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    Accuracy of patient race and ethnicity data in a central cancer registry

    Race and Hispanic ethnicity data can be challenging for central cancer registries to collect. We evaluated the accuracy of the race and Hispanic ethnicity variables collected by the Utah Cancer Registry compar...

    Rachel R. Codden, Carol Sweeney, Blessing S. Ofori-Atta in Cancer Causes & Control (2024)

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    Material financial hardship and insurance-related experiences among Utah’s rural and urban cancer survivors

    Describe material financial hardship (e.g., using savings, credit card debt), insurance, and access to care experienced by Utah cancer survivors; investigate urban–rural differences in financial hardship.

    Heydon K. Kaddas, Morgan M. Millar, Kimberly A. Herget in Journal of Cancer Survivorship (2024)

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    Cancer survivors’ financial hardship and their caregivers’ employment: results from a statewide survey

    Many caregivers take paid and/or unpaid time off work, change from full-time to part-time, or leave the workforce. We hypothesized that cancer survivor-reported material hardship (e.g., loans, bankruptcy), beh...

    Echo L. Warner, Morgan M. Millar, Brian Orleans in Journal of Cancer Survivorship (2023)

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    Cancer survivorship experiences in Utah: an evaluation assessing indicators of survivors’ quality of life, health behaviors, and access to health services

    The 2016–2020 Utah Comprehensive Cancer Prevention and Control Plan prioritized strategies to address cancer survivorship experiences. In this paper we present estimates for nine indicators evaluating these pr...

    Morgan M. Millar, Kimberly A. Herget, Blessing Ofori-Atta in Cancer Causes & Control (2023)

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    Clinical trial recruitment in primary care: exploratory factor analysis of a questionnaire to measure barriers and facilitators to primary care providers’ involvement

    Recruitment of sufficient participants for clinical trials remains challenging. Primary care is an important avenue for patient recruitment but is underutilized. We developed and pilot tested a questionnaire t...

    Morgan M. Millar, Teresa Taft, Charlene R. Weir in BMC Primary Care (2022)

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    Cognitive enhancing supplements and medications in United States Resident Physicians

    The use of cognitive-enhancing medications and supplements among healthy adults continues to rise. Limited data exists on their use among resident physicians. Given their highly competitive and stressful lifes...

    Tyler Etheridge, Brandon Kennedy, Morgan M. Millar, Ben J. Brintz in BMC Medical Education (2022)

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    Breastfeeding Attitudes and Practices in a Rural Utah Navajo Community

    Despite known health benefits of breastfeeding, the Navajo have low reported frequency of breastfeeding initiation and support. We evaluated breastfeeding frequencies and practices in the predominately Navajo ...

    Laura L. Brown, Revina Talker, Gregory J. Stoddard in Maternal and Child Health Journal (2022)

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    Incentive delivery timing and follow-up survey completion in a prospective cohort study of injured children: a randomized experiment comparing prepaid and postpaid incentives

    Retaining participants over time is a frequent challenge in research studies evaluating long-term health outcomes. This study’s objective was to compare the impact of prepaid and postpaid incentives on respons...

    Morgan M. Millar, Lenora M. Olson, John M. VanBuren in BMC Medical Research Methodology (2021)

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    The feasibility of web surveys for obtaining patient-reported outcomes from cancer survivors: a randomized experiment comparing survey modes and brochure enclosures

    Central cancer registries are often used to survey population-based samples of cancer survivors. These surveys are typically administered via paper or telephone. In most populations, web surveys obtain much lo...

    Morgan M. Millar, Joanne W. Elena, Lisa Gallicchio in BMC Medical Research Methodology (2019)