This collection showcases publications authored by UMass Medical School researchers who specialize in women’s health.
Publications from 2000
Promoting mammography: results of a randomized trial of telephone counseling and a medical practice intervention, Mary E. Costanza, Anne M. Stoddard, Roger S. Luckmann, Mary Jo White, Jill S. Avrunin, and Lynn Clemow
A longitudinal study of weight and the menopause transition: results from the Massachusetts Women's Health Study, Sybil L. Crawford, V A Casey, Nancy E. Avis, and S M McKinlay
Predictors of adherence to behavior change interventions in the elderly, S. Nicole Culos-Reed, W. Jack Rejeski, Edward McAuley, Judith K. Ockene, and Debra L. Roter
Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents, Joseph R. DiFranza, Nancy A. Rigotti, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Judith A. Savageau, Dorothy M. St. Cyr, and Mardia A. Coleman
Brassica vegetable consumption shifts estrogen metabolism in healthy postmenopausal women, Jay H. Fowke, Christopher Longcope, and James R. Hebert
Using data to evaluate hospital inpatient mortality, Patricia D. Franklin and James P. Legault
Using data to reduce hospital readmissions, Patricia D. Franklin, Cheryl M. Noetscher, Mark E. Murphy, and Ronald J. Lagoe
The importance of health insurance as a determinant of cancer screening: evidence from the Women's Health Initiative, Judith Hsia, Elizabeth Kemper, Catarina I. Kiefe, Jane G. Zapka, Shoshanna Sofaer, Mary Pettinger, Deborah Bowen, Marian C. Limacher, Linda Lillington, and Ellen Mason
Is insurance a more important determinant of healthcare access than perceived health? Evidence from the Women's Health Initiative, Judith Hsia, Elizabeth Kemper, Shoshanna Sofaer, Deborah Bowen, Catarina I. Kiefe, Jane G. Zapka, Ellen Mason, Linda Lillington, and Marian C. Limacher
An electronic menstrual cycle calendar: comparison of data quality with a paper version, Catherine B. Johannes, Sybil L. Crawford, Judith Woods, Robert B. Goldstein, Dinh Tran, Sandhya Mehrotra, Kevin B. Johnson, and Nanette Santoro
An investigation of the impacts of different generalizability study designs on estimates of variance components and generalizability coefficients, L. A. Keller, Kathleen M. Mazor, H. Swaminathan, and Michele P. Pugnaire
Weight gain continues in the 1990s: 10-year trends in weight and overweight from the CARDIA study. Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults, Cora E. Lewis, David R. Jacobs, Heather McCreath, Catarina I. Kiefe, Pamela J. Schreiner, Delia E. Smith, and O. Dale Williams
American Women Physicians in 2000: A History in Progress, Ellen S. More and Marilyn Greer
Membrane cytoskeleton: PIP(2) pulls the strings, Thomas Nebl, Sang W. Oh, and Elizabeth J. Luna
Relapse and maintenance issues for smoking cessation, Judith K. Ockene, Karen M. Emmons, Robin J. Mermelstein, Kenneth A. Perkins, Debra Bonollo, Carolyn C. Voorhees, and Jack F. Hollis
Provider education to promote implementation of clinical practice guidelines, Judith K. Ockene and Jane G. Zapka
Nicotine replacement prescription practices of obstetric and pediatric clinicians, Cheryl A. Oncken, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Jane G. Zapka, and Anne M. Stoddard
Mutant Rac1B expression in Dictyostelium: effects on morphology, growth, endocytosis, development, and the actin cytoskeleton, S. J. Palmieri, Thomas Nebl, Robert K. Pope, D. J. Seastone, E. Lee, E. H. Hinchcliffe, Greenfield Sluder, D. Knecht, J. Cardelli, and Elizabeth J. Luna
Regulation of the promoter for human immunoglobulin gamma3 germ-line transcription and its interaction with the 3'alpha enhancer, Q. Pan, C. Petit-Frere, Janet Stavnezer, and L. Hammarstrom
