Edwin B Fisher
Biographic Data
| ID | 219316 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edwin B Fisher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edwin B |
| FAMILY NAME | Fisher |
| SIGNATURE | FISHER E B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0234-7465 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 115 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Feasibility of dyadic peer support to augment a church-based healthy lifestyle programme
Objective: African Americans in the USA experience a disproportionate burden of chronic disease. Healthy lifestyle promotion programmes can help decrease this disease risk. This study determined the feasibility of using dyadic peer support to augment an existing healthy lifestyle programme in African American churches. Design: A prospective pre-post design was used with 80 participants from three churches in the southeastern USA over an 18-week p…
Dyadic Peer Support to Improve Diet and Physical Activity Among African American Church Members
The long-term effects of Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program on diabetes incidence and cardiometabolic risk
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry-(updated from the original trial)ACTRN12611000262909; India: CTRI/2021/10/037191
A peer support program results in greater health benefits for peer leaders than other participants
Being a peer leader in a diabetes prevention program was associated with greater health benefits during and after the intervention period. Further studies are needed to examine the long-term sustainability of these benefits
What Factors Predict the Adoption of Type 2 Diabetes Patients to Wearable Activity Trackers—Application of Diffusion of Innovation Theory
Background: Globally, diabetes has brought an enormous burden to public health resources, and the situation of disease burden caused by diabetes in China is especially severe. China is currently facing the dual threat of aging and diabetes, and wearable activity trackers could promote elderly diabetic patients' physical activity levels and help them to manage blood glucose control. Therefore, examining the influencing factors of elderly patients'…
Integrating the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior With the Stages of Change to Predict Exercise Among Chinese People With Type 2 Diabetes
Background: There have been very limited prospective studies examining social-cognitive models within stages of behavior change in the exercise domain. Purpose: We examined the utility of the theory of planned behavior (TPB), incorporating self-identity and descriptive norm constructs, to predict exercise behavior across the stages of change, in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Methods: Data were obtained from a longitudinal study. Multi-group s…
The mediating role of partner communication on contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women participating in a small-group intervention in Malawi
Though effective reproductive health interventions have been developed for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa, few have explored whether specific components of the interventions are responsible for observed changes in behaviour. Data for this longitudinal mediation analysis come from a quasi-experimental, sexual and reproductive health study conducted among AGYW (age 15-24) in Malawi. We assessed the extent to which the…
Social Isolation and Mental Health
Associations among neighborhood poverty, perceived neighborhood environment, and depressed mood are mediated by physical activity, perceived individual control, and loneliness
Challenges for accessing and maintaining good quality of HIV care among men who have sex with men living with HIV in China
HIV care in China is shifting toward a community-based model involving a wide range of stakeholders. We aimed to understand key stakeholders’ perceived challenges of providing high-quality care for men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV. In-depth interviews were conducted with a diverse sample of stakeholders (N = 17) in two Chinese cities, including providers, policymakers, and community workers. Interviews focused on stakeholders’ chal…
How We Each Emerged From Isolation, Found Each Other and a Common Voice
The three authors of this article met in a purpose-driven way: They were each experiencing alarm at Donald Trump grounded in their individual professional experience. They responded to the challenge of watching a man who, in their view, was clearly unfit to serve as president, but, as with the emperor with no clothes, remained unconfronted by those with the greatest capacity to delineate the risks he embodied. Their national professional associat…
Child maltreatment and body mass index over time
Principles and Concepts of Behavioral Medicine
Social Support and Physical Health
Advice to patients undergoing stem cell transplant
Hematopoietic stem cell transplant survivors often share advice with patients undergoing this difficult treatment. We content analyzed narratives written by 59 transplant survivors given the opportunity to share advice with patients. Analyses described categories of advice they shared and evaluated their perceptions of the helpfulness of advice they had received. We found nine advice categories and evidence for variation in their perceived helpfu…
