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| Erika Sivarajan FroelicherSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Theoretical applications of smoking cessation interventions to individuals with medical conditions: women's initiative for nonsmoking (WINS)-part IIIErika Sivarajan Froelicher
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Int J Nurs Stud 39:1-15. 2002..Taking into account the gaps between theory and application, theory driven nursing strategies are offered...
Accuracy of peak VO2 assessments in career firefightersDana C Drew-Nord
Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, 2 Koret Way, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
J Occup Med Toxicol 6:25. 2011..abstract:..- Tobacco free nurses. The facts on nurses and smokingErika Sivarajan Froelicher
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California at San Francisco, 94143, USA
J Cardiopulm Rehabil 25:198-9. 2005 - High rates of sustained smoking cessation in women hospitalized with cardiovascular disease: the Women's Initiative for Nonsmoking (WINS)Erika S Sivarajan Froelicher
University of California at San Francisco, Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA 94143 0610, USA
Circulation 109:587-93. 2004..Although men hospitalized with cardiovascular disease (CVD) show high smoking-cessation rates, similar data for women are lacking. We tested the efficacy of smoking-cessation intervention in women hospitalized for CVD... - The Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease Trial (ENRICHD): strategies and techniques for enhancing retention of patients with acute myocardial infarction and depression or social isolationErika Sivarajan Froelicher
University of California San Francisco, Department of Pshysiological Nursing, San Francisco, Calif 94143 0610, USA
J Cardiopulm Rehabil 23:269-80. 2003..02% of the patients completed their study participation or died. This is a very high retention rate given the complexity of the study sample, protocol, and required duration of follow-up evaluation... - Compliance with antihypertensive medication in Chinese immigrants: cultural specific issues and theoretical applicationWen Wen Li
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0610, USA
Res Theory Nurs Pract 21:236-54. 2007..Using a culturally sensitive model is important to guide studies of medication compliance in this population and to assist health care providers to support compliance with antihypertensive treatments for Chinese immigrants... 
Nurses trying to quit smoking using the InternetLinda Sarna
University of California, School of Nursing, 700 Tiverton Ave, Box 956918, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Nurs Outlook 57:246-56. 2009..Facilitators included working in a smoke-free facility, support from colleagues, and workplace cessation services. The use of Nurses QuitNet demonstrated promise in supporting quit attempts. Quitting was influenced by workplace factors...- Smoking cessation interventions and older adultsDaniel M Doolan
School of Nursing, University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94117, USA
Prog Cardiovasc Nurs 23:119-27. 2008..Furthermore, use of nicotine replacement therapy has been shown to be safe and efficacious among older smokers with cardiovascular disease... - Cultural factors associated with antihypertensive medication adherence in Chinese immigrantsWen Wen Li
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143 0610, USA
J Cardiovasc Nurs 21:354-62. 2006..Little is known about hypertension control and cultural factors related to medication adherence in Chinese immigrants... - Beliefs about health, smoking, and future smoking cessation among South Korean men hospitalized for cardiovascular diseaseMin Sohn
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Heart Lung 36:339-47. 2007..A particularly high rate of smoking among South Korean men corresponds to high rates of cardiovascular disease... - Trajectory of prehospital delay in patients with acute myocardial infarction in the Japanese health care systemYoshimi Fukuoka
School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 2 Koret Way, Room N611E, San Francisco, CA 94143 0604, USA
Int J Cardiol 107:188-93. 2006.... - Cultural factors and medication compliance in Chinese immigrants who are taking antihypertensive medications: instrument developmentWen Wen Li
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143 0610, USA
J Nurs Meas 13:231-52. 2005..60. Results showed that most of the scales are applicable and acceptable in a Chinese immigrant population and had good reliability. However, further testing with a larger sample in other regions of the country is indicated... - Do Japanese workers who experience an acute myocardial infarction believe their prolonged working hours are a cause?Yoshimi Fukuoka
School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 2 Koret Way, Room N611E, San Francisco, California 94143 0604, United States
Int J Cardiol 100:29-35. 2005.... - Nurses' perspectives of smoking initiation, addiction, and cessationStella Aguinaga Bialous
School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Nurs Res 53:387-95. 2004.... - Nicotine replacement therapy: perceptions of African-American smokers seeking to quitValerie B Yerger
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0612, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 100:230-6. 2008..To explore why some African-American smokers choose not to use nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) when attempting smoking cessation... - Women's initiative for non-smoking (WINS) VI: reliability and validity of health and psychosocial measures in women smokers with cardiovascular diseaseErika Sivarajan Froelicher
Department of Physiological Nursing at the School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 94143-0610, USA
