Selected Publications

(by subject)

Smoking

Adachi-Mejia AM, Dalton MA, Gibson JJ, Beach ML, Titus-Ernstoff L, Heatherton TF, Sargent JD. Tobacco Brand Appearances in Movies Before and After the Master Settlement Agreement. (Research letter.) JAMA 2005; 293(19):2341-2342.

Bernhardt AM, Dalton MA, Sargent JD, Stevens MM. E-mail communication between medical students and school children: a model for medical education. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2000;154:1258-1262.

Dalton MA, Adachi-Mejia AM, Longacre MR., Titus-Ernstoff LT, Gibson JJ., Martin SK, Sargent JD, Heatherton TF. Parental Rules and Monitoring of Children’s Movie Viewing Associated with Children’s Risk for Smoking and Drinking. Pediatrics. Vol 118, Number 5, Nov 2006.

Dalton MA, Ahrens MB, Sargent JD, Beach ML, Tickle JJ, Heatherton TF. Relation between parental restrictions on movies and adolescent use of tobacco and alcohol. Eff Clin Pract 2002;5(1):1-10.

Dalton MA, Bernhardt AM, Gibson JJ, Sargent JD, Beach ML, Adachi-Mejia AM, Titus-Ernstoff L, Heatherton TF. Use of Cigarettes and Alcohol by Preschoolers While Role-playing as Adults. “Honey, Have Some Smokes.” Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2005;159:854-859.

Dalton MA, Sargent JD, Beach ML, Bernhardt AM, Stevens M. Positive and negative outcome expectations of smoking: implications for prevention. Prev Med 1999;29:460-465.

Dalton MA, Sargent JD, Beach ML, Titus-Ernstoff L, Gibson JJ, Ahrens MB, Tickle JJ, Heatherton TF. Effect of viewing smoking in movies on adolescent smoking initiation: a cohort study. Lancet 2003;362:281-285. Available at: http://image.thelancet.com/extras/03art1353web.pdf

Dalton MA, Tickle JJ, Sargent JD, Beach ML, Ahrens MB, Heatherton TF. The incidence and context of tobacco use in popular movies from 1988-1997. Prev Med 2002;34(5):516-523.

Primack BA, Switzer GE, Dalton MA. Improving measurements of normative beliefs involving smoking among adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2007;161:434-439.

Sargent JD, Beach ML, Adachi-Mejia AM, Gibson JJ, Titus-Ernstoff L, Carusi C, Swain S, Heatherton TF, Dalton MA. Exposure to movie smoking: Its relation to smoking initiation among U.S. adolescents. Pediatrics 2005;116(5):1183-1191.

Sargent JD, Beach ML, Dalton MA, Mott LA, Tickle JJ, Ahrens MB, Heatherton TF. Effect of seeing tobacco use in films on trying smoking among adolescents: cross sectional study. BMJ 2001;323:1394-1397. Unabridged version available at: http://bmj.com/cgi/reprint/323/7326/1394.pdf

Sargent JD, Beach ML, Dalton MA, Titus-Ernstoff L, Gibson JJ, Tickle JJ, Heatherton TF. Effect of parental R-rated movie restriction on adolescent smoking initiation: a prospective study. Pediatrics 2004;114(7):149-156.

Sargent JD, Dalton MA. Does parental disapproval of smoking prevent adolescents from becoming established smokers? Pediatrics 2001;108(6):1256-1262.

Sargent JD, Dalton MA, Beach ML, Bernhardt A, Heatherton TF, Stevens M. Effect of cigarette promotions on smoking uptake among adolescents. Prev Med 2000;30:320-327.

Sargent JD, Dalton MA, Beach ML, Bernhardt A, Pullin D, Stevens M. Cigarette promotional items in public schools. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1997;151:1189-1196.

Sargent JD, Tickle JJ, Beach ML, Dalton MA, Ahrens B, Heatherton TF. Brand appearances in contemporary cinema films and contribution to global marketing of cigarettes. Lancet 2001;357:29-32.

