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| M E FernandezSummaryAffiliation: Baylor College of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Integrating clinical, community, and policy perspectives on human papillomavirus vaccinationMaria E Fernandez
School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 31:235-52. 2010..The resulting integrated framework can be used as a heuristic tool for organizing factors at multiple levels to guide intervention development and future research...
Dissemination of a breast and cervical cancer early detection program through a network of community-based organizationsMaria E Fernandez
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 7000 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Health Promot Pract 11:654-64. 2010..The article highlights elements of the program that enhanced its adoption and implementation and describes procedures for accelerating the diffusion of the program across the country...- Development and validation of a cervical cancer screening self-efficacy scale for low-income Mexican American womenMaria E Fernandez
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 7000 Fannin Suite 2558, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:866-75. 2009..Findings showed a significant increase in self-efficacy following the intervention, indicating that the measure has good sensitivity to change over time... - Repeat mammography screening among low-income and minority women: a qualitative studyMaria E Fernandez
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cancer Control 12:77-83. 2005..Future research should seek to better understand the influence of family/friends, risk perception, and fatalistic beliefs on the decision to obtain regular mammograms... - Planning a multilevel intervention to prevent hearing loss among farmworkers and managers: a systematic approachM E Fernandez
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, The University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Agric Saf Health 15:49-74. 2009..Theoretical methods and practical strategies, including program materials and activities, are then delineated... - Effectiveness of Cultivando la Salud: a breast and cervical cancer screening promotion program for low-income Hispanic womenMaria E Fernandez
Center for Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7000 Fannin St, Suite 2558, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Public Health 99:936-43. 2009..We tested the effectiveness of a lay health worker intervention to increase breast and cervical cancer screening among low-income Hispanic women... - Pap smear screening among Asian Pacific Islander women in a multisite community-based cancer screening programMaria E Fernandez
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research CHPPR, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Health Promot Pract 10:210-21. 2009..Over half of the women in Glendale reported that help getting low cost Pap tests and having translators available were instrumental in completing screening... - HPV knowledge, attitudes, and cultural beliefs among Hispanic men and women living on the Texas-Mexico borderMaria E Fernandez
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Ethn Health 14:607-24. 2009..Knowledge, attitudes, and cultural beliefs may play a role in higher rates of infection of human papillomavirus (HPV) and decisions about subsequent diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer... - Colorectal cancer screening among Latinos from U.S. cities along the Texas-Mexico borderMaria E Fernandez
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cancer Causes Control 19:195-206. 2008..These findings suggest that strategies are needed to educate Hispanic residents of border communities about CRC and to motivate them to undergo CRC screening... - Reliability and validity of a questionnaire to measure colorectal cancer screening behaviors: does mode of survey administration matter?Sally W Vernon
University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:758-67. 2008..This study provides evidence to support the use of the National Cancer Institute CRCS questionnaire to assess self-report with any of the three survey modes... - Promoting regular mammography screening II. Results from a randomized controlled trial in US women veteransSally W Vernon
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, 7000 Fannin, Ste 2560, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:347-58. 2008..We conducted a randomized controlled trial of two theory-based interventions in a population-based, nationally representative sample of women veterans... - Risk behaviors by ethnicity and Texas-Mexico border residenceMaureen Sanderson
University of Texas Houston School of Public Health at Brownsville, 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
Ethn Dis 16:514-20. 2006..To determine whether residence on the Texas-Mexico border would modify the effect of ethnic differences on risk behaviors... - Development of a cervical cancer educational program for Chinese women using intervention mappingSu-I Hou
Health Promotion and Behavior, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Health Promot Pract 5:80-7. 2004..Strategies included direct mail communication, role-model stories and testimonials, and a telephone-counseling component. The delineation of specific plans for implementation and evaluation are also described... - Correlates of mammography screening among Hispanic women living in lower Rio Grande Valley farmworker communitiesRichard C Palmer
University of Texas--Houston, School of Public Health, 77030, USA
Health Educ Behav 32:488-503. 2005..In addition, efforts to increase their self-efficacy in obtaining a mammogram and to counter negative attitudes and opinions by stressing the positive prognosis associated with early detection are warranted... - Acculturation and mammography screening among Hispanic women living in farmworker communitiesRichard C Palmer
University of Texas Houston, School of Public Health, TX 77030, USA
Cancer Control 12:21-7. 2005..Women in such communities with low levels of acculturation can be targeted for interventions to increase mammography adherence... - Correlates of breast cancer screening among Asian Americans enrolled in ENCOREplusCindy A Leong-Wu
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, The University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, 7000 Fannin, Suite 2558, 77030, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 8:235-43. 2006..02, 2.48). The results of this study highlight the need for health education about breast cancer and mammography among Asian American women. Policy work also needs to be directed toward improving access to health care in this community... - CDC-funded intervention research aimed at promoting colorectal cancer screening in communitiesSteven S Coughlin
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Cancer 107:1196-204. 2006..Relatively few studies, however, have identified and tested intervention approaches to promote routine colorectal cancer screening among diverse populations... - Partners in school asthma management: evaluation of a self-management program for children with asthmaL Kay Bartholomew
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 7000 Fannin, 25th Floor, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Sch Health 76:283-90. 2006.... - Effectiveness of an intervention to increase Pap test screening among Chinese women in TaiwanSu I Hou
Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, School of Health and Human Performance, College of Education at the University of Georgia, Athens 30602 6522, USA
J Community Health 27:277-90. 2002..The results also support the use of Intervention Mapping, a systematic program development framework for planning effective interventions... - Measures used in studies of informed decision making about cancer screening: a systematic reviewPatricia Dolan Mullen
University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Ann Behav Med 32:188-201. 2006.... - Correlates of cervical cancer screening among women in TaiwanSu I Hou
University of Georgia, College of Education, School of Health and Human Performance, Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, 309 Ramsey Student Center, Athens, GA 30602 6522, USA
Health Care Women Int 24:384-98. 2003..Future intervention efforts tailoring these factors could potentially impact cancer screening for women internationally...
Research Grants
- REPEAT MAMMOGRAPHY AMONG LOW INCOME AND MINORITY WOMENMaria Fernandez; Fiscal Year: 2003..g. stage of mammography adoption, self-efficacy, attitudes toward mammography, and perceived susceptibility to breast cancer). ..