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Florence Tangka
Visiting Instructor
Professor
Adjunct or Visiting, Behavioral/Social/Health Educ
No summary available
Contact Information
1518 Clifton Road ,
Atlanta , GA 30322
Atlanta
Fax: 404-727-9853
Email: ftangka@emory.edu
Areas of Interest
- Cancer Prevention
- Health Economics
Education
- Ph.D. 2001, University of Florida
- M.S. 1994, RUTGERS, The State University of New Jersey
- B.S. 1989, University of Reading, UK
Courses Taught
- PRS 554D: Prevention Effectiveness
Publications
- Tangka FK, O’Hara B, Gardner JC, Turner J, Royalty J, Shaw K, Sabatino S, Ingrid J.E. Hall, Coates RJ, 2019, Meeting the Cervical Cancer Screening Needs of Underserved Women: The Performance of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program in 2003-2005, Cancer Causes and Control, 27, 1081-90
- Tangka FK, Trogdon JG, Richardson LC, Howard D, Sabatino S, Finkelstein EA. , 2010, Cancer Treatment Cost in the US: Has the Burden Shifted over Time?, CANCER, 116, 3477-84
- Sujha Subramanian, Florence K. L. Tangka, Sonja Hoover, Amy DeGroff, Janet Royalty, and Laura C. Seeff. , 2010, Clinical and Programmatic Costs of Implementing Colorectal Cancer Screening: Evaluation of Five Programs, Evaluation and Program Planning, 34, 147-53
- Swan J, Breen N, Ballard-Barbash R, Graubard B, Tangka F, Don Blackman, 2010, Data and Trends in Cancer Screening in the United States: Results from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey, CANCER, 116, 4872-81
- Howard DH, Ekwueme D, James G, Tangka FK, Chunyu L, Miller J. , 2010, The Impact of a National Program to Provide Free Mammograms to Low-income Uninsured Women on Breast Cancer Mortality Rates, CANCER, 116, 4456-62.
- Subramanian S, Tangka FK, Green J, Weir H, Michaud F, 2009, Economic Assessment of Central Cancer Registry Operations. Part II: Developing and Testing a Cost Assessment Tool, Journal of Registry Management, 36, 47-52
- Howard DH, Tangka FK, Seeff LC, Richardson L, Ekwueme D, 2009, Is Early Detection Cost-Saving? The Case of Colorectal Cancer, Health Economics, 18, 1381-93
- Finkelstein EA, Tangka FK, Trogdon JG, Sabatino S, Richardson LC, 2009, The Personal Financial Burden of Cancer for the Working-Aged Population. , American Journal of Mananged Care, 15, 801-806
- Tangka FKL, Subramanian S, Bapat B, Seeff L, DeGroff A, Gardner J, Ryerson AB, Nadel M, Royalty J, 2008, Cost of Starting Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs: Results From Five Federally Funded Demonstration Programs, Preventing Chronic Diseases, 5,
- Seeff LC, DeGroff A, Tangka F, Wanliss E, Major A, Nadel M, Ryerson A B, Royalty J. , 2008, The Development of a Federally-Funded Demonstration Colorectal Cancer Screening Program, Preventing Chronic Diseases, 5,
- Richardson L, Tangka F, 2007, Ambulatory Care for Cancer in the United States: Results from 2 National Surveys Comparing Visits to Physician’s Offices and Hospital Outpatient Departments, Journal of the National Medical Association , 99, 1350-1358
- Tangka FK. Dalaker J. Chattopadhyay SK. Gardner JG. Royalty J. Hall IJ. Degroff A. Blackman DK. Coates RJ, 2006, Meeting the mammography screening needs of underserved women: the performance of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program in 2002-2003 (United States), Cancer Causes & Control, 17, 1145-54
- Seeff LC. Tangka FK, 2005, Can we predict the outcomes of national colorectal cancer screening and can predictions help us plan, Gastroenterology, 129, 1339-42
- Tangka FK, Molinari NM, Chattopadhyay SK, Seeff LC, 2005, Market for colorectal cancer screening by endoscopy in the United States, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 29, 54-60