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44
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6644
World Ranking
4211
National Ranking
1998

Overview

William J. McCarthy is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a significant focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, and General Health Professions. Other areas of study include Pharmacology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their work covers topics such as Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Diet and metabolism studies, Obesity and Health Practices, and Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by William J. McCarthy include:

  • Prevalence and Correlates of Successful Smoking Cessation in Bladder Cancer Survivors, 2021, Urology
  • Using a multilevel implementation strategy to facilitate the screening and treatment of tobacco use in the outpatient urology clinic: A prospective hybrid type I study, 2021, Cancer
  • Undergraduate support for university smoke-free and vape-free campus policies and student engagement: a quasi-experimental intervention, 2020, Journal of American College Health
  • Neighbourhood tobacco retail access and tobacco use susceptibility in young adolescents in urban India, 2021, Tobacco Control
  • "Ancestral recipes": a mixed-methods analysis of MyPlate-based recipe dissemination for Latinos in rural communities, 2023, BMC Public Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McCarthy include:

  • Ritesh Mistry
  • Michael Kleinsasser
  • Hsing-Fang Hsieh
  • Namrata Puntambekar
  • Prakash C. Gupta

Several journals have featured the work of McCarthy, with multiple publications appearing in BMC Public Health. Other notable venues include Urology, Journal of American College Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and Family Process.

Best Publications

  • Improving the Nutritional Resource Environment for Healthy Living Through Community-based Participatory Research

    David C. Sloane;Allison L. Diamant;LaVonna B. Lewis;Antronette K. Yancey;Antronette K. Yancey

  • Population-based interventions engaging communities of color in healthy eating and active living: a review.

    Antronette K Yancey;Shiriki K Kumanyika;Ninez A Ponce;William J McCarthy

  • A Cross-Sectional Prevalence Study of Ethnically Targeted and General Audience Outdoor Obesity-Related Advertising

    Antronette K. Yancey;Brian L. Cole;Rochelle Brown;Jerome D. Williams

  • DEVELOPING A SCALE TO MEASURE THE DIVERSITY OF FEMINIST ATTITUDES

    Nancy M. Henley;Karen Meng;Delores O'Brien;William J. McCarthy

  • Density of Tobacco Retailers Near Schools: Effects on Tobacco Use Among Students

    William J. McCarthy;Ritesh Mistry;Yao Lu;Minal Patel

  • Impact of Reduced Tobacco Smoking on Lung Cancer Mortality in the United States During 1975–2000

    Suresh H. Moolgavkar;Theodore R. Holford;David T. Levy;David T. Levy;David T. Levy;Chung Yin Kong

  • Tobacco Use as a Distal Predictor of Mortality Among Long-Term Narcotics Addicts

    Y.I. Hser;W.J. Mccarthy;M.D. Anglin

  • Patient Adherence to Cancer Control Regimens: Scale Development and Initial Validation

    M. Robin DiMatteo;Ron D. Hays;Ellen R. Gritz;Roshan Bastani

  • Resilience and Patterns of Health Risk Behaviors in California Adolescents

    Ritesh Mistry;William J. McCarthy;William J. McCarthy;Antronette K. Yancey;Yao Lu

  • Low aerobic fitness and obesity are associated with lower standardized test scores in children.

    Christian K. Roberts;Benjamin Freed;William J. McCarthy;William J. McCarthy

  • Physical activity among African American and Latino middle school girls: consistent beliefs, expectations, and experiences across two sites.

    Wendell C. Taylor;Antronette K. Yancey;Joanne Leslie;Nancy G. Murray

  • The Los Angeles Lift Off: a sociocultural environmental change intervention to integrate physical activity into the workplace

    Antronette K Yancey;Antronette K Yancey;William J McCarthy;Wendell C Taylor;Angela Merlo;Angela Merlo

  • Creating a Robust Public Health Infrastructure for Physical Activity Promotion

    Antronette K. Yancey;Jonathan E. Fielding;Jonathan E. Fielding;George R. Flores;James F. Sallis

  • Mentholated Cigarette Smoking and Lung-Cancer Risk

    Catherine L. Carpenter;Murray E. Jarvik;Hal Morgenstern;William J. Mccarthy

  • Impact of a Bladder Cancer Diagnosis on Smoking Behavior

    Jeffrey C. Bassett;John L. Gore;Amanda C. Chi;Lorna Kwan

  • Influence of American acculturation on cigarette smoking behaviors among Asian American subpopulations in California.

    Ning An;Susan D. Cochran;Vickie M. Mays;William J. McCarthy

  • Challenges in improving fitness: results of a community-based, randomized, controlled lifestyle change intervention.

    Antronette K. Yancey;William J. McCarthy;Gail G. Harrison;Weng Kee Wong

  • Mentholated cigarettes decrease puff volume of smoke and increase carbon monoxide absorption.

    M.E. Jarvik;D.P. Tashkin;N.H. Caskey;W.J. McCarthy

  • Menthol vs nonmenthol cigarettes: effects on smoking behavior.

    W J McCarthy;N H Caskey;M E Jarvik;T M Gross

  • Overweight and Depressive Symptoms among African-American Women☆

    Judith M Siegel;Antronette K Yancey;William J McCarthy

  • Health conditions among aging narcotics addicts: medical examination results.

    Yih-Ing Hser;Lillian Gelberg;Valerie Hoffman;Christine E. Grella

Frequent Co-Authors

Antronette K. Yancey
Antronette K. Yancey University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan E. Fielding
Jonathan E. Fielding University of California, Los Angeles
Yih-Ing Hser
Yih-Ing Hser University of California, Los Angeles
Roshan Bastani
Roshan Bastani University of California, Los Angeles
Judith M. Siegel
Judith M. Siegel University of California, Los Angeles
Annette E. Maxwell
Annette E. Maxwell University of California, Los Angeles
Carol M. Mangione
Carol M. Mangione University of California, Los Angeles
Suzanne C. Segerstrom
Suzanne C. Segerstrom University of Kentucky
Katherine L. Tucker
Katherine L. Tucker University of Massachusetts Lowell
Patricia A. Ganz
Patricia A. Ganz University of California, Los Angeles

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