Eric A Ro
Biographic Data
| ID | 3586109 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric A Ro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric A |
| FAMILY NAME | Ro |
| SIGNATURE | RO E A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fox Chase Cancer Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0890-2418 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Acculturative Stress and Inflammation Among Chinese Immigrant Women
OBJECTIVE: Among Chinese immigrant populations, increasing duration of US residence is associated with elevated risk for various chronic diseases. Although life-style changes after migration have been extensively studied in immigrant populations, the psychosocial impact of acculturative stress on biological markers of health is less understood. Thus, the purpose of the present study is to examine associations between acculturative stress and infl…
Change in Worksite Smoking Behavior Following Cancer Risk Feedback: A Pilot Study
These findings support a formal evaluation of a worksite smoking intervention using cancer risk feedback
Mammography Interventions for 65- to 74-Year-Old HMO Women: Program Effectiveness and Predictors of Use
This study evaluated the impact of two interventions designed to encourage mammography use among HMO women aged 65-74 who had not had a mammogram within the past year and had not used their referral for a free mammogram. Ninety days after the referral mailing, women were randomized to receive (a) a survey, (b) a survey in addition to telephone mammography counseling, or (c) a survey, telephone counseling, and a letter. Follow-up data indicated th…
Touba: A Spiritual Metropolis in the Modern World
Touba au Sénégal est la métropole spirituelle de la confrérie islamique des Mourides. Cette ville sainte, qui compte aujourd'hui 300 000 âmes, fut établie dans la forêt sauvage par Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacké en 1887. L'article traite de ce phénomène d'une ville sainte moderne par l'analyse spatiale. Il s'agit d'abord de décerner la signification spirituelle, cosmologique, et idéologique de la ville en examinant le contenu semiotique de sa topogr…
Mammography-Related Beliefs of Older Women: A Survey of an HMO Population
Although breast cancer risk increases with age, most studies show that mammography use decreases. A 15-minute telephone survey of 548 women health maintenance organization (HMO) members aged 65 to 74 who had not obtained a mammogram within the past year was undertaken to identify sociodemographic factors as well as knowledge, belief, and attitudinal characteristics associated with mammography history. Women who had never had a mammogram were less…
Screening for colorectal neoplasia: Physicians' adherence to complete diagnostic evaluation
This prospective study was done in a health maintenance organization colorectal cancer screening program to determine whether 166 persons found to have abnormal fecal occult blood test results typically underwent complete diagnostic evaluation (i.e., either colonoscopy or barium enema x-ray plus flexible sigmoidoscopy). Chart audit data show that 137 (82%) subjects contacted a physician to discuss follow-up. A complete diagnostic evaluation was r…
Adherence to Continuous Screening for Colorectal Neoplasia
Continuous screening is defined as the periodic provision of an opportunity for diagnostic testing to a population of individuals who are asymptomatic and at increased risk for disease. If screening is offered periodically irrespective of response to an earlier screening invitation, this situation may be referred to as serial screening. When continuous screening is made available only to individuals who had tested previously, population member re…
The impact of mailing psychoeducational materials to women with abnormal mammograms
A randomized trial was conducted to evaluate the impact of mailed psychoeducational materials on adherence to subsequent annual mammography among women with prior abnormal mammograms. The results showed a 13% increment in adherence among women who received this intervention. This effect was independent of all sociodemographic and medical variables examined. We conclude that mailed psychoeducational materials may be an effective mechanism to impro…
Behavioral Interventions to Increase Adherence in Colorectal Cancer Screening
This investigation was a randomized controlled trial to determine the impact of health education interventions on the return of mailed fecal occult blood (FOB) tests (FOBT adherence) in a colorectal cancer screening program. The study sample included 2,201 men and women aged 50 to 74 years who were members of an Independent Practice Association (IPA)-type health maintenance organization (HMO). Subjects were randomly assigned to a "usual care" Con…
Indians in the Fur Trade: Their Role as Trappers, Hunters, and Middlemen in the Lands Southwest of Hudson Bay, 1660-1870
Beyond the River and the Bay: Some Observations on the State of the Canadian Northwest in 1811 with a View to Providing the Intending Settler with an Intimate Knowledge of That Country
