A5042529922- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Community Health and Development
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Public Health Policies and Education
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
University of Houston
2015-2024
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2011-2019
Georgia College & State University
2019
Moffitt Cancer Center
2019
The University of Texas at Austin
2019
Georgia State University
2019
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
2013
We examined associations between health literacy and predictors of smoking cessation among 402 low-socioeconomic status (SES), racially/ethnically diverse smokers.Data were collected as part a larger study evaluating risk messages. conducted multiple linear regression analyses to examine relations (i.e., nicotine dependence, outcome expectancies, perceptions knowledge, self-efficacy, intentions quit or reduce smoking).Lower was associated with higher more positive less negative knowledge...
We examined cross-sectional associations of health literacy (HL) with smoking and other established indicators among 1,467 African American adults. Data emanated from a longitudinal cohort study designed to investigate cancer risk factors church-going conducted linear logistic regression analyses assess between HL indicators. was assessed using an single-item screening question. Outcomes included poor physical (cigarette smoking, self-rated general health) mental (self-rated health,...
Nearly half of U.S. adults have difficulties with health literacy (HL), which is defined as the ability to adequately obtain, process, and understand basic information. Lower HL associated negative behaviors poor outcomes. Racial/ethnic minorities those low socioeconomic status (SES) are disproportionately affected by HL. They also higher smoking prevalence more difficulty quitting smoking. Thus, lower may be uniquely poorer cessation outcomes in this population. This study investigated...
Objective: Smoking cessation is associated with improved health and reduced risk of disease. Understanding specific factors that are smoking important both for identifying those who may have the greatest difficulty quitting tailoring interventions accordingly. Low positive affect/anhedonia, a key transdiagnostic symptom several psychiatric disorders, lower levels in general population, but to date, few studies examined influencing among Spanish-speaking Mexican-American smokers. Methods: The...
BackgroundAlthough mindfulness has been hypothesized to promote health behaviors, no research examined how dispositional might influence the process of smoking cessation.
Journal Article Evaluation of the Taking Texas Tobacco Free Workplace Program within behavioral health centers Get access Virmarie Correa-Fernández, Correa-Fernández University Houston, Department Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, TX, USAUniversity Health Research Institute, USA Correspondence to: V vcorreaf@central.uh.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2548-1085 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar William T Wilson, Wilson Integral Care,...
Intersecting socially marginalized identities and unique biopsychosocial factors place women with substance use disorders (SUDs) experiencing myriad disadvantages at higher risk for smoking stigmatization. Here, based on our work receiving care SUDs in four participating treatment/women-serving centers (N = 6 individual clinics), we: (1) describe the functions of SUDs; (2) explore participants' experiences a comprehensive tobacco-free workplace (TFW) program, Taking Texas Tobacco-Free...
Tobacco-free workplace policies that incorporate evidence-based practices can increase the reach and effectiveness of tobacco dependence treatment among underserved populations but may be underutilized due to limited knowledge about implementation processes. This paper describes a comprehensive tobacco-free program at behavioral healthcare community center in Texas. The participated project provided guidance resources allowed autonomy implementation. Six employee-based subcommittees guided...
Motivation plays an important role in a variety of behaviors, including smoking cessation, and is integral to theory treatment smoking. For many women, pregnancy offers motivational shift that helps them stop maintain abstinence during pregnancy. However, women's motivation postpartum not well-understood may play high relapse rates. The current study utilized multiple measures prepartum predict abstinence.As part randomized clinical trial on prevention, pregnant women who quit reported their...
Individuals attempting to quit smoking typically have poor success rates, and the majority fail maintain long-term abstinence. Although a large body of evidence documents impact negative affect on reducing abstinence, there is much smaller research positive emotions, which could be an important mechanism that associated with successful cessation. As such, this study examined emotions in real-time via ecological momentary assessment (EMA) determine whether discrete were uniquely related 2...
Based on conceptual models of addiction and affect regulation, this study examined the mechanisms linking current major depressive syndrome (MDS) anxiety (AS) to postpartum smoking relapse.Data were collected in a randomized clinical trial from 251 women who quit during pregnancy. Simple multiple mediation relations MDS AS with relapse using linear regression, continuation ratio logit models, bootstrapping procedure test indirect effects.Both significantly predicted relapse. After adjusting...
Recent research suggests that mindfulness benefits emotion regulation and smoking cessation. However, the mechanisms by which affects emotional behavioral functioning are unclear. One potential mechanism, lower affective volatility, has not been empirically tested during This study examined longitudinal associations among responding over course of cessation treatment predominantly low-socioeconomic status (SES) African American smokers, who at high risk for relapse to tobacco-related health...
Tobacco use is the leading cause of death and disability in United States; cigarette smoking most common form tobacco use. Smoking has become increasingly concentrated among individuals with behavioral health needs (e.g., persistent mental illness) led to increased morbidity mortality this group relative general population. Comprehensive tobacco-free workplace programs are effective reducing smoke exposure consumers who serve them. Taking Texas Tobacco-Free (TTTF) represents an...
Tobacco use is exceedingly high among those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness but not commonly addressed by clinicians. Taking Texas Free (TTTF) a tobacco control program that addresses known clinician barriers to intervention (e.g., low training receipt, limited resources). Here, we examine the process and outcomes TTTF’s adaptation within four agencies provide housing other services individuals vulnerably housed. Pre- post-implementation data were collected from clinicians (N =...
Objectives: About 65%-87% of substance use disorder patients smoke cigarettes, compared to 14% the general adult population. Few treatment centers (SUTCs) have comprehensive tobacco-free workplace (TFW) policies or offer tobacco interventions. Taking Texas Tobacco Free (TTTF) implements an evidence-based TFW program in SUTCs, including at Billy T. Cattan Recovery Outreach Center (BTC). We present a mixed methods case study BTC's TTTF implementation, success factors, and challenges. Methods:...
Individuals with behavioral health conditions account for 50% of annual smoking-related deaths, yet rarely receive tobacco dependence treatment within local mental authorities (LMHAs). As lack training and knowledge are key barriers to providing treatment, Taking Texas Tobacco-Free (TTTF) developed an iterative, 4–6-months train-the-trainer program embed expertise delivery sustained education on tobacco-free workplace policies practices in participating centers. We explore the employee...
Tobacco-free workplace policies (TFWPs) are underused evidence-based interventions that reduce the elevated use of tobacco among substance treatment center (SUTC) employees and patients. SUTC employees' anticipated concerns about stakeholder pushback barriers to TFWP adoption. Examination discrepancies between actualized employee-reported arising from coworkers, patients, community members in context leadership cessation care availability for may inform strategies increase uptake. This study...