Patricia D Mullen

Summary

Affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The promise and pitfalls of systematic reviews
    Patricia Dolan Mullen
    Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Annu Rev Public Health 27:81-102. 2006
  2. ncbi Jails as important but constrained venues for addressing women's health
    Patricia Dolan Mullen
    The Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, 77030, USA
    Fam Community Health 26:157-68. 2003
  3. ncbi How can more smoking suspension during pregnancy become lifelong abstinence? Lessons learned about predictors, interventions, and gaps in our accumulated knowledge
    Patricia Dolan Mullen
    Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Nicotine Tob Res 6:S217-38. 2004
  4. ncbi The influence of subjective social status on vulnerability to postpartum smoking among young pregnant women
    Lorraine R Reitzel
    Department of Health Disparities Research, M D Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030 4009, USA
    Am J Public Health 97:1476-82. 2007
  5. ncbi Relationship between English language use and preferences for involvement in medical care among Hispanic women
    Guillermo Tortolero-Luna
    The University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 15:774-85. 2006
  6. ncbi Meta-analysis of the effects of behavioral HIV prevention interventions on the sexual risk behavior of sexually experienced adolescents in controlled studies in the United States
    Patricia Dolan Mullen
    School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston 77030, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 30:S94-S105. 2002
  7. ncbi Computer-based decision support for pediatric asthma management: description and feasibility of the Stop Asthma Clinical System
    Ross Shegog
    Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, UT School of Public Health, 7000 Fannin, Suite 2668, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Health Informatics J 12:259-73. 2006
  8. ncbi Preventing postpartum smoking relapse among diverse low-income women: a randomized clinical trial
    Lorraine R Reitzel
    Department of Health Disparities Research, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1440, P O Box 301402, Houston, TX 77230, USA
    Nicotine Tob Res 12:326-35. 2010
  9. ncbi Contraception or abortion? Inaccurate descriptions of emergency contraception in newspaper articles, 1992-2002
    Sandi L Pruitt
    Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Contraception 71:14-21. 2005
  10. ncbi Continuing medical education: what delivery format do physicians prefer?
    Nancy Stancic
    Department of Behavioral Science, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Box 243, Houston, TX 77030-4730, USA
    J Contin Educ Health Prof 23:162-7. 2003

Research Grants

  1. PREVENTING ALCOHOL EXPOSED PREGNANCY AFTER A JAIL TERM
    Patricia Mullen; Fiscal Year: 2001
  2. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE EDUCATION CANCER PREVENTION/CONTROL
    Patricia Mullen; Fiscal Year: 2007

