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| Won ChoiSummaryAffiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Design, baseline characteristics, and retention of African American light smokers into a randomized trial involving biological dataLisa Sanderson Cox
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
Trials 12:22. 2011..This paper describes the study design, measures, and baseline characteristics from Kick It at Swope III (KIS-III), the first treatment study of bupropion for African American light smokers...- A longitudinal study of tobacco use among American Indian and Alaska Native tribal college studentsBabalola Faseru
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
BMC Public Health 10:617. 2010..We will use both longitudinal quantitative surveys and qualitative focus group methods to examine key measures and determinants of initiation and use among this high risk group... - Culturally-tailored smoking cessation for American Indians: study protocol for a randomized controlled trialWon S Choi
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
Trials 12:126. 2011..If the intervention is successful, the potential health impact is significant because the prevalence of smoking is the highest in this population. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01106456... 
Beliefs and attitudes regarding smoking cessation among American Indians: a pilot studyWon S Choi
University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
Ethn Dis 16:35-40. 2006..The Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma developed a culturally targeted program called "Second Wind" based on the American Cancer Society's FreshStart smoking cessation program, but it has not been formally tested...- Comparison of smoking relapse curves among African-American smokersWon S Choi
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA
Addict Behav 29:1679-83. 2004..Therefore, stable light smokers may also need smoking cessation interventions similar to those used for heavier smokers in order to successfully stop smoking... - Predictors of smoking initiation among college-bound high school studentsWon S Choi
Department of Preventive Medicine and Kansas Cancer Institute, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, 66160, USA
Ann Behav Med 26:69-74. 2003..Increased efforts should be employed to include college students in national smoking prevention and cessation programs... - Progression to established smoking: the influence of tobacco marketingWon S Choi
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160 7313, USA
Am J Prev Med 22:228-33. 2002..In this study, we focused on the influence of tobacco advertising and promotions on the transition from experimentation to established smoking... - A randomized trial of targeted educational materials for smoking cessation in African Americans using transdermal nicotineNicole Nollen
University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Kansas City 66160, USA
Health Educ Behav 34:911-27. 2007..Findings point to the importance of greater audience segmentation and individual tailoring to better match intervention materials to the needs of the priority population... - Using focus groups in community-based participatory research: challenges and resolutionsChristine Makosky Daley
University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, MS 1008, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
Qual Health Res 20:697-706. 2010..The methodologic approach and data from these three studies will allow us to more appropriately address health disparities in the American Indian community, with full community support for our research... - Predictors of quitting among African American light smokers enrolled in a randomized, placebo-controlled trialNicole L Nollen
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:590-5. 2006..To examine the predictors of quitting among African American (AA) light smokers (<10 cigarettes per day) enrolled in a smoking cessation trial... - All Nations Breath of Life: using community-based participatory research to address health disparities in cigarette smoking among American IndiansChristine Makosky Daley
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, MS 1008, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
Ethn Dis 20:334-8. 2010..Our preliminary self-report data show quit rates of 65% at program completion and 25% at six months post-baseline... - Fruit, vegetable, and fat intake among non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white adolescents: associations with home availability and food consumption settingsChristie Befort
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 106:367-73. 2006..This study sought to explore home food availability and common settings of food consumption as correlates of fruit, vegetable, and fat intake among a sample of non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white adolescents... - Effect of children on home smoking restriction by inner-city smokersFelix A Okah
University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
Pediatrics 109:244-9. 2002..However, in a national survey, only 12.5% of such homes are actually smoke-free. This study examined factors associated with home smoking restriction among inner-city smokers... - Benefits of and barriers to providing smoking treatment in methadone clinics: findings from a national studyRobert Mark McCool
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
Am J Addict 14:358-66. 2005..Addressing these barriers could increase smoking treatment in addictions clinics and save lives... - Smoking policies in U.S. outpatient drug treatment facilitiesKimber P Richter
University of Kansas Medical School and Kansas Cancer Institute, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 7:475-80. 2005..Only 1 in 10 ban smoking. Outpatient facilities should restrict or ban outdoor tobacco use in order to remain consistent with their mission and avoid sabotaging clinic efforts to treat, and patient and staff efforts to stop, smoking... - Additive interactions of maternal prepregnancy BMI and breast-feeding on childhood overweightChaoyang Li
