Craig S Fryer
Biographic Data
| ID | 225345 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Craig S Fryer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Craig S |
| FAMILY NAME | Fryer |
| SIGNATURE | FRYER C S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1125-3578 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exploring Non-Cigarette Tobacco Product Use Experience Among Foreign-Born Koreans in District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
BACKGROUND: Non-cigarette tobacco product use behavior among foreign-born Koreans in the U.S. remains understudied and is poorly captured in most national surveys. OBJECTIVES: This study explored the non-cigarette tobacco product use patterns, acculturation influences, and associated factors among foreign-born Korean young adults (aged 18-39 years) in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. METHODS: Twenty-one participants (aged 18-39 y…
Mental Health Risk and Protection Among First-Generation Latinx Immigrant Youth
First-generation Latinx immigrant youth from the Northern Triangle (NT; El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) face unique risks for experiencing stressors across the phases of migration, which could exacerbate their mental health. This study aimed to (a) identify and characterize unique latent profile groups based on response patterns to immigrant minority stress and psychosocial protective factor items and (b) examine the associations of latent …
Prevalence of Blunt and Hemp Wrap Use Among Young Adults in the United States, 2022
INTRODUCTION: Blunt and hemp wraps, as a means of consuming cannabis, have emerged into the retail space where the prevalence has been increasing since 2017. There is limited epidemiological research on the prevalence of use of these products across the U.S. particularly among young adults who are at greater risk of tobacco and cannabis use. METHODS: = 1178) captured in May 2022. Respondents participated in an online survey about their use of blu…
It Just Felt Nice to be Able to Scream
This study was conducted to gain a deeper understanding of the role of emotions within protest experiences among college students. The study sample consisted of 18 undergraduate students aged 18 to 25 who participated in the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement protests. Within the sample, the majority of the participants identified as female (61.11%, n = 11) and were Black (38.89%, n = 7). In-depth interviews were conducted, and subsequent data were…
Health Information on Waterpipe Lounge Menus to Educate Young Adults
BACKGROUND: For years, tobacco risk communication has largely focused on cigarette smoking. New strategies must be developed to adapt to emerging tobacco products, such as waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS). AIMS: The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the preliminary effects of health information on waterpipe lounge menus on the perceptions of harm and risk from WTS and inform future efficacy interventions for health communication (i.e., …
Changes in Little Cigar and Cigarillo Use during the Covid-19 Pandemic
We examined the smoking behaviors of U.S. young adults ages 18-36 regarding little cigars and cigarillos (LCCs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Survey data were collected from a nationally representative sample of young adults between October and November 2020. Respondents who reported using LCCs with tobacco (CAI) and/or with marijuana (CAB) within the past 6 months prior to the survey ( n = 399) were included in the study. Logistic regression ana…
Tobacco Whack-A-Mole
The tobacco use field currently classifies 'tobacco users' based on the product they smoked in the past 30 days. Any tobacco product use beyond the past 30-day period is considered 'discontinued use' and not the focus of intervention or tobacco regulatory science decisions. We documented the substantial proportion of young adult LCC, cigarette, and large cigar users who either exclusively or dual/poly used these combustible products in recent (e.…
Correlates of Health Promotion in a Community Sample of African American Churches
Between Privilege and Oppression
The use of active transportation (AT), such as walking, cycling, or even public transit, as a means of transport offers an opportunity to increase youth physical activity and improve health. Despite the well-known benefits of AT, there are environmental and social variables that converge on the AT experiences of low-income youth and youth of color (YOC) that have yet to be fully uncovered. This study uses an intersectional framework, largely focu…
Perceptions about e-cigarette flavors
Background: Although in recent years, an increased number of young adult smokers have used flavored e-cigarettes, little research has been conducted to explore young adult smokers’ perceptions about e-cigarette flavors.Methods: This study used qualitative methods to examine young adult smokers’ perceptions towards e-cigarette flavors, their intentions of using e-cigarettes given a flavor ban, and their perceived role of e-cigarette flavors in the…
Mission of Mercy emergency dental clinics
The 2014 Mid-Maryland Mission of Mercy emergency dental clinic attracted people with risk factors for oral and chronic diseases. Those with one or more risk factors were more likely to receive oral surgery (specifically, tooth extraction). These findings strongly suggest that organizers of MOM emergency dental clinics include wrap-around primary care, health promotion and disease prevention services along with provision of dental services. While …
Association between menthol-flavoured cigarette smoking and flavoured little cigar and cigarillo use among African-American, Hispanic, and white young and middle-aged adult smokers
Use of menthol-flavoured cigarettes and positive perceptions about menthol-flavoured and other flavour additives in LCCs may contribute to dual use with flavoured LCCs among adult cigarette smokers, specifically those from vulnerable populations
The Symbolic Value and Limitations of Racial Concordance in Minority Research Engagement
The well-documented underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in research demands action. The field of health disparities research, however, lacks scientific consensus about how best to respectfully recruit underrepresented minority populations in research. We explore the investigators' perspective regarding how their own racial and ethnic background influenced their ability to recruit minorities, including (a) the influence of racial c…