Development of a state wide tobacco treatment specialist training and certification programme for Massachusetts, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Beth M. Ewy, Ellen Sachs Leicher, and Donna D. Warner
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Michele P. Pugnaire
Expanding the "standardized family" across three clerkships: a model for creating an interdisciplinary core curriculum in primary care, Michele P. Pugnaire, Frank J. Domino, and Eric J. Alper
Prevalence and co-occurrence of health risk behaviors among high-risk drinkers in a primary care population, Milagros C. Rosal, Judith K. Ockene, Thomas G. Hurley, and Sarah Reiff
Evidence for class-specific factors in immunoglobulin isotype switching, A. Shanmugam, M. J. Shi, L. Yauch, Janet Stavnezer, and A. L. Kenter
Dietary adherence: characteristics and interventions, Aurora M. Sherman, Deborah J. Bowen, Mara Z. Vitolins, Michael G. Perri, Milagros C. Rosal, Mary Ann Sevick, and Judith K. Ockene
Immunology. A touch of antibody class, Janet Stavnezer
Outreach to Public Health Professionals: Lessons Learned from a Collaborative Iowa Public Health Project, Linda J. Walton, Seana Hasson, Faith V. Ross, and Elaine Russo Martin
The HRAS1 minisatellite locus and risk of ovarian cancer, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Shaofeng Ding, Gary P. Larson, Rebecca A. Nelson, Annekathryn Goodman, Edward C. Grendys, Harrison G. Ball III, and Theodore G. Krontiris
Emergency postcoital contraception, Randy E. Wertheimer
Smoking cessation counseling with pregnant and postpartum women: a survey of community health center providers, Jane G. Zapka, Lori Pbert, Anne M. Stoddard, Judith K. Ockene, Karin V. Goins, and Debra Bonollo
Publications from 1999
Incest and other harms to daughters across cultures: Maternal complicity and patriarchal power, Lucy M. Candib
The effectiveness of using standardized patients to improve community physician skills in mammography counseling and clinical breast exam, Mary E. Costanza, Roger Luckmann, Mark E. Quirk, Lynn Clemow, Mary Jo White, and Anne M. Stoddard
Safety and efficacy of using a single agent or a phase II agent before instituting standard combination chemotherapy in previously untreated metastatic breast cancer patients: report of a randomized study--Cancer and Leukemia Group B 8642, Mary E. Costanza, R. B. Weiss, I. C. Henderson, L. Norton, D. A. Berry, C. Cirrincione, E. Winer, W. C. Wood, E. Frei 3rd, O. R. McIntyre, and R. L. Schilsky
Health-related quality of life and symptom profiles of female survivors of sexual abuse, L. Miriam Dickinson, Frank Verloin deGruy, W. Perry Dickinson, and Lucy M. Candib
The Local Perspective: Health Care Delivery in Syracuse, NY, Patricia D. Franklin
Interaction and functional cooperation of PEBP2/CBF with Smads. Synergistic induction of the immunoglobulin germline Calpha promoter, J. Hanai, L. F. Chen, T. Kanno, N. Ohtani-Fujita, W. Y. Kim, W. H. Guo, T. Imamura, Y. Ishidou, M. Fukuchi, M. J. Shi, Janet Stavnezer, M. Kawabata, K. Miyazono, and Y. Ito
Public Health Professionals in the Midwest: a Profile of Connectivity and Information Technology Skills, S. M. Hollander and Elaine Russo Martin
The effect of a domestic violence interclerkship on the knowledge, attitudes, and skills of third-year medical students, Julie A. Jonassen, Michele P. Pugnaire, Kathleen M. Mazor, Mary Beth Regan, E. W. Jacobson, Wendy L. Gammon, D. G. Doepel, and A. J. Cohen
The standardized family: a cross-institutional effort to standardize the ambulatory clerkship experience, S. L. Leong, Michele P. Pugnaire, and T. P. Agresta
