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Eliminating second-hand smoke from Mexican-American households: outcomes from Project Clean Air-Safe Air (CASA)Alexander V Prokhorov
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Addict Behav 38:1485-92. 2013..The objective of this randomized trial was to estimate the impact of a culturally-sensitive intervention to reduce SHS exposure in Mexican-American households...
The moderating role of parental smoking on their children's attitudes toward smoking among a predominantly minority sample: a cross-sectional analysisAnna V Wilkinson
Department of Epidemiology, Unit 1340, The University of Texas M, d, Anderson Cancer Center, PO Box 301439, Houston, TX 77230, USA
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 3:18. 2008..The goals of the current analysis were to examine these two potential mechanisms...- Correlates of susceptibility to smoking among Mexican origin youth residing in Houston, Texas: a cross-sectional analysisAnna V Wilkinson
Department of Epidemiology, Unit 1340, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, PO Box 301439, Houston, TX 77230 1439, USA
BMC Public Health 8:337. 2008..In this analysis we examined the relationship between susceptibility to smoking and well-known risk factors associated with smoking initiation among a cohort of 11 to 13 year old Mexican origin youth residing in Houston, Texas... 
Adolescent smoking: epidemiology and approaches for achieving cessationAlexander V Prokhorov
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Paediatr Drugs 5:1-10. 2003..Tobacco cessation efforts can be enhanced by teaming with other health professionals (e.g. nurses, dentists, pharmacists, social workers) or worksite and community-based organizations that provide health promotion services...- "Look at your health": outcomes associated with a computer-assisted smoking cessation counseling intervention for community college studentsAlexander V Prokhorov
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77230, United States
Addict Behav 33:757-71. 2008..6% in the experimental condition and 10.1% in the standard care condition (p=0.07). Our results indicate that our computer-assisted intervention holds considerable promise in reducing smoking among community college students... - Impact of A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience (ASPIRE), an interactive, multimedia smoking prevention and cessation curriculum for culturally diverse high-school studentsAlexander V Prokhorov
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77230 1439, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:1477-85. 2008..ASPIRE demonstrated the potential for an interactive multimedia program to promote smoking prevention. Further studies are required to determine ASPIRE's effects on cessation... - Youth tobacco use: a global perspective for child health care cliniciansAlexander V Prokhorov
Department of Behavioral Science, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77230 1439, USA
Pediatrics 118:e890-903. 2006..In addition, we provide a review of currently available funding opportunities for development and implementation of youth tobacco-control programs... - Self-reported health status, health vulnerability, and smoking behavior in college students: implications for interventionAlexander V Prokhorov
The University of Texas M D, Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 5:545-52. 2003..Smoking cessation counselors should consider measuring and demonstrating the early tobacco-attributable health problems to young smokers to possibly enhance motivation to quit... - Project ASPIRE: an Interactive, Multimedia Smoking Prevention and Cessation curriculum for culturally diverse high school studentsAlexander V Prokhorov
The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77230 1439, USA
Subst Use Misuse 45:983-1006. 2010..The intervention program holds considerable promise in its ability to reduce smoking among teens... - Nicotine dependence, withdrawal symptoms, and adolescents' readiness to quit smokingA V Prokhorov
The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 3:151-5. 2001.... - Spit tobacco prevention and cessation counseling: statewide survey of health-care professionals and educatorsAlexander V Prokhorov
Department of Behavioral Science, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA
Subst Use Misuse 37:171-97. 2002..Our findings have implications for community-based efforts aimed at controlling ST use among young people... - Predicting initiation of smoking in adolescents: evidence for integrating the stages of change and susceptibility to smoking constructsAlexander V Prokhorov
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA
Addict Behav 27:697-712. 2002..This new classification system yielded better concurrent and predictive validity than did either stage of smoking acquisition or susceptibility to smoking alone... - Engaging physicians and pharmacists in providing smoking cessation counselingAlexander V Prokhorov
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 77230 1439, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:1640-6. 2010..The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of continuing education training on physicians' and pharmacists' cessation counseling... - Smoking cessation a critical component of medical management in chronic disease populationsEllen R Gritz
