Laura Allen
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3801162 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Laura Allen |
| NOMBRES | Laura |
| APELLIDO | Allen |
| FIRMA | ALLEN L |
| AFILIACIONES | Cancer Prevention Institute of California |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2033-7298 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Active surveillance and trajectories of decision-making among patients with low-risk prostate cancer
Objectives Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the United States. This study examines factors associated with active surveillance (AS) uptake, timing of treatment decision making, and whether timing affects quality of life. Methods We used data from a population-based observational study of 512 patients aged 40–79 diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer from 2016 to 2022. Factors associated with AS receipt and treatment decisio…
Methodological considerations for ecological momentary assessment measures of task-unrelated and freely moving thoughts
Addressing Gaps in Pediatric Mental Healthcare by Removing Barriers
In the fall of 2021, experts declared a national emergency in children's mental health, urging organizations to put in place school‐based mental health care services to reduce barriers and increase access to care. This paper describes implementation and acceptability of an innovative school‐based model to deliver group art therapy that is integrated into the school's Muti‐Tiered System of Supports, and changes in student social‐emotional competen…
Qualitative Study on Internet Use and Care Impact for Black Men With Prostate Cancer
Black men have a greater risk of prostate cancer as well as worse quality of life and more decisional regret after prostate cancer treatment compared to non-Hispanic White men. Furthermore, patients with prostate cancer who primarily obtain information on the internet have significantly more decisional regret compared to other information sources. Our objective was to explore the perspectives of Black patients on the use and impact of the interne…
Patient COUNTS
Many Asian American cancer patients face barriers to cancer care but little is known about their navigational needs. We designed and implemented a pilot study to provide culturally- and linguistically-appropriate navigation for Asian American cancer patients. We recruited Asian American adults age 21+ years, who spoke English, Cantonese, Mandarin, or Vietnamese, with newly diagnosed, stage I-III colorectal, liver, or lung cancer in the Northern C…
Acculturating to multiculturalism
The finding of a distinct "Multicultural" factor beyond the typical "Asian" and "Western" factors may reflect the multidirectional relationships between culture, diet, and dietary behavior, in which origin and destination cultures interact in complex ways and where foods from multiple ethnicities intermix
Further Thoughts on Measuring Narrational Complexity in Fiction Film
Cutting (2021) argues that the narrational complexity of fiction film can be quantified similarly to computational measures of text complexity. Narrational complexity refers to the structure that arises from how a story is told. This article expands upon Cutting's proposal by taking inspiration from contemporary approaches for measuring text complexity. These approaches reject the notion that complexity can be measured via a limited set of indice…
Everyday discrimination and telomere length in a multiethnic cohort of breast cancer survivors
Objectives: Racial/ethnic minority women have disproportionately lower breast cancer survival rates compared to white women. As minorities in the US are exposed to higher levels of discrimination, and exposure to discrimination has been associated with shorter telomere lengths (TLs), we investigated the association between perceived everyday discrimination and TL in a multiethnic sample of breast cancer survivors. Design: We examined a cohort of …
Ethnic enclaves, discrimination, and stress among Asian American women
This study highlights how ethnic enclaves are associated with discrimination and stress experiences differently, depending on nativity and time in the United States. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Talking about cancer
Cultural models of emotional disclosure and its impact on seeking support are understudied in the context of cancer diagnosis. We argue that two different cultural norms must be considered: (1) the importance of emotional disclosure and (2) attitudes toward seeking support from loved ones. Our interviews with 37 foreign-born Chinese American and 23 European American breast cancer survivors revealed differences in disclosure of cancer diagnosis an…
Acculturation and Adherence to Physical Activity Recommendations Among Chinese American and Non-Hispanic White Breast Cancer Survivors
Overcoming Challenges in Recruitment of South Asians for Health Disparities Research in the USA
Evaluation of cortisol and telomere length measurements in ethnically diverse women with breast cancer using culturally sensitive methods
