The Program on Health Disparities


Publications and Reports

7/08-6/09

Aral SO, Adimora AA, Fenton KA. Understanding and responding to disparities in HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in African Americans. Lancet 2008;372(9635):337-40.

Atashili J, Poole C, Ndumbe PM, Adimora AA, Smith JS. Bacterial vaginosis and HIV acquisition: a meta-analysis of published studies. Aids 2008;22(12):1493-501.

Baker RB, Washington HA, Olakanmi O, Savitt TL, Jacobs EA, Hoover E, Wynia MK; Writing Group on the History of African Americans and the Medical Profession, Blanchard J, Boulware LE, Braddock C, Corbie-Smith G, Crawley L, LaVeist TA, Maxey R, Mills C, Moseley KL, Williams DR. Creating a segregated medical profession: African American physicians and organized medicine, 1846-1910. J Natl Med Assoc. 2009 Jun;101(6):501-12.

Bussey-Jones J., Henderson G, Garrett J, Moloney M, Blumenthal C, Corbie-Smith G. 2009. “Asking the right questions: views on genetic variation research among participants in a colorectal cancer genetic epidemiology study”, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Mar; 24(3):299-304.

Carpenter WR, Godley PA, Clark JA, Talcott JA, Finnegan T, Mishel M, Bensen J, Rayford W, Su LJ, Fontham ET, Mohler JL. Racial differences in trust and regular source of patient care and the implications for prostate cancer screening use. Cancer. 2009 Jul 27. PMID: 19637357

Carson SS, Garrett J, Hanson LC, Lanier J, Govert J, Brake MC, Landucci DL, Cox CE, Carey TS. A prognostic model for 1-year mortality in patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation. Crit Care Med, 2008, 36:2061-2069.

Cherrington, A, Ayala G, Amick H, Allison J, Scarinci I, Corbie-Smith G. 2008. “Implementing the Community Health Worker Model within Diabetes Management: Challenges and lessons learned from programs across the United States.” Diabetes Educator, Sept/Oct, 34(5):824-33.

Cherrington A, Ayala GX, Amick H, Scarinci I, Allison J, Corbie-Smith G. 2008. “Applying the Community Health Worker Model to Diabetes Management: Using Mixed Methods to Assess Implementation and Effectiveness”, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Nov; 19(4):1044-59.

Corbie-Smith G, Blumenthal C, Dorrance J, Henderson G., Estroff SE “How Do Investigators Conceptualize Race in their Research?” Journal of National Medical Association, 2008, 100(10): 1235-1243.

G. Corbie-Smith, C. Blumenthal, G. Henderson, J. Garrett, J Bussey-Jones, M. Moloney, R.S. Sandler, S. Williams Lloyd, J. Dorrance, J. Darter. “Studying Genetic Research Participants: Lessons from the ‘Learning About Research in North Carolina’ Study”, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 2008, August 17(8): 2019-24.

Daaleman T, Dobbs D, Williams S, Rawlings J, Hanson LC. Spiritual care at the end of life: an exploratory study of the health care provider perspective. Ann Fam Med, 2008, 6:406-411.

Do YK, Carpenter WR, Spain P, Clark JA, Hamilton RJ, Galanko JA, Jackman A, Talcott JA, Godley PA. Race, healthcare access and physician trust among prostate cancer patients. Cancer Causes Control. 2009 Sep 24. (PMID: 19777359)

Gooden KM, Howard DL, Carpenter WR, Carson AP, Taylor YJ, Peacock S, Godley PA. The effect of hospital and surgeon volume on racial differences in recurrence-free survival after radical prostatectomy. Med Care. 2008 Nov;46(11):1170-6. PMID: 18953228

Hanson LC. Improving access and quality of care for African Americans with advanced cancer. NC Med J, 2009 Mar-Apr;70(2):155-8.

Hanson LC, Garrett J, Lewis C, Phifer N, Jackman A, Carey T. Physicians’ expectations of benefit from tube feeding. J Pall Med, 2008, 11:1130-1134.