Cost reduction and outcome improvement in the intensive care unit, William H. Marx, Nancy L. DeMaintenon, Katherine F. Mooney, Michael L. Mascia, Joseph Medicis, Patricia D. Franklin, Edward Sivak, and Leo Rotello
The dependability of students' ratings of preceptors, Kathleen M. Mazor, B. Clauser, A. J. Cohen, Eric J. Alper, and Michele P. Pugnaire
Regulation of F-actin binding to platelet moesin in vitro by both phosphorylation of threonine 558 and polyphosphatidylinositides, F. Nakamura, L. Huang, Kersi N. Pestonjamasp, Elizabeth J. Luna, and H. Furthmayr
Effect of physician-delivered nutrition counseling training and an office-support program on saturated fat intake, weight, and serum lipid measurements in a hyperlipidemic population: Worcester Area Trial for Counseling in Hyperlipidemia (WATCH), Ira S. Ockene, James R. Hebert, Judith K. Ockene, Gordon M. Saperia, Edward J. Stanek III, Robert J. Nicolosi, Philip A. Merriam, and Thomas G. Hurley
Brief physician- and nurse practitioner-delivered counseling for high-risk drinkers: does it work, Judith K. Ockene, Abigail Adams, Thomas G. Hurley, Elizabeth V. Wheeler, and James R. Hebert
The patient exit interview as an assessment of physician-delivered smoking intervention: a validation study, Lori Pbert, Abigail Adams, Mark E. Quirk, James R. Hebert, Judith K. Ockene, and Rose S. Luippold
Ialpha exon-replacement mice synthesize a spliced HPRT-C(alpha) transcript which may explain their ability to switch to IgA. Inhibition of switching to IgG in these mice, G. Qiu, G. R. Harriman, and Janet Stavnezer
An automated telephone-based smoking cessation education and counseling system, Harley Z. Ramelson, Robert H. Friedman, and Judith K. Ockene
Reduced isotype switching in splenic B cells from mice deficient in mismatch repair enzymes, Carol E. Schrader, Winifred Edelmann, R. Kucherlapati, and Janet Stavnezer
Switch recombination in a transfected plasmid occurs preferentially in a B cell line that undergoes switch recombination of its chromosomal Ig heavy chain genes, Janet Stavnezer, Sean P. Bradley, Norman Rousseau, Todd Pearson, Ananth Shanmugam, Debra J. Waite, Paul R. Rogers, and Amy L. Kenter
Domain analysis of supervillin, an F-actin bundling plasma membrane protein with functional nuclear localization signals, J. D. Wulfkuhle, I. E. Donina, N. H. Stark, Robert K. Pope, Kersi N. Pestonjamasp, M. L. Niswonger, and Elizabeth J. Luna
The perceptions and practices of pediatricians: tobacco intervention, Jane G. Zapka, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Susan Druker, Judith K. Ockene, and Liping Chen
Publications from 1998
Alcohol counseling: physicians will do it, Abigail Adams, Judith K. Ockene, Elizabeth V. Wheeler, and Thomas G. Hurley
Comparing the history-taking methods used during a preanesthesia visit: the HealthQuiz versus the written questionnaire, Richard A. Beers, Colleen E. O'Leary, and Patricia D. Franklin
A first-year minicurriculum on TIA/stroke, Susan Billings-Gagliardi, Nancy M. Fontneau, and Michele P. Pugnaire
Ways of knowing in family medicine: contributions from a feminist perspective. 1988, Lucy M. Candib
Complex posttraumatic stress disorder: evidence from the primary care setting, L. Miriam Dickinson, Frank Verloin deGruy, W. Perry Dickinson, and Lucy M. Candib
Profile of women 45 years of age and younger with endometrial cancer, Elaine R. Evans-Metcalf, Sandra E. Brooks, Frank R. Reale, and Stephen P. Baker
Gender differences among smokers and quitters in the Working Well Trial, Ellen R. Gritz, Beti Thompson, Karen M. Emmons, Judith K. Ockene, Dale F. McLerran, and Ingrid R. Nielsen