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Detail Information

Publications23

  1. ncbi The promise and pitfalls of systematic reviews
    Patricia Dolan Mullen
    Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Annu Rev Public Health 27:81-102. 2006
    ....
  2. ncbi Jails as important but constrained venues for addressing women's health
    Patricia Dolan Mullen
    The Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, 77030, USA
    Fam Community Health 26:157-68. 2003
    ....
  3. ncbi How can more smoking suspension during pregnancy become lifelong abstinence? Lessons learned about predictors, interventions, and gaps in our accumulated knowledge
    Patricia Dolan Mullen
    Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Nicotine Tob Res 6:S217-38. 2004
    ..Innovative methods for reducing postpartum problems should be tested. (i). Study of incentives for pregnancy cessation should include varying patterns, carryover to early postpartum months, and focus on their impact on long-term change...
  4. ncbi The influence of subjective social status on vulnerability to postpartum smoking among young pregnant women
    Lorraine R Reitzel
    Department of Health Disparities Research, M D Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030 4009, USA
    Am J Public Health 97:1476-82. 2007
    ..The goal was to identify how subjective social status might influence the risk for postpartum smoking and to elucidate targets for intervention...
  5. ncbi Relationship between English language use and preferences for involvement in medical care among Hispanic women
    Guillermo Tortolero-Luna
    The University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 15:774-85. 2006
    ..To assess how English language use by Hispanic women affects their preferences for participating in decision making and information seeking regarding medical care...
  6. ncbi Meta-analysis of the effects of behavioral HIV prevention interventions on the sexual risk behavior of sexually experienced adolescents in controlled studies in the United States
    Patricia Dolan Mullen
    School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston 77030, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 30:S94-S105. 2002
    ....
  7. ncbi Computer-based decision support for pediatric asthma management: description and feasibility of the Stop Asthma Clinical System
    Ross Shegog
    Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, UT School of Public Health, 7000 Fannin, Suite 2668, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Health Informatics J 12:259-73. 2006
    ....
  8. ncbi Preventing postpartum smoking relapse among diverse low-income women: a randomized clinical trial
    Lorraine R Reitzel
    Department of Health Disparities Research, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1440, P O Box 301402, Houston, TX 77230, USA
    Nicotine Tob Res 12:326-35. 2010
    ....
  9. ncbi Contraception or abortion? Inaccurate descriptions of emergency contraception in newspaper articles, 1992-2002
    Sandi L Pruitt
    Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Contraception 71:14-21. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Errors were prevalent, persisted over time and may have contributed to incorrect beliefs about a form of contraception that is used infrequently, despite its potential to deter unintended pregnancy and abortion...
  10. ncbi Continuing medical education: what delivery format do physicians prefer?
    Nancy Stancic
    Department of Behavioral Science, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Box 243, Houston, TX 77030-4730, USA
    J Contin Educ Health Prof 23:162-7. 2003
    ..DISCUSSION: Live lecture continues to be a preferred format of CME for physicians in four rural areas of Texas, yet research continues to show that lecture results in only the lowest level of behavioral change...
  11. ncbi Correlates of mammography screening among Hispanic women living in lower Rio Grande Valley farmworker communities
    Richard 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...
  12. ncbi The meaning of health for women with physical disabilities: a qualitative analysis
    Margaret A Nosek
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77046, USA
    Fam Community Health 27:6-21. 2004
    ..Barriers included certain disability characteristics, stress, inadequate social support, societal attitudes, and lack of resources...
  13. ncbi A profile of U.S.-based trials of behavioral and social interventions for HIV risk reduction
    Salaam Semaan
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 30:S30-50. 2002
    ..This sizable portfolio of evaluated interventions contributes to effectiveness reviews and to considerations of transfer to program practice...
  14. ncbi Feasibility of implementation of a Dutch smoking cessation and relapse prevention protocol for pregnant women
    Martijntje J Bakker
    Public Health Fund Fonds OGZ, The Hague, The Netherlands
    Patient Educ Couns 49:35-43. 2003
    ..E.=0.25, P<0.001). These results were confirmed by data collected among clients. This easy-to-implement program is recommended for broad dissemination. Further investigation is needed to improve the partner and postpartum component...
  15. ncbi A protocol for the analytical aspects of a systematic review of HIV prevention research
    Wayne D Johnson
    Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 30:S62-72. 2002
    ..This framework may be useful for meta-analyses of prevention research in other fields, particularly when primary research features diverse outcome measures and methods of analysis...
  16. ncbi A clinical practice guideline for treating tobacco use and dependence: 2008 update. A U.S. Public Health Service report
    Michael Fiore
    Am J Prev Med 35:158-76. 2008
    ..Brief clinical approaches for patients willing and unwilling to quit are described...
  17. ncbi Alternatives to the randomized controlled trial
    Stephen G West
    Psychology Department, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
    Am J Public Health 98:1359-66. 2008
    ..g., need, merit, risk). In observational studies, treatment assignment is unknown and presumed to be nonrandom. Major threats to the validity of each design and statistical strategies for mitigating those threats are presented...
  18. ncbi Client-directed interventions to increase community demand for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening a systematic review
    Roy C Baron
    Community Guide Branch, National Center for Health Marketing, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Am J Prev Med 35:S34-55. 2008
    ..e., flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, double contrast barium enema). Specific areas for further research are also suggested in this report...
  19. ncbi Methods for conducting systematic reviews of evidence on effectiveness and economic efficiency of interventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers
    Roy C Baron
    Community Guide Branch, National Center for Health Marketing, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Am J Prev Med 35:S26-33. 2008
  20. ncbi Introducing the community guide's reviews of evidence on interventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers
    Rosalind A Breslow
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Am J Prev Med 35:S14-20. 2008
  21. ncbi Psychiatric distress in incarcerated women with recent cocaine and alcohol abuse
    Mary M Velasquez
    University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Womens Health Issues 17:264-72. 2007
    ..This study aimed to determine how preincarceration abuse of alcohol and cocaine affected current psychiatric distress among female jail detainees held for 10-14 days...
  22. ncbi Predictors of perceiving smoking cessation counselling as a midwife's role: a survey of Dutch midwives
    Martijntje J Bakker
    Municipal Health Institute The Hague, PO Box 12652, 2500 DP The Hague, The Netherlands
    Eur J Public Health 15:39-42. 2005
    ..The aim of the present study was to identify relevant factors that hamper or promote the provision of effective smoking cessation advice and counselling...
  23. ncbi The effects of smoking cessation counseling by midwives on Dutch pregnant women and their partners
    Hein de Vries
    Department of Health Education, University of Maastricht, P O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Patient Educ Couns 63:177-87. 2006
    ..Smoking during pregnancy is an important problem in the Netherlands. We tested the effectiveness of a health counseling method by midwives using a RCT...

Research Grants6

  1. PREVENTING ALCOHOL EXPOSED PREGNANCY AFTER A JAIL TERM
    Patricia Mullen; Fiscal Year: 2001
    ..The study will use an RCT design (n=270) to test the intervention's effect on alcohol consumption and birth control use 6 months after release. ..
  2. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE EDUCATION CANCER PREVENTION/CONTROL
    Patricia Mullen; Fiscal Year: 2007
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