Jennifer Leng

Biographic Data

ID	3838225
NAME	Jennifer Leng
GIVEN NAMES	Jennifer
FAMILY NAME	Leng
SIGNATURE	LENG J
AFFILIATIONS	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
ORCID	0000-0003-4925-2842
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	22
TOTAL CITATIONS	11
AUTHOR COUNT	22
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	2

Community-based participatory research
Open AccessWilliam E Rosa, Jeffersson Santos et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025
People-centered care (PCC) represents a key paradigm shift in achieving universal health coverage and closing global public health divides. Amid growing global health disparities, shifts in epidemiological disease burden, and evolving sociopolitical contexts that affect healthcare delivery and research initiatives, there is an urgent need for public health scientists to develop community-rooted research strategies that uphold health promotion pri…
Developing the meaning-centered program for Chinese Americans with advanced cancer
Open AccessFlorence Lui, Zhaoyi Chen et al.ARTICLEAsian American Journal of…2024
Asian Americans have surpassed Hispanics as the fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the United States and Chinese Americans are the largest Asian American subgroup. Cancer is the leading cause of death among Chinese Americans while heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S. overall. Foreign-born immigrants are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced stage cancers than their native-born counterparts. Patients with advanced c…
The Association of Untreated Mental Health Problems with Alcohol and Tobacco use Among New York City Taxi Drivers
Open AccessFlorence Lui, Jackie Finik et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2023
An Innovative Approach to Promote Weight Loss Among Mexican Immigrants
Open AccessJennifer Leng, Florence Lui et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2023
Developing a Culturally Responsive Lifestyle Intervention for Overweight/Obese U.S. Mexicans
Open AccessJennifer Leng, Florence Lui et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2022
A Pilot Group-Based Lifestyle Intervention to Promote Weight Loss Among Mexican Immigrants
Open AccessJennifer Leng, 雄彦長谷川 et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2022
Mexican Americans are at increased risk for obesity upon immigration to the U.S., increasing their risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Our pilot individual lifestyle intervention culturally tailored for Mexican Americans, COMIDA (Consumo de Opciones Más Ideales De Alimentos) (Eating More Ideal Food Options), showed promising results. This paper presents outcomes from the group-based version of COMIDA. 129 overweight/obese Mexic…
A Case Study in Academic-Community Partnerships
Open AccessJennifer Leng, Rosario Costas-Muñíz et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2021
Predictors of Health Insurance, Life Insurance, and Retirement Savings Among NYC’s Immigrant Taxi and For-Hire Vehicle Drivers
Open AccessFrancesca Gany, Sheena Mirpuri et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2020
Use of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine Concurrently with Conventional Cancer Treatment Among Chinese Cancer Patients
Open AccessJennifer Leng, Lei Lei et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2020
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Access to Healthcare in New York City Taxi Drivers
Open AccessRosario Costas-Muñíz, Nicole Roberts et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2019
Smoking Among Chinese Livery Drivers
Open AccessJennifer Leng, Lei Lei et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2018
Adapting Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in Advanced Cancer for the Chinese Immigrant Population
Open AccessJennifer Leng, Florence Lui et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2017
Step On It! Workplace Cardiovascular Risk Assessment of New York City Yellow Taxi Drivers
Open AccessFrancesca Gany, Sehrish Bari et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2015
Association of socioeconomic and practical unmet needs with self-reported nonadherence to cancer treatment appointments in low-income Latino and Black cancer patients
Rosario Costas-Muñíz, Jennifer Leng et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2015References: 1
Among ethnic minority cancer patients, unmet socioeconomic and supportive care needs, housing needs in particular, predicted patient-reported missed radiation, and/or chemotherapy appointments. Future research should focus on exploring the impact of practical and supportive unmet needs on adherence and development of interventions aiming to improve cancer treatment adherence
Step On It! Impact of a Workplace New York City Taxi Driver Health Intervention to Increase Necessary Health Care Access
Francesca Gany, Sehrish Bari et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2015Cited by: 1References: 29
Objectives. We describe the impact of the Step On It! intervention to link taxi drivers, particularly South Asians, to health insurance enrollment and navigate them into care when necessary. Methods. Step On It! was a worksite initiative held for 5 consecutive days from September 28 to October 2, 2011, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Data collected included sociodemographics, employment, health care access and use, heig…
Supporting South Asian Taxi Drivers to Exercise through Pedometers (SSTEP) to Decrease Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Open AccessFrancesca Gany, Pavan Gill et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2014Cited by: 2References: 1
“Every disease…man can get can start in this cab”
Open AccessFrancesca Gany, Pavan Gill et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2012
Food Insecurity
Open AccessFrancesca Gany, Sehrish Bari et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2012Cited by: 5References: 1
Targeting Social and Economic Correlates of Cancer Treatment Appointment Keeping among Immigrant Chinese Patients
Open AccessFrancesca Gany, Julia Ramírez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2011Cited by: 3References: 1
Hypertension Beliefs and Practices Among South Asian Immigrants
Jyotsna Changrani, Sapna Pandya et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant & Refugee…2011
South Asian immigrants are a large, rapidly growing community in the United States. The rate of cardiovascular disease in immigrants from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh is disproportionately high. We conducted focus groups with diverse South Asian community members in New York City to elucidate hypertension knowledge, and screening and treatment practices. Focus groups were conducted in partnership with community-based organizations. 47 particip…
Detection of Depression with Different Interpreting Methods Among Chinese and Latino Primary Care Patients
Open AccessJennifer Leng, Jyotsna Changrani et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2009
Language Discordance and Influenza Vaccination
Jennifer C F Leng, Jennifer Leng et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant & Refugee…2009