D J Bowen

..g., rates of regular mammography screening). These findings provided a possible explanation for the variety of findings in the published literature and identified rigorous sampling methods that can be used in future research...

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..These activities led to smooth closure of active intervention and maintained high retention rates during the transition...

..Area probability sampling was used to conduct a women's health survey in Boston, MA. Sexual minority women (SMW) and heterosexual adult women were compared on a variety of health-related measures...

..Where available, we cite data to support the issues that could arise. Where there are no studies, we invite further research. The potential of family history as a health improvement tool is still under review...

..Women who expected low-fat shakes reported liking them more than those who expected high-fat milkshakes. These data indicate that both physiology and cognition play a role in determining consumption of high- and low-fat foods...

..We must look beyond risk perceptions and family history to understand motivations for health behaviors...

..The present study reports on the important issue of how family communication and support regarding breast cancer risk affects interest in genetic testing and mental health...

..Religious identity was a significant predictor of intention to adhere to mammography recommendations. Findings show that culture and religion, although correlated, may have different associations with health attitudes...

..Several studies have identified methods of changing dietary fat consumption in small, intensive intervention settings. Fewer studies have examined how to improve dietary habits of individuals in the general public...

..We collected data on several aspects of resilience and related them to personal perceptions of breast cancer risk and worry about cancer...

..Internet use motivators are complex; these findings have relevance to the design of Internet-based interventions...

..These data will be helpful in recruiting community organisations into health promotion programmes...

..The authors argue that more regulation is needed to control and correct this problem in the United States...

..These data add to the growing body of knowledge on sexual minority women's health and point to areas of community action and future research...

..The results presented here may have implications for recruiting women in the general population with a family history of breast cancer for counseling about their risk for the disease...

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..However, level of stress, cognitive restraint, and weight gain concerns did predict self-efficacy. These data indicate strong interest in quitting among women and highlight the role of affect and weight concerns in quitting confidence...

..Cancer worry decreased in both counseling groups by one scale point (P < 0.05). These results indicate that counseling can relieve women's negative reactions to breast cancer risk...

..Decision aids are currently being developed and evaluated for use in cancer-screening decisional settings...

..Particularly, we need to transfer some of the knowledge from the individual-based trials to community-level interventions. Also, more research with rigorous methodology must be done to test current and future intervention options...

..These data can guide the design of effective intervention strategies to improve health behaviors in sexual minority women...

..Counseling can help women gain a more accurate perception of their risk, expose them to the benefits and limitations of genetic testing, and reduce their worry about cancer...

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..Dietetics professionals are encouraged to assess the measurement properties of self-monitoring tools to use them appropriately in supporting dietary changes...

..Our objective was to investigate the distribution and patterns of alternative medicine use by children diagnosed with cancer in Washington State...

..Areas of further exploration and of action are identified to address problems that women face regarding weight...

..The high rates of cancer among American Indians and Alaska Natives are of growing concern...

..These results are promising for health care providers providing advice to postmenopausal women for lifestyle changes to reduce risk of insulin resistance, coronary heart disease, and diabetes...

..The effects of dietary changes on osteoporosis, low bone density, and frequent falls are unestablished...

..Cancer 101 provides a critical pathway to increase knowledge and promote action to reduce the burden and improve survival of cancer within tribal communities...

..High-risk women recruited via mass mailing were less likely than those recruited via physicians or affected relatives to report either worry about their risk or use of ovarian cancer screening tests...

..The association between exercise and breast cancer risk may be partly explained by the effects of exercise on these hormones...

..RESULTS: The label "consistent/patterned" was a predictor of dietary nonmaintenance (p <.05). IMPLICATIONS: Future studies should use this information to re-educate nonmaintainers on compliance issues...

..Observational studies and polyp recurrence trials are not conclusive regarding the effects of a low-fat dietary pattern on risk of colorectal cancer, necessitating a primary prevention trial...

..Thus, this 12-month moderate intensity exercise intervention did not significantly alter urinary excretion of 2-OH E(1), 16alpha-OH E(1), or their ratio in this population of women...

..The association between increased physical activity and reduced risk for postmenopausal breast cancer may be partly explained by effects on serum estrogens...

..Almost 75% have not heard much about their risk for ovarian cancer. More than 90% failed to use 1 or another of 2 possible tests used for ovarian cancer screening regularly...

..CONCLUSIONS: Exercise does not seem to decrease the risk of having menopause symptoms in overweight, postmenopausal women not taking hormone therapy and may increase the severity of some symptoms in a small number of women...

..Increased fitness was associated with improvements in sleep. However, the effect of moderate-intensity exercise may depend on the amount of exercise and time of day it is performed...

..This study was undertaken to assess the effects of a low-fat dietary pattern on incidence of treated diabetes among generally healthy postmenopausal women...

..01 for all scales). It appears that continued efforts to search for sense in the cancer experience two or more years after cancer diagnosis are associated with PTSS and lower levels of HRQOL in long-term survivors of breast cancer...

