Objectives: To expand the literature documenting that tobacco use inequities persist and continue to increase for minoritized youth populations by exploring patterns of tobacco use across multiple intersections of sexual, gender, racial, and ethnic identities. Studies with this focus are needed to understand the degree to which tobacco use varies across groups who hold multiple minoritized identities.
Methods: The current study used a novel analytical approach- Exhaustive Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detection - to examine lifetime cigarette use among a U.
Background: In the United States, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among 27- to 45-y-olds (mid-adults) is recommended based on shared clinical decision making with a health care provider. We developed a patient decision aid tool to support the implementation of this mid-adult HPV vaccination guideline. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a patient decision aid tool for HPV vaccination, HPV DECIDE, compared with an information fact sheet among mid-adults who have not received the HPV vaccine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the United States, HPV vaccination is available for unvaccinated 27 to 45 year olds based on a shared clinical decision with a health care provider. Since the implementation of the guideline, little has been known about provider perceptions of this recommendation. The purpose of this study was to elucidate health care provider perspectives on HPV vaccination for 27 to 45 year olds in the United States.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To design, develop, and field test the HPV Decide decision tool to facilitate shared clinical decision-making recommendation for mid-adult HPV vaccination.
Methods: The 'HPV Decide' online tool was developed through a 6-step process, involving community and provider advisory boards, usability testing with 10 end users (unvaccinated adults aged 27-45), field testing interviews with another 10, and interviews with 18 healthcare providers. The process incorporated both inductive and deductive qualitative data analyses.
The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of discrimination during prostate cancer treatment and assess the association with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a cohort of gay and bisexual men (GBM) prostate cancer survivors. This is a cross-sectional analysis of the 24-month follow-up survey from the clinical trial that tested the effectiveness of an online rehabilitation program tailored for GBM prostate cancer survivors in the U.S.
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