Sally A. Shumaker, Claudine Legault Phd, Leon Thal Md, Robert B. Wallace, Judith K. Ockene, Susan L. Hendrix, ...
older than 65 years and about 50 % of those older than 85 years have Alzheimer disease (AD). 1 At present, this represents approximately 4 million persons in the United States, and that number is...
Ma, Yunsheng, Hebert, James R., Li, Wenjun, Bertone-Johnson, Elizabeth R., Olendzki, Barbara C., Pagoto, Sherry L., ...
OBJECTIVE: Systemic inflammation may play an important role in the development of atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers. Few studies have comprehensively assessed the direct relations...
DiFranza, Joseph R., Savageau, Judith A., Fletcher, Kenneth E., Pbert, Lori, O'Loughlin, Jennifer L., McNeill, Ann D., ...
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the first inhalation of a cigarette to dependence. We studied a cohort of 1246 public school...
DiFranza, Joseph R., Savageau, Judith A., Fletcher, Kenneth E., O'Loughlin, Jennifer L., Pbert, Lori, Ockene, Judith K., ...
OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth study by using diagnostic criteria for tobacco dependence and a biochemical measure of...
Tinker, Lesley F., Rosal, Milagros C., Young, Anne F., Perri, Michael G., Patterson, Ruth E., Van Horn, Linda, ...
OBJECTIVE: To identify predictors of dietary change to and maintenance of a low-fat eating pattern ( or = 5 servings fruits/vegetables daily, and > or = 6 servings grains daily) among a cohort of...
DiFranza, Joseph R., Savageau, Judith A., Fletcher, Kenneth E., O'Loughlin, Jennifer L., Pbert, Lori, Ockene, Judith K., ...
OBJECTIVE: To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth study by using diagnostic criteria for tobacco dependence and a biochemical measure of...
Estrogen therapy and coronary-artery calcification (2007)
Manson, JoAnn E., Allison, Matthew A., Rossouw, Jacques E., Carr, J. Jeffrey, Langer, Robert D., Hsia, Judith, ...
BACKGROUND: Calcified plaque in the coronary arteries is a marker for atheromatous-plaque burden and is predictive of future risk of cardiovascular events. We examined the relationship between...
Jaramillo, Sarah A., Felton, Deborah, Andrews, Leeann, Desiderio, Lisa, Hallarn, Rose K., Jackson, Sharon D., ...
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The rates of enrollment of volunteers for brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies vary by demographic and clinical characteristics. We use data from a large MRI study...
Integrating evidence-based clinical and community strategies to improve health (2007)
Ockene, Judith K., Edgerton, Elizabeth A., Teutsch, Steven M., Marion, Lucy N., Miller, Therese, Genevro, Janice L., ...
Multiple and diverse preventive strategies in clinical and community settings are necessary to improve health. This paper (1) introduces evidence-based recommendations from the U.S. Preventive...
Elderly women diagnosed with nonspecific chest pain may be at increased cardiovascular risk (2007)
Robinson, Jennifer G., Wallace, Robert B., Limacher, Marian C., Sato, Alicia, Cochrane, Barbara B., Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia, ...
BACKGROUND: Women are more likely than men to have nonspecific chest pain (NSCP) symptoms. The long-term outcomes in women discharged with a diagnosis of NSCP are unknown. METHODS: The Women's Health...
Cnattingius, Sven, Akre, Olof, Lambe, Mats, Ockene, Judith K., Granath, Fredrik
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to study the effect of pregnancy outcomes on risks of continued smoking in subsequent pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN: Cohort study of first and second single births...
Hsia, Judith, Manson, JoAnn E., Kuller, Lewis H., Pettinger, Mary B., Choe, John H., Langer, Robert D., ...
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the hypothesis that cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitor use might have counteracted a beneficial effect of postmenopausal hormone therapy, and account for the absence of...
LaPelle, Nancy R., Zapka, Jane G., Ockene, Judith K.
Sustaining important public or grant-funded services after initial funding is terminated is a major public health challenge. We investigated whether tobacco treatment services previously funded...
External validity: we need to do more (2006)
Glasgow, Russell E., Green, Lawrence W., Klesges, Lisa M., Abrams, David B., Fisher, Edwin B., Goldstein, Michael G., ...
The article discusses the implications of two health research trends for improving the design, review and reporting of research and evaluation studies in the U.S. The first trend is the gap between...
Effects of combination estrogen plus progestin hormone treatment on cognition and affect (2006)
Resnick, Susan M., Maki, Pauline M., Rapp, Stephen R., Espeland, Mark A., Brunner, Robert L., Coker, Laura H., ...
CONTEXT: Some studies of hormone treatment in postmenopausal women suggest benefits on specific cognitive functions, particularly memory. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine...
Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures (2006)
Jackson, Rebecca D., LaCroix, Andrea Z., Gass, Margery, Wallace, Robert B., Robbins, John, Lewis, Cora E., ...
BACKGROUND: The efficacy of calcium with vitamin D supplementation for preventing hip and other fractures in healthy postmenopausal women remains equivocal. METHODS: We recruited 36,282...
Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of colorectal cancer (2006)
Wactawski-Wende, Jean, Kotchen, Jane Morley, Anderson, Garnet L., Assaf, Annlouise R., Brunner, Robert L., O'Sullivan, Mary Jo, ...
BACKGROUND: Higher intake of calcium and vitamin D has been associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer in epidemiologic studies and polyp recurrence in polyp-prevention trials. However,...
Practical behavioral trials to advance evidence-based behavioral medicine (2006)
Glasgow, Russell E., Davidson, Karina W., Dobkin, Patricia L., Ockene, Judith K., Spring, Bonnie
There is a well-documented gap between research and practice in many areas of behavioral medicine. This gap is due in part to limitations in the capacity of the research database to address questions...
Fulfilling our assignment to improve the health of all: good science just isn't enough (2006)
This article was the presidential address presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine 2005 SBM Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, April 13 to 16, 2005, Boston, Massachusetts. It comments on...
Prentice, Ross L., Caan, Bette, Chlebowski, Rowan T., Patterson, Ruth E., Kuller, Lewis H., Ockene, Judith K., ...
CONTEXT: The hypothesis that a low-fat dietary pattern can reduce breast cancer risk has existed for decades but has never been tested in a controlled intervention trial. OBJECTIVE: To assess the...
