Linda Zittleman, MPH/MSPH
Sr. Instructor, Family Medicine

Publications

• Fernald DH, Nease DE Jr, Westfall JM, Kwan BM, Dickinson LM, Sofie B, Lutgen C, Carroll JK, Wolff D, Heeren L, Felzien M, Zittleman L. A randomized, parallel group, pragmatic comparative-effectiveness trial comparing medication-assisted treatment induction methods in primary care practices: The HOMER study protocol. PLoS One. 2023;18(9):e0290388. PubMed PMID: 37682828
• Westfall JM, Zittleman L. Cowboy poetry: finding and using safe venues for emotional expression. Rural Remote Health. 2023 Aug;23(3):8348. PubMed PMID: 37648225
• Martinez FJ, Han MK, Lopez C, Murray S, Mannino D, Anderson S, Brown R, Dolor R, Elder N, Joo M, Khan I, Knox LM, Meldrum C, Peters E, Spino C, Tapp H, Thomashow B, Zittleman L, Make B, Yawn BP. Discriminative Accuracy of the CAPTURE Tool for Identifying Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in US Primary Care Settings. JAMA. 2023 Feb 14;329(6):490-501. PubMed PMID: 36786790
• Cook JS, Kimball A, Zittleman L, Huntington MK. Improving Rates of Vitamin D Supplementation in Somali Immigrant Infants: A Prospective Interventional Pilot Trial. S D Med. 2022 Mar;75(3):130-133. PubMed PMID: 35708579
• Litchman ML, Kwan BM, Zittleman L, Simonetti J, Iacob E, Curcija K, Neuberger J, Latendress G, Oser TK. A Telehealth Diabetes Intervention for Rural Populations: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Jun 14;11(6):e34255. PubMed PMID: 35700026
• Oser TK, Zittleman L, Curcija K, Kwan B, Burke S, Gonzalez S, Huss K, Johnson M, Sanchez N, Neuberger J, Iacob E, Simonetti J, Litchman M. Informing a Randomized Control Trial in Rural Populations: Adaptation of a Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Intervention. JMIR Diabetes. 2022 Jun 10;7(2):e35664. PubMed PMID: 35687385
• Holtrop JS, Mullen R, Curcija K, Westfall JM, Zittleman L. The Balance Between Serving the Community and the Reality of Treating Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Primary Care Practices. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2022;33(1):253-267. PubMed PMID: 35153218
• Zittleman L, Curcija K, Nease DE Jr, Fisher M, Miriam Dickinson L, Thomas JF, Espinoza A, Sutter C, Ancona J, Holtrop JS, Westfall JM. Increasing Capacity for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Primary Care Practices. Ann Fam Med. 2022 Jan-Feb;20(1):18-23. PubMed PMID: 35074763
• Yawn BP, Han M, Make BM, Mannino D, Brown RW, Meldrum C, Murray S, Spino C, Bronicki JS, Leidy N, Tapp H, Dolor RJ, Joo M, Knox L, Zittleman L, Thomashow BM, Martinez FJ. Protocol Summary of the COPD Assessment in Primary Care To Identify Undiagnosed Respiratory Disease and Exacerbation Risk (CAPTURE) Validation in Primary Care Study. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2021 Jan;8(1). PubMed PMID: 33156981
• Fernald DH, Zittleman L, Gilchrist EC, Brou LI, Brou LI, Niebauer L, Ledonne C, Sutter C, Felzien M, Westfall JM, Green LA. UPSTREAM! Together evaluation results from community efforts to prevent mental, emotional, and behavioral health problems. Eval Program Plann. 2021 Dec;89:102000. PubMed PMID: 34555734
• Diaz Del Valle F, Koff PB, Min SJ, Zakrajsek JK, Zittleman L, Fernald DH, Nederveld A, Nease DE, Hunter AR, Moody EJ, Miller Temple K, Niblock JL, Grund C, Oser TK, Greiner KA, Vandivier RW. Challenges Faced by Rural Primary Care Providers When Caring for COPD Patients in the Western United States. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2021 Jul 28;8(3):336-349. PubMed PMID: 34048644
• Cole ES, DiDomenico E, Green S, Heil SKR, Hilliard T, Mossburg SE, Sussman AL, Warwick J, Westfall JM, Zittleman L, Salvador JG. The who, the what, and the how: A description of strategies and lessons learned to expand access to medications for opioid use disorder in rural America. Subst Abus. 2021;42(2):123-129. PubMed PMID: 33689594
