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| Anjali D DeshpandeSummaryAffiliation: Washington University School of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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A survey tool for measuring evidence-based decision making capacity in public health agenciesJulie A Jacobs
Prevention Research Center in St, Louis, Brown School, Washington University in St Louis, MO, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 12:57. 2012..Public health agencies serve a wide range of populations with varying levels of resources. Our survey tool allows an individual agency to collect data that reflects its unique workforce...- Different effects of multiple health status indicators on breast and colorectal cancer screening in a nationally representative US sampleAnjali D Deshpande
Division of Health Behavior Research, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
Cancer Epidemiol 36:270-5. 2012..To examine the independent associations between multiple health status indicators and breast and colorectal cancer screening (CRCS) in a national US sample... - Individual and setting level predictors of the implementation of a skin cancer prevention program: a multilevel analysisBorsika A Rabin
Cancer Research Network Cancer Communication Research Center, Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, P, O, Box 378066, Denver, CO 80237 8066, USA
Implement Sci 5:40. 2010..This study assessed the relative contributions of individual- and setting-level characteristics to implementation of a widely disseminated skin cancer prevention program... 
Physical activity and diabetes: opportunities for prevention through policyAnjali D Deshpande
Division of Health Behavior Research, Washington University School of Medicine, 4444 Forest Park Ave, Box 8504, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
Phys Ther 88:1425-35. 2008..Policy interventions to increase population levels of physical activity show promise for diabetes prevention. Physical therapists are uniquely suited to influence primary prevention efforts for diabetes...- The association between chronic disease burden and quality of life among breast cancer survivors in MissouriAnjali D Deshpande
Department of Medicine, Division of Health Behavior Research, Washington University School of Medicine, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, Suite 6700, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 129:877-86. 2011..These differences were not fully explained by relevant covariates. Identifying modifiable targets for intervention will be critical for improving QOL outcomes among survivors who have other chronic health conditions... 
The use of sociocultural constructs in cancer screening research among African AmericansAnjali D Deshpande
Department of Community Health Division of Epidemiology, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Cancer Control 16:256-65. 2009..However, these studies vary widely in how sociocultural constructs are defined and measured, how they are conceived as affecting cancer beliefs, behaviors, and screening, and how they are applied in interventions...- Temporal trends in area socioeconomic disparities in breast-cancer incidence and mortality, 1988-2005Mario Schootman
Division of Health Behavior Research, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8504, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 122:533-43. 2010..Efforts to target counties aimed at increasing breast-cancer screening based on their level of deprivation will not likely be beneficial... - Estimated effects of potential interventions to prevent decreases in self-rated health among breast cancer survivorsMario Schootman
Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Division of Health Behavior Research, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63108, USA
Ann Epidemiol 22:79-86. 2012..To estimate the effect of hypothetical changes in modifiable predictors on the incidence of fair-to-poor self-rated health (SRH) in breast cancer survivors... - Predictors of axillary lymph node involvement in women with T3 breast cancers: analysis of 1988-2003 SEER dataRyan C Fields
Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
J Surg Res 161:183-9. 2010..We investigated characteristics associated with axillary lymph node (LN) status in patients with T3 breast cancers and hypothesized that LN status is an independent predictor of survival... - Temporal trends in geographic disparities in small-area breast cancer incidence and mortality, 1988 to 2005Mario Schootman
Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Health Behavior Research, Box 8504, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63108, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:1122-31. 2010..A goal of Healthy People 2010 was to reduce health disparities. We determined the extent of reductions in geographic disparities in five breast cancer screening indicators... - Racial disparities in breast cancer survival: an analysis by age and stageAnjali D Deshpande
Department of Community Health, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
J Surg Res 153:105-13. 2009..g., comorbidity) also affect mortality. Whether racial disparities in mortality are evident within age and/or stage groups has not been reported, and risk factors for greater mortality among Black women are not well defined... - Influence of primary care physician availability and socioeconomic deprivation on breast cancer from 1988 to 2008: a spatio-temporal analysisLung Chang Chien
Division of Health Behavior Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e35737. 2012..It is unclear how county-level primary care physician (PCP) availability and socioeconomic deprivation affect the spatial and temporal variation of breast cancer incidence and mortality... - Temporal trends in geographic disparities in small-area-level colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in the United StatesMario Schootman
