2012
Developing an integrated strategy to reduce ethnic and racial disparities in the delivery of clinical preventive services for older Americans.
Shenson D, Adams M, Bolen J, Wooten K, Clough J, Giles WH, Anderson L. Developing an integrated strategy to reduce ethnic and racial disparities in the delivery of clinical preventive services for older Americans. American Journal Of Public Health 2012, 102: e44-50. PMID: 22698041, PMCID: PMC3464841, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2012.300701.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemBlack or African AmericanColonoscopyDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHealthcare DisparitiesHispanic or LatinoHumansMaleMammographyPapanicolaou TestPreventive Health ServicesVaccinationVaginal SmearsWhite PeopleConceptsClinical preventive servicesColorectal cancer screeningPapanicolaou testCancer screeningPreventive servicesBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemRisk Factor Surveillance SystemOlder AmericansPublic health focusRace/ethnicityOnly vaccinationPneumococcal vaccinationAdult immunizationSpecific vaccinationPrimary careHispanic adultsEthnic disparitiesHealth focusVaccinationRacial disparitiesSurveillance systemScreeningAdultsDisparitiesLevels
2011
Routine checkups don't ensure that seniors get preventive services.
Shenson D, Adams M, Bolen J, Anderson L. Routine checkups don't ensure that seniors get preventive services. The Journal Of Family Practice 2011, 60: e1-e10. PMID: 21209970.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBreast NeoplasmsColorectal NeoplasmsDiagnostic Tests, RoutineFamily PracticeFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHealth Services for the AgedHumansInfluenza, HumanMaleMass ScreeningPatient Acceptance of Health CarePatient Education as TopicPneumococcal InfectionsPreventive Health ServicesUnited StatesUterine Cervical NeoplasmsConceptsClinical preventive servicesPreventive servicesRoutine checkupAdults age 65Recent checkupAge 65Personal health care providerAdults age 65 yearsBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemRisk Factor Surveillance SystemRoutine medical checkupAge 65 yearsHealth care providersHealth care accessPercentage of adultsRace/ethnicityPneumococcal diseaseMedical checkupBreast cancerCare accessCare providersCheckupDistrict of ColumbiaTelephone surveyHigh access
2007
Routine Preventive Services for Older Women A Composite Measure Highlights Gaps in Delivery
Bolen J, Adams M, Shenson D. Routine Preventive Services for Older Women A Composite Measure Highlights Gaps in Delivery. Journal Of Women's Health 2007, 16: 583-593. PMID: 17627396, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.cdc5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemBreast NeoplasmsColorectal NeoplasmsEthnicityFemaleHealth BehaviorHealth Services AccessibilityHumansInfluenza VaccinesMass ScreeningMiddle AgedPneumococcal VaccinesPrimary PreventionSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesUterine Cervical NeoplasmsWomen's HealthWomen's Health ServicesConceptsBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemPercentage of womenPreventive servicesRisk Factor Surveillance SystemRoutine preventive servicesClinical preventive servicesScreening of womenComposite measureRace/ethnicityPneumococcal vaccinationCervical cancerColorectal cancerCancer screeningInsurance statusBreast cancerOlder womenHealth statusU.S. womenVaccinationConsiderable geographic variationWomenCancerMarriage statusSurveillance systemHighlight gaps
2005
Validation of self-reported pneumococcal vaccination in behavioral risk factor surveillance surveys: experience from the sickness prevention achieved through regional collaboration (SPARC) program
Shenson D, DiMartino D, Bolen J, Campbell M, Lu P, Singleton J. Validation of self-reported pneumococcal vaccination in behavioral risk factor surveillance surveys: experience from the sickness prevention achieved through regional collaboration (SPARC) program. Vaccine 2005, 23: 1015-1020. PMID: 15620474, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.07.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemPneumococcal vaccination statusPneumococcal vaccinationVaccination statusBRFSS surveyBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SurveySelf-reported pneumococcal vaccinationRisk Factor Surveillance SurveyRisk Factor Surveillance SystemPneumococcal polysaccharide vaccineLocal health care agencyPopulation-based surveyPrimary surveillance toolSickness preventionHealth care agenciesPneumococcal immunizationPolysaccharide vaccineMedical recordsMedicare claimsSurveillance SurveyFour-county areaSubset of respondentsCare agenciesSurveillance toolVaccination