Quality of facilities.
The above objective will increase my professional competence, will result in changes to performance my professional practice, and/or will result in improved patient outcomes as follows:
Summarize research, theory and practice in meditation -based interventions
Apply these interventions to specific, health-related problems
Define a research agenda that is relevant to new scientific knowledge and to clinical practice
Identify the state of the science in end of life research
Discuss the rationale for providing brief interventions in primary care settings
Describe brief interventions appropriate in primary care settings for panic disorder and depression
Describe brief interventions appropriate in primary care settings for insomnia and tobacco cessation
Describe brief interventions appropriate in primary care settings for diabetes and pulmonary problems
Describe different payment models for integrated primary care
Explain the importance of culture and literacy in health communications
Describe how to incorporate formative research findings into communications
Describe learner centered procedures to ensure understanding, acceptability, efficacy, and usability, and persuasion
Examine practical aspects of preproduction, production, and post-production phases including budget considerations.
Practice skills in six core competencies of SMS and in utilizing SMS tools
Apply implementation models to their practice setting to efficiently and effectively deliver SMS
Practice techniques to engage patients in improving the quality of self management support delivery
Explain why it is so important to provide integrated mental health and substance abuse treatment for clients with co-occurring disorders
Describe how a particular program used and adapted published best-practice guidelines to treat complex clients with concurrent disorders
Discuss preliminary outcome data which have been gathered to assess the efficacy of new program components such as CBT, Seeking Safety and skills-based groups
Discuss the importance of evaluating programs and specifically about the program evaluation planned for this new concurrent disorders program
Compare the basic and more advanced theories and applications in IRT
Describe the basics in using R for general data analysis, graphing item-response curves, and in understanding basics of maximum likelihood estimation
Outline a step-by-step guide in using R to analyze dichotomous as well as polytomous item response data
Discuss practical challenges such as the Cronbach's alpha equivalent of internal consistency in IRT
Explore introductory level mixed models of longitudinal data
Describe the potential use of such data and how it may relate to them
Identify role of social problem solving regarding health and mental health problems
Practice basic skills comprising Problem-Solving Therapy
Apply Problem-Solving Therapy to various medical patient populations
Discuss need for obesity prvention programs in the United States
Explain how to implement such programs
List assumptions underlying cognitive-behavioral assessment with an emphasis on emerging 'third wave' approaches
Practice using decision making aids that can enhance the validity of functional analytic causal models
Construct functional analytic causal models in behavioral medicine using actual cases from inpatient and outpatient settings
Demonstrate how functional analytic causal models can be used to design treatments for inpatients and outpatients in behavioral medicine settings
Summarize what Is offered by the Cancer Information Service, the premier information service of the National Cancer Institute
Name the challenges of conducting theory and evidence based health behavior research within a large service provider
Cite lessons learned from concurrently developing 3 websites for two different diseases (breast and prostate cancer) and two different audiences (breast and prostate cancer patients and breast cancer survivors)
Cite the practical and theoretical research tools used to achieve the program objectives
Describe the PROMIS Roadmap project, its progress to date, and future opportunities for developing PROMIS tools
Outline the process of PROMIS instrument development
Discuss Item Response Theory and Computerized Adaptive Testing
Utilize features and functionality of Assessment Center, a free web-based software application designed to aid in the selection, development, and administration of research measures
Compare the two classes of effect sizes
Calculate and interpret effect sizes
Discuss issues of power and sample size dependence
Interpret non-significant findings
Utilize basic knowledge about medically unexplained illnesses
Assess and differentially diagnose depressive and anxiety disorders in patients with medically unexplained illnesses
Identify lifestyle and stress factors related to these illnesses in order to set up targets for clinical intervention
Formulate a stepwise cognitive-behavioral approach to the treatment of medically unexplained illness
Cite Internet-based health survey databases available for analysis, the content and utility of available databases, and learn how to access the data
