Janet Prvu Bettger
Professor and Vice Chair for Rehabilitation Research; Co-Chair of Rehabilitation Quality and Operations
Also affiliated: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (2012); Boston University (2006–2008); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2016–2026); Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist (2015–2017); Brigham and Women's Hospital (2016); The University of Sydney (2016); Apple (Israel) (2018); Cleveland Clinic (2016); University of North Carolina Health Care (2025); Harvard University (2016–2022); Johns Hopkins University (2017); Hampton University (2012); University of California, Los Angeles (2016–2017); Illinois College (2016); University of Calgary (2016); University of Pittsburgh (2019); Duke University (2011–2026); Christian Medical College, Vellore (2016); Durham University (2014); University of Washington (2022); University of Michigan (2012); Crowder College (2020); Temple College (2023–2024); Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (2016); Center for Child and Family Health (2020–2022); Kohler (New Zealand) (2012); Piedmont International University (2025–2026); Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (2022); Duke Energy (United States) (2018); Beijing Tian Tan Hospital (2016); Massachusetts General Hospital (2016); Clinical Research Institute (2012–2024); National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases (2016); OSF HealthCare (2016); Abbott (Canada) (2012); Center for Neuro-Oncology (2019–2022); Neurobehavioral Systems (2012); Accurate Automation (United States) (2018); Christian Medical College (2016); The George Institute for Global Health (2016); Chinese Institute for Brain Research (2016); Durham VA Health Care System (2020); Consorzio Futuro in Ricerca (2018); Temple University Health System (2023); Duke Institute for Health Innovation (2016–2026); Duke Medical Center (2012–2026); Kohler (United States) (2012); Institute for Conflict Research (2018); Nanotherapeutics (United States) (2011); University Dermatology (2026); Durham VA Medical Center (2013); Hospital do Coração (2018); Wan Fang Hospital (2018); Global Policy Institute (2021); Duke University Health System (2012–2019); Community Health Center (2020–2022); Job Performance Systems (United States) (2018); Lux Research (United States) (2018); Department of Health (2018); Duke University Hospital (2012–2025); Phipps Houses (2018); Global Brain Health Institute (2017); Ontario Brain Institute (2016); Duke Kunshan University (2019); Wake Forest University (2018–2019); Trinity College (2022); San Francisco State University (1997); University of Pennsylvania (2007–2022); Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (2022); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2018); Temple University (2023–2024); The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2016); Michigan State University (2016)
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Janet Prvu Bettger's research focuses on improving health and social care integration, particularly for individuals with stroke and traumatic brain injury. Her work examines the effectiveness of interventions and the implementation of complex health and social care models. Bettger investigates patient and provider perspectives to identify opportunities for enhancing care transitions, such as the move from acute hospital settings to home.
Her publications explore various facets of rehabilitation and integrated care. These include studies on mobile health interventions for stroke management in rural settings, policy progress in integrated health and social care in the United States, and psychological factors influencing outcomes after total knee arthroplasty. Bettger also leads work on community resource navigation models and workforce strategies for addressing patients' social needs within clinic settings.
With an h-index of 43 and over 7,700 citations from more than 320 publications, Bettger is recognized as a highly cited researcher. Her work contributes to understanding and improving healthcare delivery, with a specific emphasis on patient outcomes and the practical implementation of integrated health and social services.
