Sylvia B Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 6766369 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sylvia B Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sylvia B |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH S B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mercer University Health Sciences Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Lessons Learned from Community Partnership During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Underserved communities have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Project Promoting Engagement and COVID-19 Testing for Health (PEACH) study was designed to understand the attitudes, beliefs, and infrastructure associated with COVID-19 risk, testing, and prevention behaviors in people living with, caring for, or at risk for type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this joint community-academic partnered manuscript is to share les…
Optimistic Bias in Cancer Risk Perception
Results are presented from a pilot study in which risk perceptions for developing cancer in samples of American and British adults were compared. 61 American and 43 British people estimated the likelihood of cancer happening to themselves and the average person. As a group, participants tended to judge their personal likelihood of developing cancer as less than the average, supporting the presence of an optimistic bias. However, compared to the A…
Opportunities for guidance in physical education
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Opportunities for guidance in physical education
Optimistic Bias in Cancer Risk Perception
Results are presented from a pilot study in which risk perceptions for developing cancer in samples of American and British adults were compared. 61 American and 43 British people estimated the likelihood of cancer happening to themselves and the average person. As a group, participants tended to judge their personal likelihood of developing cancer as less than the average, supporting the presence of an optimistic bias. However, compared to the A…
Lessons Learned from Community Partnership During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Underserved communities have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Project Promoting Engagement and COVID-19 Testing for Health (PEACH) study was designed to understand the attitudes, beliefs, and infrastructure associated with COVID-19 risk, testing, and prevention behaviors in people living with, caring for, or at risk for type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this joint community-academic partnered manuscript is to share les…
Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 work) · Cancer (1 work) · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (1 work) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (1 work) · Coronavirus Infections (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Demography (1 work)