Theresa A Wynn

Biographic Data

ID6764502
NAMETheresa A Wynn
GIVEN NAMESTheresa A
FAMILY NAMEWynn
SIGNATUREWYNN T A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX1

  • Breast Cancer knowledge, perceptions and practices in a rural Community in Coastal Kenya

    Open AccessShahin Sayed, Anthony Ngugi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    Determining level of breast cancer knowledge, the characteristics of breast health seeking behavior and the perceived barriers to accessing breast health are the first steps in establishing locally relevant intervention programs

  • An Exploration of Multilevel Physical Activity Correlates Among Low-Income African Americans in Alabama and Mississippi

    Latoya J O’neal, LaToya J O'Neal et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2018

    Understanding obesity-related health disparities among low-income African Americans in the south requires further research investigating the range of factors influencing health behaviors. This study sought to examine the relationship between meeting the minimum recommendation for moderate physical activity and multilevel, including policy, systems, and environmental, strategies thought to influence health behaviors. We utilize preintervention com…

  • Policy, System and Environmental Correlates of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Low-Income African American Population in the Southeast

    Lori Brand Bateman, Latoya J O’neal et al.ARTICLEEthnicity & Disease2017

    These findings suggest that policy-based interventions have the potential to improve health outcomes among priority populations, such as low-income African Americans, who are at high risk of developing chronic diseases

  • Using Community Feedback to Improve Community Interventions

    Theresa A Wynn, Sharon B Wyatt et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2016

    The Deep South Network for Cancer Control (DSNCC), initiated in 2000, is a dual-state, community-based participatory research infrastructure composed of academic and community partners committed to reducing cancer disparities among underserved African Americans in 12 designated counties of the Alabama Black Belt and the Mississippi Delta, 2 historically underserved areas of the country. Local residents trained as Community Health Advisors as Rese…

  • Shifting Community-Based Participatory Infrastructure from Education/Outreach to Research

    Edward E Partridge, Claudia M Hardy et al.ARTICLEProgress in community health…2015References: 3

    Although multiple challenges were encountered in conducting a community-based participatory research (CBPR) controlled trial, solutions were developed and the trial continues as proposed

  • Using Community-Based Participatory Approaches to Mobilize Communities for Policy Change

    Theresa A Wynn, Monica M Taylor-Jones et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2011

    The Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Alabama Breast and Cervical Cancer Coalition used community-based participatory research principles to address breast and cervical cancer disparities among Alabama's most vulnerable African American communities. With funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Alabama Breast and Cervical Cancer Coalition implemented a multilevel action plan, which entailed dissemina…

  • Developing a Community Action Plan to Eliminate Cancer Disparities

    Theresa A Wynn, Charkarra Anderson‐Lewis et al.ARTICLEProgress in community health…2011Cited by: 1References: 1

    A community-academic partnership must involve trust, respect, and an appreciation of partners' strengths and differences. The DSN applied these guiding principles and learned pivotal lessons

  • Community Health Advisors as Research Partners

    Rhoda E Johnson, B Lee Green et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2005

    The feasibility of training large numbers of community health advisors as research partners (CHARPs) was evaluated using talking circles data and cancer activity questionnaires and logs. The talking circles data indicated that the CHARPs (n=108) valued their training and believed they learned necessary research partner skills. A review of contacts (n=7,956) provided evidence that CHARPs (n=883) could work as a team to deliver a variety of service…

  • African American Community Health Advisors Trained as Research Partners

    Claudia M Hardy, Theresa A Wynn et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2005

    The African American community has played an influential role in generating change. Grass-roots organizations and concerned individuals can be included in programs designed to increase cancer awareness and cancer early detection practices to ultimately eliminate cancer disparities. The utilization of a formalized Community Health Advisors program can be an infrastructure by which effective cancer prevention and control programs can be conducted i…