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Reasons for quitting: intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for smoking cessation in a population-based sample of smokersS J Curry
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Addict Behav 22:727-39. 1997..Among continuing smokers, improvement in stage of readiness to quit over time was associated with significant increases in health concerns and self-control motivation...
At-risk drinking among patients making routine primary care visitsS J Curry
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Prev Med 31:595-602. 2000..Addressing non-alcoholic, at-risk patterns of alcohol consumption that are associated with increased morbidity and mortality is an important health care priority...
Organizational interventions to encourage guideline implementationS J Curry
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Chest 118:40S-46S. 2000..Example strategies are providing benefit coverage and reimbursement for guideline-based treatment protocols, and implementing clinical information systems for population-based tracking, outcomes monitoring, and benchmarking feedback...
Prevention of relapse in women who quit smoking during pregnancyC M McBride
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Center for Health Studies, Seattle, Wash, USA
Am J Public Health 89:706-11. 1999..This study is an evaluation of relapse prevention interventions for smokers who quit during pregnancy...
Partner smoking status and pregnant smoker's perceptions of support for and likelihood of smoking cessationC M McBride
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington, USA
Health Psychol 17:63-9. 1998..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...
Implementation of outreach telephone counseling to promote mammography participationE J Ludman
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Center for Health Studies, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Health Educ Behav 26:689-702. 1999..Topics discussed during the calls also differed between women with and without prior mammography experience. Implications for dissemination of counseling interventions in health care organizations are discussed...
Promoting smoking cessation among women who seek cervical cancer screeningC M McBride
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Center for Health Studies, Seattle, Washington, USA
Obstet Gynecol 91:719-24. 1998....
Motivation for smoking cessation among pregnant womenS J Curry
Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 15:126-32. 2001..Interventions to enhance the salience of health benefits over and above those related to pregnancy and other intrinsic benefits of a greater sense of self-control could protect against postpartum relapse...
ASPO Joseph W. Cullen Memorial Award Lecture. Bridging the clinical and public health perspectives in tobacco treatment research: scenes from a tobacco treatment research careerS J Curry
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, and Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 9810, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 10:281-5. 2001..Cessation appears to reverse a trajectory of higher health care costs...
Stress, depressive symptoms, and smoking cessation among pregnant womenE J Ludman
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Health Psychol 19:21-7. 2000..Interventions that reduce stress and depression may also be of benefit to women who are continuing smokers in early pregnancy...
Colorectal cancer screening participation by older womenM T Mandelson
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington, USA
Am J Prev Med 19:149-54. 2000..Systematic efforts to increase awareness of colorectal cancer (CRC) and to promote screening participation are needed to meet national objectives for CRC control...
Women's knowledge and attitudes about genetic testing for breast cancer susceptibilityE J Ludman
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, WA, USA
Eff Clin Pract 2:158-62. 1999..To assess female primary care patients' knowledge about breast cancer genetics and attitudes toward genetic testing...
