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2009

39.  Comparing Knowledge of Colorectal and Prostate Cancer Among African American and Hispanic Men
Barbara D. Powe, PhD, RN, Dexter L. Cooper, MPH, Lokie Harmond, MPH, Louie Ross, PhD, Flavia E. Mercado, MD, Rachel Faulkenberry, ABJ, BS
Cancer Nursing, Vol. 32, No. 5, September 2009

38.  Prostate-Specific Antigen Test Use and Digital Rectal Examinations among African American Men, 2002-2006
Louie E. Ross, PhD, Shelly-Ann M. Meade, MS, Barbara D. Powe, PhD, RN, Daniel L. Howard, PhD
Journal of the Black Nurses Association, Vol. 20, No. 1, July 2009

37.  Consistency of Care and Blood Pressure Control among Elderly African Americans and Whites with Hypertension
Daniel L. Howard, April P. Carson, DaJuanicia N. Holmes, Jay S. Kaufman
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, May/Jun 2009 22(3)

36.  Differential Effects of Race and Poverty on Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
Farrukh B. Hakeem, Daniel L. Howard, Timothy S. Carey, Yhenneko J. Taylor
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice Volume 3, Number 1, Spring 2009

35.  Patterns in Prostate-Specific Antigen Test Use and Digital Rectal Examinations in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002-2006
Louie E. Ross, PhD; Yhenneko J. Taylor, MS; Lisa C. Richardson, MD, MPH; Daniel L. Howard, PhD
Journal of the National Medical Association Vol. 101, No. 4, April 2009

34.  Perceptions of Individual and Community Environmental Influences on Fruit and Vegetable Intake, North Carolina, 2004
Josephine E. A. Boyington, PhD, MPH, RN, Britta Schoster, MPH, Kathryn Remmes Martin, MPH, Jack Shreffler, PhD, Leigh F. Callahan, PhD
Preventing Chronic Disease, Volume 6: No. 1, January 2009

2008

 

33.  Self-Rated Health, Activities of Daily Living, and Mobility Limitations Among Black and White Stroke Survivors
Josephine E. A. Boyington, PhD, Daniel L. Howard, PhD, DaJuanicia N. Holmes, MS
Journal of Aging and Health, Volume 20, Number 8, December, 2008

32.  Predicting Medication Use in an Elderly Hypertensive Sample: Revisiting the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly Study
Mimi M. Kim, PhD; Daniel L. Howard, PhD; Jay S. Kaufman, PhD; and DaJuanicia Holmes, MS
Journal of the National Medical Association, Vol. 100, No. 12, December 2008

31.  Prayer and Self-Reported Health Among Cancer Survivors in the United States, National Health Interview Survey, 2002
Louie E. Ross, Ph.D., Ingrid J. Hall, Ph.D., M.P.H., Temeika L. Fairley, Ph.D., Yhenneko J. Taylor, M.S., and Daniel L. Howard, Ph.D.
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Volume 14, Number 8, 2008

30.  Communication, Decision Making, and Cancer: What African Americans Want Physicians to Know
Sharon W. Williams, Ph.D., Laura C. Hanson, M.D., M.P.H., Carlton Boyd, M.P.H., Melissa Green, M.P.H., Moses Goldmon, Ed.D., Gratia Wright, B.S., and Giselle Corbie-Smith, M.D., M.Sc.
Journal of Palliative Medicine, Volume 11, Number 9, 2008

29.  The Effect of Hospital and Surgeon Volume on Racial Differences in Recurrence-Free Survival After Radical Prostatectomy
Kyna M. Gooden, PhD, Daniel L. Howard, PhD, William R. Carpenter, PhD, April P. Carson, PhD, Yhenneko J. Taylor, MS, Sharon Peacock, MPA, and Paul A. Godley, MD, PhD
Medical Care, Volume 46, Number 11, November 2008

28.  Differences in Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Treatment and Mortality among African-American and White Elderly Men
Daniel L. Howard, PhD, Yhenneko J. T aylor, MS, and Louie E . Ross, PhD
Journal of the National Medical Association, Vol. 100, No. 10, October 2008

