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Community-Based Participatory Research in Cancer Health Disparities in the US and Globally

We elevate the research of health disparities among diverse communities following community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles in randomized clinical trials and have found that: 1) integrating Community Advisory Boards (CABs) in all phases of research can enhance the engagement of understudied groups in research including increasing diversity in clinical trials; 2) culturally and linguistically sensitive interventions have high implementation acceptability and adherence to study protocols; 3) mobile health-based case management protocols can support the engagement of diverse groups in successful behavioral changes and 4) development informed-decision making using mobile technology increases the reach, it is cost-effective and overcomes social determinants of health impact on surgical outcomes. In addition to ongoing projects to increase smoking cessation in the perioperative context, we have extensive research in understanding barriers to smoking cessation and implementation of targeted interventions to increase the success of smoking cessation in diverse populations.

Publications

Hurtado-de-Mendoza A, Gómez-Trillos S, Graves KD, Carrera P, Campos C, Anderson L, Gronda A, Orellana H, Peshkin BN, Schwartz MD, Cupertino P, Ostrove N, Luta G, Gonzalez N, Sheppard VB. Process evaluation of a culturally targeted video for Latinas at risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 2021;30(3):730-741.

Arana-Chicas E, Cartujano-Barrera F, Ogedegbe C, Ellerbeck EF, Sanderson Cox L, Graves K, Diaz FJ, Catley D, Cupertino AP. Feasibility and Effectiveness of Recruiting Latinos in Decídetexto – a Smoking Cessation Clinical Trial - from an Emergency Department Patient Registry. International Journal of Environmental Public Health. 2021;18(20): 10859.

Cartujano-Barrera F, Azogini C, McIntosh S, Bansal-Travers M, Ossip DJ, Cupertino AP. Developing graphic messages for vaping prevention among Black and Latino adolescents: A participatory research approach. Journal of Participatory Medicine. 13(3): e29945 doi: 10.2196/29945 PMID: 34812734

Arana-Chicas E, Jones BD, Cartujano-Barrera F, Cupertino AP. "I felt what was happening in our country [USA] with race was so much scarier than the [COVID-19] Virus.” Black Lives Matter protesters’ beliefs and practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Health Ethics. 2020. Preprint.

Cartujano-Barrera F, Peña-Vargas CI, Arana-Chicas E, Pérez-Ramos JG, Mattei J, Hurtado-de-Mendoza A, Costas-Muñiz R, Jiménez J, Cupertino AP, Castro EM. Decídetexto: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Smoking Cessation Intervention in Puerto Rico. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Feb 3;18(4):1379. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18041379. PMID: 33546156; PMCID: PMC7913140.

Cartujano-Barrera F, Sanderson Cox L, Catley D, Shah A, Alpert AB, Cupertino AP. I'm a transgender man… I have to quit smoking for treatment and surgery”: Describing the experience of a Latino transgender man during his attempt to quit smoking. Explore (NY). 2021:S1550-8307(21)00240-8. PMCID: PMC9110554.

da Silva Teixeira R, Garcia de Siqueira Galil A, Cupertino AP, Cartujano-Barrera F, Basile Colugnati FA. Effectiveness of a smoking cessation decision-making electronic tool (Pare de Fumar Conosco): A randomized clinical trial. Health Informatics J. 2022 Apr-Jun;28(2):14604582221105450.

Speiser E, Pinto Zipp G, DeLuca DA, Cupertino AP, Arana-Chicas E, Gourna Paleoudis E, Kligler B, Cartujano-Barrera F. Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of Latinas in cleaning occupations in northern New Jersey: a cross-sectional mixed methods study. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology. 2021; 16:52. PMCID: PMC8646340.

Arana-Chicas E, Cartujano-Barrera F, Rieth K, Richter K, Ellerbeck EF, Sanderson Cox L, Graves K, Diaz FJ, Catley D, Cupertino AP. Effectiveness of Recruitment Strategies of Latino Smokers: Secondary Analysis of an mHealth Smoking Cessation Randomized Clinical Trial. JMIR. In press.

Cartujano-Barrera F, Cox LS, Castro EM, Lara D, Quiñones Z, McIntosh S, Ossip DJ, Cupertino AP. Cigarro or cigarrillo? The pressing need to use culturally and linguistically appropriate terminology for tobacco control among Spanish-speaking Latinos. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2022:ntac123.

Speiser E, Pinto Zipp G, DeLuca DA, Cupertino AP, Arana-Chicas E, Gourna Paleoudis E, Bethea TN, Kligler B, Cartujano-Barrera F. Environmental Health Needs Among Latinas in Cleaning Occupations: A Mixed Methods Approach. Environ Health Insights. 2022 May 19;16:11786302221100045. PMCID: PMC9125105.

