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| Luisa FranziniSummaryAffiliation: Baylor College of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Predictors of trust in low-income, minority neighborhoods in TexasLuisa Franzini
Division of Management, Policy, and Community Health, University of Texas School of Public Health, 1200 Herman Pressler Drive, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 19:1282-302. 2008..Interventions in diverse communities should focus on increasing social integration among residents in order to reach higher levels of trust, contributing to positive health outcomes...- Neighborhood characteristics favorable to outdoor physical activity: disparities by socioeconomic and racial/ethnic compositionLuisa Franzini
University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Health Place 16:267-74. 2010..Interventions to reduce disparities in physical activity should address not only the physical environment, but also social processes favorable to physical activity... - Self-rated health and trust in low-income Mexican-origin individuals in TexasLuisa Franzini
Department of Management, University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Soc Sci Med 67:1959-69. 2008.... - Healthcare costs and utilization of vulnerable elderly people reported to Adult Protective Services for self-neglectLuisa Franzini
School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:667-76. 2008..To assess differences between diagnoses, healthcare utilization, and healthcare costs of vulnerable elderly people reported to Adult Protective Services for self-neglect and those of matched controls... 
Determinants of health disparities between Italian regionsLuisa Franzini
Management, Policy, and Community Health Division, University of Texas School of Public Health, 1200 Pressler Drive, Houston, TX 77030, USA
BMC Public Health 10:296. 2010..In this paper, we report on regional differences in self-reported poor health and explore possible determinants at the individual and regional levels in Italy...- Costs and cost-effectiveness of a telemedicine intensive care unit program in 6 intensive care units in a large health care systemLuisa Franzini
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Crit Care 26:329.e1-6. 2011..The purpose of this study is to estimate the costs and cost-effectiveness of a telemedicine intensive care unit (ICU) (tele-ICU) program... - Cost-effectiveness analysis of a practice-based immunization education interventionLuisa Franzini
University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Ambul Pediatr 7:167-75. 2007..To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of academic detailing programs to improve immunization coverage in communities through implementation and evaluation of the Raising Immunizations Thru Education (RITE) program in the Greater Houston area... - Influences of physical and social neighborhood environments on children's physical activity and obesityLuisa Franzini
University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Public Health 99:271-8. 2009..We investigated the association between physical and social neighborhood environments and fifth-grade students' physical activity and obesity... - The association of subjective social status and health in low-income Mexican-origin individuals in TexasLuisa Franzini
University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
Soc Sci Med 63:788-804. 2006..Sociocultural characteristics appear to mediate the effect of SSS on health. In particular, perceived victimization might mediate the effect of SSS on mental health... - Religion, sociodemographic and personal characteristics, and self-reported health in whites, blacks, and Hispanics living in low-socioeconomic status neighborhoodsLuisa Franzini
University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Ethn Dis 15:469-84. 2005..This study examines the multifaceted role of race/ethnicity in the relationship between religiosity and health... - Neighborhood economic conditions, social processes, and self-rated health in low-income neighborhoods in Texas: a multilevel latent variables modelLuisa Franzini
University of Texas, School of Public Health, 1200 Herman Pressler Drive, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Soc Sci Med 61:1135-50. 2005..The results, based on data from low-income neighborhoods in Texas, USA generally supported the model and indicated that the effect of neighborhood impoverishment on health is mediated by social and physical neighborhood characteristics... - Comparing variation in Medicare and private insurance spending in TexasLouisa Franzini
University of Texas School of Public Health, 1200 Pressler Dr, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Manag Care 17:e488-95. 2011.... - Differences in treatment and survival among African-American and Caucasian women with early stage operable breast cancerKavita Sail
Division of Management, Policy and Community Health, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, USA
Ethn Health 17:309-23. 2012..To examine racial disparities associated with breast cancer treatment and survival in elderly patients with early stage operable breast cancer... - Clinical and economic outcomes associated with adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly patients with early stage operable breast cancerKavita R Sail
Management, Policy, and Community Health, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Value Health 15:72-80. 2012..This article examines the differences between breast cancer patients who received chemotherapy and those who did not in costs and survival by age, treatment, and axillary node status... - Racial and ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer screening persisted despite expansion of Medicare's screening reimbursementArica White
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:811-7. 2011..We examined the effect of Medicare's expansion of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test reimbursement on racial/ethnic disparities in CRC screening... - Social capital, income inequality, and self-rated health in 45 countriesCarol Mansyur
Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX, USA
Soc Sci Med 66:43-56. 2008..Future research should examine country-specific characteristics, such as differences in cultural values or norms, which may influence the relationships between social capital, income inequality, and health... - The cultural production of health inequalities: a cross-sectional, multilevel examination of 52 countriesCarol Leler Mansyur
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77098 3926, USA
Int J Health Serv 39:301-19. 2009..This study takes a step toward identifying some of the relevant cultural and structural influences. More research is needed to explore the pathways leading from the sociocultural environment to health inequalities... - Contributions of social context to inequalities in years of life lost to heart disease in Texas, USALuisa Franzini
School of Public Health, University of Texas, 1200 Herman Pressler Drive, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Soc Sci Med 57:1847-61. 2003..Social context at the block-group, tract, and county level played an important role, though a smaller role than individual factors, in explaining years of life lost to heart disease... - Socioeconomic, cultural, and personal influences on health outcomes in low income Mexican-origin individuals in TexasLuisa Franzini
UT School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1200 Herman Pressler Drive, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Soc Sci Med 59:1629-46. 2004..These findings suggest a complicated interaction between nativity, acculturation, and economic factors in determining social and personal strengths and their influences on health... - Culture and the social context of health inequalitiesCarol Leler Mansyur
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77098 3926, USA
Int J Health Serv 39:85-106. 2009..Only when all levels are taken into consideration is it possible to come up with effective, sustainable policies and interventions... - Racial disparities in colorectal cancer survival: to what extent are racial disparities explained by differences in treatment, tumor characteristics, or hospital characteristics?Arica White
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Cancer 116:4622-31. 2010..The objective of this analysis was to determine the extent to which racial/ethnic disparities in survival are explained by differences in sociodemographics, tumor characteristics, diagnosis, treatment, and hospital characteristics... - Social and mental health needs assessment of Katrina evacueesAnn L Coker
School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Disaster Manag Response 4:88-94. 2006..These data suggest that in addition to challenges in finding loved ones, housing, and jobs, many Katrina survivors have experienced significant psychological trauma that may lead to future PTSD... - Future research: a prospective longitudinal study of elder self-neglectCarmel Bitondo Dyer
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:S261-5. 2008.... - Meta-analysis of racial disparities in survival in association with socioeconomic status among men and women with colon cancerXianglin L Du
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 109:2161-70. 2007.... 
A review of body size and breast cancer risk in Hispanic and African American womenKrystal R Sexton
Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
Cancer 117:5271-81. 2011..Additional studies are needed to provide more understanding of the etiology of this disease and to explain some of the disparities in incidence and mortality...- The unrealized potential of prenatal care. A population health approachAlex C Vidaeff
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, USA
J Reprod Med 48:837-42. 2003..Interventions capable of improving maternal and neonatal outcomes at the population level are more likely to be social and economic rather than health interventions case by case... - Social competence in late elementary school: relationships to parenting and neighborhood contextMargaret O Brien Caughy
University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, TX, USA
J Youth Adolesc 41:1613-27. 2012..Implications of the study's findings for research on neighborhoods and adolescent development and the development of preventive interventions are discussed... - McAllen And El Paso revisited: Medicare variations not always reflected in the under-sixty-five populationLuisa Franzini
Fleming Center for Healthcare Management, School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:2302-9. 2010..We consider possible explanations but conclude that health care providers respond quite differently to incentives in Medicare compared to those in private insurance programs... - Cost-effectiveness analysis of a randomized study comparing radiosurgery with radiosurgery and whole brain radiation therapy in patients with 1 to 3 brain metastasesLincy S Lal
Ingenix Consulting Healthcare, Missouri City, TX, USA
Am J Clin Oncol 35:45-50. 2012..In this study, we compare 2 treatment options and determine cost-effectiveness and cost-utility... - Projected economic costs due to health consequences of teenagers' loss of confidentiality in obtaining reproductive health care services in TexasLuisa Franzini
School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 77030, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:1140-6. 2004..We wanted to focus on the potential consequences of recently enacted legislation in Texas that limits adolescents' ability to obtain confidential reproductive health care services... - Predictors of delayed HIV diagnosis in a recently diagnosed cohortJennifer K Mayben
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Houston, Texas, Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 21:195-204. 2007..Expanded routine testing for HIV infection is needed with attention directed to men and persons who may not recognize that they are at risk for contracting HIV infection...