Effectiveness of interventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers: nine updated systematic reviews for the guide to community preventive …

…, S Melillo, M Carvalho, S Taplin, R Bastani… - American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Screening reduces mortality from breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers. The
Guide to Community Preventive Services previously conducted systematic reviews on the …

Patient adherence to cancer control regimens: Scale development and initial validation.

MR DiMatteo, RD Hays, ER Gritz, R Bastani… - Psychological …, 1993 - psycnet.apa.org
Describes the development of a 38-item self-report Adherence Determinants Questionnaire (ADQ)
to assess 7 elements of patients' adherence to medical treatment and prevention:(1) …

[HTML][HTML] “Mommy blogs” and the vaccination exemption narrative: results from a machine-learning approach for story aggregation on parenting social media sites

…, M Falahi, E Ebrahimzadeh, R Bastani - JMIR public health …, 2016 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background: Social media offer an unprecedented opportunity to explore how people talk
about health care at a very large scale. Numerous studies have shown the importance of …

Effect of mental health care and shared decision making on patient satisfaction in a community sample of patients with depression

KA Swanson, R Bastani… - … care research and …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
This study sought to understand if shared decision making and/or receipt of mental health
care was associated with patient satisfaction for patients with depression and to determine …

Demographic predictors of cancer screening among Filipino and Korean immigrants in the United States

AE Maxwell, R Bastani, US Warda - American journal of preventive …, 2000 - Elsevier
Background: Little is known about cancer-screening practices of various Asian subgroups,
and even less is known about factors that may predict screening in these populations. Design: …

Future cancer research priorities in the USA: a Lancet Oncology Commission

…, A Ashworth, AD Barker, R Bastani… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
We are in the midst of a technological revolution that is providing new insights into human
biology and cancer. In this era of big data, we are amassing large amounts of information that …

Sociodemographic predictors of non-attendance at invitational mammography screening–a population-based register study (Sweden)

M Lagerlund, AE Maxwell, R Bastani, E Thurfjell… - Cancer Causes & …, 2002 - Springer
Objective: To investigate the role of sociodemographic factors in predicting mammography
uptake in an outreach screening program. Methods: Linkage of data from a regional …

Risk factors for chronic liver disease in Blacks, Mexican Americans, and Whites in the United States: results from NHANES IV, 1999–2004

…, HF Yee Jr, M Leng, JJ Escarce, R Bastani… - Official journal of the …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES Morbidity and mortality due to liver disease and cirrhosis vary significantly by
race/ethnicity in the United States. We examined the prevalence of liver disease risk factors …

Understanding suboptimal human papillomavirus vaccine uptake among ethnic minority girls

R Bastani, BA Glenn, J Tsui, LC Chang… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2011 - AACR
Background: The introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines represents a
breakthrough in the primary prevention of cervical cancer. However, little is known about …

Promoting culturally appropriate colorectal cancer screening through a health educator: a randomized controlled trial

…, MP Yip, E Acorda, L Li, R Bastani - … Journal of the …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer mortality in the US.
Surveys reveal low CRC screening levels among Asians in the US, including Chinese …