Bradley N Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 1562701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bradley N Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bradley N |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS B N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Temple University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3703-9630 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bridging Gaps
Health equity is shaped by multiple factors intersecting with service delivery in community-based organizations (CBOs). Providers in under-resourced areas are often the first point of contact for families seeking child development, mental health, and behavioral support. However, system-level barriers hinder service delivery and access. This study explores provider perspectives to identify barriers and inform system-level changes that promote equi…
Babies Living Safe and Smokefree (BLiSS) Intervention Reduces Children’s Tobacco Smoke Exposure Directly and Indirectly by Improving Maternal Smokers’ Urge Management Skills and Exposure Protection Be…
Children's tobacco smoke exposure (CTSE) is a public health concern, particularly in low-income and minority communities. Interventions to reduce CTSE have had modest success, and so research must identify mechanisms to improve intervention efficacy. This study investigated mediators of CTSE reduction in an intervention designed to facilitate CTSE protection and maternal smoking abstinence. We analyzed data from the Babies Living Safe and Smokefr…
Integrating HPV Vaccination Within PrEP care Delivery for Underserved Populations
Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Tobacco Urge Management Scale (Tums)
The TUMS is a reliable, valid measure of smoking urge management behaviors. The measure can support theory-driven research on smoking-specific coping mechanisms, inform clinical practice by identifying coping strategies that might be under-utilized in treatment-seeking smokers, and function as a measure of treatment adherence in cessation trials that target urge management behaviors
Antecedents of Self-Efficacy to Achieve Smoking-Behavior-Change Goals among Low-Income Parents Enrolled in an Evidence-Based Tobacco Intervention
Previous studies have shown that greater self-efficacy (SE) to modify smoking behaviors during treatment improves long-term post-treatment outcomes. Little is known about factors that might enhance SE for smoking abstinence and for reducing children's tobacco smoke exposure (TSE). The present study investigated hypothesized predictors of end-of-treatment SE to abstain from smoking and to protect children from TSE by conducting secondary multiple …
Tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship in Arabic media between 2017 and 2019
Nineteen out of 22 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region, including the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, have ratified the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) treaty. One of FCTC’s provisions prohibits tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS). The TAPS provision requires nations to ban direct and indirect tobacco ads in media, as exposure to tobacco use in the media encourages smoking…
Multilevel Intervention for Low-Income Maternal Smokers in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Objectives. To test the efficacy of Babies Living Safe and Smokefree (BLiSS), a multilevel intervention initiated in a citywide safety net health system to improve low-income maternal smokers’ abstinence and reduce child tobacco smoke exposure. Methods. This randomized controlled trial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2015–2020), recruited low-income maternal smokers who received a brief smoking intervention (Ask, Advise, Refer [AAR]) from nutritio…
The Role of Ethnicity and Nativity in the Correspondence between Subjective and Objective Measures of In-Home Smoking
Baseline sleep quality is a significant predictor of quit-day smoking self-efficacy among low-income treatment-seeking smokers
Compared to non-smokers, smokers have an increased risk for poor sleep quality, which could undermine confidence to quit. This study examined whether baseline sleep quality was associated with quit-day smoking self-efficacy among smokers enrolled in a smoking cessation trial. Treatment-seeking low-income smokers were randomized to either a low-intensity physical activity integrated with standard smoking cessation intervention or standard care ces…
Kids Safe and Smokefree (KiSS) Multilevel Intervention to Reduce Child Tobacco Smoke Exposure
Background: Pediatricians following clinical practice guidelines for tobacco intervention (“Ask, Advise, and Refer” [AAR]) can motivate parents to reduce child tobacco smoke exposure (TSE). However, brief clinic interventions are unable to provide the more intensive, evidence-based behavioral treatments that facilitate the knowledge, skills, and confidence that parents need to both reduce child TSE and quit smoking. We hypothesized that a multile…
Increasing Home Smoking Restrictions Boosts Underserved Moms' Bioverified Quit Success
Objectives: Standard smoking cessation treatments remain relatively ineffective in vulnerable populations. This study tested whether efforts to restrict residential smoking mediated the counseling treatment - smoking cessation association in a child tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) reduction trial. Methods: Maternal smokers (N = 300) with young children from low-income minority communities were randomized to counseling or standard care control to pro…
Babies Living Safe & Smokefree
Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02602288 . Registered 9 November 2015
Kids Safe and Smokefree (KiSS)
NCT01745393 (clinicaltrials.gov)
Process and outcomes of a skin protection intervention for young adults
Efforts to reduce skin cancer risk behaviors using appearance-oriented interventions (e.g. ultraviolet (UV) light photos showing skin damage) or motivational interviewing (MI) have shown promise in recent trials. In the study a randomized 2 (UV photo versus no UV photo) x 2 (MI versus no MI) factorial design with longitudinal follow up was used. Results showed that progression in stage of change (SOC) was significantly more likely in the photo th…
Smoking-Related Weight Concerns Among Underserved, Black Maternal Smokers
This is the first study to delineate factors predicting weight concerns in this population, thus expanding our understanding of a key cessation barrier and informing future cessation strategies in a population known to bear increased risk of tobacco-related disease
Association Between Anxiety and Smoking in a Sample of Urban Black Men
Process and outcomes of a skin protection intervention for young adults
Efforts to reduce skin cancer risk behaviors using appearance-oriented interventions (e.g. ultraviolet (UV) light photos showing skin damage) or motivational interviewing (MI) have shown promise in recent trials. In the study a randomized 2 (UV photo versus no UV photo) x 2 (MI versus no MI) factorial design with longitudinal follow up was used. Results showed that progression in stage of change (SOC) was significantly more likely in the photo th…
