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Distance delivery of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression: project UPLIFTNancy J Thompson
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Epilepsy Behav 19:247-54. 2010..Findings indicate that distance delivery of group MBCT can be effective in reducing symptoms of depression in people with epilepsy. Directions for future research are proposed...
Testing the utility of a modified organ donation model among African American adultsDana H Z Robinson
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd, Rm 521, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Behav Med 35:364-74. 2012..The significance of these variables speaks to the importance of their inclusion in a model that focuses on the African American population and offers new direction for more effective donation education efforts...- Formative and process evaluations of a cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness intervention for people with epilepsy and depressionElizabeth Reisinger Walker
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Epilepsy Behav 19:239-46. 2010..Overall, the results from both evaluations indicate that participants felt that Project UPLIFT was acceptable and perceived to be beneficial... 
Increasing the use of bicycle helmets: lessons from behavioral scienceNancy J Thompson
Division of Behavioral Science and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30036, USA
Patient Educ Couns 46:191-7. 2002..This paper describes the behavioral principles and their application to the problem of increasing bicycle helmet use. Recommendations for practitioners are included...- Social environment factors associated with suicide attempt among low-income African Americans: the protective role of family relationships and social supportMichael T Compton
Emory University School of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Atlanta GA 30303, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:175-85. 2005..This study focused on two important dimensions of the social environment, family relationships and social support, as well as an important person-level risk factor--depressive symptoms... - Alcohol-related risk behaviors and sports participation among adolescents: an analysis of 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey dataDarren Mays
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia 30030, USA
J Adolesc Health 44:87-9. 2009..Male sports participants were more likely to report heavy drinking and driving after drinking in the past month. Females were less likely to report ever drinking, early drinking, and drinking in the past month... - Correlates of support for living donation among African American adultsDana H Z Robinson
Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Prog Transplant 19:244-51. 2009..Examination of barriers to living donation can lead to effective strategies to educate dialysis patients and their families about this alternative... - Project ACTS: an intervention to increase organ and tissue donation intentions among African AmericansKimberly Arriola
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Health Educ Behav 37:264-74. 2010..Project ACTS may be an effective tool for stimulating family discussion of donation intentions among African Americans although additional research is needed to explore how to more effectively affect written intentions... - Using Rasch measurement theory to assess three depression scales among adults with epilepsyElizabeth Reisinger Walker
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Seizure 21:437-43. 2012..It also demonstrates an approach for analyzing and evaluating the results of small scale intervention programs, such as the UPLIFT program... - Distrust in the healthcare system and organ donation intentions among African AmericansEmily Russell
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Community Health 37:40-7. 2012..Future organ donation studies should be conducted to determine the pathways through which distrust in the healthcare system impacts different types of organ donation intentions... - Family strengths: a potential determinant of the duration of untreated psychosis among hospitalized African-American first-episode patientsSandra M Goulding
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
Early Interv Psychiatry 2:162-8. 2008..In this study, it was hypothesized that family strengths would be inversely correlated with DUI and DUP; and families of patients with a short DUI/DUP would have greater family strengths than those of patients with a long DUI/DUP... - The prevention research centers' managing epilepsy well networkColleen K DiIorio
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Epilepsy Behav 19:218-24. 2010..Communication strategies and examples of research translation programs are discussed. The conclusion outlines the Network's role in the future development and dissemination of evidence-based epilepsy self-management programs... - Sports participation and problem alcohol use: a multi-wave national sample of adolescentsDarren Mays
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Am J Prev Med 38:491-8. 2010..Differences also exist between men/boys and women/girls in both sports participation and patterns of alcohol-related behaviors, but there are few longitudinal investigations of this relationship... - The period of untreated psychosis before treatment initiation: a qualitative study of family members' perspectivesErin Bergner
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Compr Psychiatry 49:530-6. 2008..This study used a qualitative research methodology to explore common themes pertaining to the period of untreated psychosis before treatment initiation in hospitalized, urban, African American, first-episode psychosis patients... - Intent to breast-feed: the impact of attitudes, norms, parity, and experienceAmy S Kloeblen-Tarver
Department of Nutrition Services, Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Am J Health Behav 26:182-7. 2002..To examine the influence of breast-feeding attitudes, social norms, and prior experience on predicting breast-feeding intention utilizing the theories of reasoned action and planned behavior... - Stigma and treatment delay in first-episode psychosis: a grounded theory studyLauren Franz
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Early Interv Psychiatry 4:47-56. 2010..A longer duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) is associated with greater morbidity in the early course of schizophrenia. This formative, hypothesis-generating study explored the effects of stigma, as perceived by family members, on DUP... - Health-related quality of life and weight loss among overweight and obese U.S. adults, 2001 to 2002Connie L Bish
Graduate Program in Nutrition and Health Science of the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:2042-53. 2006..Assessment of HRQOL, especially measures that evaluate physical domains, could provide subjective information to assist with weight counseling...