Kathryn IIonka Pollak

Journal article J Clin Oncol · December 20, 2007 Featured Publication INTRODUCTION: Cancer care involves addressing patient emotion. When patients express negative emotions, empathic opportunities emerge. When oncologists respond with a continuer statement, which is one that offers empathy and allows patients to continue exp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nicotine replacement and behavioral therapy for smoking cessation in pregnancy.

Journal article Am J Prev Med · October 2007 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: This study examines whether adding nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for pregnant smokers increases rates of smoking cessation. METHODS: An open-label randomized trial (Baby Steps, n=181) of CBT-only versu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Rated helpfulness and partner-reported smoking cessation support across the pregnancy-postpartum continuum.

Journal article Health Psychol · November 2006 Featured Publication Support interventions have not changed smoking cessation rates significantly. The pregnancy-postpartum continuum presents a unique opportunity to examine patterns of support. Expectant couples (N = 477) were surveyed twice during pregnancy and 3 times post ... Full text Link to item Cite

Couples' reports of support for smoking cessation predicting women's late pregnancy cessation.

Journal article Am J Health Promot · 2006 Featured Publication PURPOSE: Although social support has been linked to smoking cessation, no studies have examined whether social support predicts women's late pregnancy cessation. Further, few have included reports from both support recipients and providers. DESIGN: Longitu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reported cessation advice given to African Americans by health care providers in a community health clinic.

Journal article J Community Health · December 2002 Featured Publication Physician smoking cessation advice has been shown to be effective in encouraging patients to attempt cessation. Few studies have examined factors associated with patient-reported physician advice in an inner city community health clinic. Smokers identified ... Full text Link to item Cite

Women's reports of smoking cessation advice during reproductive health visits and subsequent smoking cessation.

Journal article Am J Manag Care · October 2002 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To examine associations of women's characteristics with reports of provider advice to quit smoking and smoking cessation 1 year after a reproductive health visit. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective survey. METHODS: As part of a randomized smoking cessati ... Link to item Cite

Relations between self-generated positive and negative expected smoking outcomes and smoking behavior: an exploratory study among adolescents.

Journal article Psychol Addict Behav · September 2002 Featured Publication The expected outcomes of drug use figure prominently in models of drug motivation. This report presents the relations between self-generated expected outcomes of smoking and smoking behavior in 674 adolescents. Expected outcomes of smoking were related to ... Link to item Cite

Factors associated with patient-recalled smoking cessation advice in a low-income clinic.

Journal article J Natl Med Assoc · May 2002 Featured Publication It is recommended that providers advise cessation to their patients who smoke. However, patients' reports of cessation advice indicate disparities based on patients' race, gender, age, and smoking level. Providers' reports do not corroborate these disparit ... Link to item Cite

Exploring the association between perceived risks of smoking and benefits to quitting: who does not see the link?

Journal article Addict Behav · 2002 Featured Publication This report explored associations between different measures of smokers' perceived risks of smoking and benefits to quitting and the extent to which these associations varied by demographic and other characteristics for 144 smokers. We hypothesized greater ... Full text Link to item Cite

Influence of stereotyping in smoking cessation counseling by primary care residents.

Journal article Ethn Dis · 2002 Featured Publication This study examined racial differences in primary care residents' rates of addressing smoking cessation. We expected residents to have higher rates of addressing cessation with White female patients as compared with African-American or Hispanic female pati ... Link to item Cite

Gender differences in the processes of change for condom use: patterns across stages of change in crack cocaine users.

Journal article Health Educ Res · October 2001 Featured Publication Interventions to increase condom use in crack users have had mixed results. For interventions to achieve greater success, the mechanisms of behavior change in this population need to be understood. One mechanism, the processes of change, was examined acros ... Full text Link to item Cite

How do residents prioritize smoking cessation for young "high-risk" women? Factors associated with addressing smoking cessation.

Journal article Prev Med · October 2001 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Sixty-seven percent of physicians report advising their smoking patients to quit. Primary care residents' priorities for preventive health for a young "high-risk" female are unknown. Factors related to residents addressing smoking also need exa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reasons for quitting smoking among low-income African American smokers.

Journal article Health Psychol · September 2001 Featured Publication The psychometric characteristics of the Reasons For Quitting scale (RFQ) were assessed among a sample of African American smokers with low income (N=487). The intrinsic and extrinsic scales and their respective subscales were replicated. As hypothesized, h ... Full text Link to item Cite

Women's perceived and partners' reported support for smoking cessation during pregnancy.

Journal article Ann Behav Med · 2001 Featured Publication Studies of the influence of social support on successful smoking cessation have been based on the smoker's perceptions only. In this pilot study of 58 couples, pregnant women who had smoked in the 30 days before pregnancy and their partners reported the po ... Full text Link to item Cite