Influence of community-level cultural beliefs about autism on families' and professionals' care for children

CD Kang-Yi, RR Grinker, R Beidas… - Transcultural …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This qualitative study aimed to understand how community-level cultural beliefs affect
families' and professionals' care for children with autism and developmental delays in …

Fostering African-American improvement in total health (FAITH!): an application of the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7™ among Midwestern African …

LPC Brewer, JE Balls-Berry, P Dean, K Lackore… - Journal of racial and …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Objective African-Americans have a strikingly low prevalence of ideal
cardiovascular health metrics of the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 (LS7). This …

A sco** review key elements and effects of cardiovascular disease management programs based on community-based participatory research

J Yang, B Park - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background This sco** review analyses the literature on community-based participatory
research (CBPR)–based cardiovascular disease (CVD) management programmes …

Turn the beat around: a stroke prevention program for African‐American churches

LB Williams, B Franklin, MB Evans… - Public Health …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The objective was to pilot a socioculturally tailored church‐based stroke
prevention program delivered by trained community health workers (CHW s) and to test its …

Health for Hearts United longitudinal trial: improving dietary behaviors in older African Americans

PA Ralston, KKAS Wickrama, CC Coccia… - American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Church-based interventions have been shown to improve the dietary health of
underserved populations, yet few studies have examined sustainability of health behavior …

Health for Hearts United Longitudinal Trial: Improving Perceived Stress and Allostatic Load Outcomes of Mid-Life and Older African American Women

CN Obeng-Nyarko, PA Ralston… - Health Education & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of death in the United
States, with African Americans experiencing higher age-adjusted mortality compared to …

Promoting access to health information: A method to support older African Americans with diabetes

CR Senteio - Aslib Journal of Information Management, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose Describe the design of a health information and technology educational
intervention that promotes health information sharing and technology use for older adult …

Determinantes Sociais de Saúde e vulnerabilização de populações negras: uma revisão sistemática

L Furlan, MM Cezar, A Pizzinato - Revista Psicologia em Pesquisa, 2024 - periodicos.ufjf.br
Esta pesquisa desenvolve e analisa um banco de dados sobre Determinantes Sociais de
Saúde e vulnerabilização de populações negras nas Américas do Sul, Central e do Norte …

The development of health for hearts united: A longitudinal church-based intervention to reduce cardiovascular risk in mid-life and older African Americans

PA Ralston, I Young-Clark, C Coccia - Ethnicity & disease, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This article describes Health for Hearts United, a longitudinal church-based intervention to
reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in mid-life and older African Americans. Using …

Lower life satisfaction, active co** and cardiovascular disease risk factors in older African Americans: outcomes of a longitudinal church-based intervention

YP Mendez, PA Ralston, K Wickrama, D Bae… - Journal of behavioral …, 2018 - Springer
This study examined lower life satisfaction, active co** and cardiovascular disease risk
factors (diastolic and systolic blood pressure, body mass index, and circumferences) in older …