Discuss analytic issues involved with utilizing data that employ complex sampling designs and the statistical software available to perform analyses of these data
Describe the value of analyzing these data through applied examples
Compare available NIH funding mechanisms to support secondary analyses
Identify twp considerations for when cultural adaptation is needed for an intervention
Identify four steps involved in a cultural translation process
Describe the role of cognitive interviewing when it is used for cultural review of measures
Describe a specific adaptation in the illustrated diabetes intervention for adaptation from an African American to an American Samoan community context
State the fundamentals of phase two translation research including the state of science in this area
Compare and contrast research designs and methodologies commonly used
Examine promising new design and analytic techniques that are likely to enhance translation research
Describe the power of meta analysis to evaluate a body of literature with implications for public and clinical policy and defining research priorities
Discuss the highly subjective nature of key decisions in conducting a meta analysis
Utilize tools for evaluating whether the conclusions of a particular meta analysis are warranted by data
Describe some of the challenges involved in health risk behavior interventions for those with comorbid major depression
Describe methods and procedures to address these challenges in research and clinical practice
Cite the difference between psychosocial skills and expertise in viewing and understanding patients implicit and explicit models of illness and treatment
Explain why behavioral theory is integral to effective practice for illness management
Differentiate the multiple roles of the clinical practitioner to achieve effective health outcomes
Identify the physiological and psychosocial pathways by which positive affect influences behaviors that may be connected to improvements in physical health
Identify interventions efforts that have been specifically designed to enhance positive mood with the purpose of improving health
Describe the common methods and results from three randomized controlled trials designed to test the efficacy of a novel behavioral intervention that combined positive affect and self-affirmation to facilitate the adoption and maintenance of health behavior changes among patients with asthma, coronary artery disease, and hypertension
Describe key concepts in the implementation of evidence-based behavioral medicine in US and Canadian policy and practice, across tobacco control, diabetes, cancer, and other diseases
Describe empirical approaches to creating, packaging, transmitting, and interpreting information for dissemination to various stakeholder groups, notably the underserved, using examples from US and Canadian policy and clinical practice
Evaluate the process of implementation in real-world settings using examples from evidence-based practices in the US Department of Veterans Affairs, partnerships between the Government of Canada and local health care providers, tobacco control, and primary medical care
List ways in which mindfulness meditation-based programs can be used within a range of behavioral medicine services
Identify underlying mechanisms that are distinct to mindfulness meditation
Discuss the current level of empirical evidence for different applications
Discuss treatment issues that may apply in different settings and with different populations.
Explain how cyberinfrastructure can be incorporated into cancer prevention and control research
Utilize emerging and innovative behavioral tools being developed for cancer prevention and control research
Discuss the psychosocial impact of cancer from both patients' and their caregivers' perspective
Identify psychosocial correlates related to the quality of life of cancer patients and their caregivers
Compare conceptual frameworks and analytic strategies in family/couples research
Describe the current state of behavioral medicine
Utilize the basis of the current state of behavioral medicine to describe the translation of research to practice and policy
Describe how the practice of translation, within the context of behavioral medicine, can be used as a force for good
Discuss an interdisiplinary research program which translates basic research on neuroscience, pharmacology, dependence, and behavioral scient to improve treatment for nicotine dependence
Analyze nicotine dependence treatment, using translational research examples in the areas of treatment development and pharmacogentics
Compare novel methodologies for testing medications and indentifying mechanisms of efficacy
Evaluate the concept of "why bother with evidence based practice?"
Discuss the need and use for the three prinicples of evidence based practice
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Investigate the efficacy of EW, relative to a neutral writing control, in improving mood, pain, catastrophizing, and disability levels in chronic pain patients.
