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View article: Associations between obesity class and ambulatory blood pressure curves in African American women
Associations between obesity class and ambulatory blood pressure curves in African American women Open
Objective Studies of body size and blood pressure (BP) in African American women typically focus on obesity overall or collapse obesity classes II and III into a single subgroup, ignoring potential heterogeneity in associations across cate…
View article: Superwoman schema and arterial stiffness in Black American women: assessing the role of environmental mastery
Superwoman schema and arterial stiffness in Black American women: assessing the role of environmental mastery Open
Background Emerging evidence suggests that the Superwoman Schema (SWS)—the sociocultural representation of Black women as naturally strong, independent, and nurturing—may play an important role in Black women’s cardiovascular health; but f…
View article: Central Hemodynamics in African American Women: Examining the Role of Superwoman Schema Endorsement
Central Hemodynamics in African American Women: Examining the Role of Superwoman Schema Endorsement Open
Background African American women bear a disproportionate burden of cardiovascular diseases, potentially due to altered central hemodynamics. Racism and sexism often lead to African American women taking on numerous caretaking roles and ov…
View article: Does stress from incarceration of family and friends contribute to signs of early vascular ageing in African American women?
Does stress from incarceration of family and friends contribute to signs of early vascular ageing in African American women? Open
Background Early vascular ageing (EVA) contributes to elevated risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which disproportionately affects African American women. Incarceration, an event disproportionately impacting African Americans, may be a …
View article: Financial Hardship and Sleep Quality Among Black American Women With and Without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Financial Hardship and Sleep Quality Among Black American Women With and Without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Open
Objective To compare dimensions of financial hardship and self-reported sleep quality among Black women with versus without systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods Participants were 402 Black women (50% with validated diagnosis of SLE)…
View article: Comment on Marsigliante et al. Effects on Children’s Physical and Mental Well-Being of a Physical-Activity-Based School Intervention Program: A Randomized Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1927
Comment on Marsigliante et al. Effects on Children’s Physical and Mental Well-Being of a Physical-Activity-Based School Intervention Program: A Randomized Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1927 Open
We conducted a critical review of the article “Effects on Children’s Physical and Mental Well-Being of a Physical-Activity-Based School Intervention Program: A Randomized Study”, published in the International Journal of Environmental Rese…
View article: Network stressors, personal stressors, and ambulatory blood pressure in African-American women—Does superwoman schema play a role?
Network stressors, personal stressors, and ambulatory blood pressure in African-American women—Does superwoman schema play a role? Open
Network, but not personal, stressors were associated with elevated rates of daytime SBP and DBP, as well as sustained hypertension in African-American women, irrespective of SWS endorsement. Future research is needed to determine whether s…
View article: Gendered Racial Microaggressions and Black Women’s Sleep Health
Gendered Racial Microaggressions and Black Women’s Sleep Health Open
Gendered racial microaggressions reflect historical and contemporary gendered racism that Black women encounter. Although gendered racial microaggressions are related to psychological outcomes, it is unclear if such experiences are related…
View article: Interpretive JIVE: Connections with CCA and an application to brain connectivity
Interpretive JIVE: Connections with CCA and an application to brain connectivity Open
Joint and Individual Variation Explained (JIVE) is a model that decomposes multiple datasets obtained on the same subjects into shared structure, structure unique to each dataset, and noise. JIVE is an important tool for multimodal data in…
View article: Durable viral suppression among persons with HIV in the deep south: an observational study
Durable viral suppression among persons with HIV in the deep south: an observational study Open
This study assessed predictors of stable HIV viral suppression in a racially diverse sample of persons living with HIV (PWH) in the southern US. A total of 700 PWH were recruited from one of four HIV clinics in Metro Atlanta, GA. Data were…
View article: Interpretive JIVE: Connections with CCA and an application to brain connectivity
Interpretive JIVE: Connections with CCA and an application to brain connectivity Open
Joint and Individual Variation Explained (JIVE) is a model that decomposes multiple datasets obtained on the same subjects into shared structure, structure unique to each dataset, and noise. JIVE is an important tool for multimodal data in…
View article: Association of Net Worth and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Early Middle-aged African American Women
Association of Net Worth and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Early Middle-aged African American Women Open
In this cross-sectional study, having a negative net worth (ie, debt) was associated with elevated BP in African American women, independent of traditional indicators of SES. This finding suggests that limited assets or a lack of economic …
View article: Racial Disparities in HIV Antiretroviral Medication Management are Mediated by Health Literacy
Racial Disparities in HIV Antiretroviral Medication Management are Mediated by Health Literacy Open
Background: Despite the availability of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy in the United States, only 30% of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) in the US are virally suppressed. Nonadherence to ARVs remains the strongest correlate of viral suppr…
View article: Development of a Vaccine Confidence Index for Monitoring and Assessing Parental Confidence in Childhood Vaccination
Development of a Vaccine Confidence Index for Monitoring and Assessing Parental Confidence in Childhood Vaccination Open
We aimed to develop a Vaccine Confidence Index (VCI) capable of detecting variations in parental confidence toward childhood immunizations while accounting for an array of socio-ecologic factors impacting vaccine confidence. Such a VCI cou…