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The influence of social context on changes in fruit and vegetable consumption: results of the healthy directions studiesGlorian Sorensen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 97:1216-27. 2007..We also observed differences between our intervention sites. Social context can play an important role in promoting changes in fruit and vegetable consumption...- Promoting life skills and preventing tobacco use among low-income Mumbai youth: effects of Salaam Bombay Foundation interventionGlorian Sorensen
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community Based Research, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e34982. 2012.... - A hazardous substance exposure prevention rating method for intervention needs assessment and effectiveness evaluation: the Small Business Exposure IndexAnthony D LaMontagne
McCaughey Centre VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
Environ Health 8:10. 2009.... - Lifecourse socioeconomic circumstances and multimorbidity among older adultsReginald D Tucker-Seeley
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215 USA
BMC Public Health 11:313. 2011..In this study we investigate the association among childhood financial hardship, lifetime earnings, and multimorbidity... - Body mass index, physical activity, and dietary behaviors among members of an urban community fitness center: a questionnaire surveyKimberly A Kaphingst
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
BMC Public Health 7:181. 2007..Community focused wellness organizations, such as YMCAs, could provide a unique channel with which to reach such populations. This study assessed health behaviors and related characteristics of members of an urban YMCA facility... - Work experiences and tobacco use: findings from the gear up for health studyGlorian Sorensen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Mass, USA
J Occup Environ Med 51:87-94. 2009..To examine the relationships between the work environment and amount smoked, intention to quit, and participation in a health promotion intervention... - Changing channels for tobacco control with youth: developing an intervention for working teensGlorian Sorensen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Health Educ Res 19:250-60. 2004..Employed teen tobacco use patterns and work characteristics that emerged from our formative research are presented in this paper, and may be useful in planning future worksite interventions for employed teens... - Teacher tobacco use and tobacco use prevention in two regions in India: qualitative research findingsGlorian Sorensen
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community Based Research, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Prev Med 41:424-32. 2005..This paper uses qualitative data to explore differences in tobacco use patterns and tobacco use prevention efforts among teachers in two Indian states with high versus low prevalence of tobacco use... - Social disparities in tobacco use in Mumbai, India: the roles of occupation, education, and genderGlorian Sorensen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1003-8. 2005..We assessed social disparities in the prevalence of overall tobacco use, smoking, and smokeless tobacco use in Mumbai, India, by examining occupation-, education-, and gender-specific patterns... - Tools for health: the efficacy of a tailored intervention targeted for construction laborersGlorian Sorensen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, SM258, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Causes Control 18:51-9. 2007..The objective of this study was to test a behavioral intervention among construction laborers... - Promoting behavior change among working-class, multiethnic workers: results of the healthy directions--small business studyGlorian Sorensen
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community Based Research, 44 Binney St, Boston MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1389-95. 2005..We examined the efficacy of a cancer prevention intervention designed to improve health behaviors among working-class, multiethnic populations employed in small manufacturing businesses... - Worksite-based research and initiatives to increase fruit and vegetable consumptionGlorian Sorensen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Prev Med 39:S94-100. 2004..Some initiatives focus on the physical and informational environments, with the dual aim of increasing the availability of healthful food options and providing education and support through point-of-choice labeling and signage... - Implications of the results of community intervention trialsG Sorensen
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community Based Research, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 19:379-416. 1998..Small changes at the individual level may result in large benefits at the population level... - Tobacco use cessation and weight management among motor freight workers: results of the gear up for health studyGlorian Sorensen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Faber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Causes Control 21:2113-22. 2010..To present the results of a study of a worksite-based intervention to promote tobacco use cessation and improve weight management among motor freight workers... - Social support and readiness to make dietary changesG Sorensen
Harvard School of Public Health, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Washington, DC, USA
Health Educ Behav 25:586-98. 1998..The effectiveness of work site nutrition education interventions is likely to be enhanced by teaching participants to provide social support to coworkers and family members... - The effects of a health promotion-health protection intervention on behavior change: the WellWorks StudyG Sorensen
