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| M C RosalSummaryAffiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School Country: USA Publications
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Methodology of a diabetes prevention translational research project utilizing a community-academic partnership for implementation in an underserved Latino communityPhilip A Merriam
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
BMC Med Res Methodol 9:20. 2009..Latinos comprise the largest racial/ethnic group in the United States and have 2-3 times the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus as Caucasians...- Design and methods for a randomized clinical trial comparing three outreach efforts to improve screening mammography adherenceMary E Costanza
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 11:145. 2011..This 5-year study is conducted though a Central Massachusetts healthcare plan and affiliated clinic. All women have adequate health insurance to cover the test... - A randomized clinical trial of a peri-operative behavioral intervention to improve physical activity adherence and functional outcomes following total knee replacementMilagros C Rosal
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:226. 2011..The increasing use of TKR in the aging US population makes it critical to find strategies that maximize functional outcomes... 
Opportunities and challenges for diabetes prevention at two community health centersMilagros C Rosal
Division of Preventative and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachesetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Diabetes Care 31:247-54. 2008..This formative study sought to assess structural, processes-of-care (health care quality domains), and patient factors that need to be considered for diabetes prevention at CHCs...- Diabetes self-management among low-income Spanish-speaking patients: a pilot studyMilagros C Rosal
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Preventative and Behavioural Medicine, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Ann Behav Med 29:225-35. 2005..However, little is known about how to effectively promote self-management in this population... - Stress, social support, and cortisol: inverse associations?Milagros C Rosal
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, Worcester, 01655, USA
Behav Med 30:11-21. 2004..Both findings deserve further investigation... - 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... - Views and preferences of low-literate Hispanics regarding diabetes education: results of formative researchMilagros C Rosal
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Health Educ Behav 31:388-405. 2004..Implications for practitioners and researchers are discussed... - Design and methods for a randomized clinical trial of a diabetes self-management intervention for low-income Latinos: Latinos en ControlMilagros C Rosal
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
BMC Med Res Methodol 9:81. 2009..They also have lower literacy levels and are more likely to live in poverty. Interventions are needed to improve diabetes control among low-income Latinos... - Use of cognitive interviewing to adapt measurement instruments for low-literate HispanicsMilagros C Rosal
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, S7 755, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Diabetes Educ 29:1006-17. 2003..Cognitive interviewing techniques were used to adapt existing measures for use with a population of low-literate Spanish-speaking people with diabetes... 
Translational research at community health centers: challenges and successes in recruiting and retaining low-income Latino patients with type 2 diabetes into a randomized clinical trialMilagros C Rosal
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Diabetes Educ 36:733-49. 2010..To describe methods used to recruit and retain low-income Latinos in a randomized clinical trial (RCT) of a diabetes self-management intervention at 5 community health centers (CHCs) in Massachusetts...- Awareness of diabetes risk factors and prevention strategies among a sample of low-income Latinos with no known diagnosis of diabetesMilagros C Rosal
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Diabetes Educ 37:47-55. 2011..This study assessed awareness of type 2 diabetes risk and severity, perceived risk factors, knowledge of diabetes prevention strategies, and challenges of and opportunities for prevention among low-income Latinos in Lawrence, Massachusetts... - Randomized trial of a literacy-sensitive, culturally tailored diabetes self-management intervention for low-income latinos: latinos en controlMilagros C Rosal
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Diabetes Care 34:838-44. 2011..To test whether a theory-based, literacy, and culturally tailored self-management intervention, Latinos en Control, improves glycemic control among low-income Latinos with type 2 diabetes... - 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.... - 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... - 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.... - 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... - 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... - Staging mammography nonadherent women: a qualitative studyNancy Lapelle
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
J Cancer Educ 23:114-21. 2008..Few studies have related stages of mammography screening nonadherence with the rationale used by overdue women... - Sequence and seasonal effects of salivary cortisolJ A King
Behavioral Neuroscience Program of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
Behav Med 26:67-73. 2000..The findings in this study suggest that repeated saliva sampling and seasonal variation in cortisol levels may independently affect adrenal response and, therefore, need to be accounted for in longitudinal studies... - Compliance with National Cholesterol Education Program dietary and lifestyle guidelines among older women with self-reported hypercholesterolemia. The Women's Health InitiativeJudith Hsia