Mental Health in China
A randomized controlled trial of directive and nondirective smoking cessation coaching through an employee quitline
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02730260 , Registered March 31, 2016
Peer Support Enhanced Social Support in Adolescent Females During Weight Loss
Findings suggest that an intervention targeting peer support skills results in greater feelings of peer support
Cluster randomised controlled trial of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12611000262909
Personality predictors of the time course for lung cancer onset
National Institutes of Health Science Agenda
Evaluating an Abbreviated Version of the Hispanic Stress Inventory for Immigrants
This study evaluates an abbreviated version of the Hispanic Stress Inventory-Immigrant version (HSI-I) with a nonclinical sample of 143 adult Hispanic immigrants residing in a large midwestern city. The HSI-I consists of 73 items and 5 distinct subscales that assess psychosocial experiences on five dimensions, namely, occupational/economic, parental, marital, immigration, and familial/cultural. Five items with the greatest loading in each of the …
Ecological Approaches to Self-Management
In the Diabetes Initiative of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, an ecological perspective helped identify the following key resources and supports for self-management (RSSM): individualized assessment, collaborative goal setting, skills enhancement, follow-up and support, access to resources, and continuity of quality clinical care. These RSSM reflect the grounding of diabetes self-management in the context of social and environmental influence…
Socioeconomic Status, Stress, and Immune Markers in Adolescents With Asthma
OBJECTIVE: Previous research has demonstrated links between low socioeconomic status (SES) and clinical asthma outcomes, as well as links between stress and asthma. The objective of this study was to test whether adolescents with asthma from different SES backgrounds differed in biological profiles relevant to asthma, including immune and cortisol measures. The second objective was to test whether psychological stress and control beliefs could ex…
Relationship of Activity and Social Support to the Functional Health of Older Adults
If changes in potentially modifiable risk factors such as activity are associated with the beginning of functional decline, early intervention may be possible before disability ensues, thus reducing the risk of disability and ultimately health care costs
Relationship of Activity and Social Support to the Functional Health of Older Adults
If changes in potentially modifiable risk factors such as activity are associated with the beginning of functional decline, early intervention may be possible before disability ensues, thus reducing the risk of disability and ultimately health care costs
The results of the Commit trial. Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation
The results of the COMMIT trial. Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation. E B Fisher, JrCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.85.2.159 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Social Isolation and Mental Health
Mental Health in China
Evaluating an Abbreviated Version of the Hispanic Stress Inventory for Immigrants
This study evaluates an abbreviated version of the Hispanic Stress Inventory-Immigrant version (HSI-I) with a nonclinical sample of 143 adult Hispanic immigrants residing in a large midwestern city. The HSI-I consists of 73 items and 5 distinct subscales that assess psychosocial experiences on five dimensions, namely, occupational/economic, parental, marital, immigration, and familial/cultural. Five items with the greatest loading in each of the …
Ecological Approaches to Self-Management
In the Diabetes Initiative of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, an ecological perspective helped identify the following key resources and supports for self-management (RSSM): individualized assessment, collaborative goal setting, skills enhancement, follow-up and support, access to resources, and continuity of quality clinical care. These RSSM reflect the grounding of diabetes self-management in the context of social and environmental influence…
Neighbors for a smoke free north side
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated a community organization approach that emphasized involvement of audiences in program planning and implementation in promoting nonsmoking among African American residents of low-income neighborhoods. METHODS: The quasi-experimental design involved a 24-month intervention in 3 low-income, predominantly African American neighborhoods in St. Louis. Intervention neighborhoods were compared with comparable, untreated n…
Demographic and socioeconomic differences in beliefs about the health effects of smoking
To assess sociodemographic differences in beliefs about the health effects of cigarette smoking and passive smoke exposure, we recently surveyed 2092 adults in St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo. The percentages of respondents who knew that smoking causes lung cancer, emphysema, and heart disease were 76.7, 74.1, and 67.2, respectively. After multivariate adjustment, knowledge about smoking's health effects was generally lower among women, older respo…