Baseline sleep quality is a significant predictor of quit-day smoking self-efficacy among low-income treatment-seeking smokers
Compared to non-smokers, smokers have an increased risk for poor sleep quality, which could undermine confidence to quit. This study examined whether baseline sleep quality was associated with quit-day smoking self-efficacy among smokers enrolled in a smoking cessation trial. Treatment-seeking low-income smokers were randomized to either a low-intensity physical activity integrated with standard smoking cessation intervention or standard care ces…
Association Between Anxiety and Smoking in a Sample of Urban Black Men
Smoking-Related Weight Concerns Among Underserved, Black Maternal Smokers
This is the first study to delineate factors predicting weight concerns in this population, thus expanding our understanding of a key cessation barrier and informing future cessation strategies in a population known to bear increased risk of tobacco-related disease
Kids Safe and Smokefree (KiSS)
NCT01745393 (clinicaltrials.gov)
Process and outcomes of a skin protection intervention for young adults
Efforts to reduce skin cancer risk behaviors using appearance-oriented interventions (e.g. ultraviolet (UV) light photos showing skin damage) or motivational interviewing (MI) have shown promise in recent trials. In the study a randomized 2 (UV photo versus no UV photo) x 2 (MI versus no MI) factorial design with longitudinal follow up was used. Results showed that progression in stage of change (SOC) was significantly more likely in the photo th…
Babies Living Safe & Smokefree
Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02602288 . Registered 9 November 2015
Kids Safe and Smokefree (KiSS) Multilevel Intervention to Reduce Child Tobacco Smoke Exposure
Background: Pediatricians following clinical practice guidelines for tobacco intervention (“Ask, Advise, and Refer” [AAR]) can motivate parents to reduce child tobacco smoke exposure (TSE). However, brief clinic interventions are unable to provide the more intensive, evidence-based behavioral treatments that facilitate the knowledge, skills, and confidence that parents need to both reduce child TSE and quit smoking. We hypothesized that a multile…
Increasing Home Smoking Restrictions Boosts Underserved Moms' Bioverified Quit Success
Objectives: Standard smoking cessation treatments remain relatively ineffective in vulnerable populations. This study tested whether efforts to restrict residential smoking mediated the counseling treatment - smoking cessation association in a child tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) reduction trial. Methods: Maternal smokers (N = 300) with young children from low-income minority communities were randomized to counseling or standard care control to pro…
Baseline sleep quality is a significant predictor of quit-day smoking self-efficacy among low-income treatment-seeking smokers
Compared to non-smokers, smokers have an increased risk for poor sleep quality, which could undermine confidence to quit. This study examined whether baseline sleep quality was associated with quit-day smoking self-efficacy among smokers enrolled in a smoking cessation trial. Treatment-seeking low-income smokers were randomized to either a low-intensity physical activity integrated with standard smoking cessation intervention or standard care ces…
The Role of Ethnicity and Nativity in the Correspondence between Subjective and Objective Measures of In-Home Smoking
Antecedents of Self-Efficacy to Achieve Smoking-Behavior-Change Goals among Low-Income Parents Enrolled in an Evidence-Based Tobacco Intervention
Previous studies have shown that greater self-efficacy (SE) to modify smoking behaviors during treatment improves long-term post-treatment outcomes. Little is known about factors that might enhance SE for smoking abstinence and for reducing children's tobacco smoke exposure (TSE). The present study investigated hypothesized predictors of end-of-treatment SE to abstain from smoking and to protect children from TSE by conducting secondary multiple …
Tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship in Arabic media between 2017 and 2019
Nineteen out of 22 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region, including the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, have ratified the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) treaty. One of FCTC’s provisions prohibits tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS). The TAPS provision requires nations to ban direct and indirect tobacco ads in media, as exposure to tobacco use in the media encourages smoking…
Multilevel Intervention for Low-Income Maternal Smokers in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Objectives. To test the efficacy of Babies Living Safe and Smokefree (BLiSS), a multilevel intervention initiated in a citywide safety net health system to improve low-income maternal smokers’ abstinence and reduce child tobacco smoke exposure. Methods. This randomized controlled trial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2015–2020), recruited low-income maternal smokers who received a brief smoking intervention (Ask, Advise, Refer [AAR]) from nutritio…
Integrating HPV Vaccination Within PrEP care Delivery for Underserved Populations
Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Tobacco Urge Management Scale (Tums)
The TUMS is a reliable, valid measure of smoking urge management behaviors. The measure can support theory-driven research on smoking-specific coping mechanisms, inform clinical practice by identifying coping strategies that might be under-utilized in treatment-seeking smokers, and function as a measure of treatment adherence in cessation trials that target urge management behaviors
Bridging Gaps
Health equity is shaped by multiple factors intersecting with service delivery in community-based organizations (CBOs). Providers in under-resourced areas are often the first point of contact for families seeking child development, mental health, and behavioral support. However, system-level barriers hinder service delivery and access. This study explores provider perspectives to identify barriers and inform system-level changes that promote equi…
Babies Living Safe and Smokefree (BLiSS) Intervention Reduces Children’s Tobacco Smoke Exposure Directly and Indirectly by Improving Maternal Smokers’ Urge Management Skills and Exposure Protection Be…
Children's tobacco smoke exposure (CTSE) is a public health concern, particularly in low-income and minority communities. Interventions to reduce CTSE have had modest success, and so research must identify mechanisms to improve intervention efficacy. This study investigated mediators of CTSE reduction in an intervention designed to facilitate CTSE protection and maternal smoking abstinence. We analyzed data from the Babies Living Safe and Smokefr…
Medicine (15 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (12 works) · Environmental health (11 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Intervention (counseling (7 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 works) · Public health (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Demography (5 works)