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Dental anxiety and oral health outcomes among rural older adultsRonny A Bell
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
J Public Health Dent 72:53-9. 2012....- The association of patient trust and self-care among patients with diabetes mellitusDenise E Bonds
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
BMC Fam Pract 5:26. 2004..The objective of this study was to determine if patient trust is associated with reduced difficulty and hassles in altering lifestyle and completing self care tasks... - Ethnic and sex differences in ownership of preventive health equipment among rural older adults with diabetesRonny A Bell
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
J Rural Health 23:332-8. 2007..Different levels of self-management have been reported among various populations, though little is known about ownership of equipment that can enhance accomplishment of these tasks... - Primary and specialty medical care among ethnically diverse, older rural adults with type 2 diabetes: the ELDER Diabetes StudyRonny A Bell
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
J Rural Health 21:198-205. 2005..This study examines primary and specialty medical care utilization among a rural, ethnically diverse, older adult population with diabetes... - Depressive symptoms and diabetes self-management among rural older adultsRonny A Bell
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Am J Health Behav 34:36-44. 2010..To assess the association of depressive symptoms with diabetes self-management regimens among older adults with type 2 diabetes in a rural, ethnically diverse community... - Consumption of sugar- and fat-modified foods among rural older adults: the Rural Nutrition and Health (RUN) StudyRonny A Bell
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
J Nutr Elder 25:23-40. 2006..Diabetes status was associated with higher use of sugar-modified foods. This study shows high level of acceptance of sugar- and fat-modified foods among rural older adults across variety of demographic and health characteristics... 
Improving diabetes care among low-income North Carolinians: Project IDEALRonny A Bell
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, USA
N C Med J 66:96-102. 2005..To address this, the North Carolina Project IDEAL (Improving Diabetes Education, Access to Care, and Living) Diabetes Initiative was created..- Health issues facing the state's American Indian populationsRonny A Bell
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063, USA
N C Med J 65:353-5. 2004 - Use of tobacco products among rural older adults: prevalence of ever use and cumulative lifetime useRonny A Bell
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, United States
Addict Behav 34:662-7. 2009..These data add to a limited body of literature on lifetime use of smoked and smokeless tobacco products, and are useful in identifying the impact of these products on morbidity and mortality, particularly for vulnerable populations... - Prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms among rural older African Americans, Native Americans, and whites with diabetesRonny A Bell
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Diabetes Care 28:823-9. 2005..Little is known about the prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms among older adults living in rural communities, particularly among ethnic minority groups, who are at increased risk of developing diabetes and complications... - Diabetes in non-Hispanic white youth: prevalence, incidence, and clinical characteristics: the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth StudyRonny A Bell
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
Diabetes Care 32:S102-11. 2009..To investigate the incidence, prevalence, and clinical characteristics of diabetes among U.S. non-Hispanic white (NHW) youth... - Food consumption patterns of rural older African American, Native American, and white adults in North CarolinaRonny A Bell
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
J Nutr Elder 23:1-16. 2003..These data provide greater insight into the dietary patterns of rural elders than examining nutrient intakes... - Diabetes foot self-care practices in a rural triethnic populationRonny A Bell
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Diabetes Educ 31:75-83. 2005..The purposes of this study were to assess the level of foot self-care performed in a rural, multiethnic population of older adults and to identify factors associated with foot self-care... - Associations between alcohol consumption and insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular disease risk factors: the Insulin Resistance and Atherosclerosis StudyR A Bell
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157 1063, USA
Diabetes Care 23:1630-6. 2000..Prior research has shown improved SI with light-to-moderate alcohol intake even though somewhat imprecise measures of SI were used... - Colorectal cancer screening in North Carolina: associations with diabetes mellitus and demographic and health characteristicsR A Bell
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Prev Med 32:163-7. 2001..Diabetes mellitus (DM) may increase the risk of colorectal cancer, a leading cause of cancer death in the United States. This report examines factors associated with colorectal cancer screening, including DM status... - Dietary calcium intake and supplement use among older African American, white, and Native American women in a rural southeastern communityRonny A Bell
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 102:844-7. 2002 - CAM use among older adults age 65 or older with hypertension in the United States: general use and disease treatmentRonny A Bell
Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
J Altern Complement Med 12:903-9. 2006..Although a number of antihypertensive therapies are currently available, adherence and control are low. The purpose of this study was to assess the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among older adults with HT... - Quality of diabetes care among low-income patients in North CarolinaR A Bell
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Am J Prev Med 21:124-31. 2001..The purpose of this study is to examine the level of diabetes care among low-income populations in North Carolina... - Church-related correlates of tobacco use among Lumbee Indians in North CarolinaJ G Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Ethn Dis 8:73-80. 1998.... - Dual Tobacco use among Native American adults in southeastern North CarolinaJ G Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Prev Med 32:521-8. 2001..This study examines correlates of dual tobacco use among Lumbee Indian adults in southeastern North Carolina... - Investigating correlates of health related quality of life in a low-income sample of patients with diabetesF Camacho
