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| Michelle Y MartinSummaryAffiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Country: USA Publications
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Racial variation in the cancer caregiving experience: a multisite study of colorectal and lung cancer caregiversMichelle Y Martin
Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave S, MT 617, Birmingham, AL 35294 1150, USA
Cancer Nurs 35:249-56. 2012..However, little is known about the cancer caregiving experience. This gap in knowledge is especially evident for racially diverse caregivers...
Developing effective cancer pain education programsMichelle Y Martin
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 4410, USA
Curr Pain Headache Rep 16:332-42. 2012..We conclude with recommendations for future research and the next generation of educational interventions...- Medication adherence among rural, low-income hypertensive adults: a randomized trial of a multimedia community-based interventionMichelle Y Martin
Division of Preventative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 4410, USA
Am J Health Promot 25:372-8. 2011..Examine the effectiveness of a community-based, multimedia intervention on medication adherence among hypertensive adults... - Racial variation in willingness to trade financial resources for life-prolonging cancer treatmentMichelle Y Martin
Division of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 4410, USA
Cancer 117:3476-84. 2011..We compared the willingness to use personal financial resources to extend life among white, black, Hispanic, and Asian cancer patients... - Tailoring cancer education and support programs for low-income, primarily African American cancer survivorsMichelle Y Martin
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Oncol Nurs Forum 38:E55-9. 2011..to identify the information and stress-management topics of most interest to low-income, predominantly African American cancer survivors... - Taking less than prescribed: medication nonadherence and provider-patient relationships in lower-income, rural minority adults with hypertensionMichelle Y Martin
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, The School of Public Health, Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 4410, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 12:706-13. 2010..Creating clinical encounters that minimize the stressful nature of the visit and encourage patient question-asking behavior may also be important for the optimal management of hypertension... 
Community health advisors effectively promote cancer screeningMichelle Y Martin
University of Alabama at Birmingham 1530 3rd Avenue South, Medical Towers 617, Birmingham, AL 35294 4410, USA
Ethn Dis 15:S14-6. 2005..This paper highlights some of those intervention programs and concludes with considerations for future projects...- Enhancing patient-physician communication: a community and culturally based approachMichelle Y Martin
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham Alabama Division of Preventive Medicine, 35294 4410, USA
J Cancer Educ 20:150-4. 2005..African American women are more likely to be diagnosed at later stages of breast cancer... - Variations in physicians' advice for managing hypertension in women: a study using NHANES IIIMichelle Y Martin
Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Prev Med 43:337-42. 2006..To examine the pattern of physician advice-giving to individuals with hypertension and to determine if advice-giving and adherence to advice vary by race... - Relationship of health behavior theories with self-efficacy among insufficiently active hypertensive African-American womenMichelle Y Martin
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave South, 1717 11th Ave South MT 617, Birmingham, AL 35294 4410, United States
Patient Educ Couns 72:137-45. 2008..This study identified theoretical correlates associated with self-efficacy among insufficiently active, hypertensive Black women... - Characteristics of insufficiently active hypertensive Black women who volunteer to be in a physical activity promotion intervention: an application of social cognitive theory and the transtheoretical modelMichelle Y Martin
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Preventive Medicine, AL 35205 4410, USA
Ethn Dis 17:604-10. 2007..In this paper we identify the positive resources and areas of need among insufficiently active Black hypertensive women who presented to a study to increase their level of physical activity... - Less-than-standard treatment in rectal cancer patients: which patients are at risk?Maria Pisu
Department of Medicine Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 4410, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 102:190-8. 2010..In states where socioeconomics and limited medical resources may hinder treatment, cancer care is understudied. The objective is to describe initiation and completion of rectal cancer treatment in Alabama... - Presence of medical schools may contribute to reducing breast cancer mortality and disparitiesMaria Pisu
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 4410, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 21:961-76. 2010..96, CI 0.94-0.99), or being successful vs. failing (OR 1.03, CI 1.00-1.06) or vs. with disparities (OR 1.04, CI 1.01-1.07). Medical resources did not explain county type differences, but type of care available may be important... - Breast cancer screening interventions in selected counties across US regionsShamly Austin
Department of Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue S, Birmingham, AL 35294 1270, USA
Cancer Causes Control 21:2165-72. 2010..To determine the types of, and the populations targeted by interventions implemented to increase breast cancer screening rates in counties with large African American populations across different US regions... - MOMS: formative evaluation and subsequent intervention for mothers living with HIVSusan L Davies
Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
AIDS Care 21:552-60. 2009.... - Intervention mapping as a guide for the development of a diabetes peer support intervention in rural AlabamaAndrea Cherrington
Division of Preventive Medicine, 624 Medical Towers, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205 4410, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E36. 2012..The objective of this article is to describe the development of a 1-year peer support intervention to improve diabetes self-management among African American adults with diabetes in Alabama's Black Belt... - Leisure-time physical activity and health-care utilization in older adultsMichelle Y Martin
Dept. of Medicine, The Birmingham/Atlanta VA Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
J Aging Phys Act 14:392-410. 2006..Being physically active might not only have health benefits for older persons but also lead to lower health-care costs...
Research Grants
- Hypertension and Adherence in Rural PracticeMichelle Martin; Fiscal Year: 2006....