Contrast differences in patient preferences for learning pain coping strategies in CBT treatment for chronic pain
Evaluate the predictors of disability due to chronic or recurrent headaches
Explain how repressive coping leads to high pain
Evaluate an intervention approach for preventing obesity among youth
Report on the synergistic effects of treating multiple behaviors as part of an adolescent obesity prevention program
Demonstrate the population-based impact from a multiple risk intervention
Summariaze preliminary data on the feasibility and efficacy of two different approaches to prevention of weight gain in young adults
Discuss the knowledge to action model as a framework for examining effective knowledge translation strategies
Describe the symptom cluster and its hypothesized biological causes, including HPA axis activity
Discuss whether increasing age leads to an increase in overall cortisol secretion
Explain why women with diabetes have higher level and increment in functional limitations from midlife to old age than men with diabetes
Describe the association between the stress of having a child diagnosed with cancer and inflammatory responses
Identify promising behavioral interventions for cancer treatment side effects
Articulate the characteristics of physical activity interventions that are considered during the decision to either deliver or to not deliver a program
Evaluate whether an internet based weight loss program delivered to work sites can reach a large number of people
Discuss a translation and cultural adaptation of a BM intervention
Identify and describe the four approaches we observed for linking practices with counseling resources
Identify the six systems level tobacco use and dependence guidelines for institutions
Decribe mediation analyses that evaluate whether the intervention influenced intended targets/constructs
Identify the components of a community based intervention to promote colorectal cancer screening
Describe the cultural diversity of the U.S. black population
Cite factors related to the translation of intentions in the context of attendance at colorectal cancer screening
Discuss the association between fear of recurrence and colorectal screening behavior among non-colorectal cancer survivors
Calculate the internet usage of a high risk group
Discuss whether information about the role of exercise in preventing maternal-fetal disease served as a meaningful source of exercise motivation
Explain why obese women are at significant risk of becoming morbidly obese by the second pregnancy
List the effects of prenatal maternal stress on obesity in childhood
Demonstrate the importance of looking at the link between the risk of hypertension among young African American adults and the established health-related behaviors of their parents, particularly their mothers
Identify sex differences in the association between depressive symptoms and neurovascular disease
Describe the impact of depression on heart failure
Explain how differentiating between dimensions of depressive symptoms may improve our understanding of the relationship between depression and physical health
Examine differences in CVD risk factor - clinical events relationships based upon the presence/absence of depression
Explain the importance of individualizing the BDI-2 scoring for particular populations
Identify and describe at least six major thematic clusters related to how a sample of college students conceptualizes genetics and genetic risk
Discuss the relationship of 5HTTLPR to nocturnal dipping
Cite advances in genetic risk assessment for multiple, common chronic diseases, and the role of behavioral medicine research specialists in this process
Identify motivations for participating in new genome technology with clinical implications
Describe the use of interactive web-based technologies to provide information to patients about genomic susceptibility for common health conditions
Describe the relationship between physical activity and quality of life in older adults
Cite neurocognitive deficits after bybass surgery
Discuss the design and conduct of the Keep Active Minnesota physical activity maintenance trial
Discuss the role of self efficacy in cognitive performance
Discuss the imprtance of physical Activity
Describe the collaborative process a religious community and a research center used to complete a community-level health survey, analyze the data, and implement an intervention
Explain why evaluating the effectiveness of participant recruitment methods is important
Name the social and environmental variables that contribute to behavioral and health outcomes
List factors related to program sustainability for community based health promotion programs
Use CBPR methods to tailor a diabetes prevention program to be culturally specific for Northern Plains Indian youth
Discuss ways that home environments affect child health
Identify levels of active commuting on a midwestern university campus
Compare personal and environmental determinants of physical activity
Describe the nature of the association between the density of local fast-food restaurants and fast-food consumption
Describe the U.S. cultural and environmental factors that can influence the researching physical activity interventions
Describe the elements of a successful weight gain prevention program
Discuss exercise-related health disparities among Latinos in the U.S.
Identify differences in health habits among ethnic groups of Black adolescents
Describe a preliminary and novel family-based weight loss program for underserved adolescents
Identify barriers to weight loss and weight loss maintenance among Black women
Assess the perceived cognitive functioning of breast cancer survivors following treatment completion using examples of everyday tasks
Characterize the sexual function of both prostate cancer patients and their partners.