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Qual Life Res 11:783-96. 2002..We sought to describe and find correlates of health-related quality of life among under-served low-income patients in North Carolina with diabetes mellitus... - Nutritional self-management of elderly widows in rural communitiesS A Quandt
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 25717, USA
Gerontologist 40:86-96. 2000..g., meal skipping, reduced home food production, less dietary variety). Rural communities need to develop ways to identify such widows and assist them in finding acceptable ways to meet nutritional needs... - Cardiovascular disease risk factors in youth with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: implications of a factor analysis of clusteringElizabeth J Mayer-Davis
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Metab Syndr Relat Disord 7:89-95. 2009..Therefore, we aimed to evaluate potential clustering of traditional CVD risk factors that may reflect an unmeasured but unifying single pathology that may explain the phenomenon of the metabolic syndrome in these youths... - Quality of diets consumed by older rural adultsMara Z Vitolins
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063, USA
J Rural Health 18:49-56. 2002.... - Staying healthy: the salience and meaning of health maintenance behaviors among rural older adults in North CarolinaT A Arcury
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salemn, NC 27157, USA
Soc Sci Med 53:1541-56. 2001..Staying healthy is maintaining the ability to function in a community. These results indicate that providers cannot assume that older patients will share their interpretation of general health promotion advice... - Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults with diabetes in the United StatesRonny A Bell
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 12:16-22. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: These data further elucidate the nature of CAM use among people with diabetes and stress the need for interaction between providers and diabetes patients on CAM use as a self-management modality... - Aging and eating in the rural, southern United States: beliefs about salt and its effect on healthShannon L Smith
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063, USA
Soc Sci Med 62:189-98. 2006..These older adults' narratives demonstrate their attempts to reconcile the important role of traditional foods in their identity as Southerners with their attempts to meet medical recommendations for healthy eating... - Association between smokeless tobacco use and breast cancer among Native-American women in North CarolinaJ G Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Ethn Dis 11:36-43. 2001..The nearly 8-fold increase in risk suggests that smokeless tobacco is not a safe alternative to cigarette smoking... - Smokeless tobacco and osteoporosis: a new relationship?J G Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27517, USA
Med Hypotheses 56:553-7. 2001..This paper reviews the animal and human evidence lending support to this new hypothesis, as well as the epidemiology of ST use that underscores the potential impact this modifiable behavior might have on osteoporosis world wide... - Smoking status and psychosocial variables in type 1 diabetes mellitusJ G Spangler
Department of Familyl and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
Addict Behav 26:21-9. 2001..These findings indicate that those patients who have diabetes and who smoke are at greater risk for depressive symptoms. This knowledge may aid clinicians in their attempts to help these patients quit smoking... - Complementary and alternative medicine use among older adults: ethnic variationThomas A Arcury
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem NC 27157 1084, USA
Ethn Dis 16:723-31. 2006..This analysis documents CAM use among Black, Hispanic, Asian, and White adults age > or =65 and delineates the importance of ethnicity in predicting CAM use... - Older adults in the rural South are not meeting healthful eating guidelinesMara Z Vitolins
Department of Biostatistical Science, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:265-272. 2007..To evaluate diet quality of rural older adults using national dietary guidelines and the Healthy Eating Index (HEI)... - Disparities in HbA1c levels between African-American and non-Hispanic white adults with diabetes: a meta-analysisJulienne K Kirk
Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
Diabetes Care 29:2130-6. 2006..Data sources included PubMed, Web of Science, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, the Cochrane Library, the Combined Health Information Database, and the Education Resources Information Center... - Herbal remedy use as health self-management among older adultsThomas A Arcury
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 62:S142-9. 2007.... - Comparative validation of standard, picture-sort and meal-based food-frequency questionnaires adapted for an elderly population of low socio-economic statusSara A Quandt
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Public Health Nutr 10:524-32. 2007..To compare the validity of a modified Block food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ), a picture-sort administration of the FFQ (PSFFQ) and a meal pattern-based questionnaire (MPQ) in a multi-ethnic population of low socio-economic status (SES)... - High levels of low energy reporting on 24-hour recalls and three questionnaires in an elderly low-socioeconomic status populationJanet A Tooze
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
J Nutr 137:1286-93. 2007..Underreporting seemed to be due to omitting foods from major food groups as well as from omitting discretionary energy foods. There was a high degree of low energy reporting in this population, particularly by men, even with six 24HR... - Age, ethnicity, and use of complementary and alternative medicine in health self-managementJoseph G Grzywacz
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
J Health Soc Behav 48:84-98. 2007..The results also highlight the significance of social and cultural factors in understanding patterns of complementary and alternative medicine use in the adult population... - Racial and ethnic disparities in self-monitoring of blood glucose among US adults: a qualitative reviewJulienne K Kirk
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
Ethn Dis 17:135-42. 2007..To review existing data to determine whether racial/ethnic disparities exist for self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) among adults in the United States... - The association of health and functional status with private and public religious practice among rural, ethnically diverse, older adults with diabetesThomas A Arcury
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
J Rural Health 23:246-53. 2007..This analysis describes the association of health and functional status with private and public religious practice among ethnically diverse (African American, Native American, white) rural older adults with diabetes... 
