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Bettina M. Beech, Dr.P.H.

Bettina M. Beech, Dr.P.H.

Co-Director, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
Professor, Social Sciences & Health Policy
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
Internal Medicine
Pediatrics
Contact Information
Office:
336-716-2011
Fax:
336-716-0937
Email: bbeech@wakehealth.edu
Education & Training
  DrPH University of Texas School of Public Health-Hous 1995
Bettina M. Beech, Dr.P.H.

Bettina M. Beech, Dr.P.H.

Co-Director, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
Professor, Social Sciences & Health Policy
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
Internal Medicine
Pediatrics
Contact Information
Office:
336-716-2011
Fax:
336-716-0937
Email: bbeech@wakehealth.edu
Research Interests
hypertension , obesity
Recent Publications
Stockton MB, McClanahan BS, Lanctot JQ, Klesges RC, Beech BM. Identification of facilitators and barriers to participation in weight gain prevention research by African American girls. Contemp Clin Trials. 2012; 33(1):38-45.

Heard E, Whitfield KE, Edwards CL, Bruce MA, Beech BM. Mediating effects of social support on the relationship among perceived stress, depression, and hypertension in African Americans. J Natl Med Assoc. 2011; 103(2):116-122.

Skelton JA, Beech BM. Attrition in paediatric weight management: a review of the literature and new directions. Obes Rev. 2011; 12(5):e273-e281.

Bruce MA, Beech BM, Edwards CL, Sims M, Scarinci I, Whitfield KE, Gilbert K, Crook ED. Weight status and high blood pressure among low-income African American men. Am J Mens Health. 2011; 5(3):255-260.

Skelton JA, Goff DC Jr, Ip E, Beech BM. Attrition in a multidisciplinary pediatric weight management clinic. Child Obes. 2011; 7(3):185-193.

Bruce MA, Beech BM, Crook ED, Sims M, Wyatt SB, Flessner MF, Taylor HA, Williams DR, Akylbekova EL, Ikizler TA. Association of socioeconomic status and CKD among African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010; 55(6):1001-1008.

Miller ST, Marolen KN, Beech BM. Perceptions of physical activity and motivational interviewing among rural African-American women with type 2 diabetes. Womens Health Issues. 2010; 20(1):43-49.

Kitzmann KM, Stanley CM, Dalton WT III, Beech BM, Reeves TP, Buscemi J, Egli CJ, Gamble HL, Midgett EL. Lifestyle interventions for youth who are overweight: a meta-analytic review. Health Psychol. 2010; 29(1):91-101.

Adunyah SE, Beech BM, Moses HL. Meharry Medical College-Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center partnership: its history and role in cancer health disparities research. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2010; 21(1 Suppl):1-4.

Figaro MK, BeLue R, Beech BM. Obesity. In: Hampton RL, Gullotta TP, Crowel RL, eds. Handbook of African American health. New York: Guilford Press; 2010: 179-212.

Klesges RC, Obarzanek E, Kumanyika S, Murray DM, Klesges LM, Relyea GE, Stockton MB, Lanctot JQ, Beech BM, et al. The Memphis Girls' health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS): an evaluation of the efficacy of a 2-year obesity prevention program in African American girls. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010; 164(11):1007-1014.
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