Francesca Gany
Biographic Data
| ID | 1562261 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesca Gany |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesca |
| FAMILY NAME | Gany |
| SIGNATURE | GANY F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0684-2367 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 63 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 63 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Barriers to Immunotherapy Use Among Patients with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Background Individuals who are Black or Hispanic are disproportionately more likely to be diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) than non-Hispanic White (NHW) individuals. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) increase survival across different cancers, including TNBC. However, disparities in the use of ICIs exist across racial and socioeconomic (SES) groups, particularly among patients who are Black or of low SES in comparison to NHW …
Community-based participatory research
People-centered care (PCC) represents a key paradigm shift in achieving universal health coverage and closing global public health divides. Amid growing global health disparities, shifts in epidemiological disease burden, and evolving sociopolitical contexts that affect healthcare delivery and research initiatives, there is an urgent need for public health scientists to develop community-rooted research strategies that uphold health promotion pri…
Fecal Immunochemical Tests (FIT) and Focus Groups
New York City Faith-Based Leaders’ Views on Covid-19’s Impact on the Mental Health Needs of Black/African American Communities
The Influence of the Covid 19 Pandemic on Food Insecurity Among Cancer Survivors Across New York State
People surviving cancer represent a particularly vulnerable population who are at a higher risk for food insecurity (FI) due to the adverse short- and long-term effects of cancer treatment. This analysis examines the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence of FI among cancer survivors across New York State (NYS). Data from the 2019 and 2021 NYS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) were used to estimate the prevalence of…
Perspectives on Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination Barriers, Knowledge and Beliefs, and Practices
Developing the meaning-centered program for Chinese Americans with advanced cancer
Asian Americans have surpassed Hispanics as the fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the United States and Chinese Americans are the largest Asian American subgroup. Cancer is the leading cause of death among Chinese Americans while heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S. overall. Foreign-born immigrants are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced stage cancers than their native-born counterparts. Patients with advanced c…
The Association of Untreated Mental Health Problems with Alcohol and Tobacco use Among New York City Taxi Drivers
An Innovative Approach to Promote Weight Loss Among Mexican Immigrants
Body mass index mediates the direct association of subjective social status and hypertension in a fulani west African immigrant sample
The inverse association between social status and hypertension (HTN) often observed in native-born populations may not hold among immigrants from regions where larger bodies are markers of success. Qualitative evidence suggests that many African immigrant groups view larger body size as a marker of social status. The present study examined the relationships between subjective social status, body mass index (BMI), and HTN in a cross-sectional, com…
Developing a Culturally Responsive Lifestyle Intervention for Overweight/Obese U.S. Mexicans
A Pilot Group-Based Lifestyle Intervention to Promote Weight Loss Among Mexican Immigrants
Mexican Americans are at increased risk for obesity upon immigration to the U.S., increasing their risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Our pilot individual lifestyle intervention culturally tailored for Mexican Americans, COMIDA (Consumo de Opciones Más Ideales De Alimentos) (Eating More Ideal Food Options), showed promising results. This paper presents outcomes from the group-based version of COMIDA. 129 overweight/obese Mexic…
Arab American Mothers’ HPV Vaccination Knowledge and Beliefs
Empirical Dietary Patterns Associated with Food Insecurity in U.S. Cancer Survivors
(1) Background: Food insecurity (FI) is a public health and sociodemographic phenomenon that besets many cancer survivors in the United States. FI in cancer survivors may arise as a consequence of financial toxicity stemming from treatment costs, physical impairment, labor force egress, or a combination of those factors. To our knowledge, an understanding of the dietary intake practices of this population has not been delineated but is imperative…
A Case Study in Academic-Community Partnerships
Predictors of Limited Access to Dental Health Care Among NYC Taxi/FHV Drivers
Spiritual Well-Being, Depression, and Quality of Life Among Latina Breast Cancer Survivors
The Impact of Restrictive Policies on Mexican Immigrant Parents and Their Children's Access to Health Care
Background: This study assessed whether policies that limit Mexican immigrants' access to care affects their children's access to a regular source of care, health insurance, and timely preventive health visits. Method: This was a cross-sectional study among Mexican immigrant parents who attended a health promotion program in Texas, Nevada, New York, and Illinois. A sociodemographic survey, including parental and child variables, was administered.…
