Shawna L Mercer

Summary

Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Possible lessons from the tobacco experience for obesity control
    Shawna L Mercer
    Office of Extramural Prevention Research, Public Health Practice Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 77:1073S-1082S. 2003
  2. ncbi Study designs for effectiveness and translation research :identifying trade-offs
    Shawna L Mercer
    Guide to Community Preventive Services, National Center for Health Marketing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Am J Prev Med 33:139-154. 2007
  3. ncbi Translating evidence into policy: lessons learned from the case of lowering the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers
    Shawna L Mercer
    Community Guide Branch, Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office Proposed, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services Proposed, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 20:412-20. 2010
  4. ncbi Scientific evidence and policy change: lowering the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers to 0.08% in the USA
    David A Sleet
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
    Glob Health Promot 18:23-6. 2011
  5. ncbi Possible lessons for physician counseling on obesity from the progress in smoking cessation in primary care
    Lawrence W Green
    Office of Extramural Prevention Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, USA
    Forum Nutr 56:191-4. 2003
  6. ncbi The scientific basis for law as a public health tool
    Anthony D Moulton
    Public Health Law Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS D 30, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Am J Public Health 99:17-24. 2009
  7. ncbi Effectiveness of interventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers: nine updated systematic reviews for the guide to community preventive services
    Susan A Sabatino
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    Am J Prev Med 43:97-118. 2012
  8. ncbi Navigating the road ahead: public health challenges and the interactive systems framework for dissemination and implementation
    Rita K Noonan
    National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop F 63, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Am J Community Psychol 50:572-80. 2012
  9. ncbi The value and challenges of participatory research: strengthening its practice
    Margaret Cargo
    Department of Psychiatry and Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Verdun, Quebec, Canada
    Annu Rev Public Health 29:325-50. 2008

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Possible lessons from the tobacco experience for obesity control
    Shawna L Mercer
    Office of Extramural Prevention Research, Public Health Practice Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 77:1073S-1082S. 2003
    ....
  2. ncbi Study designs for effectiveness and translation research :identifying trade-offs
    Shawna L Mercer
    Guide to Community Preventive Services, National Center for Health Marketing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Am J Prev Med 33:139-154. 2007
    ..Investigators, however, face challenges in designing sound effectiveness and translation research with relevance for "real-world" settings...
  3. ncbi Translating evidence into policy: lessons learned from the case of lowering the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers
    Shawna L Mercer
    Community Guide Branch, Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office Proposed, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services Proposed, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 20:412-20. 2010
    ..These lessons learned may help others working to translate evidence into policy...
  4. ncbi Scientific evidence and policy change: lowering the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers to 0.08% in the USA
    David A Sleet
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
    Glob Health Promot 18:23-6. 2011
    ..The bill was signed into law, making 0.08 the new national standard. Extensive and targeted dissemination of the evidence and recommendations to key stakeholders and partners built support for policy change at the state level...
  5. ncbi Possible lessons for physician counseling on obesity from the progress in smoking cessation in primary care
    Lawrence W Green
    Office of Extramural Prevention Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, USA
    Forum Nutr 56:191-4. 2003
  6. ncbi The scientific basis for law as a public health tool
    Anthony D Moulton
    Public Health Law Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS D 30, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Am J Public Health 99:17-24. 2009
    ..Additional primary studies and systematic reviews are needed to address significant gaps in knowledge about the laws' public health impact, as are energetic, sustained initiatives to make the findings available to public policy makers...
  7. ncbi Effectiveness of interventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers: nine updated systematic reviews for the guide to community preventive services
    Susan A Sabatino
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    Am J Prev Med 43:97-118. 2012
    ..This article presents results of updated systematic reviews for nine of these interventions...
  8. ncbi Navigating the road ahead: public health challenges and the interactive systems framework for dissemination and implementation
    Rita K Noonan
    National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop F 63, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Am J Community Psychol 50:572-80. 2012
    ....
  9. ncbi The value and challenges of participatory research: strengthening its practice
    Margaret Cargo
    Department of Psychiatry and Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Verdun, Quebec, Canada
    Annu Rev Public Health 29:325-50. 2008
    ..Advances to the practice of PR over the next decade will require establishing the effectiveness of PR in achieving health outcomes and linking PR practices, processes, and core elements to health outcomes...