Heart Lung 33:162-75. 2004..The measures generally performed well and show promise for advancing our understanding of smokers in this population... - Prehospital delay and independent/interdependent construal of self among Japanese patients with acute myocardial infarctionYoshimi Fukuoka
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, 2 Koret Way, Box 0604, San Francisco, CA 94143 0604, USA
Soc Sci Med 60:2025-34. 2005..In conclusion, cultural variation within this Japanese group was observed and was associated with prehospital delay time... - Women's initiative for nonsmoking (WINS) IV: description of 277 women smokers hospitalized with cardiovascular diseaseErika Sivarajan Froelicher
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California-San Francisco, 94143-0610, USA
Heart Lung 31:3-14. 2002..These important psychosocial factors need to be taken into account when planning smoking cessation interventions for women with CVD... - Efficacy of smoking cessation intervention among special populations: review of the literature from 2000 to 2005Daniel M Doolan
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0610, USA
Nurs Res 55:S29-37. 2006..Further research relevant to the smoking cessation needs of these special populations can enable nurses and other healthcare providers to administer culturally adequate and efficacious smoking cessation interventions to these groups... - Quantifying smoking cessation outcomes: from The Women's Initiative for Nonsmoking Study (X): methodological implicationsRoberta K Oka
Department of Community Health Systems, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0608, USA
Nurs Res 55:292-7. 2006.... - Tobacco use and dependenceMin Sohn
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, N631, 2 Koret Way, Box 0610, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0610, USA
Semin Oncol Nurs 19:250-60. 2003..This article provides the necessary basis for understanding nicotine addiction and pharmacologic therapies. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Nurses' knowledge about nicotine addiction is important in helping patients to quit smoking... - Combining community participatory research with a randomized clinical trial: the Protecting the Hood Against Tobacco (PHAT) smoking cessation studyErika Sivarajan Froelicher
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143 0610, USA
Heart Lung 39:50-63. 2010..This study provides lessons for future similar research projects that focus on urban low-income populations... - Views of African-American nurses about tobacco cessation and preventionLinda Sarna
UCLA School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles 90095 6916, USA
J Natl Black Nurses Assoc 14:1-8. 2003..The findings of this study support the critical need for nursing education in tobacco control... - Psychosocial concerns and interventions for patients and their identified support givers to help cope with acute manifestations of advanced coronary artery diseasesSimone K Madan
University of California San Francisco, Behavioral Medicine Unit, Mt Zion General Medicine Clinic, 1701 Divisadero St 500, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
J Cardiovasc Nurs 27:132-46. 2012.... - Coronary heart disease risk estimation in asymptomatic adultsSunjoo Boo
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Nurs Res 61:66-9. 2012..However, the ability to combine different test results explicitly in a quantitative way is limited, and a substantial gap remains in identification of those at high risk for future CHD... - Women's Initiative for Nonsmoking-VII: evaluation of health service utilization and costs among women smokers with cardiovascular diseaseErika Sivarajan Froelicher
Department of Physiological, Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 94143 0610, USA
J Cardiopulm Rehabil 24:218-28. 2004.... - Being part of something: transformative outcomes of a community-based participatory studyRuth E Malone
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Health Promot Pract 14:205-12. 2013..The authors analyzed "secondary outcomes" of Protecting the 'Hood Against Tobacco (PHAT), a CBPR project conducted in San Francisco, California... - Lack of awareness and nonadherence in schizophreniaYoriko Kozuki
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Washington, USA
West J Nurs Res 25:57-74. 2003..59, 95% Confidence Interval = 0.35, 0.96). Other clinical and demographic variables as well as subjective responses were not significant predictors of nonadherence... - Do you need to smoke to get a break?: smoking status and missed work breaks among staff nursesLinda Sarna
School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 6918, USA
Am J Prev Med 37:S165-71. 2009..The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between nurses' smoking status and work breaks and to explore the relationships among personal, professional, and workplace variables associated with missed work breaks... - Parental influence on models of primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in childrenDeborah E Norton
Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, 3333 California, Suite 265, San Francisco, CA 94143 0936, USA
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 2:311-22. 2003..CVD risk factors that begin in children often track into adulthood. Parents are believed to influence the health behaviors of their children... - Women's Initiative for Nonsmoking (WINS V): under-use of nicotine replacement therapyRomy Mahrer-Imhof
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Heart Lung 31:368-73. 2002..The results suggest that future research about NRT myths pertaining to women is needed. Nurses can help patients dispel these myths and prevent smoking relapse in women with CVD... - Knowledge and beliefs about smoking and goals for smoking cessation in hospitalized men with cardiovascular diseaseRami Azmi Elshatarat
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Heart Lung 42:126-32. 2013..To describe perceptions of smoking in men hospitalized with cardiovascular disease (CVD)... - Nutritional risk and low weight in community-living older adults: a review of the literature (1995-2005)Carolyn Thompson Martin
