Search Results - "LENG, Jennifer"

Do our patients have enough to eat?: Food insecurity among urban low-income cancer patients by Gany, Francesca, Lee, Trevor, Ramirez, Julia, Massie, Dana, Moran, Alyssa, Crist, Michael, McNish, Thelma, Winkel, Gary, Leng, Jennifer C

“…This study assessed the prevalence and predictors of food insecurity among a cohort of underserved oncology patients at New York City cancer clinics. A…”
Get more information

Participatory implementation science to increase the impact of evidence-based cancer prevention and control by Ramanadhan, Shoba, Davis, Melinda M., Armstrong, Rebecca, Baquero, Barbara, Ko, Linda K., Leng, Jennifer C., Salloum, Ramzi G., Vaughn, Nicole A., Brownson, Ross C.

“…It is critical to accelerate the integration of evidence-based programs, practices, and strategies for cancer prevention and control into clinical, community,…”
Get full text

Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine Use With Adherence to Prescribed Western Rheumatic Medications Among Chinese American Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Survey by Sun, Kai, Szymonifka, Jackie, Tian, Henghe, Chang, Yaju, Leng, Jennifer C., Mandl, Lisa A.

“…Objective Chinese Americans are a fast‐growing immigrant group with worse rheumatic disease outcomes compared to white populations and frequently use…”
Get full text

Traditional Chinese Medicine Use among Chinese Immigrant Cancer Patients by Leng, Jennifer C. F., Gany, Francesca

“…Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) includes both herbal remedies and non-herbal practices. Chinese cancer patients are particularly at high risk for herb–drug…”
Get full text

Is Traditional Chinese Medicine Use Associated with Worse Patient-reported Outcomes among Chinese American Rheumatology Patients? by Sun, Kai, Szymonifka, Jackie, Tian, Henghe, Chang, Yaju, Leng, Jennifer C, Mandl, Lisa A

“…Chinese Americans are a fast-growing immigrant group with more severe rheumatic disease manifestations than whites and often a strong cultural preference for…”
Get full text

Is Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine Associated with Non-adherence to Prescribed Western Rheumatic Medications among Chinese-American Patients? A Cross-Sectional Survey by Sun, Kai, Szymonifka, Jackie, Tian, Henghe, Chang, Yaju, Leng, Jennifer C, Mandl, Lisa A

“…Chinese-Americans are a fast-growing immigrant group with worse rheumatic disease outcomes compared to Caucasians and frequent use of Traditional Chinese…”
Get full text

Use of Hospital-Based Food Pantries Among Low-Income Urban Cancer Patients by Gany, Francesca, Lee, Trevor, Loeb, Rebecca, Ramirez, Julia, Moran, Alyssa, Crist, Michael, McNish, Thelma, Leng, Jennifer C. F.

“…To examine uptake of a novel emergency food system at five cancer clinics in New York City, hospitalbased food pantries, and predictors of use, among lowincome…”
Get full text

Smoking Among Chinese Livery Drivers by Leng, Jennifer C., Lei, Lei, Lei, Shu Fang, Zhu, Zhiying, Mo, Nancy, Sou, Brian, Mujawar, Imran, Gany, Francesca

“…We aimed to assess a key risk factor for lung cancer, smoking, in a vulnerable group, Chinese livery drivers in New York City (NYC). This is a nested cohort…”
Get full text

Targeting Social and Economic Correlates of Cancer Treatment Appointment Keeping among Immigrant Chinese Patients by Gany, Francesca, Ramirez, Julia, Chen, Serena, Leng, Jennifer C. F.

