The Program on Health Disparities


Publications and Reports


Peer Reviewed Journals (July 2006 - June 30, 2007)


Briscoe F, Konrad TR. HMO employment and African-American physicians. Journal of the National Medical Association 2006; 98(8):1318-25.

Cherrington A, Ayala GX, Sleath B, Corbie-Smith G. Examining knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about depression among Latino adults with type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Educator 2006; 32(4):603-13.

Cherrington A, Corbie-Smith G, Pathman DE. Do adults who believe in periodic health examinations receive more clinical preventive services? Preventive Medicine (in press).

Cohen JH, Schoenbach VJ, Kaufman JS, Talcott JA, Schenck AP, Peacock S, Symons M, Amamoo MA, Carpenter WR, Godley PA. Racial differences in clinical progression among Medicare recipients after treatment for localized prostate cancer ( United States). Cancer Causes & Control 2006; 17(6):803-11.

Corbie-Smith G, Blumenthal C, Dorrance J, Henderson G, Estroff SE. How do investigators conceptualize race in their research? Journal of National Medical Association (in press).

Corbie-Smith G, Williams IC, Blumenthal C, Dorrance J, Estroff SE, Henderson G. Relationships and communication in minority participation in research: Multidimensional and multidirectional. Journal of the National Medical Association 2007; 99(5):489-98.

Corbie-Smith GM, Durant RW, St George DM. Investigators’ assessment of NIH mandated inclusion of women and minorities in research. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2006; 27(6):571-9.

Ford C, Konrad R, Corbie-Smith G. Improving HIV testing among black women: The role of patient -provider racial concordance. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (in press).

Fowler-Brown A, Corbie-Smith G, Garrett J, Lurie N. Risk of cardiovascular events and death--does insurance matter? Journal of General Internal Medicine 2007; 22(4):502-7.

Godley PA, Carpenter WR. Case-control prostate cancer screening studies should not exclude subjects with lower urinary tract symptoms. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2007; 60(2):176-80.

Henderson G, Garrett J, Bussey-Jones J, Moloney M, Blumenthal C, Corbie-Smith G. Great expectations...but with reservations: Views of genetic research participants regarding current and future studies. Genetics in Medicine (in press).

Howard DL, Bunch CD, Mundia WO, Konrad TR, Edwards LJ, Ahinee Amamoo M, Jallah Y. Comparing United States versus international medical school graduate physicians who serve African-American and White elderly. Health Services Research 2006; 41(6):2155-81.

Howard DL, Edwards BG, Whitehead K, Amamoo MA, Godley PA. Healthcare practices among blacks and whites with urinary tract symptoms. Journal of the National Medical Association 2007; 99(4):404-11.

McKoy JN, Petersen R. Reducing African-American women’s sexual risk: Can churches play a role? Journal of the National Medical Association 2006; 98(7):1151-9.

Mejia G, Kaufman JS, Corbie-Smith G, Rozier RG, Caplan DJ, Suchindran C. A conceptual framework for Hispanic oral health care. Journal of Public Health Dentistry (in press).

Sapienza JN, Corbie-Smith G, Keim S, Fleischman AR. Community engagement in epidemiological research. Ambulatory Pediatrics 2007; 7 (3):247-52.

Schroeder JC, Bensen JT, Su LJ, Mishel M, Ivanova A, Smith GJ, Godley PA, Fontham ET, Mohler JL. The North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP): Methods and design of a multidisciplinary population-based cohort study of racial differences in prostate cancer outcomes. The Prostate 2006; 66(11):1162-76.

Staton LJ, Panda M, Chen I, Genao I, Kurz J, Pasanen M, Mechaber AJ, Menon M, O’Rorke J, Wood J, Rosenberg E, Faeslis C, Carey T, Calleson D, Cykert S. When race matters: Disagreement in pain perception between patients and their physicians in primary care. Journal of the National Medical Association 2007; 99(5):532-8.

Sterling R, Henderson GE, Corbie-Smith G. Public willingness to participate in and public opinions about genetic variation research: A review of the literature. American Journal of Public Health 2006; 96(11):1971-8.

Talcott JA, Spain P, Clark JA, Carpenter WR, Do YK, Hamilton RJ, Galanko JA, Jackman A, Godley PA. Hidden barriers between knowledge and behavior: The North Carolina prostate cancer screening and treatment experience. Cancer 2007; 109(8):1599-606.

Williams IC, Corbie-Smith G. Investigator beliefs and reported success in recruiting minority participants. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2006; 27(6):580-6.

Peer Reviewed Journals (July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006)

Beskow LM, Millikan RC, Sandler RS, Godley PA, Weiner BJ, Weinberger M. The effect of physician permission versus notification on research recruitment through cancer registries ( United States). Cancer Causes Control 2006; 17(3):315-23.

Briscoe FS, Konrad TR. HMO employment and African-American physicians. Journal of the National Medical Association 2006; 98(8):1318-25.

Bussey-Jones J, Genao I, St. George DM, Corbie-Smith G. Knowledge of cultural competence among third-year medical students. Journal of the National Medical Association 2005; 97(9):1272-6.

Bussey-Jones J, St. George DM, Corbie-Smith G. The meaning of race: Use of race in the clinical setting. Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine 2005; 146(4):205-9.

Carey TS, Howard DL, Goldmon M, Robinson JT, Godley PA, Ammerman A. Developing effective interuniversity partnerships and community-based research to address health disparities. Academic Medicine. 2005, 80(11):1039-45.

Corbie-Smith G, Ford C. Distrust and poor self-reported health. Canaries in the coal mine? Journal of General Internal Medicine 2006; 21(4):395-7.

Corbie-Smith GM, Durant RW, St. George DM. Investigators’ assessment of NIH mandated inclusion of women and minorities in research. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2006; 27(6):571-9.

Fowler-Brown A, Ashkin E, Corbie-Smith G, Thaker S, Pathman DE. Perception of racial barriers to health care in the rural South. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2006; 17(1):86-100.

Konrad TR, Howard DL, Edwards LJ, Ivanova A, Carey TS. Physician-patient racial concordance, continuity of care, and patterns of care for hypertension. American Journal of Public Health 2005; 95(12):2186-90.

Paranjape A, Bernstein L, St. George DM, Doyle J, Henderson S, Corbie-Smith G. Effect of relationship factors on safer sex decisions in older inner-city women. Journal of Womens Health (2002) 2006; 15(1):90-7.

Pathman DE, Fowler-Brown A, Corbie-Smith G. Differences in access to outpatient medical care for Black and White adults in the rural Southeast. Medical Care 2006; 44(5):429-38.

Schroeder JC, Bensen JT, Su J, Mishel M, Ivanova A, Smith G, Godley PA, Fontham E, Mohler JL. The North Carolina/Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP): Methods and design of a multidisciplinary population-based cohort study of racial differences in prostate cancer outcomes. Prostate 2006; 66(11):1162-76.

Sleath BL, Jackson E, Thomas KC, Galloway J, Dumain L, Thorpe J, Rollins A, Morrissey J. Racial differences in the use of antidepressants and counseling for depression among homeless women. Community Mental Health Journal 2006; 1-9.

Sterling R, Henderson G, Corbie-Smith G. Public willingness to participate in and public opinions about genetic variation research: A review of the literature. American Journal of Public Health 2006; 96(11):1971-8.

Williams IC, Corbie-Smith G. Investigator beliefs and reported success in recruiting minority participants. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2006; 27(6):580-6.