Category: Health Care

Associations of Diabetes and Mortality Among Colorectal Cancer Patients from the Southern Community Cohort Study

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British Journal of Cancer (2024) Authors: Thomas Lawler, Elizabeth Hibler, Zoe L. Walts, Lauren Giurini, Mark Steinwandel, Loren Lipworth, Harvey J. Murff, Wei Zheng, Shaneda Warren Andersen Abstract: We investigated associations between diabetes and mortality among participants with incident colorectal cancer (CRC) from the Southern Community Cohort Study. Participants (73% non-Hispanic Black; 60% income < $15,000) …

Associations of Albumin and BMI with Colorectal Cancer Risk in the Southern Community Cohort Study: A Prospective Cohort Study

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Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2024) Authors: Zoe Walts, Lisa Parlato, Ronni Brent, Qiuyin Cai, Mark Steinwandel, Wei Zheng, Shaneda Warren Andersen Abstract: Obesity may increase colorectal cancer (CRC) risk through mechanisms of increased inflammation. Although BMI is the most used adiposity indicator, it may less accurately measure adiposity in Black populations. Herein, we investigate associations between BMI, low albumin …

Vitamin D-related Genetic Variants and Prostate Cancer Risk in Black Men

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Cancer Epidemiology (2025) Authors: Tracy M Layne, Joseph H Rothstein, Xiaoyu Song, Shaneda Warren Andersen, Emma K T Benn, Weiva Sieh, Robert J Klein Abstract: The relationship between vitamin D and prostate cancer has primarily been characterized among White men. Black men, however, have higher prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates, chronically low circulating vitamin D levels, and ancestry-specific genetic variants …

Lower Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Status Is Associated with Lower Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake in the Southern Community Cohort Study

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Cancer Prevention Research (Philadelphia) (2025) Authors: Lauren Giurini, Ronald E Gangnon, Amy Trentham-Dietz, Wei Zheng, Loren Lipworth, Harvey J Murff, Mark Steinwandel, Jennifer Weiss, Shaneda Warren Andersen Abstract: Colorectal cancer is highly preventable with timely screening, but screening modalities are widely underused, especially among those of low individual-level socioeconomic status (SES). In addition to individual-level SES, neighborhood-level SES may also play a role …

IDS-Funded Research Project Aims to Reduce Barriers to Care for Sexual Assault Survivors with Marginalized Identities

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  Research funded by an IDS Seed Grant is seeking to better understand and reduce gaps in access to post-assault care for people with marginalized identities. The project was led by IDS Affiliates Kate Walsh and LB Klein and IDS Graduate Fellows Padideh Hassanpour and Taylan Stulting, along with Jeneile Luebke. It focuses on improving …

How African Americans With Severe Mental Illness and Trauma Experience Diet and Exercise

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Journal of Human Services (2023) Authors: Lindsay Sheehan, Janis Sayer, Mariyam Siddiqi, Sang Qin, and LaToya Glover Abstract: African Americans have a higher prevalence of obesity and obesity-related diseases than other racial/ethnic groups; among persons with serious mental illness (SMI), African Americans fare worse as well. This qualitative study focused on the perceptions of African Americans …

Self-Stigma’s Effect on Psychosocial Functioning Among People With Mental Illness

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Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (2023) Authors: Sang Qin, Patrick Corrigan, Maria Margaglione, and Andrew Smith Abstract: Consequences of self-stigma exhibit a four-step regressive model from being aware of public stigma, to agreeing with it, to applying it to oneself, to resulting harm on the self. We hypothesize the relationship between self-stigma and psychosocial …

Weight Self-Efficacy and Recovery Among African-Americans With Serious Mental Illness and High Body Weight

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Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (2023) Authors: Patrick W. Corrigan, Katherine Nieweglowski, Sang Qin, Lindsay Sheehan, Rebecca Puhl, and Sai Snigdha Talluri Abstract: Many African-Americans with serious mental illness fail to engage in evidence-based programs that positively affect weight management. We examined how having a weight-related physical illness correlated with self-efficacy, recovery, and quality of …

Uni- vs. Multi-dimensional: A Bifactor Factor Structure of the Self-Stigma Scale-Short (SSS-S) Among U.S. Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities

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Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (2023) Authors: Deyu Pan, Zachary A. Babb, Wilson J. Brown, Sang Qin, and Jennifer Sánchez Abstract: This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the English version of the Self-Stigma Scale-Short (SSS-S), a nine-item self-report self-stigma measurement, among U.S. adults with psychiatric disabilities. We obtained reliability and validity evidence from a sample …

Self-Stigma of Incarceration and Its Impact on Health and Community Integration

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Criminal Behavior and Mental Health (2024) Authors: Chelsea E. Brehmer, Sang Qin, Brigette C. Young, and David R. Strauser Abstract: Individuals returning to the wider community from incarceration face many re-entry barriers, including stigmatising beliefs regarding past criminal record, that have impact on health and re-entry. Understanding the development and impact of self-stigma on health can …