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Cancer screening participation: Comparative willingness of San Juan Puerto Ricans versus New York City Puerto Ricans.

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Claudio, C., Katz, R. V., Green, L., Kressin, N. R., Wang, M. Q., & Russell, S. L. (2007). Cancer screening participation: Comparative willingness of San Juan Puerto Ricans versus New York City Puerto Ricans. Journal of the National Medical Association, 99(5), 542-549.
Objectives: The specific aim of this study was to determine the self-reported likelihood of New York Puerto Ricans (NYPR) and San Juan Puerto Ricans (SJPR) to participate in: 10 s…

Factors affecting cervical cancer screening among African women living in the United States.

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Adeyemi, M. (2013). Factors affecting cervical cancer screening among African women living in the United States (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 3605324)
More than half of the incidents and mortality rates from cervical cancer occur among minority groups, including immigrant women from continental Africa living in the United States…

Do Consumers Know "What Works" in Energy Conservation?

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Kempton, W., Harris, C. K., Keith, J. G., & Weihl, J. S. (1985). Do consumers know "what works" in energy conservation?. Marriage and Family Review, 9, 1-2, 115-133.
Investigated consumer attitudes toward energy conservation (efficiency investments, better management, and curtailment of amenities) by examining consumer bias in comparing measur…

“HPV? Never heard of it!”: A systematic review of girls’ and parents’ information needs, views and preferences about human papilloma virus vaccination.

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Hendry, M., Lewis, R., Clements, A., Damery, S., & Wilkinson, C., (2013). “HPV? Never heard of it!”: A systematic review of girls’ and parents’ information needs, views and preferences about human papilloma virus vaccination. Vaccine, 31, 5152-5167.
Background and objective: Two human papillomavirus vaccines were licenced in 2006/2007 for cervical cancer prevention. National vaccination programmes for schoolgirls were subsequ…

The role of cancer worry in cancer screening: A theoretical and empirical review of the literature.

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Hay, J.L., Buckley, T.R., & Ostroff, J.S. (2005). The role of cancer worry in cancer screening: A theoretical and empirical review of the literature. Psycho-Oncology, 14(7), 517-534.
This paper reviews findings regarding the influence of cancer worry on cancer screening behaviors. The role of cancer worry in motivating cancer screening has been pursued for ove…

Evaluation of a widely available patient decision aid for the treatment of prostate cancer.

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Feldman-Stewart, D., & Brundage, C. T., (2018). Evaluation of a widely available patient decision aid for the treatment of prostate cancer. Patient Education and Counseling, 101, 1761-1766.
Background: The effectiveness of patient decision aids (PtDA) is rarely evaluated in the “real world” where patients vary in their preferences related to decision support. Purpose…

The feminization of HPV: How science, politics, economics and gender norms shaped U.S. HPV vaccine implementation.

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Daley, E. M., Vamos, C. A., Thompson, E. L., Zimet, G. D., Rosberger, Z., Merrell, L., & Kline, N. S., (2017). The feminization of HPV: How science, politics, economics and gender norms shaped U.S. HPV vaccine implementation. Papillomavirus Research, 3, 142-148.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) can cause a number of anogenital cancers (i.e., cervical, penile, anal, vaginal, vulvar) and genital warts. A decade ago, the HPV vaccine was approved, …

Barriers, facilitators, and potential strategies for increasing HPV vaccination: A statewide assessment to inform action.

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Cartmell, K. B., Young-Pierce, J., McGue, S., Alberg, A. J., Luque, J. S., Zubizarreta, M., & Brandt, H. M., (2018). Barriers, facilitators, and potential strategies for increasing HPV vaccination: A statewide assessment to inform action. Papillomavirus Research, 5, 21-31.
Objective: The objective was to investigate how state level strategies in South Carolina could maximize HPV vaccine uptake. Design: An environmental scan identified barriers, faci…

Complexities of Household Energy Consumption and Conservation

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Ritchie, J. R. B., McDougall, G. H. G., & Claxton, J. D. (1981). Complexities of household energy consumption and conservation. Journal of Consumer Research, 8, 3, 233-242.
Used a national sample of Canadian households (N = 2,366) to relate climatic variables, dwelling/appliance/vehicle descriptors, demographic characteristics, and attitudinal variab…

Application of Social Psychological and Evaluation Research: Lessons from Energy Information Programs

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Dennis, M. L. & Soderstrom, E. J. Application of social psychological and evaluation research: Lessons from energy information programs. Vol. 11. 1988. 77-84.
Discusses applied social psychological research on the dissemination of energy-related information, focusing on evaluations in 4 types of information dissemination programs: speci…

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