Hanson LC, Dobbs D, Williams S, Rawlings J, Daaleman T. Providers and types of spiritual care during serious illness. J Pall Med, 2008, 11:907-914.

Hanson L, Eckert JK, Dobbs D, Williams CS, Caprio AJ, Sloane PD, Zimmerman S. Symptom experience of dying long-term care residents. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 56:91-98, 2008.

Harawa N, Adimora A. Incarceration, African Americans and HIV: advancing a research agenda. J Natl Med Assoc 2008;100(1):57-62.

Khan MR, Miller WC, Schoenbach VJ, Weir SS, Kaufman JS, Wohl DA, et al. Timing and duration of incarceration and high-risk sexual partnerships among African Americans in North Carolina. Ann Epidemiol 2008;18(5):403-10.

Khan MR, Wohl DA, Weir SS, Adimora AA, Moseley C, Norcott K, et al. Incarceration and risky sexual partnerships in a southern US city. J Urban Health 2008;85(1):100-13.

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, 2008, Winter; 68(1):1-6.

Paranjape, A, Corbie-Smith G, Thompson, N, Kaslow, NJ. When older African American women are affected by violence in the home: A qualitative investigation of risk and protective factors. Violence against Women, 2009; 15(8):977-90.

Rokoske FS, Schenck AP, Hanson LC. The potential use of autopsy for quality improvement in hospice and palliative care. The Medscape Journal of Medicine, 2008;10(12):289.

Sloane PD, Zimmerman S, Williams CS, Hanson LC. Dying with dementia in long-term care. Gerontologist, 2008,48: 741-751.

Sloane PD, Zimmerman S, Williams CS, Hanson LC. Dying with dementia in long-term care. Gerontologist. 48:741-51, 2008.

Spain P, Carpenter WR, Talcott JA, Clark JA, Do YK, Hamilton RJ, Galanko JA, Jackman A, Godley PA. Perceived family history risk and symptomatic diagnosis of prostate cancer: the North Carolina Prostate Cancer Outcomes study. Cancer. 2008 Oct 15;113(8):2180-7. PMID: 18798229

Washington HA, Baker RB, Olakanmi O, Savitt TL, Jacobs EA, Hoover E, Wynia MK; Writing Group on the History of African Americans and the Medical Profession, Blanchard J, Boulware LE, Braddock C, Corbie-Smith G, Crawley L, LaVeist TA, Maxey R, Mills C, Moseley KL, Williams DR. Segregation, civil rights, and health disparities: the legacy of African American physicians and organized medicine, 1910-1968. J Natl Med Assoc. 2009 Jun;101(6):513-27.

Williams, S.W., Hanson, L.C., Boyd, C., Green, M., Goldmon, M, Wright, G. & Corbie-Smith, G. Communication, decision making and cancer: What African Americans want physicians to know. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2008, Nov;11(9):1221-6.

 


Publications (July 2007 - June 30, 2008)


Akers AY, Bernstein LB, Doyle J, Corbie-Smith G. Older Women and HIV Testing: Examining the Relationship between HIV Testing History, Age and Lifetime HIV Risk Behaviors. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2008, Apr;35(4):420-423.

Dan Carrizosa and Paul Godley. Epidemiology and Screening of Renal Cell Carcinoma. edited by Brian Rini and Steven Campbell. Published by BC Decker Inc. Hamilton, Ontario. Anticipated 2009. 10 pages.

Castel LD, Saville BR, Depuy V, Godley, P.A., Harmann KE, Abernethy AP. Racial differences in pain during 1 year among women with metastatic breast cancer: a hazards analysis of interval-censored data. Cancer. 2008 Jan 1; 112( 1): 162-70.

Cherrington A, Ayala GX, Amick H, Scarinci I, Allison J, Corbie-Smith G. 2008. “Applying the Community Health Worker Model to Diabetes Management: Using Mixed Methods to Assess Implementation and Effectiveness”, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, in press (Nov)

Cherrington, A, Ayala G, Amick H, Allison J, Scarinci I, Corbie-Smith G. 2008. “Applying the Community Health Worker Model to Diabetes Management: Implementation and Effectiveness”, Diabetes Educator, in press (Sept/Oct)

Cherrington A, Corbie-Smith G, Pathman DE, Do adults who believe in periodic health examinations receive more clinical preventive services? Preventive Medicine, 2007 Oct; 45(4):282-9.

