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| Megan A LewisSummaryAffiliation: University of North Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Antecedents and reactions to health-related social controlMegan A Lewis
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 7440, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 31:416-27. 2005..Attributions did not moderate the impact of social control on emotions or behavior...
Understanding health behavior change among couples: an interdependence and communal coping approachMegan A Lewis
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Soc Sci Med 62:1369-80. 2006..Implications for research related to couples and health behavior change are also highlighted...
Health-related social control and relationship interdependence among gay couplesMegan A Lewis
Health Behavior ealth Education, School of Public Health, CB 7440, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Health Educ Res 21:488-500. 2006..The implications for health behavior change research and intervention are discussed...
Interpersonal processes and vasculitis managementMegan A Lewis
Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7440, USA
Arthritis Rheum 55:670-5. 2006
Effect of couple illness perception congruence on psychological adjustment in women with rheumatoid arthritisKatherine Regan Sterba
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Health Psychol 27:221-9. 2008..To characterize similarities and differences in illness perceptions between women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and their husbands, and examine whether illness perception congruence predicted wives' subsequent psychological adjustment...
Information processes mediate the effect of a health communication intervention on fruit and vegetable consumptionLinda K Ko
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
J Health Commun 16:282-99. 2011..Further research should investigate ways to enhance relevance, trust, and recall during the delivery of interventions...
The meaning of justice in safety incident reportingBryan Jeffrey Weiner
Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1102 C McGavran Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27510, USA
Soc Sci Med 66:403-13. 2008..This model could assist those healthcare leaders interested in creating a just culture by clarifying the multiple meanings, antecedents, and consequences of justice...
Mediators of fruit and vegetable consumption among colorectal cancer survivorsLinda K Ko
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Cancer Surviv 4:149-58. 2010..However, little is known about how these interventions work to exert their effect. This study investigated whether information processes mediate the relationship between a CRC intervention and FVC among CRC survivors...
Developing and testing a measure of dyadic efficacy for married women with rheumatoid arthritis and their spousesKatherine Regan Sterba
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Arthritis Rheum 57:294-302. 2007..We assessed both partners' perceptions of confidence about working together as a team to manage women's illness-related challenges...
In search of synergy: strategies for combining interventions at multiple levelsBryan J Weiner
Department of Health Policy and Management, CB 7411, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7411, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 2012:34-41. 2012..We illustrate these strategies with examples of multilevel interventions to improve the quality of cancer treatment...
Beyond reminders: a conceptual framework for using short message service to promote prevention and improve healthcare quality and clinical outcomes for people living with HIVCurtis M Coomes
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
AIDS Care 24:348-57. 2012..We recommend that future studies explore the potential linkages between variations in SMS characteristics and these mediating factors to determine if and how they influence the larger outcomes...
Using organization theory to understand the determinants of effective implementation of worksite health promotion programsBryan J Weiner
Department of Health Policy dministration, CB 7411, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Health Educ Res 24:292-305. 2009..An organization-level theory of the determinants of effective implementation of worksite health promotion programs...
Reactions to health-related social control in young adults with type 1 diabetesCarolyn T Thorpe
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2424 Erwin Road, Hock Plaza, Suite 1105, P O Box 2720, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Behav Med 31:93-103. 2008..Use of direct persuasion was associated with more pretending of behavior change. These results suggest that negative social control attempts by social network members may be counter-productive...
HIV risk and protection among gay male couples: the role of gay community integrationStevenson Fergus
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
Health Educ Behav 32:151-71. 2005..Analyses revealed that, controlling for symptoms of alcohol problems, going to gay bars and clubs independently predicted more HIV risk...
HIV-specific social support predicts less sexual risk behavior in gay male couplesLynae A Darbes
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Health Psychol 24:617-22. 2005..This study demonstrated the utility of measuring HIV-specific social support and its predictive ability related to HIV risk behavior...
Development and initial evaluation of a measure of self-management for adults with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated small-vessel vasculitisCarolyn T Thorpe
Veteran s Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Arthritis Rheum 57:1296-302. 2007..To develop a measure of illness self-management for adults living with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated small-vessel vasculitis (ANCA-SVV) and to gather evidence of its reliability and validity...
