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Raskind, I. G., Woodruff, R. C., Ballard, D., Cherry, S. T., Daniel, S., Haardörfer, R., & Kegler, M. C. (2017). Decision-making processes shaping the home food environments of young adult women with and without children. Appetite, 113, 124-133.
Abstract: Although young adult women consume the majority of their total daily energy intake from home food sources, the decision-making processes that shape their home food environments have received limited attention. Further, how decision-making may be affected by the transformative experience of motherhood... Read More
Keywords: Young adult Women, Qualitative research, Body weight, Eating behavior, Southeastern United States, HIV/AIDS, African American Women, Womanism, Narrative Inquiry, Analysis of Narrative
Contact: CherryS@uncw.edu
Cherry, S., Robinson, A., Jashinsky, J., Bagwell-Adams, G., Elliott, M., & Davis, M. (2017). Rural community health needs assessment findings: access to care and Mental Health. Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences, 11(1), 18.
Abstract: This article highlights the qualitative results from focus groups conducted as part of a Community Health Needs Assessments in two rural Georgia communities. Four 1-hr focus groups were facilitated with 32 community stakeholders. Sessions were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim.... Read More
Keywords: HIV/AIDS, African American Women, Womanism, Narrative Inquiry, Analysis of Narrative
Contact: CherryS@uncw.edu
Cherry, S. T., deMarrais, K., & Keita, C. (2020). Medication Adherence Among African American Women Who Have Been HIV Positive for 10 or More Years. Journal of Black Studies, 0021934720921518.
Abstract: Although new HIV infections in African American women have decreased, this population still constitutes the over half of all new HIV infections in women. Risk-reduction interventions and advancements in antiretroviral therapies have helped HIV-positive persons live longer. However, there are... Read More
Keywords: HIV/AIDS, African American women, Health Belief Model, narrative inquiry, HIV/AIDS, African American Women, Womanism, Narrative Inquiry, Analysis of Narrative
Contact: CherryS@uncw.edu
Cherry, S. T., Cottrell, R. R., & Whipple, K. (2019). Evolution of a Stand-Alone Undergraduate Public Health Program and the Inclusion of a Peace Corps Prep Certificate Program. Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 5(4), 241-245.
Abstract: For over a decade there has been a growing interest in undergraduate public health degree programs and global health careers. To this end, colleges and universities across the United States are training undergraduate students to meet these demands. In 2014,... Read More
Keywords: undergraduate, accreditation, Peace Corps, CEPH, HIV/AIDS, African American Women, Womanism, Narrative Inquiry, Analysis of Narrative
Contact: CherryS@uncw.edu
Burroughs, CM. (2011) The Vital System. North Adams, MA: Tupelo Press
Abstract: The Vital System is the first published book by CM Burroughs. In these poems, the body is always at stake — vulnerable — and the poet dares to try and illuminate what she has called “the protective capability of violence.”... Read More
Keywords: Poetry, African American Poetry, Black Poetry, Women Poetry, Black Women Poetry, Experimental poetry, Lyric Poetry, Narrative Poetry.,
Contact: cburroughs@colum.edu
Culturally based health assumptions in sub-Saharan African immigrants: body mass index predicting self-reported health status AJ Ngoubene-Atioky, C Williamson-Taylor Journal of Health Psychology 24 (6), 750-760
Abstract: This study examined whether Sub-Saharan African adult immigrants maintained cultural preferences for curvier/higher body size post-migration to the United States. Linear and multiple regression analyses were utilized to discern the predicting effects of Sub-Saharan African immigrants’ body mass index score... Read More
Keywords: body mass index, dietary acculturation, immigrants, self-reported health status, Sub-Saharan African
U. Sundar, Z. Lao and K. A. Cook-Chennault, “Enhanced Dielectric Permittivity of Optimized Surface Modified Barium Titanate Nanocomposites,” Polymers, 12(4), 2020.
Abstract: High permittivity polymer-ceramic nanocomposite dielectric films take advantage of the ease of flexibility in processing of polymers and the functionality of electroactive ceramic fillers. Hence, films like these may be applied to embedded energy storage devices for printed circuit electrical... Read More
Keywords: dielectric, piezoelectric, composite
Contact: cookchen@soe.rutgers.edu
Tashana S. Samuel & Jared Warner (2019) “I Can Math!”: Reducing Math Anxiety and Increasing Math Self-Efficacy Using a Mindfulness and Growth Mindset-Based Intervention in First-Year Students, Community College Journal of Research and Practice.
Abstract: Math anxiety is a debilitating problem that affects many community college students. Neuropsychological research suggests that negative rumination when anticipating math situations substantially exhausts working memory load, contributes to execution anxiety, which interferes with learning and performance. Studies have shown... Read More
Keywords: math anxiety, math anxiety reduction, intervention, mindfulness, growth mindset, social justice in mathematics, community college, first-year students.
Contact: tashana.samuel@guttman.cuny.edu
Ambugo, Eliva Atieno, and Jenjira Jennie Yahirun. "Remittances and Risk of Major Depressive Episode and Sadness among New Legal Immigrants to the United States." Demographic Research 34 (2016): 243-58.
Abstract: Background: The impact of remittances on health problems like depression among immigrants is understudied. Yet immigrants may be particularly emotionally vulnerable to the strains and benefits of providing remittances. Objective: This study examines the association between sending remittances and major... Read More
Keywords: US immigrants, remittances, depression, sadness, mental health, gender, income
Contact: eambugo@gmail.com
Barlow, Jameta Nicole. "Restoring Optimal Black Mental Health and Reversing Intergenerational Trauma in an Era of Black Lives Matter." Biography 41, no. 4 (2018): 895-908.
Abstract: Recent evidence-based research has suggested the impact of intergenerational trauma on both a biological and psychological level. This offers a potential explanatory mechanism for health inequities such as hypertension, obesity, depression, and heart disease in Black communities as a result... Read More
Keywords: racial trauma, intergenerational trauma, Movement for Black Lives, colonialism, community, health, emotional emancipation,
Contact: jametawrites@gmail.com