Rose M Mays

Biographic Data

ID1563841
NAMERose M Mays
GIVEN NAMESRose M
FAMILY NAMEMays
SIGNATUREMAYS R M
AFFILIATIONSIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS11
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
H-INDEX2

  • Use of Drawings to Explore U.S. Women's Perspectives on Why People Might Decline HIV Testing

    Rose M Mays, Lynne A Sturm et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2011

    The purpose of this research is to explore through drawings and verbal descriptions women's perspectives about reasons why persons might decline human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing. We asked 30 participants to draw a person that would NOT get tested for HIV and then explain drawings. Using qualitative content analysis, we extracted seven themes. We found apprehension about knowing the result of an HIV test to be the most commonly identifie…

  • Health Literacy and Its Association With the Use of Information Sources and With Barriers to Information Seeking in Clinic-Based Pregnant Women

    Carol Shieh, Rose M Mays et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2009

    We investigated health literacy and its association with the use of information sources and with barriers to information seeking in clinic-based pregnant women. The Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (STOFHLA) was used to measure health literacy in 143 English-speaking low-income pregnant women. About 15% of the participants demonstrated low health literacy. Participants with low health literacy were less likely to use the Interne…

  • What, Me Worry

    Open AccessLynne A Sturm, Rose M Mays et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2008Cited by: 2References: 30

    Little is known about the bases of parental worry about adolescents' risk for acquiring a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Parents ( N = 247) of adolescents 12-17 years endorsed reasons that explained their worry or nonworry. Parents' past experience of an STI, perception of the child's sexual activity, and racial self-identification were predictors of worry. Cluster analyses identified five groups of worriers and four groups of nonworriers.…

  • Parental perspectives on vaccinating children against sexually transmitted infections

    Open AccessRose M Mays, Lynne A Sturm et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2004Cited by: 9References: 29

  • Assessing Cultural Competence of Policy Organizations

    Open AccessRose M Mays, Mary Lou de Leon Siantz et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2002

    Assessment of the capabilities of human service providers to care for individuals from diverse cultures has been widely discussed in the literature. However, a less examined area is the appraisal of the cultural competence of the administrative or policy bodies whose actions shape the character of these human services. This article demonstrates an approach for evaluating a policy organization’s cultural competence using a governmental agency as a…

  • Human Papillomavirus, Genital Warts, Pap Smears, and Cervical Cancer

    Rose M Mays, Gregory D Zimet Yve Rose M MaysARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2000

    The high prevalence of genital warts, human papillomavirus (HPV), and the virus's cancer-causing potential warrant that women be well informed about these conditions and measures to prevent them. The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine women's knowledge and beliefs about genital warts, HPV, cervical cancer, and Pap tests. We interviewed 40 women recruited from health clinics in Chicago (20 adults) and Indianapolis (20 adolescents) ab…