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Kansas Cancer Institute, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
Obes Res 13:362-71. 2005..To examine the interactions of maternal prepregnancy BMI and breast-feeding on the risk of overweight among children 2 to 14 years of age... - Smoking cessation services in U.S. methadone maintenance facilitiesKimber P Richter
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Mail Stop 1008, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:1258-64. 2004..Most patients in drug treatment smoke cigarettes. This study established the prevalence and types of nicotine dependence services offered in methadone and other opioid treatment clinics in the United States... - African American smokers interested and eligible for a smoking cessation clinical trial: predictors of not returning for randomizationJasjit S Ahluwalia
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS 66160 7313, USA
Ann Epidemiol 12:206-12. 2002..Little is known about participants who consent and enroll into a trial, but do not return for randomization. Why participants fail to return for randomization is largely unknown... - Smoking behaviors and regular source of health care among African AmericansJasjit S Ahluwalia
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
Prev Med 34:393-6. 2002..The purpose of the study was to determine associations between having a regular source of health care, advice from a physician to quit smoking, and smoking-related behaviors among African American smokers... - Adolescent smoking cessation: implications for relapse-sensitive interventionsWon S Choi
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160-7313, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:625-6. 2002 - Light smokers: issues and recommendationsKolawole S Okuyemi
Department of Family Medicine, Kansas Cancer Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 4:S103-12. 2002.... - Duration of television watching is associated with increased body mass indexHarsohena Kaur
Department of Pediatrics, Medical Center, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Mailstop 1008, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
J Pediatr 143:506-11. 2003..To assess the effect of television viewing on subsequent change in body mass index (BMI=kg/m(2)) percentiles (BMI%) in adolescence... - Impact of patient characteristics on physician's smoking cessation strategiesEdward F Ellerbeck
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS 66160 7313, USA
Prev Med 36:464-70. 2003..We conducted this study to examine the relationship between these characteristics and the frequency of physician-initiated smoking cessation interventions... - Strategies for recruiting African-American residents of public housing developments into a randomized controlled trialShawn K Jeffries
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health Mail Stop 1008, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
Ethn Dis 15:773-8. 2005.... - Confirmatory factor analysis of the child-feeding questionnaire among parents of adolescentsHarsohena Kaur
Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 66160, USA
Appetite 47:36-45. 2006..In conclusion, the psychometric properties of the modified CFQ tested among parents of a multi-ethnic adolescent sample were similar to those of the original CFQ... - "Tobacco has a purpose, not just a past": Feasibility of developing a culturally appropriate smoking cessation program for a pan-tribal native populationChristine Makosky Daley
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, USA
Med Anthropol Q 20:421-40. 2006.... - Examining the dynamic association of BMI and mortality in the Framingham Heart StudyJianghua He
Department of Biostatistics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 6:3115-26. 2009..Our analysis suggests that the dynamic property may explain part of the heterogeneity observed in the literature about the association of BMI and mortality... - Correlates of exercise participation in adolescentsAli A Ammouri
School of Nursing, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan
Public Health Nurs 24:111-20. 2007..The purpose of this analysis was to determine correlates of exercise participation among adolescents... - Pathways to health: a cluster randomized trial of nicotine gum and motivational interviewing for smoking cessation in low-income housingKolawole S Okuyemi
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Health Educ Behav 34:43-54. 2007..Results suggest that nicotine gum plus MI were not effective for smoking cessation in low-income housing. Programs are needed to enhance the effectiveness of pharmacotherapy and counseling in underserved populations... - The effects of nicotine gum and counseling among African American light smokers: a 2 x 2 factorial designJasjit S Ahluwalia
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Addiction 101:883-91. 2006..The purpose of this 2 x 2 factorial, randomized clinical trial was to evaluate the efficacy of nicotine gum (2 mg versus placebo) and counseling (motivational interviewing versus health education) for African American light smokers... - Reading nutrition labels and fat consumption in adolescentsTerry T K Huang
Energy Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging and Gerald J and Dorothy R Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Adolesc Health 35:399-401. 2004..In girls, fat intake did not differ by frequency of nutrition label reading. Nutrition label reading does not translate into healthier diet in adolescents...
Research Grants
- Culturally-Tailored Smoking Cessation for American IndiansWon S Choi; Fiscal Year: 2010..The public health impact of this intervention is highly significant because the prevalence of smoking is the highest in American Indians. ..