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| RENA JOY PASICKSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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The Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research: impact and outcome over 12 yearsRena J Pasick
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1450 3rd Street, MC 0128, San Francisco, CA, 94158 9001, USA
J Cancer Educ 27:443-9. 2012..The MTPCCR model is successful because it targets underrepresented minorities who are capable of doctoral studies but have not yet chosen that path...
Intention, subjective norms, and cancer screening in the context of relational cultureRena J Pasick
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158 9001, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:91S-110S. 2009..The authors examine the appropriateness of subjective norms and intentions in the context of relational culture and identify inconsistencies that suggest varied meanings from those intended by behavioral theorists...- Behavioral theory in a diverse society: like a compass on MarsRena J Pasick
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158 9001, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:11S-35S. 2009..This article describes the study methods, summarizes main findings, and preview the detailed results presented in the other articles in this issue... 
Increasing ethnic diversity in cancer control research: description and impact of a model training programRena J Pasick
University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0981, USA
J Cancer Educ 18:73-7. 2003..The Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research is designed to encourage underrepresented master's level health science students to pursue doctoral training and careers in research...- A critical review of theory in breast cancer screening promotion across culturesRena J Pasick
Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0981, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 29:351-68. 2008..Common and alternative treatments of fatalism exemplify this approach, and descriptive and intervention research exemplars further highlight the integration of screening behavior and sociocultural context... - Lessons learned from community-based cancer screening intervention researchRena J Pasick
Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0981, USA
Cancer 101:1146-64. 2004..To build more systematically on existing research, recommendations are made for new directions in basic behavioral and intervention research... - Adult daughters' influence on mothers' health-related decision making: an expansion of the subjective norms constructPamela K Washington
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:129S-44S. 2009.... - Cancer screening for underserved women: the Breast and Cervical Cancer Intervention StudyRobert A Hiatt
Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont, California, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:1945-9. 2008..To report on the effect of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Intervention Study (BACCIS), a multicomponent intervention conducted in the San Francisco Bay Area between 1992 and 1997... - Healthy colon, healthy life: a novel colorectal cancer screening interventionJudith M E Walsh
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
Am J Prev Med 39:1-14. 2010..Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates are increasing, but they are still low, particularly in ethnic minority groups. In many resource-poor settings, fecal occult blood test (FOBT) is the main screening option... - Healthy colon, healthy life (colon sano, vida sana): colorectal cancer screening among Latinos in Santa Clara, CaliforniaJudith M E Walsh
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
J Cancer Educ 25:36-42. 2010..CRC screening among Latinos is low. Younger patients, women, and patients of female physicians receive more screening... - Social and cultural meanings of self-efficacyNancy J Burke
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:111S-28S. 2009.... - Perceived susceptibility to illness and perceived benefits of preventive care: an exploration of behavioral theory constructs in a transcultural contextGalen Joseph
Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:71S-90S. 2009.... - Theorizing social context: rethinking behavioral theoryNancy J Burke
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0981, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:55S-70S. 2009.... - Behavioral constructs and mammography in five ethnic groupsSusan L Stewart
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0981, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:36S-54S. 2009..Additional in-depth inquiry is required to refine assessment of constructs... - Recruiting low-income healthy women to research: an exploratory studyGalen Joseph
University of California, Comprehensive Cancer Center and Institute for Health Policy Studies, San Francisco, CA 94143 0981, USA
Ethn Health 12:497-519. 2007.... - Ethnic differences in decisional balance and stages of mammography adoptionRegina Otero-Sabogal
Institute for Health and Aging, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143 0646, USA
Health Educ Behav 34:278-96. 2007..The application of the TTM for mammography is supported in a multiethnic and multilingual sample... - How do older Chinese women view health and cancer screening? Results from focus groups and implications for interventionsWenchi Liang
Ethn Health 9:283-304. 2004..To qualitatively assess Chinese American women's views of health and illness and the potential influences of culture and language on cancer screening behavior... - The effectiveness of a community outreach intervention to improve follow-up among underserved women at highest risk for cervical cancerLinda P Engelstad
Alameda County Medical Center, 1411 East 31st Street, Oakland, CA 94602, USA
Prev Med 41:741-8. 2005..This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of an outreach and counseling intervention at improving the rate of follow-up of abnormal Pap smears among women at Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland, CA... - Progress in the pipeline: replication of the minority training program in cancer control researchAntronette K Yancey
Department of Health Services and Center to Eliminate Health Disparities, UCLA School of Public Health, CA 90095, USA
J Cancer Educ 21:230-6. 2006..This paper evaluates the replicability of an NCI-funded didactic/experiential program to increase the diversity of doctorally-prepared cancer disparities investigators... - Developing and validating a measure of Chinese cultural views of health and cancer- Wenchi Liang
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Health Educ Behav 35:361-75. 2008..Chinese cultural views consist of at least seven domains and may influence older women's breast, cervical, and CRC screening... - The costs of an outreach intervention for low-income women with abnormal Pap smearsTodd H Wagner
VA Health Economics Resource Center, 795 Willow Rd, MPD 152, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 4:A11. 2007..This randomized controlled trial evaluated and compared the total cost and cost per follow-up of a tailored outreach intervention plus usual care with the total cost and cost per follow-up of usual care alone...
Research Grants
- BEHAVIORAL CONTRUCTS AND CULTURE IN CANCER SCREENINGRena Pasick; Fiscal Year: 2005..Items will be further refined and tested in a survey with the remaining 750 women six months later, yielding culturally appropriate measures that better predict breast cancer screening among Filipinas and Latinas. ..
- Interactive Outreach: CIS-Link to the UnderservedRena Pasick; Fiscal Year: 2007..Efficacy of the CIS protocols will be tested using pre- and post-call interviews of kiosk users. The conceptual framework is drawn from Subjective Culture, Anxiety/Uncertainty Management, and Social Learning theories. ..
- INCREASING DIVERSITY IN CANCER CONTROL RESEARCHRena Pasick; Fiscal Year: 2007..Dissemination plans include development of a proposal for a new site with colleagues at the Baylor College of Medicine/NCI Community Network, Redes en Accion. ..
- Statewide Communication to Reach Diverse Low Income WomenRena Pasick; Fiscal Year: 2007..Feasibility of recruitment of Asian immigrants will be assessed through 200 attempts. Qualitative research will explore women's perceptions of recruitment and their understanding of the intervention. ..
- Statewide Communication to Reach Diverse Low Income WomenRena Pasick; Fiscal Year: 2009..Feasibility of recruitment of Asian immigrants will be assessed through 200 attempts. Qualitative research will explore women's perceptions of recruitment and their understanding of the intervention. ..
- Statewide Communication to Reach Diverse Low Income WomenRENA JOY PASICK; Fiscal Year: 2010..Feasibility of recruitment of Asian immigrants will be assessed through 200 attempts. Qualitative research will explore women's perceptions of recruitment and their understanding of the intervention. ..
- Statewide Communication to Reach Diverse Low Income WomenRena Pasick; Fiscal Year: 2009..Feasibility of recruitment of Asian immigrants will be assessed through 200 attempts. Qualitative research will explore women's perceptions of recruitment and their understanding of the intervention. ..
- Cross-Cultural Communication and Colorectal ScreeningRena Pasick; Fiscal Year: 2004..Results will inform an intervention to be tested in a subsequent study...
- Statewide Communication to Reach Diverse Low Income WomenRENA JOY PASICK; Fiscal Year: 2010..Feasibility of recruitment of Asian immigrants will be assessed through 200 attempts. Qualitative research will explore women's perceptions of recruitment and their understanding of the intervention. ..