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Behavioral Science, Houston, Texas 77230 1439, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:S414-22. 2007..Finally, limitations and gaps in smoking research and treatment with chronically ill patients are discussed, and future research priorities are recommended... - The effects of smoking abstinence on symptom burden and quality of life among persons living with HIV/AIDSDamon J Vidrine
University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Behavioral Science, Houston, Texas 77230 1439, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 21:659-66. 2007..Moreover, these benefits are observable as early as 3 months after quitting and are positively correlated with the length of abstinence... - A randomized trial of a proactive cellular telephone intervention for smokers living with HIV/AIDSDamon J Vidrine
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas 77230 1439, USA
AIDS 20:253-60. 2006..To assess the efficacy of an innovative smoking cessation intervention targeted to a multiethnic, economically disadvantaged HIV-positive population... - The association between body image and smoking cessation among individuals living with HIV/AIDSMichelle Cororve Fingeret
The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, TX, United States
Body Image 4:201-6. 2007..Further research is needed to examine these effects and whether moderate levels of body image concerns in this population reflect realistic body perceptions associated with positive mental health... - Impact of a cell phone intervention on mediating mechanisms of smoking cessation in individuals living with HIV/AIDSDamon J Vidrine
Department of Behavioral Science, UT M D Anderson Cancer Center, P O Box 301439, Unit 1330, Houston, TX 77230 1439, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 8:S103-8. 2006..These results suggest that the efficacy of the CPI is at least partially mediated by its ability to decrease symptoms of distress while increasing self-efficacy... - Successes and failures of the teachable moment: smoking cessation in cancer patientsEllen R Gritz
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77230 1439, USA
Cancer 106:17-27. 2006..Because motivation and interest in smoking cessation increase after cancer diagnosis, a window of opportunity exists during which healthcare providers can intervene and assist in the quitting process... - Cognitive impairment in men with testicular cancer prior to adjuvant therapyJeffrey S Wefel
Department of Neuro Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Cancer 117:190-6. 2011..This study characterized cognitive dysfunction before adjuvant chemotherapy in a sample of men diagnosed with nonseminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCT) of the testis... - Assessing a conceptual framework of health-related quality of life in a HIV/AIDS populationDamon J Vidrine
Department of Behavior Science, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX 77030, USA
Qual Life Res 14:923-33. 2005..e., smoking status, alcohol consumption, and illicit drug use) and SES exert significant effects along this continuum and should be carefully considered when analyzing and interpreting HRQOL data... - The Smoking Consequences Questionnaire: Factor structure and predictive validity among Spanish-speaking Latino smokers in the United StatesJennifer Irvin Vidrine
Department of Health Disparities Research, Unit 1440, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, PO Box 301402, Houston, TX 77230 1402, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 11:1280-8. 2009..Although the original version of the SCQ has been modified over time for use in different populations, none of the existing versions have been evaluated for use among Spanish-speaking Latino smokers in the United States... - Smoking behavior in a low-income multiethnic HIV/AIDS populationEllen R Gritz
The University of Texas, M D Anderson, Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 6:71-7. 2004..The high smoking prevalence in this HIV/AIDS population demonstrates the need for smoking cessation interventions targeted to the special needs of this patient group... - Multidimensional analysis of body image concerns among newly diagnosed patients with oral cavity cancerMichelle Cororve Fingeret
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Head Neck 32:301-9. 2010..This study uses a multidimensional approach to body image assessment and evaluates relationships between body image, demographic, health, and psychosocial variables... - Functional status and overall quality of life in a multiethnic HIV-positive populationDamon J Vidrine
University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 17:187-97. 2003..The impaired functional status findings hold for every social, demographic, and behavioral subgroup examined. Findings suggest that the influence of social inequality persist even among a universally disadvantaged population... - The effects of testicular cancer treatment on health-related quality of lifeDamon J Vidrine