27.  The Data Collection/Data Distribution Center: Building a Sustainable African-American Church-Based Research Network
Rev. Moses Goldmon, Ed., James T. Roberson, Jr. Ph.D., Tim Carey, MD, Paul Godley, MD, Daniel L. Howard, Ph.D, Carlton Boyd, MPH, Alice Ammerman, Ph.D.
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, Fall 2008

26.  Physician-Patient Discussions With African American Men About Prostate Cancer Screening
Louie E. Ross, PhD, Barbara D. Powe, PhD, Yhenneko J. Taylor, MS, and Daniel L. Howard, PhD
American Journal of Men's Health, Volume 2, Number 2, June 2008

25. Cultural Attitudes Toward Weight, Diet, and Physical Activity Among Overweight African American Girls
Josephine E. A. Boyington, PhD, MPH, RN, Lori Carter-Edwards, PhD, MPH, Mark Piehl, MD, MPH, Jeanne Hutson, MPH, RN, RD, CDE, BC-ADM, Debbe Langdon, RN, BSN, CDE, Shilpa McManus, MPH
Preventing Chronic Disease, Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy, April, 2008; Volume 5: No. 2

24.  Use of the Prostate-Specific Antigen Test among U.S. Men: Findings from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey
Louie E. Ross, Zahava Berkowitz, and Donatus U. Ekwueme
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008;17(3). March 2008

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2007

23.  Development of a health sciences library at a historically black college and university (HBCU): laying the foundation for increased minority health and health disparities research
Tessa A. Walker, MPH; Daniel L. Howard, PhD; Chanetta R. Washington, MpH; Paul A. Godley, MD, PhD, MPP

Journal of the Medical Library Association, Volume 97, Number 4, October 2007

22.  Frontline Workers Attitudes Towards Psychiatric Advance Directives
Mimi M. Kim, Anna M. Scheyett, Eric B. Elbogen, Richard A. Van Dorn, Laura A. McDaniel, Marvin S. Swartz, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Joelle Ferron
Community Mental Health Journal, Aug 25, 2007

21.  Racially Disproportionate Rates for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in NC
D.L. Howard, F.B. Hakeem, C. Njue, T. Carey, Y. Jallah
Public Health Reports, May/ June 2007, Vol. 122, No. 3, page 362-372

20.  The Development of the Field of Health Disparities Research: The Role of Cross-Disciplinary and Institutional Collaboration
Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH and Daniel L. Howard, PhD
Harvard Health Policy Review, Health Highlights, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2007

19.  The Hispanic paradox: an investigation of racial disparity in pregnancy outcomes at a tertiary care medical center
Haywood L. Brown, MD; Monique V. Chireau, MD, MPH; Yhenneko Jallah, MS; Daniel Howard, PhD

Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197:197.e1-197.e9

18.  Healthcare Practices among Blacks and Whites with Urinary Tract Symptoms
Daniel L. Howard, PhD; Bennett G. Edwards, PhD; Kimberly Whitehead, PhD; M. Ahinee Amamoo, MS; and Paul A. Godley, MD, PhD, MPP
Journal of the National Medical Association, VOL. 99, NO. 4, April 2007

17.  Dissatisfaction With Body Size Among Low-Income, Postpartum Black Women
Josephine Boyington, Allan Johnson, and Lori Carter-Edwards
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN), March/April 2007

16.  Differences in Resident Characteristics and Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Nursing Homes in the Southeastern United States
Josephine E. A. Boyington, Daniel L. Howard, Lori Carter-Edwards, Kyna M. Gooden, Nurum Erdem, Yhenneko Jallah, Jan Busby-Whitehead
Nursing Research, March/April 2007 Vol 56, No 2, 97107

15.  Quality and Severity of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms among, African American Elders
Daniel L. Howard, Bennet G. Edwards, Kimberly Whitehead, M. Ahinee Amamoo, and Paul A. Godley

Journal of Health Disparities, Research and Practice, Volume 1, Number 2, Winter 2007, page 73

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2006

14.  Developing Effective Inter-University and Community Partnerships to Address Health Disparities
Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH, Daniel L. Howard, PhD, Moses Goldmon, EdD, James T. Roberson, PhD, Paul A. Godley, MD, PhD, MPP, and Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD
Academic Medicine, Management Series:  Strategic Alliances in Academic Medicine 2006, 81 Suppl:47-53

