2021
Evaluating the Impact of Wellness Days on Enrollment of Underserved Women in the Connecticut Early Detection and Prevention Program
Pratte MA, Ogazi C, Vozzolo C, Wright D, Griffin A. Evaluating the Impact of Wellness Days on Enrollment of Underserved Women in the Connecticut Early Detection and Prevention Program. Health Promotion Practice 2021, 23: 375-377. PMID: 33969727, DOI: 10.1177/15248399211013814.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWellness daysPrevention programsEarly detectionChronic disease preventionPreventive health servicesEssential preventive servicesOngoing evaluation effortsUnderserved womenPapanicolaou testPreventive servicesChronic diseasesCardiovascular diseaseWomen's healthHealth educationDisease preventionHealth servicesFederal poverty thresholdWomenUnderserved communitiesMinority womenHealth assessmentDiseaseDaysHealthCancer
2018
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cervical Cancer Screening Services Among Contractors of the Connecticut Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
Pratte MA, Griffin A, Ogazi C, Yurasevecz S, Blanks CA, McCooey L, Kaufman JS. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cervical Cancer Screening Services Among Contractors of the Connecticut Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. Health Equity 2018, 2: 30-36. PMID: 29696243, PMCID: PMC5909280, DOI: 10.1089/heq.2017.0038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCervical Cancer Early Detection ProgramCervical cancer screening servicesCancer Early Detection ProgramCancer screening servicesEarly Detection ProgramScreening servicesExact testEthnic disparitiesRacial/Ethnic DisparitiesConsistency of careFisher's exact testDetection programSignificant differencesRace/ethnicity disparitiesRace/ethnicity groupsCervical cancerEthnic minority womenHispanic womenEthnicity disparitiesEthnic groupsSecondary analysisChi-squareWomenEthnicity groupsMinority women
2013
Children Exposed to the Arrest of a Family Member: Associations with Mental Health
Roberts YH, Snyder FJ, Kaufman JS, Finley MK, Griffin A, Anderson J, Marshall T, Radway S, Stack V, Crusto CA. Children Exposed to the Arrest of a Family Member: Associations with Mental Health. Journal Of Child And Family Studies 2013, 23: 214-224. PMID: 24829537, PMCID: PMC4016966, DOI: 10.1007/s10826-013-9717-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental healthFamily membersChild mental healthRace/ethnicityMental health challengesChild healthImpact of exposureCaregiver educationDevelopmental periodHealth challengesPTE exposureChild's ageBaseline dataArrestChildrenHealthExposureTraumatic eventsDifferent developmental periodsMultiple regression model resultsAgeFamily-based systemAssociationHousehold incomeEmotional challenges
2012
Exposure to Traumatic Events and the Behavioral Health of Children Enrolled in an Early Childhood System of Care
Snyder FJ, Roberts YH, Crusto CA, Connell CM, Griffin A, Finley MK, Radway S, Marshall T, Kaufman JS. Exposure to Traumatic Events and the Behavioral Health of Children Enrolled in an Early Childhood System of Care. Journal Of Traumatic Stress 2012, 25: 700-704. PMID: 23225035, PMCID: PMC3526816, DOI: 10.1002/jts.21756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTraumatic eventsYoung childrenRisk sampleEmotional challengesTraumatic event exposureMultiple regression model resultsBehavioral healthCurrent cross-sectional studyBehavioral functioningTraumatic exposureEvent exposureEmotional functioningChild's ageCross-sectional studyYears of ageMental health systemSemistructured interviewsSystems of careEarly childhoodChildren's exposureRace/ethnicityChildrenFunctioningCaregiver educationYounger age
2003
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