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The first 15 years of the American Academy of Dermatology skin cancer screening programs: 1985-1999Alan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 48:34-41. 2003..The purpose of this analysis is to investigate the risk factors, access to dermatologic services, and screening results of participants in AAD-sponsored programs during the first 15 years that this service was available to the US public...- Tobacco cessation and prevention practices reported by second and fourth year students at US medical schoolsAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1071-6. 2008..To date, there has been little information on students' self-reported skills and practice opportunities to provide 5A's (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange) counseling for tobacco cessation... - Multiple levels of influence in the adoption of sun protection policies in elementary schools in MassachusettsAlan C Geller
RN, Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 720 Harrison Ave, DOB801A, Boston MA 02118, USA
Arch Dermatol 144:491-6. 2008..To understand the factors that may influence sun protection policy development if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines are to be realized... - Skin cancer prevention and detection practices among siblings of patients with melanomaAlan C Geller
Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 49:631-8. 2003..These statistics suggest that first-degree relatives of patients with melanoma, who are at particularly high risk, warrant targeted public health action... - Can an hour or two of sun protection education keep the sunburn away? Evaluation of the Environmental Protection Agency's Sunwise School ProgramAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health 2:13. 2003..Childhood exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light increases risk for skin cancer as an adult, thus starting positive sun protection habits early may be key to reducing the incidence of this disease... - Screening, early detection, and trends for melanoma: current status (2000-2006) and future directionsAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 57:555-72; quiz 573-6. 2007.... - Study of health outcomes in school children: key challenges and lessons learned from the Framingham Schools' Natural History of Nevi StudyAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, DOB 801A, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Sch Health 77:312-8. 2007..We describe the planning, recruitment, key challenges, and lessons learned in the development of a study of the evolution of nevi (moles) among children in a school setting... - The benefits of skin cancer prevention counseling for parents and childrenAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 55:506-8. 2006 - A randomized trial to improve early detection and prevention practices among siblings of melanoma patientsAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Cancer 107:806-14. 2006..The first-degree relatives of melanoma patients represent a risk group who may experience a 'teachable moment' for enhanced education and risk reduction... - Overcoming obstacles to skin cancer examinations and prevention counseling for high-risk patients: results of a national survey of primary care physiciansAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 17:416-23. 2004..However, little research has attempted to identify the major obstacles to performing a skin cancer examination and recommending prevention practices... - Sun protection practices among offspring of women with personal or family history of skin cancerAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Pediatrics 117:e688-94. 2006..Family history of skin cancer is an important determinant of skin cancer risk for offspring. No previous study of the effect of personal or family history of skin cancer on the sun protection behaviors of the offspring has been published... - Raising sun protection and early detection awareness among Florida high schoolersAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Pediatr Dermatol 22:112-8. 2005.... - The primary care pediatrician's influence on medical student's performance of smoking assessments and counselingAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 720 Harrison Avenue, DOB 801A, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Prev Med 41:47-52. 2005.... - Screening for melanomaAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Dermatol Clin 20:629-40, viii. 2002.... - Tobacco control competencies for US medical studentsAlan C Geller
Cancer Prevention and Control Center, Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
Am J Public Health 95:950-5. 2005..Because there was neither an explicit set of tobacco competencies for medical schools nor a process to develop them, one of the consortium's tasks was to articulate competencies and learning objectives... - Factors associated with physician discovery of early melanoma in middle-aged and older menAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 720 Harrison Ave, DOB 801A, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Arch Dermatol 145:409-14. 2009..To determine factors associated with physician discovery of early melanoma in middle-aged and older men... - Use of sunscreen, sunburning rates, and tanning bed use among more than 10 000 US children and adolescentsAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Cancer Prevention and Control Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Pediatrics 109:1009-14. 2002.... - Cancer skills laboratories for medical students: a promising approach for cancer educationA C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
J Cancer Educ 15:196-9. 2000..Most medical students graduate without the skills necessary to assist patients in cancer control. To address this problem, the authors developed a cancer skills laboratory for second-year medical students... - Medical students' knowledge, attitudes, skills, and practices of cancer prevention and detectionA C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
