C M McBride

..001). Among partner smokers, those who were trying to quit were perceived to be particularly supportive. Cessation interventions for expectant fathers may increase pregnant women's success at quitting...

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..Cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship offer challenges and opportunities ("teachable moments") to promote smoking cessation...

..Heightened distress at the time of a loved one's lung cancer diagnosis may motivate relatives to quit smoking or could undermine cessation...

..Refinement of the RFQ is needed to assess intrinsic motivators other than health concerns and to identify salient motivators for young and male smokers...

..88 vs 1.31, respectively; p=0. 02). Prospective studies are needed to understand the psychological impact of cancer diagnosis and how it might facilitate or impede the adoption of health promoting behaviors...

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..This study is an evaluation of relapse prevention interventions for smokers who quit during pregnancy...

..Generally, partners reported giving more positive and less negative support than women perceived. Results suggest the need for further examination of couples' perceptions of support and the impact on smoking cessation during pregnancy...

..Interventions that reduce stress and depression may also be of benefit to women who are continuing smokers in early pregnancy...

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..It was assessed whether higher rates of depressive symptoms were associated with menopausal status, climacteric symptoms, and use of hormone replacement therapy...

..HIV/STD prevention interventions must address more specific aspects of condom use than have previously been their focus, especially when condom use is already high...

..Implications for research related to couples and health behavior change are also highlighted...

..This report examines the outcome data for Project PREVENT, a two-site randomized control trial designed to reduce behavioral risk factors for colorectal cancer among individuals who have been diagnosed with adenomatous colon polyps...

..These findings highlight the importance of physicians discussing HT with their patients, particularly because of recent clinical trial developments...

..g., red meat consumption, fruit and vegetable intake, multivitamin intake, alcohol, smoking, and physical inactivity), co-occurrence among these behaviors, and motivation for change among patients at increased risk...

..The clinical implications of these findings are discussed and future directions for research on self-efficacy in African American prostate cancer survivors are identified...

..99; confidence interval, 1.03-8.64; P = 0.04). Future research is needed to understand how young adults will respond to genetic susceptibility feedback that confirms or contradicts their expectations about personal risks of smoking...

..Partners may provide negative support in response to women's smoking cues. Women who are struggling with cessation may not view negative support as negative...

..Cancer 2007. (c) 2006 American Cancer Society...

..The FRESH START trial tested the efficacy of sequentially tailored versus standardized mailed materials on improving cancer survivors' diet and exercise behaviors...

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..Outcomes include proportion who logged on to the study website to consider testing, made informed decisions to log on and to be tested...

..These beliefs were not associated with rated importance of race/ethnicity or gender in clinical decision-making. FPs appreciate the complexity of genetic and environmental influences on health differences by race/ethnicity and gender...

..A partner's provision of support and smoking status has been consistently associated with women's likelihood of smoking cessation during pregnancy and relapse in postpartum...

..To examine if parental smoking modifies the association between parent-child connectedness and parental disapproval of youth smoking with smoking behavior among minority youth...

..However, refinements in telephone-counseling approaches may be needed to achieve the success observed in adult populations...

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..Health promotion activities that address multiple risk factors and involve children are needed by young families in rural communities...

..To examine associations of women's characteristics with reports of provider advice to quit smoking and smoking cessation 1 year after a reproductive health visit...

..Providers may need additional training and prompting to counsel young healthy smokers about the importance of cessation...

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..CONCLUSIONS: Tailored cognitive/behavioral minimal self-help interventions hold promise as HIV/STD prevention strategies for diverse populations of young at-risk women...

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..The authors suggest additional research is needed to develop more effective strategies for communicating genetic risk feedback to motivate smoking cessation...

..S. overall and the first leading cause among individuals age > or = 75 years. Because polyp risk increases with age, interventions to prevent recurrent polyps among older adults likely would reduce CRC morbidity and mortality...

..Considered overall, the results of this study suggest that caregiver self-efficacy in pain management is important in understanding how caregivers adjust to the demands of caring for cancer patients who have pain at the end of life...

..Cultural differences in weight standards and the high prevalence of weight-related health conditions (e.g., hypertension and diabetes) may influence concerns about smoking cessation-related weight gain...

..Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) research has focused on high-risk populations such as STD clinic patients and college students. This report examines predictors of unprotected sex among nonstudent women seen in primary care...

..We recommend strategies for increasing accuracy using hypothetical scenario methodology to examine genetic susceptibility test uptake prediction...

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..They also outline one element of this agenda, the Multiplex Initiative, which has been underway since 2006...

..Although the family context offers the opportunity to address the parent-child reciprocal nature of tobacco use, it requires sensitivity to the challenges of addressing this topic...