Discuss why, among a state-wide low-income sample, Latinas report worse sexual adjustment following treatment for breast cancer than White women
Discuss the concordance between weekly to daily ratings of common symptoms during chemo
Examine longitudinal change fatigue, depression, sleep, and activity in women with gynecologic cancer treated with chemotherapy
Explain the importance of conducting interventions regarding PSA informed decision-making among Latino men
Examine the bivariate relations among generalized positive expectations (optimism), specific expectations, and QoL outcomes
Describe the quality of life of men with prostate cancer on an active surveillance program
Discuss psychometric properties of a new measure of patient preferences for treatment decision making in localized prostate cancer
Discuss issues and concerns about prostate health and prostate cancer that are specific to gay men
Discuss the effects of social learning (cognition) on self-management of a chronic disease
List three reasons why podcasting may be an effective way to promote weight loss among overweight adults
Demonstrate the effectiveness of an obesity prevention program for adolescents
Summarize areas in which video gaming is hypothesized to improve health outcomes
Describe how to introduce a school-based intervention for physical activity.
Demonstrate the physiological link between sexual risk taking and self-regulatory motivations for methamphetamine use
Examine barebacker identity among HIV seronegative MSM in relation to HIV risk behavior
Examine the association of demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral factors to risk reduction practices among men who have sex with men
Identify multicultural issues in sexual barrier product acceptabilty
Describe differences in perceptions of prevalence of sexual behaviors between people with HIV and randomly selected members of the communities in which they live
Contrast racial/ethnic differences in spiritual well-being among cancer survivors
Compare religious and secular predictors of stress-related growth in cancer survivors
Describe the relationship between spirituality and psychosocial and physical outcomes
Describe the benefits of three factors over the original two factors in the FACIT-Sp.
Explain how spirituality and religiosity buffer against stress in Mexican immigrants
Describe recent developments in decision making research
Describe aspects of decision making translational and applied approaches
Discuss the extent to which federal or provincial research dollars fund behavioral medicine research
Discuss how their work with the Healthcare Policy Group of the Council of State Governments would suggest how such coverage could best be achieved in the U.S.
Discuss innovative behavioral informatics technologies and related projects in clinical and home-based settings
Describe potential access for researchers to large, anonymized clinical and patient datasets
Cite novel computational approaches to analyzing grid-enabled, multi-level, complex health-related data
List federal agency lessons learned and potential opportunities in behavioral informatics and population health
Examine the psychological factors that explain or predict adherence to physical activity
Identify the links between exercise (improved fitness) with changes in cognition among children
Examine the effectiveness of selected interventions on exercise outcomes and the adherence to treatment strategies
Describe effects of cessation treatment on eating patterns of smokers after quitting
Evaluate the efficacy of group vs. individual weight control/cessation treatments
Translate intensive weight focused cessation treatment into practice
Identify methodological challenges in current dissemination research
Explore options and solutions for each of the key challenges
Summarize data supporting each challenge and solution
Discuss obesity-related rural health disparities
Name strategies for delivering obesity treatment to distant, hard to reach rural populations
Summarize the philosophy and methods of Tai Chi and Biofield therapy
Describe the relationship between these CAM modalities and immune and clinical outcomes in individuals with cancer and heart failure
Contrast differences in the assumptions of Biomedicine, CAM, and Behavioral Medicine
State the methodological issues and potential confounds and limitations relevant to testing CAM in clinical trials
Compare theoretical models for understanding how age might influence psychological adjustment to cancer
List potential confounds in the study of aging and cancer that are important to consider in developing and evaluating research in this area
Describe the unique social and emotional needs of younger and older cancer survivors, which has implications for services and intervention
Identify major findings in behavioral medicine interventions for individuals diagnosed with cancer
Identify new intervention initiatives in cancer survivorship
Identify crucial next steps for intervention research and dissemination
Identify the steps in translation to a community setting
Identify toxicity beliefs as they are related to medication adherence
Evaluate HIV risk behavior by sex worker type to better understand how to tailor prevention interventions to high-risk MSM
Cite literature on the relationship between executive function deficits and HIV risk behavior
Discuss the prevalence of belief in HIV conspiracy theories among African-Americans with HIV, and the role these beliefs may play in HIV treatment
Discuss the nature of the association between one's sense of control over life and risk of cardiometabolic disease.
