improvement for Depression: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
2001
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Does Obesity Contribute as Much to Morbidity as Poverty or Smoking?
2001
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Fidelity, Adherence and Robustness of Interventions
2001
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Impact of Disseminating Quality Improvement Programs for Depression in Managed Primary Care
2001
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Long-term Effectiveness of Disseminating Quality Improvement for Depression in Primary Care
2001
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The Quality Improvement for Depression Collaboration: General Analytic Strategies for a Coordinated Study of Quality Improvement in Depression Care
2001
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The Quality of Care for Depressive and Anxiety Disorders in the United States
2001
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RAND Review: Vol. 25, No. 3, Fall 2001
2001
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Two-year Effects of Quality Improvement Programs on Medication Management for Depression
2001
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Are People With Mental Illness Getting the Help They Need? New Findings About Parity Laws, Insurance Coverage, and Access to Care
2000
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Clinical Trials and Effectiveness Research
2000
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Clinician Guide to Depression Assessment and Management in Primary Care
2000
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Community Effects on Access to Behavioral Health Care
2000
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Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life in Ethnic Minorities Seeking Care in General Medical Settings
2000
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Estimation of Utilities for the Effects of Depression from the SF-12
2000
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Functioning and Utility for Current Health of Patients with Drepression or Chronic Medical Conditions in Managed, Primary Care Practices
2000
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Guidelines and Resources for the Depression Nurse Specialist
2000
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Guidelines for the Study Therapist
2000
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Health Insurance May Be Improving, But Not For Individuals With Mental Illness
2000
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Mental Disorders and the Use of Alternative Medicine: Results from a National Survey
2000
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Partners in Care: Hope for Those Who Struggle with Hope
2000
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Training Agendas and Materials for Expert Leaders, Depression Nurse Specialists, and Psychotherapists
2000
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Treatment Preferences Among Depressed Primary Care Patients
2000
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Who Is at Risk of Nondetection of Mental Health Problems in Primary Care?
2000
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The Design of Healthcare for Communities: A Study of Health Care Delivery for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Conditions
1999
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The Design of Partners in Care: Evaluating the Cost Effectiveness of Improving Care for Depression in Primary Care
1999
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Evidence-Based Care for Depression in Managed Primary Care Practices
1999
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Labor Force Participation by Persons with Mental Illness
1999
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A Naturalistic Study of Psychotherapy: The Medical Outcomes Study Approach
1999
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Quality of Care for Primary Care Patients with Depression in Managed Care
1999
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Relationship Between Age and Patients' Current Health State Preferences
1999
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Termination of Social Security Benefits Among Los Angeles Recipients Disabled by Substance Abuse
1999
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Treating Depression in Staff-Model Versus Network-Model Managed Care Organizations
1999
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Treatment Research at the Crossroads: The Scientific Interface of Clinical Trials and Effectiveness Research
1999
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What Outcomes Matter to Patients?
1999
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Empirically Defined Health States for Depression from the SF-12
1998
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Improving the Quality and Cost-Effectiveness of Treatment for Depression
1998
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Medication Management of Depression in the United States and Ontario
1998
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Physician Knowledge, Financial Incentives and Treatment Decisions for Depression
1998
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Caring for Depression in Primary Care: Defining and Illustrating the Policy Context
1997
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Course of Depression in Patients with Comorbid Anxiety Disorders
1997
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Measuring Health Outcomes for Depression
1997
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Functioning and Quality of Life Outcomes in a Nationally Representative Sample of Male Vietnam Veterans
1997
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Functioning and Quality of Life Outcomes in Female Vietnam Veterans
1997
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Treatment Typically Provided for Comorbid Anxiety Disorders
1997
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Caring for Depression
1996
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Comorbid anxiety disorder and the functioning and well-being of chronically ill patients of general medical providers
1996
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Counseling typically provided for depression : role of clinician specialty and payment system
1996
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Effects of Medicare's Prospective Payment System on Service Use by Depressed Elderly Inpatients
1996
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Functioning and well-being of patients with panic disorder
1996
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Functioning and well-being outcomes of patients with depression compared with chronic general medical illnesses
1996
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Prevalence of comorbid anxiety disorders in primary care outpatients
1996
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Provider choice and continuity for the treatment of depression
1996
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Switches between Prepaid and Fee-for-Service Health Systems among Depressed Outpatients: Results from the Medical Outcomes Study
1996
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Care for Depression in a Changing Environment
1995
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Cost Containment and Mental Health Outcomes: Experiences from U.s. Studies
1995
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How Can Care for Depression Become More Cost-Effective?
