Includes
cumulative listing of pending projects and cumulative subject index for
Volumes I and II
Established in 1964, SRL conducts surveys for University faculty and students; for state, local, and federal agencies; and for other groups working in the public interest.
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ABBREVIATIONS
SRL Survey Research Laboratory
UI University of Illinois
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
UIUC University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
689 STUDY OF EMOTIONAL AND IMAGE BASES OF RACIAL ATTITUDES
Two hundred and fifty telephone interviews conducted for James Kuklinski (UIUC Department of Political Science). Project coordinator: Tobey Fumento. Ran JuneSeptember 1990. Pending no. 9490.
690 TECHNOLOGY CORRIDOR EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT
Study for the Illinois Board of Higher Education to assess the actual demand and likely usages of educational programs designed for the employees of technology-based industries located in the western and northwestern suburbs of Chicago and to measure the perceptions of employers and employees on the quality and accessibility of existing graduate-level training programs for employees in technologically advanced fields. Involved two surveys: In the Employer Survey, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 74 senior executives in technology-based companies with at least one employee who has at least a bachelor's degree in engineering and engineering-related technologies, mathematics and computer science, life science, or physical science; in the Employee Survey, telephone interviews were conducted with 215 employees with at least a bachelor's degree in one of the four areas listed above, selected from the same companies used in the Employer Survey. Project coordinator: Vincent Parker. Ran November 1990November 1991. Pending no. 9533.
691 Spanish version of questionnaire for study 686 (see Volume I).
692 WASTE MANAGEMENT SURVEY OF ILLINOIS HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Study for the Illinois Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center to obtain information about the state of waste management (for municipal solid, nonhazardous, special, and hazardous waste) at 50 public and private higher education institutions in Illinois. In Phase 1, the campuses were telephoned to get general information and the names of respondents for Phase 2. In the second phase, a more detailed questionnaire was mailed. Funding came from the Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources. Principal investigator and project coordinator: Diane O'Rourke. Ran January 1991July 1996. Pending no. 9550.
693 1991 OUTDOOR RECREATION SURVEY (see also 553, 629, and 674 in Volume I and 776 in this volume)
Telephone interview survey of 1,002 adults in Illinois for the Illinois Department of Conservation (IDOC) to assess the patterns of the outdoor recreation of Illinois residents and their attitudes toward recreational facilities. Client: Marla Gursh (IDOC); project coordinator: Diane O'Rourke. Ran January 1991February 1992. Pending no. 9538.
694 AVOIDABLE MORTALITY FROM CANCER IN BLACK POPULATIONS (see also 621 and 656 in Volume I)
The postintervention phase of a study for Clyde Phillips (School of Public Health) to evaluate an educational project to increase participation of African American women in cervical and breast cancer screening. The study assessed the effectiveness of an educational intervention (consisting of a direct print media campaign and cancer educational workshops in churches and schools and at African American community special events) in altering knowledge, attitudes, and practice related to cervical and breast cancer. Involved telephone interviews with approximately 1,800 African American women (half of whom received the intervention and half of whom did not) aged 20 years or older in 10 community areas on south side Chicago. Project coordinator: Edward Lakner. Ran JanuarySeptember 1991. Pending no. 9334.
695 UIC FACULTY SATISFACTION SURVEY
Survey for the UIC Faculty Advisory Committee to assess faculty satisfaction and concerns at UIC. Involved focus groups with selected UIC faculty and a questionnaire mailed to 1,441 UIC faculty members, 75% of whom responded. Principal investigator: Richard Warnecke; project coordinator: Ward Kay. Ran February 1991November 1992. Pending no. 9556.
696 AMERICAN MEDICAL RECORD ASSOCIATION SURVEY (see also 469, 592, and 662 in Volume I and 715 in this volume)
SRL assisted Margaret Amatayakul (American Medical Record Association) in a mail survey of 6,000 medical record professionals who are Association members. Project coordinator: Jeffrey Francik. Ran FebruaryApril 1991. Pending no. 9553.
697 DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING REINTERVIEW METHODS AND QUESTIONNAIRES
Joint statistical agreement between the U.S. Bureau of the Census and UI (Seymour Sudman, principal investigator) to conduct cognitive experiments on reinterviews and think-alouds covering respondents' understanding of question meaning, their methods for giving self-reports (counting, estimation, etc.), and issues of self-representation (e.g., threat, embarrassment). The various experiments used face-to-face interviews with a variety of respondent groups. SRL reinterviewed 23 respondents to surveys conducted at UI, the University of Maryland, and the Bureau of the Census. Project coordinator: Diane O'Rourke. Ran February 1991September 1993. Pending no. 9530.
698 YOUTH AIDS PREVENTION PROGRAM (YAPP)
Study for Susan Levy (Prevention Research Center) to evaluate a health intervention in Chicago area public schools on AIDS and sexual practices. Self-administered questionnaires were given to 701 7th graders in 15 schools both before and immediately after the intervention, with the schools randomly assigned to the health intervention or to the school's regular health education program. The students were followed for 2 more years (i.e., as 8th and 9th graders), with questionnaires administered each year. Project coordinator: Timothy Johnson. Ran March 1991June 1994. Pending no. 9393.
699 Second year of CCSP: Community Interventions for Cancer Prevention (see 599, etc., in Volume I and 899, etc., and 1199, etc., in this volume)
700 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO AID POLLUTION PREVENTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
Mail survey for the Illinois Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center to gather information from Illinois manufacturers in heavy industry on their waste control and management strategies and on their technology development and information needs concerning waste management and to assess to what extent the manufacturers are receptive to working with the state to increase their operational efficiency and reduce the amount of waste that they generate. Questionnaires were completed by the waste management officers at 1,000 manufacturing firms throughout Illinois who had been identified through telephone calls to the firms. Project coordinator: Victoria Gwiasda. Started April 1991; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9537.
701 AIDS OUTREACH PROJECT
Consulting for Walter Wiebel (School of Public Health) on the AIDS Outreach Project. Project coordinator: Timothy Johnson. Ran AprilOctober 1991. Pending no. not available.
702 PRESCRIBE FOR HEALTH IN URBAN MINORITY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN PRACTICES (see also 727)
Four-year National Cancer Institutefunded study for Loretta Lacey (Prevention Research Center), Clara Manfredi (Prevention Research Center), and Ronald Czaja (North Carolina State University at Raleigh), with Richard Warnecke as a co-investigator, to implement and evaluate an intervention to improve, maintain, and diffuse early cancer detection protocols among primary care physicians at clinics in Chicago who have mostly low- to moderate-income African American and Hispanic patients. The study involved 47 clinics that serve HMO and non-HMO patients. It evaluated the process of program dissemination among the physicians and involved a preintervention mail survey with all of the physicians and staff members who have HMO patient contact to evaluate the physicians' response to the intervention. In conjunction with the physician survey, approximately 40 records from HMO patients and 20 records from non-HMO patients were abstracted at each clinic. Data collection in Year 4 repeated records abstraction procedures from Year 1. A small follow-up survey of the participating clinics was also conducted. An extension of this project was conducted as study 727. Project coordinator: Gloria Chapa-Resendez. Ran May 1991April 1995. Pending no. 9390.
703 ILLINOIS CORN MARKETING
Two hundred telephone interviews conducted for Harold Guither, UIUC Department of Agricultural Economics. Project coordinator: Edward Lakner. Ran JulyAugust 1991. Pending no. 9562.
704 ILLINOIS RECREATIONAL FACILITIES INVENTORY
Mail survey for Gerrit Knaap (UIUC Department of Urban and Regional Planning) to obtain information on the supply of outdoor recreation resources and facilities in Illinois. Involved data collected from facility managers on approximately 6,500 outdoor recreation facilities. Ran August 1991February 1993. Project coordinator: Edward Lakner. Pending no. 9547.
705 ILLINOIS SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM
Study for Susan Levy (Prevention Research Center) to assess attributes of organizations and school staff associated with varying levels and types of implementations of drug prevention education programs in Illinois public schools, to develop and test an intervention to improve drug education program implementation, and to determine gaps in curricula. Involved three waves of mail questionnaires (with telephone follow-ups) for school district superintendents, school board presidents, principals, faculty and other school staff, and parents and other community members throughout Illinois. Approximately 955 completes. Project coordinator: Edward Lakner. Ran August 1991June 1993. Pending no. 9528.
706 HOMELESSNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE IN COOK COUNTY (see 686 in Volume I)
Report prepared for the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (DASA) based on data obtained in study 686. N = 481. Client: Jane Elmore (DASA); project coordinator: Timothy Johnson. Ran AugustSeptember 1991. Pending no. 9566.
