Bettina M Beech
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 90981 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Bettina M Beech |
| NOMBRES | Bettina M |
| APELLIDO | Beech |
| FIRMA | BEECH B M |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8619-9150 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 42 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 42 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2002 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Stroke Incidence and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Among African Americans
An increased and independent risk of nonfatal stroke appears at the highest quintile of hs-CRP values (≥0.0676 mg/L) among JHS participants
Religiosity, Religious Beliefs, and Cognitive Impairment Among Black and White Men With Modest Incomes
Objective The objective of this study was to examine the association between religious practices, beliefs, and cognitive impairment among Black and White men with modest incomes in the 2016 Health and Retirement Study. Methods Data were drawn from Black and White men who reported annual incomes at or below $50,000 ( n = 926). The primary outcome was any cognitive impairment, a dichotomous variable derived from a modified version of the Telephone …
Adherence to the healthy eating index-2010 and alternative healthy eating index-2010 in relation to metabolic syndrome among African Americans in the Jackson heart study
Objective: The primary objective of this study was to determine whether Healthy Eating Index (HEI) and Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) scores were associated with incident metabolic syndrome. Design: This study is a secondary analysis of data from the Jackson Heart Study. HEI and AHEI scores were divided into quintiles and Cox proportional hazards regression models were analysed for 1864 African American adults free from metabolic syndrom…
The Association between Adult Sport, Fitness, and Recreational Physical Activity and Number and Age of Children Present in the Household
Only one in three adults in the United States meets the weekly recommendation for physical activity (PA). The presence of children in the home may restrict adult PA. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between adult moderate and vigorous sport, fitness, and recreational physical activities and the number and age (0-5 and 6-17) of children in their household. Secondary data were drawn from the National Health and Nutrition Exa…
Implementation of the Texas Community-Engaged Statewide Consortium for the Prevention of Covid-19
The Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities aims to conduct community-engaged research and outreach. This paper describes the Texas CEAL Consortium's activities in the first year and evaluates progress. The Texas CEAL Consortium comprised seven projects. To evaluate the Texas CEAL Consortium's progress, we used components of the RE-AIM Framework. Evaluation included estimating the number of people reached for data collec…
Poverty, Racism, and the Public Health Crisis in America
The purpose of this article is to discuss poverty as a multidimensional factor influencing health. We will also explicate how racism contributes to and perpetuates the economic and financial inequality that diminishes prospects for population health improvement among marginalized racial and ethnic groups. Poverty is one of the most significant challenges for our society in this millennium. Over 40% of the world lives in poverty. The U.S. has one …
Church Attendance and Mobility Limitation Among Black and White Men With Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is a significant impediment that can reduce physical functional status. Mobility is fundamental for quality of life and church attendance to be associated with improved physical functioning. Few studies have examined how religious participation have implications for mobility limitation among men in general and among prostate cancer survivors in particular. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between church atte…
Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Precision Medicine
Purpose: The Precision Medicine Health Disparities Collaborative fosters collaboration between researchers with diverse backgrounds in precision medicine and health disparities research, to include training at the interface between genomics and health disparities. Understanding how perceptions about precision medicine differ by background may inform activities to better understand such differences. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey o…
Religious Service Attendance and Mortality among Adults in the United States with Chronic Kidney Disease
Religion and related institutions have resources to help individuals cope with chronic conditions, such as chronic kidney disease (CKD). The purpose of this investigation is to examine the association between religious service attendance and mortality for adults with CKD. Data were drawn from NHANES III linked to the 2015 public use Mortality File to analyze a sample of adults ( n = 3558) who had CKD as defined by a single value of estimated glom…
Weight Misperception among African American Adolescents
The sex-specific patterns in this study highlight heterogeneity among African American adolescents and an urgent need to consider sex and gender when developing targeted interventions for youth who are at high risk for weight misperceptions and unhealthy weight control practices
Social and Behavioral Factors Associated with BMI and Waist Circumference among Adolescents
Knowledge is limited about how sex or gender interact with social and behavioral factors to influence African Americans' health and additional studies are needed to specify how these factors interact to accelerate weight gain and adipose tissue accumulation over the life course
Religiosity and Excess Weight Among African-American Adolescents
Conversation Cafés and Conceptual Framework Formation for Research Training and Mentoring of Underrepresented Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
The development of research training opportunities for investigators from the untapped pool of traditionally underrepresented racial/ethnic groups has gained intense interest at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The significant and persistent disparity in the likelihood of R01 funding between African American and Whites was highlighted in the groundbreaking 2011 report, Race, Ethnicity, and NIH Research Awards . Disparities in funding succ…
Writing Accountability Groups Are a Tool for Academic Success
By providing a structured approach to developing and/or enhancing a practice of consistent writing, time management skills, and collaborative relationships, the WAG has promise for enhancing scientific writing skills for many trainees and early-career faculty. Longer term follow-up is needed to more fully assess the potential impact of WAGs
