The ConNECT Framework: a model for advancing behavioral medicine science and practice to foster health equity

KI Alcaraz, J Sly, K Ashing, L Fleisher… - Journal of behavioral …, 2017 - Springer
Health disparities persist despite ongoing efforts. Given the United States' rapidly changing
demography and socio-cultural diversity, a paradigm shift in behavioral medicine is needed …

Cervical precancers and cancers attributed to HPV types by race and ethnicity: implications for vaccination, screening, and management

J Mix, M Saraiya, BD Hallowell, B Befano… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Racial and ethnic variations in attribution of cervical precancer and cancer to
human papillomavirus (HPV) types may result in different HPV vaccine protection, screening …

Age‐specific prevalence of human papillomavirus and abnormal cytology at baseline in a diverse statewide prospective cohort of individuals undergoing cervical …

MA Clarke, C Risley, MW Stewart… - Cancer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Mississippi (MS) has among the highest rates of cervical cancer incidence and
mortality in the United States, with disproportionately higher rates among Blacks compared …

Infecções sexualmente transmissíveis em mulheres afrodescendentes de comunidades quilombolas no Brasil: prevalência e fatores associados

JA Dias, TV Luciano, MCLFS Santos… - Cadernos de Saúde …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
O objetivo do estudo foi estimar a prevalência de infecções sexualmente transmissíveis
(IST) e fatores associados sobre mulheres quilombolas no Brasil. Trata-se de estudo …

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of oropharyngeal carcinoma related to high‐risk non–human papillomavirus16 viral subtypes

I Varier, BR Keeley, R Krupar, A Patsias, J Dong… - Head & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background The majority of human papillomavirus (HPV)‐related oropharyngeal
carcinomas (OPCs) are associated with HPV genotype 16; however, OPC can be associated …

Disparity in the persistence of high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes between African American and European American women of college age

CE Banister, AR Messersmith, B Cai… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background. Cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates are higher in African Americans
than in European Americans (white, non-Hispanic of European ancestry). The reasons for …

A novel sequencing-based vaginal health assay combining self-sampling, HPV detection and genotyping, STI detection, and vaginal microbiome analysis

EM Bik, SW Bird, JP Bustamante, LE Leon, PA Nieto… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The composition of the vaginal microbiome, including both the presence of pathogens
involved in sexually transmitted infections (STI) as well as commensal microbiota, has been …

Epigenome-wide methylation and progression to high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2+): a prospective cohort study in the United States

A Bukowski, C Hoyo, NA Vielot, M Graff, MR Kosorok… - BMC cancer, 2023 - Springer
Background Methylation levels may be associated with and serve as markers to predict risk
of progression of precancerous cervical lesions. We conducted an epigenome-wide …

Risk of Alzheimer's disease in cancer patients: Analysis of mortality data from the US SEER population-based registries

R Mezencev, YO Chernoff - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Previous studies have reported an inverse association between cancer and Alzheimer's
disease (AD), which are leading causes of human morbidity and mortality. We analyzed the …

Is oral contraceptive use associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer? An evidence‐based meta‐analysis

Y Peng, X Wang, H Feng, G Yan - Journal of Obstetrics and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The purpose of this meta‐analysis is to synthesize evidence‐based case–control
studies to evaluate the association between oral contraceptive (OC) use and the risk of …