| prevalence of major risk factors and use of screening tests for cancer in the united states. | much of the suffering and death from cancer could be prevented by more systematic efforts to reduce tobacco use, improve diet, increase physical activity, reduce obesity, and expand the use of established screening tests. monitoring the prevalence of cancer risk factors and screening is important to measure progress and strengthen cancer prevention and early detection efforts. in this review article, we provide recent prevalence estimates for several cancer risk factors, including tobacco, obesi ... | 2015 | 25834147 |
| knowledge of hpv in west virginia high school health students and the effects of an educational tool. | study objective: to assess the knowledge of human papillomavirus (hpv) in west virginia high school students, create an educational dvd that could be used as a supplement to health class, and evaluate whether our intervention increases student knowledge of hpv. design: prospective, randomized experimental design with analysis of questionnaire data. setting: west virginia high school health class. participants: a total of 626 students participated. interventions: hpv educational dvd designed by h ... | 2011 | 21600809 |
| assessing the burden of hpv-related cancers in appalachia. | appalachia is a geographic region with existing cancer disparities, yet little is known about its burden of hpv-related cancers outside of cervical cancer. we assessed the burden of hpv-related cancers in three appalachian states and made comparisons to non-appalachian regions. we examined 1996-2008 cancer registry data for ohio, kentucky, west virginia and the surveillance, epidemiology and end results (seer) 9 program. for each gender, we calculated age-adjusted incidence rates per 100,000 pop ... | 2013 | 23143774 |
| designing for dissemination: lessons in message design from "1-2-3 pap". | despite a large number of evidence-based health communication interventions tested in private, public, and community health settings, there is a dearth of research on successful secondary dissemination of these interventions to other audiences. this article presents the case study of "1-2-3 pap," a health communication intervention to improve human papillomavirus (hpv) vaccination uptake and pap testing outcomes in eastern kentucky, and explores strategies used to disseminate this intervention t ... | 2015 | 25470444 |