Health Data for New York City Overview
inequities, conducting this type of research remains a challenge.To maximize the utility of research findings, academic researchers need to collaborate with researchers with applied public health experience, including government and other stakeholders, but may not have the time and knowledge needed to navigate complex government bureaucracy.To influence policy and program development, academic researchers also must understand the broader, applied…
Predictors of Health Insurance, Life Insurance, and Retirement Savings Among NYC’s Immigrant Taxi and For-Hire Vehicle Drivers
Prenatal Exposure to Gutkha, a Globally Relevant Smokeless Tobacco Product, Induces Hepatic Changes in Adult Mice
Maternal exposures during pregnancy affect the onset and progression of adult diseases in the offspring. A prior mouse study indicated that maternal tobacco smoke exposure affects hepatic fibrosis in adult offspring. Gutkha, a broadly used smokeless tobacco (ST) product, is widely used by pregnant woman in many countries. The objective of this murine study was to evaluate whether oral maternal exposure to gutkha during pregnancy alters non-alcoho…
Use of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine Concurrently with Conventional Cancer Treatment Among Chinese Cancer Patients
Discrimination as a social determinant of stress and health among New York City taxi drivers
Discrimination is associated with poorer mental and physical health outcomes. Taxi drivers have a higher risk of exposure to discrimination and higher rates of chronic conditions. A cross-sectional needs assessment was conducted with a multilingual group of 535 male taxi drivers in New York City. Drivers reporting higher discrimination were more likely to have higher perceived stress and were more likely to have anxiety/depression and chronic pai…
A Systematic Review of the Impact of Patient–Physician Non-English Language Concordance on Quality of Care and Outcomes
Associations with the Receipt of Colon Cancer Screening Among a Diverse Sample of Arab Americans in NYC
Attitudes, Knowledge, and Health-Seeking Behaviors of Five Immigrant Minority Communities in the Prevention and Screening of Cancer
Despite an observed decrease in overall cancer death rates in the USA, immigrant minorities continue to experience disproportionately higher cancer incidence and mortality rates. Thirteen focus groups were conducted in the Haitian, English-Speaking Caribbean, Latino, Korean, and Chinese communities of New York City to better understand their health-seeking behaviors with respect to cancer prevention, screening, and treatment. Focus groups address…
Access to Multilingual Medication Instructions at New York City Pharmacies
Food Insecurity
Targeting Social and Economic Correlates of Cancer Treatment Appointment Keeping among Immigrant Chinese Patients
Supporting South Asian Taxi Drivers to Exercise through Pedometers (SSTEP) to Decrease Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Drive-by Readings
Objectives. We explored an innovative strategy for targeted testing and disease management among immigrant communities at risk for tuberculosis. Methods. Taxi drivers were recruited at an airport holding lot to undergo tuberculin skin testing (Mantoux). After receiving their test results in a location convenient for them, drivers with positive results were referred for evaluation and treatment. We conducted baseline and follow-up assessments. Res…
Discrimination as a social determinant of stress and health among New York City taxi drivers
Discrimination is associated with poorer mental and physical health outcomes. Taxi drivers have a higher risk of exposure to discrimination and higher rates of chronic conditions. A cross-sectional needs assessment was conducted with a multilingual group of 535 male taxi drivers in New York City. Drivers reporting higher discrimination were more likely to have higher perceived stress and were more likely to have anxiety/depression and chronic pai…
Step On It! Impact of a Workplace New York City Taxi Driver Health Intervention to Increase Necessary Health Care Access
Objectives. We describe the impact of the Step On It! intervention to link taxi drivers, particularly South Asians, to health insurance enrollment and navigate them into care when necessary. Methods. Step On It! was a worksite initiative held for 5 consecutive days from September 28 to October 2, 2011, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Data collected included sociodemographics, employment, health care access and use, heig…
Paan and Gutka Use in the United States
Smokeless tobacco and areca nut are popular with South Asians and South Asian immigrants, most commonly used as paan and gutka. Their regular use leads to oral cancer. The South Asian community in the U.S. is rapidly growing, where paan and gutka are readily available. The study was the first exploration of the migration of the paan and gutka habits, and their use in the U.S.A 108-item questionnaire on paan and gutka usage and beliefs was adminis…
Meeting immigrant health challenges
New York City has traditionally been the portal to America for millions of foreign‐born immigrants. Current immigration echoes this past. Each year, tens of thousands of immigrants and migrants enter New York City. These individuals and families come from diverse cultures and health care systems which continue to impact on their health care needs. How can New York's health care system provide culturally sensitive and epidemiologically informed he…