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- h-index: 43
- Publications: 318
- Citations: 7,640
Selected Publications
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Improving Access to Specialty Care for Rural Children Using Enhanced Hearing Screening and Specialty Telehealth Follow-Up in Rural Kentucky Schools: Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Stepped Wedge, Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial (Appalachian STAR Trial) (2025)
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School-based enhanced hearing screening and specialty telehealth follow-up for hearing loss among children in rural Alaska: study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation stepped wedge, cluster-randomized controlled trial (North STAR trial) (2025)
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- “Just tell me in a simple way”: A qualitative study on opportunities to improve the transition from acute hospital care to home from the perspectives of patients with traumatic brain injury, families, and providers
- Transitions of care interventions to improve quality of life among patients hospitalized with acute conditions: a systematic literature review
- Inpatient rehabilitation facility discharge destination among younger adults with traumatic brain injury: differences by race and ethnicity
- Age- and sex-specific predictors of inpatient rehabilitation facility discharge destination for adult patients with traumatic brain injury
- Negotiating the transition from acute hospital care to home: perspectives of patients with traumatic brain injury, caregivers and healthcare providers
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
- Integrated Health and Social Care in the United States: A Decade of Policy Progress
- Workforce Models to Screen for and Address Patients’ Unmet Social Needs in the Clinic Setting: A Scoping Review
- A Community Resource Navigator Model: Utilizing Student Volunteers to Integrate Health and Social Care in a Community Health Center Setting
- Patient Barriers to Accessing Referred Resources for Unmet Social Needs
- Factors Associated with Patients’ Connection to Referred Social Needs Resources at a Federally Qualified Health Center
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
- Thirty-day outcomes and predictors of mortality following acute myocardial infarction in northern Tanzania: A prospective observational cohort study
- Patient and provider perspectives on barriers to myocardial infarction care among persons with human immunodeficiency virus in Tanzania: A qualitative study
- Improving acute myocardial infarction care in northern Tanzania: barrier identification and implementation strategy mapping
- Injury characteristics and their association with clinical complications among emergency care patients in Tanzania
- Adapting an Intervention to Improve Acute Myocardial Infarction Care in Tanzania: Co-Design of the MIMIC Intervention
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
- “Just tell me in a simple way”: A qualitative study on opportunities to improve the transition from acute hospital care to home from the perspectives of patients with traumatic brain injury, families, and providers
- Transitions of care interventions to improve quality of life among patients hospitalized with acute conditions: a systematic literature review
- Negotiating the transition from acute hospital care to home: perspectives of patients with traumatic brain injury, caregivers and healthcare providers
- “If you respect me, you are respecting my culture”: methods and recommendations for personalizing a TBI transitional care intervention
- Design, methods, and baseline characteristics of the Brain Injury Education, Training, and Therapy to Enhance Recovery (BETTER) feasibility study: a transitional care intervention for younger adult patients with traumatic brain injury and caregivers
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Transitions of care interventions to improve quality of life among patients hospitalized with acute conditions: a systematic literature review
- Inpatient rehabilitation facility discharge destination among younger adults with traumatic brain injury: differences by race and ethnicity
- Age- and sex-specific predictors of inpatient rehabilitation facility discharge destination for adult patients with traumatic brain injury
- Design, methods, and baseline characteristics of the Brain Injury Education, Training, and Therapy to Enhance Recovery (BETTER) feasibility study: a transitional care intervention for younger adult patients with traumatic brain injury and caregivers
- The BETTER Traumatic Brain Injury Transitional Care Intervention: A Feasibility Study
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Thirty-day outcomes and predictors of mortality following acute myocardial infarction in northern Tanzania: A prospective observational cohort study
- Patient and provider perspectives on barriers to myocardial infarction care among persons with human immunodeficiency virus in Tanzania: A qualitative study
- Improving acute myocardial infarction care in northern Tanzania: barrier identification and implementation strategy mapping
- Adapting an Intervention to Improve Acute Myocardial Infarction Care in Tanzania: Co-Design of the MIMIC Intervention
- Knowledge, attitudes, and preventive practices regarding ischemic heart disease among HIV‐positive individuals in northern Tanzania
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Thirty-day outcomes and predictors of mortality following acute myocardial infarction in northern Tanzania: A prospective observational cohort study
- Patient and provider perspectives on barriers to myocardial infarction care among persons with human immunodeficiency virus in Tanzania: A qualitative study
- Improving acute myocardial infarction care in northern Tanzania: barrier identification and implementation strategy mapping
- Adapting an Intervention to Improve Acute Myocardial Infarction Care in Tanzania: Co-Design of the MIMIC Intervention
