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| Beth C BockSummaryAffiliation: Rhode Island Hospital Country: USA Publications
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Yoga as a complementary treatment for smoking cessation in womenBeth C Bock
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 21:240-8. 2012..Studies outside the realm of smoking cessation have shown that yoga practice also reduces perceived stress and negative affect...- Working Inside for Smoking Elimination (Project W.I.S.E.) study design and rationale to prevent return to smoking after release from a smoke free prisonJennifer G Clarke
Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Pawtucket, USA
BMC Public Health 11:767. 2011..However, relapse to smoking is common upon release from prison, approaching 90% within a few weeks. No evidence based treatments currently exist to assist individuals to remain abstinent after a period of prolonged, forced abstinence... - Yoga as a complementary treatment for smoking cessation: rationale, study design and participant characteristics of the Quitting-in-Balance studyBeth C Bock
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
BMC Complement Altern Med 10:14. 2010..Yoga practice also includes regulation of breathing and focused attention, both of which may enhance stress reduction and improve mood and well-being and may improve cessation outcomes... - A tailored intervention to support pharmacy-based counseling for smoking cessationBeth C Bock
Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Coro Building East, 167 Point Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 12:217-25. 2010..We tested a computer-driven software system, "Exper_Quit" (EQ), that provided individually tailored interventions to patients who smoke and matching tailored reports for pharmacists to help guide cessation counseling... - Characteristics and predictors of readiness to quit among emergency medical patients presenting with respiratory symptomsBeth C Bock
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, 167 Point Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Int J Emerg Med 4:24. 2011..abstract:.. 
Mediators of physical activity behavior change: findings from a 12-month randomized controlled trialGeorge D Papandonatos
Department of Biostatistics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Health Psychol 31:512-20. 2012..To examine putative mediators of a 12-month motivationally tailored physical activity (PA) promotion intervention...- Internet- vs. telephone-administered questionnaires in a randomized trial of smoking cessationAmanda L Graham
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 8:S49-57. 2006..Results indicate that the internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the measures examined are comparable when self-administered via the Internet or when interviewer-administered via telephone... - Comparing psychosocial predictors of physical activity adoption and maintenanceDavid M Williams
Alpert Medical School of Brown University and The Miriam Hospital, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Coro Bldg, Suite 500, One Hoppin Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Ann Behav Med 36:186-94. 2008..Most health behavior models do not distinguish between determinants of behavior adoption and maintenance... - Smoking cessation among patients in an emergency chest pain observation unit: outcomes of the Chest Pain Smoking Study (CPSS)Beth C Bock
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:1523-31. 2008..Tailored interventions are effective in promoting initial quit attempts for emergency chest pain patients admitted to an observation unit. Additional intervention may be needed to assist late quitters and to prevent relapse... 
Step into Motion: a randomized trial examining the relative efficacy of Internet vs. print-based physical activity interventionsBess H Marcus
The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 28:737-47. 2007..This study will have implications for the dissemination of Internet-based physical activity interventions...- Negative opinions about cancer screening and contraceptive measures by female emergency department patientsRoland C Merchant
Emergency Medicine and Community Health, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Claverick Building, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Prim Prev 29:517-33. 2008.... - Does tailoring on additional theoretical constructs enhance the efficacy of a print-based physical activity promotion intervention?David M Williams
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Health Psychol 30:432-41. 2011..To enhance a previously efficacious individually tailored physical activity (PA) promotion intervention by adding theoretical constructs to the tailored feedback... - Correlates of women's cancer screening and contraceptive knowledge among female emergency department patientsRoland C Merchant
Department of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
BMC Womens Health 7:7. 2007.... - A comparison of Internet and print-based physical activity interventionsBess H Marcus
The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:944-9. 2007..Using the Internet to deliver a tailored physical activity intervention offers an alternative to print that might be available to larger populations at a lower cost... - Characteristics of smokers reached and recruited to an internet smoking cessation trial: a case of denominatorsAmanda L Graham
Brown Medical School, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 8:S43-8. 2006.... - Are emergency chest pain patients ready to quit smoking?Beth C Bock
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Prev Cardiol 10:76-82. 2007..There is a need for intervention and education with this population of patients... - Patients' emergency contraception comprehension, usage, and view of the emergency department role for emergency contraceptionRoland C Merchant
