J Michael Oakes

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Affiliation: University of Minnesota
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi An analysis of American Journal of Epidemiology citations with special reference to statistics and social science
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 161:494-500. 2005
  2. ncbi Commentary: advancing neighbourhood-effects research--selection, inferential support, and structural confounding
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 35:643-7. 2006
  3. ncbi Commentary: Advancing research into SES mechanisms that affect health
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 34:835-6. 2005
  4. ncbi Invited commentary: advancing propensity score methods in epidemiology
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 165:1119-21; discussion 1122-3. 2007
  5. ncbi Causal inference and the relevance of social epidemiology
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology and Population Research Center, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    Soc Sci Med 58:1969-71. 2004
  6. ncbi The (mis)estimation of neighborhood effects: causal inference for a practicable social epidemiology
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology and Population Research Center, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    Soc Sci Med 58:1929-52. 2004
  7. ncbi The measurement of SES in health research: current practice and steps toward a new approach
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
    Soc Sci Med 56:769-84. 2003
  8. ncbi Risks and wrongs in social science research. An evaluator's guide to the IRB
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 44545 1015, USA
    Eval Rev 26:443-79. 2002
  9. ncbi HIV sexual risk behavior by men who use the Internet to seek sex with men: results of the Men's INTernet Sex Study-II (MINTS-II)
    B R Simon Rosser
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    AIDS Behav 13:488-98. 2009
  10. ncbi Strategies to retain participants in a long-term HIV prevention randomized controlled trial: lessons from the MINTS-II study
    Keith J Horvath
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55454, USA
    AIDS Behav 16:469-79. 2012

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Publications41

  1. ncbi An analysis of American Journal of Epidemiology citations with special reference to statistics and social science
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 161:494-500. 2005
    ..Trend analysis reveals little change during the 22-year study period. The principal implication is that AJE authors are overlooking a vast literature that could inform their understanding of how exposures emerge and are maintained...
  2. ncbi Commentary: advancing neighbourhood-effects research--selection, inferential support, and structural confounding
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 35:643-7. 2006
  3. ncbi Commentary: Advancing research into SES mechanisms that affect health
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 34:835-6. 2005
  4. ncbi Invited commentary: advancing propensity score methods in epidemiology
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 165:1119-21; discussion 1122-3. 2007
    ..The benefits of propensity score methods (and PSC) lie not only with potentially improved effect estimation but with conceptualization and practice as well...
  5. ncbi Causal inference and the relevance of social epidemiology
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology and Population Research Center, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    Soc Sci Med 58:1969-71. 2004
  6. ncbi The (mis)estimation of neighborhood effects: causal inference for a practicable social epidemiology
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology and Population Research Center, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    Soc Sci Med 58:1929-52. 2004
    ....
  7. ncbi The measurement of SES in health research: current practice and steps toward a new approach
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
    Soc Sci Med 56:769-84. 2003
    ..Our pilot study suggests a great deal of uniformity between existing SES measures and that a new approach may be worthy of pursuit...
  8. ncbi Risks and wrongs in social science research. An evaluator's guide to the IRB
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 44545 1015, USA
    Eval Rev 26:443-79. 2002
    ..A research agenda and tips are offered...
  9. ncbi HIV sexual risk behavior by men who use the Internet to seek sex with men: results of the Men's INTernet Sex Study-II (MINTS-II)
    B R Simon Rosser
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    AIDS Behav 13:488-98. 2009
    ..To address higher risk of UAIMP, online HIV interventions should prioritize the needs of MISM, especially HIV-positive men, with content focused on online-mediated liaisons...
  10. ncbi Strategies to retain participants in a long-term HIV prevention randomized controlled trial: lessons from the MINTS-II study
    Keith J Horvath
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55454, USA
    AIDS Behav 16:469-79. 2012
    ..The results provide evidence that achieving satisfactory retention is possible in online HIV prevention trials, and suggest best practices for maximizing retention...
  11. ncbi Results from an experimental trial at a Head Start center to evaluate two meal service approaches to increase fruit and vegetable intake of preschool aged children
    Lisa J Harnack
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:51. 2012
    ..Strategies to increase fruit and vegetable consumption of preschool aged children are needed...
  12. ncbi The effect of racial residential segregation on black infant mortality
    Mary O Hearst
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 168:1247-54. 2008
    ..Results show little statistical evidence that segregation plays an independent role in black infant mortality. However, a key finding is that it is difficult to disentangle contextual effects from the characteristics of individuals...