707 COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF REPORTING CANCER PREVENTION EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS
Research for the National Center for Health Statistics to investigate cognitive methods for improving responses to questions about health promotion and disease prevention, focusing on predictors of accuracy in reporting four early detection procedures: Pap smear, mammography, breast physical examinations, and fecal occult blood tests. The study involved two focus groups (N = 18), 16 think-alouds, and 178 face-to-face interviews with women aged 50 and over who had been members of the Rush-Anchor HMO since January 1, 1987, and lived in Chicago. Principal investigator: Seymour Sudman; project coordinator: Diane O'Rourke. Ran October 1991June 1993. Pending no. 9567.
708 ELDERLY DRIVER SURVEY
Mail survey for Richard Michaels (UIC Urban Transportation Center) to identify road and highway design features (e.g., pavement markings on hills and curves, lighting at intersections) that are most important to the elderly in driving safely and to assess how hard or easy various driving activities (reading signs on freeways, driving at night or in heavy traffic) are for the elderly now compared with 10 years ago. Involved 300 telephone interviews with Illinois residents aged 60 and younger and 600 mail questionnaires to residents 60 and older holding a valid Illinois driver's license. Project coordinator: Edward Lakner. Ran November 1991April 1992. Pending no. 9514.
709 SEIU NURSES SURVEY
Consulting on study and questionnaire design for a survey of members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) who were RNs. Ran November 1991September 1992. Client: Peisert (SEIU); project coordinator: Diane O'Rourke. Pending no. not available.
710 SUBSTANCE USE AMONG THE ADULT POPULATION OF ILLINOIS
Report prepared for the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (DASA) based on data obtained in a statewide study of alcohol and drug use. N = 4,897. Client: Jane Elmore (DASA); project coordinator: Timothy Johnson. Ran November 1991July 1992. Pending no. 9571.
711 IMPACT STUDY OF THE INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL TRAINING SABBATIC PROGRAM
Assistance to Thomas McCowen (UIUC Office of International Agriculture) in the development of a questionnaire for administration to 75 U.S. scholars having taken sabbatical leave between 1987 and 1992 at Egerton University in Kenya. The purpose was to assess the impact of the sabbatic/scholar program with regard to curriculum development, applied research, and teaching at Egerton. Project coordinator: Edward Lakner. Ran December 1991January 1993. Pending no. 9579.
712 EVALUATION OF THE DEAN, COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
Evaluation of head of UIC unit--confidential. Started February 1992; canceled. Project coordinator: Edward Lakner. Pending no. not available.
713 LOW-INCOME MINORITY CHILDREN
A longitudinal study of children at risk conducted for Arthur Reynolds (Department of Psychology, Yale University) with funding from the Bureau of Program Evaluation, Chicago Public Schools, involving follow-up telephone interviews of approximately 350 nonrespondents to a first-wave mail survey conducted by the Chicago Public Schools to assess the prevalence of past and present factors in everyday life affecting the school success of children from low-SES households. Survey results were used to help Chicago Public Schools better serve children and families for whom a low-income environment poses a risk to school success. Project coordinator: Edward Lakner. Ran MarchSeptember 1992. Pending no. 9580.
714 MAINE TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL
Study of citizen satisfaction with the quality of education provided by Maine Township, Illinois, high schools for Fred Coombs, Associate Dean of the UIUC College of Education, funded by Maine Township High School District #207 in suburban Chicago. Included questions on property taxes and problems facing schools. Telephone interviews were conducted with about 900 respondents with and without children in the schools. Survey results were used to aid the Maine Township Board of Education in policy and program decisions. Project coordinator: Edward Lakner. Ran AprilSeptember 1992. Pending no. 9577.
715 MEDICAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT SURVEY (see also 469, 592, and 662 in Volume I and 696 in this volume)
Data reduction and processing for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) 1992 Manpower Survey. The mail survey was conducted with 3,475 respondents to collect information to assist in defining staffing needs in health information management. It was one of a series of surveys that occur approximately every 3 years. Client: Margaret Amatayakul (AHIMA); project coordinator: Jeffrey Francik. Ran JuneSeptember 1992. Pending no. 9588.
716 COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL SMOKING CESSATION
Telephone survey for Dr. David Marder of Cook County Hospital in Chicago to examine the success of the Cook County Hospital Smoking Cessation Clinic in helping patients to quit smoking. The survey involved telephone interviews with 331 former clients of the clinic. Project coordinator: Ward Kay. Ran June 1992January 1993. Pending no. 9572.
717 CAER COURSE NEEDS ASSESSMENT
Mail survey for Bob Bender, UI Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Center for Advanced Education and Research (CAER) seeking to identify specific topics of interest for future CAER seminars by surveying businesses in the technology corridor of northeastern Illinois. N = 462. Project coordinator: Barbara Zusman. Ran AugustNovember 1992. Pending no. 9595.
718 MINORITY POPULATIONS' UNDERSTANDING OF HEALTH QUESTIONS
National Center for Health Statisticsfunded research to study question comparability aspects of health questions by using cognitive methods to assess how racial/ethnic background affects the interpretation of commonly administered health survey questions, the information retrieval and judgment formation utilized for responses to those questions, and the editing of responses prior to verbalization. Think-aloud interviews were conducted with 423 respondents of varying SES in the Chicago area, employing a 4x2x50 design with African Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and whites, half of whom were male and half of whom were female. Principal investigators: Timothy Johnson and Diane O'Rourke; project coordinator: Gloria Chapa-Resendez. Ran October 1992October 1995. Pending no. 9593.
719 Second year of Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Demonstration Project (see 619 in Volume I)
720 ABAN AYA YOUTH HEALTH PROJECT
The purpose of this National Institute for Child Health and Human Developmentfunded study, sponsored by Brian Flay (Prevention Research Center), was to test the efficacy of a classroom-based intervention program designed to prevent the health-compromising behaviors of violence, unsafe sexual behavior, and substance use/abuse among 10- to 13-year-old African American adolescents in poor neighborhoods of Chicago and its suburbs. The Prevention Research Center interviewed approximately 863 students in their schools and, where possible, surveyed the parents of the students by mail. First in a pilot study (in 1993) and then in the first year of the main data collection (late 1994), SRL conducted telephone interviews with those parents who failed to return the questionnaire. In the main study year, approximately 125 interviews were completed. Project coordinator: Betty Simon. Ran March 1992March 1995. Pending no. 9586.
721 META-ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL SUPPORT INTERVENTIONS FOR ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
Centers for Disease Control and Preventionfunded study for the Prevention Research Center using statistical methods of meta-analysis to systematically review controlled social support interventions for the treatment of alcoholism, smoking, and obesity in an attempt to reconcile the equivocality in studies on the role of social support in addictive behavior modification and to determine the features of interventions that are most predictive of success. Principal investigator and project coordinator: Jennifer Parsons. Ran July 1992June 1993. Pending no. 9587.
722 MEDICAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Assistance to Diane Gottheil, UIUC College of Medicine, in setting up data entry and SPSS. Project coordinator: Edward Lakner. Ran December 1992February 1993. Pending no. 9603.
723 ILLINOIS COMPREHENSIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE STUDY
The purpose of this study, sponsored by the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (DASA) with funds from the Department of Health and Human Services Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, was to produce precise incidence and prevalence estimates of nonmedical alcohol and drug use for the Illinois adult population. The information was to help DASA develop more effective prevention and treatment programs and apply state dollars in an optimal manner. RDD telephone interviews were conducted with 4,645 adults, with oversamples of African American and Hispanic residents. Principal investigator: Timothy Johnson; project coordinators: Edward Lakner and Cynthia Peters. Ran December 1992June 1994. Pending no. 9495.
724 NEW PARENTHOOD PROJECT
Study for Michele Kelley (School of Public Health), funded by the Health Resources Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, focusing on how new mothers and fathers cope with the demands of parenthood. The study examined distress related to pregnancy and birth and examined changes in gender roles that come after a couple has their first child. Data were collected from new parents in two waves (262 in the first wave and 258 in the second) by CATI. In addition, infant temperament questionnaires were mailed to the respondents. Project coordinator: Victoria Gwiasda. Ran January 1993November 1995. Pending no. 9608.
725 NETWORK STUDY OF CHRONICALLY DISABLED
CATI interviews of a sample of 450 frail elderly and working age disabled persons, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and sponsored by Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Using a network sample of the frail elderly, this study evaluated the effectiveness of multiplicity procedures for identifying the chronically disabled and assessed issues related to service system access, availability, and quality. Client: Susan Allen (Brown University); project coordinator: Cynthia Peters. Ran February 1993July 1994. Pending no. 9601.
