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| Cheryl HoltSummaryAffiliation: University of Maryland Country: USA Publications
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Religious involvement and physical and emotional functioning among African Americans: the mediating role of religious supportCheryl L Holt
Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Psychol Health 28:267-83. 2013..This study aimed to examine whether religious social support played a mediating role between religious involvement and physical and emotional functioning, and depressive symptoms...- Assessment of religious and spiritual capital in african american communitiesCheryl L Holt
Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, 2369 School of Public Health Building 255, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
J Relig Health 51:1061-74. 2012..These instruments may have applied value for health promotion research and practice in African American communities... - Assessing the role of spirituality in coping among African Americans diagnosed with cancerCheryl L Holt
Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
J Relig Health 51:507-21. 2012..One hundred African American cancer survivors completed the instruments by telephone. The instruments showed adequate internal reliability, mixed convergent validity, discriminant validity, and interpretable factor structures... - Development of a spiritually based educational program to increase colorectal cancer screening among African American men and womenCheryl L Holt
Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MA 20742, USA
Health Commun 24:400-12. 2009..The materials were then finalized for implementation and will be used by community health advisors to encourage screening... 
Development of a spiritually based educational intervention to increase informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among church-attending African American menCheryl L Holt
Department of Public and Community Health in the School of Public Health, College Park, Maryland, USA
J Health Commun 14:590-604. 2009..The importance of working closely with the community when developing interventions is discussed, as well as the importance of pilot testing of educational materials...- Development and validation of an instrument to assess perceived social influence on health behaviorsCheryl L Holt
University of Maryland, School of Public Health, Department of Public and Community Health, College Park, MD 20742, USA
J Health Psychol 15:1225-35. 2010..Scores were predictive of health behaviors, particularly among women. Future research using the new instrument may have applied value assessing social influence in the context of health interventions... - Role of religious involvement and spirituality in functioning among African Americans with cancer: testing a mediational modelCheryl L Holt
Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
J Behav Med 34:437-48. 2011..Implications for cancer survivorship interventions are discussed... - Your body is the temple: impact of a spiritually based colorectal cancer educational intervention delivered through community health advisorsCheryl L Holt
Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Health Promot Pract 12:577-88. 2011.... 
Religiosity and physical and emotional functioning among African American and White colorectal and lung cancer patientsCheryl L Holt
School of Public Health, Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
J Psychosoc Oncol 29:372-93. 2011..These findings suggest a mixed role of religious involvement in cancer outcomes. The current findings may have applied potential in the areas of emotional functioning and depression...- Use of focus group data to develop recommendations for demographically segmented colorectal cancer educational strategiesCheryl L Holt
Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, 2369 Public Health Building 255, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Health Educ Res 24:876-89. 2009..This study identified cultural and gender characteristics and perceptions that can be used in the development of demographically segmented health communication interventions to increase CRC awareness and screening... - Development and validation of measures of religious involvement and the cancer experience among African AmericansCheryl L Holt
University of Maryland, School of Public Health, Department of Public and Community Health, College Park, MD 20742, USA
J Health Psychol 14:525-35. 2009..Each exhibited high internal reliability, and concurrent and discriminant validity. These instruments may have applied value for the development of church-based cancer support/survivorship interventions... - Role of religion in cancer coping among African Americans: a qualitative examinationCheryl L Holt
Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
J Psychosoc Oncol 27:248-73. 2009..Participants had a great deal to say about the role of religion in coping. These themes may have utility for development of support interventions if they can be operationalized and intervened upon... - Development of a spiritually based breast cancer educational booklet for African American womenCheryl L Holt
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Saint Louis University, School of Public Health, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Cancer Control 10:37-44. 2003..We believe that this spiritually based approach may be one way to make cancer communication more culturally appropriate for African American women... - A comparison of a spiritually based and non-spiritually based educational intervention for informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among church-attending African-American menCheryl L Holt
Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
Urol Nurs 29:249-58. 2009..Church-based programs may be more effective if they are spiritually based in nature... - Sociocultural correlates of breast cancer knowledge and screening in urban African American womenSusan N Lukwago
Health Communication Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1271-4. 2003 - Cultural tailoring for mammography and fruit and vegetable intake among low-income African-American women in urban public health centersMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory and Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University SLU, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Prev Med 41:53-62. 2005..The Institute of Medicine has called for randomized studies directly comparing approaches that do and do not consider culture... - Sociocultural characteristics and responses to cancer education materials among African American womenMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, MO 63104, USA
Cancer Control 10:69-80. 2003..01). In this population of women, cultural characteristics appear to moderate responses to tailored health education materials... - Spirituality, breast cancer beliefs and mammography utilization among urban African American womenCheryl L Holt
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, MO 63104, USA
J Health Psychol 8:383-96. 2003..These findings suggest the importance of spiritual belief systems for health, and implications for spiritual cancer communication interventions are discussed... - Responses to behaviorally vs culturally tailored cancer communication among African American womenMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Ave, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Am J Health Behav 28:195-207. 2004..To examine whether tailored cancer communication for African American women can be enhanced by tailoring on 4 sociocultural constructs: religiosity, collectivism, racial pride, and time orientation... - Spiritual health locus of control and breast cancer beliefs among urban African American womenCheryl L Holt
Health Communication Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, Missouri 63104, USA
Health Psychol 22:294-9. 2003..The active and passive spiritual dimensions are distinct from internal and external health locus of control. Further study of their associations with other health-related beliefs and behaviors is warranted... - Use of computer kiosks for breast cancer education in five community settingsMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Ave, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Health Educ Behav 33:625-42. 2006..Findings inform strategic decision making about technology dissemination and community outreach to women needing information about breast cancer and mammography... - Physician knowledge, perceptions of barriers, and patient colorectal cancer screening practicesClaretha Nichols
University of Maryland, Department of Public and Community Health, College Park, Maryland, USA
Am J Med Qual 24:116-22. 2009..Interventions that target physician knowledge of insurance coverage and encourage physicians to adopt screening themselves could also be considered...
Research Grants
- Religion and Cancer-Related Behaviors In Black AmericansCheryl Holt; Fiscal Year: 2006..RS has great potential for use in the development of more effective cancer communication interventions for African Americans. ..
- Religion and Cancer-Related Behaviors In Black AmericansCheryl Holt; Fiscal Year: 2009..RS has great potential for use in the development of more effective cancer communication interventions for African Americans. ..