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Joan R. Bloom
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 111
Citations - 7520
Joan R. Bloom is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Capitation. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 110 publications receiving 7235 citations. Previous affiliations of Joan R. Bloom include Cancer Prevention Institute of California & University of California.
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Cancer Awareness and Secondary Prevention Practices in Black Americans: Implications for Intervention.
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Contextual factors affecting job satisfaction and organizational commitment in community mental health centers undergoing system changes in the financing of care.
Anne Morris,Joan R. Bloom +1 more
TL;DR: This study examines the relationship between contextual factors and job satisfaction and organizational commitment among a sample of 148 administrators and staff in 17 community mental health centers undergoing the transition from fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursement to capitation of Medicaid-funded mental health services in Colorado.
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Changes in marital and sexual functioning in long‐term survivors and their spouses: Testicular cancer versus hodgkin's disease
Mo Therese Hannah,Ellen R. Gritz,David K. Wellisch,Pat Fobair,Richard T. Hoppe,Joan R. Bloom,Guo-Wen Sun,Anna Varghese,Malcolm D. Cosgrove,David Spiegel +9 more
TL;DR: Changes in the spouse's importance, influence of the illness on the relationship, and changes in sexual frequency emerged as significant predictors of long‐term changes in marital and sexual functioning for the couple and the need for therapeutic interventions are discussed.
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Factors affecting the use of screening mammography among African American women.
TL;DR: The single most important predictor of having a mammogram was the regular practice of breast self- examination; the group of women who practiced self-examination was almost twice as likely to have a mammography.
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Afghan immigrant women's knowledge and behaviors around breast cancer screening
TL;DR: This community‐based participatory research was conducted to provide a preliminary understanding of how Afghan women in Northern California view their breast health.