- Knowledge, attitudes, and preventive practices regarding ischemic heart disease among HIV‐positive individuals in northern Tanzania
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- “Just tell me in a simple way”: A qualitative study on opportunities to improve the transition from acute hospital care to home from the perspectives of patients with traumatic brain injury, families, and providers
- Transitions of care interventions to improve quality of life among patients hospitalized with acute conditions: a systematic literature review
- Inpatient rehabilitation facility discharge destination among younger adults with traumatic brain injury: differences by race and ethnicity
- Age- and sex-specific predictors of inpatient rehabilitation facility discharge destination for adult patients with traumatic brain injury
- Predictors of cognitive gains during inpatient rehabilitation for older adults with traumatic brain injury
- A Community Resource Navigator Model: Utilizing Student Volunteers to Integrate Health and Social Care in a Community Health Center Setting
- Patient Barriers to Accessing Referred Resources for Unmet Social Needs
- Factors Associated with Patients’ Connection to Referred Social Needs Resources at a Federally Qualified Health Center
- Training student volunteers as community resource navigators to address patients' social needs: A curriculum toolkit
- A Tailored SMS Text Message–Based Intervention to Facilitate Patient Access to Referred Community-Based Social Needs Resources: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study
- Inpatient rehabilitation facility discharge destination among younger adults with traumatic brain injury: differences by race and ethnicity
- Age- and sex-specific predictors of inpatient rehabilitation facility discharge destination for adult patients with traumatic brain injury
- Socio‐ecological perspective on factors influencing acute recovery of younger stroke survivors: A mixed methods study
- Design, methods, and baseline characteristics of the Brain Injury Education, Training, and Therapy to Enhance Recovery (BETTER) feasibility study: a transitional care intervention for younger adult patients with traumatic brain injury and caregivers
- Predictors of cognitive gains during inpatient rehabilitation for older adults with traumatic brain injury
- Effectiveness of a primary care-based integrated mobile health intervention for stroke management in rural China (SINEMA): A cluster-randomized controlled trial
- The Implementation of a Primary Care-Based Integrated Mobile Health Intervention for Stroke Management in Rural China: Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation
- Primary Care–Based Digital Health–Enabled Stroke Management Intervention
- Long-term mortality outcome of a primary care-based mobile health intervention for stroke management: Six-year follow-up of a cluster-randomized controlled trial
- An economic evaluation of a primary care-based technology-enabled intervention for stroke secondary prevention and management in rural China: a study protocol
- Effectiveness of a primary care-based integrated mobile health intervention for stroke management in rural China (SINEMA): A cluster-randomized controlled trial
- The Implementation of a Primary Care-Based Integrated Mobile Health Intervention for Stroke Management in Rural China: Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation
- Primary Care–Based Digital Health–Enabled Stroke Management Intervention
- Long-term mortality outcome of a primary care-based mobile health intervention for stroke management: Six-year follow-up of a cluster-randomized controlled trial
- An economic evaluation of a primary care-based technology-enabled intervention for stroke secondary prevention and management in rural China: a study protocol
- Effectiveness of a primary care-based integrated mobile health intervention for stroke management in rural China (SINEMA): A cluster-randomized controlled trial
- Primary Care–Based Digital Health–Enabled Stroke Management Intervention
- Temporal trends and rural–urban disparities in cerebrovascular risk factors, in-hospital management and outcomes in ischaemic strokes in China from 2005 to 2015: a nationwide serial cross-sectional survey
- Long-term mortality outcome of a primary care-based mobile health intervention for stroke management: Six-year follow-up of a cluster-randomized controlled trial
- An economic evaluation of a primary care-based technology-enabled intervention for stroke secondary prevention and management in rural China: a study protocol
- Effectiveness of a primary care-based integrated mobile health intervention for stroke management in rural China (SINEMA): A cluster-randomized controlled trial
- The Implementation of a Primary Care-Based Integrated Mobile Health Intervention for Stroke Management in Rural China: Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation
- Primary Care–Based Digital Health–Enabled Stroke Management Intervention
- Long-term mortality outcome of a primary care-based mobile health intervention for stroke management: Six-year follow-up of a cluster-randomized controlled trial
- An economic evaluation of a primary care-based technology-enabled intervention for stroke secondary prevention and management in rural China: a study protocol
- Thirty-day outcomes and predictors of mortality following acute myocardial infarction in northern Tanzania: A prospective observational cohort study
- Patient and provider perspectives on barriers to myocardial infarction care among persons with human immunodeficiency virus in Tanzania: A qualitative study
- Improving acute myocardial infarction care in northern Tanzania: barrier identification and implementation strategy mapping
- Adapting an Intervention to Improve Acute Myocardial Infarction Care in Tanzania: Co-Design of the MIMIC Intervention
- Knowledge, attitudes, and preventive practices regarding ischemic heart disease among HIV‐positive individuals in northern Tanzania
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