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Ever and Annual Use of Prostate Cancer Screening in African American Men by Halbert, Chanita Hughes, Gattoni-Celli, Sebastiano, Savage, Stephen, Prasad, Sandip M., Kittles, Rick, Briggs, Vanessa, Delmoor, Ernestine, Rice, LaShanta J., Jefferson, Melanie, Johnson, Jerry C.

“…Since prostate cancer continues to disproportionately affect African American men in terms of incidence, morbidity, and mortality, prostate-specific antigen…”
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Discordance in perceived risk and epidemiological outcomes of prostate cancer among African American men by Rice, LaShanta J, Jefferson, Melanie, Briggs, Vanessa, Delmoor, Ernestine, Johnson, Jerry C, Gattoni-Celli, Sebastiano, Savage, Stephen J, Lilly, Michael, Prasad, Sandip M, Kittles, Rick, Halbert, Chanita Hughes

“…Abstract As guidelines for prostate cancer screening have changed from an annual screening recommendation starting at age 50 to discussing the benefits and…”
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The burden of depression in prostate cancer by Jayadevappa, Ravishankar, Malkowicz, S. Bruce, Chhatre, Sumedha, Johnson, Jerry C., Gallo, Joseph J.

“…Objective We sought to analyze the prevalence and incremental burden of depression among elderly with prostate cancer. Methods We adopted a retrospective…”
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Symptom Recognition in Elders With Heart Failure by Riegel, Barbara, Dickson, Victoria Vaughan, Cameron, Janette, Johnson, Jerry C., Bunker, Stephen, Page, Karen, Worrall-Carter, Linda

“…Purpose: Aging is associated with losses in hearing and vision. The objective of this study was to assess whether aging also is associated with less ability to…”
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Variation in quality of care among older men with localized prostate cancer by Jayadevappa, Ravishankar, Chhatre, Sumedha, Johnson, Jerry C., Malkowicz, S. Bruce

“…BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to assess the racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes and their association with process‐of‐care measures for…”
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A comparative effectiveness education trial for lifestyle health behavior change in African Americans by Halbert, Chanita Hughes, Bellamy, Scarlett, Briggs, Vanessa, Delmoor, Ernestine, Purnell, Joseph, Rogers, Rodney, Weathers, Benita, Johnson, Jerry C.

“…Obesity and excess weight are significant clinical and public health issues that disproportionately affect African Americans because of physical inactivity and…”
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Functional status and postoperative morbidity in older women with prolapse by Greer, Joy A, Northington, Gina M, Harvie, Heidi S, Segal, Saya, Johnson, Jerry C, Arya, Lily A

“…We determined the relationship of preoperative functional status to postoperative morbidity after pelvic organ prolapse surgery in women older than 60 years…”
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Collective Efficacy and Obesity-Related Health Behaviors in a Community Sample of African Americans by Halbert, Chanita Hughes, Bellamy, Scarlett, Briggs, Vanessa, Bowman, Marjorie, Delmoor, Ernestine, Kumanyika, Shiriki, Rogers, Rodney, Purnell, Joseph, Weathers, Benita, Johnson, Jerry C.

“…The social environment is important to body mass index and obesity. However, it is unknown if perceptions of the social environment are associated with…”
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Intervention Completion Rates among African Americans in a Randomized Effectiveness Trial for Diet and Physical Activity Changes by HALBERT, Chanita Hughes, BELLAMY, Scarlett, WEATHERS, Benita, BRIGGS, Vanessa, BOWMAN, Marjorie, DELMOOR, Ernestine, JOHNSON, Jerry C, KUMANYIKA, Shiriki, MELVIN, Cathy, PURNELL, Joseph, ROGERS, Rodney

“…The intervention completion rate is an important metric in behavioral and intervention research; trials with limited intervention completion rates may have…”
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LIGHT: A Church-Based Curriculum for Training African American Lay Health Workers to Support Advance Care Planning and End-of-Life Decision-Making by Johnson, Jerry C, Hayden, Tara, Taylor, Lynne Allen, Gilbert, Arthur, Mitchell, Marshall Paul Hughes