Measuring physical activity with a single question
Using 1,004 subjects enrolled in a worksite health promotion program, this report evaluated the validity of a single question about participation in regular exercise. Measured at baseline, this one question had a significant age-adjusted association with body mass index (p less than 0.0001 in women and p = 0.001 in men), HDL cholesterol (p less than 0.0001 in women), and oxygen capacity (p = 0.0007 in women and p = 0.002 in men). Thus, one self-r…
An Experimental Investigation of Consumer Behavior in a Controlled Environment
This article describes the general structure of controlled economic environments and reports the results of a series of experimentally-induced price changes on consumer behavior in one such environment. The experimental results demonstrate the suitability of controlled economic environments as laboratories for the experimental analysis of consumer behavior and add to our understanding of consumer behavior, particularly with respect to the continu…
Relationships among Social Support, Diabetes Outcomes, and Morale for Older Men and Women
The present study examined (a) whether a diabetes-specific measure of social support is more highly related to diabetes outcomes than is a general measure of social support, (b) if the relationship between social support and diabetes outcomes is different for men and women, and (c) if self-care behavior and metabolic control influences morale among older adults with diabetes. Study participants were 191 community-dwelling volunteers (81 men, 110 …
Advice to patients undergoing stem cell transplant
Hematopoietic stem cell transplant survivors often share advice with patients undergoing this difficult treatment. We content analyzed narratives written by 59 transplant survivors given the opportunity to share advice with patients. Analyses described categories of advice they shared and evaluated their perceptions of the helpfulness of advice they had received. We found nine advice categories and evidence for variation in their perceived helpfu…
National Institutes of Health Science Agenda
Progress in reducing adolescent smoking
Progress in reducing adolescent smoking. E B Fisher, JrCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.70.7.678 Published Online: October 07, 2011
An Experimental Investigation of Consumer Behavior in a Controlled Environment
This article describes the general structure of controlled economic environments and reports the results of a series of experimentally-induced price changes on consumer behavior in one such environment. The experimental results demonstrate the suitability of controlled economic environments as laboratories for the experimental analysis of consumer behavior and add to our understanding of consumer behavior, particularly with respect to the continu…
Progress in reducing adolescent smoking
Progress in reducing adolescent smoking. E B Fisher, JrCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.70.7.678 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Psychosocial and Physiological Correlates of Male Gender Role Stress among Employed Adults
Previous research has identified male gender role stress (MGRS) as a construct that leads men, as a function of traditional socialization processes, to appraise certain situations in ways that produce psychosocial and physiological distress. Because the initial research was based on college undergraduates, the current study explored the relationship of MGRS to psychosocial and physiological risk factors for cardiovascular disease among employed a…
Measuring physical activity with a single question
Using 1,004 subjects enrolled in a worksite health promotion program, this report evaluated the validity of a single question about participation in regular exercise. Measured at baseline, this one question had a significant age-adjusted association with body mass index (p less than 0.0001 in women and p = 0.001 in men), HDL cholesterol (p less than 0.0001 in women), and oxygen capacity (p = 0.0007 in women and p = 0.002 in men). Thus, one self-r…
The Type A Belief System
Certain core beliefs may underlie the Type A behavior pattern, predisposing individuals to health problems and impaired interpersonal relationships. Previous studies have revealed that the Type A Cognitive Questionnaire (TACQ), a self-report measure reflecting these beliefs, is indeed related to emotional distress. The current study assessed the TACQ's relationship to aspects of the interpersonal environment, including perceived social support an…
Relationships among Social Support, Diabetes Outcomes, and Morale for Older Men and Women
The present study examined (a) whether a diabetes-specific measure of social support is more highly related to diabetes outcomes than is a general measure of social support, (b) if the relationship between social support and diabetes outcomes is different for men and women, and (c) if self-care behavior and metabolic control influences morale among older adults with diabetes. Study participants were 191 community-dwelling volunteers (81 men, 110 …
Demographic and socioeconomic differences in beliefs about the health effects of smoking