Beyond the River and the Bay: Some Observations on the State of the Canadian Northwest in 1811 with a View to Providing the Intending Settler with an Intimate Knowledge of That Country Beyond the River and the Bay: Some Observations on the State of the Canadian Northwest in 1811 with a View to Providing the Intending Settler with an Intimate Knowledge of That Country. By Ross Eric. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970. xiii, 190 p. Illustr…
Beyond the River and the Bay: Some Observations on the State of the Canadian Northwest in 1811 with a View to Providing the Intending Settler with an Intimate Knowledge of That Country
Beyond the River and the Bay brings to life the exciting landscape of the Canadian Northwest in the early years of the nineteenth century when the fur traders from the St. Lawrence clashed with their rivals from Hudson Bay. The book is based on an imaginary long-lost manuscript by Ian Alexander Bell Robertson entitled "Some Observations on the State of the Canadian Northwest in 1811." Robertson, a friend of Lord Selkirk and Sir Walter Scott, was …
Touba: A Spiritual Metropolis in the Modern World
Touba au Sénégal est la métropole spirituelle de la confrérie islamique des Mourides. Cette ville sainte, qui compte aujourd'hui 300 000 âmes, fut établie dans la forêt sauvage par Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacké en 1887. L'article traite de ce phénomène d'une ville sainte moderne par l'analyse spatiale. Il s'agit d'abord de décerner la signification spirituelle, cosmologique, et idéologique de la ville en examinant le contenu semiotique de sa topogr…
Screening for colorectal neoplasia: Physicians' adherence to complete diagnostic evaluation
This prospective study was done in a health maintenance organization colorectal cancer screening program to determine whether 166 persons found to have abnormal fecal occult blood test results typically underwent complete diagnostic evaluation (i.e., either colonoscopy or barium enema x-ray plus flexible sigmoidoscopy). Chart audit data show that 137 (82%) subjects contacted a physician to discuss follow-up. A complete diagnostic evaluation was r…
The impact of mailing psychoeducational materials to women with abnormal mammograms
A randomized trial was conducted to evaluate the impact of mailed psychoeducational materials on adherence to subsequent annual mammography among women with prior abnormal mammograms. The results showed a 13% increment in adherence among women who received this intervention. This effect was independent of all sociodemographic and medical variables examined. We conclude that mailed psychoeducational materials may be an effective mechanism to impro…
Mammography Interventions for 65- to 74-Year-Old HMO Women: Program Effectiveness and Predictors of Use
This study evaluated the impact of two interventions designed to encourage mammography use among HMO women aged 65-74 who had not had a mammogram within the past year and had not used their referral for a free mammogram. Ninety days after the referral mailing, women were randomized to receive (a) a survey, (b) a survey in addition to telephone mammography counseling, or (c) a survey, telephone counseling, and a letter. Follow-up data indicated th…
Mammography-Related Beliefs of Older Women: A Survey of an HMO Population
Although breast cancer risk increases with age, most studies show that mammography use decreases. A 15-minute telephone survey of 548 women health maintenance organization (HMO) members aged 65 to 74 who had not obtained a mammogram within the past year was undertaken to identify sociodemographic factors as well as knowledge, belief, and attitudinal characteristics associated with mammography history. Women who had never had a mammogram were less…
Indians in the Fur Trade: Their Role as Trappers, Hunters, and Middlemen in the Lands Southwest of Hudson Bay, 1660-1870
Beyond the River and the Bay: Some Observations on the State of the Canadian Northwest in 1811 with a View to Providing the Intending Settler with an Intimate Knowledge of That Country
Beyond the River and the Bay brings to life the exciting landscape of the Canadian Northwest in the early years of the nineteenth century when the fur traders from the St. Lawrence clashed with their rivals from Hudson Bay. The book is based on an imaginary long-lost manuscript by Ian Alexander Bell Robertson entitled "Some Observations on the State of the Canadian Northwest in 1811." Robertson, a friend of Lord Selkirk and Sir Walter Scott, was …
Beyond the River and the Bay: Some Observations on the State of the Canadian Northwest in 1811 with a View to Providing the Intending Settler with an Intimate Knowledge of That Country
