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Vetta Sanders-Thompson
Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis
Publications - 9
Citations - 1452
Vetta Sanders-Thompson is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ethnic group & Public health. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 7 publications receiving 1281 citations.
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Achieving Cultural Appropriateness in Health Promotion Programs: Targeted and Tailored Approaches
Matthew W. Kreuter,Susan N. Lukwago,R D Dawn C Bucholtz,Eddie M. Clark,Vetta Sanders-Thompson +4 more
TL;DR: Five strategies commonly used to target programs to culturally defined groups are described and a sixth approach, cultural tailoring, is explained, which might extend and enhance the ability to develop effective programs for cultural groups.
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Age of sexual debut among US adolescents
Patricia A. Cavazos-Rehg,Melissa J. Krauss,Edward L. Spitznagel,Mario Schootman,Kathleen K. Bucholz,Jeffrey F. Peipert,Vetta Sanders-Thompson,Linda B. Cottler,Laura J. Bierut +8 more
TL;DR: A need for sexual education programs and policy to be sensitive to the roles of race and ethnicity in sexual debut is demonstrated.
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Unintended effects of emphasizing disparities in cancer communication to African-Americans.
Robert A. Nicholson,Matthew W. Kreuter,Christina Lapka,Rachel Wellborn,Eddie M. Clark,Vetta Sanders-Thompson,Heather Jacobsen,Chris Casey +7 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the way in which disparity research is reported in the medium can influence public attitudes and intentions, with reports about progress yielding a more positive effect on intention.
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Understanding Drivers of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Racial Disparities: A Population-Level Analysis of COVID-19 Testing Among Black and White Populations.
Aaloke Mody,Kristin D Pfeifauf,Cory Bradley,Branson Fox,Matifadza Hlatshwayo,Will Ross,Vetta Sanders-Thompson,Karen E. Joynt Maddox,Mat Reidhead,Mario Schootman,William G. Powderly,Elvin Geng +11 more
TL;DR: Black populations had consistently lower COVID-19 testing rates per diagnosed case than White populations in 2 Missouri regions, and public health strategies should proactively focus on addressing equity gaps in CO VID-19Testing to improve equity of the overall response.
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African-American Breast Cancer Survivors Participating in a Breast Cancer Support Group: Translating Research into Practice
TL;DR: It is found that survivors see a cyclical cancer course, whereby African-American breast cancer survivors serve an important role in the lives of unscreened women, newly diagnosed women, and women in treatment.