Stephen B Thomas
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 82928 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Stephen B Thomas |
| NOMBRES | Stephen B |
| APELLIDO | Thomas |
| FIRMA | THOMAS S B |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Maryland, College Park |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4672-1084 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 290 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1991 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Hyperlocal lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
COVID-19 vaccination campaigns across the US were implemented to mitigate the disproportionate hospitalizations and unnecessary deaths across many communities that experienced unequal gaps in initial vaccine distribution rollout and uptake. In parallel, the COVID-19 pandemic created declines in routine vaccination coverage for adults, adolescents, and children; particularly, in communities experiencing overlapping social disadvantage. Community-b…
“My Blood, You Know, My Biology Being out There…”
The widespread and persistent underrepresentation of groups experiencing health disparities in research involving biospecimens is a barrier to scientific knowledge and advances in health equity. To ensure that all groups have the opportunity to participate in research and feel welcome and safe doing so, we must understand how research studies may be shaped to promote inclusion. In this study, we explored the decision to participate in hypothetica…
Adapting rapid ethnographic research in an evolving emergency
To ensure the real-world utility of emergency ethnographic research, plans must evolve as circumstances shift. The CommuniVax coalition's work provides a case study of this scenario. Using rapid ethnographic interviews, focus groups, and other methods, the six local CommuniVax teams sought to comprehend and improve COVID-19 vaccine access and uptake. To this end, they responded nimbly to varying community priorities, the pandemic's shifting natur…
Racial Discrimination and Health-Related Quality of Life
Use of a Qualitative Story Deck to Create Scenarios and Uncover Factors Associated with African American Participation in Genomics Research
To explore the willingness to participate in genomics research among African Americans, we developed a technique specifically suited to a relaxed social setting. The “Qualitative Story Deck,” (QSD) is a gamified, structured elicitation technique that allows for the spontaneous creation of scenarios with variable attributes. We used the QSD to create research scenarios that varied on four details (race/ethnicity of the researcher, research goal, b…
Roundtable on the Pandemics of Racism, Environmental Injustice, and Covid-19 in America
Environmental JusticeVol. 13, No. 3 RoundtableRoundtable on the Pandemics of Racism, Environmental Injustice, and COVID-19 in AmericaModerator: Sacoby M. Wilson, Participants: Robert Bullard, Jacqui Patterson, and Stephen B. ThomasModerator: Sacoby M. WilsonAddress correspondence to: Sacoby M. Wilson, 4200 Valley Drive, 2234D School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA E-mail Address: [email protected]Dr. Sacoby M…
The Burdens of Race and History on Black People’s Health 400 Years After Jamestown
Hypertension Prevalence, Treatment, and Related Behaviors Among Asian Americans
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 …
Priorities for methodological research on patient and public involvement in clinical trials
BACKGROUND: Despite increasing international interest, there is a lack of evidence about the most efficient, effective and acceptable ways to implement patient and public involvement (PPI) in clinical trials. OBJECTIVE: To identify the priorities of UK PPI stakeholders for methodological research to help resolve uncertainties about PPI in clinical trials. DESIGN: A modified Delphi process including a two round online survey and a stakeholder cons…
The 2014 Mid-Maryland Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic
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…
Building Trust for Engagement of Minorities in Human Subjects Research
AffiliationsSandra C. Quinn is with the Maryland Center for Health Equity and Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park. Nancy E. Kass is with the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Stephen B. Thomas is with the Maryland Center for Health Equity and the Department of Health Services Administration, School of P…
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…
Mobilizing a Region to Redesign a Local System of Care
Local efforts to redesign systems of care offer fertile ground for community-based participatory research approaches to take hold and flourish. Drawing on the experiences of a learning collaborative of maternal and child healthcare stakeholders in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, this article describes 8 action steps for operationalizing key community-based participatory research principles in the context of local systems change. Highlights of the…
Food is directed to the area”
Racial Differences in the Association Between Self-Rated Health Status and Objective Clinical Measures Among Participants in the Bari 2D Trial
Objectives. We explored whether and how race shapes perceived health status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease. Methods. We analyzed self-rated health (fair or poor versus good, very good, or excellent) and associated clinical risk factors among 866 White and 333 Black participants in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes trial. Results. Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument scores…
Trust in the Health Care System and the Use of Preventive Health Services by Older Black and White Adults
Objectives. We sought to find racial differences in the effects of trust in the health care system on preventive health service use among older adults. Methods. We conducted a telephone survey with 1681 Black and White older adults. Survey questions explored respondents' trust in physicians, medical research, and health information sources. We used logistic regression and controlled for covariates to assess effects of race and trust on the use of…
Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Vitamin D
Rickets, the state of vitamin D deficiency, has reemerged as a potential problem in the United States. At the dawn of the 20th century, rickets was pervasive among infants residing in the polluted cities of Europe and the northeastern United States. Important milestones in the history of rickets were the understanding that photosynthesized vitamin D and dietary vitamin D were similar, the discernment of the antirachitic potency of artificial and …
The Role of Race and Genetics in Health Disparities Research
editorial
Health Disparities
Achieving Health Equity
Distrust, Race, and Research
BACKGROUND: Investigators have voiced concerns that distrust of research and the medical community impedes successful recruitment of African Americans into clinical research. OBJECTIVES: To examine possible differences in distrust by race and to determine to what extent other sociodemographic factors explain any racial differences in distrust. METHODS: We analyzed data from 527 African American and 382 white respondents of a national telephone su…
African Americans' views on research and the Tuskegee Syphilis study
African Americans' views on research and the Tuskegee Syphilis study
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, 1932 to 1972
The Tuskegee study of untreated syphilis in the Negro male is the longest nontherapeutic experiment on human beings in medical history. The strategies used to recruit and retain participants were quite similar to those being advocated for HIV/AIDS prevention programs today. Almost 60 years after the study began, there remains a trail of distrust and suspicion that hampers HIV education efforts in Black communities. The AIDS epidemic has exposed t…
Trust in the Health Care System and the Use of Preventive Health Services by Older Black and White Adults
Objectives. We sought to find racial differences in the effects of trust in the health care system on preventive health service use among older adults. Methods. We conducted a telephone survey with 1681 Black and White older adults. Survey questions explored respondents' trust in physicians, medical research, and health information sources. We used logistic regression and controlled for covariates to assess effects of race and trust on the use of…
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…
The characteristics of northern black churches with community health outreach programs
OBJECTIVES. The Black church has a long history of addressing unmet health and human service needs, yet few studies have examined characteristics of churches involved in health promotion. METHODS. Data obtained from a survey of 635 Black churches in the northern United States were examined. Univariate and multivariate statistical procedures identified eight characteristics associated with community health outreach programs: congregation size, den…
Health Disparities
The Role of Race and Genetics in Health Disparities Research
editorial
Adapting rapid ethnographic research in an evolving emergency
To ensure the real-world utility of emergency ethnographic research, plans must evolve as circumstances shift. The CommuniVax coalition's work provides a case study of this scenario. Using rapid ethnographic interviews, focus groups, and other methods, the six local CommuniVax teams sought to comprehend and improve COVID-19 vaccine access and uptake. To this end, they responded nimbly to varying community priorities, the pandemic's shifting natur…
Food is directed to the area”
Racial Differences in the Association Between Self-Rated Health Status and Objective Clinical Measures Among Participants in the Bari 2D Trial
Objectives. We explored whether and how race shapes perceived health status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease. Methods. We analyzed self-rated health (fair or poor versus good, very good, or excellent) and associated clinical risk factors among 866 White and 333 Black participants in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes trial. Results. Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument scores…
Building Trust for Engagement of Minorities in Human Subjects Research
AffiliationsSandra C. Quinn is with the Maryland Center for Health Equity and Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park. Nancy E. Kass is with the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Stephen B. Thomas is with the Maryland Center for Health Equity and the Department of Health Services Administration, School of P…
Achieving Health Equity
Use of a Qualitative Story Deck to Create Scenarios and Uncover Factors Associated with African American Participation in Genomics Research
To explore the willingness to participate in genomics research among African Americans, we developed a technique specifically suited to a relaxed social setting. The “Qualitative Story Deck,” (QSD) is a gamified, structured elicitation technique that allows for the spontaneous creation of scenarios with variable attributes. We used the QSD to create research scenarios that varied on four details (race/ethnicity of the researcher, research goal, b…
Hypertension Prevalence, Treatment, and Related Behaviors Among Asian Americans
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…
Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Vitamin D
Rickets, the state of vitamin D deficiency, has reemerged as a potential problem in the United States. At the dawn of the 20th century, rickets was pervasive among infants residing in the polluted cities of Europe and the northeastern United States. Important milestones in the history of rickets were the understanding that photosynthesized vitamin D and dietary vitamin D were similar, the discernment of the antirachitic potency of artificial and …
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, 1932 to 1972
The Tuskegee study of untreated syphilis in the Negro male is the longest nontherapeutic experiment on human beings in medical history. The strategies used to recruit and retain participants were quite similar to those being advocated for HIV/AIDS prevention programs today. Almost 60 years after the study began, there remains a trail of distrust and suspicion that hampers HIV education efforts in Black communities. The AIDS epidemic has exposed t…