1995
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Identifying Modifiable Risk Factors for Rehospitalization: A Case-Control Study of Seriously Mentally Ill Persons in Mississippi
1995
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Impact of Prior and Current Alcohol Use on Use of Services by Patients with Depression and Chronic Medical Illnesses
1995
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Issues and Approaches in Evaluating Managed Mental Health Care
1995
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Mental Health Care Utilization in Prepaid and Fee-For-Service Plans Among Depressed Patients in the Medical Outcomes Study
1995
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Personal and psychosocial risk factors for physical and mental health outcomes and course of depression among depressed patients
1995
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Quality of Care for Depressed Elderly Patients Hospitalized in the Specialty Psychiatric Units or General Medical Wards
1995
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Severity of depression in prepaid and fee-for-service general medical and mental health specialty practices
1995
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Subthreshold depression and depressive disorder: Clinical characteristics of general medical and mental health specialty outpatients
1995
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Can Prepaid Care for Depression be Improved Cost-Effectively?
1994
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Clinician Specialty and Treatment Style for Depressed Outpatients with and Without Medical Comorbidities
1994
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Clinician Specialty and Treatment Style for Depressed Outpatients With and Without Medical Comorbidities
1994
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Do Depressed Patients in Different Treatment Settings Have Different Levels of Well-Being and Functioning?
1994
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Institutional and Economic Influences on Quality of Nursing Documentation
1994
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Long-term Functioning and Well-Being Outcomes Associated with Physical Activity and Exercise in Patients with Chronic Conditions in the Medical Outcomes Study
1994
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Prevalence of comorbid alcohol disorder and consumption in medically ill and depressed patients
1994
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Provider Choice and Continuity for the Treatment of Depression
1994
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Quality of Antidepressant Medications Prescribed at Discharge to Depressed Elderly Patients in General Medical Hospitals Before and After Prospective Payment System
1994
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Quality of Care for Depressed Elderly Pre-Post Prospective Payment System: Differences in Response Across Treatment Settings
1994
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The structure of patient satisfaction with outpatient medical care
1994
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Understanding ''Usual'' Interpersonal Care for Depression: Role of Clinician Specialty and Payment System
1994
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Development of measures of physical activity/exercise and tests of variations in physical activity levels within chronic disease groups in the Medical Outcomes Study
1993
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Do limitations in functioning and well-being of depressed outpatients persist over time?
1993
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Health plan and provider switching among depressed outpatients in the Medical Outcomes Study
1993
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Outcomes for adult outpatients with depression under prepaid or fee-for-service financing
1993
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Personal and psychosocial risk factors for physical and mental health outcomes and course of depression among depressed patients
1993
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Quality of Care for Hospitalized Depressed Elderly Patients Before and After Implementation of the Medicare Prospective Payment System
1993
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Clinical Factors Associated with Better Quality of Life in a Seriously Mentally Ill Population
1992
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The Effects of Preferred Provider Options in Fee-for-Service Plans on Use of Outpatient Mental Health Services by Three Employee Groups
1992
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The Effects of the DRG-Based Prospective Payment System on Quality of Care for Hospitalized Medicare Patients: Final Report
1992
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First-year Students' Expectations of Interacting with Minority Patients and Colleagues
1992
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Measuring Functioning and Well-Being: The Medical Outcomes Study Approach
1992
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Medicare's PPS Implementation and Increase in Recording of Psychotic Depressive Disorder: Some Thoughts on the Reasons
1992
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Reasons for Drinking, Alcohol Use, and Alcoholism Among Mexican Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites
1992
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Caring for Depression in America: Lessons Learned from Early Findings of the Medical Outcomes Study
1991
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The Effects of Preferred Provider Options on Use of Outpatient Mental Health Services for Three Employee Groups
1991
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The Effects of the DRG-Based Prospective Payment System on Quality of Care for Hospitalized Medicare Patients: Executive Summary
1991
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Gender Differences in Depression Detection: A Comparison of Clinician Diagnosis and Standardized Assessment
1991
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How Do HMOs Reduce Outpatient Mental Health Care Costs?