J Cancer Educ 14:72-7. 1999..Thus, there is a compelling need to provide skills teaching during medical school for cancers with preventable mortality and for counseling techniques for smoking prevention and cessation... - The New Moms Project: educating mothers about sun protection in newborn nurseriesA C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Pediatr Dermatol 16:198-200. 1999..Nearly two-thirds of mothers reported that this was the only sun protection information received from a provider in the past year... - Do pediatricians counsel families about sun protection?: a Massachusetts surveyA C Geller
Boston University Cancer Prevention and Control Center, Mass 02118, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 152:372-6. 1998..Pediatric visits during summer months may be especially opportune times for sun protection counseling for children and their parents. Few data exist on the extent of such counseling... - Evaluation of a cancer prevention and detection curriculum for medical studentsAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Prev Med 35:78-86. 2002..We sought to implement and incorporate a cancer education curriculum into the students' core curriculum and to assess their skill levels prior to (1996), during (1997), and at the peak (1998-1999) of the incorporation of new hours... - Should the skin cancer examination be taught in medical school?Alan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 720 Harrison Ave, DOB801A, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Arch Dermatol 138:1201-3. 2002..We documented the antecedents of physician practice by evaluating medical students' observation, training, performance, and self-reported skill level for the skin cancer examination and sun protection counseling... - Strategies for improving melanoma education and screening for men age >or= 50 years: findings from the American Academy of Dermatological National Skin Cancer Sreening ProgramAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Cancer 95:1554-61. 2002..In the current study, the authors sought to identify factors associated with a high yield in skin cancer screening and to explore strategies for improving mass screenings for melanoma... - Impact of skin cancer prevention on outdoor aquatics staff: the Pool Cool program in Hawaii and MassachusettsA C Geller
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Boston University, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Prev Med 33:155-61. 2001..However, no interventions have been specifically directed to staff at outdoor swimming pool sites... - The SunWise Policy intervention for school-based sun protection: a pilot studyKaren M Emmons
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA
J Sch Nurs 24:215-21. 2008..Use of study interventions for improving sun protection practices such as policy toolkits or brief counseling can be easily interwoven into school hours by school nurses and other health educators... - Use of health services before the diagnosis of melanoma: implications for early detection and screeningA C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University Schools of Medicine, MA
J Gen Intern Med 7:154-7. 1992..While additional study is necessary to confirm these findings, the authors suggest that physicians caring for patients at risk for melanoma integrate melanoma screening into routine care... - Gender differences in young adults' beliefs about sunscreen useLorien Abroms
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Boston, USA
Health Educ Behav 30:29-43. 2003..Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for the design of future interventions... - Sun protection policies and environmental features in US elementary schoolsDavid B Buller
Center for Health Communication, AMC Cancer Research Center, 1600 Pierce St, Denver, CO 80214, USA
Arch Dermatol 138:771-4. 2002..Research is needed to demonstrate the efficacy of these changes... - The Environmental Protection Agency's National SunWise School Program: sun protection education in US schools (1999-2000)Alan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 46:683-9. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Brief, standardized sun protection education can be efficiently interwoven into school health education and result in improvements in knowledge and positive intentions for sun protection... - Utilization of colorectal cancer screening tests: a 1997 survey of Massachusetts internistsP C Schroy
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Boston University, MA 02118, USA
Prev Med 33:381-91. 2001..The overall objectives of this study were to assess the current attitudes and screening behavior of primary care physicians in light of new efficacy data, revised guidelines, improved technology, and more widespread insurance coverage... - Early detection of thick melanomas in the United States: beware of the nodular subtypeMarie France Demierre
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Arch Dermatol 141:745-50. 2005..We determined trends in distribution of thin and thick melanoma, with emphasis on the histopathologic subtype nodular melanoma... - Epidemiology of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancerAlan C Geller
School of Medicine, and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Boston University, MA, USA
Semin Oncol Nurs 19:2-11. 2003..Nurses should ascertain possible inherited risk and monitor patients for additional primary skin cancers... - Skin cancer prevention comes of ageHoward K Koh
Am J Prev Med 27:484-5. 2004 - The Framingham school nevus study: a pilot studySusan A Oliveria
Dermatology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Arch Dermatol 140:545-51. 2004..evaluate the relationship between host and environmental factors and prevalence of nevi in schoolchildren; and (3). demonstrate the feasibility of conducting a longitudinal study... - Skin cancer education in transplant recipientsIlana Feuerstein