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:927-34. 2006..Computerized database searches and footnote reviews were used to find published studies on nutritional risk and low weight. Twenty-two research articles are reviewed and summarized. Each study was reviewed according to preset criteria... - Measurement properties of Tai Chi exercise self-efficacy among ethnic Chinese with coronary heart disease risk factors: a pilot studyRuth E Taylor-Piliae
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, 2 Koret Way, Box 0610, San Francisco, CA 94143 0610, USA
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 3:287-94. 2004..Self-efficacy has been shown to be a consistent predictor of behavioral outcomes, now being applied to Tai Chi exercise... - Illness attribution among Japanese patients with acute myocardial infarctionYoshimi Fukuoka
School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 94143-0604, USA
Heart Lung 33:146-53. 2004..05). CONCLUSIONS: Effective education and counseling of patients after an AMI must be coupled with their view of what factors put them at risk for future AMIs... - Changes in heel skin temperature under pressure in hip surgery patientsVivian K Wong
School of Nursing, San Jose State University, California, USA
Adv Skin Wound Care 24:562-70. 2011..The aim of the study was to examine the effect of external pressure of the bed surface on heel skin temperature in adults in the first 3 days after hip surgery... - Risk for low weight in community-dwelling, older adultsCarolyn T Martin
Nursing Department, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA 95382, USA
Clin Nurse Spec 21:203-11; quiz 212-3. 2007..The purpose of this study was to describe nutritional risk and low weight in community-dwelling elderly... - Methods to optimize recruitment and retention to an exercise study in Chinese immigrantsRuth E Taylor-Piliae
Stanford Prevention Research Center, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
Nurs Res 56:132-6. 2007..To counter pervasive disparities in healthcare and guide public health prevention programs, culturally sensitive recruitment and retention strategies for Chinese immigrants participating in health-related research studies are needed... - A short social support measure for patients recovering from myocardial infarction: the ENRICHD Social Support InventoryPamela H Mitchell
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health System, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7266, USA
J Cardiopulm Rehabil 23:398-403. 2003 - Change in perceived psychosocial status following a 12-week Tai Chi exercise programmeRuth E Taylor-Piliae
Stanford Prevention Research Center, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 5705, USA
J Adv Nurs 54:313-29. 2006..This paper reports a study to examine change in psychosocial status following a 12-week Tai Chi exercise intervention among ethnic Chinese people with cardiovascular disease risk factors living in the United States of America... - Hemodynamic responses to a community-based Tai Chi exercise intervention in ethnic Chinese adults with cardiovascular disease risk factorsRuth E Taylor-Piliae
Stanford Prevention Research Center, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Hoover Pavilion, MC 5705, 211 Quarry Road, Room N229, Stanford, CA 94305 5705, USA
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 5:165-74. 2006..Physical activity has been shown to reduce CVD risk factors. Reduction in blood pressure (BP) in response to Tai Chi (TC) exercise in persons with CVD risk factors have been reported, though not in ethnic Chinese living in the US... - Nurses, smoking, and the workplaceLinda Sarna
UCLA School of Nursing, University of California-Los Angeles, 700 Tiverton Avenue, Box 956918, Factor Building 4-262, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Res Nurs Health 28:79-90. 2005..These findings document the impact of smoking among nurses in the workplace. Strategies are needed to support smoking cessation efforts of nurses as an important occupational health issue... - Factors contributing to low weight in community-living older adultsCarolyn T Martin
J Am Acad Nurse Pract 17:425-31. 2005..Small changes in eating patterns and food intake can potentially play an important role in stabilizing weight. Strategies that address eating alone, social isolation, and stressors need to be pursued... - Data and safety monitoring during randomized controlled trials of nursing interventionsNancy T Artinian
College of Nursing, Center for Health Research, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
Nurs Res 53:414-8. 2004..The role of the DSMB is crucial and offers independent evaluation to ensure participant safety and good science... - Improvement in balance, strength, and flexibility after 12 weeks of Tai chi exercise in ethnic Chinese adults with cardiovascular disease risk factorsRuth E Taylor-Piliae
Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Calif, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 12:50-8. 2006.... - Management of overweight and obesity in adults: behavioral intervention for long-term weight loss and maintenanceAstrid Lang
University of Vienna Department Nursing Science, Hasnerstrasse 57 2 22, 1160 Wien, Austria
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 5:102-14. 2006..The World Health Organization has identified obesity as a global epidemic. While weight loss is a considerable challenge, long-term maintenance of weight loss is an even greater problem... - Exercise testing in asymptomatic adults: a statement for professionals from the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology, Subcommittee on Exercise, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and PreventionMichael Lauer
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA
Circulation 112:771-6. 2005..The writing group believes that a large-scale randomized trial of such a strategy should be performed...