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Urology 75:636-41. 2010..Several characteristics of testicular cancer--young age at diagnosis, increasing incidence, and high survival rates--highlight the need for improved understanding of the variables influencing the survivorship experience... - Cigarette smoking and HIV/AIDS: health implications, smoker characteristics and cessation strategiesDamon J Vidrine
Department of Behavioral Science, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 21:3-13. 2009..Moreover, existing findings support the feasibility of smoking cessation treatment within busy HIV clinics... - Validation of the modified Fagerström tolerance questionnaire with salivary cotinine among adolescentsA V Prokhorov
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA
Addict Behav 25:429-33. 2000..40, p < .01), as were six of the seven individual FTQ items (p < .05). Our findings provide preliminary evidence that the modified FTQ scale is valid and applicable to adolescent smokers... - The potential of behavior-change interventions to improve the HIV/AIDS survivorship experience: the example of smoking cessationDamon J Vidrine
Department of Behavioral Science, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Res Initiat Treat Action 12:15-7. 2007 - Beliefs regarding cigarette use, motivations to quit, and perceptions on cessation programs among minority adolescent cigarette smokersRonald Peters
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Adolesc Health 39:754-7. 2006.... - Assessing the transtheoretical model of change constructs for physicians counseling smokersElyse R Park
The Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital, USA
Ann Behav Med 25:120-6. 2003..Structural equation modeling procedures supported the hypothesized path analysis model in which 3 constructs related to stage of readiness, which in turn related to reported physicians' counseling behavior... - Youth tobacco control research and activities in the United States: the current national landscapeJonathan P Winickoff
MGH Center for Child and Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 5:435-54. 2003..This synthesis of current research, funding sources, programmatic activities, and collaborations in the United States will be a valuable resource for clinicians, tobacco control advocates, researchers, and program planners... - Predictors of susceptibility to smoking and ever smoking: a longitudinal study in a triethnic sample of adolescentsEllen R Gritz
The University of Texas M D, Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 5:493-506. 2003..The results of this study offer important insights for designing ethnic-specific strategies for preventing smoking during adolescence... - Tobacco cessation counseling: pharmacists' opinions and practicesKaren Suchanek Hudmon
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, 60 College Street, Room 431, PO Box 208034, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
Patient Educ Couns 61:152-60. 2006.... - Continuing medical education: what delivery format do physicians prefer?Nancy Stancic
Department of Behavioral Science, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Box 243, Houston, TX 77030 4730, USA
J Contin Educ Health Prof 23:162-7. 2003..Nicotine Dependence Across the Lifespan was developed as a continuing medical education (CME) program to teach and encourage physicians to deliver effective tobacco prevention and tobacco cessation counseling... - State-of-the-art interventions for office-based parental tobacco controlJonathan P Winickoff
General Pediatrics Division, MGH Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, and Tobacco Research and Treatment Center, 50 Staniford St, Suite 901, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Pediatrics 115:750-60. 2005..Ongoing research will help determine how best to implement parental smoking-cessation strategies more widely in a variety of child health care settings... - Effects of nativity, age at migration, and acculturation on smoking among adult Houston residents of Mexican descentAnna V Wilkinson
Department of Epidemiology, Unit 1340, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, PO Box 301439, Houston, TX 77230 1439, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1043-9. 2005..We investigated differences in smoking behaviors between US-and Mexican-born ever smokers and examined the influence of US culture on smoking initiation... - "Withdrawal symptoms" in adolescents: a comparison of former smokers and never-smokersAlexander V Prokhorov
Department of Behavioral Science, Division of Cancer Prevention, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 7:909-13. 2005..Because most adolescents tend to be lighter smokers, future tobacco use and cessation studies should interpret adult withdrawal symptoms among adolescents with caution... - Pharmacy placement of nonprescription nicotine replacement therapy products and community pharmacists' counseling for product useBriseis A Kilfoy
School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Conn, USA
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 46:723-8. 2006..361). CONCLUSION: The location of nonprescription NRT products within the community pharmacy setting is associated with the number of patients whom pharmacists report counseling for use of these products... - Age-related differences in factors associated with smoking initiationAnna V Wilkinson