Daily use of complementary and other therapies for symptoms among older adults: study design and illustrative resultsThomas A Arcury
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
J Aging Health 23:52-69. 2011..This article describes research designed to specify complementary therapies used among older adults by obtaining daily use data and the specific purposes for use...- Age-related differences in the conventional health care-complementary and alternative medicine linkJoseph G Grzywacz
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Am J Health Behav 32:650-63. 2008..To determine if differences in conventional care among users and nonusers distinct CAM therapies varies by age and ethnicity... - Complementary therapy use and health self-management among rural older adultsThomas A Arcury
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 64:635-43. 2009.... - Disparities in oral health status between older adults in a multiethnic rural community: the rural nutrition and oral health studySara A Quandt
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1369-75. 2009..To compare oral health status according to ethnicity and socioeconomic status in African-American, American-Indian, and white dentate and edentulous community-dwelling older adults... - Food avoidance and food modification practices of older rural adults: association with oral health status and implications for service provisionSara A Quandt
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Gerontologist 50:100-11. 2010..This study examines the association between oral health and foods avoided or modified in a multiethnic rural population of older adults. It considers implications for nutrition and medical service provision to this population... - Oral health self-care behaviors of rural older adultsThomas A Arcury
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
J Public Health Dent 69:182-9. 2009..This analysis describes the dental self-care behaviors used by a multiethnic sample of older adults and delineates the associations of self-care behaviors with personal characteristics and oral health problems... - Predicted risk of coronary heart disease among persons with type 2 diabetesJulienne K Kirk
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Coron Artery Dis 18:595-600. 2007..We evaluated whether there are racial/ethnic differences in predicted probability of CHD among persons with type 2 diabetes from the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey... - Linking glycemic control and executive function in rural older adults with diabetes mellitusHa T Nguyen
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:1123-7. 2010..To examine the association between glycemic control and the executive functioning domain of cognition and to identify risk factors for inadequate glycemic control that may explain this relationship... - Ethnic disparities in health-related quality of life among older rural adults with diabetesSara A Quandt
Division of Public Health Sciences Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Ethn Dis 17:471-6. 2007..Strategies to reduce diabetes-related complications (long term) and assist mobility (short term) may reduce ethnic disparities in HRQOL... - Disparities in A1C levels between Hispanic and non-Hispanic white adults with diabetes: a meta-analysisJulienne K Kirk
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
Diabetes Care 31:240-6. 2008..Hispanics have higher rates of diabetes and diabetes-related complications than do non-Hispanic whites. A meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the difference between the mean values of A1C for these two groups... - Smokeless tobacco use accelerates age-related loss of bone mineral density among older women in a multi-ethnic rural communitySara A Quandt
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
J Cross Cult Gerontol 20:109-25. 2005..Women who formerly smoked and did not use supplements had a decreased BMD. ST should be considered as an additional risk factor for osteoporosis in populations where its use is prevalent... - Ethnic disparities: control of glycemia, blood pressure, and LDL cholesterol among US adults with type 2 diabetesJulienne K Kirk
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
Ann Pharmacother 39:1489-501. 2005..To examine ethnic disparities in the quality of diabetes care among adults with diabetes in the US through a systematic qualitative review... - The effects of race and region on cardiovascular morbidity among elderly Americans with diabetesAlain G Bertoni
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Diabetes Care 28:2620-5. 2005..Because geographic region is known to influence the risk of CVD in the U.S., we sought to determine the effects of race and region on cardiovascular morbidity among elderly Americans with diabetes... - Use of complementary and alternative medicine by persons with arthritis: results of the National Health Interview SurveySara A Quandt
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Arthritis Rheum 53:748-55. 2005.... - Smoking and incidence of diabetes among U.S. adults: findings from the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis StudyCapri Gabrielle Foy
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
Diabetes Care 28:2501-7. 2005..The objective of this study was to determine the association between smoking and incident diabetes among U.S. adults... - Age, race, and ethnicity in the use of complementary and alternative medicine for health self-management: evidence from the 2002 National Health Interview SurveyJoseph G Grzywacz