1991
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How the Medical Comorbidity of Depressed Patients Differs Across Health Care Settings: Results from the Medical Outcomes Study
1991
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Mental Health and Selection of Preferred Providers: Experience in Three Employee Groups
1991
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Quality of Life of Seriously Mentally Ill Persons in Mississippi
1991
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Alcohol Use and Depressive Symptoms Among Mexican Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites
1990
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Health Care Utilization in Employer Plans with Preferred Provider Organization Options
1990
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Patterns of Outpatient Mental Health Care Over Time: Some Implications for Estimates of Demand and for Benefit Design
1990
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The Study of Preferred Provider Organizations: Executive Summary
1990
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A Summary of the Effects of DRG-Based Prospective Payment System on Quality of Care for Hospitalized Medicare Patients
1990
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Acculturation and the Probability of Use of Health Services by Mexican Americans
1989
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Affective, Substance Use, and Anxiety Disorders in Persons with Arthritis, Diabetes, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, or Chronic Lung Conditions
1989
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Chronic Medical Conditions in a Sample of the General Population with Anxiety, Affective, and Substance Use Disorders
1989
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The Effects of a Prepaid Group Practice on Mental Health Outcomes of a General Population: Results from a Randomized Trial
1989
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The Effects of Insurance Generosity on the Psychological Distress and Well-Being of a General Population: Results from a Randomized Trial of Insurance
1989
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Effects of Mental Health Insurance: Evidence from the Health Insurance Experiment
1989
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Functional Status and Well-Being of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Results from the Medical Outcomes Study
1989
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The Functioning and Well-Being of Depressed Patients: Results from the Medical Outcomes Study
1989
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Improving the Preparation of Preclinical Students for Taking Sexual Histories
1989
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Data Collection for a Study of Variation in Psychiatric Care Resource Use
1988
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Historical Trends in Quality Assurance for Mental Health
1988
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Management of Patients on Psychotropic Drugs in Primary Care Clinics
1988
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Medical Record Abstraction Form and Guidelines for Assessing Quality of Care for Hospitalized Patients with Depression
1988
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Psychiatric Disorder and Limitations in Physical Functioning in a Sample of the Los Angeles General Population
1988
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Commentary: Assessment of Psychological Morbidity in Primary Care
1987
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Use of Outpatient Mental Health Services Over Time in a Health Maintenance Organization and Fee-for-Service Plans
1987
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The Demand for Episodes of Mental Health Services
1986
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The Practices of General and Subspecialty Internists in Counseling About Smoking and Exercise
1986
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Quality of Care for Psychotropic Drug Use in Internal Medicine Group Practices
1986
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Use of Outpatient Mental Health Care: Trial of a Prepaid Group Practice Versus Fee-for-Service
1986
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Career Orientations of Medical and Pediatric Residents
1985
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Depression as a Tracer Condition for the National Study of Medical Care Outcomes: Background Review
1985
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Health Status, Sociodemographic Factors, and Use of Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs
1985
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Cost Sharing and the Use of Ambulatory Mental Health Services
1984
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Health Status and the Use of Outpatient Mental Health Services
1984
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Conceptualization and Measurement of Health for Adults: Use of Hypnotic and Anxiolytic Drugs
1982
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Cost Sharing and the Demand for Ambulatory Mental Health Services
1982