Patient navigation and case management following an abnormal mammogram: a randomized clinical trial

K Ell, B Vourlekis, PJ Lee, B Xie - Preventive medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
Background. A high rate of low-income, ethnic minority women delay or fail to keep
appointments following abnormal mammograms. This study was designed to test the …

Can collaborative care address the needs of low-income Latinas with comorbid depression and cancer? Results from a randomized pilot study

M Dwight-Johnson, K Ell, PJ Lee - Psychosomatics, 2005 - Elsevier
In a pilot study, 55 low-income Latina patients with breast or cervical cancer and comorbid
depression were randomly assigned to receive collaborative care as part of the Multifaceted …

Addressing social determinants of health to improve access to early breast cancer detection: results of the Boston REACH 2010 Breast and Cervical Cancer Coalition …

CR Clark, N Baril, M Kunicki, N Johnson… - Journal of women's …, 2009 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Background: The Boston Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health
(REACH) 2010 Breast and Cervical Cancer Coalition developed a case management …

Abnormal cervical screen follow-up among low-income Latinas: Project SAFe

K Ell, B Vourlekis, L Muderspach, J Nissly… - Journal of women's …, 2002 - liebertpub.com
Background: Cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates are dramatically higher among
low-income women than in the general population, in part due to poor adherence to …

Measuring Latinos' perceptions of depression: a confirmatory factor analysis of the Illness Perception Questionnaire.

LJ Cabassa, IT Lagomasino… - Cultural Diversity and …, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Revised Illness Perception
Questionnaire adapted for a clinical sample of low-income Latinos suffering from …

Racial/ethnic disparities in breast cancer incidence, risk factors, health care utilization, and outcomes in the USA

A Seiler, KW Murdock, LM Garcini, DA Chirinos… - Current Breast Cancer …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of the Review This review examines racial/ethnic disparities in female
breast cancer within the USA. Specifically, differences in breast cancer incidence, risk …

Abnormal mammogram follow‐up: a pilot study in women with low income

K Ell, D Padgett, B Vourlekis, J Nissly, D Pineda… - Cancer …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
purpose: The purpose of this study was to test an intervention (the Screening Adherence
Follow‐up Program [SAFe]) that was designed to reduce the number of known barriers to …

Feasibility of a psychosocial and patient navigation intervention to improve access to treatment among underserved breast cancer patients

S Madore, K Kilbourn, P Valverde, E Borrayo… - Supportive Care in …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose Medically underserved women with recently diagnosed breast cancer face a
number of significant obstacles that impact the timeliness and quality of their care. The …

Sustainability of collaborative care interventions in primary care settings

LA Palinkas, K Ell, M Hansen… - Journal of Social …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
• Summary: We assessed patient and provider barriers and facilitators to sustainability of a
collaborative depression care model for depression treatment in predominantly Hispanic …

Improving treatment of depression among low-income patients with cancer: the design of the ADAPt-C study

K Ell, B Quon, DI Quinn, M Dwight-Johnson… - General Hospital …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This article describes the randomized clinical trial methodology for a
population-based study of oncology patients receiving cancer care in a public sector …