▪ Abstract Community-based research in public health focuses on social, structural, and
physical environmental inequities through active involvement of community members …

Few physical activity research studies have been conducted with minority women. The
purpose of this study was to explore patterns of physical activity among minority women …

This study describes parents' understanding, or explanatory models, of attention-
deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and examines how such explanatory models differ by …

Abstract Background. Few African American men participate in prostate cancer screening,
although they have higher prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates. Methods. This …

The use of churches as recruitment sites of African Americans into health promotion
activities is a popular theme in the 1990s literature. This research measured the impact of …

An expanding body of research using the transtheorctical model with both self-change and
treatment programs suggests that differences in readiness for smoking cessation are …

Robertson et Minkler-'identifient plusieurs conflits id6ologiques souleves par cette nouvelle
approche de la sant~ et de la facon de la promouvoir. Ces conflits d6rivent de la question de …

Unfortunately, African American men have a higher incidence of and a higher mortality rate
for prostate cancer than White men but are less likely to participate in prostate cancer …

This article examines the community process and data results of a health assessment
conducted in an urban neighborhood of a middle-size city in Western Massachusetts. It …

Medicaid managed care is generally acknowledged to reduce the use of emergency
departments (EDs). Yet some studies of Medicaid managed care have shown no change in …