Department of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Am J Med 113:384-92. 2002..Dietary therapy remains the first line of treatment for patients with high blood cholesterol levels. Among free-living persons, compliance with National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) dietary recommendations is uncertain... - Applying a stage model of behavior change to colon cancer screeningMary E Costanza
Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Prev Med 41:707-19. 2005..We assess the applicability of the Precaution Adoption Model (PAPM) by determining the distribution of stages of adoption and by elucidating differences among stages... - Association of depressive symptoms and lifestyle behaviors among Latinos at risk of type 2 diabetesSherry L Pagoto
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Universityof Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake AveNorth, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 109:1246-50. 2009..Higher CES-D scores were associated with lower diet quality (P<0.05), but were not associated with BMI or physical activity. Depression and lower dietary quality can contribute to risk for type 2 diabetes among Latinos... - Moving mammogram-reluctant women to screening: a pilot studyMary E Costanza
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA
Ann Behav Med 37:343-9. 2009..Effective interventions are needed for women long overdue for screening mammography... - Implementing a computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) system to increase colorectal cancer screening: a process evaluationMary Jo White
Division of Hematology Oncology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
Patient Educ Couns 61:419-28. 2006..The implementation process of such a system for promoting colorectal (CRC) cancer screening using a computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) system is reported in this paper... - Contributions of weight perceptions to weight loss attempts: differences by body mass index and genderStephenie C Lemon
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Body Image 6:90-6. 2009..However, perceiving oneself to be overweight was a strong correlate for weight loss attempts across both genders. The effect of targeting accuracy of self-perceived weight status in weight loss interventions deserves research attention... - Perceptions of worksite support and employee obesity, activity, and dietStephenie C Lemon
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Am J Health Behav 33:299-308. 2009..To examine the associations of perceptions of organizational commitment to employee health and coworker physical activity and eating behaviors with body mass index (BMI), physical activity, and eating behaviors in hospital employees... - 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.... - Underreporting of energy intake and associated factors in a Latino population at risk of developing type 2 diabetesBarbara C Olendzki
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, 55 Lake Ave N, Shaw Bldg, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 108:1003-8. 2008..Energy intake underreporting is prevalent in this low-income, low-literacy Caribbean Latino population. Future studies are needed to develop dietary assessment measures that minimize underreporting in this population... - 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... - Association of stress, hostility and plasma testosterone levelsJean A King
Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, North Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Neuro Endocrinol Lett 26:355-60. 2005.... - Using tailored telephone counseling to accelerate the adoption of colorectal cancer screeningMary E Costanza
Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, United States
Cancer Detect Prev 31:191-8. 2007..This study's purpose was to implement and evaluate stage-based computer-assisted tailored telephone counseling to promote colorectal cancer screening in a primary care population... - Predictors of dietary change and maintenance in the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification TrialLesley F Tinker
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:1155-66. 2007..Candidate predictors included intrapersonal, interpersonal, intervention program characteristics, and clinical center... - Diabetes self-management: perspectives of Latino patients and their health care providersElena T Carbone
Department of Nutrition, Chenoweth Laboratory, 100 Holdsworth Way, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 9282, USA
Patient Educ Couns 66:202-10. 2007..Few data exist, however, on improving diabetes self-management among Latinos. In addition, views and practices of practitioners caring for these patients have received little attention... - Testing the feasibility of an interactive learning styles measure for U.S. Latino adults with type 2 diabetes and low literacyElena T Carbone
Department of Nutrition, Chenoweth Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 9282, USA
Int Q Community Health Educ 25:315-35. 2005..This is one of the first known studies of its kind and offers insight for measuring learning styles of Latinos with diabetes and low health literacy... - Moderate to vigorous physical activity and risk of upper-respiratory tract infectionCharles E Matthews
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:1242-8. 2002..This investigation examined differences in URTI risk between physically inactive and moderately active adults... - 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... - Research profile. A new tack. Overcoming low literacy in minoritiesTerri Kordella
Diabetes Forecast 56:136-8. 2003
Research Grants
- Diabetes Management for Low-Income Hispanic PatientsMilagros Rosal; Fiscal Year: 2007..The study products (i.e., detailed intervention manual, tailored educational materials, manual for training of providers) will serve to enhance the translation potential of the intervention. ..