..Our results fail to support prior evidence of an association of the CCK C-45T polymorphism with the ability to quit smoking...

..Further research will be required to examine the possibility that screening reduces worry when women receive only normal, presumably reassuring, results...

..If other behaviors do change with increasing physical activity, this would complicate interpretation of differences in study outcomes in exercise intervention trials...

..These results support further exploration of the potential influence of religious organizations' social environment on health behaviors and its applicability to dietary change interventions...

..We conclude from this study that African-American barbershops in general are welcoming environments in which to implement community-based prostate cancer education and public health research...

..This paper describes the ethnic and socioeconomic correlates of functioning in a cohort of long-term nonrecurring breast cancer survivors...

..While research has identified barriers to screening from the patient perspective, less research has addressed screening from the physician perspective...

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..The purposes of this study were: 1) to investigate components involved with decision-making for prostate cancer screening among African American men; and 2) to identify cultural factors that may influence screening decisions...

..To test the feasibility of a dissemination strategy to increase faith communities' (FCs) adoption and implementation of a tested dietary intervention...

..To prospectively determine cancer yield, callback and biopsy rates, and positive predictive value (PPV) of mammography, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and ultrasonography (US) in women at high risk for breast cancer...

..This prospective study investigated physical activity (PA), occurrence of physical symptoms, and HRQOL in a large, ethnically-diverse cohort of breast cancer survivors...

..However, recruitment methods may attract different subgroups of individuals, so examining characteristics of samples recruited using different methods can help detect threats to the external validity of research results...

..Candidate predictors included intrapersonal, interpersonal, intervention program characteristics, and clinical center...

..We sought to determine whether lesbians have higher rates of overweight and obesity than women of other sexual orientations...

..These data may guide future research and policy concerning the use and protection of medical information, including genetic information...

..We know very little about how individuals decide to undertake, maintain, or discontinue cancer primary prevention or chemoprevention...

..Multiple regression analyses revealed that perceived risk partially mediated the relationship between optimism and cancer worry...

..It will be feasible to work with barbershops and their clients for a community-based prostate cancer screening decision-aid intervention for African-American men...

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..Findings have implications for designing dietary interventions to have the largest public health impact...

..05). These findings indicate that dietary interventions targeting the FFP may benefit other family members...

..Design/subjects Telephone interviews of a population-based sample of 126 breast, 114 prostate, and 116 colorectal cancer patients from the state of Washington...

..Adequate levels of funding to further evaluate this approach and to develop appropriate tools should be made available for research activities focused on this important area...

..CONCLUSION: These results indicate that counseling can change interest in genetic testing only slightly and that changing women's beliefs about the properties of testing might be one mechanism of doing so...

..DESIGN, LOCATION, SUBJECTS: Telephone survey of 356 patients with colon, breast, or prostate cancer identified from the population-based Cancer Surveillance System of western Washington...

..Trust in one's physician mediated the effect of health locus of control on decision method. CONCLUSION: Physicians will face requests from low-risk women and will need effective communication skills to inform women about the test...

..These results support further exploration of religious orientation's potential influence on dietary behaviors and its applicability to dietary interventions...

..CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians should be aware that men and women differ considerably in their use of CAM, which may reflect differences in their psychological needs as they cope with their cancer diagnosis and treatment...

..Variables associated with stage of dietary fat change included sex, education, and religious organization cohesion. CONCLUSIONS: Demographic variance is an important factor in understanding dietary fat intake...

..Increasing age predicted study assessment completion, and both cancer worry and White ethnicity predicted intervention retention...

..CONCLUSION: Including the BCIA with measures of QOL, symptoms, and functioning will allow researchers to gain a more comprehensive assessment of the biopsychosocial IOC in survivors...

..quot; The objective of this study was to evaluate the measurement characteristics of 2 single-item measures on the amount of stress and the ability to handle stress...

..Prospective studies using more sophisticated measures of physical activity assessed at multiple time points during follow-up are needed to corroborate these associations...

..Breast cancer risk counseling may help women to learn about their risk and appropriate options of testing. This study measured the effects of an intervention in-person and by telephone, compared to a control group...

..This analysis has identified the need to consider potential application efforts in genomics and HBHE from an ecological perspective, with an emphasis on multiple levels of intervention and analysis...

..CONCLUSIONS: Web sites should provide personalized information and personal searching assistance. They should also include disclosures of content sources and a privacy policy that details how personal data is handled...

..We group issues into two categories: connectivity and human interface. Our focus is to conceptualize access as a multicomponent issue that can either reduce or enhance the public health utility of electronic communications...

..001). APPLICATIONS/CONCLUSIONS: Understanding and using instruments to assess the physical and emotional status of a target population will help dietetic professionals promote healthful dietary change and maintenance...

..The results are discussed in terms of their pragmatic implications...