Steven S Foldes

• Culture, acculturation and smoking use in Hmong, Khmer, Laotians, and Vietnamese communities in Minnesota

  Open Access•Diana Jill Burge, Diana J Burgess et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2014

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  Leaders from Minnesota's Southeast Asian communities perceived key changes in tobacco-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors which were embedded in the context of shifting power, status, and gender roles within their communities. This has practical implications for developing policy and interventions. Older Southeast Asians are likely to benefit from culturally-tailored programs (e.g., that value politeness and the importance of acting in ways…

• The Prevalence of Unrecognized Tobacco Use Among Young Adults

  Steven S Foldes, Lawrence C An et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Health Behavior•2010

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  Future studies assessing prevalence should use both adolescent and adult measures

• The Economic Impact of Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Minnesota

  Hugh R Waters, Hugh Waters et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Public Health•2009•Referencias: 9

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  Objectives. Using the risk categories established by the 2006 US surgeon general's report, we estimated medical treatment costs related to exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) in the state of Minnesota. Methods. We estimated the prevalence and costs of treated medical conditions related to SHS exposure in 2003 with data from Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Minnesota's largest insurer), the Current Population Survey, and population attributable …

• Which Enrollees Bypass Their Gatekeepers in a Point-of-service Plan

  Barbara L Braun, Jinnet Briggs Fowles et al.•ARTICLE•Medical Care•2003•Referencias: 7

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  BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Like Health Maintenance Organizations, point-of-service (POS) health plans use primary care gatekeepers, and they permit self-referral to specialists at increased costs to the enrollee. The main objective of this study was to contrast patients who self-referred with those referred by their primary care physician. RESEARCH DESIGN: We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey of 606 recent users of specialists in a lar…

• Which Enrollees Bypass Their Gatekeepers in a Point-of-service Plan

  Barbara L Braun, Jinnet Briggs Fowles et al.•ARTICLE•Medical Care•2003•Referencias: 7

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  BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Like Health Maintenance Organizations, point-of-service (POS) health plans use primary care gatekeepers, and they permit self-referral to specialists at increased costs to the enrollee. The main objective of this study was to contrast patients who self-referred with those referred by their primary care physician. RESEARCH DESIGN: We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey of 606 recent users of specialists in a lar…

• The Economic Impact of Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Minnesota

  Hugh R Waters, Hugh Waters et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Public Health•2009•Referencias: 9

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  Objectives. Using the risk categories established by the 2006 US surgeon general's report, we estimated medical treatment costs related to exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) in the state of Minnesota. Methods. We estimated the prevalence and costs of treated medical conditions related to SHS exposure in 2003 with data from Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Minnesota's largest insurer), the Current Population Survey, and population attributable …

• The Prevalence of Unrecognized Tobacco Use Among Young Adults

  Steven S Foldes, Lawrence C An et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Health Behavior•2010

  Añadir item

  Future studies assessing prevalence should use both adolescent and adult measures

• Culture, acculturation and smoking use in Hmong, Khmer, Laotians, and Vietnamese communities in Minnesota

  Open Access•Diana Jill Burge, Diana J Burgess et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2014

  Añadir item

  Leaders from Minnesota's Southeast Asian communities perceived key changes in tobacco-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors which were embedded in the context of shifting power, status, and gender roles within their communities. This has practical implications for developing policy and interventions. Older Southeast Asians are likely to benefit from culturally-tailored programs (e.g., that value politeness and the importance of acting in ways…

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