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 88:1685-90. 1998..This study assessed the effects of a 2-year integrated health promotion-health protection work-site intervention on changes in dietary habits and cigarette smoking... - Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption through worksites and families in the treatwell 5-a-day studyG Sorensen
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Control, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 89:54-60. 1999..We report on the results of the Treatwell 5-a-Day study, a worksite intervention aimed at increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables... - Local labor unions' positions on worksite tobacco controlG Sorensen
Department of Adult Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 90:618-20. 2000..This report describes local unions' positions on tobacco control initiatives and factors related to these positions... - Worksite tobacco control programs: the role of occupational healthG Sorensen
Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Respir Physiol 128:89-102. 2001.... - Preventing chronic disease in the workplace: a workshop report and recommendationsGlorian Sorensen
Correspondence should be sent to Glorian Sorensen, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Reprints can be ordered at http www ajph org by clicking the Reprints Eprints link
Am J Public Health 101:S196-207. 2011..Workshop participants outlined a conceptual framework and corresponding research agenda to address chronic disease prevention by integrating health promotion and health protection in the workplace... - A comprehensive worksite cancer prevention intervention: behavior change results from a randomized controlled trial (United States)Glorian Sorensen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Causes Control 13:493-502. 2002.... - The role of the work context in multiple wellness outcomes for hospital patient care workersGlorian Sorensen
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
J Occup Environ Med 53:899-910. 2011..To examine the relationships among low back pain (LBP), inadequate physical activity, and sleep deficiency among patient care workers, and of these outcomes to work context... - Model for incorporating social context in health behavior interventions: applications for cancer prevention for working-class, multiethnic populationsGlorian Sorensen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Prev Med 37:188-97. 2003..This article proposes a conceptual framework for addressing social contextual factors in cancer prevention interventions, and describes work that operationalizes this model in interventions for working class, multiethnic populations... - Teacher tobacco use and tobacco use prevention in two regions in India: results of the Global School Personnel SurveyGlorian Sorensen
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community Based Research, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Prev Med 41:417-23. 2005..This paper compares tobacco use patterns and tobacco use prevention efforts among teachers in two Indian states with high versus low prevalence of tobacco use... - Elements of external validity of tools for health: an intervention for construction laborersMary K Hunt
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Health Promot 24:e11-20. 2010..To examine the external validity of an efficacious tailored smoking cessation and nutrition improvement telephone intervention... - Characteristics of participants in a cancer prevention intervention designed for multiethnic workers in small manufacturing worksitesMary K Hunt
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community Based Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Health Promot 22:33-7. 2007..These characteristics included sociodemographic variables, mediating mechanisms, and modifying conditions... - A comprehensive worksite cancer prevention intervention: behavior change results from a randomized controlled trial (United States)Glorian Sorensen
Center for Community-Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Public Health Policy 24:5-25. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Integration of occupational health and safety and health promotion may be an essential means of enhancing the effectiveness of worksite tobacco control initiatives with blue-collar workers... - Do social influences contribute to occupational differences in quitting smoking and attitudes toward quitting?Glorian Sorensen
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community-Based Research, Department of Adult Oncology, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Health Promot 16:135-41. 2002.... - Social context of physical activity and weight status in working-class populationsKaren E Peterson
Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave, Building 2 331, Boston, MA, USA
J Phys Act Health 4:381-96. 2007..Persistent disparities suggest that multiple aspects of social context may influence leisure-time physical activity levels and weight status in multiethnic, working-class populations... - Process evaluation results from the Healthy Directions-Small Business studyMary K Hunt
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Educ Behav 34:90-107. 2007..Future studies need to examine characteristics associated with participation and nonparticipation of both managers and nonmanagers to increase the likelihood of participation and ultimately improve health behavior... - Cancer prevention for working class, multiethnic populations through small businesses: the healthy directions studyMary K Hunt
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community Based Research, 44 Binney Street, Boston MA 02115, USA