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Prog Transplant 18:232-41; quiz 242. 2008..Although some transplant recipients may resist adopting new behaviors at first, use of the ample clinic opportunities for patient education can dramatically reduce their risk of skin cancer... - Crafting a melanoma educational campaign to reach middle-aged and older menJoanna Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
J Cutan Med Surg 10:259-68. 2006..Issues of health literacy and understandability of our messages must be further explored... - Economic evaluation of the US Environmental Protection Agency's SunWise program: sun protection education for young childrenJessica W Kyle
ICF International, 1725 Eye St, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC, USA
Pediatrics 121:e1074-84. 2008..The objectives of this study were to assess the health benefits of the SunWise School Program and use economic analysis to determine the program's net benefits and cost-effectiveness... - A randomized trial of skin cancer prevention in aquatics settings: the Pool Cool programKaren Glanz
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu 96822, USA
Health Psychol 21:579-87. 2002..Observations corroborated the positive findings. Pool Cool had significant positive effects at swimming pools in diverse audiences... - Sunburn reduction through parental role modeling and sunscreen vigilanceAlan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Pediatr 142:67-72. 2003..Therefore the inclusion of parents and care givers in interventions targeting children may increase program efficacy... - Skin cancer examination teaching in US medical educationMegan M Moore
Harvard Medical School, USA
Arch Dermatol 142:439-44. 2006..More frequent and improved SCEs might result in earlier detection of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers by nondermatologists, with significant public health benefits... - Who uses the Smoker's Quitline in Massachusetts?Marianne N Prout
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Tob Control 11:ii74-5. 2002 - Validating medical students' self-report of smoking-related communication skills and educational experiencesKatie R Brooks
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass, USA
Ambul Pediatr 7:187-91. 2007..In evaluating an educational intervention that promotes this skill, we assess whether students' self-report of this counseling skill was a valid measure of actual behavior... - Smoking Sleuths: a pilot tobacco prevention elective for medical school studentsCatherine A Powers
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Cancer Educ 23:122-5. 2008..Smoking Sleuths is an experiential learning curriculum that was developed and taught to elementary through high school aged children by medical students... - Sun care advertising in popular U.S. magazinesEric T Lee
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Am J Health Promot 20:349-52. 2006.... - Changing patterns of sun protection between the first and second summers for very young childrenLori Steinberg Benjes
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Boston University, MA 02118, USA
Arch Dermatol 140:925-30. 2004..Future studies should focus on parents' beliefs about the need for, and practice of, vigilant sun protection as their children grow from infancy to toddlerhood... - Evaluation of current tobacco curriculum at 12 US medical schoolsCatherine A Powers
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Cancer Educ 19:212-9. 2004..Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Education at US Medical Schools (PACE), a National Cancer Institute funded project, was launched to assess and improve curriculum content and teaching at 12 US medical schools... - Evaluation of medical students' knowledge, attitudes, and personal practices of sun protection and skin self-examinationMaggie B Hymowitz
Arch Dermatol 142:523-4. 2006 - Factors related to the presentation of thin and thick nodular melanoma from a population-based cancer registry in Queensland AustraliaAlan C Geller
Division of Public Health Practice, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Cancer 115:1318-27. 2009.... - Melanoma in middle-aged and older men: a multi-institutional survey study of factors related to tumor thicknessSusan M Swetter
Department of Dermatology, Stanford University Medical Center, 900 Blake Wilbur Dr, Room W0069, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Arch Dermatol 145:397-404. 2009..To identify factors related to the detection of melanoma and to determine those that differ between thinner vs thicker tumors in middle-aged and older men... - Educational and screening campaigns to reduce deaths from melanomaAlan C Geller
Division of Public Health Practice, Harvard School of Public Health, Landmark Center, 401 Park Drive, Third Floor East, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 23:515-27, ix. 2009..We also propose the framework for a randomized screening trial for melanoma... - Efficacy of skin self-examination practices for early melanoma detectionRicardo A Pollitt
Department of Dermatology, Pigmented Lesion and Melanoma Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94063, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:3018-23. 2009..We examined associations between SSE practices and tumor thickness in patients with recently diagnosed melanoma... - Cancer prevention education in United States medical schools: how far have we come?Zeina Dajani
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Cancer Educ 23:204-8. 2008..Herein, we review progress to date and call for a national forum of anti-cancer organizations to forge a new series of competencies for all US medical students... - Student-parent agreement in self-reported sun behaviorsStephen W Dusza
Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 52:896-900. 2005..We sought to describe agreement between parent proxy and student self-reported sun behaviors and sun protective practices in adolescents aged 10 to 14 years... - What's in store for medical students? Awareness and utilization of expert nutrition guidelines among medical school preceptorsVictor Wong