Merlin differs from moesin in binding to F-actin and in its intra- and intermolecular interactions, L. Huang, E. Ichimaru, Kersi N. Pestonjamasp, X. Cui, H. Nakamura, G. Y. Lo, F. I. Lin, Elizabeth J. Luna, and H. Furthmayr
Interrelationships among disablement concepts, A M Jette, S F Assmann, D Rooks, B A Harris, and Sybil L. Crawford
The ability of CD40L, but not lipopolysaccharide, to initiate immunoglobulin switching to immunoglobulin G1 is explained by differential induction of NF-kappaB/Rel proteins, S. C. Lin, H. H. Wortis, and Janet Stavnezer
F-actin blot overlays, Elizabeth J. Luna
Menopause: Demographic Aspects, Sonja M. McKinlay and Sybil L. Crawford
Physician-based smoking intervention: a rededication to a five-step strategy to smoking research, Judith K. Ockene and Jane G. Zapka
Supervillin (p205): A novel membrane-associated, F-actin-binding protein in the villin/gelsolin superfamily, Kersi N. Pestonjamasp, Robert K. Pope, J. D. Wulfkuhle, and Elizabeth J. Luna
Cloning, characterization, and chromosomal localization of human superillin (SVIL), Robert K. Pope, Kersi N. Pestonjamasp, Kelly P. Smith, J. D. Wulfkuhle, C. P. Strassel, Jeanne B. Lawrence, and Elizabeth J. Luna
Overexpression of BSAP/Pax-5 inhibits switching to IgA and enhances switching to IgE in the I.29 mu B cell line, G. Qiu and Janet Stavnezer
Reporting of gender-related information in clinical trials of drug therapy for myocardial infarction., Paula A. Rochon, Jocalyn P. Clark, Malcolm A. Binns, Vishal Patel, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Effectiveness of nicotine-containing gum in the Physician-Delivered Smoking Intervention Study, Milagros C. Rosal, Judith K. Ockene, Thomas G. Hurley, Kathryn L. Kalan, and James R. Hebert
Interaction of stat6 and NF-kappaB: direct association and synergistic activation of interleukin-4-induced transcription, Ching-Hung Shen and Janet Stavnezer
CBF alpha3 (AML2) is induced by TGF-beta1 to bind and activate the mouse germline Ig alpha promoter, M. J. Shi and Janet Stavnezer
The effects of a health promotion-health protection intervention on behavior change: the WellWorks Study, Glorian Sorensen, Anne M. Stoddard, Mary K. Hunt, James R. Hebert, Judith K. Ockene, Jill S. Avrunin, Jay S. Himmelstein, and S. Katharine Hammond
Underusers of mammogram screening: stage of adoption in five U.S. subpopulations. The NCI Breast Cancer Screening Consortium, Anne M. Stoddard, Barbara K. Rimer, Dorothy S. Lane, Sarah A. Fox, Isaac Lipkus, Roger S. Luckmann, Jill S. Avrunin, S. Sprachman, Mary E. Costanza, and Nicole Urban
Health characteristics and medical service use patterns of sheltered homeless and low-income housed mothers, Linda F. Weinreb, Robert J. Goldberg, and Jennifer N. Perloff
Publications from 1997
The effect of Medicare reimbursement for screening mammography on utilization and payment. National Cancer Institute Breast Cancer Screening Consortium, N. Breen, E. J. Feuer, S. Depuy, Jane G. Zapka, and Mary E. Costanza
Test-retest reliability of self-reported disability measures in older adults, Sybil L. Crawford, A M Jette, and S L Tennstedt
Use of the nicotine skin patch by smokers in 20 communities in the United States, 1992-1993, K. Michael Cummings, Andrew Hyland, Judith K. Ockene, Norman Hymowitz, and Marc Manley
The effects of health care reforms on job satisfaction and voluntary turnover among hospital-based nurses, Harriet Davidson, P H Folcarelli, Sybil L. Crawford, L J Duprat, and J C Clifford
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Stephen J. Heishman, David J. K. Balfour, Neal L. Benowitz, Dorothy K. Hatsukami, Jon M. Lindstrom, and Judith K. Ockene