Cancer Causes Control 14:749-60. 2003..We discuss ways in which we incorporated these characteristics into the design of the intervention... - The STRENGTH Ezine: an application of e-mail for health promotion in adolescent girlsLorien C Abroms
Department of Prevention and Community Health, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, 2175 K Street NW, Room 7015, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Am J Health Promot 19:28-32. 2004..Few studies have investigated the efficacy of e-mail for promoting behavior change. This study evaluates the participation in and outcomes associated with an e-mail-based health promotion program... - Maternal/female caregiver influences on adolescent indoor tanningJo Ellen Stryker
Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Adolesc Health 35:528.e1-9. 2004.... - Employed adolescents and beliefs about self-efficacy to avoid smokingPebbles Fagan
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Public Heath, Boston, MA, USA
Addict Behav 28:613-26. 2003.... - Perceptions of health promotion and cancer prevention among adults in working-class occupations and neighborhoodsRoberta E Goldman
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Educ Behav 35:777-90. 2008.... - Process evaluation of an integrated health promotion/occupational health model in WellWorks-2Mary Kay Hunt
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community Based Research, Boston, MA, USA
Health Educ Behav 32:10-26. 2005..8 vs. HP/OHS: 24.9) in the HP/ OHS condition. Addressing occupational health may have contributed to higher levels of worker and management participation and smoking cessation among blue-collar workers... - Neighborhood safety, socioeconomic status, and physical activity in older adultsReginald D Tucker-Seeley
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Prev Med 37:207-13. 2009..Yet, the moderating influence of various measures of SES on the association between perceived neighborhood safety and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) among older adults remains unknown... - The life history interview method: applications to intervention developmentRoberta Goldman
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Adult Oncology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Health Educ Behav 30:564-81. 2003..Insights gained from thematic analysis of the interviews were integrated throughout intervention and materials development processes... - Association of sleep adequacy with more healthful food choices and positive workplace experiences among motor freight workersOrfeu M Buxton
Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 221 Longwood Ave, BLI 438, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 99:S636-43. 2009..We assessed whether adequate sleep is linked to more healthful eating behaviors among motor freight workers and whether it mediates the effects of workplace experiences... - Financial hardship and mortality among older adults using the 1996-2004 Health and Retirement StudyReginald D Tucker-Seeley
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Ann Epidemiol 19:850-7. 2009..We investigated the effect of financial hardship on mortality risk in a community-dwelling sample of adults 50 years of age and olderin the United States... - Movies and TV influence tobacco use in India: findings from a national surveyK Viswanath
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e11365. 2010..The objective is to test the association of self-reported tobacco smoking and chewing with frequency of use of four types of mass media: newspapers, radio, television, and movies... - The association of workplace hazards and smoking in a U.S. multiethnic working-class populationCassandra 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... - Biomarker validation of dietary intervention in two multiethnic populationsA Heather Eliassen
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 3:A44. 2006..The Healthy Directions intervention studies were designed to increase multivitamin use, fruit and vegetable consumption, and physical activity in working-class, multiethnic populations... - Does workplace social capital buffer the effects of job stress? A cross-sectional, multilevel analysis of cigarette smoking among U.S. manufacturing workersAmy L Sapp
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115 6096, USA
J Occup Environ Med 52:740-50. 2010..To investigate whether workplace social capital buffers the association between job stress and smoking status... - MassBuilt: effectiveness of an apprenticeship site-based smoking cessation intervention for unionized building trades workersCassandra 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... - Recruiting small manufacturing worksites that employ multiethnic, low-wage workforces into a cancer prevention research trialElizabeth M Barbeau
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 1:A04. 2004..Worksites, including those that employ multiethnic, low-wage workforces, represent a strategic venue for reaching populations at risk for developing cancer... - Social hazards on the job: workplace abuse, sexual harassment, and racial discrimination--a study of Black, Latino, and White low-income women and men workers in the United StatesNancy Krieger
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Health Serv 36:51-85. 2006..Together, these findings imply that the lived--and combined-experiences of class, race, and gender inequities and their attendant assaults on human dignity are highly germane to analyses of workers' health... - Does race/ethnicity moderate the association between job strain and leisure time physical activity?Gary G Bennett
