Lisa J Crockett Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Ethnic Disparities, smoking cessation,Smoking-Related Behaviors,NH Blacks,Hispanics
Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 340 Hardin Hall-North, Lincoln, NE, 68583-0963
Dr. Lisa J Crockett has conducted research on the treatment of addictive disorders, including the evaluation of behavioral interventions for nicotine dependence, and pharmacotherapies for the treatment of cocaine dependence and alcohol dependence. Her current research interests include investigating the mechanisms of action of promising pharmacotherapies in human laboratory studies, as well as clinical trials combining behavioral interventions such as contingency management with promising pharmacotherapies for cocaine, alcohol and opiate dependence.
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Julia N Soulakova, Huang Huang and Lisa J Crockett
This study assessed the effect of race/ethnicity on the prevalence of inconsistent reports regarding ever smoking, time since smoking cessation, and age of initiating regular smoking. We used the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey data, which came from a test-retest reliability study, and considered three racial/ethnic subpopulations, Hispanics, Non-Hispanic (NH) Blacks and NH Whites. Initial exploration of highly disagreeing reports of time since smoking cessation and age of onset of regular smoking initiation indicated that the majority of these reports corresponded to NH Whites. However, the proportion of the extremely discrepant reports was very small (less than 0.8%), and these reports were not included in the main analyses. Univari... view moreĀ»