Cartujano-Barrera F, Hernández-Torres R, Orfin RH, Chávez-Iñiguez A, Alvarez Lopez O, Azogini C, Bermudez D, Arana-Chicas E, Cai X, McIntosh S, Ossip DJ, Cupertino AP. Proactive and reactive recruitment of Black and Latino adolescents in a vaping prevention randomized controlled trial. Children. 2022 Jul 25; 9(7), 937.

Jiang N, Rogers ES, Cupertino P, Zhao X, Cartujano-Barrera F, Lyu JC, Hu L, Sherman SE. Development of a WeChat-based mobile messaging smoking cessation intervention for Chinese immigrant smokers: Qualitative interview study. JMIR Formative Research 2022;6(6):e36091. PMID: 35771603. DOI: 10.2196/36091

Cartujano-Barrera F, Hernández-Torrez R, Cai X, Orfin RH, Azogini C, Chávez-Iñiguez A, Santa Cruz E, Bansal-Travers M, Wilson KM, McIntosh S, Ossip DJ, Cupertino AP. (2022). Evaluating the immediate impact of graphic messages for vaping prevention among Black and Latino adolescents: A randomized controlled trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 19(16):10026.

Xie Z, Cartujano-Barrera F, Cupertino P, Li D. (2022). Cross-sectional associations of self-reported social/emotional support and life satisfaction with smoking and vaping status in adults. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 19(17):10722.

Cartujano-Barrera F, Hernández-Torres R, Chávez-Iñiguez A, Orfin RH, Fernandez ID, Rivera MP, Cupertino AP. Spanish version of the susceptibility to e-cigarettes scale among Latino adolescents. Tob Prev Cessat. In press.

Hernández-Torres R, Alaniz-Cantu E, Bautista Rojas MV, Lara D, Merritt S, DeJesus E, D’Abundo ML, McIntosh S, Ossip DJ, Fuller D, Rivera MP, Cupertino AP, Cartujano-Barrera F. (2023). Understanding the perspectives of Latino adults who smoke on physical activity: A qualitative study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 20(4):3128.

Cartujano-Barrera F, Hernández-Torres R, Chávez-Iñiguez A, Orfin RH, Fernandez ID, Rivera MP, Cupertino AP. (2023). Spanish version of the susceptibility to e-cigarettes scale among Latino adolescents. Tob Prev Cessat. 9:01.

Gómez-Trillos, S; Graves, KD; Fiallos, K; Schwartz, MD; Peshkin, BN; Hamilton, H; Sheppard, VB; Vadaparampil, ST; Campos, C; Cupertino, P; Alzamora, MC; Lynce, F; Hurtado de Mendoza, A. Cultural Adaptations to a Telephone Genetic Counseling Protocol and Booklet for Latina Breast Cancer Survivors at Risk for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (DOI: ibac106). Translational Behavioral Medicine.

Roman G, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Vermilion P, Cupertino AP, Barnett S and Epstein R (2023) Mindful practice with medical interpreters. Front. Psychol. 14:1171993. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1171993

Rodríguez-Bolaños R, Ramírez-Palacios P, Bolaños A, Lara D, Millan G, Gallegos-Carrillo K, Flores Y, Mejía R, Cupertino AP, Cartujano-Barrera F. (2023). Decídetexto México: Recruitment and baseline characteristics of Mexican individuals who smoke in a cessation study. Tob Use Insights. 16:1179173X231157378.

Rivera MP, Gudina AT, Cartujano-Barrera F, Cupertino P. (2023). Disparities across the continuum of lung cancer care. Clin Chest Med. 44(3):531-542.

Connolly M, Croft D, Ramírez-Palacios P, Cai X, Hill B, Orfin RH, Rivera MP, Wilson KM, Li D, McIntosh S, Ossip DJ, Cupertino AP, Cartujano-Barrera F. (2023). Are Black and Latino adolescents being asked if they use electronic cigarettes and advised not to use them? Results from a community-based survey. Front Public Health. 11:1222184.

Rieth KKS, Cartujano-Barrera F, Kamen C, Arana-Chicas E, Cai X, Gao S, McIntosh S, Cupertino AP. (2023). Decίdetexto: Assessment of weight change after smoking cessation treatment for Latino smokers. J Community Med Public Health. 7:363.

Cartujano-Barrera F, Cox LS, Catley D, Cai X, Diaz FJ, Arana-Chicas E, Chávez-Iñiguez A, Ogedegbe C, Graves KD, Rivera MP, Ponce A, Ellerbeck EF, Cupertino AP. Decídetexto: Mobile Cessation Support for Latino Adults Who Smoke: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Chest. 2024 Aug 10:S0012-3692(24)04904-3. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.07.160. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39134144.