CD40 cross-linking induces Ig epsilon germline transcripts in B cells via activation of NF-kappaB: synergy with IL-4 induction, L. A. Iciek, S. A. Delphin, and Janet Stavnezer
Interviewer effects in a cohort study. Results from the Massachusetts Women's Health Study, Catherine B. Johannes, Sybil L. Crawford, and John B. McKinlay
An interclerkship course on domestic abuse, Julie A. Jonassen, D. G. Doepel, and Michele P. Pugnaire
American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of breast cancer: update 1997, A. M. Leitch, G. D. Dodd, Mary E. Costanza, M. Linver, P. Pressman, L. McGinnis, and R. A. Smith
Delivering Health Information Services and Technologies to Urban Community Health Centers: the Chicago AIDS Outreach Project, Elaine Russo Martin, C. McDaniels, Javier Crespo, and Don Lanier
Strategies to increase the number and the quality of innovations in Medical Education Grants (IMEGs), Judith K. Ockene, Debra Bonollo, and Donna M. Qualters
Tobacco control activities of primary-care physicians in the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation. COMMIT Research Group, Judith K. Ockene, Elizabeth A. Lindsay, Norman Hymowitz, Carol Giffen, Ted Purcell, Paul R. Pomrehn, and Terry F. Pechacek
Provider training for patient-centered alcohol counseling in a primary care setting, Judith K. Ockene, Elizabeth V. Wheeler, Abigail Adams, Thomas G. Hurley, and James R. Hebert
Changing provider behaviour: provider education and training, Judith K. Ockene and Jane G. Zapka
Confirmatory analysis of opinions regarding the pros and cons of mammography, William Rakowski, M. Robyn Andersen, Anne M. Stoddard, Nicole Urban, Barbara K. Rimer, Dorothy S. Lane, Sarah A. Fox, and Mary E. Costanza
Gender, social pressure, and smoking cessations: the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) at baseline, Jacqueline M. Royce, Kitty Corbett, Glorian Sorensen, and Judith K. Ockene
Cognate T cell help for CD40-deficient B cells induces c-myc RNA expression, but DNA synthesis requires an additional signal through surface Ig, Carol E. Schrader, Janet Stavnezer, H. Kikutani, and D. C. Parker
Understanding the variability in the effectiveness of community heart health programs: a meta-analysis, Deborah E. Sellers, Sybil L. Crawford, Karen Bullock, and John B. McKinlay
Lung cancer mortality after 16 years in MRFIT participants in intervention and usual-care groups. Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial, B. Jessica Shaten, Lewis H. Kuller, Marcus O. Kjelsberg, Jeremiah Stamler, Judith K. Ockene, Jeffrey A. Cutler, and Jerome D. Cohen
Publications from 1996
Does collecting repeated blood samples from each subject improve the precision of estimated steroid hormone levels, Donald J. Brambilla, Sonja M. McKinlay, John B. McKinlay, S R Weiss, Catherine B. Johannes, Sybil L. Crawford, and Christopher Longcope
Thickened endometrial stripe and/or endometrial fluid as a marker of pathology: fact or fancy, Sandra E. Brooks, M. Yeatts-Peterson, Stephen P. Baker, and Karen L. Reuter
An interdisciplinary course on domestic and family violence, Julie A. Jonassen, T. N. Burwick, and Michele P. Pugnaire
Activation of NF-kappaB/Rel by CD40 engagement induces the mouse germ line immunoglobulin Cgamma1 promoter, S. C. Lin and Janet Stavnezer
Networking Consumer Health Information: Bringing the Patient into the Medical Information Loop, Elaine Russo Martin and Don Lanier
Empathy as a Hermeneutic Practice, Ellen S. More
Effect of training and a structured office practice on physician-delivered nutrition counseling: the Worcester-Area Trial for Counseling in Hyperlipidemia (WATCH), Ira S. Ockene, James R. Hebert, Judith K. Ockene, Philip A. Merriam, Thomas G. Hurley, and Gordon M. Saperia