• Yawn BP, Han M, Make BM, Mannino D, Brown RW, Meldrum C, Murray S, Spino C, Bronicki JS, Leidy N, Tapp H, Dolor RJ, Joo M, Knox L, Zittleman L, Thomashow BM, Martinez FJ. Protocol Summary of the COPD Assessment in Primary Care To Identify Undiagnosed Respiratory Disease and Exacerbation Risk (CAPTURE) Validation in Primary Care Study. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2021 Jan;8(1). PubMed PMID: 33156981
• Westfall JM, Zittleman L, Felzien M, Holtrop JS, Hall T, Fisher M, Simpson M, Pena-Jackson G, Nease DE, Jr. Appreciative Inquiry and Boot Camp Translation: Combining Methods for Community Health Improvement. J Participatory Research Methods. 2021;2(3). https://doi.org/10.35844/001c.29490
• Curcija K, Zittleman L, Fisher M, Nease DE Jr, Dickinson LM, de la Cerda D, Sutter C, Ancona J, Rank J, Westfall JM. Does a Rural Community-Based Intervention Improve Knowledge and Attitudes of Opioid Use Disorder and Medication-Assisted Treatment? A Report From the IT MATTTRs Study. J Rural Health. 2020 Nov 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33244841
• Risendal B, Westfall JM, Zittleman L, Hodgson C, Garrington T, Sutter C, Jarrell L, LeBlanc W, Overholser L. Impact of Cancer Survivorship Care Training on Rural Primary Care Practice Teams: a Mixed Methods Approach. J Cancer Educ. 2020 Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32974812
• Zittleman L, Curcija K, Sutter C, Dickinson LM, Thomas J, de la Cerda D, Nease DE Jr, Westfall JM. Building Capacity for Medication Assisted Treatment in Rural Primary Care Practices: The IT MATTTRs Practice Team Training. J Prim Care Community Health. 2020 Jan-Dec;11:2150132720953723. PubMed PMID: 32909491
• Nease DE Jr, Simpson MJ, Zittleman L, Holtrop JS, Hall TL, Fisher M, Felzien M, Westfall JM. Making the Random the Usual: Appreciative Inquiry/Boot Camp Translation-Developing Community-Oriented Evidence That Matters. J Prim Care Community Health. 2020 Jan-Dec;11:2150132720904176. PubMed PMID: 32009520
• Moody EJ, Harris B, Zittleman L, Nease DE, Westfall JM. It's time for a change!: The appreciative inquiry/bootcamp translation to address disparities in the Latino community with autism spectrum disorders. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2019 Jan;25(1):113-122. PubMed PMID: 30714773
• Holtrop JS, Fisher M, Martinez DE, Simpson M, Awadallah NS, Nease DE Jr, Zittleman L, Westfall JM. What Works for Managing Chronic Pain: An Appreciative Inquiry Qualitative Analysis. J Prim Care Community Health. 2019 Jan-Dec;10:2150132719885286. PubMed PMID: 31747822
• Fisher M, Brewer SE, Westfall JM, Simpson M, Zittleman L, O'Leary ST, Fernald DH, Nederveld A, Nease DE Jr. Strategies for Developing and Sustaining Patient and Community Advisory Groups: Lessons from the State Networks of Colorado Ambulatory Practices and Partners (SNOCAP) Consortium of Practice-Based Research Networks. J Am Board Fam Med. 2019 Sep-Oct;32(5):663-673. PubMed PMID: 31506362
• Fisher M, Brewer SE, Fernald DH, Summers Holtrop J, Nederveld A, O'Leary ST, Simpson M, Westfall JM, Zittleman L, Nease DE Jr. Process for Setting Research Priorities: A Case Study from the State Networks of Colorado Ambulatory Practices and Partners (SNOCAP) Consortium. J Am Board Fam Med. 2019 Sep-Oct;32(5):655-662. PubMed PMID: 31506361
• Al-Naqeeb J, Danner S, Fagnan LJ, Ramsey K, Michaels L, Mitchell J, Branca K, Morris C, Nease DE Jr, Zittleman L, Levy B, Daly J, Hahn D, Dolor RJ, Williams HC, Chalmers JR, Hanifin J, Tofte S, Zuckerman KE, Hansis K, Gundersen M, Block J, Karr F, Dunbrasky S, Siebe K, Dillon K, Cibotti R, Lapidus J, Simpson EL. The Burden of Childhood Atopic Dermatitis in the Primary Care Setting: A Report from the Meta-LARC Consortium. J Am Board Fam Med. 2019 Mar-Apr;32(2):191-200. PubMed PMID: 30850455