13.  Comparing United States Vs. International Medical School Graduate Physicians Who Serve African-American and White Elderly
Daniel L. Howard, Carol D. Bunch, Wilberforce O. Mundia, Thomas R. Konrad, Lloyd J. Edwards, M. Ahinee Amamoo, and Yhenneko Jallah
HSR: Health Services Research, 2006, 41(6): 2155-81

12.  Key Attributes of Health Ministries in African American Churches: An Exploratory Survey
Lori Carter-Edwards, PhD,Yhenneko B. Jallah, MS, Moses V. Goldmon, EdD, J.T. Roberson, Jr, PhD, and Cathrine Hoyo, PhD
NC Med J, September/October 2006, Volume 67, Number 5

11.  A method for fitting regression splines with varying polynomial order in the linear mixed model
Lloyd J. Edwards, Paul W. Stewart, James E. MacDougall and Ronald W. Helms
STATISTICS IN MEDICINE, Stat Med. 2006 Feb 15;25(3):513-27.

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2005

10.  PhysicianPatient Racial Concordance, Continuity of Care, and Patterns of Care for Hypertension
Thomas R. Konrad, PhD, Daniel L. Howard, PhD, Lloyd J. Edwards, PhD, Anastasia Ivanova, PhD, and Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH
American Journal of Public Health, December 2005, Vol 95, No. 12

9.  Developing Effective Inter-University and Community Partnerships to Address Health Disparities
Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH, Daniel L. Howard, PhD, Moses Goldmon, EdD, James T. Roberson, PhD, Paul A. Godley, MD, PhD, MPP, and Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD
Academic Medicine, Vol. 80, No. 11 / November 2005

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2004

8.  Churches, Academic Institutions, and Public Health: Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities
Moses V. Goldmon, EdD, and James T. Roberson, Jr., PhD
NC Med J, November/December 2004, Volume 65, Number 6

7.  Disparities in lipid management for African Americans and Caucasians with coronary artery disease: A national cross-sectional study
Mark W Massing, Kathleen A Foley, Lori Carter-Edwards, Carla A Sueta, Charles M Alexander and Ross J Simpson Jr
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2004, 4:15

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2003

6.  Trust, Belief, Satisfaction, and Burden. A Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Cancer Risk Through African-American Churches
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, Alice S. Ammerman, DrPH, RD, Mira L. Katz, PhD, MPH, Diane Marie M. St. George, PhD, Connie Blumenthal, MPH, Chanetta Washington, MPH, Benita Weathers, MPH, Thomas C. Keyserling, MD, MPH, Boyd Switzer, PhD
J GEN INTERN MED, 2003; 18; 531-541

5.  Culturally competent treatment of African American clients among a national sample of outpatient substance abuse treatment units
Daniel L. Howard, Ph.D.
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 24 (2003) 89102

4.  Are the treatment goals of culturally competent outpatient substance abuse treatment units congruent with their client profile?
Daniel L. Howard, Ph.D.
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 24 (2003) 103113

3.  Health Beliefs and Parenting Attitudes Influence Breastfeeding Patterns Among Low-income African-American women
Phyllis W. Sharps, PhD, RN, Ayman A.E. El-Mohandes, MD, MPH, M. Nabil El-Khorazaty, PhD, Michele Kiely, DrPH, Tessa Walker, MPH
Journal of Perinatology, 2003; 23:414419

2.  Research Expectations Among African American Church Leaders in the PRAISE! Project: A Randomized Trial Guided by Community-Based Participatory Research
Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD, Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSCR, Diane Marie M. St. George, PhD, Chanetta Washington, MPH, Beneta Weathers, MPH, and Bethany Jackson-Christian, PhD, RD
American Journal of Public Health, October 2003, Vol 93, No. 10

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2002

1.  Distribution of African Americans in Residential Care/Assisted Living and Nursing Homes: More Evidence of Racial Disparity?
Daniel L. Howard, PhD, Philip D. Sloan, MD, MPH, Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, J. Kevin Eckert, PhD, Joan F. Walsh, PhD, Verita C. Buie, MS, Persephone J. Taylor, BS, and Gary G. Koch, PhD
American Journal of Public Health, August 2002, Vol 92, No. 8 American Journal of Public

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