726 UIUC ATHLETICS/UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SPORTS SURVEY
The purpose of this mail survey of 1,363 undergraduates for Ronald Guenther at UIUC's Division of Intercollegiate Athletics was to assess the interests and involvement of undergraduate students in University sports as participants and spectators at all levels--intercollegiate, club, and intramural. Project coordinator: Diane O'Rourke. Ran February 1993May 1994. Pending no. 9614.
727 PRESCRIBE FOR HEALTH PATIENT INTERVIEW SURVEY (see also 702 in this volume)
An extension of study 702, this National Cancer Institutefunded telephone survey for Loretta Lacey (Prevention Research Center) evaluated the effectiveness of a health promotion campaign conducted among Chicago HMO patients designed to encourage early cancer detection and frequent medical checkups. Interviews with 223 patients assessed the nature and extent of patients' use of a "health promotion card" and their knowledge of and beliefs about cancer and the value of cancer screening. Principal investigators after spring 1994: Clara Manfredi (Prevention Research Center), Ronald Czaja (North Carolina State University at Raleigh), and Richard Warnecke; project coordinator: Edward Lakner. Ran FebruaryJuly 1993. Pending no. 9612.
728 VOLUNTEER LITERACY TUTORING SURVEY
The purpose of this mail survey of 582 graduate and undergraduate students, sponsored by Timothy Shanahan (UIC Center for Literacy), was to gather information concerning the interest of students in community service in order to allow the University to develop community service opportunities for its students that best meet their needs. Project coordinator: Jeffrey Francik. Ran October 1992August 1993. Pending no. 9598.
729/829/ CIS PROGRAM PROJECT--SURVEY CORE (see also 770 in this volume)
929/1029
SRL is conducting the survey work for this multiple-study program project, whose goal is to test intervention strategies relative to information dissemination and behavior change. In Project 1, "Five-a-Day for Better Health," callers to the Cancer Information Service (CIS) Hotline were interviewed on their nutritional habits and the amount of fruits and vegetables eaten each day. Four-week follow-ups to these interviews were conducted by telephone with 1,672 cases; of these, 1,286 were interviewed at 4 months. In addition, a 24-hour dietary recall pilot study was conducted by telephone. Project 2 focuses on the impact of an out call from CIS or the AMC Cancer Research Center on women's health habits and attitudes toward breast cancer and mammography 6 months after the out call. Women aged 50 or older were screened by telephone and put into an experimental or control group. SRL completed 6-month follow-ups with 2,168 of these women. Survey work for Project 3 consists of conducting 6-month follow-up telephone interviews with African American smokers who called a CIS toll free number in response to a smoking cessation media campaign. Program project principal investigator: Al Marcus (AMC Cancer Research Center); Survey Core principal investigator: Richard Warnecke; project coordinators: Lynn Hamilton, Betty Simon, and Gloria Chapa-Resendez. Started July 1993; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9563.
730 Seventh wave of Panel on Consumer Decision Processes (see 030, etc., in Volume I)
731 H. A. WILSON MARKET STUDY
Under a subcontract, SRL ran focus groups for this study for the Library Research Center on the Urbana campus. The work was funded by the H. A. Wilson Company to find out what kind of penetration its products had in the libraries in Chicago and its suburbs so they could analyze future trends. Five focus groups were conducted with a total of 49 participants. Client: Christine Horak (UI Library Research Center); project coordinator: Gloria Chapa-Resendez. Ran AugustSeptember 1993. Pending no. 9605.
732 HOSPITAL DISCHARGE PLANNERS
SRL conducted seven think-aloud interviews for Mary Fennell (Pennsylvania State University) in anticipation of a larger study on the organizational structures that link rural hospitals to long-term care providers. N = 500. Project coordinator: Diane O'Rourke. Ran AugustSeptember 1993. Pending no. 9613.
733 QUALITY OF LIFE
In this National Cancer Institutefunded study, a version of the Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index appropriate for adult African American and Mexican American cancer patients with a high school education or less was developed in English and in Spanish. The psychometric properties, responsiveness to change, and implementation aspects of the two versions when used with cancer patients with stable health status and with patients participating in cancer clinical trails were assessed. SRL conducted focus groups (N = 17) and laboratory think-aloud interviews (N = 43). Principal investigator: Carol Ferrans (UIC College of Nursing); project coordinator: Gloria Chapa-Resendez. Ran November 1993January 1995. Pending no. 9609.
734 PRISON SURVEY
This study was conducted with Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse funds to determine the alcohol and drug use treatment needs of Illinois prisoners. CAPI interviews were conducted with 630 inmates at prisons in Joliet, Menard, Dwight, and Graham, Illinois, on their knowledge of HIV/AIDS risk factors and on their experiences with tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs, substance use treatment programs, gangs, and sex prior to incarceration. Inmates were also asked about their criminal history. Principal investigators: James Swartz (Treatment Alternatives for Special Clients [TASC], Inc.) and Timothy Johnson; project coordinator: Victoria Gwiasda. Ran JanuaryAugust 1994. Pending no. 9631.
735 HEALTH SURVEY RESEARCH METHODS CONFERENCE
Conference organizing for the Sixth Conference on Health Survey Research Methods, held in June 1995. The conference produced state-of-the-art summaries of methodological knowledge and agendas for needed methodological research. The focuses were major survey activities in the federal statistical program, the use of surveys in health care policy, and ongoing methodological research relevant to these activities. The conference was sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, the National Center for Health Statistics, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Cancer Institute, and the Health Resources Services Administration. Conference organizers: Richard Warnecke and Diane O'Rourke. Planning started January 1994; proceedings published May 1996. Pending no. 9617.
736 DCFS STUDY
Sponsored by the Department of Children and Family Services of Illinois, this study sought to determine substance abuse treatment needs of its clients through CAPI interviews with 150 clients in Cook County. Project coordinator: Andrew Montgomery. Ran JanuaryJune 1994. Pending no. 9638.
737 Second year of Assessment of the Implementation and Impact of the Community Clinical Oncology Program--Phase II (see 637 in Volume I)
738 SCHOOL OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND FAMILY STUDIES STUDENT SURVEY
Data reduction on 1,547 cases for Aaron Ebata (Human Resources and Family Studies, UIUC). Project coordinator: Jeffrey Francik. Ran MarchApril 1994. Pending no. 9639.
739 Fourth wave of Study to Determine Flooding Characteristics of Selected Drainage Areas Within the Chicagoland Underflow Plan Area (see 439, etc., in Volume I)
740 COLLEGE OF NURSING, 1994 EVALUATION OF DEAN
Evaluation of head of UIC unit--confidential. Ran MarchApril 1994. Project coordinator: Jeffrey Francik. Pending no. 9645.
741 WOMEN AND VIOLENCE IN HUMBOLDT PARK (see also 759 in this volume)
Funded by the MacArthur Foundation and conducted by Northwestern University, this study focused on the impact of domestic and street violence on the labor force participation and selected child rearing decisions of women living in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. SRL conducted a face-to-face survey in English and in Spanish with a total of 800 women in Humboldt Park. Principal investigator: Susan Lloyd (Northwestern University); project coordinator: Victoria Gwiasda. Ran September 1993April 1995. Pending no. 9629.
742 COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 1994 EVALUATION OF DEAN
Evaluation of head of UIC unit--confidential. Ran JanuaryMay 1994. Project coordinator: Jeffrey Francik. Pending no. 9644.
743 OVARIAN CANCER CASE CONTROL
Karin Rosenblatt (Community Health, UIUC) is the principal investigator for this National Institutes of Healthfunded study to determine whether or not genital talc exposure causes ovarian cancer. The link between fertility drugs, oral contraceptive use, hormone use, gynecological operations, nutritional factors, and family history with the development of ovarian cancer will be examined. SRL will conduct face-to-face interviews with 450 non-Asian women aged 1874 residing in Cook County and having epithelial tumors. Using an RDD sample, control cases will be recruited and matched to cancer cases by age, race/ethnicity, and geographic area. Face-to-face interviews will be conducted with 675 matched controls. Coprincipal investigators: Faith Davis (School of Public Health) and Katherine Mallin (School of Public Health); project coordinator: Victoria Gwiasda. Started March 1994; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9602.
744 INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF A SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM (see also 1199, etc., in this volume)
This Centers for Disease Control and Preventionfunded study for Clara Manfredi (Prevention Research Center) will examine the institutionalization of a smoking cessation program for women of childbearing age in public health clinics. It is an adjunct to Project 3 of study 1199, etc. CATI interviews will be attempted with 800 potential respondents. Coprincipal investigator: Richard Warnecke; project coordinator: Jennifer Parsons. Started February 1996; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9623.