The under-representation of ethnic minority participants, who are more likely to be socially disadvantaged in biomedical research, limits generalizability of results and reductions in health disparities. To facilitate investigations of how social disadvantage "gets under the skin," this pilot study evaluated low-intensity methods for collecting hair and saliva samples from multiethnic breast cancer survivors (N = 70) and analysis of biomarkers of…
Strategies for recruiting representative samples of Asian Americans for a population-based case–control study
BACKGROUND: Data are limited on effective methods for recruiting persons, especially from ethnically diverse populations, into population-based studies. The goal of this study was to evaluate the variation among and representativeness of controls identified using multiple methods for a population-based case-control study of breast cancer among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) in the San Francisco Bay Area. METHODS…
A mixed method exploration of survivorship among Chinese American and non-Hispanic White breast cancer survivors
Experiences and Perceptions of Medical Discrimination Among a Multiethnic Sample of Breast Cancer Patients in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, California
Participants reported experiencing medical discrimination at all 3 levels, which may have deleterious health effects through the biopsychosocial stress pathway and through active coping mechanisms that could lead to delayed- or underutilization of the health care system to avoid discrimination
Availability and Accuracy of Medical Record Information on Language Usage of Cancer Patients from a Multi-Ethnic Population
Why do Asian-American women have lower rates of breast conserving surgery
These survey results suggest that physicians perceive major roles of both clinical and cultural factors in the BCT/MRM decision, but cultural factors may be more relevant in explaining surgical treatment patterns among Asians
No Abode
Ethnic enclaves, discrimination, and stress among Asian American women
This study highlights how ethnic enclaves are associated with discrimination and stress experiences differently, depending on nativity and time in the United States. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Experiences and Perceptions of Medical Discrimination Among a Multiethnic Sample of Breast Cancer Patients in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, California
Participants reported experiencing medical discrimination at all 3 levels, which may have deleterious health effects through the biopsychosocial stress pathway and through active coping mechanisms that could lead to delayed- or underutilization of the health care system to avoid discrimination
Overcoming Challenges in Recruitment of South Asians for Health Disparities Research in the USA
Talking about cancer
Cultural models of emotional disclosure and its impact on seeking support are understudied in the context of cancer diagnosis. We argue that two different cultural norms must be considered: (1) the importance of emotional disclosure and (2) attitudes toward seeking support from loved ones. Our interviews with 37 foreign-born Chinese American and 23 European American breast cancer survivors revealed differences in disclosure of cancer diagnosis an…
No Abode
Availability and Accuracy of Medical Record Information on Language Usage of Cancer Patients from a Multi-Ethnic Population
Why do Asian-American women have lower rates of breast conserving surgery
These survey results suggest that physicians perceive major roles of both clinical and cultural factors in the BCT/MRM decision, but cultural factors may be more relevant in explaining surgical treatment patterns among Asians
Experiences and Perceptions of Medical Discrimination Among a Multiethnic Sample of Breast Cancer Patients in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, California
Participants reported experiencing medical discrimination at all 3 levels, which may have deleterious health effects through the biopsychosocial stress pathway and through active coping mechanisms that could lead to delayed- or underutilization of the health care system to avoid discrimination
A mixed method exploration of survivorship among Chinese American and non-Hispanic White breast cancer survivors
Strategies for recruiting representative samples of Asian Americans for a population-based case–control study
BACKGROUND: Data are limited on effective methods for recruiting persons, especially from ethnically diverse populations, into population-based studies. The goal of this study was to evaluate the variation among and representativeness of controls identified using multiple methods for a population-based case-control study of breast cancer among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) in the San Francisco Bay Area. METHODS…
Evaluation of cortisol and telomere length measurements in ethnically diverse women with breast cancer using culturally sensitive methods