To assess sociodemographic differences in beliefs about the health effects of cigarette smoking and passive smoke exposure, we recently surveyed 2092 adults in St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo. The percentages of respondents who knew that smoking causes lung cancer, emphysema, and heart disease were 76.7, 74.1, and 67.2, respectively. After multivariate adjustment, knowledge about smoking's health effects was generally lower among women, older respo…
The results of the Commit trial. Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation
The results of the COMMIT trial. Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation. E B Fisher, JrCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.85.2.159 Published Online: October 07, 2011
A survey of women with HIV about their expectations for care
As an increasing number of women become infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), it is important to understand their expectations regarding the health care services they receive. In 1995 a new centre was opened at an academic centre in St Louis, Missouri, to provide comprehensive care to women with HIV. To assist in the Centre's development, we interviewed 50 of 119 enrolled clients (42%) using a survey instrument focusing on what th…
Neighbors for a smoke free north side
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated a community organization approach that emphasized involvement of audiences in program planning and implementation in promoting nonsmoking among African American residents of low-income neighborhoods. METHODS: The quasi-experimental design involved a 24-month intervention in 3 low-income, predominantly African American neighborhoods in St. Louis. Intervention neighborhoods were compared with comparable, untreated n…
Relationship of Activity and Social Support to the Functional Health of Older Adults
If changes in potentially modifiable risk factors such as activity are associated with the beginning of functional decline, early intervention may be possible before disability ensues, thus reducing the risk of disability and ultimately health care costs
Socioeconomic Status, Stress, and Immune Markers in Adolescents With Asthma
OBJECTIVE: Previous research has demonstrated links between low socioeconomic status (SES) and clinical asthma outcomes, as well as links between stress and asthma. The objective of this study was to test whether adolescents with asthma from different SES backgrounds differed in biological profiles relevant to asthma, including immune and cortisol measures. The second objective was to test whether psychological stress and control beliefs could ex…
Ecological Approaches to Self-Management
In the Diabetes Initiative of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, an ecological perspective helped identify the following key resources and supports for self-management (RSSM): individualized assessment, collaborative goal setting, skills enhancement, follow-up and support, access to resources, and continuity of quality clinical care. These RSSM reflect the grounding of diabetes self-management in the context of social and environmental influence…
Evaluating an Abbreviated Version of the Hispanic Stress Inventory for Immigrants
This study evaluates an abbreviated version of the Hispanic Stress Inventory-Immigrant version (HSI-I) with a nonclinical sample of 143 adult Hispanic immigrants residing in a large midwestern city. The HSI-I consists of 73 items and 5 distinct subscales that assess psychosocial experiences on five dimensions, namely, occupational/economic, parental, marital, immigration, and familial/cultural. Five items with the greatest loading in each of the …
National Institutes of Health Science Agenda
Personality predictors of the time course for lung cancer onset
Cluster randomised controlled trial of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12611000262909
Peer Support Enhanced Social Support in Adolescent Females During Weight Loss
Findings suggest that an intervention targeting peer support skills results in greater feelings of peer support
A randomized controlled trial of directive and nondirective smoking cessation coaching through an employee quitline
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02730260 , Registered March 31, 2016
Mental Health in China
Principles and Concepts of Behavioral Medicine
Social Support and Physical Health
Advice to patients undergoing stem cell transplant
Hematopoietic stem cell transplant survivors often share advice with patients undergoing this difficult treatment. We content analyzed narratives written by 59 transplant survivors given the opportunity to share advice with patients. Analyses described categories of advice they shared and evaluated their perceptions of the helpfulness of advice they had received. We found nine advice categories and evidence for variation in their perceived helpfu…
Child maltreatment and body mass index over time
Associations among neighborhood poverty, perceived neighborhood environment, and depressed mood are mediated by physical activity, perceived individual control, and loneliness
Medicine (27 works) · Psychology (24 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Psychiatry (12 works) · Gerontology (11 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Environmental health (7 works)