745 Seventh wave of Chicago Married Couples Panel (see 145, etc., in Volume I)
746 AGING AND SENSE OF CONTROL
Sponsored by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institutes of Health, this study seeks to specify and explain the relationship between age and changes in the sense of control. A national RDD sample of 2,510, including an oversample of persons aged 60 and older, was interviewed by CATI during the first year of the study. Tracking calls will be conducted during the second and third years, and reinterviews will take place in the fourth year. Principal investigator: John Mirowsky (Ohio State University); coprincipal investigator: Catherine Ross (Ohio State University); project coordinator: Lynn Hamilton. Started April 1994; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9487.
747 EVALUATION OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN TOBACCO FREE CHALLENGE
This study, sponsored by North Dakota's Department of Health, Tobacco Prevention and Control Program, identified types of regional collaboration and identified whether the Rocky Mountain Tobacco Free Challenge (RMTFC) should develop a 5-year agenda within the American Stop Smoking Intervention Study (ASSIST)/IMPACT program. Annual RMTFC evaluation reports, original documents describing projects submitted to RMTFC, and the progress report on state tobacco use prevention and control activities published by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) were used to create case studies of each of the eight participating state programs. Principal investigator: Richard B. Warnecke; project coordinator: Jonathan VanGeest. Ran August 1994January 1995. Pending no. 9664.
748 COGNITIVE INTERVIEWING STUDY OF ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION
This study was conducted by Timothy Johnson with funding from the National Center for Health Statistics to investigate the cognitive processes that women of multiracial background or Hispanic origin use to provide information about their racial and ethnic background and that of their children. Think-aloud interviews were conducted with 86 women aged 1844 who have two Hispanic parents or who have only one parent who is Hispanic, African American, Asian, or Native American. Project coordinator: Gloria Chapa-Resendez. Ran August 1994August 1995. Pending no. 9656.
749 STATE AND LOCAL IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE AND HEALTH SURVEY
SRL was a subcontractor to Abt Associates, Inc., on this Centers for Disease Control and Preventionfunded project. Approximately 16,000 U.S. households were screened by CATI to identify households with children aged 1934 months. About 280 interviews were then conducted with the person most knowledgeable about the child's immunization record. Principal investigator: Calvin Jones (Abt Associates, Inc.); project coordinator: Gloria Chapa-Resendez. Ran SeptemberNovember 1994. Pending no. 9665.
750 THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1994 EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE SURVEY
To assess UIC employee attitudes and job satisfaction among the academic professional and support staff, questionnaires were mailed to 1,500 UIC staff members, and all 2,800 Medical Center staff were asked to complete questionnaires at a group administration site or by mail. The study was conducted for Roslyn Hoffman, Associate Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services. Project coordinator: Betty Simon. Ran September 1994July 1995. Pending no. 9646.
751 COMMUNITY, CRIME, AND HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE
Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, this 4-year RDD study will focus on the way community context affects the health and well-being of individuals across the life course. In Year 1, 2,482 general public respondents were interviewed by CATI. They will be tracked by telephone in Years 2 and 3 and reinterviewed in Year 4. Principal investigators: Catherine Ross (Ohio State University) and Chester Britt (Pennsylvania State University); project coordinator: Lynn Hamilton. Started November 1994; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9604.
752 MEANS RESTRICTION SURVEY OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHYSICIANS AND NURSES (see also 757 in this volume)
In this telephone survey of 39 hospitals, emergency department physicians and nurses were asked about their knowledge of means restriction, a strategy for preventing teen suicide in which the most lethal means of committing suicide (e.g., firearms) are kept out of the hands of adolescents. Principal investigator: Markus Kruesi (UIC Institute for Juvenile Research); project coordinator: Andrew Montgomery. Ran JanuaryJuly 1995. Pending no. 9675.
753 AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SMOKING CESSATION STUDY
Sponsored by the American Medical Association (AMA), this study evaluated the effectiveness of its How to Quit smoking cessation program. A master list of 1,590 people who purchased the program was used for the initial sample. Five hundred seventy-three interviews were completed with original purchasers or someone in the original purchaser's household who had been given the program by the original purchaser. An additional 16 interviews were completed with network respondents generated from the original purchasers. Principal investigator: Robert Renaldi (AMA); project coordinator: Andrew Montgomery. Ran December 1995July 1996. Pending no. 9663.
754 EVALUATION OF THE HEAD LIBRARIAN OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY
Evaluation of head of UIC unit--confidential. Ran JanuaryMay 1995. Project coordinator: Andrew Montgomery. Pending no. 9673.
755 COGNITIVE EXPERIMENTS ON LONG-TERM CARE
The National Institute on Aging funded this study of perceptions of long-term care. Eight focus groups (810 participants each) were conducted with African American and non-Hispanic white elderly persons of low and middle incomes in the Chicago area. A questionnaire was designed based on the findings from the focus groups, and 32 think-aloud interviews were conducted. Principal investigator: Baila Miller (Case Western Reserve University); project coordinator: Victoria Gwiasda. Ran January 1995July 1996. Pending no. 9583.
756 PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY FOR UIC
This series of attitude surveys on public perceptions of UIC involved two methods of data collection with three groups in the Chicago area: RDD CATI interviews with 720 members of the general public and mail questionnaires completed by 324 high school guidance counselors and 110 prominent members of the Illinois business/civic community. The study was conducted for John Camper, UIC Associate Chancellor for Public Affairs. Project coordinators: Gloria Chapa-Resendez, Beth Severns, and Betty Simon. Ran February 1995June 1996. Pending no. 9676.
757 MEANS RESTRICTION II (see also 752 in this volume)
This control-group study conducted in Detroit was designed to assess knowledge of means restriction, a suicide prevention strategy in which the most lethal means of committing suicide are kept out of the hands of adolescents. In each of two waves, a group of doctors and a group of nurses in emergency departments were interviewed, with new respondents being interviewed in each wave. These respondents did not receive the informational literature that the Chicago physicians and nurses in study 752 received in an experimental intervention. Interviews were completed with a total of 99 physicians and nurses. Principal investigator: Markus Kruesi (UIC Institute for Juvenile Research); project coordinator: Andrew Montgomery. Ran FebruaryJuly 1995. Pending no. 9677.
758 FORTUNE 500 PERSONNEL RECORD PRACTICES
Questionnaires were mailed to the heads of personnel at 300 Fortune 500 companies to obtain information about their current personnel record-keeping practices and policies that relate to privacy, including the types of records kept (e.g., medical, criminal) and the kinds of employee monitoring that may be utilized (e.g., visual, telephone, e-mail). Principal investigator: David Linowes (Political Economy and Public Policy, UIUC); project coordinator: Diane O'Rourke. Ran March 1995January 1996. Pending no. 9674.
759 WOMEN AND VIOLENCE II (see also 741 in this volume)
Sponsored by the Northwestern University Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, this study expands on work done in study 741. It focuses on the impact of domestic and street violence on the labor force participation and selected child rearing decisions of women living in the Belmont-Cragin area of Chicago. One hundred and fifty non-Hispanic white women were interviewed face-to-face. Principal investigator: Susan Lloyd (Northwestern University); project coordinator: Victoria Gwiasda. Ran AprilNovember 1995. Pending no. 9684.
760 INCONTINENCE PILOT
This was a pilot for a National Institutes of Healthfunded study of incontinence among Hispanic women, in which participants will be interviewed face-to-face on topics including family history, medical history, physical activity, fluid intake, and incontinence. They will then maintain a 2-week incontinence diary, and each will be asked to undergo a physical exam at a later date. In the pilot, 30 subjects kept diaries and were interviewed in either English or Spanish. Principal investigator: Dee Fenner (Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center); project coordinators: Andrew Montgomery and Gloria Chapa-Resendez. Ran April 1995September 1996. Pending no. 9651.
761 FIRE DEPARTMENTS
The UIC College of Nursing funded this study of fire service musculoskeletal injuries. The study identified the 20 most strenuous job tasks of firefighters and paramedics as well as the frequency with which each is performed. Mail questionnaires were completed by 374 fire service personnel. Principal investigator: Karen Conrad (Public Health, Mental Health and Administrative Nursing, UIC); project coordinator: Lynn Hamilton. Ran May 1995January 1996. Pending no. 9678.
762 WORK AND WELL-BEING
In this National Institutes of Healthfunded study on work and well-being, mail questionnaires will be sent to approximately 5,000 UIC employees in two waves. Principal investigator: Judith Richman (UIC Psychiatry); project coordinator: Betty Simon. Started May 1995; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9619.
