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Integrating evidence-based clinical and community strategies to improve healthJudith K Ockene
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Am J Prev Med 32:244-52. 2007....- Symptom experience after discontinuing use of estrogen plus progestinJudith K Ockene
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
JAMA 294:183-93. 2005..Little is known about women's experiences after stopping menopausal hormone therapy... - Fulfilling our assignment to improve the health of all: good science just isn't enoughJudith K Ockene
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worchester, USA
Ann Behav Med 31:14-20. 2006 - Brief patient-centered clinician-delivered counseling for high-risk drinking: 4-year resultsJudith K Ockene
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Ann Behav Med 37:335-42. 2009.... - Spontaneous cessation of smoking and alcohol use among low-income pregnant womenJudith Ockene
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Am J Prev Med 23:150-9. 2002..Some women, however, do stop spontaneously when they learn of their pregnancy. No study has investigated spontaneous cessation of both behaviors in a low-income predominantly unmarried U.S. population... - Provider education to promote implementation of clinical practice guidelinesJ K Ockene
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, North Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Chest 118:33S-39S. 2000.... - Brief physician- and nurse practitioner-delivered counseling for high-risk drinkers: does it work?J K Ockene
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
Arch Intern Med 159:2198-205. 1999..There is a need for primary care providers to have brief effective methods to intervene with high-risk drinkers during a regular outpatient visit... - The perceptions and practices of pediatricians: tobacco interventionJ G Zapka
Divisions of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Pediatrics 103:e65. 1999.... - Effect of physician-delivered nutrition counseling training and an office-support program on saturated fat intake, weight, and serum lipid measurements in a hyperlipidemic population: Worcester Area Trial for Counseling in Hyperlipidemia (WATCH)I S Ockene
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
Arch Intern Med 159:725-31. 1999.... - Prevalence and co-occurrence of health risk behaviors among high-risk drinkers in a primary care populationM C Rosal
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655, USA
Prev Med 31:140-7. 2000.... - Coronary Artery Smoking Intervention Study (CASIS): 5-year follow-upM C Rosal
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Worcester 01655, USA
Health Psychol 17:476-8. 1998..AO, p = .01). Factors predicting maintained abstinence included having 12 or more years of education, contemplating quitting smoking or being ready to begin action to quit at baseline, and having a higher self-efficacy score... - Facilitating dietary change: the patient-centered counseling modelM C Rosal
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 101:332-41. 2001..This behavioral counseling model can help nutrition professionals enhance patient adherence to nutrition care plans and dietary guidelines... - Smoking cessation counseling with pregnant and postpartum women: a survey of community health center providersJ G Zapka
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
Am J Public Health 90:78-84. 2000..This study assessed providers' performance of smoking cessation counseling steps with low-income pregnant and postpartum women receiving care at community health centers... - Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescentsJ R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Tob Control 9:313-9. 2000..A cohort of young adolescents was followed to determine when the first symptoms of nicotine dependence occur with respect to the duration and frequency of tobacco use... - The Physician-Delivered Smoking Intervention Project: factors that determine how much the physician intervenes with smokersJ K Ockene
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester
J Gen Intern Med 9:379-84. 1994..Trained physicians are more likely to intervene with smokers who are more nicotine-dependent and who expect and desire to stop smoking... - Tobacco control activities of primary-care physicians in the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation. COMMIT Research GroupJ K Ockene
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
Tob Control 6:S49-56. 1997..To compare tobacco control practices of physicians and their staff in Intervention communities with those in Comparison communities of the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT)... - Alcohol counseling: physicians will do itA Adams
General Medicine/Primary Care, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
J Gen Intern Med 13:692-8. 1998..CONCLUSIONS: Physicians and other health-care providers trained in a brief provider-delivered alcohol intervention will counsel their high-risk drinking patients when cued to do so and supported by a primary care office system... - Translating efficacy research to effectiveness studies in practice: lessons from research to promote smoking cessation in community health centersJane Zapka
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Health Promot Pract 5:245-55. 2004.... - Relapse and maintenance issues for smoking cessationJ K Ockene
Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worchester 01655, USA
Health Psychol 19:17-31. 2000..Potential areas for research, recommendations for longer follow-up assessments, and standard definitions for slip, relapse, and long-term maintenance are discussed... - Behavioral risk factors among members of a health maintenance organizationM C Rosal
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Prev Med 33:586-94. 2001.... - Treating nicotine dependence during pregnancy and postpartum: understanding clinician knowledge and performanceDebra P Bonollo
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
Patient Educ Couns 48:265-74. 2002..Educational programs targeting OB, WIC, and PED providers' knowledge about effective smoking cessation counseling strategies and their confidence in being effective with patients are needed... - Increasing the efficacy of physician-delivered smoking interventions: a randomized clinical trialJ K Ockene
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655
J Gen Intern Med 6:1-8. 1991..Follow-up telephone counseling does not contribute significantly to smoking behavior changes... - Primary care-based smoking interventionsJ K Ockene
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 1:S189-93; discussion S207-10. 1999..Therefore, use of quasi-experimental designs, and application of qualitative strategies are needed. These designs represent a different challenge to the research community... - Physician-based smoking intervention: a rededication to a five-step strategy to smoking researchJ K Ockene
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
Addict Behav 22:835-48. 1997..Finally, we present recommendations concerning research priorities for physician-based smoking intervention and the research funding process... - Development of a state wide tobacco treatment specialist training and certification programme for MassachusettsL Pbert
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Tob Control 9:372-81. 2000..To describe the research conducted to structure and develop a statewide tobacco training and certification programme for tobacco treatment specialists (TTSs) in Massachusetts... - Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 studyJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:704-10. 2007..The first study found that symptoms of dependence commonly appeared soon after the onset of intermittent smoking... - Predictors of smoking cessation in pregnancy and maintenance postpartum in low-income womenYunsheng Ma
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Matern Child Health J 9:393-402. 2005..To describe factors associated with smoking status of low-income women during pregnancy and postpartum... - Sustainability of public health programs: the example of tobacco treatment services in MassachusettsNancy R LaPelle
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA nancy
Am J Public Health 96:1363-9. 2006..Understanding these strategies and developing them at a time when program funding is not being threatened is likely to increase program sustainability... - The relationship between checklist scores on a communication OSCE and analogue patients' perceptions of communicationKathleen M Mazor
Meyers Primary Care Institute, USA
Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 10:37-51. 2005..Determinants of patient perceptions of physician communication may be more subtle, more complex, and more case-specific than we were able to capture with the current checklist... - Organizational systems to support publicly funded tobacco treatment servicesJane G Zapka
Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Am J Prev Med 28:338-45. 2005.... - Brief physician and nurse practitioner-delivered counseling for high-risk drinking. Results at 12-month follow-upSarah Reiff-Hekking
Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:7-13. 2005..The intervention was implemented as part of routine primary care medical practice... - Coronary heart disease multiple risk factor reduction. Providers' perspectivesMilagros C Rosal
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:54-60. 2004..This study investigated (1) physicians' views of challenges faced in managing patients with MRF; (2) the counseling and management methods they utilize; and (3) possible strategies to enhance MRF intervention in the primary care setting... - Association between dietary fiber and markers of systemic inflammation in the Women's Health Initiative Observational StudyYunsheng Ma
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Nutrition 24:941-9. 2008.... - A community health center smoking-cessation intervention for pregnant and postpartum womenLori Pbert
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Am J Prev Med 26:377-85. 2004.... - Developing and testing new smoking measures for the Health Plan Employer Data and Information SetLori Pbert
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
Med Care 41:550-9. 2003..To develop and test items for the Health Plan Employee Data and Information Set (HEDIS) that assess delivery of the full range of provider-delivered tobacco interventions... - Self-management of type 2 diabetes: a survey of low-income urban Puerto RicansDorothea S von Goeler