Tickle JJ, Hull JG, Sargent JD, Dalton MA, Heatherton TF. A structural equation model of social influences and exposure to media smoking on adolescent smoking. Basic and Applied Social Psychology 2006;28(2):117-129.

Tickle JJ, Sargent JD, Dalton MA, Beach ML, Heatherton TF. Favourite movie stars, their tobacco use in contemporary movies and its association with adolescent smoking. Tob Control 2001;10:16-22.

Titus-Ernstoff L, Dalton MA, Adachi-Mejia A, Longacre M, Beach M. A longitudinal study of viewing smoking in movies and smoking initiation in children. Pediatrics, accepted for publication, 2007.

Obesity

Adachi-Mejia AM, Longacre MR, Gibson JJ, Beach ML, Titus-Ernstoff LT, Dalton MA. Children with a TV in the bedroom at higher risk for being overweight. International Journal of Obesity 2007;31(4):644-651.

Sutherland, LA, Wildemuth BS, Campbell MK, Haines PS. (2005) Unraveling the Web: An Evaluation of the Content Quality, Usability, and Reading Level of Nutrition Web Sites. JNEB 2005;37;5.

Sutherland LA. QualPage: Resources for qualitative research. JNE 2001;33(4):254-255.

Sutherland LA, Campbell MK, Ornstein K, Wildemuth B, Lobach D. Development of an adaptive multimedia program to collect patient health data. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4):320-324.

Sutherland, LA. Nutrition Professionals in Cyberspace: Getting wired for the new millennium. JADA 1999(11):1365-1366.

Chronic Illness

Fanos, J. A Life-Span 'Case History': Human Attachment, Unit 24, pp. 567-75. In Krech, Crutchfield, Livson, Wilson & Parducci, Elements of Psychology (4th ed.), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.

Fanos, J. Siblings Need Your Love Too. In Inspirations, Pediatric Pulmonary Center, Children's Hospital, Oakland, Summer 1988.

Fanos, J. Sibling Loss (1996). Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates, New Jersey.

Fanos, J. Developmental Tasks of Childhood and Adolescence: Implications for Genetic Testing. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 71:22-28,1997.

Fanos, J. The Missing Link in Linkage Analysis: The Well Sibling Revisited. Genetic Testing 3:273-278, 1999.

Fanos, J. “My Crooked Vision”: The Well Sib Views Ataxia-Telangiectasia. American Journal of Medical Genetics 87:420-426, 1999.

Fanos, JH. Davis J, Puck JM. Sib Understanding of Genetics and Attitudes Toward Carrier Testing for X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency. American Journal of Medical Genetics 98:46-56, 2001.

Fanos JH, Fahrner K, Jelveh M, King R, Tejeda D. The Sibling Center: A pilot program for siblings of children and adolescents with a serious medical condition. Invited Commentary, Journal of Pediatrics 2005;146/6:831-5.

Fanos, J & Gatti R. A Mark on the Arm: Myths of Carrier Status in Siblings of Individuals with Ataxia-Telangiectasia. American Journal of Medical Genetics 1999; 86:338-346.

Fanos JH, Gelinas D, Miller R. “You Have Shown Me My End”: Attitudes Toward Presymptomatic Testing for Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Am J Med Genet. 2004 Sep 1;129A(3):248-53.

Fanos, J. & Johnson, J. Perception of Carrier Testing by Cystic Fibrosis Siblings. American Journal of Human Genetics, 57:431-438, 1995).

Fanos, J. & Johnson, J. Barriers to Carrier Testing for Adult Cystic Fibrosis Siblings: The Importance of Not Knowing. Journal of Medical Genetics, 59:85-91, 1995.

Fanos, J. & Johnson, J. (2001). Genetic Testing and Counseling. In: B. Lask, M. Bluebond-Langner & D. Angst, Psychosocial Aspects of Cystic Fibrosis. Arnold Publishing Company, London.