Describe characteristics of patients who have completed a Phase II cardiac rehabilitation program and their exercise behavior
Discuss the theoretical and empirical links between hope and increased health knowledge
Compare rates of elevated cardiovascular risk in long-term cancer survivors
List the prevalence and risk factors associated with insulin resistance in adolescents with elevated blood pressure
Report the impact of a state-wide competition on steps taken per day
Analyze results of web-based GTH recruitment
Describe how members of a public Internet weight loss community share social support for weight loss
Explain why, among overweight individuals with binge eating symptoms, social anxiety may improve weight loss outcomes in internet-based weight-loss interventions
Name factors related to smoking and body weight in a college sample
Create and test theory-based causal models of acculturation effects on health behaviors
Explain what sunless tanners are and how might they be used as a skin cancer prevention tool
Evaluate effect of age on total body skin examination
Identify the prevalence of skin cancer screening among adults in the United States
Explain why some tanning behavior has characteristics consistent with a substance-related disorder
Compare the Health Belief Model with the Theory of Planned Behavior in predicting intention to vaccinate against HPV among college-age women
Describe HPV vaccine acceptability in a diverse sample of women
Discuss the prevalence of HPV vaccination among African-American adolescent girls
Describe four scales of HPV vaccination attitudes
Describe independent predictors of young adult men's intentions to receive the HPV vaccine
Describe external validity reporting criteria and their importance to future dissemination potential of interventions
Summarize the evaluation model for this state policy project, including evaluation of the breadth and depth of the evaluation
Describe West Virginia's childhood obesity legislation and the ongoing evaluation
Discuss how public opinion and support relates to public policies
Identify factors associated with colorectal cancer screening
Discuss the effects physical activity has on QOL
Describe the two interventions tested in the Active for Life initiative
Evaluate a novel approach to physical activity behavior change in older adults
Describe a new intervention for health behavior change based on a System Improvement Framework
Identify the design and components of the Live Well! intervention
Evaluate whether behavioral risk factors for chronic disease differ among veterans with disabilities compared to veterans without disabilities
Describe predictors of war-related PTSD symptom severity in veterans
Describe why most people with HCV have not been treated and have difficulty following provider recommendations
Describe the design process used to implement routine suicide screenings in a primary care setting
Discuss the prevalence and challenges of obesity treatment in veterans
Cite neighborhood factors that can potentially influence social participation and physical activity involvement among seniors
Explain how to operationalize the concept of social participation among seniors
Describe the direction and magnitude of associations between neighborhood factors and social participation among seniors
Describe the direction and magnitude of associations between neighborhood factors and energy expenditure among seniors
State the six core principles behind effective tobacco cessation treatments
Explain the implications that the above findings may have for other behavioral medicine interventions
Describe the role of a wellness solution to complement the sickness solution in creating a health management solution
Design a program to engage the total population in health management
Calculate the total value of health to an individual and an organization
Define the role of the primary care physician, medical home and preventive services in the health management solution
Implement the five fundamental pillars of a company’s or communities’ health management solution
Discuss the effects of depression and diabetes
Describe the role of depression treatment in diabetes treatment
Compare outcomes between improved quality of depression care and usual care and high probability of savings in total medical costs
Outline the natural course of cancer-related insomnia
Discuss the treatment of cancer-related insomnia
Examine the association between CSA and anxiety
Discuss relationships between frequency of alcohol use and sleep duration
Evaluate the prevalence of insomnia in depressed patients with multiple sclerosis
Explain the potentially therapeutic effect of having a pet dog
Describe effects of mantram repetition on lifestyle profile in adults living with HIV
Examine the effects of a Mindfulness training program for cancer patients on psychological wellbeing
Discuss feasibility of mind-body intervention for adults at high risk for type 2 diabetes
Examination and discussion of an empirically-supported model of the associations between mindfulness, theoretically related psychosocial constructs, and health/well-being
Describe the impact of city level residential segregation on health behaviors among blacks
Examine the relationship between patients' perceptions of past racial discrimination in healthcare and patient-rated aspects of patient-provider communication
State the number of ethnic minority teens who are designated organ donor on driver's license
Identify barriers to Black participation in Community Cancer Research
Discuss the need for theoretically based approaches to developing inteventions to increase blood donation in the general population and among African Americans specifically
Assess the construct validity of four self-report cancer worry instruments
Define and identify the key characteristics of the teachable moment phenomenon
Summarize the efficacy of computer tailored health behavior change interventions for cancer prevention and control behaviors
Name genetic risk factors for cognitive impairment after receipt of cancer chemotherapy
Identify mechanisms operating behind the association between health literacy and health
Discuss internalized weight stigma among the overweight/obese.
