Aimee S. James

TL;DR: Cancer rates associated with modifiable risks—tobacco, HPV, and some preventive screening modalities (e.g., colorectal and cervical cancers)—were higher in rural compared with urban populations, and population-based, clinical, and/or policy strategies and interventions that address these modifiable risk factors could help reduce cancer disparities experienced in rural populations.

TL;DR: Results suggest that the way people perceive sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy may differ from FOBT with respect to the relative importance of perceived benefits versus barriers, and this has implications for health promotion programming.

TL;DR: Demographic and psychosocial correlates of healthy lifestyle changes following a colon cancer diagnosis and health status are examined, with larger fruit/vegetable changes in African Americans than Whites.

TL;DR: Three focus group studies with American Indians in Kansas and Missouri are described, using a newly developed method of conducting and analyzing focus groups with community input, to more appropriately address health disparities in the American Indian community.

TL;DR: It is suggested that nicotine gum plus MI were not effective for smoking cessation in low-income housing and programs are needed to enhance the effectiveness of pharmacotherapy and counseling in underserved populations.