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
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
2001
Pneumococcal Immunizations at Flu Clinics: The Impact of CommunityampHyphen;Wide Outreach
Shenson D, Quinley J, DiMartino D, Stumpf P, Caldwell M, Lee T. Pneumococcal Immunizations at Flu Clinics: The Impact of CommunityampHyphen;Wide Outreach. Journal Of Community Health 2001, 26: 191-201. PMID: 11478565, DOI: 10.1023/a:1010321128990.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCommunity Health CentersCommunity NetworksCommunity-Institutional RelationsHumansImmunization ProgramsInfluenza VaccinesInfluenza, HumanMarketing of Health ServicesMedicareNew YorkOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePatient Acceptance of Health CarePersuasive CommunicationPhysicians' OfficesPneumococcal VaccinesPublic Health AdministrationConceptsFlu clinicsPneumococcal immunizationPneumococcal vaccinationMedicare beneficiariesPneumococcal vaccination ratesMedicare reimbursement dataInfluenza immunizationPneumococcal vaccineImmunization clinicsVaccination ratesSuch clinicsImmunizationClinicReimbursement dataZip code areasOutreach campaignsVaccinationSignificant additive effectDutchess CountyAdditive effectOutreach strategiesCode areasAnnual ratePrevious yearTarget area