“…Chinese immigrants have high rates of a variety of cancers and face numerous social and economic barriers to cancer treatment appointment keeping. This study…”
Get full text

Culturally tailored health camps and cardiovascular risk among South Asian immigrants by Gany, Francesca, Levy, Andrew, Basu, Piali, Misra, Shantum, Silberstein, Jacob, Bari, Sehrish, Gill, Pavan, Keller, Norma, Changrani, Jyotsna, Leng, Jennifer C

“…South Asians have a high prevalence and early age of onset of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). We assess the potential of a…”
Get more information

Use of implementation science in tobacco control intervention studies in the USA between 2000 and 2020: a scoping review protocol by Selove, Rebecca, Neil-Sztramko, Sarah, Leng, Jennifer, Walker, Philip D, Salloum, Ramzi George, Ginossar, Tamar, Heckman, Carolyn, Scheuermann, Taneisha S, Combs, Todd, Qualls-Hampton, Raquel, Armstrong, Rebecca, Ellis, Shellie

“…AbstractIntroductionDespite continuing efforts to reduce tobacco use in the USA, decline in smoking rates have stalled and smoking remains a major contributor…”
Get full text

Detection of Depression with Different Interpreting Methods Among Chinese and Latino Primary Care Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Leng, Jennifer C. F, Changrani, Jyotsna, Tseng, Chi-Hong, Gany, Francesca

“…Language barriers may contribute to the under-detection of depression in Latinos and Asians. A total of 782 English, Spanish, and Chinese-speaking primary care…”
Get full text

Language Discordance and Testing for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Recent Asian and Latino Immigrants by Leng, Jennifer C. F., Changrani, Jyotsna, Gany, Francesca M.

“…The foreign-born population is disproportionately affected by tuberculosis (TB). Testing to identify persons with latent TB infection is critical. The aim of…”
Get full text

Diabetes Care and Language Discordance among Chinese and Latino Primary Care Patients by Gany, Francesca, Leng, Jennifer C. F., Winston, Ginger, Tseng, Chi-Hong, Qin, Angie, Changrani, Jyotsna

“…To assess differences in diabetes processes of care among Chinese and Latino patients across medical interpreting methods. This is a nested cohort study of…”
Get full text

Language Discordance and Influenza Vaccination by Leng, Jennifer C. F., Changrani, Jyotsna, Gany, Francesca M.

“…Growth if the foreign-born population in the United States in recent years had led to increasing numbers of limited English proficient (LEP) patients (US…”
Get full text

Social determinants and health‐related quality of life in a sample of diverse, low socioeconomic status cancer patients by Lui, Florence, Finik, Jackie, Leng, Jennifer, Gany, Francesca

“…Objectives In the United States, medically underserved populations, such as ethnoracially underrepresented groups, the limited English proficient (LEP), and…”
Get full text

Using a Clinical Triggers System to Improve Early Recognition of Clinical Changes by Lee, Betty, Leng, Jennifer, Kerbel, Russell

“…Purpose A medical-surgical telemetry unit implemented a clinical triggers system for early recognition of clinical deterioration and bedside management between…”
Get full text

Chinese Livery Drivers' Perspectives on Adapting a Community Health Worker Intervention to Facilitate Lung Cancer Screening by Leng, Jennifer, Lui, Florence, Gany, Francesca

“…Chinese immigrant livery drivers with a smoking history are at high risk for lung cancer. A culturally adapted community health worker (CHW) program may be an…”
Get more information

The Association of Untreated Mental Health Problems with Alcohol and Tobacco use Among New York City Taxi Drivers by Lui, Florence, Finik, Jackie, Wu, Minlun, Leng, Jennifer, Gany, Francesca

“…Objectives: Mental disorders and substance use disorders are highly comorbid. The “self-medication hypothesis” posits that individuals may use substances such…”
Get full text

Food to Overcome Outcomes Disparities: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Food Insecurity Interventions to Improve Cancer Outcomes by Gany, Francesca, Melnic, Irina, Wu, Minlun, Li, Yuelin, Finik, Jackie, Ramirez, Julia, Blinder, Victoria, Kemeny, Margaret, Guevara, Elizabeth, Hwang, Caroline, Leng, Jennifer

“…Food insecurity is prevalent among low-income immigrant and minority patients with cancer. To our knowledge, this randomized controlled trial is the first to…”
Get full text