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- Community design of the Brooklyn Health Equity Index. Health affairs scholar. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
- Ending "domestic helicopter research". Cell. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
- Promoting Anti-Racism in Clinical Practice: Lessons Learned in the Process of Removing the Race Coefficient from the Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Algorithm. Health equity. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
- Community Perceptions of Health Equity: A Qualitative Study. Journal of primary care & community health. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
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R.E.A.C.T: A framework for role modeling anti-racism in the clinical learning environment.
Medical teacher.
2022
Review
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Times cited: 2 - Beyond Standing in Solidarity: Role Modeling Antiracism. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. 2022 Letter GET IT
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Reconsidering Community-Engaged Research Through a Syndemic Theoretical Framework: Lessons from COVID-19.
Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action.
2022
Academic Article
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Strategic surgery recruitment programs can enhance diversity and reinforce pipelines.
American journal of surgery.
2021
Editorial Article
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The Implication of Dropping Race from the MDRD Equation to Estimate GFR in an African American-Only Cohort.
International journal of nephrology.
2021
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Increased Metabolic Burden Among Blacks: A Putative Mechanism for Disparate COVID-19 Outcomes.
Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy.
2020
Review
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Factors influencing decision making for kidney transplantation among Black and Latino patients on dialysis: A qualitative study applying the social ecological model.
Chronic illness.
2020
Academic Article
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Times cited: 3 - "Always on the go": A qualitative study of the perceptions of cardiovascular disease risk among Latino cab drivers. American journal of industrial medicine. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
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Factors Associated With Use of a High-Volume Cancer Center by Black Women With Ovarian Cancer.
Journal of oncology practice.
2019
Academic Article
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Life Without a Breast: Exploring the Experiences of Young Nigerian Women After Mastectomy for Breast Cancer.
Journal of global oncology.
2019
Academic Article
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Barriers to mammography screening in Nigeria: A survey of two communities with different access to screening facilities.
European journal of cancer care.
2019
Academic Article
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Safety and feasibility of early postmastectomy discharge and home drain care in a low resource setting.
Journal of surgical oncology.
2018
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Impact of Depression and Demoralization on Blood Pressure Control in African Americans with Hypertension: Findings from the TRIUMPH Trial.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities.
2017
Academic Article
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Community-Based, Preclinical Patient Navigation for Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Older Black Men Recruited From Barbershops: The MISTER B Trial.
American journal of public health.
2017
Academic Article
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Understanding of cardiovascular disease risk factors among Bangladeshi immigrants in New York City.
Ethnicity & health.
2017
Academic Article
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Trouble in transit: Organizational barriers to workers' health.
American journal of industrial medicine.
2017
Academic Article
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Times cited: 7 -
Live with the Disease Like You Used to Before You Knew You Were Infected: A Qualitative Study Among 10-Year Survivors Living with HIV in Haiti.
AIDS patient care and STDs.
2017
Academic Article
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Evaluation of HeartSmarts, a Faith-Based Cardiovascular Health Education Program.
Journal of religion and health.
2017
Academic Article
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Developing a Breast Cancer Screening Program in Nigeria: Evaluating Current Practices, Perceptions, and Possible Barriers.
Journal of global oncology.
2017
Academic Article
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Times cited: 11 - The ripple effect: why promoting female leadership in global health matters. Public health action. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
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Experiences of patients undergoing dialysis who are from ethnic and racial minorities.
Journal of renal care.
2016
Academic Article
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Times cited: 13 - Community Perspectives in Medicine: Elective for First-Year Medical Students. MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
- Demographic and Behavioral Factors Linked to Obesity Among Inner-City Latino New Yorkers in the Bronx Community. Journal of community health. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Utilization Rate, Hospital Volume, and Perioperative Outcomes After Total Knee Arthroplasty.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.
2016
Academic Article
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"It's Like Backing up Science with Scripture": Lessons Learned from the Implementation of HeartSmarts, a Faith-Based Cardiovascular Disease Health Education Program.
Journal of religion and health.
2016
Academic Article
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Times cited: 8 -
Results from the Trial Using Motivational Interviewing, Positive Affect, and Self-Affirmation in African Americans with Hypertension (TRIUMPH).
Ethnicity & disease.
2016
Academic Article
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Times cited: 28 -
Perspectives on bullying among children who present to the emergency department with behavioral misconduct: a qualitative study.
Pediatric emergency care.
2014
Academic Article
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Do patient race and sex change surgeon recommendations for TKA?.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research.
2014
Academic Article
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Attitudes and beliefs regarding cardiovascular risk factors among Bangladeshi immigrants in the US.
Journal of immigrant and minority health.
2014
Academic Article
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Incorporating the principles of the patient-centered medical home into a student-run free clinic.
Advances in medical education and practice.
2014
Academic Article
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Times cited: 10 -
Telephone-delivered behavioral intervention among blacks with sleep apnea and metabolic syndrome: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Trials.
2014
Academic Article
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Times cited: 16 -
"Looking out for each other": a qualitative study on the role of social network interactions in asthma management among adult Latino patients presenting to an emergency department.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma.
2014
Academic Article
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"I am proud of myself, just the way I am" (Mwen fyé de tét mwen, jan mwen ye ya): a qualitative study among young Haitian women seeking care for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Haiti.
AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education.
2014
Academic Article
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Characteristics of asthmatic patients with and without repeat emergency department visits at an inner city hospital.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma.
2014
Academic Article
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Times cited: 9 -
Excessive daytime sleepiness and adherence to antihypertensive medications among Blacks: analysis of the counseling African Americans to control hypertension (CAATCH) trial.
Patient preference and adherence.