763 HEALTH CARE DECISION MAKING AMONG ELDERLY HISPANICS
This study was funded through a Shannon Award, given by the National Institutes of Health. SRL conducted 100 face-to-face interviews with elderly Hispanics in the Chicago area to examine ways in which they perceive and manage episodes of illness and how they choose among treatment alternatives, particularly how they decide whether or not to seek medical care. Principal investigator: Margo-Lea Hurwicz (University of MissouriSt. Louis); project coordinator: Gloria Chapa-Resendez. Ran July 1995February 1996. Pending no. 9694.
764 CHA ANTI-DRUG INITIATIVES
Funded by the National Institute of Justice, this study is evaluating the Chicago Housing Authority's antidrug initiative. Four waves of face-to-face interviews were conducted with approximately 550 respondents per wave in three public housing developments. Six waves of in-depth interviews with staff members and 12 residents in each development were also conducted. Principal investigator: Susan Popkin (Abt Associates, Inc.); coprincipal investigator and project coordinator: Victoria Gwiasda. Started July 1995; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9658.
765 CHA-HUD RESIDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY
SRL is a subcontractor to Abt Associates, Inc., for this study on Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) resident satisfaction and management needs, which is being funded by the Housing and Urban Development Department. Face-to-face interviews will be conducted with about 1,175 randomly selected residents living in CHA family housing, elderly housing, and row houses. Project coordinator: Victoria Gwiasda. Started August 1995; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9702.
766 SURVEY RESEARCH ON DRUG USE AND ASSOCIATED BEHAVIORS
With funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 600 face-to-face cognitive interviews with residents of the Chicago metropolitan area will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a cognitive interviewing strategy for the collection of self-reported drug use information. Principal investigators: Timothy Johnson, Michael Fendrich (UIC Psychiatry), and Seymour Sudman; project coordinator: Beth Severns. Started September 1995; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9641.
767 UIC EMPLOYEE EVALUATION STUDY
SRL conducted six focus groups with a total of 48 academic professionals and support staff at UIC to assess employee perceptions of its Employee Development Program, which was first implemented in the summer of 1995. Principal investigator: Allan Yamakawa (UIC Office of Human Resources Development); project coordinator: Beth Severns. Ran October 1995January 1996. Pending no. 9704.
768 RYAN WHITE TITLE I HIV STUDY (see 775 in this volume)
With Chicago Department of Public Health funds, SRL used focus groups and consensus meetings to develop standard guidelines for 14 categories of service to be funded by Ryan White Title I monies. Work continued as study 775. Principal investigator: Nathan Linsk (Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center); coprincipal investigator: Richard Warnecke; project coordinator: Gloria Chapa-Resendez. Ran October 1995March 1996. Pending no. 9708.
769 NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE II
Under a subcontract with the Minority Health Professions Foundation, SRL will conduct RDD interviews nationally with 1,600 African Americans aged 40 and older (half with males and half with females) for the evaluation program of the National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer (NBLIC), whose goal is to reduce the cancer mortality rate among African Americans by 25% by the year 2000. In 1999, a second telephone survey will be conducted to determine the effectiveness of NBLIC in disseminating information about cancer prevention. In addition, participant cards (brief surveys on knowledge of cancer prevention) will be distributed and collected at individual NBLIC coalitions at their events; a sample of respondents to these participant cards will also be interviewed by telephone in 1999. The project is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute. Principal investigator: Dr. Louis Sullivan (President, Morehouse School of Medicine); evaluation director: Richard Warnecke; project coordinator: Katherine Lind. Started October 1995; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9706.
770 BREAST CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM (see also 729, etc., in this volume)
Using the same questionnaire as Project 2 of study 729, etc., 6-month follow-up CATI interviews will be conducted with women previously contacted by the AMC Cancer Research Center project staff to assess the effectiveness of calls encouraging them to get mammograms. Main data collection is expected to result in 830 completes. Funding is from the Department of Defense. Principal investigator: Lori Crane (AMC Cancer Research Center); co-investigator: Richard Warnecke; project coordinator: Betty Simon. Started December 1995; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9634.
771 LA SALLEPERU CASE CONTROL SCREENING
SRL conducted CATI screening of 208 residents of La SallePeru, Illinois, to identify potential matches for a future face-to-face case control study on the effects of having worked in a local factory decades ago. SRL also assisted the client on this project in developing a face-to-face questionnaire and training field interviewers. Principal investigator: Victoria Persky (School of Public Health); project coordinator: Beth Severns. Ran December 1995June 1996. Pending no. 9710.
772 ILLINOIS CAUCUS FOR ADOLESCENT HEALTH
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is funding this study to develop a questionnaire to collect data to provide an inventory of providers of teen pregnancy and pregnancy prevention services. F. G. Data Source trained Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health (ICAH) staff to conduct focus groups with in- and out-of-school youth, parents of teenagers, and community members. SRL has developed a questionnaire that will be mailed to service providers in three Chicago neighborhoods. Principal investigator: Nancy Tartt (ICAH); project coordinator: Victoria Gwiasda. Ran December 1995October 1996. Pending no. 9712.
773 NCI/CDC OUTREACH DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
SRL is conducting an evaluation of the contribution of outreach coordinators to this demonstration project, which is being piloted in Massachusetts, Arkansas, Illinois, and the state of Washington. The program seeks to increase participation of underserved women in its education and screening services. Outreach coordinators' ability to develop partnerships with local agencies reflective of the partnerships established at the federal and state levels will be evaluated. Interviews will be conducted with key individuals at each site through whom partnerships are formed and interventions initiated. Information will also be collected from data and reports that the Cancer Information Service and the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program provide to the National Cancer Institute. Principal investigator: Doris Garrett (Illinois Department of Public Health); evaluation director: Richard Warnecke; project coordinator: Jennifer Parsons. Started January 1996; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9703.
774 DCFS/DASA TREATMENT OUTCOME STUDY
In this study for Samuel Gillespie (Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse [DASA]), SRL will evaluate the effectiveness of a DASA/Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)enhanced drug rehabilitation program (the Initiative Program). Face-to-face interviews will be conducted with three groups of DCFS female clients, all of whom are to be randomly selected: 150 who participated in the Initiative Program, 150 who participated in the regular DASA drug rehabilitation program, and 150 who were screened and found to be eligible for the Initiative Program but who did not participate in it. Three-quarters of the interviews will be conducted in Chicago and the remainder in Rockford. Principal investigator: Timothy Johnson; project coordinator: Betty Simon. Started May 1996; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9715.
775 RYAN WHITE TITLE I HIV STUDY--YEAR 2 (see 768 in this volume)
Year 2 of study 768. With Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) funds, SRL will use the results of client focus groups to develop client satisfaction measures to evaluate the standards (developed in study 768) for 14 categories of service to be funded by Ryan White Title I monies. SRL will also provide technical assistance in the implementation of evaluation techniques to improve services provided to people with HIV/AIDS. SRL will develop all 14 consumer surveys and pilot one of them. Focus groups with a follow-up mail survey of about 20 CDPH staff members and 71 service providers assessed the grants management process and the working relationship between the providers and the funder (the City of Chicago). Principal investigator: Richard Warnecke; coprincipal investigator: Nathan Linsk (Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center); project coordinator: Gloria Chapa-Resendez. Started April 1996; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9731.
776 1996 OUTDOOR RECREATION STUDY (see also 553, 629, and 674 in Volume I and 693 in this volume)
This statewide survey of outdoor recreation is being sponsored by the Illinois Department of Conservation (IDOC). CATI interviews will be conducted with 1,000 Illinois adults, stratified by residence in the city of Chicago, the Chicago suburbs, and downstate Illinois to assess their participation in outdoor recreation in Illinois and elsewhere. Principal investigator: Marla Gursh (IDOC); project coordinator: Victoria Gwiasda. Started May 1996; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9630.
777 ADULT SUICIDE PREVENTION
This study involves two focus groups with mothers of youths seen in the emergency department of Riverside Hospital in Kankakee, Illinois, for attempted suicide. The study will test a theory of readiness and parent action in restricting the youths' access to firearms. Principal investigator: Janet Grossman (Inst. for Juvenile Research, UIC); project coordinator: Gloria Chapa-Resendez. Started July 1996; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9714.
778 HENRY HORNER REDEVELOPMENT STUDY
The MacArthur Foundation is funding this preliminary portion of an assessment of the Henry Horner economic redevelopment project. In the main study, to be conducted by Abt Associates, Inc., and SRL, Horner Homes residents will be interviewed at set intervals on what factors lead to project success and how the effort affects their family life. SRL will conduct three focus groups with residents and service providers and develop a questionnaire, which will be pretested face-to-face with 40 residents. Principal investigator: Victoria Gwiasda; project coordinator: Gloria Chapa-Resendez. Started July 1996; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9732.
