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Barbara Estabrook
Researcher at University of Massachusetts Medical School
Publications - 23
Citations - 969
Barbara Estabrook is an academic researcher from University of Massachusetts Medical School. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 23 publications receiving 925 citations.
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Risk and reluctance: understanding impediments to colorectal cancer screening
TL;DR: Screening utilization may be improved through development of appropriate public health awareness campaigns and by addressing service factors, as well as by addressing barriers and facilitators to screening.
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Patient delay in seeking care for heart attack symptoms: findings from focus groups conducted in five U.S. regions.
John R. Finnegan,Hendrika Meischke,Jane G. Zapka,Laura C. Leviton,Angela Meshack,Ruby A Benjamin-Garner,Barbara Estabrook,Nancy J. Hall,Sheri Schaeffer,Cassandra L. Smith,Elissa R. Weitzman,James M. Raczynski,Elaine J. Stone +12 more
TL;DR: Interventions to reduce patient delay need to address expectations about heart attack symptoms, educate about benefits and appropriate actions, and provide legitimacy for taking specific health care-seeking actions.
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Step Ahead A Worksite Obesity Prevention Trial Among Hospital Employees
Stephenie C. Lemon,Jane G. Zapka,Wenjun Li,Barbara Estabrook,Milagros C. Rosal,Robert P. Magner,Victoria A. Andersen,Amy Borg,Janet Fraser Hale +8 more
TL;DR: Although the intervention was able to change organizational perceptions, successfully improving changes in actual and perceived social norms may be needed to achieve population-level impact in complex worksite organizations.
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Patient education for colon cancer screening: a randomized trial of a video mailed before a physical examination.
Jane G. Zapka,Stephenie C. Lemon,Elaine Puleo,Barbara Estabrook,Roger Luckmann,Stephen Erban +5 more
TL;DR: An educational video about colorectal cancer screening mailed to patients before a primary care visit did not increase the rate of screening compared with usual care, and clinicians can spend less time explaining the information to patients.
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Screening for colorectal cancer on the front line
TL;DR: Results indicate that multiple levels of intervention, including patient and provider education and systems strategies, may help increase prevalence, and most providers recommended guideline-endorsed colorectal cancer screening.