Eric Williams, Joyce Newman Giger, Christine Brannon, Michael Blanchard
{"title":"Bump-Fire Stocks: Finding a Way to Outlaw Their Usage.","authors":"Eric Williams, Joyce Newman Giger, Christine Brannon, Michael Blanchard","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"28 2","pages":"vi-viii"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36553868","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}
Dell Mars, Bertha L Davis, Arlene J Montgomery, Mathew J Gregoski, Dorothy P Burns, Donna Coffey
{"title":"The Lived Experience of African-American Informal Caregivers of Family Members with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.","authors":"Dell Mars, Bertha L Davis, Arlene J Montgomery, Mathew J Gregoski, Dorothy P Burns, Donna Coffey","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the lived experience of African-American informal caregivers of family members with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) in a home environment. Using a qualitative, phenomenological approach, a purposive sample of 16 African-American informal caregivers completed an in-depth interview that lasted from 30 to 60 minutes. Four themes emerged: (a) a sense of obligation, (b) an arduous journey, (c) sentinel events, and (d) faith in God. Findings indicated that caregivers needed to be well-informed concerning the demands of caregiving and needed more assistance with the task of delivering care. Informal caregivers lacked support, knowledge, and guidance. Implications for the discipline of nursing include emphasis on family assessment, teaching, awareness of resources, and collaboration with healthcare teams.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"28 2","pages":"19-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36553872","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":"Being African-American, Obese, Female, and Residing in an Urban Area: The Lived Experience.","authors":"Jolene J Lynn, Peggy Ward-Smith, Kathie Records","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of this qualitative study was to explore the experience of being African-American, obese, female, and residing in an urban area. Critical Social Theory of Black Feminist Thought guided the study framework and study questions. Within this framework, African-American women are multidimensional human beings with attitudes, habits, and personalities influenced by their religious beliefs, family, school, friends, and racial history. Interview data were obtained from 10 women and analyzed using qualitative techniques. These individuals were aware of health consequences related to obesity and described barriers that inhibit healthy choices. Participant level of education provided the ability to avoid negative physical and social consequences associated with obesity.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"28 2","pages":"13-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36553870","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":"Health Coaching Strategy to Improve Glycemic Control in African- American Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: An Integrative Review.","authors":"Larider Ruffin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Diabetes is a complex, chronic illness requiring continuous medical care with multifactorial risk-reduction strategies for appropriate glycemic control. Type 2 diabetes remains a global epidemic secondary to increases in physical inactivity and obesity. While many populations are at risk, African-Americans bear a disproportionate burden from diabetes and its complications. Diabetes self-management education (DSME) is essential to successful diabetes treatment and complication prevention. However, diabetes management requires daily patient involvement and skills. Health coaching has been very effective in assisting patients with self-care management. There is increasing evidence of the effectiveness of health coaching in terms of patient self-efficacy, adherence to treatment, behavioral changes, health service utilization, and health outcomes. Using an integrative review of the literature, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of health coaching as a strategy to improve glycemic control among African-American adults with type 2 diabetes. Health coaching was found to be an effective strategy in addressing poor glycemic control in African-American adults with type 2 diabetes. This integrative review articulates gaps in healthcare disparities, while capitalizing on an evidence-based, cost-effective approach to making a positive impact on the current global diabetes epidemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"28 1","pages":"54-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36248183","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}
Glenmore Hendricks, Andrew P Corr, Annie P Odell, Joy R Goebel
{"title":"The Patient-Centered Medical Home Model and Diabetes Outcomes: An Integrative Literature Review.","authors":"Glenmore Hendricks, Andrew P Corr, Annie P Odell, Joy R Goebel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this integrative review was to synthesize the existing evidence on diabetes care within a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model to evaluate its effectiveness on quality outcomes. Literature published in English between 2005 and 2015 was searched using thefollowing keywords: PCMH and diabetes, comprehensive care, care coordination, patient-centered care, quality and safety, and accessible care. The following databases were searched: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PubMed, Cochrane Review, Academic Premier (EBSCO), and Psych INFO. The search yielded 96 articles; 11 were selectedfor review. The effects of the PCMH model on diabetes outcomes varied. The heterogeneity of the research designs, practice settings, and quality outcomes limited the generalizability of the findings. The evidence related to diabetes type 2 quality outcomes in a PCMH model is limited yet encouraging. However, future studies should consider longitudinal designs, where outcomes can be observed over a period of time.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"28 1","pages":"60-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36248184","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":"Views of Obesity in Black Women from a Cultural Perspective.","authors":"Portia Johnson, Yvonne Wesley, Lynda Arnold, Lois Greene","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article conveys the authors' perspectives and insights gained during the development and implementation of their experience with a community-based intervention designed to address obesity among Black women. The reader gets a look at the authors' personal weight struggles, as the intervention they designed to help others transformed their lives as well as the participants. The authors also shared their perspectives on the impact of religion and spirituality on healthy lifestyles.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"28 1","pages":"50-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36248182","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}