Improving Informed Consent with Minority Participants
Strengthening the informed consent process is one avenue for improving recruitment of minorities into research. This study examines that process from two different perspectives, that of researchers and that of African American and Latino community members. Through the use of two separate surveys, we compared strategies used by researchers with the preferences and attitudes of community members during the informed consent process. Our data suggest…
Toward a Fourth Generation of Disparities Research to Achieve Health Equity
Achieving health equity, driven by the elimination of health disparities, is a goal of Healthy People 2020. In recent decades, the improvement in health status has been remarkable for the U.S. population as a whole. However, racial and ethnic minority populations continue to lag behind whites with a quality of life diminished by illness from preventable chronic diseases and a life span cut short by premature death. We examine a conceptual framewo…
Factors Influencing Food Buying Practices in Residents of a Low-Income Food Desert and a Low-Income Food Oasis
Studies suggest that proximity to a supermarket influences access to healthy foods. However, little is known about factors that influence food buying practices within areas with limited supermarket access. This study identified these factors and explored how they are related and influence healthy eating. Twenty-five men and women engaged in the concept mapping process, a mixed methods approach allowing participants to identify, sort, and rate ide…
Smoking Cessation and Stress Among Teenagers
The authors describe the experience of quitting smoking, focusing on the obstacles youth struggle with, based on individual interviews and focus groups with 54 teenagers in New York City. A major obstacle was the belief that people should stop smoking forever. The youth had to cope with temptation, frequent and often intense urges or cravings for cigarettes, and lack of social support from their family and friends. The young participants not only…
The Symbolic Value and Limitations of Racial Concordance in Minority Research Engagement
The well-documented underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in research demands action. The field of health disparities research, however, lacks scientific consensus about how best to respectfully recruit underrepresented minority populations in research. We explore the investigators' perspective regarding how their own racial and ethnic background influenced their ability to recruit minorities, including (a) the influence of racial c…
Factors Influencing Food Buying Practices in Residents of a Low-Income Food Desert and a Low-Income Food Oasis
Studies suggest that proximity to a supermarket influences access to healthy foods. However, little is known about factors that influence food buying practices within areas with limited supermarket access. This study identified these factors and explored how they are related and influence healthy eating. Twenty-five men and women engaged in the concept mapping process, a mixed methods approach allowing participants to identify, sort, and rate ide…
Improving Informed Consent with Minority Participants
Strengthening the informed consent process is one avenue for improving recruitment of minorities into research. This study examines that process from two different perspectives, that of researchers and that of African American and Latino community members. Through the use of two separate surveys, we compared strategies used by researchers with the preferences and attitudes of community members during the informed consent process. Our data suggest…
Smoking Cessation and Stress Among Teenagers
The authors describe the experience of quitting smoking, focusing on the obstacles youth struggle with, based on individual interviews and focus groups with 54 teenagers in New York City. A major obstacle was the belief that people should stop smoking forever. The youth had to cope with temptation, frequent and often intense urges or cravings for cigarettes, and lack of social support from their family and friends. The young participants not only…
Smoking Cessation and Stress Among Teenagers
The authors describe the experience of quitting smoking, focusing on the obstacles youth struggle with, based on individual interviews and focus groups with 54 teenagers in New York City. A major obstacle was the belief that people should stop smoking forever. The youth had to cope with temptation, frequent and often intense urges or cravings for cigarettes, and lack of social support from their family and friends. The young participants not only…
Toward a Fourth Generation of Disparities Research to Achieve Health Equity
Achieving health equity, driven by the elimination of health disparities, is a goal of Healthy People 2020. In recent decades, the improvement in health status has been remarkable for the U.S. population as a whole. However, racial and ethnic minority populations continue to lag behind whites with a quality of life diminished by illness from preventable chronic diseases and a life span cut short by premature death. We examine a conceptual framewo…
Factors Influencing Food Buying Practices in Residents of a Low-Income Food Desert and a Low-Income Food Oasis
Studies suggest that proximity to a supermarket influences access to healthy foods. However, little is known about factors that influence food buying practices within areas with limited supermarket access. This study identified these factors and explored how they are related and influence healthy eating. Twenty-five men and women engaged in the concept mapping process, a mixed methods approach allowing participants to identify, sort, and rate ide…
Improving Informed Consent with Minority Participants
Strengthening the informed consent process is one avenue for improving recruitment of minorities into research. This study examines that process from two different perspectives, that of researchers and that of African American and Latino community members. Through the use of two separate surveys, we compared strategies used by researchers with the preferences and attitudes of community members during the informed consent process. Our data suggest…
