{"title":"Alerts for Nurse Practitioners: Caring for Pregnant Women with Zika Virus.","authors":"Hazel L White","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There have been 3,625 cases of Zika virus in the United States and 22,069 cases in the U.S. Territories (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2016a). As a result, Zika virus is rapidly becoming a major health problem in certain areas of the United States. The CDC is reporting valuable data and clinical recommendations almost every month. With this rapid dissemination of information, it is difficult for most health-care providers to keep up. Therefore, this article was written to provide health-care providers with the most current information (as of September, 2016)for managing patients with Zika virus.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"27 2","pages":"46-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36248876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Diane C Berry, Emily G Hall, Madeline N Neal, Reuben Adatorwovor, Todd A Schwartz, Alison Stuebe
{"title":"Results of the Optimizing Outcomes in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Their Infants, a Cluster Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study: Lessons Learned.","authors":"Diane C Berry, Emily G Hall, Madeline N Neal, Reuben Adatorwovor, Todd A Schwartz, Alison Stuebe","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this pilot study was as follows: Aim I was to determine the feasibility of the intervention, including its acceptability, and tofurther refine intervention materials and study procedures including recruitment, enrollment, intervention, retention, and data collection. Aim 2 was to test the initial effects of the intervention on the primary outcome of fasting blood glucose and secondary outcomes including metabolic, clinical, adiposity, health behavior, and self-efficacy outcomes in women. Aim 3 examined infant feeding. Infant weight and adiposity growth are discussed in this manuscript. The intervention group received the Phase I intervention, which included 14 classes, each lasting 60 minutes, with the first class delivered during pregnancy on the benefits of breastfeeding for maternal metabolic control andfor infant health. The classes resumed 6 weeks postpartum and were delivered weekly. The Phase II intervention included 3 monthly classes, each lasting 60 minutes, during which the interventionist facilitated a group discussion and assisted the women with problems related to breastfeeding, nutrition, or exercise. Results demonstrated that 100 women were enrolled in the study; however, secondary to the majority of women returning to work part-time or full-time, the retention for the intervention and data collection was poor. In addition, statistical significancefor the primary outcomes was not achieved. However, women made some changes in adiposity and health behaviors, and infants made changes in adiposity growth. Both lessons learned and future research are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"27 2","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36248890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crystal Lambert Champman, Allyssa L Harris, Comfort Enah
{"title":"Confusion about HPV and Cervical Cancer Among Black/African-American Women Living with HIV.","authors":"Crystal Lambert Champman, Allyssa L Harris, Comfort Enah","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Black/African-American women living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at greater risk for developing cervical cancer. However, little is known about their understanding of the human papilloma virus (HPV), cervical cancer, or Pap testing. Therefore, the purpose of this paper was to examine HPV and cervical cancer among Black/African-American women living with HIV This is a secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional descriptive study aimed at assessing perception about cervical cancer and Pap testing among a convenience sample of 300 women living with HIV For this analysis, data from 211 Black/African-American female participants were extracted. The mean HPV and cervical cancer knowledge score was 6.12 out of a possible 15. Of the 211 participants, 6 answered all questions incorrectly. Less than half of the participants were aware that HPV is associated with cervical cancer, is classified as a sexually transmitted infedtion, or causes genital warts. The knowledge gained from this research can assist nurses and other health-care providers with the development of educational interventions that improve African-American women's knowledge of HPV, cervical cancer, and Pap testing.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"27 2","pages":"20-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36248892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rethinking Osteoporosis Prevalence Among African and European Ancestry Populations.","authors":"Helen Cho","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biomedical literature often cites that populations of African ancestry experience lower incidence and prevalence of osteoporosis compared to White populations. Diverse skeletal tissue physiology and sociocultural factors may exist in sub-Saharan African populations and the diaspora, which confer advantages against age-associated bone loss and osteoporosis through differing mechanisms. Nevertheless, the fallacious and erroneous understandings of race that are frequently applied to explain this reference should be critically re-evaluated, warranting a new framework for rethinking the epidemiology of osteoporosis. Future research of population differences in skeletal physiology should be multidisciplinary, and the interpretations should encompass evolutionary, politico-ecological, and biocultural perspectives to avoid the common misconceptions regarding human biological variations.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"27 2","pages":"26-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36248893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The implementation of the balanced scorecard in the clinical departments","authors":"Mateusz Gilewicz, Robert Parzonko","doi":"10.4172/2375-4273.C1.024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2375-4273.C1.024","url":null,"abstract":"In the United States, obesity has reached epidemic levels. A critical challenge today is improving the health behaviors of those providing care to the general public. This descriptive quantitative study sought to describe the weight management practices of members of a professional nursing association who were trying to lose weight. Questions were adapted from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2001-2010). In addition, the HealthStyles survey (Pollard, 2002; Kruger, Blanck, & Gillespie, 2006) was used along with one additionally inserted question. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, Pearson Product Moment Correlation, and a Spearman Rho. Findings suggested that a small percentage of the nurses moved from the obese classification into the overweight status, thereby improving their health. Over 60% of the nurses attempted to lose weight by combining dietary and exercise strategies. Forty-one percent of the nurses met the recommended physical activity guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) to maintain health and to reduce the risk for chronic disease, but in order to lose weight, only 13% met the recommended 60-90 minutes of physical activity guidelines.","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70298922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robin Bartlett, Amber Johnson, Imani Randolph, Thomas P McCoy