“…African Americans with life-limiting illnesses experience significant health inequities. Lay health workers (LHWs) may help overcome existing challenges of…”
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Using a Mixed-Methods Approach to Identify Health Concerns in an African American Community by WEATHERS, Benita, BARG, Frances K, BOWMAN, Marjorie, BRIGGS, Vanessa, DELMOOR, Ernestine, KUMANYIKA, Shiriki, JOHNSON, Jerry C, PURNELL, Joseph, ROGERS, Rodney, HALBERT, Chanita Hughes

“…We used qualitative and quantitative data collection methods to identify the health concerns of African American residents in an urban community and analyzed…”
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Neighborhood Satisfaction and Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Community Sample of African Americans by Halbert, Chanita Hughes, Melvin, Cathy, Briggs, Vanessa, Delmoor, Ernestine, Rice, LaShanta J., Lynch, Cheryl, Jefferson, Melanie, Johnson, Jerry C.

“…Social determinants are important to cancer screening among African Americans. To evaluate the association between social determinants (e.g., psychological…”
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Ethnic variation in return to baseline values of patient‐reported outcomes in older prostate cancer patients by Jayadevappa, Ravishankar, Johnson, Jerry C., Chhatre, Sumedha, Wein, Alan J., Malkowicz, S. Bruce

“…BACKGROUND. Ethnic variation in patient‐reported outcomes such as health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) and satisfaction with care are understudied areas in…”
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Intern Transitions of Care Curriculum Through Posthospital Home and Skilled Nursing Facility Visits by Miller, Rachel K, Keddem, Shimrit, Katz, Samuel, Smith, Zachary, Whitehouse, Christina R, Goldstein, Karen, Hirschman, Karen B, Johnson, Jerry C

“…Transitions of care pose significant risks for patients with complex medical histories. There are few experiential medical education curricula targeting this…”
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Association between ethnicity and prostate cancer outcomes across hospital and surgeon volume groups by Jayadevappa, Ravishankar, Chhatre, Sumedha, Johnson, Jerry C, Malkowicz, Stanley Bruce

“…Abstract Objective We analyzed the association between ethnicity and outcomes among prostate cancer patients across hospital and surgeon volume groups. Methods…”
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Effectiveness of Transcendental Meditation on Functional Capacity and Quality of Life of African Americans with Congestive Heart Failure: A Randomized Control Study by Jayadevappa, Ravishankar, Johnson, Jerry C., Bloom, Bernard S., Nidich, Sanford, Desai, Shashank, Chhatre, Sumedha, Raziano, Donna B., Schneider, Robert

“…To evaluate the effectiveness of a Transcendental Meditation (TM) stress reduction program for African Americans with congestive heart failure (CHF)…”
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Perceived Efficacy and Control for Neighborhood Change: the Cross-Cutting Role of Collective Efficacy by Rice, LaShanta J., Hughes, Brenda, Briggs, Vanessa, Delmoor, Ernestine, Jefferson, Melanie, Johnson, Jerry C., Halbert, Chanita Hughes

“…Background The premise of community advocacy is to empower residents by increasing their capacity to address and change neighborhood and structural factors…”
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Acceptance of a community-based navigator program for cancer control among urban African Americans by Halbert, Chanita Hughes, Briggs, Vanessa, Bowman, Marjorie, Bryant, Brenda, Bryant, Debbie Chatman, Delmoor, Ernestine, Ferguson, Monica, Ford, Marvella E, Johnson, Jerry C, Purnell, Joseph, Rogers, Rodney, Weathers, Benita

“…Patient navigation is now a standard component of cancer care in many oncology facilities, but a fundamental question for navigator programs, especially in…”
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Ethnic minority use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): a national probability survey of CAM utilizers by Mackenzie, Elizabeth R, Taylor, Lynne, Bloom, Bernard S, Hufford, David J, Johnson, Jerry C

“…US research results suggest that some sociodemographic characteristics predict use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Specifically, use of CAM…”
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Incremental burden of congestive heart failure among elderly with Alzheimer's by Chhatre, Sumedha, Weiner, Mark G., Jayadevappa, Ravishankar, Johnson, Jerry C.

“…Objective: A complex relationship exists between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other co-existing co-morbidities such as congestive heart failure (CHF) with…”
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