Association between menthol-flavoured cigarette smoking and flavoured little cigar and cigarillo use among African-American, Hispanic, and white young and middle-aged adult smokers
Use of menthol-flavoured cigarettes and positive perceptions about menthol-flavoured and other flavour additives in LCCs may contribute to dual use with flavoured LCCs among adult cigarette smokers, specifically those from vulnerable populations
The Symbolic Value and Limitations of Racial Concordance in Minority Research Engagement
The well-documented underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in research demands action. The field of health disparities research, however, lacks scientific consensus about how best to respectfully recruit underrepresented minority populations in research. We explore the investigators' perspective regarding how their own racial and ethnic background influenced their ability to recruit minorities, including (a) the influence of racial c…
Mission of Mercy emergency dental clinics
The 2014 Mid-Maryland Mission of Mercy emergency dental clinic attracted people with risk factors for oral and chronic diseases. Those with one or more risk factors were more likely to receive oral surgery (specifically, tooth extraction). These findings strongly suggest that organizers of MOM emergency dental clinics include wrap-around primary care, health promotion and disease prevention services along with provision of dental services. While …
Between Privilege and Oppression
The use of active transportation (AT), such as walking, cycling, or even public transit, as a means of transport offers an opportunity to increase youth physical activity and improve health. Despite the well-known benefits of AT, there are environmental and social variables that converge on the AT experiences of low-income youth and youth of color (YOC) that have yet to be fully uncovered. This study uses an intersectional framework, largely focu…
Perceptions about e-cigarette flavors
Background: Although in recent years, an increased number of young adult smokers have used flavored e-cigarettes, little research has been conducted to explore young adult smokers’ perceptions about e-cigarette flavors.Methods: This study used qualitative methods to examine young adult smokers’ perceptions towards e-cigarette flavors, their intentions of using e-cigarettes given a flavor ban, and their perceived role of e-cigarette flavors in the…
Correlates of Health Promotion in a Community Sample of African American Churches
Health Information on Waterpipe Lounge Menus to Educate Young Adults
BACKGROUND: For years, tobacco risk communication has largely focused on cigarette smoking. New strategies must be developed to adapt to emerging tobacco products, such as waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS). AIMS: The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the preliminary effects of health information on waterpipe lounge menus on the perceptions of harm and risk from WTS and inform future efficacy interventions for health communication (i.e., …
Changes in Little Cigar and Cigarillo Use during the Covid-19 Pandemic
We examined the smoking behaviors of U.S. young adults ages 18-36 regarding little cigars and cigarillos (LCCs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Survey data were collected from a nationally representative sample of young adults between October and November 2020. Respondents who reported using LCCs with tobacco (CAI) and/or with marijuana (CAB) within the past 6 months prior to the survey ( n = 399) were included in the study. Logistic regression ana…
Tobacco Whack-A-Mole
The tobacco use field currently classifies 'tobacco users' based on the product they smoked in the past 30 days. Any tobacco product use beyond the past 30-day period is considered 'discontinued use' and not the focus of intervention or tobacco regulatory science decisions. We documented the substantial proportion of young adult LCC, cigarette, and large cigar users who either exclusively or dual/poly used these combustible products in recent (e.…
It Just Felt Nice to be Able to Scream
This study was conducted to gain a deeper understanding of the role of emotions within protest experiences among college students. The study sample consisted of 18 undergraduate students aged 18 to 25 who participated in the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement protests. Within the sample, the majority of the participants identified as female (61.11%, n = 11) and were Black (38.89%, n = 7). In-depth interviews were conducted, and subsequent data were…
Mental Health Risk and Protection Among First-Generation Latinx Immigrant Youth
First-generation Latinx immigrant youth from the Northern Triangle (NT; El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) face unique risks for experiencing stressors across the phases of migration, which could exacerbate their mental health. This study aimed to (a) identify and characterize unique latent profile groups based on response patterns to immigrant minority stress and psychosocial protective factor items and (b) examine the associations of latent …
Prevalence of Blunt and Hemp Wrap Use Among Young Adults in the United States, 2022
INTRODUCTION: Blunt and hemp wraps, as a means of consuming cannabis, have emerged into the retail space where the prevalence has been increasing since 2017. There is limited epidemiological research on the prevalence of use of these products across the U.S. particularly among young adults who are at greater risk of tobacco and cannabis use. METHODS: = 1178) captured in May 2022. Respondents participated in an online survey about their use of blu…
Exploring Non-Cigarette Tobacco Product Use Experience Among Foreign-Born Koreans in District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
BACKGROUND: Non-cigarette tobacco product use behavior among foreign-born Koreans in the U.S. remains understudied and is poorly captured in most national surveys. OBJECTIVES: This study explored the non-cigarette tobacco product use patterns, acculturation influences, and associated factors among foreign-born Korean young adults (aged 18-39 years) in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. METHODS: Twenty-one participants (aged 18-39 y…
Medicine (15 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works)