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| Kerem ShuvalSummaryAffiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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"I live by shooting hill"-a qualitative exploration of conflict and violence among urban youth in New Haven, ConnecticutKerem Shuval
Yale Griffin Prevention Research Center, Yale University, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 23:132-43. 2012..Participants' statements pertaining to feelings of isolation, racism, and violence without strong parental, neighborhood, and school support may impede prosocial attitudes and behaviors throughout adolescence and young adulthood...
Cardiorespiratory fitness, alcohol, and mortality in men: the Cooper Center longitudinal studyKerem Shuval
Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Dallas Regional Campus, Dallas, USA
Am J Prev Med 42:460-7. 2012..Scant evidence, however, exists assessing the joint effects of both measures on all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality...
Is qualitative research second class science? A quantitative longitudinal examination of qualitative research in medical journalsKerem Shuval
School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e16937. 2011..This study describes the proportion of qualitative research over a 10 year period and correlates associated with its publication...
Association between primary care physicians' evidence-based medicine knowledge and quality of careKerem Shuval
School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
Int J Qual Health Care 22:16-23. 2010..Ample research has examined physicians' evidence-based medicine (EBM) knowledge and skills; however, previous research has not linked EBM knowledge to objective measures of process of care...
Anthropometric measures, presence of metabolic syndrome, and adherence to physical activity guidelines among African American church members, Dallas, Texas, 2008Kerem Shuval
University of Texas School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, 6011 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 8:A18. 2011..Few studies have examined this association among African American adults...
Cardiorespiratory fitness, alcohol intake, and metabolic syndrome incidence in menKerem Shuval
Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 44:2125-31. 2012..The objective of this study is to prospectively examine the independent and joint effects of alcohol consumption and cardiorespiratory fitness on the incidence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a cohort of men...
Evaluating primary care doctors' evidence-based medicine skills in a busy clinical settingKerem Shuval
School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
J Eval Clin Pract 13:576-80. 2007..To date, primary care doctors' (PCDs) evidence-based medicine (EBM) skills have rarely been studied. We conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate PCDs' practical EBM skills and to determine risk markers associated with these skills...
The impact of an evidence-based medicine educational intervention on primary care physicians: a qualitative studyKerem Shuval
School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel Haifa, Israel
J Gen Intern Med 22:327-31. 2007..Attitudes and barriers to implementing EBM have been examined extensively, but scant evidence exists regarding the impact of EBM teaching on primary care physicians' point of care behavior...
Evaluating the impact of an evidence-based medicine educational intervention on primary care doctors' attitudes, knowledge and clinical behaviour: a controlled trial and before and after studyKerem Shuval
School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
J Eval Clin Pract 13:581-98. 2007....
Evaluating the impact of conflict resolution on urban children's violence-related attitudes and behaviors in New Haven, Connecticut, through a community-academic partnershipKerem Shuval
Yale Griffin Prevention Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, Derby, CT 06418, USA
Health Educ Res 25:757-68. 2010..The intervention's inability to significantly change many outcome measures might be remedied by increasing the duration of the intervention, adding additional facets to the intervention and targeting high-risk children...
The role of culture, environment, and religion in the promotion of physical activity among Arab IsraelisKerem Shuval
Yale Griffin Prevention Research Center, 130 Division St, 2nd Floor, Derby, CT 06418, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 5:A88. 2008..To improve our understanding of the cultural, religious, and environmental barriers and enablers to physical activity, we conducted a qualitative study among Arab Israeli college students in Israel...
Primary care providers' perceptions of physical activity counselling in a clinical setting: a systematic reviewEmily T Hébert
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Austin Regional Campus, Austin, 78701, USA
Br J Sports Med 46:625-31. 2012..The present study systematically reviews the literature pertaining to primary care providers' perceptions about PA counselling to identify the barriers and enablers to PA counselling in clinical practice...
Understanding impediments and enablers to physical activity among African American adults: a systematic review of qualitative studiesZoveen Siddiqi
University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Dallas Regional Campus, Dallas, TX, USA
Health Educ Res 26:1010-24. 2011..Findings should be taken into account by researchers, program planners and policymakers when tailoring physical activity interventions to African American communities in the United States...
Health behavior and behavioral economics: economic preferences and physical activity stages of change in a low-income African-American communityTammy Leonard
Economics Department, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Am J Health Promot 27:211-21. 2013..To examine the relationship between physical activity stages of change and preferences for financial risk and time...
Sedentary behaviors and obesity in a low-income, ethnic-minority populationKerem Shuval
Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, TX, USA
J Phys Act Health 10:132-6. 2013..These sedentary pastimes are linked to increased risk for obesity and other cardiometabolic risk factors. No studies, however, have examined these associations specifically in low-income, minority communities in the US...
