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    MICEAL Black and Latinx Perspectives on COVID-19 Vaccination: A Mixed-Methods Examination

    To describe the differences and similarities in perceptions and attitudes regarding COVID-19 vaccination among Black and Latinx Michiganders.

    Fernanda L. Cross, Lydia Wileden in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Dispar… (2023)

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    No sweat: African American adolescent girls’ opinions of hairstyle choices and physical activity

    Obesity prevalence is higher among African American adolescent (AAA) girls than among non-black girls. Lower levels of physical activity (PA) likely contribute to this disparity; this may be impacted by hairst...

    Susan J. Woolford, Carole J. Woolford-Hunt, Areej Sami, Natalie Blake in BMC Obesity (2016)

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    Bariatric surgery decision making challenges: the stability of teens’ decisions and the treatment failure paradox

    Criteria for adolescent bariatric surgery include failure of ≥6 months of organized weight loss attempts. We wished to explore whether adolescents, initially wanting surgery, change their mind during a 6-month...

    Susan J. Woolford, Sarah J. Clark, Bethany J. Sallinen in Pediatric Surgery International (2012)

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    To Cut or Not to Cut: Physicians’ Perspectives on Referring Adolescents for Bariatric Surgery

    As the prevalence and severity of obesity among adolescents has increased, so has the number seeking bariatric surgery. Little is known about the opinions and referral behaviors of primary care physicians rega...

    Susan J. Woolford, Sarah J. Clark, Achamyeleh Gebremariam in Obesity Surgery (2010)