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
J Aging Health 17:547-72. 2005..Determine if complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use for treating existing conditions and for health maintenance differs by age and ethnicity... - A qualitative review of studies of diabetes preventive care among minority patients in the United States, 1993-2003Julienne K Kirk
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
Am J Manag Care 11:349-60. 2005..To review existing data to determine whether ethnic disparities exist for diabetes-related preventive care among adults in the United States... - Partnership approaches to reducing socioeconomic disparities in diabetes care in North CarolinaVanessa T Duren-Winfield
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Diabetes Educ 30:600, 602, 604 passim. 2004 - Overweight in children: definitions, measurements, confounding factors, and health consequencesLynda R Hardy
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, NCSchool of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Pediatr Nurs 19:376-84. 2004..This article provides an overview of the current body of literature surrounding the definition and measurement of overweight and the morbidity association with childhood overweight... - Tobacco use in a tri-ethnic population of older women in southeastern North CarolinaJohn G Spangler
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Ethn Dis 13:226-32. 2003..We examined the epidemiology of tobacco use among a tri-racial population of elderly women in southeastern North Carolina... - Ethnic disparities in glycemic control among rural older adults with type 2 diabetesSara A Quandt
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Ethn Dis 15:656-63. 2005..These data indicate that older ethnic minorities in rural communities are at increased risk for diabetes complications and need diabetes management strategies to improve glycemic control... - Cancer screening among Native Americans in eastern North CarolinaDeborah F Farmer
Dept of Public Health Sciences, Section on Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 16:634-42. 2005.... - Older adults' use of complementary and alternative medicine for mental health: findings from the 2002 National Health Interview SurveyJoseph G Grzywacz
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
J Altern Complement Med 12:467-73. 2006.... - Differential impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor clustering on CVD and renal disease among African-American and white patients with type 2 diabetes mellitusJohn H Summerson
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27104, USA
Ethn Dis 12:530-4. 2002..To determine if clustering of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors has a differential impact on CVD and renal disease among African Americans compared to Whites with type 2 diabetes.. - Predictors of falls in a multiethnic population of older rural adults with diabetesSara A Quandt
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157 1063, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:394-8. 2006..Falls are a recognized danger for older adults with diabetes. Persons in rural communities with diabetes may face additional risks from falling due to environmental and activity differences... - Physical activity among rural older adults with diabetesThomas A Arcury
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
J Rural Health 22:164-8. 2006..This analysis describes physical activity levels and factors associated with physical activity in an ethnically diverse (African American, Native American, white) sample of rural older adults with diabetes... - Complementary and alternative medicine use as health self-management: rural older adults with diabetesThomas A Arcury
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 61:S62-70. 2006..CAM is a widely used component of health self-management among rural among older adults with diabetes. Research on CAM use will benefit from theory that considers the specific behavior and cognitive characteristics of CAM therapies... - Ethnic differences in elders' home remedy use: sociostructural explanationsJoseph G Grzywacz
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
Am J Health Behav 30:39-50. 2006..To determine if ethnic differences in elders' use of home remedies are explained by structured inequalities... - Dry mouth and dietary quality in older adults in north CarolinaSara A Quandt
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 59:439-45. 2011..To quantify prevalence of dry mouth, association between dry mouth and beverage intake and dietary quality, and association between dry mouth and self-reported dietary accommodations to oral health deficits... - Dietary fat reduction behaviors among African American, American Indian, and white older adults with diabetesSara A Quandt
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
J Nutr Elder 28:143-57. 2009..Older men and ethnic minorities with diabetes should be targeted for dietary change education... - Preventive foot-care practices among adults with diabetes in North Carolina, 1997 to 2001John C White
Winston-Salem, NC
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 94:483-91. 2004.... - Diabetes in African American youth: prevalence, incidence, and clinical characteristics: the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth StudyElizabeth J Mayer-Davis