Fanos, J. & Mackintosh, M. “Never Again Joy without Sorrow”: The Effect on the Parents of a Child with Ataxia-Telangiectasia. American Journal of Medical Genetics 87:413-420, 1999.

Fanos, J. & Nickerson, B. Long-Term Effects of Sibling Death during Adolescence. Special Issue, D. Balk, Ed., Death and Adolescent Bereavement, Journal of Adolescent Research (1991), 6, pp. 70-82.

Fanos JH, Puck JM. Family Pictures: The impact of Growing Up with a Brother with X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency. American Journal of Medical Genetics 98:57-63, 2001.

Fanos JH, Spangner KA, Musci TJ. Attitudes toward Prenatal Testing and Screening for Fragile X. Genetics in Medicine 2006;8:1-5.

Fanos JH, Strange C: “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”: Impact on Sibs of Individuals with AAT Deficiency. American Journal of Medical Genetics 2004 Oct 15; 130A(3):251-257.

Fanos, J. & Wiener, L. Tomorrow's Survivors: Siblings of HIV-Infected Children. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Special Supplement (15), pp. S43-48, June 1994.

Golub ET, Purvis LA, Sapun M, Safaeian M, Beyrer C, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. Changes in willingness to participate in HIV vaccine trials among HIV-negative injection drug users. AIDS & Behavior 2005 Sep;9(3):301-9.

Smit E, Semba RD, Pilibosian E, Vlahov D, Tun W, Purvis L, Tang AM. Body Habitus in a Cohort of HIV Seropositive and HIV Seronegative Injection Drug Users. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2005; Vol. 19. No.1:12-30.

Wertz, D, Fanos, J. Genetic Testing for Children and Adolescents – Reply. JAMA, (1995), 273 (14): 1090.

Wertz, D., Fanos, J. & Reilly, P. Genetic Testing for Children and Adolescents: Who Decides? JAMA. (1994), 272 (11), pp. 875-881.

Wertz, D., Fanos J & Reilly P. Testing Healthy Children and Adolescents: Recommendations for Avoiding Harm. The Genetic Resource (1994), 8 (2), pp. 16-20.

Wilfond BS, Pelias MZ, Knoppers BM, Reilly PR, Wertz DC, Billings P, Fleisher LD, Rowley R, Strom C, Zinberg R, Boyd P, Clayton EW, Fanos J, Markel D, Schneider K. Points to Consider: Ethical, Legal, and Psychosocial Implications of Genetic Testing in Children and Adolescents. American Journal of Human Genetics 57 (5): 1233-1241. 1995.

Prenatal Exposure

Leong NM, Egan KM, Newcomb PA, Titus-Ernstoff L, Baron JA, Stampfer MJ, Trentham-Dietz A, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC. The relation of birthweight to adult obesity: results from a population-based study. International Journal of Cancer 2003; 103: 789-791.

Hatch EE, Herbst AL, Hoover RN, Noller KL, Adam E, Kaufman RH, Palmer JR, Titus-Ernstoff L, Hyer M, Robboy SJ. Incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in DES daughters: Long-term follow-up of the NCI DES follow-up study cohorts. Cancer Causes and Control 2001; 12: 837-845.

Hatch EE, Palmer JR, Titus-Ernstoff L, Noller KL, Kaufman RH, Mittendorf R, Robboy SJ, Hyer M, Cowan C, Adam E, Colton T, Hartge PA, Hoover RN. Cancer risk in women exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) in utero. Abstract featured in the Journal of the American Medical Association 1998; 280: 630-634.

Hatch EE, Troisi R, Wise LA, Hyer M, Palmer JR, Titus-Ernstoff L, Strohsnitter W, Kaufman R, Noller KL, Robboy S, Hartge P, Hoover RN. Age at Natural Menopause in Women Exposed to Diethylstilbestrol in Utero. American Journal of Epidemiology 2006; 164: 682-688.

