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Office
319 N Graham Hopedale Rd
Burlington, NC 27217Phone+1 336-227-0101
Summary
- Dr. Ruth Petersen, MD is a family physician in Burlington, North Carolina. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in North Carolina.
Education & Training
University of North Carolina HospitalsResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 1999 - 2000
University of Rochester Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1989 - 1990
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 1989
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 2006 - 2018
Clinical Trials
- Using the Healthcare Visit to Improve Contraceptive Use Start of enrollment: 2003 Mar 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 51 citationsPregnancy and STD prevention counseling using an adaptation of motivational interviewing: a randomized controlled trial.Ruth Petersen, Jennifer Albright, Joanne M. Garrett, Kathryn M. Curtis
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 2007-03-01 - 1 citationsIt takes a community: The North Carolina Division of Public Health and the North Carolina area health education center program partner to reduce strokes and heart atta...Samuel Cykert, Ruth Petersen, Ann Lefebvre
North Carolina Medical Journal. 2012-11-01 - 11 citationsReproductive health counseling at pregnancy testing: a pilot study.Richard Boise, Ruth Petersen, Kathryn M. Curtis, Annette E. Aalborg, Cathleen K. Yoshida
Contraception. 2003-11-01
Press Mentions
Black Missourians’ Physical Inactivity a Health ProblemJanuary 29th, 2022- ChannelJanuary 24th, 2022
- 25% of US Adults Inactive, CDC Map ShowsJanuary 20th, 2022
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