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Diabetes Care 32:S112-22. 2009..To report the prevalence and incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes among African American youth and to describe demographic, clinical, and behavioral characteristics... - Vitamin E and breast cancer: a reviewG G Kimmick
Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Nutr Cancer 27:109-17. 1997..Particular attention should be paid to the interactions of other antioxidants with vitamin E and to the duration and timing (pre- vs. postmenopausal) of vitamin E use in determining its preventive utility in breast cancer... - Is insulin sensitivity a causal intermediate in the relationship between alcohol consumption and carotid atherosclerosis?: the insulin resistance and atherosclerosis studyDaniel E Cooper
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Diabetes Care 25:1425-31. 2002..This raises the question of whether insulin sensitivity (S(I)) is a causal intermediate in the alcohol-atherosclerosis relationship... - International variation in pancreatic cancer mortality for the period 1955-1998A E Sahmoun
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1082, USA
Eur J Epidemiol 18:801-16. 2003..Pancreatic cancer is an important cause of cancer mortality in developed countries. This article examines time trends for pancreatic cancer mortality rates in 38 countries on five continents between 1955 and 1998... - Hospitalizations and outcomes for diabetic gastroparesis in North CarolinaRonny A Bell
Department of Public Health Sciences, Section on Epidemiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063, USA
South Med J 95:1297-9. 2002..CONCLUSION: Despite some limitations, these data indicate that diabetic gastroparesis is not uncommon, but can be treated effectively... - Prevalence and correlates of depressed mood among youth with diabetes: the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth studyJean M Lawrence
Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Pediatrics 117:1348-58. 2006.... - Dietary intake among youth with diabetes: the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth StudyElizabeth J Mayer-Davis
Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 106:689-97. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Overall, dietary intake in this large cohort of youth with diabetes substantially failed to meet current recommendations. There is a critical need for improvement in dietary intake in youth with diabetes... - Plasma and dietary vitamin E in relation to incidence of type 2 diabetes: The Insulin Resistance and Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS)Elizabeth J Mayer-Davis
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
Diabetes Care 25:2172-7. 2002..To evaluate the association of vitamin E with incidence of type 2 diabetes and to do so separately among individuals who did and those who did not report regular use of vitamin supplementation... - Self-monitoring of blood glucose in a multiethnic population of rural older adults with diabetesAnne H Skelly
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Diabetes Educ 31:84-90. 2005..These findings suggest points of intervention by diabetes educators with this vulnerable population. Further research is needed to determine how older adults use SMBG data in their self-care regimen... - Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in U.S. children and adolescents with diabetes: the SEARCH for diabetes in youth studyBeatriz L Rodriguez
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Pacific Health Research Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA
Diabetes Care 29:1891-6. 2006..Recommendations for weight, lipid, and blood pressure control in youth with diabetes need to be followed to prevent or delay the development of CVD as these youngsters mature... - Incidence of diabetes in youth in the United StatesDana Dabelea
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Denver, CO 80262, USA
JAMA 297:2716-24. 2007..Data on the incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) among US youth according to racial/ethnic background and DM type are limited... - Stress, trauma, and coronary heart disease among Native AmericansAnn Bullock
Am J Public Health 95:2122-3. 2005 - Dairy, magnesium, and calcium intake in relation to insulin sensitivity: approaches to modeling a dose-dependent associationBo Ma
Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29204, USA
Am J Epidemiol 164:449-58. 2006..0008 for <325 mg of magnesium/day; and beta=-0.001/100 mg, p=0.82 for >or=325 mg of magnesium/day). This study suggests that magnesium and calcium intake specifically, but not dairy intake, is associated with insulin sensitivity... - Higher prevalence of elevated albumin excretion in youth with type 2 than type 1 diabetes: the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth studyDavid M Maahs
Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, P O Box 6511, Mail Stop A140, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Diabetes Care 30:2593-8. 2007....
Research Grants
- Piedmont Alliance for Cancer Research and EducationRonny Bell; Fiscal Year: 2004..In addition, both institutions have mechanisms in place to facilitate the institutionalization of the activities achieved through this program, thus, ensuring the durability of the proposed program. ..
- SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Coordinating CenterRonny Bell; Fiscal Year: 2007..This phase of the SEARCH study will build on the knowledge gained in the first phase of the study, and will provide valuable clinical and public health information to address the growing problem of childhood diabetes. ..