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| John SpanglerSummaryAffiliation: Wake Forest University School of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Tobacco use among Mexican farmworkers working in tobacco: implications for agromedicineJohn G Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, 27157, USA
J Agromedicine 9:83-91. 2003..Because farmworkers are exposed to many non-tobacco respiratory irritants, and because of the health risks of smoking, those who smoke should be urged to quit...- Tobacco use in a tri-ethnic population of older women in southeastern North CarolinaJohn G Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Ethn Dis 13:226-32. 2003..We examined the epidemiology of tobacco use among a tri-racial population of elderly women in southeastern North Carolina... - Commentary on possible manganese toxicity from showering: response to critiqueJohn G Spangler
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Medical Center BLVC, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Med Hypotheses 66:1231-3. 2006..These data, which must be confirmed, highlight the potential for neurologic absorption of this element... - Tobacco intervention training: current efforts and gaps in US medical schoolsJohn G Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
JAMA 288:1102-9. 2002..Research has documented that US medical schools inadequately teach tobacco intervention skills... - Bone biology and physiology: implications for novel osteoblastic osteosarcoma treatments?John G Spangler
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Med Hypotheses 70:281-6. 2008.... - Implementing smokeless tobacco instruction into medical student education: addressing the gapJohn Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Teach Learn Med 21:33-7. 2009..Despite the unique health and epidemiological aspects of smokeless tobacco use, medical education regarding this topic is virtually lacking... - Environmental manganese and cancer mortality rates by county in North Carolina: an ecological studyJohn G Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Biol Trace Elem Res 133:128-35. 2010..g., healthy) county-level manganese exposures. Since manganese is replacing lead in gasoline globally, these ecological findings should be confirmed at the individual level or in animal models... - Dual Tobacco use among Native American adults in southeastern North CarolinaJ G Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Prev Med 32:521-8. 2001..This study examines correlates of dual tobacco use among Lumbee Indian adults in southeastern North Carolina... - Groundwater manganese and infant mortality rate by county in North Carolina: an ecological analysisAndrew H Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Ecohealth 6:596-600. 2009..These pilot data argue for further research into a broad range of developmental effects and also may be useful to regulatory agencies interested in protecting communities' health... - Smoking and hormone-related disordersJ G Spangler
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Prim Care 26:499-511. 1999..In other disorders, the link between sex hormone levels, cigarette smoking, and disease development is less clear... - Reported pain following mammography screeningPenny C Sharp
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:833-6. 2003..Physicians and patients report pain as a major barrier for many women in the screening process; however, few studies report both the degree and type of pain women experience during the screening... - Association between smokeless tobacco use and breast cancer among Native-American women in North CarolinaJ G Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Ethn Dis 11:36-43. 2001..The nearly 8-fold increase in risk suggests that smokeless tobacco is not a safe alternative to cigarette smoking... - Intervention to increase screening mammography among women 65 and olderR Michielutte
Department of Family Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Health Educ Res 20:149-62. 2005.... - Smokeless tobacco and osteoporosis: a new relationship?J G Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27517, USA
Med Hypotheses 56:553-7. 2001..This paper reviews the animal and human evidence lending support to this new hypothesis, as well as the epidemiology of ST use that underscores the potential impact this modifiable behavior might have on osteoporosis world wide... - Church-related correlates of tobacco use among Lumbee Indians in North CarolinaJ G Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Ethn Dis 8:73-80. 1998.... - Smoking cessation counseling beliefs and behaviors of outpatient oncology providersKathryn E Weaver
MPH, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Wells Fargo Building, 14th Floor, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Oncologist 17:455-62. 2012..Additional training and clinic-based interventions may improve adherence to tobacco cessation practice guidelines in the outpatient oncology setting... - Prevalence and correlates of waterpipe tobacco smoking by college students in North CarolinaErin L Sutfin
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 115:131-6. 2011..e., cigarette smoking, alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drug use) and availability of commercial waterpipe tobacco smoking venues... - Smoking status and psychosocial variables in type 1 diabetes mellitusJ G Spangler
Department of Familyl and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
Addict Behav 26:21-9. 2001..These findings indicate that those patients who have diabetes and who smoke are at greater risk for depressive symptoms. This knowledge may aid clinicians in their attempts to help these patients quit smoking... - Reliability of a Smoking Cessation Risk Factor Interview Scale (SCRFIS) for use with standardized patient instructorsKristie Long Foley
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
J Cancer Educ 18:134-41. 2003..This study evaluated internal consistency and inter-rater reliability of the smoking cessation risk factor interview scale (SCRFIS)... - Neurotoxicity of inhaled manganese: public health danger in the shower?Robert J F Elsner
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084, USA
Med Hypotheses 65:607-16. 2005..7 million Americans. If our results are confirmed, regulatory agencies must rethink existing Mn drinking water standards... - Training and evaluating tobacco-specific standardized patient instructorsKristie Long Foley
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, USA
Fam Med 38:28-37. 2006..A comprehensive training program to develop tobacco-specific standardized patient instructors (SPIs) was implemented and evaluated at Wake Forest University... - Differential impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor clustering on CVD and renal disease among African-American and white patients with type 2 diabetes mellitusJohn H Summerson
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27104, USA
Ethn Dis 12:530-4. 2002..To determine if clustering of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors has a differential impact on CVD and renal disease among African Americans compared to Whites with type 2 diabetes.. - Smokeless tobacco use accelerates age-related loss of bone mineral density among older women in a multi-ethnic rural communitySara A Quandt
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
J Cross Cult Gerontol 20:109-25. 2005..Women who formerly smoked and did not use supplements had a decreased BMD. ST should be considered as an additional risk factor for osteoporosis in populations where its use is prevalent... - Dietary calcium intake and supplement use among older African American, white, and Native American women in a rural southeastern communityRonny A Bell
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 102:844-7. 2002 - Use of a peripheral dexa measurement for osteoporosis screeningJulienne K Kirk
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
Fam Med 34:201-5. 2002.... - Cigarette smoking and erectile dysfunctionJohn G Spangler
J Fam Pract 51:81. 2002 - Comment and reply: A double-blind study evaluating the long-term safety of varenicline for smoking cessationJohn G Spangler
Curr Med Res Opin 24:577-8; author reply 578-9. 2008 - NMDA receptor blockade: a novel avenue for tobacco intervention?John G Spangler
Med Hypotheses 70:1073-4. 2008 - Primary care providers' concerns and recommendations regarding mammography screening for older womenPenny C Sharp
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
J Cancer Educ 20:34-8. 2005..Morbidity and mortality from breast cancer increase with age; however, mammography screening does not reflect this increased risk for older women. Lack of provider recommendation is a major barrier to screening... - Religiosity is associated with the use of complementary medical therapies by pediatric oncology patientsElizabeth A McCurdy
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 25:125-9. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Use of CAM is common among pediatric oncology patients and often is not discussed with the treating physician(s). Patients from very religious families are more likely to use CAM...
Research Grants
- Development of a Web Based Tobacco Cessation CurriculumJohn Spangler; Fiscal Year: 2007..The ultimate goal will be to develop a highly portable tobacco cessation curriculum that can be used a variety of educational settings. ..
- Nutrition, Exercise, and Weight Management Lifestyle Intervention (NEW Lifestyle)John Spangler; Fiscal Year: 2007..1a. Pilot test the NEW Lifestyle curriculum skills in an internal medicine residency. 2. Evaluate the NEW Lifestyle intervention curriculum. 3. Disseminate the NEW Lifestyle curriculum to other medical schools. ..