Beresford, Shirley A. A., Johnson, Karen C., Ritenbaugh, Cheryl, Lasser, Norman L., Snetselaar, Linda G., Black, Henry R., ...
CONTEXT: Observational studies and polyp recurrence trials are not conclusive regarding the effects of a low-fat dietary pattern on risk of colorectal cancer, necessitating a primary prevention...
Howard, Barbara V., Van Horn, Linda, Hsia, Judith, Manson, JoAnn E., Stefanick, Marcia L., Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia, ...
CONTEXT: Multiple epidemiologic studies and some trials have linked diet with cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention, but long-term intervention data are needed. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis...
Predictors of smoking cessation in pregnancy and maintenance postpartum in low-income women (2005)
Ma, Yunsheng, Goins, Karin V., Pbert, Lori, Ockene, Judith K.
OBJECTIVE: To describe factors associated with smoking status of low-income women during pregnancy and postpartum.METHODS: Data from a randomized clinical trial were used to conduct separate analyses...
Brunner, Robert L., Gass, Margery, Aragaki, Aaron K., Hays, Jennifer, Granek, Iris A., Woods, Nancy, ...
BACKGROUND: The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) clinical trial of conjugated equine estrogens (CEEs), involving 10,739 postmenopausal women with hysterectomy, aged 50 to 79 years, was stopped early...
Symptom experience after discontinuing use of estrogen plus progestin (2005)
Ockene, Judith K., Barad, David H., Cochrane, Barbara B., Larson, Joseph C., Gass, Margery, Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia, ...
CONTEXT: Little is known about women's experiences after stopping menopausal hormone therapy. OBJECTIVE: To describe women's symptoms and management strategies after stopping the intervention in a...
Moyer, Virginia A., Klein, Jonathan D., Ockene, Judith K., Teutsch, Steven M., Johnson, Mark S., Allan, Janet D.
Tobacco control competencies for US medical students (2005)
Geller, Alan C., Zapka, Jane G., Brooks, Katie R., Dube, Catherine, Powers, Catherine A., Rigotti, Nancy A., ...
The 2004 National Action Plan for Tobacco Cessation recommended that the US Department of Health and Human Services convene a diverse group of experts to ensure that competency in tobacco dependence...
Mazor, Kathleen M., Ockene, Judith K., Rogers, H. Jane, Carlin, Michele M., Quirk, Mark E.
Many efforts to teach and evaluate physician-patient communication are based on two assumptions: first, that communication can be conceptualized as consisting of specific observable behaviors, and...
Organizational systems to support publicly funded tobacco treatment services (2005)
Zapka, Jane G., White, Mary Jo, Reed, George W., Ockene, Judith K., List, Elena, Pbert, Lori, ...
BACKGROUND: Professional societies and government organizations have promoted guidelines and best practices that encourage clinicians to routinely integrate cessation counseling into patient...
Reiff-Hekking, Sarah, Ockene, Judith K., Hurley, Thomas G., Reed, George W.
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to determine the effects of a brief primary care provider-delivered counseling intervention on the reduction of alcohol consumption by high-risk drinkers....
Espeland, Mark A., Gu, Lin, Masaki, Kamal H., Langer, Robert D., Coker, Laura H., Stefanick, Marcia L., ...
Some, but not all, observational studies have suggested that moderate levels of alcohol intake may be associated with improved cognitive function and reduced risk of cognitive decline and dementia....
Davidson, Karina W., Trudeau, Kimberlee J., Ockene, Judith K., Orleans, C. Tracy, Kaplan, Robert M.
BACKGROUND: Multiple review systems have been established within medicine and psychology to evaluate and disseminate research findings to clinical practice. PURPOSE: Within this article, five...
Coronary heart disease multiple risk factor reduction. Providers' perspectives (2004)
Rosal, Milagros C., Ockene, Judith K., Luckmann, Roger S., Zapka, Jane G., Goins, Karin V., Saperia, Gordon M., ...
BACKGROUND: Although primary care physicians understand the importance of preventive services for patients with multiple risk factors (MRF) for coronary heart disease, physician intervention is...
Glasgow, Russell E., Goldstein, Michael G., Ockene, Judith K., Pronk, Nicolaas P.
BACKGROUND: The evidence base regarding what works in practice for helping patients change multiple risk behaviors is less developed than is the more basic literature on behavior change. Still, there...
Zapka, Jane G., Goins, Karin V., Pbert, Lori, Ockene, Judith K.
Researchers and their community partners have been challenged by funders and political entities to translate what is learned in research into practice. Such translation is more challenging than it...
Trait anxiety and nicotine dependence in adolescents: a report from the DANDY study (2004)
DiFranza, Joseph R., Savageau, Judith A., Rigotti, Nancy A., Ockene, Judith K., McNeill, Ann D., Coleman, Mardia A., ...
The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) and the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) were used to measure trait anxiety and tobacco dependence in a population of 581 adolescents. Smokers...
A community health center smoking-cessation intervention for pregnant and postpartum women (2004)
Pbert, Lori, Ockene, Judith K., Zapka, Jane G., Ma, Yunsheng, Goins, Karin V., Oncken, Cheryl A., ...
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of a provider counseling and office systems intervention in obstetric, pediatric, and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)...
McDermott, Mary McGrae, Greenland, Philip, Hahn, Elizabeth A., Brogan, Donna, Cella, David, Ockene, Judith K., ...
This study investigated whether the opportunity to obtain Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit together with a five-dollar bill increased response rates and questionnaire completion rates in a...
Anderson, Garnet L., Limacher, Marian C., Assaf, Annlouise R., Bassford, Tamsen, Beresford, Shirley A. A., Black, Henry R., ...
CONTEXT: Despite decades of use and considerable research, the role of estrogen alone in preventing chronic diseases in postmenopausal women remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects on...
Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia, Shumaker, Sally A., Ockene, Judith K., Talavera, Greg A., Greenland, Philip, Cochrane, Barbara B., ...
BACKGROUND: Subclinical depression, often clinically unrecognized, may pose increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Few studies have prospectively investigated cardiovascular events related to...
Recollections and repercussions of the first inhaled cigarette (2004)
DiFranza, Joseph R., Savageau, Judith A., Fletcher, Kenneth E., Ockene, Judith K., Rigotti, Nancy A., McNeill, Ann D., ...
CONTEXT: It has not been determined if a youth's reaction to the first smoking experience is predictive of future nicotine dependence, or whether the impact of the first cigarette can be altered by...
