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Physical well-being is how one takes care of their body through proper nutrition, exercise, sleep, hydration, medical checkups, safe sex, and weight management.
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Percent Weight Reduction Required to Achieve Minimal Clinically Important Improvements in Health-related Quality of Life among African Americans:  A Secondary Analysis of the Fit Body and Soul Study

To calculate the percent weight reduction required to achieve minimal clinically important improvement (MCII) in health-related quality of life (HRQOL)…

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Dimensions of Wellbeing
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Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for African American Uterine Cancer Survivors: Study Protocol. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications

Background Cancer of the uterine corpus is the most common gynecologic malignancy and the fourth most common cancer in U.S. women…

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Dimensions of Wellbeing
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Jessica Lynn Stewart, Gina B. Besenyi, Lovoria B. Williams, Victoria Burt, Judith Camele Anglin, Sharad A. Ghamande, and Steven Scott Coughlin

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Advancing Uterine Cancer Survivorship among African American Women. Journal of the National Medical Association

Few studies have examined health behavior interventions for African American women who are uterine cancer survivors. …

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Use of a Web Portal among Adult Clinic Patients Seen for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.  Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy

To determine the number of adult clinic patients seen for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) at an academic medical center and to examine characteristics of …

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A Review of Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Breast Cancer Risk According to Estrogen-and Progesterone-Receptor Status and HER2 Oncogene Expression. Annals of Epidemiology and Public Health

Previous observational studies and systematic reviews have suggested that adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer, but have…

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Increasing Stroke Recognition and Behavioral Intent to Call Emergency Management Services in Vietnamese American Population. Journal of Nursing and Care

Serious complications of stroke, one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States can be mitigated if treated in a timely manner…

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Dimensions of Wellbeing
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Quyen Phan, Gayle W Bentley, Thomas V Joshua and Lovoria B Williams

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Differences in participant classification and intervention effects based on HbA1C and fasting plasma glucose among a community sample of African Americans

Since 2010, the American Diabetes Association has endorsed both HbA1C (A1C) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) to determine diabetes risk...

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Lovoria B Williams, Jeannette O Andrews, Stephen W Looney, Andrea M. Kriska and Janie Heath

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Design of a Community Based Lung Cancer Education, Prevention and Screening Program

Uptake of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) for lung cancer screening is extremely low…

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Promoting Community Awareness of Lung Cancer Screening among Disparate Populations: Results of the cancer-Community Awareness Access Research and Education (c-CARE) Project

Lung cancer is the no. 1 cause of cancer death in the United States. Racial/ethnic minority and medically underserved populations suffer higher mortality than whites… 

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A step-wise approach to assessing tobacco use and addiction. Disease Interrupted: A clinical guide to tobacco reduction and cessation. 2nd Edition

Most tobacco users know the power of addiction and want to quit. Evidence tells a vivid and chilling story of the dire and urgent need to support cessation. Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death and disease globally, and it contributes to...

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Milan Khara and Chizimuzo Okoli

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