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| J A EarpSummaryAffiliation: University of North Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Lay health advisors: a strategy for getting the word out about breast cancerJ A Earp
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 7400, USA
Health Educ Behav 24:432-51. 1997....
Promoting breast cancer screening in rural, African American communities: the "science and art" of community health promotionM Altpeter
UNC Institute on Aging, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 1030, USA
Health Soc Work 23:104-15. 1998....
Trust and collaboration in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseasesJ C Thomas
Dept of Public Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, 2104 B McGavran Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Public Health Rep 116:540-7. 2001..Each participant in the collaboration played a role in establishing or building upon trust with others. These trusting relationships were critical for empowering a marginalized group at high risk for STDs...
Lay health advisor activity levels: definitions from the fieldM Altpeter
UNC Institute on Aging, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 1030, USA
Health Educ Behav 26:495-512. 1999..These results suggest an empirical process for refining the definition of an active lay health advisor, improving advisors' productivity in achieving outreach objectives, and managing and monitoring their ongoing activities...
Evaluation and lessons learned from a lay health advisor programme to prevent sexually transmitted diseasesJ C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7400, USA
Int J STD AIDS 11:812-8. 2000..Consistent condom use with main partners increased by 23%. An LHA intervention in this population appears efficacious for improving STD-related care seeking behaviours but the effect on condom use with main partners is less clear...
Neighborhood poverty and self-reported health among low-income, rural women, 50 years and olderE Kobetz
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, C B 7440, Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7440, USA
Health Place 9:263-71. 2003..35, 95% CI=1.08-1.68). This effect was greatest for individuals with incomes below the median neighborhood income...
How well do faculty evaluate the interviewing skills of medical students?A Kalet
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
J Gen Intern Med 7:499-505. 1992..To study the reliability and validity of using medical school faculty in the evaluation of the interviewing skills of medical students...
AIDS education and incarcerated women: a neglected opportunityC I Viadro
Population Council, New York, NY 10017
Women Health 17:105-17. 1991..The study's findings confirm the need for tailoring AIDS education and prevention activities for incarcerated women...
The association of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and physician recommendation for mammography: who gets the message about breast cancer screening?M S O'Malley
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, USA
Am J Public Health 91:49-54. 2001..This study investigated the association between physician recommendation for mammography and race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and other characteristics in a rural population...