Contact Tracing
As of late May 2020, more than 1.5 million people had tested positive for coronavirus infection in the United States; however, only 3% of Americans had been tested. However, testing is only one of the key elements in the effort to control communicable diseases. There is a need to investigate others who may have been exposed to the virus; this can be accomplished through a foundational public health strategy - contact tracing. Most public health s…
The Association between Hypertension and Race/Ethnicity among Breast Cancer Survivors
Leveraging Community Engagement
Racism Across the Life Course
Food Security Status and Overweight/Obesity Among 2- to 5-Year-Old Boys and Girls in a Community-Based Clinic
The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between food security, parental health behaviors, and overweight/obesity among 2- to 5-year-old children in West Tennessee (N = 264). Results from logistic regression models indicate that the association between parental characteristics and child weight status varies by child sex and household food security. These findings highlight the need for more nuanced analysis that can produce results …
Associations Among Caregiver Feeding Practices and Blood Pressure in African American Adolescents
Caregiver feeding practices have been linked to youth health outcomes. The present study examined associations among caregiver feeding practices and blood pressure in 212 African American adolescents via the Child Feeding Practices Questionnaire. Results revealed a positive association between caregivers' concern about their child's weight and diastolic blood pressure, which was more acute for older adolescent boys. Caregivers' perceived responsi…
Examining the Nexus of Obesity, Mental Health and Rural County Level Food Access
This study investigates the nexus between obesity, mental health, and food access across counties in the state of Mississippi. Recent research suggests that food access and poor nutrition may not only lead to poor physical health, but may also increase depression. Data from the USDA and the CDC were used to estimate obesity and mental health rates across counties. Analyses revealed that poverty was the key factor influencing on obesity and mental…
Theory-Informed Research Training and Mentoring of Underrepresented Early-Career Faculty at Teaching-Intensive Institutions
Mentoring has been consistently identified as an important element for career advancement in many biomedical and health professional disciplines and has been found to be critical for success and promotion in academic settings. Early-career faculty from groups underrepresented in biomedical research, however, are less likely to have mentors, and in general, receive less mentoring than their majority-group peers, particularly among those employed i…
Sex, Race, Food Security, and Sugar Consumption Change Efficacy Among Low-Income Parents in an Urban Primary Care Setting
The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between food security and parents' self-efficacy to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and sugary snacks in a sample of parents in waiting rooms in community-based primary care clinics in West Tennessee. Results from logistic regression models underscore the need for nuanced analysis, as the results from the pooled regression models differ from those stratified by food security s…
Health is the Ability to Manage Yourself Without Help”
These findings highlight key elements of how older African American men conceptualize health in ways that are interrelated with yet expand notions of successful aging in ways that are critical for health promotion research and interventions
Racial and gender disparities in sugar consumption change efficacy among first-year college students
Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Perceived Discrimination among Healthy Women
Our results suggest that both SES and race play important roles in women's perceptions of and responses to perceived discrimination
Health is the Ability to Manage Yourself Without Help”
These findings highlight key elements of how older African American men conceptualize health in ways that are interrelated with yet expand notions of successful aging in ways that are critical for health promotion research and interventions
Racial and gender disparities in sugar consumption change efficacy among first-year college students
Leveraging Community Engagement
Knowledge and Perceptions about Clinical Trial Participation among African American and Caucasian College Students
Settling with danger
In the Eastern Mediterranean region, mass rural-to-urban migration and uncontrolled population growth in low-income countries such as Syria have given rise to sprawling unplanned peri-urban development. Virtually no data are available on the environmental conditions and health status of residents of such communities. This paper describes formative qualitative research in eight settlements in informal zones around Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest ci…
Hepatitis B and C Infections among Homeless Adolescents
The lifestyle of homeless adolescents places them at high risk for contracting serious illnesses. This study sought to determine the hepatitis status and predictors of hepatitis infection among 150 homeless adolescents. Each participant took a psychosocial survey and provided a venous blood sample. Most respondents (95%) had engaged in sexual intercourse; approximately 36% indicated they had exchanged sex for food, shelter, or drugs. Youth report…
Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Perceived Discrimination among Healthy Women
Our results suggest that both SES and race play important roles in women's perceptions of and responses to perceived discrimination
An Examination of Sociocultural Factors Associated with Cervical Cancer Screening Among Low-Income Latina Immigrants of Reproductive Age
Social desirability bias in self-reported dietary, physical activity and weight concerns measures in 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls
Settling with danger
In the Eastern Mediterranean region, mass rural-to-urban migration and uncontrolled population growth in low-income countries such as Syria have given rise to sprawling unplanned peri-urban development. Virtually no data are available on the environmental conditions and health status of residents of such communities. This paper describes formative qualitative research in eight settlements in informal zones around Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest ci…
Settling with danger