Barriers to preventive interventions for coronary heart disease (2003)
Chiriboga, David E., Ockene, Judith K., Ockene, Ira S.
Many barriers exist to the delivery of preventive services by cardiologists and other physicians. Appropriate training and the development of supportive infrastructures can effectively overcome these...
Ritenbaugh, Cheryl, Patterson, Ruth E., Chlebowski, Rowan T., Caan, Bette, Tinker, Lesley F., Howard, Barbara V., ...
The Dietary Modification (DM) component of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is a randomized controlled evaluation of a low-fat diet that is high in fruits, vegetables, and grains. This low-fat...
Self-management of type 2 diabetes: a survey of low-income urban Puerto Ricans (2003)
Von Goeler, Dorothea S., Rosal, Milagros C., Ockene, Judith K., Scavron, Jeffrey, De Torrijos, Fernando
PURPOSE: This study explored self-reported barriers to diabetes self-management in a population of urban, low-income Puerto Rican individuals. METHODS: A cross-sectional exploratory survey was...
McTiernan, Anne, Kooperberg, Charles L., White, Emily, Wilcox, Sara, Coates, Ralph, Adams-Campbell, Lucile L., ...
CONTEXT: Women who are physically active have a decreased risk for breast cancer, but the types, amounts, and timing of activity needed are unknown. OBJECTIVE: To prospectively examine the...
Effect of communications training on medical student performance (2003)
Yedidia, Michael J., Gillespie, Colleen C., Kachur, Elizabeth, Schwartz, Mark D., Ockene, Judith K., Chepaitis, Amy E., ...
CONTEXT: Although physicians' communication skills have been found to be related to clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction, teaching of communication skills has not been fully integrated into...
Eberly, Lynn E., Ockene, Judith K., Sherwin, Roger, Yang, Lingfeng, Kuller, Lewis H.
BACKGROUND: Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)) may be useful for identifying smokers at higher risk of lung cancer. We examined the association of FEV(1) with lung cancer mortality (LCM)...
Shumaker, Sally A., Legault, Claudine, Rapp, Stephen R., Thal, Leon, Wallace, Robert B., Ockene, Judith K., ...
CONTEXT: Postmenopausal women have a greater risk than men of developing Alzheimer disease, but studies of the effects of estrogen therapy on Alzheimer disease have been inconsistent. On July 8,...
Pbert, Lori, Vuckovic, Nancy, Ockene, Judith K., Hollis, Jack F., Riedlinger, Karen
OBJECTIVE: To develop and test items for the Health Plan Employee Data and Information Set (HEDIS) that assess delivery of the full range of provider-delivered tobacco interventions. MATERIALS AND...
Effects of estrogen plus progestin on health-related quality of life (2003)
Hays, Jennifer, Ockene, Judith K., Brunner, Robert L., Kotchen, Jane Morley, Manson, JoAnn E., Patterson, Ruth E., ...
BACKGROUND: The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and other clinical trials indicate that significant health risks are associated with combination hormone use. Less is known about the effect of hormone...
Bonollo, Debra, Zapka, Jane G., Stoddard, Anne M., Ma, Yunsheng, Pbert, Lori, Ockene, Judith K.
This study investigated the relationship of clinicians' knowledge of treatments for nicotine dependence during pregnancy and postpartum and explored what provider characteristics are associated with...
McDermott, Mary McGrae, Hahn, Elizabeth A., Greenland, Philip, Cella, David, Ockene, Judith K., Brogan, Donna, ...
OBJECTIVE: Individuals with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) have a 3- to 6-fold increased risk of coronary heart disease and stroke compared to those without PAD. We documented physician-reported...
Spontaneous cessation of smoking and alcohol use among low-income pregnant women (2002)
Ockene, Judith K., Ma, Yunsheng, Zapka, Jane G., Pbert, Lori, Goins, Karin V., Stoddard, Anne M.
BACKGROUND: Despite the strong evidence of harmful effects, tobacco and alcohol use during pregnancy continue to be major public health challenges. Some women, however, do stop spontaneously when...
DiFranza, Joseph R., Savageau, Judith A., Rigotti, Nancy A., Fletcher, Kenneth E., Ockene, Judith K., McNeill, Ann D., ...
OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use required to develop symptoms of dependence. DESIGN AND SETTING: A retrospective/prospective longitudinal...
Multicenter trial of fluoxetine as an adjunct to behavioral smoking cessation treatment (2002)
Niaura, Raymond, Spring, Bonnie, Borrelli, Belinda, Hedeker, Donald, Goldstein, Michael G., Keuthen, Nancy J., ...
The authors evaluated the efficacy of fluoxetine hydrochloride (Prozac; Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN) as an adjunct to behavioral treatment for smoking cessation. Sixteen sites randomized...
Rossouw, Jacques E., Anderson, Garnet L., Prentice, Ross L., LaCroix, Andrea Z., Kooperberg, Charles L., Stefanick, Marcia L., ...
CONTEXT: Despite decades of accumulated observational evidence, the balance of risks and benefits for hormone use in healthy postmenopausal women remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE: To assess the major...
Evaluation of a cancer prevention and detection curriculum for medical students (2002)
Geller, Alan C., Prout, Marianne N., Miller, Donald R., Siegel, Benjamin, Sun, Ting, Ockene, Judith K., ...
BACKGROUND: Undergraduate medical education needs revision to ensure that medical students graduate with the skills necessary to assist their patients in cancer prevention and detection. We sought to...
Influences on older women's adherence to a low-fat diet in the Women's Health Initiative (2002)
Kearney, Margaret H., Rosal, Milagros C., Ockene, Judith K., Churchill, Linda C.
OBJECTIVE: Most studies of dietary change during aging have focused on maintaining adequate intake by impaired elderly, and little is known about factors affecting dietary change for preventive...
DiFranza, Joseph R., Savageau, Judith A., Fletcher, Kenneth E., Ockene, Judith K., Rigotti, Nancy A., McNeill, Ann D., ...
CONTEXT: There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine dependence. However, the use of all addictive substances can result in a loss of autonomy. We propose that...
Primary care-based smoking interventions (2002)
The primary care setting is an important place for promoting smoking cessation. Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) testing the effect of brief smoking interventions and comprehensive programs...
