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| Marvella E FordSummaryAffiliation: Texas Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Design of a case management approach to enhance cancer screening trial retention among older African American menMarvella E Ford
Department of Medicine and Section of Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center 152, 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Aging Health 16:39S-57S. 2004..The purpose of this study was to enhance retention among African American men enrolled in a cancer screening trial...- Effects of false-positive prostate cancer screening results on subsequent prostate cancer screening behaviorMarvella E Ford
Department of Medicine and Section of Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:190-4. 2005.... - Recruiting older African American men to a cancer screening trial (the AAMEN Project)Marvella E Ford
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Gerontologist 43:27-35. 2003..This article describes the demographic characteristics of participants in a randomized trial (the AAMEN Project) designed to recruit older (aged 55+ years) African American men to a cancer screening trial... - Perceptions of diabetes among patients in an urban health care systemMarvella E Ford
Henry Ford Health System, Center for Medical Treatment Effectiveness, Programs in Diverse Populations, Detroit, MI, USA
Ethn Health 7:243-54. 2002.... 
The physician's professional role in end-of-life decision-making: voices of racially and ethnically diverse physiciansUrsula K Braun
Houston VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, The Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Department of Veteran Affairs, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA
Patient Educ Couns 80:3-9. 2010..We aimed to describe values and beliefs guiding physicians' EOL decision-making and explore the relationship between physicians' race/ethnicity and their decision-making...
Racial/ethnic differences in blood pressure control and medication utilization in a cohort of older veterans with dementiaIvy Poon
Pharmacy Practice Department, Texas Southern University, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, USA
Am J Ther 17:34-41. 2010..Physicians might have considered patients' race when prescribing antihypertensive medications reflected by the higher use of thiazide diuretics and calcium channel blockers for African-Americans...- Racial/ethnic disparities in medication use among veterans with hypertension and dementia: a national cohort studyIvy Poon
Pharmacy Practice Department, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX 77004, USA
Ann Pharmacother 43:185-93. 2009..Medication adherence is vital in achieving therapeutic outcomes. Use of antihypertensive and dementia medications may vary by race/ethnicity and has not been well explored... - Evaluating an intervention to increase cancer knowledge in racially diverse communities in South CarolinaMarvella E Ford
Department of Medicine, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cancer Disparities Program, Medical University of South Carolina, Hollings Cancer Center, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Patient Educ Couns 83:256-60. 2011..To conduct a cancer education intervention with racially diverse communities in South Carolina... - A randomized trial of recruitment methods for older African American men in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening TrialMarvella E Ford
Department of Medicine, Section of Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Clin Trials 1:343-51. 2004..This paper describes the outcomes of a randomized trial (the AAMEN Project) designed to recruit African American men aged 55-74 years to a prostate, lung and colorectal cancer screening trial... - Defining limits in care of terminally ill patientsUrsula K Braun
Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Sections of Geriatrics and Health Services Research, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
BMJ 334:239-41. 2007 - A randomized recruitment intervention trial in Parkinson's disease to increase participant diversity: early stopping for lack of efficacyBarbara C Tilley
Division of Biostatistics, The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Clin Trials 9:188-97. 2012..Increasing diversity is problematic for low prevalence diseases, where most community-based approaches do not reach those with the disease... - Cigarette smoking and the risk of dying from tobacco-related malignancies by raceJill N Curran
Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 86 Jonathan Lucas Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Anticancer Res 31:3891-5. 2011.... - Voices of African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic surrogates on the burdens of end-of-life decision makingUrsula K Braun
Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Section of Health Services Research, Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Houston, TX, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:267-74. 2008..End-of-life decisions are frequently made by patients' surrogates. Race and ethnicity may affect such decision making. Few studies have described how different racial/ethnic groups experience end-of-life surrogate decision making... - Integrating validity theory with use of measurement instruments in clinical settingsP Adam Kelly
METRIC Health Services Research and Development Service, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Health Serv Res 40:1605-19. 2005..Our advice is to liken validation to building a court case, including discovering evidence, weighing the evidence, and recognizing when the evidence is weak and more evidence is needed... - Mentoring in community-based participatory research: the RCMAR experienceGina Moreno-John
University of California at San Francisco, Department of Medicine, USA
Ethn Dis 17:S33-43. 2007..In addition to mentoring trainees and/or junior faculty, we also explore the bi-directional mentoring that occurs when faculty at academic health centers develop partnerships with members of their target communities... - Modifying a breast cancer risk factor survey for African American womenMarvella E Ford
Department of Psychiatry and Cancer Research in Diverse Populations, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA. mford@ bcm.tmc.edu
Oncol Nurs Forum 29:827-34. 2002.... - Effects of baseline comorbidities on cancer screening trial adherence among older African American menMarvella E Ford
Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, PO Box 250955, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:1234-9. 2008..The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of baseline comorbidities on screening adherence in a sample of older African American men (ages >or=55 years) enrolled in a case management intervention in a cancer screening trial... - Underuse of surgical resection for localized, non-small cell lung cancer among whites and African Americans in South CarolinaNestor F Esnaola
Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 86:220-6; discussion 227. 2008..We analyzed the independent effect of race on use of surgical resection in a recent, population-based sample of patients with localized non-small cell lung cancer, controlling for comorbidity and socioeconomic status... - Factors influencing behavioral intention regarding prostate cancer screening among older African-American menMarvella E Ford
Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 98:505-14. 2006..To assess factors associated with perceptions of prostate cancer screening among African-American men aged > or = 55 years based upon items developed using the Preventive Health model (PHM)... - Examining the effects of false positive lung cancer screening results on subsequent lung cancer screening adherenceMarvella E Ford
Department of Psychiatry and Center for Research in Diverse Populations, Henry Ford Health Sciences Center, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA. mford1@ hfhs.org
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:28-33. 2003.... - Exploring the factorial structure of the EORTC QLQ-C30: Racial differences in measuring health-related quality of life in a sample of urban, older adultsCary S Kart
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
J Aging Health 14:399-421. 2002..To assess the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer's 30-item Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30) for use with a multiracial study population of adults... - Enhancing adherence among older African American men enrolled in a longitudinal cancer screening trialMarvella E Ford
Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 135 Cannon Street, Suite 303, P O Box 250835, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Gerontologist 46:545-50. 2006..For this study, we defined adherence as completing the trial screenings... - Conceptualizing and categorizing race and ethnicity in health services researchMarvella E Ford
Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Health Serv Res 40:1658-75. 2005..These investigations could in turn lead to the development of interventions designed to reduce or eliminate these disparities... - Measurement issues in health disparities researchMildred Ramirez
Research Division, The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, NY 10471, USA
Health Serv Res 40:1640-57. 2005..g., estimates of prevalence, magnitude of risks, and differences in mean scores. Addressing measurement issues in the assessment of health status may contribute to a better understanding of health issues in cross-cultural research...