The characteristics of northern black churches with community health outreach programs
OBJECTIVES. The Black church has a long history of addressing unmet health and human service needs, yet few studies have examined characteristics of churches involved in health promotion. METHODS. Data obtained from a survey of 635 Black churches in the northern United States were examined. Univariate and multivariate statistical procedures identified eight characteristics associated with community health outreach programs: congregation size, den…
Attitudes and beliefs of african americans toward participation in medical research
African Americans' views on research and the Tuskegee Syphilis study
Distrust, Race, and Research
BACKGROUND: Investigators have voiced concerns that distrust of research and the medical community impedes successful recruitment of African Americans into clinical research. OBJECTIVES: To examine possible differences in distrust by race and to determine to what extent other sociodemographic factors explain any racial differences in distrust. METHODS: We analyzed data from 527 African American and 382 white respondents of a national telephone su…
Achieving Health Equity
Health Disparities
The Role of Race and Genetics in Health Disparities Research
editorial
Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Vitamin D
Rickets, the state of vitamin D deficiency, has reemerged as a potential problem in the United States. At the dawn of the 20th century, rickets was pervasive among infants residing in the polluted cities of Europe and the northeastern United States. Important milestones in the history of rickets were the understanding that photosynthesized vitamin D and dietary vitamin D were similar, the discernment of the antirachitic potency of artificial and …
Trust in the Health Care System and the Use of Preventive Health Services by Older Black and White Adults
Objectives. We sought to find racial differences in the effects of trust in the health care system on preventive health service use among older adults. Methods. We conducted a telephone survey with 1681 Black and White older adults. Survey questions explored respondents' trust in physicians, medical research, and health information sources. We used logistic regression and controlled for covariates to assess effects of race and trust on the use of…
Mobilizing a Region to Redesign a Local System of Care
Local efforts to redesign systems of care offer fertile ground for community-based participatory research approaches to take hold and flourish. Drawing on the experiences of a learning collaborative of maternal and child healthcare stakeholders in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, this article describes 8 action steps for operationalizing key community-based participatory research principles in the context of local systems change. Highlights of the…
Food is directed to the area”
Racial Differences in the Association Between Self-Rated Health Status and Objective Clinical Measures Among Participants in the Bari 2D Trial
Objectives. We explored whether and how race shapes perceived health status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease. Methods. We analyzed self-rated health (fair or poor versus good, very good, or excellent) and associated clinical risk factors among 866 White and 333 Black participants in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes trial. Results. Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument scores…
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…
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…
Building Trust for Engagement of Minorities in Human Subjects Research
AffiliationsSandra C. Quinn is with the Maryland Center for Health Equity and Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park. Nancy E. Kass is with the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Stephen B. Thomas is with the Maryland Center for Health Equity and the Department of Health Services Administration, School of P…
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…
Priorities for methodological research on patient and public involvement in clinical trials
BACKGROUND: Despite increasing international interest, there is a lack of evidence about the most efficient, effective and acceptable ways to implement patient and public involvement (PPI) in clinical trials. OBJECTIVE: To identify the priorities of UK PPI stakeholders for methodological research to help resolve uncertainties about PPI in clinical trials. DESIGN: A modified Delphi process including a two round online survey and a stakeholder cons…
The 2014 Mid-Maryland Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic
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 …
The Burdens of Race and History on Black People’s Health 400 Years After Jamestown
Hypertension Prevalence, Treatment, and Related Behaviors Among Asian Americans
Roundtable on the Pandemics of Racism, Environmental Injustice, and Covid-19 in America
Environmental JusticeVol. 13, No. 3 RoundtableRoundtable on the Pandemics of Racism, Environmental Injustice, and COVID-19 in AmericaModerator: Sacoby M. Wilson, Participants: Robert Bullard, Jacqui Patterson, and Stephen B. ThomasModerator: Sacoby M. WilsonAddress correspondence to: Sacoby M. Wilson, 4200 Valley Drive, 2234D School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA E-mail Address: [email protected]Dr. Sacoby M…
Racial Discrimination and Health-Related Quality of Life
Use of a Qualitative Story Deck to Create Scenarios and Uncover Factors Associated with African American Participation in Genomics Research
To explore the willingness to participate in genomics research among African Americans, we developed a technique specifically suited to a relaxed social setting. The “Qualitative Story Deck,” (QSD) is a gamified, structured elicitation technique that allows for the spontaneous creation of scenarios with variable attributes. We used the QSD to create research scenarios that varied on four details (race/ethnicity of the researcher, research goal, b…
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