Behavioral risk factors among members of a health maintenance organization (2001)
Rosal, Milagros C., Ockene, Judith K., Ma, Yunsheng, Hebert, James R., Merriam, Philip A., Matthews, Charles E., ...
BACKGROUND: Co-occurrence of risk behaviors (RBs) substantially increases the risk of disease. This study examines the co-occurrence of four health risk behaviors (i.e., smoking, high-fat diet,...
Hebert, James R., Ebbeling, Cara B., Olendzki, Barbara C., Hurley, Thomas G., Ma, Yunsheng, Saal, Nancy, ...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of an intensive dietary intervention on diet and body mass in women with breast cancer. DESIGN: Randomized clinical trial. SUBJECTS: 172 women aged 20 to 65...
Facilitating dietary change: the patient-centered counseling model (2001)
Rosal, Milagros C., Ebbeling, Cara B., Lofgren, Ingrid, Ockene, Judith K., Ockene, Ira S., Hebert, James R.
Recent data indicate that the patient-centered counseling model enhances long-term dietary adherence. This model facilitates change by assessing patient needs and subsequently tailoring the...
Pbert, Lori, Ockene, Judith K., Ewy, Beth M., Leicher, Ellen Sachs, Warner, Donna D.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the research conducted to structure and develop a statewide tobacco training and certification programme for tobacco treatment specialists (TTSs) in Massachusetts. DESIGN:...
Predictors of adherence to behavior change interventions in the elderly (2000)
Culos-Reed, S. Nicole, Rejeski, W. Jack, McAuley, Edward, Ockene, Judith K., Roter, Debra L.
Considering factors at the individual, interpersonal, and environmental level may enhance adherence to interventions in the elderly. A collaborative practitioner-participant relationship is also...
Dietary adherence: characteristics and interventions (2000)
Sherman, Aurora M., Bowen, Deborah J., Vitolins, Mara Z., Perri, Michael G., Rosal, Milagros C., Sevick, Mary Ann, ...
This paper reviews issues regarding dietary adherence. Issues and barriers unique to dietary adherence, in contrast to adherence to physical activity or medication regimens, are discussed. These...
Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents (2000)
DiFranza, Joseph R., Rigotti, Nancy A., McNeill, Ann D., Ockene, Judith K., Savageau, Judith A., St. Cyr, Dorothy M., ...
OBJECTIVES: It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs only after prolonged daily use of tobacco. A cohort of young adolescents was followed to determine when the first...
Rosal, Milagros C., Ockene, Judith K., Hurley, Thomas G., Reiff, Sarah
BACKGROUND: Approximately 10% of patients seen in the primary care setting meet criteria for high-risk (HR) drinking. Little data are available about the co-occurrence of other risk behaviors (RBs)...
Provider education to promote implementation of clinical practice guidelines (2000)
Ockene, Judith K., Zapka, Jane G.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Although the interest in and promulgation of clinical practice guidelines have significantly increased in the past 2 decades, concern exists about their actual implementation. This...
Nicotine replacement prescription practices of obstetric and pediatric clinicians (2000)
Oncken, Cheryl A., Pbert, Lori, Ockene, Judith K., Zapka, Jane G., Stoddard, Anne M.
OBJECTIVE: To assess smoking cessation counseling and nicotine replacement therapy prescription and recommendation practices among obstetric and pediatric providers. METHODS: We sent out a...
Relapse and maintenance issues for smoking cessation (2000)
Ockene, Judith K., Emmons, Karen M., Mermelstein, Robin J., Perkins, Kenneth A., Bonollo, Debra, Voorhees, Carolyn C., ...
This article reviews short-term (6 months) and longer term (12-24 months) maintenance of cessation and relapse in adult smokers and the factors and treatments that affect these outcomes. MedLine and...
Zapka, Jane G., Pbert, Lori, Stoddard, Anne M., Ockene, Judith K., Goins, Karin V., Bonollo, Debra
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed providers' performance of smoking cessation counseling steps with low-income pregnant and postpartum women receiving care at community health centers. METHODS: WIC...
Ockene, Judith K., Adams, Abigail, Hurley, Thomas G., Wheeler, Elizabeth V., Hebert, James R.
BACKGROUND: There is a need for primary care providers to have brief effective methods to intervene with high-risk drinkers during a regular outpatient visit. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether brief...
Hebert, James R., Ebbeling, Cara B., Ockene, Ira S., Ma, Yunsheng, Rider, Linda, Merriam, Philip A., ...
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of a dietitian-based nutrition counseling and education program for patients with hyperlipidemia. DESIGN: A 4-session program implemented as a complement to a...
An automated telephone-based smoking cessation education and counseling system (1999)
Ramelson, Harley Z., Friedman, Robert H., Ockene, Judith K.
Automated patient education and counseling over the telephone is a convenient and inexpensive method for modifying health-related behaviors. A computer-controlled, telecommunications technology...
The perceptions and practices of pediatricians: tobacco intervention (1999)
Zapka, Jane G., Fletcher, Kenneth E., Pbert, Lori, Druker, Susan, Ockene, Judith K., Chen, Liping
OBJECTIVES: To investigate pediatrician self-reported intervention practices related to tobacco use and cessation. We queried about practices with three groups 1) children/adolescents who do not...
Ockene, Ira S., Hebert, James R., Ockene, Judith K., Saperia, Gordon M., Stanek, Edward J., Nicolosi, Robert J., ...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of a training program for physician-delivered nutrition counseling, alone and in combination with an office-support program, on dietary fat intake, weight,...
Pbert, Lori, Adams, Abigail, Quirk, Mark E., Hebert, James R., Ockene, Judith K., Luippold, Rose S.
In evaluating the efficacy of physician-delivered counseling interventions for health behavior changes such as smoking cessation, a major challenge is determining the degree to which interventions...
Weight suppression and weight rebound in ex-smokers treated with fluoxetine (1999)
Borrelli, Belinda, Spring, Bonnie, Niaura, Raymond, Kristeller, Jean L., Ockene, Judith K., Keuthen, Nancy J.
Fluoxetine's effect (30 mg, 60 mg, and placebo) on postcessation weight gain was studied among participants from a randomized, double-blind 10-week smoking cessation trial who met strict criteria for...
Sorensen, Glorian, Stoddard, Anne M., Hunt, Mary K., Hebert, James R., Ockene, Judith K., Avrunin, Jill Spitz, ...
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the effects of a 2-year integrated health promotion-health protection work-site intervention on changes in dietary habits and cigarette smoking. METHODS: A randomized,...