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Emerg Med 33:367-75. 2007..6% to refer patients for EC. Younger patients, those who attended religious services infrequently, patients who had ever used EC, and those at risk of pregnancy were more likely to want the ED to provide EC services... - Women's preventive health service preferences in the Rhode Island Hospital Emergency DepartmentRoland C Merchant
Department of Emergency Medicine and Community Health, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Med Health R I 90:235-7. 2007 - A review of web-assisted tobacco interventions (WATIs)Beth C Bock
The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Med Internet Res 10:e39. 2008..The Internet has great potential to provide assistance to millions of smokers who seek help with quitting smoking... - YMCA commit to quit: randomized trial outcomesJessica A Whiteley
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, USA
Am J Prev Med 43:256-62. 2012..In a previous trial, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for smoking cessation plus regular vigorous aerobic exercise enhanced cessation rates, improved exercise capacity, and reduced weight gain compared to CBT plus equal contact time... - Implications of question format in emergency department preventive health knowledge surveysRoland C Merchant
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:549-57. 2007.... - Smoking behavior and risk perception among the parents of infants in the neonatal intensive care unitBeth C Bock
Miriam Hospital, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:47-54. 2008..01). The NICU may provide a teachable moment in which parents can be assisted with quitting smoking, thus improving their own health and the health of their babies... - Differences between Latino and non-Latino White smokers in cognitive and behavioral characteristics relevant to smoking cessationBeth C Bock
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, United States
Addict Behav 30:711-24. 2005..Results also suggest that characteristics previously shown to be predictive of successful cessation in mixed or non-Latino populations may not be equally predictive of cessation across members of diverse populations... - User preferences for a text message-based smoking cessation interventionBeth C Bock
1Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Health Educ Behav 40:152-9. 2013.... - Contraceptive usage, knowledge and correlates of usage among female emergency department patientsRoland C Merchant
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Contraception 74:201-7. 2006.... - Examination of print and telephone channels for physical activity promotion: Rationale, design, and baseline data from Project STRIDEBess H Marcus
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Coro Building, Suite 500, One Hoppin St, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 28:90-104. 2007..print) for physical activity adoption and short-term maintenance among previously sedentary adults... - Program participation and physical activity maintenance after cardiac rehabilitationBeth C Bock
Miriam Hospital, Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, USA
Behav Modif 27:37-53. 2003..05). Results suggest that Phase III maintenance programs and longer Phase II participation improved exercise maintenance following rehabilitation... - Psychological treatments for noncardiac chest pain: recommendations for a new approachJeanne L Esler
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Miriam Hospital, Brown University Medical School, Coro Building, Suite 500, 1 Hoppin Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Psychosom Res 56:263-9. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: We recommend an intervention for NCCP that is brief, would be delivered in the emergency department setting (to take advantage of the Teachable Moment), and which is based on the Biopsychosocial Model... - Stress and anxiety after 9/11: a prospective studyBeth C Bock
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown Medical School, Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
Med Health R I 86:340-1. 2003 - Clinic-based support to help overweight patients with type 2 diabetes increase physical activity and lose weightJAMES G CHRISTIAN
PHCC LP, Pueblo, Colorado 81003, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:141-6. 2008..Our objective was to test the effect of physicians providing brief health lifestyle counseling to patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus during usual care visits... - Initial evaluation of a real-world Internet smoking cessation systemNathan K Cobb
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 7:207-16. 2005.... - Issues in predicting adherence to cardiac rehabilitationBeth C Bock
J Cardiopulm Rehabil 22:261-3. 2002
Research Grants
- Yoga for Women Attempting Smoking Cessation: An Initial InvestigationBeth Bock; Fiscal Year: 2007..These include: establishing intervention feasibility, anticipated effect size estimates, and identifying likely mechanisms of action (mediators) that may be responsible for intervention efficacy. ..
- SMOKING CESSATION IN EMERGENCY RESPIRATORY PATIENTSBeth Bock; Fiscal Year: 2003..We anticipate significantly higher cessation rates among those given the EC intervention compared to the SC intervention. ..
- SMOKING CESSATION IN THE CHEST PAIN OBSERVATION UNITBeth Bock; Fiscal Year: 2002..Information provided by this study is needed to develop specific smoking interventions targeted to this population. Broad application of these findings should reach over l million smokers per year. ..
- Tailored Exercise Support for Cardiac PatientsBeth Bock; Fiscal Year: 2007....