2024
Adaptation of the socioecological model to address disparities in engagement of Black men in prostate cancer genetic testing
Leader A, Rebbeck T, Oh W, Patel A, Winer E, Bailey L, Gomella L, Lumpkins C, Garraway I, Aiello L, Baskin M, Cheng H, Cooney K, Ganzak A, George D, Halabi S, Hathaway F, Healy C, Kim J, Leapman M, Loeb S, Maxwell K, McNair C, Morgan T, Prindeville B, Soule H, Steward W, Suttiratana S, Taplin M, Yamoah K, Fortune T, Bennett K, Blanding-Godbolt J, Gross L, Giri V. Adaptation of the socioecological model to address disparities in engagement of Black men in prostate cancer genetic testing. BMC Public Health 2024, 24: 2533. PMID: 39289635, PMCID: PMC11409532, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20008-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocioecological modelGermline testingHealthcare institutionsCancer genetic testingHereditary cancer implicationsEquity frameworkBlack malesCancer screeningReduce disparitiesBackgroundBlack menCommunity liaisonCommunity stakeholdersMixed-methods approachOvercome barriersImprovement PartnershipCommunity eventsCascade testingModified Delphi modelRate of prostate cancerGenetic testingCancer implicationsEducation programsBlack menEquitable strategiesIncreased engagement
2022
Differences in Cancer Screening Responses to State Medicaid Expansions by Race and Ethnicity, 2011‒2019.
Friedman AS, Thomas S, Suttiratana SC. Differences in Cancer Screening Responses to State Medicaid Expansions by Race and Ethnicity, 2011‒2019. American Journal Of Public Health 2022, 112: 1630-1639. PMID: 36223588, PMCID: PMC9558180, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2022.307027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer screeningMedicaid expansionRace/ethnicityPap testingHispanic womenBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System dataNon-Hispanic Asian womenNon-Hispanic white womenColorectal cancer screeningSurveillance System dataEffect modification analysisState Medicaid expansionsFederal poverty guidelinesColorectal screeningPapanicolaou testInsurance statusEffect modificationNonexpansion statesWhite womenAsian womenPoverty guidelinesWomenSignificant increaseMammographyScreening