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, S-7-755, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Diabetes Educ 29:663-72. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: The knowledge and self-management behaviors in this population of Puerto Rican individuals with type 2 diabetes need to be improved... - Trait anxiety and nicotine dependence in adolescents: a report from the DANDY studyJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Addict Behav 29:911-9. 2004..Trait anxiety and relaxation in response to the first dose of nicotine were unrelated and appear to be independent risk factors for the development of nicotine dependence and a reliance on tobacco to cope with stress... - Barriers to preventive interventions for coronary heart diseaseDavid E Chiriboga
Preventive Medicine Program, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Cardiol Clin 21:459-70. 2003.... - Smoking in Ecuador: prevalence, knowledge, and attitudesJ K Ockene
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
Tob Control 5:121-6. 1996..To evaluate the prevalence of, attitudes towards, and knowledge about cigarette smoking in Ecuador in 1991... - Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigaretteJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Addict Behav 29:261-72. 2004..It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience is predictive of future nicotine dependence, or whether the impact of the first cigarette can be altered by manipulating levels of tar, nicotine and menthol... - Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY studyJ R DiFranza
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA University of London, London, UK
Tob Control 11:228-35. 2002..To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use required to develop symptoms of dependence... - Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) studyJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:397-403. 2002..We propose that nicotine dependence begins when autonomy is lost, ie, when the sequelae of tobacco use, either physical or psychological, present a barrier to quitting... - Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 studyJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Pediatrics 120:e974-83. 2007..We studied a cohort of 1246 public school 6th-graders in 6 Massachusetts communities (mean age at baseline: 12.2 years)... - Cardiovascular risk in women with non-specific chest pain (from the Women's Health Initiative Hormone Trials)Jennifer G Robinson
Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Am J Cardiol 102:693-9. 2008..In conclusion, a hospitalization for NSCP doubles the risk for a subsequent CAD event in postmenopausal women over the next 5 to 7 years and identifies them as candidates for aggressive risk factor treatment... - Primary care interventions to promote breastfeeding: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statementNed Calonge
Ann Intern Med 149:560-4. 2008..RECOMMENDATION: The USPSTF recommends interventions during pregnancy and after birth to promote and support breastfeeding (Grade B recommendation)... - Estrogen therapy and coronary-artery calcificationJoAnn E Manson
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
N Engl J Med 356:2591-602. 2007..We examined the relationship between estrogen therapy and coronary-artery calcium in the context of a randomized clinical trial... - Enrollment in a brain magnetic resonance study: results from the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study (WHIMS-MRI)Sarah A Jaramillo
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Acad Radiol 14:603-12. 2007..We use data from a large MRI study to identify factors associated with differential enrollment and to examine potential biases this may produce in study results... - Atherosclerotic risk factor reduction in peripheral arterial diseasea: results of a national physician surveyMary Mcgrae McDermott
Departments of Medicine and Preventive Medicine, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston Ill 60611, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:895-904. 2002..We documented physician-reported practice behavior, knowledge, and attitudes regarding atherosclerotic risk factor reduction in patients with PAD... - Effects of combination estrogen plus progestin hormone treatment on cognition and affectSusan M Resnick
National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland 21224 6825, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91:1802-10. 2006..Some studies of hormone treatment in postmenopausal women suggest benefits on specific cognitive functions, particularly memory... - Translating what we have learned into practice. Principles and hypotheses for interventions addressing multiple behaviors in primary careRussell E Glasgow
Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Clinical Research Unit, Denver, Colorado, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:88-101. 2004..Still, there is enough consistency of findings to present testable hypotheses for clinicians and administrators to evaluate and guide practice until more definitive evidence is available... - Effects of estrogen plus progestin on health-related quality of lifeJennifer Hays
Center for Women s Health, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston 77025, USA
N Engl J Med 348:1839-54. 2003..The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and other clinical trials indicate that significant health risks are associated with combination hormone use. Less is known about the effect of hormone therapy on health-related quality of life... - Behavioral counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infections: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statementNed Calonge