Harvard School of Public Health and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Ann Behav Med 32:60-7. 2006..Racial/ethnic minorities report myriad barriers to regular leisure time physical activity (LTPA), including the stress and fatigue resulting from their occupational activities... - A decade of work on organized labor and tobacco control: reflections on research and coalition building in the United StatesElizabeth M Barbeau
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Public Health Policy 28:118-35. 2007.... - 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... - Reducing occupation-based disparities related to tobacco: roles for occupational health and organized laborElizabeth M Barbeau
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Ind Med 46:170-9. 2004..Tobacco exacts a disproportionate toll on individuals employed in working class occupations, due to higher prevalence of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke among these workers compared to others... - Nativity and cigarette smoking among lower income blacks: results from the Healthy Directions StudyGary 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... - The inverse hazard law: blood pressure, sexual harassment, racial discrimination, workplace abuse and occupational exposures in US low-income black, white and Latino workersNancy Krieger
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Soc Sci Med 67:1970-81. 2008..As clarified by the "inverse hazard law," to understand health inequities, research is needed that contrasts exposures and health status population-wide, not just among those most inequitably exposed... - Reducing social disparities in tobacco use: a social-contextual model for reducing tobacco use among blue-collar workersGlorian Sorensen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 94:230-9. 2004..We present applications of this model to worksite-based smoking cessation interventions among blue-collar workers and provide empirical support for this model. We also propose avenues for future research guided by this model... - A new channel for health promotion: building trade unionsElizabeth M Barbeau
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, SM268, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Health Promot 19:297-303. 2005..We conducted qualitative and quantitative research to understand the meaning and function of union membership in workers' lives and applied this information to health promotion intervention design... - Dissemination research in cancer control: where are we and where should we go?Deborah J Bowen
Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, School of Public Health, Boston University, 715 Albany Street T2 W, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Cancer Causes Control 20:473-85. 2009..We hope that this paper will encourage dissemination research in our field... - Assessment of occupational safety and health programs in small businessesElizabeth Barbeau
Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Ind Med 45:371-9. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Small businesses were able to mount comprehensive programs, however, they may rely on outside resources for this task. Being small may not be a barrier to meeting the requirements of an OSHA program management rule...
Research Grants
- Reducing social disparities in cancer riskGlorian Sorensen; Fiscal Year: 2007..The DFCI, HSPH, and Dana-Farber- Harvard Cancer Center have provided solid institutional support for this application, and will provide protected time for research and mentoring. ..
- Harvard Education Program in Cancer Prevention Control (R25T)Glorian Sorensen; Fiscal Year: 2007..In this renewal, each year we propose to fund six pre-doctoral positions, and four post-doctoral fellowships, including one post-doctoral fellowship for physicians seeking a degree. ..
- Implementing Evidence-Based Health Promotion Through Health and Welfare FundsGlorian Sorensen; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Promoting Tobacco Control Among Teachers in IndiaGlorian Sorensen; Fiscal Year: 2009..The intervention has been designed to balance potential intervention impact on teachers' tobacco use patterns with feasibility within the constraints of local resources, thereby maximizing the potential for dissemination. ..
- Promoting Tobacco Control Among Teachers in IndiaGLORIAN C SORENSEN; Fiscal Year: 2010..abstract_text> ..
- Mumbai Worksite Tobacco Control StudyGLORIAN C SORENSEN; Fiscal Year: 2010..This study extends a well-established partnership between researchers in the US and India. ..
- Determinants of cancer risk in low-income housingGlorian Sorensen; Fiscal Year: 2007..Clearly articulated hypotheses specify the nature of associations to be examined here. ..
- HSPH Center for Excellence to Promote a Healthier WorkforceGlorian Sorensen; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- OSH PROGRAM EVALUATION IN MANUFACTURING & SMALL BUSINESSGlorian Sorensen; Fiscal Year: 2001..The proposed research will substantially enhance intervention research, OSH practice, and regulatory applications of OSH program measures. ..
- CANCER PREVENTION FOR UNIONIZED BLUE COLLAR WORKERSGlorian Sorensen; Fiscal Year: 2003..This study is a Phase II methods development study designed to provide the basis for further research on cancer prevention interventions in collaboration with unions. ..
- Determinants of cancer risk in low-income housingGlorian Sorensen; Fiscal Year: 2005..Clearly articulated hypotheses specify the nature of associations to be examined here. ..
- Health Promotion for Mobile WorkersGlorian Sorensen; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..
- Determinants of cancer risk in low-income housingGlorian Sorensen; Fiscal Year: 2009..Clearly articulated hypotheses specify the nature of associations to be examined here. ..