Peer-reviewed publications
Constantine ML, Rockwood TH, Schillo BA, Alesci N, Foldes SS, Phan T, Chhith Y, Saul JE. Exploring the relationship between acculturation and smoking behavior within four Southeast Asian communities of Minnesota. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2010 Jul;12(7):715-23. Epub 2010 May 20.
Parker ED, Solberg LI, Foldes SS, Walker PF. A surveillance source of tobacco use differences among immigrant populations. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. January 2010; doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntp211.
Foldes SS, An LC, Rode P, Schillo BA, Davern M, Alesci NL, Kinney A, Saul J, Zupan BA, Manley MW. The prevalence of unrecognized tobacco use among young adults. Am J Health Behavior. 2010;34(3):309-21. [See sidebar under POPULATION ANALYSIS.]
Constantine M, Rockwood TH, Schillo BA, Castellanos JW, Foldes SS, Saul JE. The relationship between acculturation and knowledge of health harms and benefits associated with smoking in the Latino population of Minnesota. Addictive Behaviors. 2009 November:34(11):980-3.
An innovative use of EMR data to efficiently estimate the prevalence of tobacco use in difficult-to-survey populations.
Solberg LI, Flottemesch TJ, Foldes SS, Molitor BA, Walker PF, Crain AL. Tobacco use prevalence in special populations: taking advantage of electronic medical records. Am J Prev Med. December 2008 (Vol. 35, Issue 6, Pages S501-S507). [At right.]
Garrett N, Alesci NL, Schultz MM, Foldes SS, Magnan SJ, Manley MW. The relationship of stage of change for smoking cessation to stage of change for fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity in a health plan population. Am J Health Promot. 2004 Nov-Dec;19(2):118-27.
Braun BL, Fowles JB, Forrest CB, Kind EA, Foldes SS, Weiner JP. Which enrollees bypass their gatekeepers in a point-of-service plan? Med Care. 2003 Jul;41(7):836-41.
Allen HM Jr, Foldes SS. Physicians’ ratings of health plans. JAMA. 1998 Jan 21;279(3):193.
Foldes SS. Life in an institution: a sociological and anthropological view. In Rosalie Kane and Arthur Caplan (eds.), Autonomy in everyday life in nursing homes. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1989.
Foldes SS. The rationality of organizational culture: physicians in HMO’s. In Helen B. Schwartzman (ed.), The Study of Organizational Culture, NUPEPP Occasional Paper No. 22. Evanston: Northwestern University, 1983.
A blended qualitative analysis and quantitative survey regarding culture and tobacco use in Minnesota’s Southeast Asian communities.
Community, policy and technical reports
Tobacco use in Minnesota: a quantitative survey of Cambodian, Hmong, Lao and Vietnamese community members. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, ClearWay Minnesota, Asian Pacific Tobacco-Free Coalition of Minnesota, Southeast Asian Refugee Community Home. November 2009. Accessible at http://preventionminnesota.com/objects /pdfs/SEA_FullReport_FINAL11.03.09.pdf. [See above.]
Creating a Healthier Minnesota: Progress in Reducing Tobacco Use, 1999-2007. ClearWay Minnesota, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN, MN Department of Health, Westat, Inc. September 2008. Accessible at www.mnadulttobaccosurvey.org.
Physical activity in Minnesota: knowledge, attitudes and behavior; findings from the inaugural Minnesota Physical Activity Survey. Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN. December 2007. Accessible at www.preventionminnesota.com/goal_detail.cfm?oid=5793.
A six year community-based participatory research and action project on tobacco use in Minnesota’s Southeast Asian communities.
Tobacco use in Minnesota: perspectives from Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, and Vietnamese communities. Asian Pacific Tobacco-Free Coalition of Minnesota, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN, Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco, Southeast Asian Refugee Community Home. March 2006. Accessible at www.preventionminnesota.com/about_us_detail.cfm?oid=4801. [See above.]
A six year community-based participatory research and action project on tobacco use in Minnesota’s Latino community.
Tobacco use in Minnesota: perspectives from Latino communities. Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN, Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio, Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco. March 2006. Accessible at www.preventionminnesota.com/about_us_detail.cfm?oid=4801. [See above.]
Secondhand smoke in Minnesota. 1999-2003. MN Partnership for Action Against Tobacco, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN, MN Department of Health, University of MN. March, 2005.
Patterns of smoking among Minnesota’s young adults. MN Department of Health, Blue Cross Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN, MN Partnership for Action Against Tobacco, University of MN. January, 2004. Accessible at www.preventionminnesota.com/doing_page.cfm?oid=5882.
Quitting smoking, 1999-2003: Nicotine addiction in Minnesota. Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN, MN Department of Health, MN Partnership for Action Against Tobacco, University of MN. January, 2004. Accessible at www.preventionminnesota.com/doing_page.cfm?oid=5882.
Quitting smoking: nicotine addiction in Minnesota. MN Partnership for Action Against Tobacco, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN, MN Department of Health. July 2001. Accessible at www.preventionminnesota.com/doing_page.cfm?oid=5873.
Secondhand smoke: knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of Minnesotans. MN Partnership for Action Against Tobacco, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN, MN Department of Health, MN Smoke-Free Coalition. November 2000.
Foldes SS, McCollor S. Medical Practice in Minnesota: Physician Perceptions of Medical Manpower, Competition and Other Public Policy Issues in 1982, (final report prepared under contract for the Minnesota Medical Association and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation). Minneapolis: Foundation for Health Care Evaluation. 1983.
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