Clara Manfredi

Summary

Affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Method effects in survey and focus group findings: understanding smoking cessation in low-SES African American women
    C Manfredi
    Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago 60607, USA
    Health Educ Behav 24:786-800. 1997
  2. ncbi A path model of smoking cessation in women smokers of low socio-economic status
    Clara Manfredi
    Program for Cancer Control and Population Science, University of Illinois Cancer Center at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
    Health Educ Res 22:747-56. 2007
  3. ncbi Are racial differences in patient-physician cancer communication and information explained by background, predisposing, and enabling factors?
    Clara Manfredi
    Program for Cancer Control and Population Science, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    J Health Commun 15:272-92. 2010
  4. ncbi Long-term effects (up to 18 months) of a smoking cessation program among women smokers in public health clinics
    Clara Manfredi
    Center for Health Services Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
    Prev Med 38:10-9. 2004
  5. ncbi Maintenance of a smoking cessation program in public health clinics beyond the experimental evaluation period
    C Manfredi
    Center for Health Services Research, University of Illinois at Chicago 60607, USA
    Public Health Rep 116:120-35. 2001
  6. ncbi The effect of a structured smoking cessation program, independent of exposure to existing interventions
    C Manfredi
    Center for Health Services Research, University of Illinois at Chicago 60607, USA
    Am J Public Health 90:751-6. 2000
  7. ncbi Minimal smoking cessation interventions in prenatal, family planning, and well-child public health clinics
    C Manfredi
    Center for Health Services Research, University of Illinois at Chicago 60607, USA
    Am J Public Health 90:423-7. 2000
  8. ncbi Evaluation of a motivational smoking cessation intervention for women in public health clinics
    C Manfredi
    Health Policy Center, University of Illinois at Chicago 60607, USA
    Prev Med 28:51-60. 1999
  9. ncbi Why implementation processes vary across the 5A's of the Smoking Cessation Guideline: administrators' perspectives
    Clara Manfredi
    Center for Cancer Control and Population Science, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
    Nicotine Tob Res 10:1597-607. 2008
  10. ncbi Smoking cessation processes in low-SES women: the impact of time-varying pregnancy status, health care messages, stress, and health concerns
    Kathleen S Crittenden
    Sociology Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1007 W Harrison St M C 312, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
    Addict Behav 32:1347-66. 2007

Research Grants

  1. SMOKING CONTROL IN MCH CLINICS:DISSEMINATION STRATEGIES
    Clara Manfredi; Fiscal Year: 2002
  2. A Panel Study of Quit Smoking Processes in Low-SES Women
    Clara Manfredi; Fiscal Year: 2004

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi Method effects in survey and focus group findings: understanding smoking cessation in low-SES African American women
    C Manfredi
    Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago 60607, USA
    Health Educ Behav 24:786-800. 1997
    ..Together, the multiple findings complemented and explained each other...
  2. ncbi A path model of smoking cessation in women smokers of low socio-economic status
    Clara Manfredi
    Program for Cancer Control and Population Science, University of Illinois Cancer Center at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
    Health Educ Res 22:747-56. 2007
    ....
  3. ncbi Are racial differences in patient-physician cancer communication and information explained by background, predisposing, and enabling factors?
    Clara Manfredi
    Program for Cancer Control and Population Science, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    J Health Commun 15:272-92. 2010
    ..These differences persisted after controlling for all other factors. Future research should focus on the informational disadvantages of African American patients and how such disadvantages may affect cancer treatment decisions...
  4. ncbi Long-term effects (up to 18 months) of a smoking cessation program among women smokers in public health clinics
    Clara Manfredi
    Center for Health Services Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
    Prev Med 38:10-9. 2004
    ..The program consisted of clinic-based minimal interventions delivered to women smokers in public health clinics by clinic personnel, a reminder letter, and an optional brief telephone counseling...
  5. ncbi Maintenance of a smoking cessation program in public health clinics beyond the experimental evaluation period
    C Manfredi
    Center for Health Services Research, University of Illinois at Chicago 60607, USA
    Public Health Rep 116:120-35. 2001
    ..As phase 3 of a study to evaluate a smoking cessation program in public health practice, the authors assess the maintenance and impact of the It's Time smoking cessation program in seven public maternal and child health clinics in Chicago...
  6. ncbi The effect of a structured smoking cessation program, independent of exposure to existing interventions
    C Manfredi
    Center for Health Services Research, University of Illinois at Chicago 60607, USA
    Am J Public Health 90:751-6. 2000
    ....
  7. ncbi Minimal smoking cessation interventions in prenatal, family planning, and well-child public health clinics
    C Manfredi
    Center for Health Services Research, University of Illinois at Chicago 60607, USA
    Am J Public Health 90:423-7. 2000
    ..This study assessed the prevalence and effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions for women of childbearing age in public health clinics...
  8. ncbi Evaluation of a motivational smoking cessation intervention for women in public health clinics
    C Manfredi
    Health Policy Center, University of Illinois at Chicago 60607, USA
    Prev Med 28:51-60. 1999
    ..Clinic-based intervention components were implemented by clinic personnel as part of routine medical visits...
  9. ncbi Why implementation processes vary across the 5A's of the Smoking Cessation Guideline: administrators' perspectives
    Clara Manfredi
    Center for Cancer Control and Population Science, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
    Nicotine Tob Res 10:1597-607. 2008
    ..Based on the findings, recommendations for systemic program support strategies are offered that could improve case management implementation of smoking cessation interventions beyond basic advice to quit...
  10. ncbi Smoking cessation processes in low-SES women: the impact of time-varying pregnancy status, health care messages, stress, and health concerns
    Kathleen S Crittenden
    Sociology Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1007 W Harrison St M C 312, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
    Addict Behav 32:1347-66. 2007
    ..Pregnancy increases abstinence, but preventing post-delivery relapse may require stress management and re-focusing of health concerns...
  11. ncbi Correlates of quality of life among African American and white cancer survivors
    Alicia K Matthews
    College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA
    Cancer Nurs 35:355-64. 2012
    ..African Americans continue to suffer disproportionately from cancer morbidity and mortality, with emerging evidence suggesting potential quality of life (QOL) disparities in the survivorship period...
  12. ncbi Dissemination strategies to improve implementation of the PHS smoking cessation guideline in MCH public health clinics: experimental evaluation results and contextual factors
    Clara Manfredi
    Center for Cancer Control and Population Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
    Health Educ Res 26:348-60. 2011
    ..Smoker-reported provider advice to quit also increased in these clinics. Type of clinic and the absence of disruptive events distinguished clinics with and without effective dissemination outcomes...
  13. ncbi The determinants and consequences of information seeking among cancer patients
    Ronald Czaja
    Department of Sociology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
    J Health Commun 8:529-62. 2003
    ..Still other patients choose to delegate information gathering and decision making exclusively to their physicians. We discuss the implications of these results for both patients and providers...

Research Grants7

  1. SMOKING CONTROL IN MCH CLINICS:DISSEMINATION STRATEGIES
    Clara Manfredi; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..Cost/effectiveness analysis will be conducted relative to the effect of the dissemination strategies in producing better: a) program implementation, and b) smoking cessation outcomes. ..
  2. A Panel Study of Quit Smoking Processes in Low-SES Women
    Clara Manfredi; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..We will repeat the analyses with the two merged data sets, to assess the individual and area SES effects on smoking cessation processes on a total sample with greater variation on these variables. ..