Search Results - "Stevens, Marguerite"

Unmet quality indicators for metastatic cancer patients admitted to intensive care unit in the last two weeks of life by Blechman, Jennifer A, Rizk, Norman, Stevens, Marguerite M, Periyakoil, Vyjeyanthi S

“…The majority of U.S. cancer patients express the desire to die at home, though most do not, and are often subjected to ineffective therapies near the end of…”
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A Pediatric, Practice-Based, Randomized Trial of Drinking and Smoking Prevention and Bicycle Helmet, Gun, and Seatbelt Safety Promotion by Stevens, Marguerite M, Olson, Ardis L, Gaffney, Cecelia A, Tosteson, Tor D, Mott, Leila A, Starr, Pamela

“…To prevent early adolescent health risk behaviors and to maintain or improve safety behaviors, we compared the effects of 2 interventions, delivered through…”
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A clinical trial of antioxidant vitamins to prevent colorectal adenoma by Greenberg, E. Robert, Baron, John A, Tosteson, Tor D, Freeman, Daniel H, Beck, Gerald J, Bond, John H, Colacchio, Thomas A, Coller, John A, Frankl, Harold D, Haile, Robert W, Mandel, Jack S, Nierenberg, David W, Rothstein, Richard, Snover, Dale C, Stevens, Marguerite M, Summers, Robert W, van Stolk, Rosalind U

“…Background. People who consume a diet high in vegetables and fruits have a lower risk of cancer of the large bowel. Antioxidant vitamins, which are present in…”
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Effects of a computerized system to support shared decision making in symptom management of cancer patients: preliminary results by Ruland, Cornelia M, White, Thomas, Stevens, Marguerite, Fanciullo, Gilbert, Khilani, Samir M

“…(1) To evaluate preliminary effects of a computerized support system on congruence between patients' reported symptoms and preferences and those addressed in…”
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A clinical trial of beta carotene to prevent basal-cell and squamous-cell cancers of the skin by Greenberg, E.R. (Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H.), Baron, J.A, Stukel, T.A, Stevens, M.M, Mandel, J.S, Spencer, S.K, Elias, P.M, Lowe, N, Nierenberg, D.W, Bayrd, G

“…Background. Beta carotene has been associated with a decreased risk of human cancer in many studies employing dietary questionnaires or blood measurements, and…”
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Multicultural Long-Term Care Nurses' Perceptions of Factors Influencing Patient Dignity at the End of Life by Periyakoil, Vyjeyanthi S., Stevens, Marguerite, Kraemer, Helena

“…The goal of this mixed‐methods study was to characterize the perceptions of multicultural long‐term care nurses about patient dignity at the end‐of‐life (EOL)…”
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Multi-Cultural Long Term Care Nurses’ Perceptions of Factors Influencing Patient Dignity at the End of Life by Periyakoil, Vyjeyanthi S., Stevens, Marguerite, Kraemer, Helena

“…The goal of this mixed-methods study was to characterize the perceptions of multi-cultural long-term care nurses about patient dignity at the end-of-life…”
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Promoting Sun Protection in Elementary Schools and Child Care Settings: The SunSafe Project by Grant-Petersson, Jennifer, Dietrich, Allen J., Sox, Carol Hill, Winchell, Charlotte Woodruff, Stevens, Marguerite M.

“…Elementary schools and child care settings in rural New Hampshire participated in a sun protection program that reached more than 4,200 children. The program…”
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MAMMOGRAPHY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WOMEN AND THE EXAMS THEY RECEIVE by Carney, Patricia A., Goodrich, Martha E., O'Mahony, Deirdre M., Tosteson, Anna N., Eliassen, M. Scottie, Poplack, Steven P., Birnbaum, Steven, Harwood, Beth G., Burgess, Karen A., Berube, Brenda T., Wells, Wendy S., Ball, Jeanette P., Stevens, Marguerite M.

“…New Hampshire (NH) is one of two states that has developed a population-based mammography registry. The purpose of this paper is to describe what we have…”
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Three-Year Results of Prevention Programs on Marijuana Use: The New Hampshire Study by Stevens, Marguerite M

“…Investigates the effects on marijuana use of a drug prevention curriculum, as well as this curriculum with added parent and other adult community activities in…”
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Rural Adolescent Drinking Behavior: Three Year Follow-up in the New Hampshire Substance Abuse Prevention Study by Stevens, Marguerite M

“…A 3-year follow-up study of alcohol prevention among 4,406 children showed that neither a comprehensive school curriculum nor a community intervention was…”
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Rethinking Fundamental Assumptions: SUPPORT'S Implications for Future Reform by Lynn, Joanne, Arkes, Hal R., Stevens, Marguerite, Cohn, Felicia, Koenig, Barbara, Fox, Ellen, Dawson, Neal V., Phillips, Russell S., Hamel, Mary Beth, Tsevat, Joel

“…BACKGROUND: The intervention in SUPPORT, the Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments, was ineffective in changing…”
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Project ENABLE: a palliative care demonstration project for advanced cancer patients in three settings by Bakitas, Marie, Stevens, Marguerite, Ahles, Tim, Kirn, Marie, Skalla, Karen, Kane, Nancy, Greenberg, E Robert

“…At the end of the 1990s, based on data from two major studies of end-of-life (EOL) care, the Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and…”
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Role of written advance directives in decision making : Insights from qualitative and quantitative data by TENO, J. M, STEVENS, M, SPERNAK, S, LYNN, J

“…To understand the role of written advance directives (ADs) in medical decision making through examination of qualitative and quantitative data sources. We…”
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Effect of Cigarette Promotions on Smoking Uptake among Adolescents by Sargent, James D., Dalton, Madeline, Beach, Michael, Bernhardt, Amy, Heatherton, Todd, Stevens, Marguerite

“…Background. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between receptivity to cigarette promotions and smoking uptake in a cohort of…”
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Risk of Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Skin Cancers After Ionizing Radiation Therapy by Karagas, Margaret R., McDonald, Jill A., Greendberg, E. Robert, Stukel, Thérèse A., Weiss, Julia E., Baron, John A., Stevens, Marguerite M.

“…Background Human evidence that ionizing radiation is carcinogenic first came from reports of nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) on the hands of workers using…”
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Positive and Negative Outcome Expectations of Smoking: Implications for Prevention by Dalton, Madeline A, Sargent, James D, Beach, Michael L, Bernhardt, Amy M, Stevens, Marguerite

“…Background. To inform the development of messages for tobacco prevention programs, we examined seven positive and five negative outcome expectations of smoking…”
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Ineffectiveness of the SUPPORT Intervention: Review of Explanations by Lynn, Joanne, DeVries, Kier Olsen, Arkes, Hal R., Stevens, Marguerite, Cohn, Felicia, Murphy, Pat, Covinsky, Kenneth E., Hamel, Mary Beth, Dawson, Neal V., Tsevat, Joel

“…BACKGROUND: The aim of the Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments — SUPPORT — was to improve the care of seriously…”
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Description of the SUPPORT Intervention by Murphy, Patricia, Kreling, Barbara, Kathryn, Erica, Stevens, Marguerite, Lynn, Joanne, Dulac, Jennie

“…BACKGROUND: The purpose of Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments (SUPPORT) was to improve outcomes for seriously…”
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E-mail communication between medical students and schoolchildren: A model for medical education by Bernhardt, A M, Dalton, M A, Sargent, J D, Stevens, M M

“…To examine e-mail communication between student physicians and schoolchildren, in the context of a school-based tobacco prevention program, as a way to teach…”
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