Alcohol counseling: physicians will do it (1998)
Adams, Abigail, Ockene, Judith K., Wheeler, Elizabeth V., Hurley, Thomas G.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the use of a brief provider-delivered alcohol counseling intervention of 5 to 10 minutes with high-risk drinking patients by primary care provider* trained in the counseling...
Coronary Artery Smoking Intervention Study (CASIS): 5-year follow-up (1998)
Rosal, Milagros C., Ockene, Judith K., Ma, Yunsheng, Hebert, James R., Ockene, Ira S., Merriam, Philip A., ...
The authors compared the effect of a behavioral multicomponent smoking cessation special intervention (SI) to an advice-only intervention (AO) on smoking status at 5 years for smokers with coronary...
Gender differences among smokers and quitters in the Working Well Trial (1998)
Gritz, Ellen R., Thompson, Beti, Emmons, Karen M., Ockene, Judith K., McLerran, Dale F., Nielsen, Ingrid R.
BACKGROUND: Gender differences in smoking and smoking cessation among participants in the Working Well Trial are characterized. METHODS: A prospective randomized matched-pair evaluation was conducted...
Rosal, Milagros C., Ockene, Judith K., Hurley, Thomas G., Kalan, Kathryn L., Hebert, James R.
BACKGROUND: We tested the role of nicotine-containing gum (NCG) in conjunction with brief physician counseling in smoking cessation in the Physician-Delivered Smoking Intervention Project (PDSIP)....
Ockene, Judith K., Zapka, Jane G.
It is well established that physicians can have a significant effect on the smoking behavior of their patients. To do this, attention must be paid to putting in place multiple strategies or...
Gender differences in social desirability and social approval bias in dietary self-report (1998)
Hebert, James R., Ma, Yunsheng, Clemow, Lynn, Ockene, Ira S., Saperia, Gordon, Stanek III, Edward J., ...
Social desirability (the tendency to respond in such a way as to avoid criticism) and social approval (the tendency to seek praise) are two prominent response set biases evident in answers on...
Provider training for patient-centered alcohol counseling in a primary care setting (1997)
Ockene, Judith K., Wheeler, Elizabeth V., Adams, Abigail, Hurley, Thomas G., Hebert, James R.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of a brief training program on primary care providers' skills, attitudes, and knowledge regarding high-risk and problem drinking. DESIGN: Training plus pretesting and...
A longitudinal study of students' depression at one medical school (1997)
Rosal, Milagros C., Ockene, Ira S., Ockene, Judith K., Barrett, Susan V., Ma, Yunsheng, Hebert, James R.
PURPOSE: Using a standardized measure of depression at three assessment points, to examine depression in medical students during their training. METHOD: Students entering the University of...
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (1997)
Heishman, Stephen J., Balfour, David J. K., Benowitz, Neal L., Hatsukami, Dorothy K., Lindstrom, Jon M., Ockene, Judith K.
The proceedings of the second annual scientific conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco are summarized. The goal of the annual conference was to disseminate information about...
Smoking cessation benefits in HMOs (1997)
Zapka, Jane G., Merriam, Philip A., Ockene, Judith K.
A survey was undertaken in the Spring of 1994 to understand the types of smoking cessation services offered by HMOs to one state's employees. Responses documented that the vast majority of HMOs...
Royce, Jacqueline M., Corbett, Kitty, Sorensen, Glorian, Ockene, Judith K.
This study was undertaken to examine gender differences in the perception of social constraints against smoking and to explore the role of other sociodemographic and smoking factors that influence...
Shaten, B. Jessica, Kuller, Lewis H., Kjelsberg, Marcus O., Stamler, Jeremiah, Ockene, Judith K., Cutler, Jeffrey A., ...
PURPOSE: The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT), a randomized clinical trial for the primary prevention of coronary heart disease, enrolled 12,866 men (including 8194 cigarette smokers)...
Ockene, Judith K., Lindsay, Elizabeth A., Hymowitz, Norman, Giffen, Carol, Purcell, Ted, Pomrehn, Paul R., ...
OBJECTIVE: To compare tobacco control practices of physicians and their staff in Intervention communities with those in Comparison communities of the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking...
Use of the nicotine skin patch by smokers in 20 communities in the United States, 1992-1993 (1997)
Cummings, K. Michael, Hyland, Andrew, Ockene, Judith K., Hymowitz, Norman, Manley, Marc
OBJECTIVE: To measure the characteristics of smokers associated with the use of the nicotine skin patch in the general population and to evaluate whether use of the patch is associated with...
Gender Differences in Social Desirability and Social Approval Bias in Dietary Self-report (1997)
Hebert, James R., Ma, Yunsheng, Clemow, Lynn, Ockene, Ira S., Saperia, Gordon, Stanek, Edward J., ...
Social desirability (the tendency to respond in such a way as to avoid criticism) and social approval (the tendency to seek praise) are two prominent response set biases evident in answers on...
Ockene, Ira S., Hebert, James R., Ockene, Judith K., Merriam, Philip A., Hurley, Thomas G., Saperia, Gordon M.
We examined the effectiveness of a training program for physician-delivered nutrition counseling, alone and in combination with a structured office practice environment for nutrition management, on...
Sorensen, Glorian, Stoddard, Anne M., Ockene, Judith K., Hunt, Mary K., Youngstrom, Richard
According to prior reports, blue-collar workers are less likely to participate in worksite health promotion programs than are white-collar workers. This study examined worker participation in the...
Double jeopardy: workplace hazards and behavioral risks for craftspersons and laborers (1996)
Sorensen, Glorian, Stoddard, Anne M., Hammond, S. Katharine, Hebert, James R., Avrunin, Jill Spitz, Ockene, Judith K.
PURPOSE: To address three specific questions in a sample of craftspersons and laborers: (1) Do craftspersons and laborers exposed to workplace hazards have higher behavioral risks, such as smoking...
Tobacco curriculum for medical students, residents and practicing physicians (1996)
Kristeller, Jean L., Ockene, Judith K.
Smoking and other tobacco exposure have been recognized for several decades as the most significant preventable factors in premature morbidity and mortality. Most physicians believe they should...
Barriers to lifestyle change, and the need to develop an integrated approach to prevention (1996)
Ockene, Ira S., Ockene, Judith K.