Department of Dermatology and Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
Prev Med 39:753-9. 2004.... - Melanoma in the older personSusan M Swetter
Department of Dermatology, Pigmented Lesion and Cutaneous Melanoma Clinic, Stanford University Medical Center Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, California 94305, USA
Oncology (Williston Park) 18:1187-96; discussion 1196-7. 2004..Secondary melanoma prevention should be focused on targeted education to older men and their spouses for early detection and reduction of mortality in this extremely high-risk group... - Sun protection policies and practices at child care centers in MassachusettsStacey A Kenfield
Epidemiology Department, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
J Community Health 30:491-503. 2005..Further research should assess this relationship in other states. Improving and expanding existing state regulations may be a reasonable strategy to increase sun protection at child care centers... - Teenagers and artificial tanningSophie J Balk
Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1621 Eastchester Road, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
Pediatrics 121:1040-2. 2008 - A call for the development and implementation of a targeted national melanoma screening programAlan C Geller
Arch Dermatol 142:504-7. 2006 - Melanoma survivorship: research opportunitiesSusan A Oliveria
Department of Medicine, Dermatology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 160 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022, USA
J Cancer Surviv 1:87-97. 2007..Here, we outline the important research opportunities related to the study of melanoma survivorship and summarize the paucity of literature currently available... - Melanoma incidence and mortality among US whites, 1969-1999Alan C Geller
JAMA 288:1719-20. 2002 - Improving skin cancer prevention and detection education in US medical schoolsHeather A Brandling-Bennett
Arch Dermatol 142:524-6. 2006 - A nationwide population-based skin cancer screening in Germany: proceedings of the first meeting of the International Task Force on Skin Cancer Screening and Prevention (September 24 and 25, 2009)Alan C Geller
Division of Public Health Practice, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Cancer Epidemiol 34:355-8. 2010.... - Increased cancer risk for individuals with a family history of prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, and melanoma and their associated screening recommendations and practicesMegan Noe
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Cancer Causes Control 19:1-12. 2008..This review should serve as a guide for physicians and cancer control planners when advising their patients and the public regarding screening decisions... - Are television stations and weather pages still reporting the UV index? A national media follow-up studyKatie R Brooks
Arch Dermatol 141:526. 2005 - A novel educational strategy to enhance internal medicine residents' familial colorectal cancer knowledge and risk assessment skillsPaul C Schroy
Department of Medicine and Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 100:677-84. 2005..CONCLUSION: A mixed educational program that incorporates both a DL and ICBS is more effective that the DL alone for increasing knowledge about familial CRC risk but may have limited influence on clinical risk assessment skills... - The CHEER study to reduce BMI in Elementary School students: a school-based, parent-directed study in Framingham, MassachusettsElissa A Resnick
Cancer Prevention and Control Center and Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusets Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J Sch Nurs 25:361-72. 2009..Findings are limited by the lack of a true control group and small sample size. Results from this school nurse and CHW outreach program to parents are encouraging... - Translating research evidence into practice to reduce health disparities: a social determinants approachHoward K Koh
Division of Public Health Practice, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 100:S72-80. 2010..Such efforts translate research evidence into real-world settings and harness collaborative social action for broad-scale, sustainable change... - Enacting legislation to restrict youth access to tanning beds: a survey of advocates and sponsoring legislatorsBusayo Obayan
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 63:63-70. 2010..Passing tanning bed legislation restricting underage use has remained challenging... - Academic dermatology manpower: issues of recruitment and retentionDaniel S Loo
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass 02118, USA
Arch Dermatol 143:341-7. 2007..To assess the total number, recruitment rate, departure rate, and growth rate of full-time academic dermatologists in the United States over the last decade... - Frequent tanning bed use, weight concerns, and other health risk behaviors in adolescent females (United States)Alison E Field
Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI, USA
Cancer Causes Control 17:679-86. 2006..This effect may be mediated by peer influence and a desire to look like other females in the media. Multi-pronged approaches, particularly those that target attitudes of young females, are needed to combat increased use of tanning beds... - Use of artificial tanning products among young adultsKatie Brooks
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 54:1060-6. 2006..While safe alternatives to ultraviolet exposure are desirable, the potential risks of widely endorsing artificial tanning products must be considered... - Sun protection factor content and warning statements for sunless tanning products: an examination of retail outlets and the InternetZeina Dajani
J Am Acad Dermatol 53:919-20. 2005
Research Grants
- Tobacco Prevention/Cessation Education: Medical StudentsAlan Geller; Fiscal Year: 2006..modules, plans for integration, and faculty training Aim3 - Conduct trial implementation Aim4 - Conduct a comprehensive, formative, process and impact evaluation Aim5 - Disseminate teaching guides to other medical schools ..