{"title":"Communication and Bonding Between African-American Middle School Girls and Their Maternal Figures.","authors":"Robin Bartlett, Amber Johnson, Imani Randolph, Thomas P McCoy","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of this study was to explore the associations between bonding, communication, and maternal monitoring of daughters' behaviors among a sample of African-Americans girls and their maternal figures. The relationship between the frequency of church attendance and the mother-daughter relationship was also explored. A correlational analysis was conducted on 101 African-American adolescents and their maternalfigures recruitedfrom middle schools. Girls completed the Maternal Bonding, Mother-Adolescent Communication, and Maternal Monitoring scales while maternalfigures completed the parent versions of the Mother-Adolescent Communication and Monitoring Scales. The findings revealed that maternal monitoring, as perceived by girls and mothers, is related to increased communication between mothers and daughters. Greater church attendance was related to greater perceived maternal bonding for girls. We recommend that nurses use strategies to enhance communication between girls and their maternalfigures and to increase maternal monitoring of daughters' behavior to reduce health risk behaviors among African-American girls.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"27 1","pages":"18-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36247385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Value of Using a Syndemics Theory Conceptual Model to Understand the Factors Associated with Obesity in a Southern, Urban Community Sample of Disadvantaged African-American Adults.","authors":"Kirk W Elifson, Hugh Klein, Claire E Sterk","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For this study, a syndemics theory approach was used to examine the factors associated with adulthood obesity in a community-based sample of African-American adults. Interviews were conducted with 1,274 African-American adults residing in Atlanta, Georgia in 80 strategically chosen census tracts, selected on the basis of factors such as low household income, low levels of educational attainment among heads of household, and low levels of labor force participation. Comparisons were made between normal-weight persons (body mass index [BMI] = 18.5-24.9; n = 800) and obese persons (BMI = 30.0 or greater; n = 474). Structural equation analysis was used to examine the interrelationships among variables. One quarter (25.6%) of the study participants were classified as obese. Five factors were related directly to obesity. These were gender, age, relationship status,frequency of eating 3 meals per day, and frequency of alcohol consumption. The frequency of alcohol consumption was an endogenous measure and 7 factors were identified as underlying this measure. The 7 factors were gender, age, sexual orientation, self-esteem, impulsivity, criminality of friends, and neighborhood violence. The structural model developed for this study proved to be useful for conceptualizing the factors underlying obesity and there was considerable evidence of syndemic effects among key predictors. The myriad factors underlying obesity in this population interacted with one another in such a manner as to support the use of syndemics theory-based models in future research. In particular, obesity researchers might wish to consider the interplay of demographic factors such as age and gender, psychosocial characteristics such as self-esteem and impulsivity, alcohol use/abuse, and community factors such as neighborhood violence and criminality influences.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"27 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6110300/pdf/nihms-985755.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36247384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Social Determinants in Racial/Ethnic Disparities: African-American Outcomes During Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation.","authors":"S Allison Bernard","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined the social determinants affecting outcomes for African-Americans (AA) during stroke rehabilitation. The study hypothesized that African-Americans experience a greater length of stay than other racial groups, African-American patients receive less home health services following discharge than Whites, African-Americans have a higher rate of discharge to acute care than other racial groups, and, compared with other racial groups, African-Americans are less likely to be discharged to home following.rehabilitation. A retrospective data analysis was conducted. Statistical tests. indicated a significant difference between the mean value scores regarding length of itay by race, p < .05. No statistically significant difference between the rate of discharge to home health services by racial identity, p < .56, no statistically significant difference between the rate of dis- charge to acute care services by racial identity, p < .66, and no statistically significant difference between the rate of discharge to living setting by racial identity p < .08.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"27 1","pages":"11-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36248874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gaps in Perceptions of Breast Cancer Disparities among Patients, Community Members, and Providers: Educational Intervention Opportunities.","authors":"Jackie Hill, Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Ron Shope","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of this study was to explore the reasons for breast cancer disparities among African-Americans in Nebraska., A qualitative study was conducted using interviews with 65 indi- viduals, including healthcare and public health professionals and African-American community members. African-American women, especially younger women, had a low level of awareness of breast cancer and stated that cancer screening was not a priority. Primary care providers had varying levels of knowledge about breast cancer screening guidelines and varying levels of consistency when implementing breast health education and screening. Additionally, oncologists were not aware of the extent and impact of the financial and psycho-social problems that African-American patients were experiencing. The study findings indicate the need for education and awareness building in both community members and provider groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"27 1","pages":"45-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36249198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jennifer Hatcher, Nancy E Schoenberg, Mark Dignan, Mary Kay Rayens
{"title":"Promoting Mammography with African-American Women in the Emergency Department Using Lay Health Workers.","authors":"Jennifer Hatcher, Nancy E Schoenberg, Mark Dignan, Mary Kay Rayens","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of this study was to test the efficacy of a pilot intervention to increase mammography utilization among African-American women recruited from those waiting in the emergency department (ED)for non-urgent complaints. In a 3-armed pilot of a randomized controlled trial we compared the effects of a brief motivational interview delivered by a lay health worker with those of a culturally targeted brochure and a usual care control group. The results showed that one quarter (23%) of the sample reported having never had a mammogram prior to the study. There was no group difference by mammography status at the 3-month interview. More than one quarter of those retained in the study indicated they had received a mammogram during the study (27.4%). The conclusions from the study were that lay health workers are a valuable asset and may be used in innovative settings such as the ED to increase screening among vulnerable populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"27 1","pages":"38-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36249199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}