In the Eastern Mediterranean region, mass rural-to-urban migration and uncontrolled population growth in low-income countries such as Syria have given rise to sprawling unplanned peri-urban development. Virtually no data are available on the environmental conditions and health status of residents of such communities. This paper describes formative qualitative research in eight settlements in informal zones around Aleppo, Syria's second-largest ci…
Sociocultural factors associated with cigarette smoking among women in Brazilian worksites
This study examined the contextual factors associated with smoking initiation and cessation among women in Brazilian worksites (Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil). A total of 22 focus groups were conducted among 108 women in private and public worksites. The most frequently endorsed negative factors that contributed to smoking initiation included exposure to smoking-prompting behaviors through family members, peer pressure, media and easy access/low cost …
Amount of Time Spent in Sedentary Behaviors in the United States, 2003-2004
Sedentary behaviors are linked to adverse health outcomes, but the total amount of time spent in these behaviors in the United States has not been objectively quantified. The authors evaluated participants from the 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey aged >/=6 years who wore an activity monitor for up to 7 days. Among 6,329 participants with at least one 10-hour day of monitor wear, the average monitor-wearing time was 13.9…
Predictors of Obesity in Latino Children
Perceptions of Physical Activity and Motivational Interviewing Among Rural African-American Women with Type 2 Diabetes
Chronic Disease
Issue Editor, Rural Health and Health Disparities, Family Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi The author declares no conflict of interest
Answering the Call
Issue Editor, University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi The author declares no conflict of interest
Knowledge and Perceptions about Clinical Trial Participation among African American and Caucasian College Students
Weight Status and Blood Pressure among Adolescent African American Males
Additional studies are needed to specify the manner through which excess weight and weight gain can accelerate the development and progression of CVD-related diseases among African American males over the life course, thereby providing evidenced-based information for tailored interventions that can reduce risks for premature morbidity, disability, and mortality among this group
Perceived Discrimination and Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping Among Hispanics
OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the relationship of perceived racism to ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) in Hispanics. We explored possible associations between ABP nocturnal dipping and perceived racism in a Hispanic cohort. METHODS: Participants included 180 community-dwelling Hispanics from the Northern Manhattan Study. Measures included perceived racism, socioeconomic status, social support, and ABP monitoring. Nocturnal ABP nondipping was de…
Spirituality, Religiosity, and Weight Management Among African American Adolescent Males
Spirituality and religion have been identified as important determinants of health for adults; however, the impact of faith-oriented factors on health behaviors and outcomes among African American adolescent males has not been well studied. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between religiosity and spirituality and obesity-related behaviors among 12-19 year old African American males (N = 105) in the Jackson Heart KIDS Pilot…
Health is the Ability to Manage Yourself Without Help”
These findings highlight key elements of how older African American men conceptualize health in ways that are interrelated with yet expand notions of successful aging in ways that are critical for health promotion research and interventions
Racial and gender disparities in sugar consumption change efficacy among first-year college students
The Jackson Heart Kids Pilot Study
Theory-Informed Research Training and Mentoring of Underrepresented Early-Career Faculty at Teaching-Intensive Institutions
Mentoring has been consistently identified as an important element for career advancement in many biomedical and health professional disciplines and has been found to be critical for success and promotion in academic settings. Early-career faculty from groups underrepresented in biomedical research, however, are less likely to have mentors, and in general, receive less mentoring than their majority-group peers, particularly among those employed i…
Sex, Race, Food Security, and Sugar Consumption Change Efficacy Among Low-Income Parents in an Urban Primary Care Setting
The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between food security and parents' self-efficacy to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and sugary snacks in a sample of parents in waiting rooms in community-based primary care clinics in West Tennessee. Results from logistic regression models underscore the need for nuanced analysis, as the results from the pooled regression models differ from those stratified by food security s…
Racism Across the Life Course
Food Security Status and Overweight/Obesity Among 2- to 5-Year-Old Boys and Girls in a Community-Based Clinic
The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between food security, parental health behaviors, and overweight/obesity among 2- to 5-year-old children in West Tennessee (N = 264). Results from logistic regression models indicate that the association between parental characteristics and child weight status varies by child sex and household food security. These findings highlight the need for more nuanced analysis that can produce results …
Associations Among Caregiver Feeding Practices and Blood Pressure in African American Adolescents
Caregiver feeding practices have been linked to youth health outcomes. The present study examined associations among caregiver feeding practices and blood pressure in 212 African American adolescents via the Child Feeding Practices Questionnaire. Results revealed a positive association between caregivers' concern about their child's weight and diastolic blood pressure, which was more acute for older adolescent boys. Caregivers' perceived responsi…
Examining the Nexus of Obesity, Mental Health and Rural County Level Food Access
This study investigates the nexus between obesity, mental health, and food access across counties in the state of Mississippi. Recent research suggests that food access and poor nutrition may not only lead to poor physical health, but may also increase depression. Data from the USDA and the CDC were used to estimate obesity and mental health rates across counties. Analyses revealed that poverty was the key factor influencing on obesity and mental…
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