Ann Intern Med 149:491-6, W95. 2008..B recommendation) Current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of behavioral counseling to prevent STIs in non-sexually active adolescents and in adults not at increased risk for STIs. (I statement)... - A primer on current evidence-based review systems and their implications for behavioral medicineKarina W Davidson
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Ann Behav Med 28:226-38. 2004..This group of behavioral medicine experts recommends that the Cochrane Collaboration review behavioral medicine interventions... - Screening for overweight in children and adolescents: where is the evidence? a commentary by the childhood obesity working group of the US Preventive Services Task ForceVirginia A Moyer
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Pediatrics 116:235-8. 2005 - Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statementNed Calonge
Ann Intern Med 148:846-54. 2008..B recommendation) Current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of routine screening in asymptomatic adults with blood pressure of 135/80 mm Hg or lower. (I statement)... - Relation of heart rate parameters during exercise test to sudden death and all-cause mortality in asymptomatic menA Selcuk Adabag
Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Cardiol 101:1437-43. 2008..In conclusion, middle-aged men without clinical CHD who stopped exercise before reaching 85% of maximal HR had a higher risk of sudden death. Other exercise HR parameters and exercise duration predicted all-cause mortality... - Estrogen plus progestin and the incidence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study: a randomized controlled trialSally A Shumaker
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC 27104, USA
JAMA 289:2651-62. 2003..On July 8, 2002, the study drugs, estrogen plus progestin, in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial were discontinued because of certain increased health risks in women receiving combined hormone therapy... - Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of colorectal cancer: the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification TrialShirley A A Beresford
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 7236, USA
JAMA 295:643-54. 2006..Observational studies and polyp recurrence trials are not conclusive regarding the effects of a low-fat dietary pattern on risk of colorectal cancer, necessitating a primary prevention trial... - Influences on older women's adherence to a low-fat diet in the Women's Health InitiativeMargaret H Kearney
School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467 3812, USA
Psychosom Med 64:450-7. 2002..The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine the major behavioral influences on older women's adherence to a dietary fat reduction intervention... - Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of cardiovascular disease: the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification TrialBarbara V Howard
MedStar Research Institute Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
JAMA 295:655-66. 2006..Multiple epidemiologic studies and some trials have linked diet with cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention, but long-term intervention data are needed... - Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fracturesRebecca D Jackson
Division of Endocrinology, Ohio State University, 485 McCampbell, 1581 Dodd Dr, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
N Engl J Med 354:669-83. 2006..The efficacy of calcium with vitamin D supplementation for preventing hip and other fractures in healthy postmenopausal women remains equivocal... - Elderly women diagnosed with nonspecific chest pain may be at increased cardiovascular riskJennifer G Robinson
Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 15:1151-60. 2006..Women are more likely than men to have nonspecific chest pain (NSCP) symptoms. The long-term outcomes in women discharged with a diagnosis of NSCP are unknown...
Research Grants
- RCT for Smoking Cessation in 10 Medical SchoolsJudith K Ockene; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- RCT for Smoking Cessation in 10 Medical SchoolsJudith Ockene; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Soy Isoflavones for Menopausal Vasomotor SymptomsJudith Ockene; Fiscal Year: 2006..These data will provide essential information for optimal study design, methods of data collection, and total daily dose and dosing frequency for a larger, more definitive randomized controlled trial. ..
- POLICY TO SUPPORT TOBACCO TREATMENT IN HEALTH CAREJudith Ockene; Fiscal Year: 2003..Recommendations will be made about what standards should be included in a funding policy in order to assure successful implementation of a tobacco treatment program and services in different types of settings. ..
- PROVIDER DELIVERED ALCOHOL INTERVENTION PROJECTJudith Ockene; Fiscal Year: 2002..The cost effectiveness of this intervention also will be evaluated. If funded, the proposed study will be the longest follow-up study (72 months) of the natural history of high-risk and problem drinkers in the primary care population. ..
- PHYSICIAN-DELIVERED ALCOHOL INTERVENTION PROJECTJudith Ockene; Fiscal Year: 1993....
- RCT for Smoking Cessation in 10 Medical SchoolsJudith K Ockene; Fiscal Year: 2010....