Department of Medicine, Division of Health Behavior Research, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
Cancer Causes Control 22:1173-81. 2011.... - National estimates of racial disparities in health status and behavioral risk factors among long-term cancer survivors and non-cancer controlsMario Schootman
Department of Medicine, Division of Health Behavior Research, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63108, USA
Cancer Causes Control 21:1387-95. 2010.... - Selected sociocultural correlates of physical activity among African-American adultsSalimah A Cogbill
Health Communication Research Laboratory, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA
Ethn Health 16:625-41. 2011..This paper explores the association of selected sociocultural characteristics with self-reported PA by gender among African-American adults, taking into account demographic and health-related characteristics... - Factors associated with lymph node assessment in ductal carcinoma in situ: analysis of 1988-2002 seer dataMatthew R Porembka
Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, 63110, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 15:2709-19. 2008..Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) represents 20-30% of mammographically detected breast cancers, but the role of lymph node assessment (LNA) in women with DCIS remains unclear... - Patient and tumor characteristics associated with primary tumor resection in women with Stage IV breast cancer: analysis of 1988-2003 SEER dataJennifer Gnerlich
Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Breast J 14:538-42. 2008..Several patient and tumor characteristics were significantly associated with surgical resection of the primary breast tumor in Stage IV disease. Further study of the surgery decision-making process is recommended... - Poorer survival outcomes for male breast cancer compared with female breast cancer may be attributable to in-stage migrationJennifer L Gnerlich
Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 18:1837-44. 2011..Male breast cancer accounts for less than 1% of all breast cancers, yet males have a worse prognosis than females with breast cancer... - Neighborhood foreclosures and self-rated health among breast cancer survivorsMario Schootman
Division of Health Behavior Research, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8504, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63108, USA
Qual Life Res 21:133-41. 2012..We determined the association of neighborhood foreclosure risk on the health status of a statewide sample of breast cancer survivors (n = 1047) and the extent to which covariates accounted for observed associations... - Elevated breast cancer mortality in women younger than age 40 years compared with older women is attributed to poorer survival in early-stage diseaseJennifer L Gnerlich
Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
J Am Coll Surg 208:341-7. 2009.... - Barriers to evidence-based decision making in public health: a national survey of chronic disease practitionersJulie A Jacobs
Prevention Research Center in St Louis, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, MO, USA
Public Health Rep 125:736-42. 2010..This study investigated state and territorial chronic disease practitioners' self-reported barriers to evidence-based decision making (EBDM)... - Area-level poverty is associated with greater risk of ambulatory-care-sensitive hospitalizations in older breast cancer survivorsMario Schootman
Department of Medicine, Division of Health Bhavioral Research, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:2180-7. 2008..To estimate the frequency of ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations (ACSHs) and to compare the risk of ACSH in breast cancer survivors living in high-poverty with that of those in low-poverty areas... - Epidemiology of diabetes and diabetes-related complicationsAnjali D Deshpande
Division of Health Behavior Research, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Phys Ther 88:1254-64. 2008..This report describes the current diabetes epidemic and the health and economic impact of diabetes complications on individuals and on the health care system. The report also provides suggestions by which the epidemic can be curbed... - Surgical removal of the primary tumor increases overall survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer: analysis of the 1988-2003 SEER dataJennifer Gnerlich
Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid, Campus, Box 8109, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 14:2187-94. 2007..We sought to determine whether surgical removal of the primary tumor provides a survival advantage for women with metastatic breast cancer... - Environmental correlates of physical activity among individuals with diabetes in the rural midwestAnjali D Deshpande
Department of Community Health, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, Suite 300, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Diabetes Care 28:1012-8. 2005..To determine the relationship between physical and social environment attributes and levels of physical activity in a population-based sample of diabetic individuals living in rural areas... - Microscopic margins and patterns of treatment failure in resected pancreatic adenocarcinomaJennifer L Gnerlich
Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Arch Surg 147:753-60. 2012..To correlate microscopic margin status with survival and local control in a large cohort of patients from a high-volume pancreatic cancer center...