Change in smoking, diet, and walking for exercise in BlacksCarla J Berg
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Health Educ Behav 39:191-7. 2012
..01). Thus, addressing one health risk behavior may prompt other positive health behaviors, which may argue for developing interventions targeting multiple health risk behaviors...
Predictors of smoking reduction among BlacksCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 12:423-31. 2010
..Blacks who smoke have increased tobacco-related health risks. Cessation decreases the likelihood of many health problems. Smoking reduction may be important in the cessation process and potentially reduce health risks...
- Differences in tobacco use among two-year and four-year college students in Minnesota
Julia R Sanem
Boynton Health Service, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Am Coll Health 58:151-9. 2009
..This study compares tobacco use rates among two-year and four-year college students and explores the demographic variables that predicted that behavior...
- Use of and interest in smoking cessation strategies among daily and nondaily college student smokers
Carla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Am Coll Health 60:194-202. 2012
..To examine use of and interest in cessation strategies among nondaily and daily college student smokers...
- Abstinence and relapse rates following a college campus-based quit & win contest
Janet L Thomas
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55414, USA
J Am Coll Health 58:365-72. 2010
..To conduct and evaluate Quit & Win contests at 2 2-year college and 2 4-year university campuses...
- Adherence to varenicline among African American smokers: an exploratory analysis comparing plasma concentration, pill count, and self-report
Taneisha S Buchanan
Department of Medicine and Center for Health Equity, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 14:1083-91. 2012
..This study compared the validity of pill count and self-report against plasma varenicline concentration for measuring pharmacotherapy adherence...
- Smoking frequency among current college student smokers: distinguishing characteristics and factors related to readiness to quit smoking
Carla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Fifth Floor, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Health Educ Res 27:141-50. 2012
..04), smoking more for boredom (P = 0.03) and less frequent smoking (P = 0.001). Specific motives for smoking and potential barriers to cessation particularly may be relevant to different groups of college student smokers...
- Defining "smoker": college student attitudes and related smoking characteristics
Carla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Road NE, 5th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 12:963-9. 2010
..Thus, we examined (a) how college students define the term "smoker" and (b) how this definition impacts smoking behavior and attitudes...
- College student reactions to smoking bans in public, on campus and at home
Carla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences ealth Education, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Road NE, 5th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Health Educ Res 26:106-18. 2011
..Participants reported concern about smokers' and bar/restaurant owners' rights, while acknowledging several benefits. Overall, 2-year college students and smokers (non-daily and daily) were less supportive of smoke-free policies...
- The role of peer e-mail support as part of a college smoking-cessation website
Colleen Klatt
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:S471-8. 2008
..The relationship between peer e-mail support and cessation outcomes among intervention participants is examined here...
The role of hope in engaging in healthy behaviors among college studentsCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Health Behav 35:402-15. 2011
..To examine hope in relation to alcohol use, binge drinking, smoking, exercise, and limiting of dietary fat among college students...
- College student reactions to health warning labels: sociodemographic and psychosocial factors related to perceived effectiveness of different approaches
Carla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Prev Med 53:427-30. 2011
..To examine factors associated with perceiving different types of pictorial cigarette health warning labels as most effective in motivating smokers to quit or preventing smoking initiation among college students...
- Failure to report attempts to quit smoking
Carla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Addict Behav 35:900-4. 2010
..Thus, the current study investigated failure to report quit attempts as a function of length of quit attempt by time since quit attempt over the past year...
- Pilot study results from a brief intervention to create smoke-free homes
Michelle C Kegler
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory Prevention Research Center, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Environ Public Health 2012:951426. 2012
..Additionally, smokers reported smoking fewer cigarettes per day. Results suggest that the intervention is promising and warrants a rigorous efficacy trial...
- Smoke-free policies at home, church, and work: smoking levels and recent quit attempts among a southeastern rural population, 2007
Carla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, 5th Fl, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E27. 2012
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- Physical activity and fruit and vegetable intake among American Indians
Carla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Community Health 37:65-71. 2012
..001). These findings highlight the importance of education in enhancing engagement in positive weight control behaviors and the importance of addressing both physical activity and nutrition among the American Indian population...
- Results of a feasibility and acceptability trial of an online smoking cessation program targeting young adult nondaily smokers
Carla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Environ Public Health 2012:248541. 2012
..Additional research is needed to understand how nondaily smokers define cessation, improve measures for cessation, and examine theoretical constructs related to smoking among this population...
- Ethnic group differences in the relationship between depressive symptoms and smoking
Carla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA
Ethn Health 17:55-69. 2012
..Thus, we examined the interaction between ethnicity and significant depressive symptoms on smoking status...
- Smoker self-identification versus recent smoking among college students
Carla J Berg
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:333-6. 2009
..This analysis aimed to determine: (1) the correlates of denying being a smoker among students reporting smoking in the past 30 days and (2) if denying this label was related to not attempting to quit smoking in the past 12 months...
- Predicting young adulthood smoking among adolescent smokers and nonsmokers
Jennifer R Mendel
Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Health Behav 36:542-54. 2012
..To examine predictors of smoking in young adulthood among (1) adolescent nonsmokers and (2) adolescent smokers...
- Assessment of depression among African American light smokers
Carla J Berg
Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Health Psychol 17:197-206. 2012
..Cessation treatment should assess depression and address these symptoms...
- Utilization of smoking cessation informational, interactive, and online community resources as predictors of abstinence: cohort study
Lawrence C An
University of Minnesota, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Med Internet Res 10:e55. 2008
..The association between greater utilization of Web-assisted tobacco interventions and increased abstinence rates is well recognized. However, there is little information on how utilization of specific website features influences quitting...
- Symptoms of cough and shortness of breath among occasional young adult smokers
Lawrence C An
Department of General Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 11:126-33. 2009
..The perception of negative health consequences is a common motive for quitting smoking, but specific information on the immediate health effects of occasional smoking among young adults is limited...
- Differences in head and neck cancer risk perception between smoking and nonsmoking NASCAR attendees
Laura J White
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 147:63-8. 2012
..The aim of this study was to determine differences in risk perception for head and neck cancer between smokers and nonsmokers in an at-risk population...
- Smoking as a risk factor for STI diagnosis among African American females
Carla J Berg
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Health Behav 36:505-12. 2012
..To examine the relationship of smoking to sexual risk outcomes among African American adolescent females...
- Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use among a sample of MSM in Shanghai, China
Carla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University s Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 13:22-8. 2011
..Thus, we examined the prevalence and correlates of smoking among MSM in China...
- Smoking and ethics: what are the duties of oncologists?
Rebecca D Pentz
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Oncologist 15:987-93. 2010
..Further, oncologists should work to ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in their own country...
- College student smokers: former versus current and nonsmokers
Carla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Am J Prev Med 43:S229-36. 2012
..Little is known about how former smokers are different from nonsmokers and current smokers in the young adult population...
- The development and validation of a scale assessing individual schemas used in classifying a smoker: implications for research and practice
Carla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Road, Northeast, Room 524, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 13:1257-65. 2011
..Understanding one's schema of smokers is important, as it might relate to smoking behavior. Thus, we aimed to develop a scale assessing how young adults classify smokers and establish reliability and validity of the scale...