Beyond the River and the Bay: Some Observations on the State of the Canadian Northwest in 1811 with a View to Providing the Intending Settler with an Intimate Knowledge of That Country Beyond the River and the Bay: Some Observations on the State of the Canadian Northwest in 1811 with a View to Providing the Intending Settler with an Intimate Knowledge of That Country. By Ross Eric. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970. xiii, 190 p. Illustr…
Indians in the Fur Trade: Their Role as Trappers, Hunters, and Middlemen in the Lands Southwest of Hudson Bay, 1660-1870
Behavioral Interventions to Increase Adherence in Colorectal Cancer Screening
This investigation was a randomized controlled trial to determine the impact of health education interventions on the return of mailed fecal occult blood (FOB) tests (FOBT adherence) in a colorectal cancer screening program. The study sample included 2,201 men and women aged 50 to 74 years who were members of an Independent Practice Association (IPA)-type health maintenance organization (HMO). Subjects were randomly assigned to a "usual care" Con…
The impact of mailing psychoeducational materials to women with abnormal mammograms
A randomized trial was conducted to evaluate the impact of mailed psychoeducational materials on adherence to subsequent annual mammography among women with prior abnormal mammograms. The results showed a 13% increment in adherence among women who received this intervention. This effect was independent of all sociodemographic and medical variables examined. We conclude that mailed psychoeducational materials may be an effective mechanism to impro…
Mammography-Related Beliefs of Older Women: A Survey of an HMO Population
Although breast cancer risk increases with age, most studies show that mammography use decreases. A 15-minute telephone survey of 548 women health maintenance organization (HMO) members aged 65 to 74 who had not obtained a mammogram within the past year was undertaken to identify sociodemographic factors as well as knowledge, belief, and attitudinal characteristics associated with mammography history. Women who had never had a mammogram were less…
Screening for colorectal neoplasia: Physicians' adherence to complete diagnostic evaluation
This prospective study was done in a health maintenance organization colorectal cancer screening program to determine whether 166 persons found to have abnormal fecal occult blood test results typically underwent complete diagnostic evaluation (i.e., either colonoscopy or barium enema x-ray plus flexible sigmoidoscopy). Chart audit data show that 137 (82%) subjects contacted a physician to discuss follow-up. A complete diagnostic evaluation was r…
Adherence to Continuous Screening for Colorectal Neoplasia
Continuous screening is defined as the periodic provision of an opportunity for diagnostic testing to a population of individuals who are asymptomatic and at increased risk for disease. If screening is offered periodically irrespective of response to an earlier screening invitation, this situation may be referred to as serial screening. When continuous screening is made available only to individuals who had tested previously, population member re…
Mammography Interventions for 65- to 74-Year-Old HMO Women: Program Effectiveness and Predictors of Use
This study evaluated the impact of two interventions designed to encourage mammography use among HMO women aged 65-74 who had not had a mammogram within the past year and had not used their referral for a free mammogram. Ninety days after the referral mailing, women were randomized to receive (a) a survey, (b) a survey in addition to telephone mammography counseling, or (c) a survey, telephone counseling, and a letter. Follow-up data indicated th…
Touba: A Spiritual Metropolis in the Modern World
Touba au Sénégal est la métropole spirituelle de la confrérie islamique des Mourides. Cette ville sainte, qui compte aujourd'hui 300 000 âmes, fut établie dans la forêt sauvage par Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacké en 1887. L'article traite de ce phénomène d'une ville sainte moderne par l'analyse spatiale. Il s'agit d'abord de décerner la signification spirituelle, cosmologique, et idéologique de la ville en examinant le contenu semiotique de sa topogr…
Change in Worksite Smoking Behavior Following Cancer Risk Feedback: A Pilot Study
These findings support a formal evaluation of a worksite smoking intervention using cancer risk feedback
Acculturative Stress and Inflammation Among Chinese Immigrant Women
OBJECTIVE: Among Chinese immigrant populations, increasing duration of US residence is associated with elevated risk for various chronic diseases. Although life-style changes after migration have been extensively studied in immigrant populations, the psychosocial impact of acculturative stress on biological markers of health is less understood. Thus, the purpose of the present study is to examine associations between acculturative stress and infl…
Medicine (8 works) · Internal Medicine (7 works) · Cancer (6 works) · Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (5 works) · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Psychological intervention (4 works) · Bay (3 works)