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, P O Box 301439, Houston, TX 77230, USA
Cancer Causes Control 18:635-44. 2007..Because the influence of parental smoking was pronounced among the youngest initiators, family smoking dynamics must be addressed to develop effective prevention programs tailored to this at-risk age group... - The effects of providing lung age and respiratory symptoms feedback on community college smokers' perceived smoking-related health risks, worries and desire to quitIsaac M Lipkus
Duke University Medical Center, 905 West Main St, Box 34, Durham, NC 27701, USA
Addict Behav 32:516-32. 2007..These findings suggest that lung age and respiratory symptoms feedback does not translate readily into appreciable changes in motivation to quit as well as do other often reported mediators of change (e.g., perceived risks and worries)... - The epidemiology of tobacco use and dependenceKaren Suchanek Hudmon
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, 60 College Street, Suite 431, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 18:1-11, xi. 2006..This article provides readers with a working knowledge of tobacco use and dependence as background reading for the subsequent articles presented in this special issue addressing tobacco cessation in acute and critical care settings... - Beliefs and social norms about smoking onset and addictions among urban adolescent cigarette smokersRonald J Peters
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Center for Health Promotion, Research and Development, Houston 77030, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 37:449-53. 2005..In addition, this research confirmed that friends and siblings who use tobacco are strong reinforcers in youth smoking initiation... - Gender differences in the psychological determinants of cigarette smokingJean Francois Etter
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Addiction 97:733-43. 2002..To compare the distributions of smoking-related variables and the size of associations between these variables in men and women... - Development and implementation of a tobacco cessation training program for students in the health professionsKareen Suchanek Hudmon
School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 420, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Cancer Educ 18:142-9. 2003.... - The state of office-based interventions for youth tobacco useLori Pbert
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Pediatrics 111:e650-60. 2003..Pediatricians and other clinicians can and should play an important role in treating tobacco dependence in youths... - The pharmacist's role in smoking cessation counseling: perceptions of users of nonprescription nicotine replacement therapyKaren Suchanek Hudmon
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 420, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 43:573-82. 2003....
Research Grants
- Enhanced Smoking Cessation for University StudentsAlexander V Prokhorov; Fiscal Year: 2010..It will set the stage for a randomized, controlled trial of the smoking prevention and cessation methods among this high-risk population. ..
- Healthcare Team Approach to Tobacco CessationAlexander Prokhorov; Fiscal Year: 2005..Also, to encourage and facilitate health care provider outreach in the community. AIM 5: To evaluate the proposed tobacco cessation counseling strategies for their costs and benefits. ..
- Smoking Cessation Program for College StudentsAlexander Prokhorov; Fiscal Year: 2006..The proposed study will contribute significantly to our understanding of the smoking cessation process among college students, who are an understudied population. ..
- Curbing Tobacco Use in Suburban and Rural SchoolsAlexander Prokhorov; Fiscal Year: 2007..The study will be a group-randomized, controlled trial with 2000 participants aged 14-16 years from 16 high schools in suburban and rural southeast Texas. Follow-up assessments will be conducted at 6 weeks and at 6, 12, and 18 months. ..
- Curbing Tobacco Use in Suburban and Rural SchoolsAlexander Prokhorov; Fiscal Year: 2007..Follow-up assessments will be conducted at 6 weeks and at 6, 12, and 18 months. ..
- Enhancing cancer outreach for low-income adults with innovative smoking cessationDamon J Vidrine; Fiscal Year: 2010..The treatments will include components such as brief advice to quit, nicotine patch, written materials, motivational interviewing/health feedback counseling, text/pix messaging, and proactive cell phone counseling. ..
- Curbing Tobacco Use in Suburban and Rural SchoolsAlexander V Prokhorov; Fiscal Year: 2010..Follow-up assessments will be conducted at 6 weeks and at 6, 12, and 18 months. ..
- MOTIVATIONAL INTERVENTION FOR HIGH RISK YOUNG SMOKERSAlexander Prokhorov; Fiscal Year: 2001..The proposed study will contribute significantly to our understanding of behavior changes among an underserved group of young adult smokers and smoking related cancer risk reduction among these individuals. ..
- TEEN SMOKING PREVENTION AND CESSATION VIA CD ROM PROGRAMAlexander Prokhorov; Fiscal Year: 2003..The study design is an 18-month, group-randomized, controlled trial. Study participants will include students 14-16 years of age (10" graders at baseline) from 16 Houston area high schools. ..