779 SICKLE CELL DISEASE: MOVING FROM CHILD CARE TO
ADULT CARE
Focus groups will be conducted with adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease and with their parents and medical practitioners on the experiences and concerns of people with the disease as they move from child-centered to adult-centered care. The results will be used to develop a transitional protocol to reduce the number of patients lost to follow-up in the transition to adult-centered care. The study is being funded by the Chicago Health Policy Research Council. Principal investigator and project coordinator: Elizabeth Hauser. Started August 1996; ongoing as of November 1996. No pending no.
780 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS
This is the pilot for a proposed study to evaluate the validity of mental health service use information provided by parents about their children. It will allow the development of clearer hypotheses about salience of reporting-validity issues in services research and about the cognitive processes associated with service use reporting error. A sample of 200 cases will be selected for telephone interviews and medical records abstraction. Principal investigators: Michael Fendrich and Catherine Nageotte (both of UIC's Department of Psychiatry) and Timothy Johnson; project coordinator: Lynn Hamilton. Started August 1996; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9719.
781 PILOT SURVEY OF FEMALE VETERANS
A convenience sample of 200 female veterans seen at a Veterans Affairs clinic will be interviewed face-to-face on whether their mental and physical health needs were met and on the quality of service. Work on this pilot study began this summer and will continue through December. Principal investigator: Linda Grossman (Program for Mental Health Services Research on Women and Gender, UIC Psychiatric Institute); project coordinator: Elizabeth Severns. Started August 1996; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9728.
782 SURVEY OF PHARMACEUTICAL, MEDICAL DEVICE, AND BIOTECHNICAL ORGANIZATIONS
This study is being conducted with funds from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Questionnaires will be mailed to medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotechnical companies to assess the extent of their research and development projects and the long-term implications of those projects. Principal investigator: Burt Weisbrod (Department of Economics, Northwestern University); project coordinator: Diane O'Rourke. Started September 1996; ongoing as of November 1996. Pending no. 9734.
799 Third year of CCSP: Community Interventions for Cancer Prevention (see 599, etc., in Volume I and 899, etc., and 1199, etc., in this volume)
829 Second year of CIS Program Project--Survey Core (see 729, etc., in this volume)
830 Eighth wave of Panel on Consumer Decision Processes (see 030, etc., in Volume I)
839 Fifth wave of Study to Determine Flooding Characteristics of Selected Drainage Areas Within the Chicagoland Underflow Plan Area (see 439, etc., in Volume I)
845 Eighth wave of Chicago Married Couples Panel (see 145, etc., in
Volume I)
| 899/999/
1099 |
COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS FOR CANCER PREVENTION--
CONTINUATION (see also 599, etc., in Volume I and 1199, etc., in this volume)
This program project, with Richard B. Warnecke as principal investigator
|
929 Third year of CIS Program Project--Survey Core (see 729, etc., in this volume)
930 Ninth wave of Panel on Consumer Decision Processes (see 030, etc., in Volume I)
939 Sixth wave of Study to Determine Flooding Characteristics of Selected Drainage Areas Within the Chicagoland Underflow Plan Area (see 439, etc., in Volume I)
945 Ninth wave of Chicago Married Couples Panel (see 145, etc., in Volume I)
999 Second year of Community Interventions for Cancer Prevention-- Continuation (see also 599, etc., in Volume I and 1199, etc., in this volume)
1029 Fourth year of CIS Program Project--Survey Core (see 729, etc., in this volume)
1030 Tenth wave of Panel on Consumer Decision Processes (see 030, etc., in Volume I)
1039 Seventh wave of Study to Determine Flooding Characteristics of Selected Drainage Areas Within the Chicagoland Underflow Plan Area (see 439, etc., in Volume I)
1045 Tenth wave of Chicago Married Couples Panel (see 145, etc., in Volume I)
1099 Third year of Community Interventions for Cancer Prevention--Continuation (see also 599, etc., in Volume I and 1199, etc., in this volume)
1130 Eleventh wave of Panel on Consumer Decision Processes (see 030, etc., in Volume I)
1139 Eighth wave of Study to Determine Flooding Characteristics of Selected Drainage Areas Within the Chicagoland Underflow Plan Area (see 439, etc., in Volume I)
1145 Eleventh wave of Chicago Married Couples Panel (see 145, etc.,
in Volume I)
| 1199/
1299/ 1399/ 1499 |
STRATEGIES FOR SMOKING CESSATION AMONG LOW- EDUCATED
WOMEN (see also 599, etc., in Volume I and 899, etc., and 774 in this volume)
This program project for the National Cancer Institute seeks to develop
and
|
1230 Twelfth wave of Panel on Consumer Decision Processes (see 030, etc., in Volume I)
1245 Twelfth wave of Chicago Married Couples Panel (see 145, etc., in Volume I)
1299 Second year of Strategies for Smoking Cessation Among Low-Educated Women (see also 599, etc., in Volume I and 899, etc., in this volume)
1330 Thirteenth wave of Panel on Consumer Decision Processes (see 030, etc., in Volume I)
1399 Third year of Strategies for Smoking Cessation Among Low-Educated Women (see also 599, etc., in Volume I and 899, etc., in this volume)
1430 Fourteenth wave of Panel on Consumer Decision Processes (see 030, etc., in Volume I)
1499 Fourth year of Strategies for Smoking Cessation Among Low-Educated Women (see also 599, etc., in Volume I and 899, etc., in this volume)
1530 Fifteenth wave of Panel on Consumer Decision Processes (see 030, etc., in Volume I)
1630 Sixteenth wave of Panel on Consumer Decision Processes (see 030, etc., in Volume I)
1730 Seventeenth wave of Panel on Consumer Decision Processes (see 030, etc., in Volume I)
1830 Eighteenth wave of Panel on Consumer Decision Processes (see 030, etc., in Volume I)
PENDINGS
A Series
025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 088 Outdoor Recreation by Adults in Illinois041
