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Place Is Power: Investing in Communities as a Systemic Leverage Point to Reduce Breast Cancer Disparities by Race by Lyons, Matthew Jay, Fernandez Poole, Senaida, Brownson, Ross C, Lyn, Rodney

“…Racial disparities in breast cancer present a vexing and complex challenge for public health. A diverse array of factors contributes to disparities in breast…”
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Searching beyond the Lamppost to Reduce Breast Cancer Disparities by Gehlert, Sarah, Kavanaugh-Lynch, Marion H E, Fernandez Poole, Senaida

“…Racial and ethnic differences in breast cancer occur by race/ethnicity in both incidence and mortality rates. Women of lower socioeconomic status likewise have…”
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The Role of Stress in Breast Cancer Incidence: Risk Factors, Interventions, and Directions for the Future by Bowen, Deborah J, Fernandez Poole, Senaida, White, Mary, Lyn, Rodney, Flores, Debra A, Haile, Helen G, Williams, David R

“…Stress is a common belief among breast cancer patients and the public to explain variation in breast cancer incidence. Epidemiological studies interrogating…”
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Provider communication effects medication adherence in hypertensive African Americans by Schoenthaler, Antoinette, Chaplin, William F, Allegrante, John P, Fernandez, Senaida, Diaz-Gloster, Marleny, Tobin, Jonathan N, Ogedegbe, Gbenga

“…Abstract Objective To evaluate the effect of patients’ perceptions of providers’ communication on medication adherence in hypertensive African Americans…”
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Development and Evaluation of a Training Program for Community-Based Participatory Research in Breast Cancer by Plumb, Marj, Poole, Senaida Fernandez, Sarantis, Heather, Braun, Susan, Cordeiro, Janna, Van Olphen, Juliana, Kavanaugh-Lynch, Marion

“…This paper describes the development and feasibility of the Community Based Research Infrastructure to Better Science (CRIBS) training. The goal of this…”
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Appointment-keeping behavior is not related to medication adherence in hypertensive African Americans by OGEDEGBE, Gbenga, SCHOENTHALER, Antoinette, FERNANDEZ, Senaida

“…The relationship between appointment-keeping behavior, medication adherence (ADH), and systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP) was assessed in 153…”
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The counseling African Americans to Control Hypertension (CAATCH) Trial: baseline demographic, clinical, psychosocial, and behavioral characteristics by Fernandez, Senaida, Tobin, Jonathan N, Cassells, Andrea, Diaz-Gloster, Marleny, Kalida, Chamanara, Ogedegbe, Gbenga

“…Effectiveness of combined physician and patient-level interventions for blood pressure (BP) control in low-income, hypertensive African Americans with multiple…”
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The Scale of Ethnic Experience: Development and Psychometric Properties by Malcarne, Vanessa L., Chavira, Denise A., Fernandez, Senaida, Liu, Pei-Ju

“…The Scale of Ethnic Experience (SEE) is a new self-report instrument designed to measure multiple ethnicity-related cognitive constructs across ethnic groups…”
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A Dietary Behaviors Measure for Use with Low-Income, Spanish-Speaking Caribbean Latinos with Type 2 Diabetes: The Latino Dietary Behaviors Questionnaire by Fernandez, Senaida, PhD, Olendzki, Barbara, MPH, RD, Rosal, Milagros C., PhD

“…Abstract This study examines the validity of a Spanish-language dietary behaviors self-report questionnaire (The Latino Dietary Behaviors Questionnaire [LDBQ])…”
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Counseling African Americans to Control Hypertension: Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial Main Effects by Ogedegbe, Gbenga, Tobin, Jonathan N, Fernandez, Senaida, Cassells, Andrea, Diaz-Gloster, Marleny, Khalida, Chamanara, Pickering, Thomas, Schwartz, Joseph E

“…BACKGROUND—Data are limited on the implementation of evidence-based multilevel interventions targeted at blood pressure (BP) control in hypertensive blacks who…”
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Conceptualizing and measuring ethnic discrimination in health research by LANDRINE, Hope, KLONOFF, Elizabeth A, CORRAL, Irma, FERNANDEZ, Senaida, ROESCH, Scott