Anniece Spencer, Nuzhat Majid, Gina M McCaskill, Loretta T Lee
{"title":"Factors Influencing Participation in the YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program: A DNP Project.","authors":"Anniece Spencer, Nuzhat Majid, Gina M McCaskill, Loretta T Lee","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pre-diabetes is the underlying pathology for type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Prevention Program is a proven, effective strategy to control or prevent type 2 diabetes; however, there is limited data on what motivates people with pre-diabetes to participate in a Diabetes Prevention Program. Cross-sectional analysis of survey data from adults with pre-diabetes was conducted from October to November 2015. Fisher's exact test was utilized to examine relationships between study variables. Findings indicated that muscle strength was related to commitment to healthy lifestyle behaviors (p = 0.02). Findings also suggested that perceived muscle strength could impact healthful living for patients with pre-diabetes. Future studies for individuals with pre-diabetes are needed to provide afull assessment of motivationfactors for participation in the Diabetes Prevention Program. Nurse Practitioners should work to improve perceived muscle strength in patients with pre-diabetes, which could translate into increased Diabetes Prevention Program attendance.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"28 1","pages":"14-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36248690","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}
Debbie Chatman Bryant, L Monique Hill, Cathy Melvin, Yolanda M Powell-Young, Marvella E Ford
{"title":"The Community Compass Project: A Community Engagement Model Targeting African-Americans in the Low Country of South Carolina.","authors":"Debbie Chatman Bryant, L Monique Hill, Cathy Melvin, Yolanda M Powell-Young, Marvella E Ford","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite cutting edge progress in early detection, risk reduction, and prevention, unique contextual and sociocultural factors contribute to higher mortality rates for selected cancers in African-American men and women. Collaborative community engagement and outreach programming strategies that focus on sustainability and grass-roots organizing can inform health risk disparities, build trust, and allow communities to take ownership of their own health needs. This paper describes a successful evidence-based community engagement intervention woven into the social and interpersonal fabric of the African-American community in Charleston, South Carolina. Through the creation of a coalition of community partners that included the state's only National Cancer Institute designated cancer center, collaboratively developed platforms devoted to population-specific preventive interventions for cancer and obesity education, awareness, and research initiatives were implemented within the identified community.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"28 1","pages":"38-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36248180","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":"A Qualitative Study to Explore the Male Nursing Student's Coping with Experiences in a Maternal-Newborn Nursing Course.","authors":"Stella O Akpuaka, Veronica A Clarke-Tasker","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nursing today is predominantly a female profession; however, men are reentering the profession in record numbers and challenging the perspective that they are inappropriate in caregiver roles, or incapable of providing compassionate and sensitive care. This study investigated the perceptions and experiences of male nursing students in a maternal-newborn nursing course and their coping strategies in dealing with the clinical rotation role stress. A purposive sample included 11 male nursing students who completed a survey, and 6 out of the 11 participated in individual interviews. Written responses and verbatim audio narratives were analyzed using qualitative content analysis to identify themes that described their perceptions and experiences. The results identified 7 themes, suggesting a need for nurse educators to develop theory-guided instructional strategies to support male nursing students' academic goals, which may be at stake because of the maternity learning environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"28 1","pages":"31-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36248179","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}
Patricia E McDonald, Maxine A Nunez, Hossein N Yarandi
{"title":"A Church-Based Diabetes Care Survey in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.","authors":"Patricia E McDonald, Maxine A Nunez, Hossein N Yarandi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Forty-eight (N = 48) African-Caribbeans participated in a church-based diabetes care survey in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine whether integration was a significant predictor of depressive symptoms and glycemic control in persons with type 2 diabetes among African-Caribbeans in faith-based organizations (FBO), controlling for demographic variables. Data were collected on measures of integration of diabetes, acceptance, depressive symptoms, number of hypoglycemic episodes, hemoglobin Alc, and demographic characteristics. The majority of subjects were female. Acceptance and depression were negatively correlated, and acceptance and integration were positively correlated. Depression and number of mild hypoglycemic episodes were also positively correlated. Surprisingly, integration was not significantly related to hemoglobin Alc, number of hypoglycemic episodes, and depressive symptoms. Implications of these findings are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":73847,"journal":{"name":"Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA","volume":"28 1","pages":"9-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433378/pdf/nihms-996571.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41142131","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}