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Betty J Kramer

Title(s)Adjunct Professor, Medicine
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    VHA-Indian Health Service Collaborations in Rural Health: HBPC
    NIH I01HX000883Jul 1, 2013 - Jun 30, 2016
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Clinical and organization impacts in primary care clinic and home based primary care through quality improvement in a continuing professional development program: VA Geriatric Scholars program. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2026 Jan 27; 1-11. Kramer BJ, Douglas JR. PMID: 41589519.
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    2. Changing rural-urban and racial patterns in VA tele-mental health use among women Veterans, 2019-2022. J Rural Health. 2025 Sep; 41(4):e70097. Mengeling MA, Batten A, Howren MB, Kramer BJ, Miell KR, Davila H, Sadler AG. PMID: 41376288.
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    3. The Geriatric Scholars Program: Expanding the Workforce Equipped to Care for the Mental Health Needs of Older Veterans. Acad Psychiatry. 2025 Oct; 49(5):474-478. Rodriguez RL, van Zuilen MH, Gould CE, Fernandez C, Hyduke S, Kang S, Gregg JJ, Douglas J, Kramer BJ. PMID: 40764853.
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    4. A Method for Enhancing Specialty Skills of Practicing Psychologists: Independent Learning Plan Experiences among Psychologists working in the Veterans Health Administration. Prof Psychol Res Pr. 2025 Jun 30; 2025. Gould CE, Gregg JJ, Rodriguez RL, Mehta PS, Kramer BJ. PMID: 40893714; PMCID: PMC12396159.
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    5. Preparing Veterans Health Administration Psychologists to Meet the Complex Needs of Aging Veterans. Fed Pract. 2024 Apr; 41(Suppl 1):S10-S15. Gould CE, Rodriguez RL, Gregg JJ, Page K, Melendez L, Douglas JR, Lewis J, Kramer BJ. PMID: 38813265; PMCID: PMC11132096.
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    6. Associations of Self-Reported Sleep Quality with Demographic and Other Characteristics in Older Korean Immigrants. J Immigr Minor Health. 2022 Apr; 24(2):403-411. Song Y, Martin JL, Lee D, Kramer BJ, Ryan GW, Hays RD, Choi SE. PMID: 33751360; PMCID: PMC7942980.
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    7. Barriers and Facilitators to Preparedness for Death: Experiences of Family Caregivers of Elders with Dementia. J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2019 Jan-Mar; 15(1):55-74. Hovland CA, Kramer BJ. PMID: 30995886.
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    8. Preparedness for Death: How Caregivers of Elders With Dementia Define and Perceive its Value. Gerontologist. 2017 11 10; 57(6):1093-1102. Hovland-Scafe CA, Kramer BJ. PMID: 27342441; PMCID: PMC5881688.
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    9. Estimated Prevalence of Insomnia among Women Veterans: Results of a Postal Survey. Womens Health Issues. 2017 May - Jun; 27(3):366-373. Martin JL, Schweizer CA, Hughes JM, Fung CH, Dzierzewski JM, Washington DL, Kramer BJ, Jouldjian S, Mitchell MN, Josephson KR, Alessi CA. PMID: 28110799; PMCID: PMC5435535.
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    10. The VA Geriatric Scholars Program. Fed Pract. 2015 May; 32(5):46-48. Kramer BJ. PMID: 30766064; PMCID: PMC6363304.
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    11. Correlates and Predictors of Conflict at the End of Life Among Families Enrolled in Hospice. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Aug; 50(2):155-62. Kramer BJ, Boelk AZ. PMID: 25891662.
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    12. Improving access to noninstitutional long-term care for American Indian veterans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Apr; 63(4):789-96. Kramer BJ, Creekmur B, Cote S, Saliba D. PMID: 25854124; PMCID: PMC4444212.
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    13. Development of the Usability of Sleep Apnea Equipment-Positive Airway Pressure (USE-PAP) questionnaire. Sleep Med. 2015 May; 16(5):645-51. Fung CH, Martin JL, Hays RD, Rodriguez JC, Igodan U, Jouldjian S, Dzierzewski JM, Kramer BJ, Josephson K, Alessi C. PMID: 25890783; PMCID: PMC4426010.
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    14. Human factors/usability barriers to home medical devices among individuals with disabling conditions: in-depth interviews with positive airway pressure device users. Disabil Health J. 2015 Jan; 8(1):86-92. Fung CH, Igodan U, Alessi C, Martin JL, Dzierzewski JM, Josephson K, Kramer BJ. PMID: 25126995; PMCID: PMC4268236.