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, C. Blumenthal, G. Henderson, J. Garrett, J Bussey-Jones, M. Moloney, R.S. Sandler, S. Williams Lloyd, J. Dorrance, J. Darter. “Studying Genetic Research Participants: Lessons from the ‘Learning About Research in North Carolina’ Study”, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 2008, August 17(8): 2019-24.

Durant R, Davis R, St. George DM, Williams IC, Blumenthal C, Corbie-Smith G, “Participation in Research Studies: Factors Associated with Failing to Meet Minority Recruitment Goals,” American Journal of Epidemiology, 2007 Aug;17(8):634-42

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).

Ford C, Konrad TR, Godette DC, Corbie-Smith G, Acceptance of routine ELISA testing among black women STD patients: Relationship to patient-provider racial Concordance, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Mar 2008;35(3): 211-3.

Kyna Gooden, Daniel Howard, William Carpenter, April Carson, Yhenneko Jallah and Paul Godley. The Effect of Hospital and Surgeon Volume on Racial Differences in Recurrence-free Survival Following Radical Prostatectomy. Medical Care. 2008. (In press.)

Gooden K, Howard DL, Carpenter WR, Carson AP, Taylor YJ, Peacock S, Schenck A, Godley PA.  "The Effect of Hospital and Physician Volume on Racial Differences in Survival Following Radical Prostatectomy." Medical Care.  In Press, 2007.

Henderson G, Garrett J, Bussey-Jones J, Moloney ME, Blumenthal C, Corbie-Smith, G. Great Expectations: Views of genetic research participants regarding current and future genetic studies. Genetics in Medicine, 2008 Mar;10(3):193-200.

Kimryn Rathmell, Paul A. Godley. Testicular Cancer. In Netter’s Internal Medicine. Marschall S. Runge, M. Andrew Greganti, editors. Published by Saunders Elsevier, 2009 Philadelphia, PA, page 614.

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, 2008, Winter; 68(1):1-6

Spain, P.C., W.R. Carpenter, J.A. Talcott, J.A. Clark, K.D. Young, R.J. Hamilton, J.A. Galanko, A. Jackman, and P.A. Godley (2008). “Perceived Family History and Symptomatic Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer: The North Carolina Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study.” (In press, Cancer).

Pamela Spain, PhD; William R. Carpenter, MHA, PhD; James A. Talcott, MD, SM; Jack A. Clark, PhD; Young Kyung Do, MD, MPH; Robert J. Hamilton, MD, MPH; Joseph A. Galanko, PhD; Anne Jackman, MSW; and Paul A. Godley, MD, PhD. Perceived Family History, Risk, and Symptomatic Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer: The North Carolina Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study. Cancer, In Press 2008.

Tessa Walker, Daniel L. Howard, Chanetta Washington, Paul Godley, Development of a health sciences library at a historicially black college and university (HBCU): laying the foundation for increased minority health and health disparity research. Journal of the Medical Library Association, Volume 95, No. 4, pp. 439-431,October 2007.

Weinrich, S.P., Hudson, J., Reynolds ,G., Godley, P.A., Tuckson, W., Weinrich, M.C. (2007). Association Between Body Mass Index and Brief Intake of Dietary Consumption of Fats, Vegetables, and Fruits in African American Men. Public Health Nursing. 24(3):217-229.

Williams, S.W., Hanson, L.C., Boyd, C., Green, M., Goldmon, M, Wright, G. & Corbie-Smith, G. 2008. (In Press). Communication, decision making and cancer: What African Americans want physicians to know. Journal of Palliative Medicine, in press.

William Kim, Paul A. Godley, Young Whang. Prostate Cancer. In Netter’s Internal Medicine. Marschall S. Runge, M. Andrew Greganti, editors. Published by Saunders Elsevier, 2009 Philadelphia, PA, page 578.


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.