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| Anita FernanderSummaryAffiliation: University of Kentucky Country: USA Publications
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Gender differences in depression and smoking among youth in Cape Town, South AfricaAnita F Fernander
Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 0086, USA
Ethn Dis 16:41-50. 2006..This paper examines gender differences in the association between depression, racially classified social group (RCSG) status, social amenities, and grade level with smoking among South African youth in Cape Town...- Assessing the reliability and validity of the John Henry Active Coping Scale in an urban sample of African Americans and white AmericansAnita F Fernander
Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Ethn Health 8:147-61. 2003..The primary focus of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the John Henry Active Coping scale (JHAC12) among an urban middle-aged sample of African Americans and white Americans... 
Are age of smoking initiation and purchasing patterns associated with menthol smoking?Anita Fernander
Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Addiction 105:39-45. 2010..The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between age of cigarette smoking initiation and cigarette purchasing patterns on menthol smoking among current smokers...- Race-related stress and smoking among pregnant African-American womenAnita Fernander
Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40511, USA
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 89:558-64. 2010..To examine the association between the psychosocial construct of race-related stress and smoking among pregnant African-American women... - End-of-treatment smoking cessation among African American female participants in the Breathe Free for Women smoking cessation program: results of a pilot studyAnita Fernander
103 College of Medicine Office Building, Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536 0086, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 101:1034-40. 2009.... - Smoking risk and the likelihood of quitting among African-American female light and heavy smokersAnita Fernander
University of Kentucky, Department of Behavioral Science, Lexington 40536 0086, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 100:1199-206. 2008.... - Racially classified social group tobacco-related health disparities: what is the role of genetics?Anita F Fernander
University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, Department of Behavioral Science, 103 College of Medicine Office Building, Lexington, KY, USA
Addiction 102:58-64. 2007..it possible/likely that pharmacogenetics will allow us to match smokers with cessation strategies based on a gene-psychological profile? What are the most important conceptual and methodological issues for a research agenda in this area?.. - Menthol smoking, smoke-free policies and cessation servicesAnita Fernander
Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536 0086, USA
Addiction 105:105-14. 2010..This study examined whether menthol cigarette smoking is related to exposure to smoke-free home and work-place policies, availability of cessation services at work and knowledge of cessation resources among current smokers... - Characteristics of six-month tobacco use outcomes of Black patients seeking smoking cessation interventionAnita F Fernander
Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 17:413-24. 2006..I. 22% to 37%). An individualized nicotine dependence intervention conducted in an academic medical setting yielded encouraging abstinence rates for Black smokers... - Exploring the association of John Henry active coping and education on smoking behavior and nicotine dependence among Blacks in the USAAnita F Fernander
Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, 103 College of Medicine Office Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Soc Sci Med 60:491-500. 2005.... 
John Henry Active Coping, education, and blood pressure among urban blacksAnita F Fernander
University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, Department of Behavioral Science, 103 COMOB, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 96:246-55. 2004..The findings are discussed in terms of sociocultural factors that may influence the coping styles of black men and women in different communities and environments...- Exploring the type-of-crime hypothesis, religiosity, and spirituality in an adult male prison populationAnita Fernander
College of Medicine, Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40536-0086, USA
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 49:682-95. 2005..The distinction between religiosity and spirituality is discussed in terms of the type-of-crime hypothesis... - A biopsychosocial approach to examining tobacco-related health disparities among racially classified social groupsAnita F Fernander
Behavioral Science Department, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Addiction 102:43-57. 2007.... - An exploratory examination of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale among incarcerated black and white male drug usersAnita Fernander
University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, Department of Behavioral Science, Lexington, KY 40536-0086, USA
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 48:403-13. 2004..The unexpected findings are discussed in light of the existing literature that identifies the significance of spirituality in the personality and coping style of Blacks... - Addressing tobacco-related health disparitiesEric T Moolchan
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Addiction 102:30-42. 2007..We will show the importance of an approach that integrates the human life-cycle (developmental) and tobacco addiction cycle (behavioral) for interventions that address group-specific vulnerabilities...