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Kenneth H. Beck is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and health professions, with a focus on topics related to cancer screening, patient-provider communication, and behaviors influencing public health outcomes.

Their recent publications cover various issues including healthcare communication, cancer screening, and substance use. Notable papers include:

  • "HPV Knowledge, Vaccine Status, and Health Literacy Among University Students" (2021) published in the Journal of Cancer Education
  • "Stigma in a Collectivistic Culture: Social Network of Female Sex Workers in China" (2021) in AIDS and Behavior
  • "Lung cancer screening decisional needs among African American smokers of lower socioeconomic status" (2020) in Ethnicity and Health
  • "A Latent Class Analysis of DUI Offender Motivation and Awareness as Predictors of Performance While on Alcohol Ignition Interlocks" (2020) in Journal of Substance Use
  • "Driver experiences with the alcohol ignition interlock: Comparing successful and poor performers" (2020) in Traffic Injury Prevention

Their work is frequently published in several journals, with the most publications appearing in the Journal of Cancer Education. Other venues include AIDS and Behavior, Ethnicity and Health, Journal of Substance Use, and Traffic Injury Prevention.

Beck's most frequent co-authors include Min Qi Wang, James Butler, Randi M. Williams, Sunmin Lee, and Kathryn L. Taylor, indicating collaborative research efforts across multiple health-related topics.

In terms of research focus, their main fields of study encompass Medicine and Health Professions. Within these broad areas, specific subfields of study are General Health Professions, Epidemiology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Sociology and Political Science.

Main topics covered in their research include:

  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research

Best Publications

  • Development and validation of a condom self-efficacy scale for college students.

    Linda J. Brafford;Kenneth H. Beck

  • A conceptualization of threat communications and protective health behavior.

    Kenneth H. Beck;Arthur Frankel

  • The relationship of social context of drinking, perceived social norms, and parental influence to various drinking patterns of adolescents

    Kenneth H. Beck;Katherine A. Treiman

  • Effects of ignition interlock license restrictions on drivers with multiple alcohol offenses: a randomized trial in Maryland.

    Kenneth H. Beck;W. J. Rauch;Elizabeth A. Baker;Allan F. Williams

  • Social Context of Drinking and Alcohol Problems Among College Students

    Kenneth H. Beck;Amelia M. Arria;Kimberly M. Caldeira;Kathryn B. Vincent

  • Social context and sensation seeking: gender differences in college student drinking motivations

    Kenneth H. Beck;Dennis L. Thombs;Colleen A. Mahoney;Karen M. Fingar

  • The Effects of Health Threat Seriousness and Personal Efficacy upon Intentions and Behavior<sup>1</sup>

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  • Family involvement, problem and prosocial behavior outcomes of Latino youth.

    Melissa Hallmark Kerr;Kenneth Beck;Teresa Downs Shattuck;Candace Kattar

  • Associations between parent awareness, monitoring, enforcement and adolescent involvement with alcohol

    Kenneth H. Beck;Teresa Shattuck;Denise Haynie;Aria Davis Crump

  • Parental monitoring and adolescent drinking: results of a 12-month follow-up.

    Beck Kh;Boyle;Boekeloo Bo

  • Substance Use, Academic Performance, and Academic Engagement Among High School Seniors.

    Brittany A. Bugbee;Kenneth H. Beck;Craig S. Fryer;Amelia M. Arria

  • The social context of drinking scales: Construct validation and relationship to indicants of abuse in an adolescent population

    Kenneth H. Beck;Dennis L. Thombs;Terry G. Summons

  • Parental predictors of teen driving risk.

    Kenneth H. Beck;Teresa Shattuck;Robert Raleigh

  • Driving While Under the Influence of Alcohol: Relationship to Attitudes and Beliefs in a College Population

    Kenneth H. Beck

  • Parental monitoring and adolescent alcohol risk in a clinic population.

    Kenneth H. Beck;Jennifer R. Boyle;Bradley O. Boekeloo

  • Cell phone users, reported crash risk, unsafe driving behaviors and dispositions: a survey of motorists in Maryland.

    Kenneth H. Beck;Fang Yan;Min Qi Wang

  • Effects of Social Context and Gender on Drinking Patterns of Young Adults.

    Dennis L. Thombs;Kenneth H. Beck;Colleen A. Mahoney

  • Persistence of effects of a brief intervention on parental restrictions of teen driving privileges.

    Bruce G. Simons-Morton;Jessica L. Hartos;Kenneth H. Beck

  • Psychosocial Correlates of Physical Dating Violence Victimization Among Latino Early Adolescents

    Fang A. Yan;Donna E. Howard;Kenneth H. Beck;Teresa Shattuck

  • The social context of cannabis use: relationship to cannabis use disorders and depressive symptoms among college students

    Kenneth H. Beck;Kimberly M. Caldeira;Kathryn B. Vincent;Kevin E. O'Grady

  • Teen Driving Risk: The Promise of Parental Influence and Public Policy

    Kenneth H. Beck;Jessica L. Hartos;Bruce G. Simons-Morton

  • The social context of four adolescent drinking patterns

    Dennis L. Thombs;Kenneth H. Beck

Frequent Co-Authors

Stacey B. Daughters
Stacey B. Daughters University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kevin E. O'Grady
Kevin E. O'Grady University of Maryland, College Park
Li Yang
Li Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Denise L. Haynie
Denise L. Haynie National Institutes of Health

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