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Autor:
Jeanne S. Mandelblatt, Vickie L. Shavers, Karen Patricia Williams, Judy Huei-yu Wang, Vanessa B. Sheppard
Publikováno v:
Journal of the National Medical Association. 106:15-22
Acknowledgement The authors are grateful to all of the women who took time to participate in the study, Dr. Elmer Huerta and members of the Latin American Cancer Research Coalition. Funding for these activities were supported, in part, by ACS grants
Publikováno v:
Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 36:466-476
A challenge for health behavior science is to develop theory and best practices that take cultural diversity into account. Using data from Black, Hispanic, and White respondents to the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey, we examined racia
Autor:
Carmen Moten, Dionne Jones, Pebbles Fagan, Edward Rorie, Vickie L. Shavers, William M. P. Klein, Josephine E.A. Boyington
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Public Health. 102:953-966
Objectives. We conducted a review to examine current literature on the effects of interpersonal and institutional racism and discrimination occurring within health care settings on the health care received by racial/ethnic minority patients. Methods.
Publikováno v:
Cancer. 118:4452-4461
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to examine patterns of care and survival in a population-based sample of patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) who were treated in the community or in hospitals that had residency training programs. METH
Autor:
Allison Rose, James T. Gibson, Alton Hart, Vickie L. Shavers, Pebbles Fagan, Deirdre Lawrence
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Health Promotion. 26:26-36
Purpose. Examine the association of work and home smoking bans with quitting behaviors among employed female smokers in the United States. Design. Secondary analyses using cross-sectional data from the 2006/2007 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current
Autor:
James L. Mohler, Martin G. Sanda, Heather Orom, Vickie L. Shavers, Willie Underwood, Mark Glasgow, Matthew H. Hayn
Publikováno v:
Cancer. 117:4651-4658
Background Black and Hispanic men have a lower prostate cancer (PCa) survival than White men. This racial/ethnic survival gap has been partially explained by differences in tumor characteristics, stage at diagnosis, and disparities in receipt of defi
Autor:
Alton Hart, Allison Rose, Eric T. Moolchan, Vickie L. Shavers, Pebbles Fagan, James T. Gibson, Deirdre Lawrence
Publikováno v:
Addiction. 105:55-74
Aims This study examines the associations between usual cigarette brand (i.e. menthol, non-menthol) and markers for nicotine dependence and quitting behaviors. Design The 2003 and 2006/07 Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Surveys were
Publikováno v:
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 19:746-754
Background: We explored racial/ethnic differences in perceived cancer risk and determinants of these differences in a nationally representative sample of whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians. Methods: Multiple regression techniques, including mediat
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 37:64-67
Background Although the higher risk of prostate cancer for African-American men is well known in the medical community, it is not clear how prevalent this knowledge is among African-American men themselves. Both the side effects of treatment and the
Publikováno v:
Journal of the National Medical Association. 101:698-704
Background Men who do not perceive themselves to be at risk of developing and dying from prostate cancer may be less likely to utilize prostate cancer screening. This, coupled with variation among organizations in recommendations about screening with