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Overview

Joan R. Bloom is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily addresses topics related to climate change and health impacts as well as public health policies and education.

Their work spans fields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and General Health Professions. These subfields reflect a focus on understanding the biological and societal dimensions of health influenced by environmental factors.

Bloom has contributed to recent scholarly articles, including the following publications:

  • In Memoriam: Carol D'Onofrio, DrPH, MPH (1936-2020), 2022, Health Education & Behavior
  • Anti-racism praxis in an emerging community-academic approach to environmental and climate justice, 2023, European Journal of Public Health

Their collaborations include work with several co-authors, which shows involvement in interdisciplinary research networks. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Meredith Minkler
  • Lawrence W. Green
  • Kate Lorig
  • M. Elaine Auld
  • Alana M. W. LeBrón

Bloom's publications have appeared notably in venues such as:

  • Health Education & Behavior
  • European Journal of Public Health

Their research work includes integration of anti-racism praxis within environmental and climate justice frameworks, as seen in the 2023 publication. This highlights a community-academic approach to addressing health disparities linked to environmental conditions.

Joan R. Bloom's concentration on public health education complements investigations into how climate change impacts health across populations, aligning with current interdisciplinary efforts to integrate environmental science and public health policy.

Best Publications

  • Group support for patients with metastatic cancer. A randomized outcome study.

    David Spiegel;Joan R. Bloom;Irvin Yalom

  • Body image and sexual problems in young women with breast cancer

    Pat Fobair;Susan L. Stewart;Subo Chang;Carol D'Onofrio

  • Group therapy and hypnosis reduce metastatic breast carcinoma pain

    D. Spiegel;J. R. Bloom

  • Then and now: quality of life of young breast cancer survivors.

    Joan R. Bloom;Susan L. Stewart;Subo Chang;Priscilla J. Banks

  • Social support, accommodation to stress and adjustment to breast cancer

    Joan R. Bloom

  • The relationship of two dimensions of social support to the psychological well-being and social functioning of women with advanced breast cancer.

    Joan R. Bloom;David Spiegel

  • Quality of life research in oncology. Past achievements and future priorities.

    Neil K. Aaronson;Beth E. Meyerowitz;Morton Bard;Joan R. Bloom

  • Sources of support and the physical and mental well-being of young women with breast cancer.

    Joan R Bloom;Susan L Stewart;Monica Johnston;Priscilla Banks

  • Multi-dimensional quality of life among long-term (5+ years) adult cancer survivors.

    Joan R. Bloom;Dana M. Petersen;Soo H. Kang

  • Community-based cancer screening for underserved women: design and baseline findings from the Breast and Cervical Cancer Intervention Study.

    Robert A. Hiatt;Rena J. Pasick;Susan Stewart;Joan Bloom

  • The relationship of social support and health.

    Joan R. Bloom

  • Perceptual Measures of Task Characteristics: The Biasing Effects of Differing Frames of Reference and Job Attitudes

    Charles A. O'Reilly;G. Nicholas Parlette;Joan R. Bloom

  • Social Support and Survival in Young Women with Breast Carcinoma

    Ann F. Chou;Susan L. Stewart;Robert C. Wild;Joan R. Bloom

  • Nursing Turnover and Hospital Efficiency: An Organization-Level Analysis

    Jeffrey A. Alexander;Joan R. Bloom;M.P.H. Beverly A. Nuchols M.S.

  • Depression experienced by young women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.

    Evaon C. Wong-Kim;Joan R. Bloom

  • Intrusiveness of illness and quality of life in young women with breast cancer

    Joan R. Bloom;Susan L. Stewart;Monica Johnston;Priscilla Banks

  • Surviving and thriving

    Joan R. Bloom

  • Emotional support following cancer: a test of the stigma and social activity hypotheses.

    Joan R. Bloom;Larry Kessler

  • Family Environment as a Predictor of Adjustment to Metastatic Breast Carcinoma

    David Spiegel;Joan R. Bloom;Ellen Gottheil

  • Psychosocial outcomes of cancer: a comparative analysis of Hodgkin's disease and testicular cancer.

    J. R. Bloom;P. Fobair;Ellen R Gritz;D. Wellisch

  • Social Support and Cancer Screening Among Older Black Americans

    Soo Hyang Kang;Joan R. Bloom

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey A. Alexander
Jeffrey A. Alexander University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Teh-wei Hu
Teh-wei Hu University of California, Berkeley
Stephen M. Shortell
Stephen M. Shortell University of California, Berkeley
Thomas G. Rundall
Thomas G. Rundall University of California, Berkeley
Richard M. Scheffler
Richard M. Scheffler University of California, Berkeley
David K. Wellisch
David K. Wellisch University of California, Los Angeles
Irvin D. Yalom
Irvin D. Yalom Stanford University
Jimmie C. Holland
Jimmie C. Holland Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Susan M. Chang
Susan M. Chang University of California, San Francisco
Helena C. Kraemer
Helena C. Kraemer Stanford University

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