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| Jennifer D AllenSummaryAffiliation: Harvard University Country: USA Publications
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Health beliefs, attitudes and service utilization among HaitiansJennifer D Allen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 24:106-19. 2013..Leveraging positive cultural traditions and existing communication networks could increase the impact of Haitian health initiatives...- Multi-media support for informed/shared decision-making before and after a cancer diagnosisJennifer D Allen
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Semin Oncol Nurs 27:192-202. 2011..To define and distinguish informed decision-making (IDM) from shared decision-making (SDM) and review the evidence for technology-based interventions designed to facilitate informed decisions about cancer screening and treatment... - Parental decision making about the HPV vaccineJennifer D Allen
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:2187-98. 2010..Prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are available, but uptake is suboptimal. Information on factors influencing parental decisions regarding vaccination will facilitate the development of successful interventions... - A randomized trial of a computer-tailored decision aid to improve prostate cancer screening decisions: results from the take the wheel trialJennifer D Allen
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard MedicalSchool, School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:2172-86. 2010..To evaluate a decision aid (DA) designed to promote informed decision making for prostate cancer screening... - Do men make informed decisions about prostate cancer screening? Baseline results from the "take the wheel" trialJennifer D Allen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Med Decis Making 31:108-20. 2011..Psychosocial and demographic correlates of IDM were also assessed... 
A systematic review of measures used in studies of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine acceptabilityJennifer D Allen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Vaccine 28:4027-37. 2010..This review examined measures of HPV and HPV-vaccine knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and acceptability, described psychometric characteristics, and provided recommendations about their use...
Intention to have a mammogram in the future among women who have underused mammography in the pastJ D Allen
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Control, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Health Educ Behav 25:474-88. 1998..Intervention among social networks may also be an effective means of promoting mammography...- A computer-tailored intervention to promote informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among African American menJennifer D Allen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Mens Health 3:340-51. 2009..These results suggest that use of a computer-tailored decision aid is a promising strategy to promote IDM for CaP screening among African American men... - Promoting breast and cervical cancer screening at the workplace: results from the Woman to Woman StudyJ D Allen
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community Based Research, 44 Binney St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 91:584-90. 2001..This article reports findings from a peer-delivered intervention designed to increase use of breast and cervical cancer screening... - Follow-up of abnormal screening mammograms among low-income ethnically diverse women: findings from a qualitative studyJennifer D Allen
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Patient Educ Couns 72:283-92. 2008..To understand factors that women feel facilitate or hinder their receipt of diagnostic services following an abnormal screening mammogram... - Do social network characteristics predict mammography screening practices?Jennifer D Allen
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Health Educ Behav 35:763-76. 2008..The authors prospectively examined the relationship between social network characteristics and adherence to screening guidelines... - African-American men's perceptions about prostate cancer: implications for designing educational interventionsJennifer D Allen
Harvard School of Public Health, Society, Human Development and Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Soc Sci Med 64:2189-200. 2007..Implications for interventions are discussed... - Stage of adoption of the human papillomavirus vaccine among college womenJennifer D Allen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Prev Med 48:420-5. 2009..Certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) can cause cervical and other cancers. A vaccine that protects against HPV types responsible for 70% of cervical cancers is available to females ages 9-26... - Decreasing women's anxieties after abnormal mammograms: a controlled trialMary B Barton
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:529-38. 2004..e., a radiology intervention) and of an educational intervention that taught skills to cope with anxiety on the psychological status of women whose mammograms were normal or abnormal... - Theoretical foundations for interventions designed to promote informed decision making for cancer screeningDeborah J Bowen
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, School of Public Health, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Ann Behav Med 32:202-10. 2006..Decision aids are currently being developed and evaluated for use in cancer-screening decisional settings... - Timely care after an abnormal mammogram among low-income women in a public breast cancer screening programRebecca Lobb
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:521-8. 2010..However, the effect of these policies on timeliness of care has not been empirically evaluated... - An investigation into the social context of low-income, urban Black and Latina women: implications for adherence to recommended health behaviorsRachel C Shelton
Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Health Educ Behav 38:471-81. 2011..These results suggest that effective health interventions not only address change among individuals but must also change health care systems and social policies in order to reduce health disparities... - College men's knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about the human papillomavirus infection and vaccineJennifer D Allen
William Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA
J Adolesc Health 45:535-7. 2009..Results suggest that regardless of whether vaccines become available to men, educational efforts should include them, as men tend to have many misconceptions and do not perceive themselves to be vulnerable... - Intention to quit smoking and concerns about household environmental risks: findings from the Health in Common Study in low-income housingGlorian Sorensen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Cancer Causes Control 24:805-11. 2013..To assess the association between intention to quit smoking and perceptions of household environmental risks among racially/ethnically diverse residents of low-income housing... - Decision-Making about the HPV Vaccine among Ethnically Diverse Parents: Implications for Health CommunicationsJennifer D Allen
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Oncol 2012:401979. 2012.... - Integrating clinical, community, and policy perspectives on human papillomavirus vaccinationMaria E Fernandez
School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 31:235-52. 2010..The resulting integrated framework can be used as a heuristic tool for organizing factors at multiple levels to guide intervention development and future research...