Publications by authors named "Karen Debrot"
Article Synopsis
- During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, some CDC-funded cancer screening programs managed to maintain screening volumes for breast and cervical cancer despite challenges posed by high state COVID-19 positivity rates.
- A multi-case study involving 22 interviews highlighted the actions these successful programs took, such as streamlining administrative processes, enhancing patient safety protocols, and improving patient engagement through education and reminders.
- The findings offer valuable insights for future emergency planning and routine operations in cancer screening and healthcare programs, emphasizing the importance of adaptability during crises.
Purpose: The ads from the first federally funded national tobacco education campaign, Tips From Former Smokers (Tips), considerably increased quitline calls nationwide. This study evaluates the effect of Tips on state-specific quitline calls.
Design: Precampaign, during-campaign, and postcampaign comparison; regression modeling.
Trends in Quit Attempts Among Adult Cigarette Smokers - United States, 2001-2013.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
October 2015
What is already known on this topic? Quitting smoking is beneficial to health at any age, and cigarette smokers who quit before age 35 years have mortality rates similar to those of persons who never smoked. What is added by this report?During 2001–2010, the proportion of adult cigarette smokers who had made a quit attempt in the past year increased significantly in 29 states and the U.S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Consumption of fruit and vegetables among children is generally below recommended levels. This evaluation addressed two questions: (1) To what extent did children's attitudes toward, familiarity with, and preferences for fruit and vegetables change during the school year? and (2) To what extent did children's consumption of fruit and vegetables change during the school year?
Methods: During the 2004-2005 school year, the Mississippi Department of Education, Child Nutrition Programs initiated a pilot program to distribute free fruit and vegetables to students (kindergarten through 12th grade) during the school day. Data were collected in 2004-2005 within a one-group pretest/posttest design using a self-report questionnaire (n=725) and 24-hour dietary recalls (n=207) with a sample of students from five schools in Mississippi.