Publications by authors named "C S Patten"
Neuromusculoskeletal injuries including osteoarthritis, stroke, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury affect roughly 19% of the U.S. adult population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: African Americans have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, leading to higher cardiovascular disease mortality than White adults. Our culturally tailored mobile health (mHealth) lifestyle intervention () has previously demonstrated efficacy in promoting ideal cardiovascular health in African Americans.
Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis from a cluster randomized controlled trial among African-Americans from 16 churches in Minnesota that compared the to a delayed intervention control group.
Background: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities experience higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease and related chronic conditions compared to White communities due to disparities in tobacco exposure. Smoking can be effectively treated but evidence-based treatments are less likely to be offered to or used by BIPOC patients. We present the study protocol of the Smoking Cessation Outreach for Racial Equity (SCORE) trial that tests the effect of adding longitudinal care coordination to current standard of care for smoking cessation to promote health equity among BIPOC patients.
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- The study investigates digital access interventions designed to enhance engagement with an online smoking cessation program among rural adults, who generally have lower access to such resources.
- A pilot trial involved 90 rural smokers aged 18 and older, where participants were randomized into three groups: a control group with print materials, a group with a loaner iPad, and a group with the iPad plus coaching calls.
- Results indicated no significant differences in overall engagement among groups, but the group receiving coaching showed greater improvements in smoking cessation outcomes and had positive feedback about the intervention.
Background: African-American (AA) women are less likely to achieve ideal cardiovascular (CV) health compared with women of other racial/ethnic subgroups, primarily due to structural and psychosocial barriers. A potential psychosocial construct relevant to ideal CV health is the superwoman schema (SWS).
Purpose: We explored whether the SWS was associated with perceived stress, CV risk factors, and overall CV health among AA women.