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    15. Factors contributing to economic burden in lung cancer spousal caregivers. Palliat Support Care. 2015 Jun; 13(3):691-700. Kavanaugh M, Kramer BJ, Walsh MC, Trentham-Dietz A. PMID: 24825661; PMCID: PMC6333315.
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    16. Enhancing palliative care for low-income elders with chronic disease: feasibility of a hospice consultation model. J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2014; 10(4):356-77. Kramer BJ, Cleary JF, Mahoney JE. PMID: 25494931; PMCID: PMC4321750.
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    17. Facilitating advance care planning with ethnically diverse groups of frail, low-income elders in the USA: perspectives of care managers on challenges and recommendations. Health Soc Care Community. 2014 Mar; 22(2):169-77. Kwak J, Ko E, Kramer BJ. PMID: 24495270.
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    18. Social workers' roles in addressing the complex end-of-life care needs of elders with advanced chronic disease. J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2013; 9(4):308-30. Kramer BJ. PMID: 24295099.
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    19. Advancing theory of family conflict at the end of life: a hospice case study. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2012 Nov; 44(5):655-70. Boelk AZ, Kramer BJ. PMID: 22727256.
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    20. Effects of a late-life suicide risk--assessment training on multidisciplinary healthcare providers. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Apr; 60(4):775-80. Huh JT, Weaver CM, Martin JL, Caskey NH, O'Riley A, Kramer BJ. PMID: 22288717; PMCID: PMC5007944.
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    21. Perceived success in addressing end-of-life care needs of low-income elders and their families: what has family conflict got to do with it? J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Jan; 41(1):35-48. Kramer BJ, Yonker JA. PMID: 20832980.
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    22. Complicated grief symptoms in caregivers of persons with lung cancer: the role of family conflict, intrapsychic strains, and hospice utilization. Omega (Westport). 2010-2011; 62(3):201-20. Kramer BJ, Kavanaugh M, Trentham-Dietz A, Walsh M, Yonker JA. PMID: 21495532; PMCID: PMC3265356.
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    23. Predictors of family conflict at the end of life: the experience of spouses and adult children of persons with lung cancer. Gerontologist. 2010 Apr; 50(2):215-25. Kramer BJ, Kavanaugh M, Trentham-Dietz A, Walsh M, Yonker JA. PMID: 19671660; PMCID: PMC2904531.
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    24. Challenges Facing Families at the End of Life in Three Settings. J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2009 Jul 01; 5(3-4):144-168. Kehl KA, Kirchhoff KT, Kramer BJ, Hovland-Scafe C. PMID: 20563315; PMCID: PMC2886299.
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    25. End-of-life concerns and care preferences: congruence among terminally ill elders and their family caregivers. Omega (Westport). 2009-2010; 60(3):273-97. Gardner DS, Kramer BJ. PMID: 20361726.
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    26. Identification of American Indian and Alaska Native veterans in administrative data of the Veterans Health Administration and the Indian Health Service. Am J Public Health. 2006 Sep; 96(9):1577-8. Kramer BJ, Wang M, Hoang T, Harker JO, Finke B, Saliba D. PMID: 16873744; PMCID: PMC1551963.
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    27. Family conflict at the end of life: lessons learned in a model program for vulnerable older adults. J Palliat Med. 2006 Jun; 9(3):791-801. Kramer BJ, Boelk AZ, Auer C. PMID: 16752985.
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    28. Challenges to providing end-of-life care to low-income elders with advanced chronic disease: lessons learned from a model program. Gerontologist. 2005 Oct; 45(5):651-60. Kramer BJ, Auer C. PMID: 16199400.
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    29. Final transitions: family caregiving at the end of life. J Palliat Med. 2005 Jun; 8(3):623-38. Waldrop DP, Kramer BJ, Skretny JA, Milch RA, Finn W. PMID: 15992205.
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    30. A national agenda for social work research in palliative and end-of-life care. J Palliat Med. 2005 Apr; 8(2):418-31. Kramer BJ, Christ GH, Bern-Klug M, Francoeur RB. PMID: 15890053.
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    31. All aboard: advancing the social work research agenda in end-of-life and palliative care. J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2005; 1(2):71-86. Bern-Klug M, Kramer BJ, Linder JF. PMID: 17387064.
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    32. Social work competencies in palliative and end-of-life care. J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2005; 1(1):87-120. Gwyther LP, Altilio T, Blacker S, Christ G, Csikai EL, Hooyman N, Kramer B, Linton J, Raymer M, Howe J. PMID: 17387058.
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    33. Family caregivers in palliative care. Clin Geriatr Med. 2004 Nov; 20(4):671-88, vi. Hauser JM, Kramer BJ. PMID: 15541619.
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