2014
Academic Article
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Mediators and moderators of behavior change in patients with chronic cardiopulmonary disease: the impact of positive affect and self-affirmation.
Translational behavioral medicine.
2014
Academic Article
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Times cited: 45 -
"Es como uno bomba de tiempo [It's like a time bomb]": A Qualitative Analysis of Perceptions of Diabetes Among First-Degree Relatives of Latino Patients With Diabetes.
Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association.
2014
Academic Article
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A qualitative study of factors underlying decision making for joint replacement among African Americans and Latinos with osteoarthritis.
Journal of long-term effects of medical implants.
2014
Academic Article
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Times cited: 20 -
Knowledge of the health consequences of obesity among overweight/obese Black and Hispanic adults.
Patient education and counseling.
2014
Academic Article
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Times cited: 18 -
A novel community-based study to address disparities in hypertension and colorectal cancer: a study protocol for a randomized control trial.
Trials.
2013
Academic Article
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Times cited: 21 -
Assessment and management of bullied children in the emergency department.
Pediatric emergency care.
2013
Review
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The Trial Using Motivational Interviewing and Positive Affect and Self-Affirmation in African-Americans with Hypertension (TRIUMPH): from theory to clinical trial implementation.
Contemporary clinical trials.
2013
Academic Article
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Knowledge, perceptions, and experiences of Dominicans with diabetes.
Journal of immigrant and minority health.
2012
Academic Article
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Times cited: 5 - Beliefs and attitudes toward obstructive sleep apnea evaluation and treatment among blacks. Journal of the National Medical Association. 2012 Academic Article GET IT
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Barriers to lifestyle behavioral change in migrant South Asian populations.
Journal of immigrant and minority health.
2012
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Times cited: 75 -
A randomized controlled trial of positive-affect intervention and medication adherence in hypertensive African Americans.
Archives of internal medicine.
2012
Academic Article
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Times cited: 197 -
Associations between posttraumatic stress disorder and hemoglobin A1(C) in low-income minority patients with diabetes.
General hospital psychiatry.
2011
Academic Article
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Shared decision-making in the primary care treatment of late-life major depression: a needed new intervention?.
International journal of geriatric psychiatry.
2010
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Times cited: 23 -
Cardiovascular disease risk reduction with sleep apnea treatment.
Expert review of cardiovascular therapy.
2010
Information Resource
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Reducing HIV and AIDS through Prevention (RHAP): a theoretically based approach for teaching HIV prevention to adolescents through an exploration of popular music.
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine.
2010
Academic Article
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Sleep duration and the risk of diabetes mellitus: epidemiologic evidence and pathophysiologic insights.
Current diabetes reports.
2010
Information Resource
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Applying qualitative methods in developing a culturally tailored workbook for black patients with hypertension.
Patient education and counseling.
2009
Academic Article
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An item-level analysis of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) by race and ethnicity in patients with coronary artery disease.
International journal of geriatric psychiatry.
2008
Academic Article
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Psychosocial correlates of overweight or obese status in Latino adults with coronary artery disease.
Journal of immigrant and minority health.
2008
Academic Article
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Psychosocial mediators of the relationship between race/ethnicity and depressive symptoms in Latino and white patients with coronary artery disease.
Journal of the National Medical Association.
2008
Academic Article
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Training community health workers to be advocates for health promotion: efforts taken by a community-based organization to reduce health disparities in cardiovascular disease.
Journal of community health.
2008
Academic Article
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The role of community-academic partnerships: implications for medical education, research, and patient care.
Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action.
2008
Academic Article
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Changing health behaviors to improve health outcomes after angioplasty: a randomized trial of net present value versus future value risk communication.
Health education research.
2007
Academic Article
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Multiple health-risk behavior in a chronic disease population: what behaviors do people choose to change?.
Preventive medicine.
2007
Academic Article
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Times cited: 19 - Randomized controlled trials of positive affect and self-affirmation to facilitate healthy behaviors in patients with cardiopulmonary diseases: rationale, trial design, and methods. Contemporary clinical trials. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
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Ascribing meaning to hypertension: a qualitative study among African Americans with uncontrolled hypertension.
Ethnicity & disease.
2007
Academic Article
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Do recent life events and social support explain gender differences in depressive symptoms in patients who had percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty?.
Journal of women's health (2002).
2007
Academic Article
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Development and validation of the Tangible, Informational, and Emotional Social Support Survey.
Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.
2006
Academic Article
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In spite of good intentions: patients' perspectives on problematic social support interactions.
Health and quality of life outcomes.
2005
Academic Article
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Times cited: 37 -
Social Work Admission Assessment Tool for identifying patients in need of comprehensive social work evaluation.
Health & social work.
2005
Academic Article
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Times cited: 5 -
Strategies for retaining study participants in behavioral intervention trials: retention experiences of the NIH Behavior Change Consortium.
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine.
2005
Academic Article
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Times cited: 75 -
Getting to the heart of social support: a qualitative analysis of the types of instrumental support that are most helpful in motivating cardiac risk factor modification.
Heart & lung : the journal of critical care.
2005
Academic Article
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Times cited: 38 -
The development and validation of a screening instrument to identify hospitalized medical patients in need of early functional rehabilitation assessment.
Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation.
2004
Academic Article
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Times cited: 5 -
The Cornell Psychiatric Screen: a brief psychiatric scale for hospitalized medical patients.
Psychosomatics.
2003
Academic Article
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Improving health behaviors and outcomes after angioplasty: using economic theory to inform intervention.
Health education research.
2002
Academic Article
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Times cited: 17 -
Problematic resident-patient relationships: the patient' s perspective.
Journal of general internal medicine.
2001
Academic Article
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Times cited: 20