The under-representation of ethnic minority participants, who are more likely to be socially disadvantaged in biomedical research, limits generalizability of results and reductions in health disparities. To facilitate investigations of how social disadvantage "gets under the skin," this pilot study evaluated low-intensity methods for collecting hair and saliva samples from multiethnic breast cancer survivors (N = 70) and analysis of biomarkers of…
Acculturation and Adherence to Physical Activity Recommendations Among Chinese American and Non-Hispanic White Breast Cancer Survivors
Overcoming Challenges in Recruitment of South Asians for Health Disparities Research in the USA
Everyday discrimination and telomere length in a multiethnic cohort of breast cancer survivors
Objectives: Racial/ethnic minority women have disproportionately lower breast cancer survival rates compared to white women. As minorities in the US are exposed to higher levels of discrimination, and exposure to discrimination has been associated with shorter telomere lengths (TLs), we investigated the association between perceived everyday discrimination and TL in a multiethnic sample of breast cancer survivors. Design: We examined a cohort of …
Ethnic enclaves, discrimination, and stress among Asian American women
This study highlights how ethnic enclaves are associated with discrimination and stress experiences differently, depending on nativity and time in the United States. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Talking about cancer
Cultural models of emotional disclosure and its impact on seeking support are understudied in the context of cancer diagnosis. We argue that two different cultural norms must be considered: (1) the importance of emotional disclosure and (2) attitudes toward seeking support from loved ones. Our interviews with 37 foreign-born Chinese American and 23 European American breast cancer survivors revealed differences in disclosure of cancer diagnosis an…
Further Thoughts on Measuring Narrational Complexity in Fiction Film
Cutting (2021) argues that the narrational complexity of fiction film can be quantified similarly to computational measures of text complexity. Narrational complexity refers to the structure that arises from how a story is told. This article expands upon Cutting's proposal by taking inspiration from contemporary approaches for measuring text complexity. These approaches reject the notion that complexity can be measured via a limited set of indice…
Qualitative Study on Internet Use and Care Impact for Black Men With Prostate Cancer
Black men have a greater risk of prostate cancer as well as worse quality of life and more decisional regret after prostate cancer treatment compared to non-Hispanic White men. Furthermore, patients with prostate cancer who primarily obtain information on the internet have significantly more decisional regret compared to other information sources. Our objective was to explore the perspectives of Black patients on the use and impact of the interne…
Patient COUNTS
Many Asian American cancer patients face barriers to cancer care but little is known about their navigational needs. We designed and implemented a pilot study to provide culturally- and linguistically-appropriate navigation for Asian American cancer patients. We recruited Asian American adults age 21+ years, who spoke English, Cantonese, Mandarin, or Vietnamese, with newly diagnosed, stage I-III colorectal, liver, or lung cancer in the Northern C…
Acculturating to multiculturalism
The finding of a distinct "Multicultural" factor beyond the typical "Asian" and "Western" factors may reflect the multidirectional relationships between culture, diet, and dietary behavior, in which origin and destination cultures interact in complex ways and where foods from multiple ethnicities intermix
Addressing Gaps in Pediatric Mental Healthcare by Removing Barriers
In the fall of 2021, experts declared a national emergency in children's mental health, urging organizations to put in place school‐based mental health care services to reduce barriers and increase access to care. This paper describes implementation and acceptability of an innovative school‐based model to deliver group art therapy that is integrated into the school's Muti‐Tiered System of Supports, and changes in student social‐emotional competen…
Active surveillance and trajectories of decision-making among patients with low-risk prostate cancer
Objectives Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the United States. This study examines factors associated with active surveillance (AS) uptake, timing of treatment decision making, and whether timing affects quality of life. Methods We used data from a population-based observational study of 512 patients aged 40–79 diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer from 2016 to 2022. Factors associated with AS receipt and treatment decisio…
Methodological considerations for ecological momentary assessment measures of task-unrelated and freely moving thoughts
Medicine (15 obras) · Ethnic group (10 obras) · Population (10 obras) · Cancer (9 obras) · Gerontology (9 obras) · Environmental health (8 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Breast cancer (7 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Internal Medicine (6 obras)