“…This paper presents the General Ethnic Discrimination Scale, an 18-item measure of perceived ethnic discrimination that can be used in health research with any…”
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Revision and validation of the medication adherence self-efficacy scale (MASES) in hypertensive African Americans by Fernandez, Senaida, Chaplin, William, Schoenthaler, Antoinette M., Ogedegbe, Gbenga

“…Study purpose was to revise and examine the validity of the Medication Adherence Self-Efficacy Scale (MASES) in an independent sample of 168 hypertensive…”
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Utility of the abbreviated Fuld Object Memory Evaluation and MMSE for detection of dementia and cognitive impairment not dementia in diverse ethnic groups by Rideaux, Tiffany, Beaudreau, Sherry A, Fernandez, Senaida, O'Hara, Ruth

“…To address the growing need for ethnically unbiased cognitive screening, we examined whether the Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE), the abbreviated Fuld Object…”
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A Senior Center-Based Pilot Trial of the Effect of Lifestyle Intervention on Blood Pressure in Minority Elderly People with Hypertension by Fernandez, Senaida, Scales, Kasandra L., Pineiro, Johanna M., Schoenthaler, Antoinette M., Ogedegbe, Gbenga

“…OBJECTIVES: To test the feasibility, acceptability, and effect of a senior center–based behavioral counseling lifestyle intervention on systolic blood pressure…”
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Abstract B05: Technical assistance as part of capacity building for collaborative research in breast cancer, the environment, and/or disparities by Fernandez, Senaida, Plumb, Marj, Thomsen, Catherine, Susan, Braun, Sarantis, Heather, Olphen, Juliana van, Galpern, Emily, Kavanaugh-Lynch, Marion

“…Abstract Training and technical assistance efforts for community based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships have the potential to improve outcomes in…”
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Counseling African Americans to Control Hypertension (CAATCH) trial: a multi-level intervention to improve blood pressure control in hypertensive blacks by Ogedegbe, Gbenga, Tobin, Jonathan N, Fernandez, Senaida, Gerin, William, Diaz-Gloster, Marleny, Cassells, Andrea, Khalida, Chamanara, Pickering, Thomas, Schoenthaler, Antoinette, Ravenell, Joseph

“…Despite strong evidence of effective interventions targeted at blood pressure (BP) control, there is little evidence on the translation of these approaches to…”
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The Counseling Older Adults to Control Hypertension (COACH) trial: Design and methodology of a group-based lifestyle intervention for hypertensive minority older adults by Ogedegbe, Gbenga, Fernandez, Senaida, Fournier, Leanne, Silver, Stephanie A, Kong, Jian, Gallagher, Sara, de la Calle, Franze, Plumhoff, Jordan, Sethi, Sheba, Choudhury, Evelyn, Teresi, Jeanne A

“…Abstract The disproportionately high prevalence of hypertension and its associated mortality and morbidity in minority older adults is a major public health…”
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Telephone care coordination for smokers in VA mental health clinics: protocol for a hybrid type-2 effectiveness-implementation trial by Rogers, Erin, Fernandez, Senaida, Gillespie, Colleen, Smelson, David, Hagedorn, Hildi J, Elbel, Brian, Kalman, David, Axtmayer, Alfredo, Kurowski, Karishma, Sherman, Scott E

“…This paper describes an innovative protocol for a type-II hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial that is evaluating a smoking cessation telephone care…”
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Lifestyle Changes and Blood Pressure Control: A Community‐Based Cross‐Sectional Survey (2006 Ontario Survey on the Prevalence and Control of Hypertension) by Schoenthaler, Antoinette, Ravenell, Joseph, Fernandez, Senaida, Ogedegbe, Gbenga

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Factorial Validity of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scales for Three American Ethnic Groups by Malcarne, Vanessa L., Fernandez, Senaida, Flores, Lise

“…This study examined the psychometric properties (specifically, the factorial invariance) of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control scales in a…”
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