Paan and Gutka in the United States
Attitudes, Knowledge, and Health-Seeking Behaviors of Five Immigrant Minority Communities in the Prevention and Screening of Cancer
Despite an observed decrease in overall cancer death rates in the USA, immigrant minorities continue to experience disproportionately higher cancer incidence and mortality rates. Thirteen focus groups were conducted in the Haitian, English-Speaking Caribbean, Latino, Korean, and Chinese communities of New York City to better understand their health-seeking behaviors with respect to cancer prevention, screening, and treatment. Focus groups address…
Drive-by Readings
Objectives. We explored an innovative strategy for targeted testing and disease management among immigrant communities at risk for tuberculosis. Methods. Taxi drivers were recruited at an airport holding lot to undergo tuberculin skin testing (Mantoux). After receiving their test results in a location convenient for them, drivers with positive results were referred for evaluation and treatment. We conducted baseline and follow-up assessments. Res…
Gany and Changrani Respond
As Xia writes, creative tuberculosis (TB) prevention strategies and programs are indeed necessary to reach the large numbers of medically underserved immigrants in the United States. Rates of TB among foreign-born persons in the United States continue to increase,1 and there is a vast reservoir of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among immigrants.2 Many at-risk immigrants face linguistic, cultural, economic, legal, and structural obstacles to…
Paan and Gutka Use in the United States
Smokeless tobacco and areca nut are popular with South Asians and South Asian immigrants, most commonly used as paan and gutka. Their regular use leads to oral cancer. The South Asian community in the U.S. is rapidly growing, where paan and gutka are readily available. The study was the first exploration of the migration of the paan and gutka habits, and their use in the U.S.A 108-item questionnaire on paan and gutka usage and beliefs was adminis…
Arab American Immigrants in New York
Cancer Screening and Haitian Immigrants
Access to Multilingual Medication Instructions at New York City Pharmacies
A Clinical Trials Recruitment Education Program for Immigrant Chinese Americans
This study was designed to develop and evaluate a community-based education program to facilitate enrollment of immigrant Chinese into clinical cancer screening trials. The program included workshops with culturally tailored health education materials. It was piloted to recruit persons into an ongoing lung cancer screening trial from a senior citizen center in Manhattan's Chinatown and compared with a control program at a second senior center. Su…
Mexican Immigrant Male Knowledge and Support Toward Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
Colon Cancer Knowledge and Attitudes in an Immigrant Haitian Community
Barriers and Facilitators to Public Health Insurance Enrollment in Newly Arrived Immigrant Adolescents and Young Adults in New York State
Detection of Depression with Different Interpreting Methods Among Chinese and Latino Primary Care Patients
Language Discordance and Influenza Vaccination
Missed Opportunities for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Our goal was to examine colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, referral, and follow-up practices in a population of Chinese and Latino immigrant patients. We conducted a nested cohort study within a larger randomized trial in a primary care clinic of a large municipal hospital. Participants were patients born in China and Latin America, new to the clinic and eligible for screening colonoscopy. The main outcome measures were physician referral for scr…
Mental Health Concerns Among African Immigrants
African Immigrant Health
A Community Intervention
Targeting Social and Economic Correlates of Cancer Treatment Appointment Keeping among Immigrant Chinese Patients
Hypertension Beliefs and Practices Among South Asian Immigrants
South Asian immigrants are a large, rapidly growing community in the United States. The rate of cardiovascular disease in immigrants from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh is disproportionately high. We conducted focus groups with diverse South Asian community members in New York City to elucidate hypertension knowledge, and screening and treatment practices. Focus groups were conducted in partnership with community-based organizations. 47 particip…
TBNet
This study was undertaken to evaluate tuberculosis treatment success among an internationally mobile population. A record review was conducted of all detainees referred to TBNet by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement from May 1, 2005 through February 28, 2008. Detainees were referred prior to deportation and followed until diagnosis was finalized and/or treatment complete. A comparative analysis of cases by TB diagnosis, demographics, and co-m…
“Every disease…man can get can start in this cab”
Food Insecurity
Gutka and Tambaku Paan Use Among South Asian Immigrants
Medicine (56 works) · Nursing (32 works) · Environmental health (30 works) · Immigration (28 works) · Family medicine (25 works) · Gerontology (25 works) · Public health (25 works) · Political science (22 works) · Internal Medicine (20 works) · Population (19 works)