  13. ncbi Reducing HIV risk behavior of men who have sex with men through persuasive computing: results of the Men's INTernet Study-II
    B R Simon Rosser
    HIV STI Intervention and Prevention Studies, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
    AIDS 24:2099-107. 2010
    ..As the Internet becomes popular for seeking sex, online interventions to reduce sexual risk are critical. Given previous studies, a secondary objective was to demonstrate that good retention is possible in online trials...
  14. ncbi Effect of street connectivity and density on adult BMI: results from the Twin Cities Walking Study
    Kelsey N McDonald
    University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 1015, USA
    J Epidemiol Community Health 66:636-40. 2012
    ..Most of these studies have not sought to identify causal effects, but rather correlations...
  15. ncbi Accelerometer test-retest reliability by data processing algorithms: results from the Twin Cities Walking Study
    John R Sirard
    Dept of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    J Phys Act Health 8:668-74. 2011
    ..The purpose of this study was to determine 1) the test-retest reliability of adult accelerometer-measured physical activity, and 2) how data processing decisions affect physical activity levels and test-retest reliability...
  16. ncbi Effects of calorie labeling and value size pricing on fast food meal choices: results from an experimental trial
    Lisa J Harnack
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:63. 2008
    ..Likewise, little research has been conducted to evaluate the influence of value size pricing on restaurant meal choices...
  17. ncbi Providing calorie information on fast-food restaurant menu boards: consumer views
    Rebecca C Fitch
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
    Am J Health Promot 24:129-32. 2009
    ..To gather consumer input about approaches to providing energy composition information for foods on fast-food restaurant menus...
  18. ncbi Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in relation to self-reported cancer history
    Kirsten K Ness
    Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 15:202-6. 2005
    ..CONCLUSION: These results add to the emerging concern that metabolic syndrome and associated risks for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes may be an adverse late effect of cancer and/or its treatment...
  19. ncbi Technology use and reasons to participate in social networking health websites among people living with HIV in the US
    Keith J Horvath
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55454, USA
    AIDS Behav 16:900-10. 2012
    ..Texting (81%), and to a lesser extent mobile web-access (51%), was widely used among participants. Results support the potential reach of online social networking and text messaging intervention approaches...
  20. ncbi Propensity for illegal alcohol sales to underage youth in Chicago
    Traci L Toomey
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
    J Community Health 33:134-8. 2008
    ....
  21. ncbi Evaluation of a theater production about eating behavior of children
    Cheryl L Perry
    Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S Second St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    J Sch Health 72:256-61. 2002
    ..The study indicates that professional theater productions in schools can create at least a short-term effect on children's nutrition knowledge and behavior...
  22. ncbi Self-reported vulvar pain characteristics and their association with clinically confirmed vestibulodynia
    Bernard L Harlow
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:1333-40. 2009
    ..We evaluated a series of questions pertaining to vulvar pain symptoms to determine their association with a localized vulvodynia (vestibulodynia) diagnosis in women from the general population...
  23. ncbi Communication of prognostic information for critically ill patients
    Michele M LeClaire
    Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
    Chest 128:1728-35. 2005
    ..The purpose of this study was to determine whether the timing of prognostic information delivery by physicians is associated with caregiver satisfaction with communication or decision making in the ICU...
  24. ncbi Unexpected individual clinical site variation in eradication rates of group a streptococci by penicillin in multisite clinical trials
    Edward L Kaplan
    The World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Streptococci, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:1110-6. 2007
    ..The reasons for such variation have never been adequately examined. We performed statistical analyses of site variation in eradication rates to assess the potential effect on reported reduced penicillin efficacy...
  25. ncbi Outcomes of a statewide anti-tobacco industry youth organizing movement
    Caroline L Dunn
    Division of Epidemiology, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    Am J Health Promot 19:3-11. 2004
    ..To outline the design and present select findings from an evaluation of a statewide anti-tobacco industry youth organizing movement...
  26. ncbi Drawing statistical inferences from historical census data, 1850-1950
    Michael Davern
    Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, USA
    Demography 46:589-603. 2009
    ..We conclude that Taylor series estimation can be used effectively with the historical decennial census microdata samples and should be applied in research analyses that have the potential for substantial clustering effects...
  27. ncbi Trends in the association of obesity and self-reported overall health in 30 years of the Integrated Health Interview Series
    Ross Macmillan
    Department of Sociology and the Life Course Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:1103-5. 2011
    ....