Describe different weight loss goals of individuals participating in a behavioral weight loss program
Describe the long term effect of a lifestyle intervention treatment for obesity on heart disease risk
Evaluate the impact of motivational sessions on motivation and weight loss
Describe the weight loss observed in 24-month behavioral weight loss programs
Discuss the prevalence and health effects of teen smoking and effectiveness of existing adolescent cessation interventions
Evaluate the association between school policies and smoking initiation among adolescents
Demonstrate new approaches to measuring adherence to a Scheduled Reduced Smoking intervention
Identify the advantages of remote temperature recording during sexual arousal
Evaluate a new, reliable and valid cancer problem screening instrument
Analyze the concordance between three methods of identifying depression in a community-dwelling post-stroke population
Assess cancer recurrence fears
Identify the myths or misperceptions about blood donation that may affect an individual's decision to donate blood
Discuss the relationship between adult ADHD and binge eating among college women
Identify the comorbidities between obesity and anxiety among African Americans
Discuss the serious impact of depression on the quality of life of women with type 2 diabetes
Summarize aspects of neuropsychological function
Identify factors that may predispose a child with ADHD to engage in health risk behaviors
Describe the components of the two DYS programs designed exclusively for girls in 3rd-8th grades and their implications for increasing physical activity behaviors in these girls
Identify obesity concerns for adolescents in the UAE
Evaluate a new approach to improving healthy behaviors of preschool children within the home setting
Explain how psychosocial and behavioral variables relate to intrinsic motivation and race
Discuss why children involved in either sports or non-sports activities report better health, higher overall acceptance, and decreased smoking behavior
Cite specific intervention strategies which are incorprerated in motivationally focused approaches to weight maintenance
Discuss promising future directions for capitilizing on motivational factors within weight control research
Identify potential biological mechanisms associated with cancer progression
Describe how biological mechanisms might explain psychological processes or behavior
Define the three circles and five steps of the EBBP process
Describe the place of behavioral interventions within evidence-based medicine
Describe professional differences, similarities and transdisciplinary opportunities presented by EBBP
State differences and similarities in performing EBBP in population versus clinical contexts
Describe how medical news/research can be framed for the appropriate use by the medical media
Discuss how medical columnists research and promote stories
Name the challenges and strategies when trying to disseminate important medical information
Describe the impact of recent advances in digital technology which enables organizing on a flexible, global scale
Evaluate a visual-analytic framework that can be used to discover, diagnose, and design knowledge networks in 21ast centuray organizational forms
Discuss the role of context in behavioural medicine interventions and decision making
Name new ways to enhance evidence-based behavioral medicine
Discuss the construct of autonomy support
Describe the relevance of autonomy support to health behavior change
List the social contextual factors that influence African American men's preventive health behavior
Describe the impact of social networks on men's sexual risk behavior
Cite factors influencing African American men's use of cancer-related information services
Identify the challenges facing African-American men who serve as lay health advisors
Compare collaborative care models for treating depression
Summarize a clinically efficient real-world strategy to screen post-CABG patients for depression
Describe the impact of a collaborative care strategy for treating post-CABG depression on a broad variety of outcomes meaningful to patients, providers, and payers
Discuss the real-world challenges to implementing a collaborative care strategy for depression
List factors that promote preventive practices among religious individuals
Explain the role of religion as related to health among African Americans
Describe the use of prayer among pain patients
Discuss issues related to the implementation of support in Internet interventions
Describe how support can impact the usage of internet interventions and ultimate behavior change and symptom improvement
