Karen J Coleman
Biographic Data
| ID | 93428 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen J Coleman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen J |
| FAMILY NAME | Coleman |
| SIGNATURE | COLEMAN K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kaiser Permanente |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2052-0885 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Experiences and Perspectives of Racially Diverse Patients 5 Years Post-Bariatric Surgery: Qualitative Findings from the Belong II Study
Racial Differences in Psychiatric Symptoms, Maladaptive Eating, and Lifestyle Behaviors After Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric Surgical Alterations in Tolerability, Enjoyment and Cravings in the Diet (BSATED) instrument: A new scale to measure food preferences following bariatric surgery
Autism Insurance Mandates in the US: Comparison of Mandated Commercial Insurance Benefits Across States
Patterns of Health Care Utilization Before First Episode Psychosis in Racial and Ethnic Groups
Early detection of first episode psychosis should start with wider screening for symptoms outside of any indicators for mental health conditions for non-Hispanic Black and Asian patients
Near Real-time Surveillance for Consequences of Health Policies Using Sequential Analysis
BACKGROUND: New health policies may have intended and unintended consequences. Active surveillance of population-level data may provide initial signals of policy effects for further rigorous evaluation soon after policy implementation. OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the utility of sequential analysis for prospectively assessing signals of health policy impacts. As a policy example, we studied the consequences of the widely publicized Food and Dr…
Fundraising, celebrations and classroom rewards are substantial sources of unhealthy foods and beverages on public school campuses
Objective The emphasis in school nutrition policy has been on vending and competitive items. Our study was designed to characterize and quantify the amount and source of other foods and beverages on school campuses. Design A cross-sectional observational study was conducted using a specially designed objective nutrition observation system. Setting One low-income school district in southern California with six elementary and two middle schools. Su…
Papanicolaou Screening Behavior in Mothers and Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake in Adolescent Girls
Objectives. We investigated whether maternal attitude toward prevention, as indicated by history of seeking Papanicolaou (Pap) tests and contracting sexually transmitted infections, influenced human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake among their adolescent daughters. Methods. We linked the electronic health records of girls aged 9 to 17 years with their mothers at Kaiser Permanente Southern California (n = 148 350 mother–daughter pairs). Persona…
Examining the relationships among built environment, physical activity, and body mass index in El Paso, TX
Overweight and aerobic fitness in children in the United States/Mexico border region
Children in both El Paso and Chihuahua were more overweight than were non-Hispanic white children throughout the United States. In addition, the children in El Paso were less aerobically fit than were non-Hispanic white children and than were other Mexican-American children in the United States. These results clearly show that efforts should be made in the border regions of both Mexico and the United States to develop physical activity and nutrit…
The Evaluation of a Measurement Model for the Physical Appearance State and Trait Anxiety Scale in a Sample of Young Adult Women of Mexican Descent
The factor structure of the Physical Appearance State and Trait Anxiety Scale (PASTAS) was examined with exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analyses (CFA). The sample consisted of 196 women who self-identified as Hispanic, were low to moderately acculturated, had socioeconomic status levels of semiskilled workers, and had a normal body mass index (BMI). The final factor structure differed from the established factor structures found for Ca…
Promoting Stair Use in a US–Mexico Border Community
Objectives. This study sought to determine whether a culturally relevant health message would promote stair use in a predominantly Hispanic community. Methods. Observations of stair, elevator, and escalator use were collected over a 6-month period at 4 sites throughout the city of El Paso, Tex. The efficacy of individual and family health promotion signs was tested. Results. Stair use increased in response to both individual and family promotion …
The Evaluation of a Measurement Model for the Body Image Questionnaire and the Eating Attitudes Test in a Hispanic Population
The factor structures of the Body Image Questionnaire (BIQ) and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) were examined with confirmatory factor analyses. The sample for the BIQ consisted of 255 Hispanic men and women, and the sample for the EAT consisted of 153 Hispanic women living on the U.S./México border. The final factor structures for the BIQ and the EAT differed from the published BIQ and EAT factor structures found for young Caucasian adults. A fo…
Differences in Salivation to Repeated Food Cues in Obese and Nonobese Women
In a series of studies we have shown that salivation, a cephalic phase preingestive response, habituates to repeated presentations of olfactory or gustatory cues in nonobese subjects. Previous research has studied the differences in anticipatory response to food cues in obese vs. nonobese subjects. This study was designed to assess if obese and nonobese females differed in their patterns of salivary response to repeated presentation of palatable …
The Politics of Abortion in Australia: Freedom, Church and State
Through legislation against abortion the State has claimed an interest in, and indeed rights over, women's bodies, and reproduction. Consequently, the Parliaments and legal systems were the institutional arenas in which the initial battles for abortion rights had to be fought. Australia is a confederation of states, each with its own criminal code. Abortion law, and hence practice, differs from state to state and territory. The prevailing situati…
The Politics of Abortion in Australia: Freedom, Church and State
Through legislation against abortion the State has claimed an interest in, and indeed rights over, women's bodies, and reproduction. Consequently, the Parliaments and legal systems were the institutional arenas in which the initial battles for abortion rights had to be fought. Australia is a confederation of states, each with its own criminal code. Abortion law, and hence practice, differs from state to state and territory. The prevailing situati…
Papanicolaou Screening Behavior in Mothers and Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake in Adolescent Girls
Objectives. We investigated whether maternal attitude toward prevention, as indicated by history of seeking Papanicolaou (Pap) tests and contracting sexually transmitted infections, influenced human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake among their adolescent daughters. Methods. We linked the electronic health records of girls aged 9 to 17 years with their mothers at Kaiser Permanente Southern California (n = 148 350 mother–daughter pairs). Persona…