Many barriers exist to the delivery of preventive services by both cardiologists and other physicians. These barriers can be overcome by appropriate training and the development of supportive...
Smoking in Ecuador: prevalence, knowledge, and attitudes (1996)
Ockene, Judith K., Chiriboga, David E., Zevallos, Juan Carlos
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of, attitudes towards, and knowledge about cigarette smoking in Ecuador in 1991. DESIGN: Survey using in-person interviews; stratified and multiple regression...
Physician training for patient-centered nutrition counseling in a lipid intervention trial (1995)
Ockene, Judith K., Ockene, Ira S., Quirk, Mark E., Hebert, James R., Saperia, Gordon M., Luippold, Rose S., ...
BACKGROUND: We examined the effect of a 3-hr training program on physicians' lipid intervention knowledge, attitudes, and skills. The program teaches physicians skills to conduct a brief dietary risk...
Occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (1995)
Hammond, S. Katharine, Sorensen, Glorian, Youngstrom, Richard, Ockene, Judith K.
OBJECTIVES--To measure occupational exposures to environmental tobacco smoke in diverse settings, including offices and production areas, and to evaluate the effectiveness of policies that restrict...
Thompson, Beti, Emmons, Karen M., Abrams, David B., Ockene, Judith K., Feng, Ziding
Employees are often exposed to and bothered by environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in the workplace; however, little is known about correlates of workers' perceptions of their exposure. In this study,...
Sorensen, Glorian, Himmelstein, Jay S., Hunt, Mary K., Youngstrom, Richard, Hebert, James R., Hammond, S. Katharine, ...
OBJECTIVES. To describe a theoretic approach and rationale for the integration of health protection and health promotion in worksite cancer prevention programs and to describe an intervention study...
Hebert, James R., Clemow, Lynn, Pbert, Lori, Ockene, Ira S., Ockene, Judith K.
BACKGROUND. Self-report of dietary intake could be biased by social desirability or social approval thus affecting risk estimates in epidemiological studies. These constructs produce response set...
HEBERT, JAMES R, CLEMOW, LYNN, PBERT, LORI, OCKENE, IRA S, OCKENE, JUDITH K
Background. Self-report of dietary intake could be biased by social desirability or social approval thus affecting risk estimates in epidemiological studies. These constructs produce response set...
Ockene, Judith K., Adams, Abigail, Pbert, Lori, Luippold, Rose S., Hebert, James R., Quirk, Mark E., ...
OBJECTIVE: To determine factors that affect how much physicians trained to use a patient-centered smoking intervention intervene with their smoking patients. DESIGN: Forty internal medicine residents...
Ockene, Judith K., Kristeller, Jean L., Pbert, Lori, Hebert, James R., Luippold, Rose S., Goldberg, Robert J., ...
Patterns of smoking cessation using 6- and 12-month follow-up data are reported for 1,261 primary care patients randomized to 3 physician-delivered smoking interventions: advice only (AO), counseling...
Lindsay, Elizabeth A., Ockene, Judith K., Hymowitz, Norman, Giffen, Carol, Berger, Larry, Pomrehn, Paul R.
OBJECTIVE: To obtain a baseline measure of tobacco control activities carried out by physicians and of tobacco control policies and practices in physician offices. DESIGN: All primary care physicians...
Measuring the effect of a worksite-based nutrition intervention on food consumption (1993)
Hebert, James R., Stoddard, Anne M., Harris, Donald R., Sorensen, Glorian, Hunt, Mary K., Morris, Diane H., ...
Although current dietary guidelines focus on a combination of specific nutrients and food items, most effective dietary interventions focus on patterns of dietary intake and take into account the...
Becker, Diane M., Windsor, Richard, Ockene, Judith K., Berman, Barbara, Best, J. Allan, Cummings, K. Michael, ...
The COMMIT dental model: tobacco control practices and attitudes (1993)
Jones, R. B., Pomrehn, Paul R., Mecklenburg, R. E., Lindsay, Elizabeth A., Manley, Marc, Ockene, Judith K.
The National Cancer Institute's program to help dentists reduce tobacco use among their patients is part of the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation, a 22-community, randomly controlled...
Goldberg, Robert J., Ockene, Judith K., Kristeller, Jean L., Kalan, Kathryn L., Landon, Joan, Hosmer, David W.
As part of a randomized trial that compared the effects of three physician-delivered smoking interventions on patients' long-term cessation rates, we examined factors associated with the extent of...
Daskalakis, Constantine, Goldberg, Robert J., Ockene, Judith K., Kalan, Kathryn L., Hosmer, David W., Pbert, Lori
PURPOSE. To investigate (1) the extent of agreement between what resident physicians and their patients report as having occurred in physician-delivered smoking interventions and (2) the ability of...
Physicians' attitudes and reported practices toward smoking intervention (1993)
Goldberg, Robert J., Ockene, Ira S., Ockene, Judith K., Merriam, Philip A., Kristeller, Jean L.
The objective of this study was to examine differences in the attitudes and reported practices toward smoking intervention of 224 internal medicine, family practice, and surgical physicians from one...
Smoking intervention for cardiac patients: in search of more effective strategies (1993)
Kristeller, Jean L., Merriam, Philip A., Ockene, Judith K., Ockene, Ira S., Goldberg, Robert J.
Smoking cessation greatly reduces morbidity and mortality associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). This paper presents details of an individually delivered smoking intervention program for...
Patient characteristics and the effect of three physician-delivered smoking interventions (1992)
Hebert, James R., Kristeller, Jean L., Ockene, Judith K., Landon, Joan, Luippold, Rose S., Goldberg, Robert J., ...
BACKGROUND. This paper investigates individual patient characteristics predicting differential response to each of three physician-delivered smoking interventions after 6 months. METHODS....
Heavy smoking among a sample of employed women (1992)
Sorensen, Glorian, Goldberg, Robert J., Ockene, Judith K., Klar, Janelle M., Tannenbaum, Terry, Lemeshow, Stanley
Understanding the phenomenon of heavy smoking among women and factors related to it is of considerable public health importance. Whereas lighter smokers have been more successful in their cessation...
Work-site nutrition intervention and employees' dietary habits: the Treatwell program (1992)
Sorensen, Glorian, Morris, Diane H., Hunt, Mary K., Hebert, James R., Harris, Donald R., Stoddard, Anne M., ...
In a randomized, controlled study of the Treatwell work-site nutrition intervention program, which focused on promoting eating patterns low in fat and high in fiber, 16 work sites from Massachusetts...