9000
9001 Highway Commission Survey
9002 Medicaid HMOs
9003 504 Hispanic Purchasing Patterns
9004 Survey of Primary Care Physicians in Illinois Regarding Practices
and Attitudes About Mammography
9005 Effects of Maternal Phenylketonuria (PKU) on Pregnancy Outcome
9006
9007
9008
9009 User Satisfaction With Chicago Circle Center
9010 Effect of Reaganomics on Matermal and Well-Baby Care
9011
9012
9013
9014 Divorced Couples
9015
9016 503 Enhancing the Diffusion of No-Till Farming
9017 499 Faculty and Staff Interest in the Illini HMO
9018 497 Peoples Energy 3
9019 502 Contingency Predictions of Homeowner Behavior
9020
9021 Work Experiences of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
9022 515 Vendor Distributor Relationship
9023 Illegal Alien Population of U.S.
9024
9025 FTC--Games of Chance
9026 Evaluation of ABLE's Care Training Program
9027 Tribune Poll
9028 Phase III Trial of a Low Fat Diet in Women With Stage II Breast
Cancer
9029 580 CPA Exam Requirements
9030 Post Hospital Census
9031 517 Wilderness Area Users Panel
9032 National Aging Study
9033 Nursing Research Activity in the Midwest--Main Study
9034 511 American Dental Assistants Association Membership Survey
9035 National Consumer Panel Study
9036 NLS Design
9037 The Day after
9038 Attitudes Toward Women and Work
9039 A Survey of Futures and Options Traders
9040 Housing Information for the Elderly
9041
9042 Political Attitudes of American Jews
9043 576 Evaluation of PDQ Information System
9044 Methodology on Estimating Homeless
9045 Survey of Developmental Disabilities Service Providers
9046
9047 507 Perceptions of Health Care Providers
9048 513 1984 Sociology Practicum
9049 Pediatricians' Computer Use
9050 Manpower Survey of Dental Hygienists
9051
9052 Aging and Intergenerational Relations in Farm Families--Pilot
Study
9053 Aging and Intergenerational Relations in Farm Families--Main Study
9054 Sexual Behavior of Unmarried Christian Adults
9055 Cost of Equity Capital to AT&T and Regional Holding Companies
9056 Rural Illinois Survey
9057 Educational Interests and Needs of Pharmacists
9058 Local Issues Survey
9059 Consulting for the Latino Institute
9060 Student Attitudes Toward Small Businesses
9061 Aerobic Fitness and Hospital Employee Absenteeism
9062 514 Daily Illini Readership Survey
9063
9064 547 Illinois Poll--1984
9065 Health Status Measures
9066 Decision Making Process of Choosing Health Care Providers
9067 Human/Animal Interactions
9068 Radio Listenership Study
9069 College of Medicine--Applicants Survey
9070 Cable Radio WYOU
9071 523 Public Perceptions of the Great Lakes Area
9072 LAS Undergraduate Advising
9073 518 Tracking Survey
9074 Elderly Patient Use of the Health Care System--A Case-Control
Study
9075 Naperville Drug Usage Quest.
9076 Baltimore County Dept. of Aging
9077 519 Travenol Interviews
9078 Driver Survey of Low-Speed, Bumper-Involved Collisions
9079 526 Cost of Banning Phosphorus in Detergents (Pilot Study)
9080 527 Evaluation of Land-Grant Agricultural Schools
9081 522 Survey of Agricultural and Food Leaders About Future Public
Policy
9082 557 Handicapped Children II
9083 Union Bargaining Concessions
9084 Survey of Inmate Collective Action
9085 546 Patient Compliance Study
9086 565 Epidemiologic Master Agreement Order
9087 Sport Fishing Survey
9088 Trends in Public Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Occupant Systems
9089 2242 National Survey of Clinical Ed. Physical Therapists
9090 520 Nonacademic Employee Food Service Quest
9091 559 Health Behavior Study (II)