The Evaluation of a Measurement Model for the Body Image Questionnaire and the Eating Attitudes Test in a Hispanic Population
The factor structures of the Body Image Questionnaire (BIQ) and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) were examined with confirmatory factor analyses. The sample for the BIQ consisted of 255 Hispanic men and women, and the sample for the EAT consisted of 153 Hispanic women living on the U.S./México border. The final factor structures for the BIQ and the EAT differed from the published BIQ and EAT factor structures found for young Caucasian adults. A fo…
Bariatric Surgical Alterations in Tolerability, Enjoyment and Cravings in the Diet (BSATED) instrument: A new scale to measure food preferences following bariatric surgery
Promoting Stair Use in a US–Mexico Border Community
Objectives. This study sought to determine whether a culturally relevant health message would promote stair use in a predominantly Hispanic community. Methods. Observations of stair, elevator, and escalator use were collected over a 6-month period at 4 sites throughout the city of El Paso, Tex. The efficacy of individual and family health promotion signs was tested. Results. Stair use increased in response to both individual and family promotion …
The Politics of Abortion in Australia: Freedom, Church and State
Through legislation against abortion the State has claimed an interest in, and indeed rights over, women's bodies, and reproduction. Consequently, the Parliaments and legal systems were the institutional arenas in which the initial battles for abortion rights had to be fought. Australia is a confederation of states, each with its own criminal code. Abortion law, and hence practice, differs from state to state and territory. The prevailing situati…
Differences in Salivation to Repeated Food Cues in Obese and Nonobese Women
In a series of studies we have shown that salivation, a cephalic phase preingestive response, habituates to repeated presentations of olfactory or gustatory cues in nonobese subjects. Previous research has studied the differences in anticipatory response to food cues in obese vs. nonobese subjects. This study was designed to assess if obese and nonobese females differed in their patterns of salivary response to repeated presentation of palatable …
Promoting Stair Use in a US–Mexico Border Community
Objectives. This study sought to determine whether a culturally relevant health message would promote stair use in a predominantly Hispanic community. Methods. Observations of stair, elevator, and escalator use were collected over a 6-month period at 4 sites throughout the city of El Paso, Tex. The efficacy of individual and family health promotion signs was tested. Results. Stair use increased in response to both individual and family promotion …
The Evaluation of a Measurement Model for the Body Image Questionnaire and the Eating Attitudes Test in a Hispanic Population
The factor structures of the Body Image Questionnaire (BIQ) and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) were examined with confirmatory factor analyses. The sample for the BIQ consisted of 255 Hispanic men and women, and the sample for the EAT consisted of 153 Hispanic women living on the U.S./México border. The final factor structures for the BIQ and the EAT differed from the published BIQ and EAT factor structures found for young Caucasian adults. A fo…
The Evaluation of a Measurement Model for the Physical Appearance State and Trait Anxiety Scale in a Sample of Young Adult Women of Mexican Descent
The factor structure of the Physical Appearance State and Trait Anxiety Scale (PASTAS) was examined with exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analyses (CFA). The sample consisted of 196 women who self-identified as Hispanic, were low to moderately acculturated, had socioeconomic status levels of semiskilled workers, and had a normal body mass index (BMI). The final factor structure differed from the established factor structures found for Ca…
Overweight and aerobic fitness in children in the United States/Mexico border region
Children in both El Paso and Chihuahua were more overweight than were non-Hispanic white children throughout the United States. In addition, the children in El Paso were less aerobically fit than were non-Hispanic white children and than were other Mexican-American children in the United States. These results clearly show that efforts should be made in the border regions of both Mexico and the United States to develop physical activity and nutrit…
Examining the relationships among built environment, physical activity, and body mass index in El Paso, TX
Papanicolaou Screening Behavior in Mothers and Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake in Adolescent Girls
Objectives. We investigated whether maternal attitude toward prevention, as indicated by history of seeking Papanicolaou (Pap) tests and contracting sexually transmitted infections, influenced human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake among their adolescent daughters. Methods. We linked the electronic health records of girls aged 9 to 17 years with their mothers at Kaiser Permanente Southern California (n = 148 350 mother–daughter pairs). Persona…
Fundraising, celebrations and classroom rewards are substantial sources of unhealthy foods and beverages on public school campuses
Objective The emphasis in school nutrition policy has been on vending and competitive items. Our study was designed to characterize and quantify the amount and source of other foods and beverages on school campuses. Design A cross-sectional observational study was conducted using a specially designed objective nutrition observation system. Setting One low-income school district in southern California with six elementary and two middle schools. Su…
Near Real-time Surveillance for Consequences of Health Policies Using Sequential Analysis
BACKGROUND: New health policies may have intended and unintended consequences. Active surveillance of population-level data may provide initial signals of policy effects for further rigorous evaluation soon after policy implementation. OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the utility of sequential analysis for prospectively assessing signals of health policy impacts. As a policy example, we studied the consequences of the widely publicized Food and Dr…
Patterns of Health Care Utilization Before First Episode Psychosis in Racial and Ethnic Groups
Early detection of first episode psychosis should start with wider screening for symptoms outside of any indicators for mental health conditions for non-Hispanic Black and Asian patients
Autism Insurance Mandates in the US: Comparison of Mandated Commercial Insurance Benefits Across States
Bariatric Surgical Alterations in Tolerability, Enjoyment and Cravings in the Diet (BSATED) instrument: A new scale to measure food preferences following bariatric surgery
Racial Differences in Psychiatric Symptoms, Maladaptive Eating, and Lifestyle Behaviors After Bariatric Surgery
Experiences and Perspectives of Racially Diverse Patients 5 Years Post-Bariatric Surgery: Qualitative Findings from the Belong II Study
Medicine (13 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Population (7 works) · Obesity (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Obesity and Health Practices (4 works)