Are we pushing the limits of public health interventions for smoking cessation (1992)
The phenomenon of smoking cessation that takes place outside formal programs, which serve a small proportion of smokers, is an important public health issue. Self-help strategies represent an...
Processes of change in smoking cessation: a cross-validation study in cardiac patients (1992)
Kristeller, Jean L., Rossi, Joseph S., Ockene, Judith K., Goldberg, Robert J., Prochaska, James O.
The processes of change associated with smoking cessation were examined for 213 smokers and recent exsmokers who were scheduled for cardiac catheterization and compared to the processes reported by a...
Smoking cessation and severity of disease: the Coronary Artery Smoking Intervention Study (1992)
Ockene, Judith K., Kristeller, Jean L., Goldberg, Robert J., Ockene, Ira S., Merriam, Philip A., Barrett, Susan V., ...
We tested the effectiveness of an individually delivered behavioral multicomponent smoking intervention (SI) against offering advice only (AO) to 267 patients after coronary arteriography. After 6...
Comparison of smoking behavior change for SI and UC study groups. MRFIT Research Group (1991)
Ockene, Judith K., Hymowitz, Norman, Lagus, John, Shaten, B. Jessica
BACKGROUND. The results of MRFIT smoking intervention program are presented for the 4,103 special intervention and 4,091 usual care men who reported smoking cigarettes at the first screening visit....
Baseline factors associated with smoking cessation and relapse. MRFIT Research Group (1991)
Hymowitz, Norman, Sexton, Mary, Ockene, Judith K., Grandits, Gregory
BACKGROUND. Data on smoking cessation and relapse for 6 yers of the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial were evaluated in univariate and multivariate analyses to determine the relationship...
Gerace, Terence A., Hollis, Jack F., Ockene, Judith K., Svendsen, Kenneth H.
Cigarette smoking cessation was examined for its impact on diastolic blood pressure, weight, and plasma lipids in 3,470 special intervention males in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial....
Cigarette smoking and mortality. MRFIT Research Group (1991)
Kuller, Lewis H., Ockene, Judith K., Meilahn, Elaine, Wentworth, Deborah N., Svendsen, Kenneth H., Neaton, James D.
METHODS. The relationship of cigarette smoking and smoking cessation to mortality was investigated among men screened for and also among those randomized to the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention...
Severity of angiographically proven coronary artery disease predicts smoking cessation (1991)
Frid, David, Ockene, Ira S., Ockene, Judith K., Merriam, Philip A., Goldberg, Robert J., Kristeller, Jean L., ...
We investigated the relationship between the extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) and the likelihood of cigarette smoking cessation in a population of 84 smokers between 21 and 75 years of age...
Lichtenstein, Edward, Nettekoven, Linda, Ockene, Judith K.
Opportunities for participation in chronic disease prevention programs are discussed in the context of a description and analysis of the National Cancer Institute's Community Intervention Trial for...
Quirk, Mark E., Ockene, Judith K., Kristeller, Jean L., Goldberg, Robert J., Donnelly, G., Amick, Terrence L., ...
This investigation builds on an earlier study by describing the final results of a training program that teaches internal medicine and family practice residents to counsel patients to stop smoking....
Ockene, Judith K., Kristeller, Jean L., Goldberg, Robert J., Amick, Terrence L., Pekow, Penelope S., Hosmer, David W., ...
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relative impacts of three physician-delivered smoking interventions in combination with follow-up contact from behavioral counselors. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial with...
Reducing the risk of cancer through worksite intervention (1990)
Heimendinger, Jerianne, Thompson, Beti, Ockene, Judith K., Sorensen, Glorian, Abrams, David B., Emmons, Karen M., ...
This chapter examines existing activities reported in the literature in the areas of smoking, nutrition, and screening; explores the prominent theories of behavior change that have guided some of...
Ockene, Judith K., Kuller, Lewis H., Svendsen, Kenneth H., Meilahn, Elaine
The impact of smoking cessation on coronary heart disease (CHD) and lung cancer was assessed after 10.5 years of follow-up in the 12,866 men in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT)....
Kuller, Lewis H., Ockene, Judith K., Meilahn, Elaine, Svendsen, Kenneth H.
For men participating in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial, the authors evaluated the relation between the baseline forced expiratory volume in one second and lung cancer mortality among...
Teaching risk-factor counseling skills to medical students, house staff, and fellows (1990)
Ockene, Judith K., Ockene, Ira S., Kabat-Zinn, Jon, Greene, Harry L., Frid, David
It is important to teach risk-factor counseling skills to medical students, primary care residents, and fellows in cardiovascular medicine. To do this, it is necessary to teach assessment and...
Promoting healthy eating patterns in the worksite: the Treatwell intervention model (1990)
Sorensen, Glorian, Hunt, Mary K., Morris, Diane H., Donnelly, Gary, Freeman, Lorri, Ratcliffe, Betty J., ...
Treatwell is a worksite intervention program designed to promote dietary changes to reduce the risk of cancer. To assess the effectiveness of this program, 16 worksites were randomly assigned to...
Kuller, Lewis H., Ockene, Judith K., Townsend, Mary, Browner, Warren, Meilahn, Elaine, Wentworth, Deborah N.
The potential determinants of the changes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mortality were evaluated using both the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) screenees, the...
Ellison, R. Curtis, Capper, Ann L., Stephenson, Wendy P., Goldberg, Robert J., Hosmer, David W., Humphrey, Kim F., ...
To judge the effect on blood pressure, sodium intake of students at two boarding high schools was reduced by 15-20% through changes in food purchasing and in preparation practices in the schools'...
A residents' training program for the development of smoking intervention skills (1988)
Ockene, Judith K., Quirk, Mark E., Goldberg, Robert J., Kristeller, Jean L., Donnelly, Gary, Kalan, Kathryn L., ...
This article describes the results of a three-hour training program that teaches residents a patient-centered counseling approach to smoking cessation, emphasizing questioning and exploring feelings,...
Benefits and costs of lifestyle change to reduce risk of chronic disease (1988)
Ockene, Judith K., Sorensen, Glorian, Kabat-Zinn, Jon, Ockene, Ira S., Donnelly, Gary
Individuals do not benefit equally from attempts to change their lifestyles in an effort to lower their risk for disease or to improve their quality of life. A change in one lifestyle behavior may...
