Dr. Mary Ann Abrams M.D., M.P.H.
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
8609 Nw 70th Ct Johnston IA, 50131About
Mary Abrams is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Johnston, IA. Abrams specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. As a preventative health specialist, Abrams participates in the planning and evaluation of health services, researches diseases in specific populations and helps manage health care organizations. Preventative medicine specialists can specialize further in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, or public health and general preventive medicine.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Developing an informed consent process with patient understanding in mind.
- Literacy and child health: a systematic review.
- Pediatricians and health literacy: descriptive results from a national survey.
- Improving patient-provider communication for patients having surgery: patient perceptions of a revised health literacy-based consent process.
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