Cassandra A Okechukwu

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Testing hypothesized psychosocial mediators: lessons learned in the MassBUILT study
    Cassandra A Okechukwu
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Health Educ Behav 38:404-11. 2011
  2. ncbi The association of workplace hazards and smoking in a U.S. multiethnic working-class population
    Cassandra A Okechukwu
    Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program, University of California San Francisco and Berkeley, San Francisco, CA 94709 0844, USA
    Public Health Rep 125:225-33. 2010
  3. ncbi Partner smoking characteristics: Associations with smoking and quitting among blue-collar apprentices
    Cassandra A Okechukwu
    Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Ind Med 53:1102-8. 2010
  4. ncbi MassBuilt: effectiveness of an apprenticeship site-based smoking cessation intervention for unionized building trades workers
    Cassandra A Okechukwu
    Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program, University of California San Francisco and Berkeley, 3333 California St, Suite 465, San Francisco, CA 94709 0844, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 20:887-94. 2009
  5. ncbi Occupational factors and smoking cessation among unionized building trades workers
    Dal Lae Chin
    School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Workplace Health Saf 60:445-52. 2012
  6. ncbi Heavy and light/moderate smoking among building trades construction workers
    Dal Lae Chin
    Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0608, USA
    Public Health Nurs 30:128-39. 2013
  7. ncbi Cigarette smoking in building trades workers: the impact of work environment
    Dal Lae Chin
    Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, 94143 0608, USA
    Am J Ind Med 55:429-39. 2012
  8. ncbi Household food insufficiency, financial strain, work-family spillover, and depressive symptoms in the working class: the Work, Family, and Health Network study
    Cassandra A Okechukwu
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Public Health 102:126-33. 2012
  9. ncbi Racial differences in prostate cancer screening by family history
    Bettina F Drake
    Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Center for Community Based Research, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 18:579-83. 2008
  10. ncbi Nativity and cigarette smoking among lower income blacks: results from the Healthy Directions Study
    Gary G Bennett
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Immigr Minor Health 10:305-11. 2008

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Testing hypothesized psychosocial mediators: lessons learned in the MassBUILT study
    Cassandra A Okechukwu
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Health Educ Behav 38:404-11. 2011
    ..The variables examined were important but were not mediators of the MassBUILT intervention and this could have contributed to the significant relapse in smoking among study participants...
  2. ncbi The association of workplace hazards and smoking in a U.S. multiethnic working-class population
    Cassandra A Okechukwu
    Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program, University of California San Francisco and Berkeley, San Francisco, CA 94709 0844, USA
    Public Health Rep 125:225-33. 2010
    ..g., dust, chemicals, noise, and ergonomic strain) and social (e.g., abuse, sexual harassment, and racial discrimination) workplace hazards in a sample of U.S. multiethnic working-class adults...
  3. ncbi Partner smoking characteristics: Associations with smoking and quitting among blue-collar apprentices
    Cassandra A Okechukwu
    Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Ind Med 53:1102-8. 2010
    ..Studies suggest that the social context of blue-collar workers contribute to their low smoking cessation rates. However, little is known on the effect of partner smoking and requests to quit on workers' cessation attempts...
  4. ncbi MassBuilt: effectiveness of an apprenticeship site-based smoking cessation intervention for unionized building trades workers
    Cassandra A Okechukwu
    Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program, University of California San Francisco and Berkeley, 3333 California St, Suite 465, San Francisco, CA 94709 0844, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 20:887-94. 2009
    ..Blue-collar workers are difficult to reach and less likely to successfully quit smoking. The objective of this study was to test a training site-based smoking cessation intervention...
  5. ncbi Occupational factors and smoking cessation among unionized building trades workers
    Dal Lae Chin
    School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Workplace Health Saf 60:445-52. 2012
    ..Additionally, the findings emphasize that blue-collar workers with lower income and education levels and heavy smokers should be considered target groups for implementing cessation interventions...
  6. ncbi Heavy and light/moderate smoking among building trades construction workers
    Dal Lae Chin
    Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0608, USA
    Public Health Nurs 30:128-39. 2013
    ..The purpose of the study was to identify the correlates of heavy smoking (defined as more than one pack of cigarettes per day) in building trades construction workers...
  7. ncbi Cigarette smoking in building trades workers: the impact of work environment
    Dal Lae Chin
    Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, 94143 0608, USA
    Am J Ind Med 55:429-39. 2012
    ..Occupational factors may contribute to smoking behavior in this group. However, little is known about the role of occupational factors in explaining cigarette-smoking patterns...
  8. ncbi Household food insufficiency, financial strain, work-family spillover, and depressive symptoms in the working class: the Work, Family, and Health Network study
    Cassandra A Okechukwu
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Public Health 102:126-33. 2012
    ..We evaluated the association of household-level stressors with depressive symptoms among low-wage nursing home employees...
  9. ncbi Racial differences in prostate cancer screening by family history
    Bettina F Drake
    Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Center for Community Based Research, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 18:579-83. 2008
    ..Therefore we examined racial variation in the association of family history of CaP and self-reported prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in the nationally-representative National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)...
  10. ncbi Nativity and cigarette smoking among lower income blacks: results from the Healthy Directions Study
    Gary G Bennett
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Immigr Minor Health 10:305-11. 2008
    ..Our findings highlight the importance of intervening early new Black immigrants to stem the uptake of cigarette smoking behaviors as individuals become acculturated...