9092 Research Interests of Oncology Nurses
9093 585 Attitudes of General Public Toward Attorney Specialization
9094 Attitudes Toward Police and Courts, Am. Bar Foundation
9095 Cost Effectiveness of Pace Maker Therapy
9096 541 Vocational and Technical Education VII
9097
9098 533 Army Vehicle Maintenance
9099 Smoking Cessation Clinics
9100
9101 524 Assessing the Use of Dept of Labor Statistics
9102 534 Physicians' Reactions to Malpractice Suits
9103 Community Care Alternative to Nursing Homes
9104 Collective Bargaining at U. of Wisconsin
9105 Survey of State Licensure Directors
9106 525 Conservation Tillage Survey, Coop. Ext. Service
9107 Survey of Mental Health in Colorado
9108 532 Study to Determine Undergraduate Interest in Student Housing
9109 Field Museum Survey
9110 3245 Bank Images in Champaign-Urbana
9111 Adoption Decision Survey
9112 Dolomite Use
9113 A Study of Public Health Nursing
9114 Analyis of the Supply of Long-Term Care Services
9115 Health Care in Illinois
9116 536 Drunken Driving
9117 528 Eating Habits of the Aged in Illinois
9118 Mercy Satisfaction
9119 Study of Prenatal Care
9120 Credit Union Magazine Study
9121 567 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey
9122 535 Army Firing Range
9123 Capture-Recapture Methodology on the Homeless
9124 549 An Evaluation of Electronic Mail
9125 540 Survey of Current Library Technology
9126 543 Smoking Intervention Evaluation
9127 Community Mental Health Survey, Oak Park
9128 537 Residency Program in Community Pharmacy
9129 544 Annual Survey of Chicago Public Schools
9130 563 Furniture Acquisition of Rural Illinois Families
9131 Beliefs About Social Stratification II--Follow-up to Study 394
9132 Mental Health in Social Context
9133 Attitudes Towards Age Discrimination
9134 Negotiation of Role Autonomy by School Nurse
9135 Effects of Malpractice Litigation on Physicians
9136 Law School Alumni
9137 Capture-Recapture at Shopping and Recreational Areas
9138 Medical Group Managers Survey
9139 Graduate Management Programs
9140 Marketing Program Evaluation
9141 542 Central Illinois Health Care Perceptions
9142 Elderly Residence Alternatives
9143 Farm Marketing Services
9144 Cancer Patient Followup
9145 572 New Networks Methods Proposal
9146 Army Housing Satisfaction
9147 538 Motivation for Providing Continuing Education Instruction
9148 550 Network Survey of Medical Costs
9149 Technical Information Transfer
9150 Library Needs Assessment
9151 Perceptions by Banks of Small Businesses
9152 553 Illinois Outdoor Recreation
9153 569 Faculty-Staff Development
9154 Political Tolerance and Freedom
9155 568 Occupational and Environmental Exposure
9156
9157 Physician-Patient Relationships and Malpractice
9158 Ethical Values in Forensic Science
9159 554 Suburban Bus Non-Users
9160 Legislative Project
9161 571 Resident Illegal Aliens
9162 548 SRO Resident Study
9163 Development of Obesity in Young Black and White Females
9164 561 Survey Component for Seat Belt/Child Safety Seat Usage
9165 Current Patterns and Future Considerations of Clinical Education
in Physical Therapy Education
9166 Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology
9167 Public Attitudes Toward the News Media
9168 Perceptions of the Champaign Public Library
9169 556 Wilderness Area Users Panel
9170 Symptoms and Side Effects of Medication
9171 555 Great Lakes Region Land Ownership Study
9172 552 Marketing of the U of I at Chicago
9173 Job Satisfaction of Ag Professionals
9174 593 Clothing and Apparel Marketing
9175 UIC Hospital Survey
9176 DRG/PPS (Diagnostic-Related Groups/Prospective Payment System)
9177 558 Cost Estimates for Smoking Cessation Cotinine Verification
9178 566 Cost Estimates for Cook County Hospital Smoking Intervention
9179 560 American Dietetic Assn Survey
9180 562 Support Needs of the U of I Faculty
9181 603 Epidemiologic Investigation of Rare Reproductive Cancers
9182 Gender, Power, and Well-Being
9183 Breast Cancer Prevention
9184 Continuity of Care for Spinal Cord Injury Patients
9185 586 1986 RWJ National Health Care Survey
9186 Marine Providers
9187 Public Knowledgte of Energy and National Resources
9188 Carle Life Care Program
9189 Nursing Doctoral Needs Assessment
9190 573 Long Term Health Care
9191
9192 Champaign Coutny Mental Health Needs
9193 Forestry Education Programs in Illinois
9194 570 Rockford Municipal Needs
9195 Continuing Education and Public Services at UIC
9196 Ethnic Differences in Lifestyle
9197 Blue Book Survey
9198 599/699/ Smoking and Diet Intervention
799
9199 575 Patient Satisfaction
9200 Perceptions of Sickle Cell Disease
9201 Medicaid HMO
9202 Colo-Rectal Screening Evaluation
9203 Employers Study
9204 578 Advertising Followup
9205 581 Carle Care Subscriber Satisfaction/New Member HMO
9206 613 Womens Knowledge and Attitude Toward Osteoporosis
9207 Champaign Public Health Study
9208 605 Kansas City Health Study
9209 579 Seat Belt Usage
9210 598 Bachelor of Nursing
9211 Needs of the Elderly in Albany, New York
9212 Western Open Impact Assessment
9213 Research on Labor Contracts Negotiated for Registered Nurses
9214 Survey of Care Givers
9215 582 Carle Care Subscriber Satisfaction, New Members/Terminators
9216 589 President Scholar Program
9217 587 Death Certificate Study
9218 583 IHIA Needs Assessment
9219 Survey of Minority Students at Health Science Center
9220 592 AMRA 1986 Membership Survey
9221 Sport Programs Surveys
9222 Needs Assessment for Cook County Elderly
9223 American Dietetic Assoc.
9224 584 Accreditation of Dental Hygiene Education Program
9225 Stressful Life Events
9226 1986 Membership Survey Osteopathic Society
9227 Chicago Area Apparel Company Survey
9228 Health Care Finance Study
9229 594 Carle Clinic Patient Satisfaction
9230 -- Illinois Poll 1986
9231 601 Tipping Practices 1985
9232 Cancer Mortality Report Revisions
9233 588 National Access to Health Care Survey--Part II
9234 591 Survey of Illinois Businesses
9235 602 Missing Children
9236 Urbana Park District Study
9237 682 Crippled Children Survey
9238 606 Survey of Public Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding AIDS
9239 Police Social Work Project
9240 Survey of Hospice Program
9241 604 Army Installation Computer Software
9242 596 Aged Housing Needs
9243 Dental Hygienist Practices Occupational Hazards
9244 595 Public Perceptions of Registered Nurses
9245 Adams Co. Rural Families
9246 Kansas City Drug Abuse Prevention Survey
9247 American Cancer Society--Unproven Methods
9248 Herpes Clinical Trials
9249 611 Patient Post-Hospitalization Study
9250 Careers of Employees of University Presses
9251 Georgetown Residents
9252 597 Middle-Management Retraining Survey
9253 Human Factors Professionals
9254 CHAS Health Insurance Survey
9255 Library User Study
9256 600 Consumer Decision Making Follow-up
9257 Public Perceptions of the State Police
9258 HMO Evaluation Study
9259 SP Environment and Health Survey
9260 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Survey
9261 Rochester Delinquency Panel
9262 Snacking Behavior and Sodium Intake
9263 SP? Continuing Education Survey
9264 627 Elementary and Secondary Teachers Survey
9265 609 State Population Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding AIDS
9266 Perceptions of Drug Use
9267 619/719 Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Demonstration Project,
Chicago
9268 Physicians Knowledge of AIDS
9269 Active Life Expectancy
9270 Young Suburban Housewives Revisited
9271 Job Satisfaction of Physical Plant Employees
9272 607 Health Care Perceptions
9273 Import and Domestic Prices
9274 615 CarleCare Subscribers
9275 Exercise and Well-Being
9276 Cigarette Consumption in Illinois
9277 608 President's Award Program Students
9278 American Association Collegiate Registers and Admissions Officers
9279 620 Study of Maternal and Child Health in Chicago
9280
9281 616 Carle Clinic Patient Satisfaction III
9282 617 Citizens Opinions About Maine Township
9283 612 Follow-up Privacy Study
9284 624 Probability Samples of Organizations and Their Hierarchies
9285 Primary Care in Cook County
9286 Needs Assessment of SW Chicago Community for Medical Clinic
9287 Educational Services Survey of Senior Citizens
9288 Follow-up Survey of Veterans' Demand for Care
9289 633 Information Seeking Behavior of Cancer Patients
9290 Blood Donors
9291 610 Study of Advertising in Yellow Pages
9292 Food Service Management
9293 621 Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices
9294 National Study of the Incidence of Missing Children
9295 Smoking Intervention in the Workplace
9296 State Wide Survey of Tobacco Education in Jr. High
9297 614 Consumer Opinions on Telephone Directories in Charleston-Mattoon
9298 Reproductive Outcomes in Oncology Nurses
9299 Evaluation of Academic Staff Employment Termination at UIC
9300 Profile of Immigrants Legalization Status
9301 Community Library Use
9302 Prevalence of Diabetes Among Hispanics
9303 618 Study of Potential PACE Users
9304 Social Scale Measurement Study
9305 Women's Studies Programs
9306 Compulsive Buyers Study--Control Group
9307
9308 637 Assessment of Implementation and Impact of CCOP-- Phase II
9309 629 Illinois Outdoor Recreation Survey
9310
9311 Express Bus Service Survey
9312 Danville Toxic Waste
9313 Illinois Drainage District
9314
9315
9316 Developmentally Disabled Needs Assessment
9317 625 State Government Response to AIDS
9318 Elderly Life Activities
9319 622 Survey of Attitudes Toward Standard Auditor's Report
9320 623 Hazardous Household Waste I
9321 Chicago AIDS: Year 2
9322 National Veterinary Needs Assessment Study
9323 High School Panel
9324 626 Downstate Health Care Perceptions
9325 Securities Commodities Case Information
9326 632 Carle Emergency Room Evaluation
9327 628 Chicago Student Housing Survey
9328 Hospital Price Sensitivity
9329 Intergenerational Relationship Among Farm Families
9330 631 Household Hazardous Waste II
9331 Sequential Smoking Cessation Pilot Study
9332 UIC Student Attrition
9333 Will Market Survey
9334 656, 694 Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Among Black
Women (face-to-face portion)
9335 Medical Service Growth in Champaign County
9336 United Way Marketing Survey
9337 Retirement Planning Survey
9338 JTPA Employment Study
9339 Needs Assessment of Visually Impaired Elderly
9340 Evaluation of Indiana Blue Cross and Blue Shield Health Risk Inventory
9341 Post Hospital Validation
9342 Champaign Resident Pride Study
9343 Community Service Orders: Perceptions of Probationers and Host
Agencies
9344 Needs Assessment for School System
9345 Criminal Justice Graduate Survey
9346 Stop Smoking by Cablevision
9347 647 Carle Clinic Patient Satisfaction
9348 648 Health Care Perceptions
9349 646 Carle Care Subscribers
9350 American Suburban Homes, 19561987
9351 634 Pesticide Usage Among Illinois Farmers
9352 Medical Practices for Major Neonatal Problems
9353 643 Elementary and Secondary School Arts Programs
9354 635 U of I Bookstore
9355 Migration Expectations and Actual Behavior
9356 AIDS and Public Health Officials: National
9357 Family Economics
9358 Alzheimer's Disease Leadership Award
9359 642 Medical School Dean Evaluation
9360 636 Faculty Staff Current Travel Behavior
9361 675 Cooperative Pharmacy Manpower Information Study
9362 Productivity Institute Surveys
9363 National Estimate of Network Size
9364 Gender Roles and Spouse Caregiver Status
9365 641 Parkland College District Needs Assessment
9366 Psychological Determinants of Political Judgments
9367 Spina Bifida Survey
9368 640 Evaluation of Dean of UI College of Nursing
9369 District Attorney's Business Survey
9370 657 C-U Convention Bureau
9371 Citizen's Survey
9372 665 Cognitive Aspects of Proxy Reporting in Survey Research
9373 Florida Workmen's Compensation
9374 Citizen's Survey
9375 Citizen's Survey
9376 SP Future of NCTE
9377 638 Volunteer Activities in Champaign County
9378 655 Cancer Prevention Master Agreement
9379 899/999/ Smoking Program Project Continuation
1099
9380 Study of Campus Women
9381 644 Student Parking Survey
9382 Board of Safety Professionals
9383 Teenage Mother and Child Abuse
9384 Hospital Risk Factor Evaluation
9385
9386 Evaluation Cohort Survey for Commit
9387 649 Waste Disposal
9388
9389
9390 702 Developmental Research in Special Populations (see also 9612)
9391 668 Health Behavior and Adherence in Hypertension
9392 Survey of Lawson Residents
9393 698 Youth AIDS Prevention
9394 Public Aid Employment Survey
9395 Physician Administered Smoking Cessation
9396 653 Campus Poll
9397 650 Rural Quality of Life
9398 BLS Methodology Projects
9399 Ciba Geigy
9400 Nat'l Survey to Monitor Adolescent Behavior
9401 652 NRC Human Factors Proposal
9402 Psychological and Behavioral Considerations in Implementing Recycling
Programs
9403 679 Families Receiving Case Management Services
9404 Climate Factors in Elderly Migration
9405 Depression in Women
9406 Consumer Panel
9407 Univ. of Illinois Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors
About AIDS
9408 American Medical Assoc. Physicians Survey
9409 Attitudes Toward Mental Illness
9410 SP Hazardous Waste Drop Day
9411 666 National Data Base on Organizations
9412 HMO Perceptions
9413 National Teachers Survey
9414 683 Illinois Farmers Survey (see also 9504)
9415 St. Mary's Hospital Community Image Survey
9416 Use of Condoms to Prevent AIDS
9417 AIDS Provider Clinical Issues Assessment Survey
9418 Employer Sanctions Impact Study: Chicago
9419 Wilderness Fires
9420 Post Office Study for MFI
9421 Breast Cancer in Women Under the Age of 45
9422 661 Parental Planning for Handicapped Children
9423 Perceptions of the Needs of the Elderly
9424 659 Attitudes Toward the Elderly
9425 643 add-on Music Education
9426 Primary Health Care Usage in Rural Illinois
9427 663 Elderly Residents of Subsidized Housing
9428 Organizational Key Informant Study
9429 COMMIT Endpoint
9430 Etiology of Drug Use and Abuse
9431 The Relationship of Smoking and Ectopic Pregnancy
9432 658 Illinois Tourism
9433 National Registry of Dentists' Positions--Feasibility Study
9434 Small Business Advertising Use
9435 Worksite, School-Worksite and Religious Organizations Surveys
for Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation
9436 Family Decision Making Over the Life Cycle: Implications for Retirement
9437 660 Foreign Visitors to UIUC Campus
9438 Medical Care Utilization Among the Elderly
9439 Campus Poll, 8990
9440 Hospital Marketing
9441 688 Gender, Power, and Well-Being
9442 662 AMRA 1989 Membership Survey
9443 676 Illinois Firefighter Training
9444 Hospital Corporate Executives
9445 Carle Smoking Cessation
9446 Alcohol Beverage Warning Labels
9447 Commercial Sector Recycling
9448 Carle Health Care Perceptions
9449 --672 Carle Care Membership Satisfaction
9450 Carle Clinic Patient Satisfaction
9451 Carle Emergency Room Satisfaction
9452 Link Clinic Perceptions
9453 Carle Image Study
9454 National Productivity Survey
9455 General Population Survey AIDS Risk
9456 Values in Institutions Survey
9457 Graduate College Survey
9458 Illinois Activity Survey
9459 Images of Nursing
9460 664 Financial Condition Workshop Evaluation
9461 Long Term Care Home Needs: Houston
9462 Industry Espionage
9463 Small Business Data Base
9464 Professional Organizations Membership Survey
9465 667 Community Wide Survey: Lake Forest
9466 Fighting Back
9467 Illinois Railbanking
9468 671 Epidemiolo