Describe at least three policy interventions which may impact on child and adolescent obesity prevalence
Summarize changes in Arkansas schools after four years of polices aimed at reducing childhood obesity
Summarize how Arkansas parents have responded to the implementation of Act 1220 school policies and what changes are occurring at home
Describe the reported actions of overweight versus non-overweight Arkansas adolescents concerning diet and physical activity
Discuss the conceptualization of health care settings as factors affecting the cancer screening and/or follow-up behavior of individual patients
Evaluate measurement and design considerations for evaluating the efficacy of interventions that address individual and contextual factors (multilevel)
Evaluate the effects of engaging in common dyadic coping on the dyadic adjustment of metastatic breast cancer patients and their partners
Identify the publishing trends from 2002-2007 on the subject of female sexual quality of life
Identify efficacious intervention strategies that will enhance sexual outcomes in breast cancer patients
Examine the effects of a 12 week Tai Chi Chuan (TCC)intervention on bone formation (BH)of breast cancer survivors
Cite current research related to the formation of expectations for breast reconstruction outcomes
Identify characteristics of a healthy weight management program for college freshmen
Compare the impact of the currently disseminated program as conducted entirely by church members to the earlier studies
Discuss the differences and importance of mediation and moderation analyses
Describe the impact of postpartum weight on postpartum depression
Assess the influence depressive symptomology has on medication adherence among patients with hypertension and other chronic diseases to develop targeted-interventions in this patient population
Examine the influence of genotype on affective reactivity to pain
Evaluate documented health and economic correlates of retirement in older workers
Summaraize results from a randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a combined pharmacological and behavioral intervention
Discuss the relationship between pain and optimism
Name predictors of dietary change among very low-income Latinas
Summarize research on dynamics between social and physical environments and their influence on health
Identify two behavioral factors associated with physical inactivity over time in black women with type 2 diabetes
Discuss the effect of chemotherapy on memory and cognitive function
Evaluate patients' worries and expectations about prostate cancer treatment, depressive symptoms, and decisional regret
Discuss the role of humor in children
Evaluate the role of recreational drug use in explaining sexual risk behaviors among gay and bisexual men who attend circuit parties
Discuss the role of self-efficacy as a potential mediator of both spirituality's and physical activity's effects on quality of life
Explain why the reasons individuals have sex play significant roles in whether they employ prevention strategies
Explain the relation between changes in left ventricular ejection fraction during stress and clinical events
Describe a behavioral diet and activity program for adolescents with integrated web, phone, e-mail and parental components
Discuss the importance of program sustainability to the overall impact of the program
Explain how to better situate the social determinants of health in the field of behavioral medicine
Compare the prevalence of physical activity based on veteran status and use of Department of Veterans Affairs facilities
Discuss whether psychosocial stress influences gene expression
Evaluate whether an MBSR intervention reduces depressive symptoms in cancer patients
Explain why different proxy measures of acculturation may be differentially associated with metabolic syndrome risk factors
Describe the impact of patient navigation
Assess whether behavioral weight loss interventions can prevent weight gain associated with atypical antipsychotics
Compare methods used to test the anticipated conceptual structure of self-report questionnaires
Discuss the socio-ecological model as a guiding framework for understanding health behaviors in cancer survivors
Describe dyadic relationships between cancer patient and caregiver health behaviors
Explain how incorporating physician components strengthens physical activity interventions for breast cancer survivors
Outline the process by which empirical research is translated into community wellness interventions for cancer survivors
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