A survey of Massachusetts physicians' smoking intervention practices (1988)
Ockene, Judith K., Aney, John, Goldberg, Robert J., Klar, Janelle M., Williams, Joanne W.
Attitudes toward smoking intervention, and the intervention practices of 65 residents, 51 attending physicians, and 292 community physicians in central and western Massachusetts were assessed through...
Does switching from cigarettes to pipes or cigars reduce tobacco smoke exposure (1987)
Ockene, Judith K., Pechacek, Terry F., Vogt, Thomas M., Svendsen, Kenneth H.
Cigarette smoking histories, reported depth of inhalation, number of pipe and cigars (PC) smoked, serum thiocyanate (SCN) and expired air carbon monoxide (CO) levels were examined in PC male smokers...
Effects of passive smoking in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (1987)
Svendsen, Kenneth H., Kuller, Lewis H., Martin, Michael J., Ockene, Judith K.
The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT), conducted in 1973-1982, provided a unique opportunity to study the effect of passive smoking on men whose wives smoke. MRFIT participants who...
If physicians and other health-care providers were able to facilitate long-term cessation in 1 of every 10 smokers--a safe estimate based on the outcomes of randomized physician-delivered...
The relationship of patient characteristics to physician delivery of advice to stop smoking (1987)
Ockene, Judith K., Hosmer, David W., Williams, Joanne W., Goldberg, Robert J., Ockene, Ira S., Biliouris, Timothy, ...
To investigate the frequency of physician delivery of advice to stop smoking and patient characteristics affecting whether physicians deliver such advice, the authors surveyed 97 current cigarette...
Factors related to patient smoking status (1987)
Ockene, Judith K., Hosmer, David W., Williams, Joanne W., Goldberg, Robert J., Ockene, Ira S., Raia, Theodore J.
To investigate those factors associated with patients' cigarette smoking status, 455 consecutive patients seen in two specialty clinics and one general medicine clinic at a university medical center...
EFFECTS OF PASSIVE SMOKING IN THE MULTIPLE RISK FACTOR INTERVENTION TRIAL (1987)
SVENDSEN, KENNETH H., KULLER, LEWIS H., MARTIN, MICHAEL J., OCKENE, JUDITH K.
The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT), conducted in 1973–1982, provided a unique opportunity to study the effect of passive smoking on men whose wives smoke. MRFIT participants who...
Maynard, Larry, Goldberg, Robert J., Ockene, Judith K., Levy, Barry S., Howe, John P., Dalen, James E.
The investigation reported here was undertaken to assess cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption patterns and attitudes towards these behaviors among first-year medical students.
The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial was a randomized clinical study to test whether a special-intervention (SI) program aimed at reducing serum cholesterol levels, blood pressure and...
The relationship between selected baseline risk factors and subsequent coronary heart disease (CHD) death and total mortality among participants in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT)...
Goldberg, Robert J., DeCosimo, Diana, St. Louis, Peter, Gore, Joel M., Ockene, Judith K., Dalen, James E.
A survey of 482 physicians practicing in central and western Massachusetts was carried out to examine attitudes and reported practices toward cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training for family...
The overall results of the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) showed a nonsignificant 7% lower coronary artery disease (CAD) mortality rate in the special-intervention (SI) as compared...
Factors affecting cigarette smoking status in patients with ischemic heart disease (1985)
Ockene, Judith K., Hosmer, David W., Rippe, James M., Williams, Joanne W., Goldberg, Robert J., DeCosimo, Diana, ...
To determine the factors affecting cigarette smoking status after the development of ischemic heart disease, 200 patients were studied who were hospitalized with a coronary event and enrolled in a...
Layperson CPR--are we training the right people (1984)
Goldberg, Robert J., Gore, Joel M., Love, Donald G., Ockene, Judith K., Dalen, James E.
A case-control study was undertaken to examine differences in the extent of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training among family members of patients with and without coronary heart disease....
Ockene, Judith K., Hymowitz, Norman, Sexton, Mary, Broste, Steven K.
The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) is a 6-year clinical trial for the study of the prevention of heart disease. Twelve thousand eight hundred and sixty-six men in the upper...
Hyperstress and outcomes in a long-term smoking intervention program (1982)
Benfari, Robert C., Eaker, Elaine D., Ockene, Judith K., McIntyre, Kevin M.
A group of 182 smokers in a CHD risk factor intervention program were prospectively followed for 4 years to note the relationship of selected psychosocial factors to long-term outcomes in smoking...
A psychosocial model of smoking cessation and maintenance of cessation (1981)
Ockene, Judith K., Nutall, Ronald, Benfari, Robert C., Hurwitz, Irving, Ockene, Ira S.
The long-term cessation rates obtained in smoking control programs have been disappointing. In order to provide a better understanding of the problems of smoking cessation and maintenance of...
The multiple risk factor intervention trial (MRFIT). V. Intervention on smoking (1981)
Hughes, Glenn H., Hymowitz, Norman, Ockene, Judith K., Simon, Nathan, Vogt, Thomas M.
The development, implementation, and results of the smoking cessation program of the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) are presented. The MRFIT is a 6-year clinical trial designed to...
McGrae McDermott, Mary, Hahn, Elizabeth A, Greenland, Philip, Cella, David, Ockene, Judith K, Brogan, Donna, ...
Alcohol Counseling: Physicians Will Do It
Adams, Abigail, Ockene, Judith K, Wheeler, Elizabeth V, Hurley, Thomas G
McGrae McDermott, Mary, Hahn, Elizabeth A, Greenland, Philip, Cella, David, Ockene, Judith K, Brogan, Donna, ...
Alcohol Counseling: Physicians Will Do It
Adams, Abigail, Ockene, Judith K, Wheeler, Elizabeth V, Hurley, Thomas G
Sustainability of Public Health Programs: The Example of Tobacco Treatment Services in Massachusetts
LaPelle, Nancy R., Zapka, Jane, Ockene, Judith K.
Sustaining important public or grant-funded services after initial funding is terminated is a major public health challenge. We investigated whether tobacco treatment services previously funded...
Resting heart rate as a low tech predictor of coronary events in women: prospective cohort study
Hsia, Judith, Larson, Joseph C, Ockene, Judith K, Sarto, Gloria E, Allison, Matthew A, Hendrix, Susan L, ...
Objective To evaluate resting heart rate as an independent predictor of cardiovascular risk in women.