  28. ncbi Why eat at fast-food restaurants: reported reasons among frequent consumers
    Sarah A Rydell
    University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    J Am Diet Assoc 108:2066-70. 2008
    ..As motivation for eating at fast-food restaurants appears to differ somewhat by age, sex, education, employment status, and household size, tailored interventions could be considered...
  29. ncbi Sexual identity and tobacco use in a venue-based sample of adolescents and young adults
    Gary Remafedi
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403, USA
    Am J Prev Med 35:S463-70. 2008
    ..This study examined tobacco use in relation to sexual identity in a community venue-based sample of youth...
  30. ncbi Area-level variation in adolescent smoking
    Debra H Bernat
    School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 6:A42. 2009
    ....
  31. ncbi Invited commentary: rescuing Robinson Crusoe
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 168:9-12. 2008
    ..Among other things, the approach permits analysts to model (i.e., conceptualize) system dynamics, more realistic social treatment effects, endogenous contexts, and a more congenial image of human behavior...
  32. ncbi Work group III: Methodologic issues in research on the food and physical activity environments: addressing data complexity
    J Michael Oakes
    Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
    Am J Prev Med 36:S177-81. 2009
    ....
  33. ncbi Nutrition labeling and value size pricing at fast-food restaurants: a consumer perspective
    Lisa J Harnack
    Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    Am J Health Promot 20:247-50. 2006
    ..More research is needed with larger samples on whether point-of-purchase nutrition labeling at fast-food restaurants raises perceived importance of nutrition when eating out...
  34. ncbi Neighborhood poverty and American Indian infant death: are the effects identifiable?
    Pamela Jo Johnson
    Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55414, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 18:552-9. 2008
    ..We explore whether the effects of neighborhood poverty on AI infant death are identifiable by using observational data...
  35. ncbi Sexual negotiation and HIV serodisclosure among men who have sex with men with their online and offline partners
    Keith J Horvath
    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    J Urban Health 85:744-58. 2008
    ..Sexual communication and risk-taking patterns differed by testing status. Explicit agreements to avoid UAI were associated with reduced sexual risk-taking. Misrepresentation of HIV status is an identified challenge for HIV prevention...
  36. ncbi A randomized controlled trial of sport helmet interventions in a pediatric emergency department
    Betty C Wu
    Pediatric Emergency Medicine Department, Children s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 21:730-5. 2005
    ..To evaluate the effectiveness of 3 competing pediatric emergency department (ED) interventions aiming to increase sport helmet use in a state without helmet legislation...
  37. ncbi Comparison of the prognostic value of left ventricular hypertrophy in African-American men versus women
    Eduardo Nunez
    Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
    Am J Cardiol 94:1383-90. 2004
    ..66 vs 2.09, p = 0.55 for men; population-attributable risk 0.24 vs 0.32, p <0.07 for women). Thus, LV hypertrophy is a strong predictor of CVD in African-Americans, and the effect of LV hypertrophy on CVD is similar in men and women...
  38. ncbi Sociodemographic differences in exposure to health information
    Ruby Benjamin-Garner
    Houston Medical School, University of Texas, 77030, USA
    Ethn Dis 12:124-34. 2002
    ..Baseline data from the Heart Attack REACT Study provided the opportunity to explore population subgroup differences in exposure to health information in an ethnically diverse sample from 5 regions across the United States...
  39. ncbi Utilization of services by chronically ill people in managed care and indemnity plans: implications for quality
    Stephen M Davidson
    Boston University School of Management, Strategy and Policy Department, MA 02215, USA
    Inquiry 40:57-70. 2003
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  40. ncbi Improving participation in Chlamydia screening programs: perspectives of high-risk youth
    Diane R Blake
    Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:523-9. 2003
    ..A home Chlamydia test might be one way to increase screening...
  41. ncbi The associations between culling due to clinical Johne's disease or the detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis fecal shedding and the diagnosis of clinical or subclinical diseases in two dairy herds in Minnesota, USA
    Eran A Raizman
    Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, United States
    Prev Vet Med 80:166-78. 2007
    ..0, 95% CI=5.3-30.0; moderate: OR=34.0, 95% CI=13.0-89.0; heavy: OR=66.0, 95% CI=26.0-171.0). Detection of fecal shedding at the end of the lactation (n=79) was associated only with event of pneumonia (OR=2.0, 95% CI=1.0-4.0)...