Palmer J, Hatch EE, Hoover RN, Noller K, Herbst AL, Titus-Ernstoff L, Kaufman RH. Risk of breast cancer in daughters exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero. Cancer Causes and Control 2002; 13: 753-758.

Palmer JR, Hatch EE, Rao S, Kaufman RH, Herbst AL, Noller KL, Titus-Ernstoff L, Hoover RN. Infertility among women exposed prenatally to diethylstibestrol. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2001;154: 316-321.

Palmer JR, Wise LA, Hatch EE, Troisi R, Titus-Ernstoff L, Strohsnitter W, Kaufman R, Herbst AL, Noller KL, Hyer M, Hoover RN. Prenatal Diethylstilbestrol Exposure and Risk of Breast Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2006; 15:1509-1514.

Palmer JR, Wise LA, Robboy SJ, Titus-Ernstoff L, Noller KL, Herbst AL, Troisi R, Hoover RN. Hypospadias in male offspring of women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero. Epidemiology 2005; 16: 583-586.

Perez K, Titus-Ernstoff L, Hatch EE, Troisi R, Wactawski-Wende J, Palmer JR, Noller KL, Hoover RL. Reproductive outcomes in men with prenatal exposure to DES. Fertility & Sterility 2006; 84: 1649-1656.

Strohsnitter WC, Noller KL, Hoover RN, Robboy SJ, Palmer JR, Titus-Ernstoff L, Kaufman RH, Adam E, Herbst AL, Hatch EE. Cancer risk in men exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2001; 93: 545-541.

Strohsnitter WC, Noller KL, Titus-Ernstoff L, Kaufman RH, Troisi R, Hatch EE, Poole C, Glynn RJ, Hsieh C-C. Breast Cancer Incidence in Women Prenatally Exposed to Maternal Cigarette Smoke. Epidemiology 2005; 16: 342-345.

Titus-Ernstoff L, Egan K, Newcomb PA, Baron JA, Stampfer M, Willett W, Cole B, Ding J, Greenberg ER, Trichopoulos D. Exposure to breast milk during infancy in relation to postmenopausal breast cancer risk. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1998; 90: 921-924.

Titus-Ernstoff L, Egan KM, Newcomb PA, Ding, J, Trentham-Dietz A, Baron JA, Stampfer M, Trichopoulos D, Willett WC. Early life factors in relation to breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2002; 11: 207-210.

Titus-Ernstoff L, Newcomb PA, Egan KM, Baron JA, Greenberg ER, Willett W, Stampfer M. Left-handedness in relation to breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women. Epidemiology 2000; 11: 181-184.

Titus-Ernstoff L, Perez K, Hatch EE, Troisi R, Palmer J, Hartge P, Kaufman R, Adam E, Noller K, Strohsnitter W, Herbst AL, Hyer M, Hoover RN. Psychosexual characteristics of men and women exposed prenatally to DES (diethylstilbestrol). Epidemiology 2003; 14:155-160.

Titus-Ernstoff L, Troisi R, Hatch EE, Wise L, Palmer J, Hyer M, Kaufman R, Adam E, Strohsnitter W, Noller K, Herbst AL, Gibson-Chambers J, Hartge P, Hoover RN. Menstrual and reproductive characteristics of women whose mothers were exposed to DES in utero. International Journal of Epidemiology 2006; 35: 862-868.

Troisi R, Hatch EE, Titus-Ernstoff, L, Palmer JR, Hyer M, Strohsnitter WC, Robboy S, Kaufman R, Herbst A, Adam E, Hoover RN. Birth weight and breast cancer risk. In press (British Journal of Cancer).

Wise LA, Palmer JR, Rowlings K, Kaufman RH, Herbst AL, Noller KL, Titus-Ernstoff L, Troisi R, Hatch EE, Robboy SJ. Risk of benign gynecologic tumors in relation to prenatal diethylstilbestrol exposure. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2005; 105:167-173.