• Moody EJ, Harris B, Zittleman L, Nease DE, Westfall JM. It's time for a change!: The appreciative inquiry/bootcamp translation to address disparities in the Latino community with autism spectrum disorders. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2019 Jan;25(1):113-122. PubMed PMID: 30714773
• Westfall JM, Zittleman L. Quandaries in Authorship. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2018;12(2):117-120. PubMed PMID: 30270221
• English AF, Dickinson LM, Zittleman L, Nease DE Jr, Herrick A, Westfall JM, Simpson MJ, Fernald DH, Rhyne RL, Dickinson WP. A Community Engagement Method to Design Patient Engagement Materials for Cardiovascular Health. Ann Fam Med. 2018 Apr;16(Suppl 1):S58-S64. PubMed PMID: 29632227
• Coors ME, Westfall N, Zittleman L, Taylor M, Westfall JM. Translating Biobank Science into Patient-Centered Language. Biopreserv Biobank. 2018 Feb;16(1):59-63. PubMed PMID: 29190122
• Coors ME, Westfall N, Zittleman L, Taylor M, Westfall JM. Translating Biobank Science into Patient-Centered Language. Biopreserv Biobank. 2017 Nov 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29190122
• Westfall JM, Zittleman LK. Quandaries in patient and community engagement in research. Fam Pract. 2017 Jun 1;34(3):253-255. PubMed PMID: 28525925
• Westfall JM, Zittleman L, Felzien M, Ringel M, Lakin A, Nease D. Institutional review board training when patients and community members are engaged as researchers. Fam Pract. 2017 Jun 1;34(3):301-304. PubMed PMID: 28525924
• Allen ML, Salsberg J, Knot M, LeMaster JW, Felzien M, Westfall JM, Herbert CP, Vickery K, Culhane-Pera KA, Ramsden VR, Zittleman L, Martin RE, Macaulay AC. Engaging with communities, engaging with patients: amendment to the NAPCRG 1998 Policy Statement on Responsible Research With Communities. Fam Pract. 2017 Jun 1;34(3):313-321. PubMed PMID: 27543087
• Allen ML, Salsberg J, Knot M, LeMaster JW, Felzien M, Westfall JM, Herbert CP, Vickery K, Culhane-Pera KA, Ramsden VR, Zittleman L, Martin RE, Macaulay AC. Engaging with communities, engaging with patients: amendment to the NAPCRG 1998 Policy Statement on Responsible Research With Communities. Fam Pract. 2016 Aug 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27543087
• Westfall JM, Zittleman L, Felzien M, Norman N, Tamez M, Backlund-Jarquin P, Nease D. Reinventing The Wheel Of Medical Evidence: How The Boot Camp Translation Process Is Making Gains. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Apr;35(4):613-8. PubMed PMID: 27044960
• Felzien M, Zittleman L, Westfall JM. The Patient and Patient-Centered Medical Homes. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Apr;31(4):363. PubMed PMID: 26691312
• Felzien M, Zittleman L, Westfall JM. Farming, Ranching, Research: Patient Engagement on the High Plains. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Jan;31(1):3-4. PubMed PMID: 26259764
• Norman N, Cowart S, Felzien M, Haynes C, Hernandez M, Rodriquez MP, Sanchez N, Sanchez S, Winkelman K, Winkelman S, Van Vorst R, Zittleman L, Westfall JM. Testing to prevent colon cancer: how rural community members took on a community-based intervention. Ann Fam Med. 2013 Nov-Dec;11(6):568-70. PubMed PMID: 24218381
• Westfall JM, Zittleman L, Sutter C, Emsermann CB, Staton EW, Van Vorst R, Dickinson LM, Community Advisory Council. Testing to prevent colon cancer: results from a rural community intervention. Ann Fam Med. 2013 Nov-Dec;11(6):500-7. PubMed PMID: 24218373
• Norman N, Bennett C, Cowart S, Felzien M, Flores M, Flores R, Haynes C, Hernandez M, Rodriquez MP, Sanchez N, Sanchez S, Winkelman K, Winkelman S, Zittleman L, Westfall JM. Boot camp translation: a method for building a community of solution. J Am Board Fam Med. 2013 May-Jun;26(3):254-63. PubMed PMID: 23657693
• Zittleman L, Curcija K, Nease DE, Jr, Fisher M, Dickinson LM, Thomas JF, Espinoza A, Sutter C, Ancona J, Holtrop JS, Westfall JM. Increasing Capacity for Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Primary Care Practices. Annals of Family Medicine. In press.