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| Nancy J BurkeSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Passing through: meanings of survivorship and support among Filipinas with breast cancerNancy J Burke
Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158 9001, USA
Qual Health Res 22:189-98. 2012..Our findings highlight the importance of a transnational perspective for the study of immigrant women's experiences of cancer and survivorship...
Chumnguh thleum: understanding liver illness and hepatitis B among Cambodian immigrantsNancy J Burke
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1450 3rd Street, MC 0128, PO Box 589001, San Francisco, CA 94158 9001, USA
J Community Health 36:27-34. 2011..Our findings reveal the value of qualitative exploration to providing cultural context to biomedical information--a formula for effective health promotion and practice...
Social and cultural meanings of self-efficacyNancy J Burke
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:111S-28S. 2009....
'Honoring tradition, accepting new ways': development of a hepatitis B control intervention for Vietnamese immigrantsNancy J Burke
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, 74 New Montgomery, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94143 0981, USA
Ethn Health 9:153-69. 2004..8 per 100,000). Culturally and linguistically appropriate interventions are necessary to increase hepatitis B knowledge, serologic testing, and vaccination rates among Vietnamese immigrants...
Theorizing social context: rethinking behavioral theoryNancy J Burke
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0981, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:55S-70S. 2009....
"Good health for new years": development of a cervical cancer control outreach program for Vietnamese immigrantsNancy J Burke
University of California at San Francisco, Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Cancer Educ 19:244-50. 2004..Cervical cancer incidence rates are higher among Vietnamese American women than among any other race/ethnic group in the United States. High rates of cervical cancer are associated with low rates of Papanicolao (Pap) testing adherence...
Perceived susceptibility to illness and perceived benefits of preventive care: an exploration of behavioral theory constructs in a transcultural contextGalen Joseph
Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:71S-90S. 2009....
Behavioral theory in a diverse society: like a compass on MarsRena J Pasick
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158 9001, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:11S-35S. 2009..This article describes the study methods, summarizes main findings, and preview the detailed results presented in the other articles in this issue...
Intention, subjective norms, and cancer screening in the context of relational cultureRena J Pasick
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158 9001, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:91S-110S. 2009..The authors examine the appropriateness of subjective norms and intentions in the context of relational culture and identify inconsistencies that suggest varied meanings from those intended by behavioral theorists...
Adult daughters' influence on mothers' health-related decision making: an expansion of the subjective norms constructPamela K Washington
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:129S-44S. 2009....
A critical review of theory in breast cancer screening promotion across culturesRena J Pasick
Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0981, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 29:351-68. 2008..Common and alternative treatments of fatalism exemplify this approach, and descriptive and intervention research exemplars further highlight the integration of screening behavior and sociocultural context...
"Heat in their intestine": colorectal cancer prevention beliefs among older Chinese AmericansJohn H Choe
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359780, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Ethn Dis 16:248-54. 2006..Data regarding disease prevention behaviors among Asian-American populations are limited. This study explored the beliefs of older Chinese Americans toward colorectal cancer screening modalities, including fecal occult blood testing (FOBT)...
