Lisa K Sharp

..To describe the relationship between health literacy, distress, and cervical cancer risk factors in women at high risk for developing cervical cancer...

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..Asthma burden in the US is not evenly distributed. Although asthma prevalence varies widely across urban neighborhoods, little attention has been paid to the community as a key contributor...

..Little attention has been given to exposure to crime as a possible socioenvironmental contributor to variability in urban childhood asthma prevalence...

..Interventions that improve asthma self-efficacy for appropriate self-management behaviors might ultimately improve asthma control in this population...

..However, the results also clearly illustrate there is more to learn about what will contribute to meaningful weight loss and maintenance in this population...

..The role of ethnicity and socioeconomic status in explaining variations in asthma morbidity is unclear...

..This study assessed the feasibility and impact of Moving Forward, a culturally tailored weight loss program for African American breast cancer survivors...

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..This study will evaluate the impact of HPs as a complement to pharmacist management in a randomized controlled trial...

..Although more rigorous studies are needed, recommendations for health-promoting behaviors should be a regular topic of discussion between health care providers and their childhood cancer survivor patients...

..Childhood asthma prevalence has been shown to be higher in urban communities overall without an understanding of differences by neighborhood...

..The prevalence of childhood asthma and childhood overweight has increased in the last 2 decades, disproportionately burdening ethnic minority children and those living in poverty with no clear understanding of underlying mechanisms...

..A concise yet accurate measurement tool is needed for use in research and practice in asthma self-management perceptions across culturally diverse patient populations...

..Further research is needed in order to develop programs that will allow more black women to achieve their weight loss goals....

..Including parents in important healthcare decisions and discussions may be a consideration when caring for this unique population of patients...

..Many Hispanics in the United States have limited English proficiency and prefer communicating in Spanish. Language barriers are known to adversely affect health care quality and outcomes...

..Common late effects experienced by childhood cancer survivors include: thyroid disturbances, pulmonary compromise, heart failure, and secondary neoplasms. Dermatologic issues have been largely unexplored...

..Treatment-related scarring, disfigurement, and persistent hair loss, in addition to their long-term impact on psychological distress or health-related quality of life (HRQOL), have received little attention...

..There is a need to improve blood glucose levels of underserved Latino patients with uncontrolled diabetes...

..The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is an association between self-reported and biologic measures of stress in low-income, reproductive-age women...

..Four items showed acceptable psychometric performance across ethnic groups and literacy. The short PSS is a rapid, valid measure of subjective stress in diverse asthma populations...

..Further studies are needed to explore factors that influence the adoption of self-monitoring in the United States and to evaluate the feasibility and implementation in real-life clinical settings...

..School-based asthma education programs targeting disadvantaged youth and teens with asthma are lacking...

..Many respondents indicated an interest in keeping CPGs current via the internet. CONCLUSIONS: Most American family physicians find CPGs to be helpful, and familiarity with them is fairly uniform across most subgroups studied...

..We investigated the association between functional health literacy and markers of pregnancy preparedness in women with pregestational diabetes...

..This study examined mission, vision, and goal statements of family medicine residency programs as a means of gaining insight into the current definition of the discipline...

..Additional research should focus on the prevention of depression symptoms and effective treatment modalities for this unique population...

..These results begin to address the significant gap in our knowledge of African American breast-cancer survivors' health behaviors and underscore the need for culturally competent health behavior interventions...

..Recommendations are discussed for future research and methods to reduce the impact of misinformation on health consumers using the Internet...

..This study demonstrated early feasibility and acceptability of text messaging as a method for promoting healthy behaviors for weight maintenance...

..CONCLUSIONS: Few published studies (5%) used research methods appropriate for the research question, and among the screened studies more than half support an association between board certification status and positive clinical outcomes...

..Individuals searching the Internet for vaccine information may find antivaccination Web sites. Few published studies have systematically evaluated these sites...

..These findings mimic much of the research on knowledge retention following CME...

..Furthermore, such knowledge is necessary to develop culturally appropriate interventions for these families...

..The Internet can influence perceptions about vaccines because it is the fastest growing source of consumer health information. However, few studies have analyzed vaccine criticism on the Web...

..This paper's objective was to examine the mission statements of the sponsoring boards and professional organizations of the primary care specialties...

..We determined the presence and severity of these factors as well as their relationship to dyspeptic symptoms in patients with functional dyspepsia and healthy subjects...

..01). Our pilot data suggest that little skin cancer primary prevention counseling is performed for high-risk patients. The standardized patient technique worked well in obtaining outcome data for physicians' preventive practices...