A Collaborative Online International Learning Experience for Doctoral Nursing Students and Faculty From Three Countries: Reshaping the Educational Landscape.

The COVID-19 pandemic presented opportunities for educational innovations and the development of intercultural learning experiences. A global health assignment guided by a collaborative online international learning pedagogy was assigned to doctoral nursing students from three different countries. Icebreaker activities, along with the Culturally You diagram, commenced the team-building process.

Nurse practitioner model of care for the initiation of pre-exposure prophylaxis: A case series study.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to create and implement a nurse practitioner model of care in the initiation of a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) protocol with African American men who have sex with men (MSM).

Design: A case series design was used to implement the protocol for a nurse practitioner PrEP-based model of care.

Methods: The participatory, evidence-based, patient-focus process (PEPPA) framework and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Doctoral Essentials for Advanced Practice were aligned to guide the development, implementation, and evaluation of this advanced practice role in an urban medical clinic.

The Impact of Technology on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Needs.

The call for articles for the Special Issue "Using mobile technology to promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH)" was proposed to identify efforts to provide adolescent SRH services during the COVID-19 pandemic [...

A Comparison of the Process and Content of Sexual Communications Among African American Adolescent Children Living in Parent and Grandparent Headed Families.

Introduction: The process of parental sexual communication has been shown to delay the sexual debut of adolescents; however, few studies have focused on extended family members such as grandparents. The purpose of this study was to compare the process and content of sexual communications among African-American adolescent children living in parent or grandparent headed families.

Methods: A secondary analysis of two de-identified datasets from 80 African-American adolescents was conducted.

Mobile phone, social media usage, and perceptions of delivering a social media safer sex intervention for adolescents: results from two countries.

Rates of sexually transmitted infections among adolescents remain high in the United States and Botswana. Mobile phone density rates in Botswana exceed those of the United States. Yet, in both countries, safer sex information continues to be delivered primarily via face-to-face curricula such as and .

Self-care management strategies used by Black women who self-report consistent adherence to antihypertensive medication.

Background: Black women in the USA have the highest prevalence rate of hypertension (HTN) contributing to a higher risk of organ damage and death. Research has focused primarily on poorly controlled HTN, negative belief systems, and nonadherence factors that hinder blood pressure control. No known research studies underscore predominantly Black women who report consistent adherence to their antihypertensive medication-taking.

Examination of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Care Content in North Carolina Schools of Nursing.

Background: Nursing students require academic and clinical training in preparation for the increased demand for culturally competent care. One group that is in need of culturally knowledgeable health care providers is lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. The purpose of this study was to examine how LGBT health care content is integrated into North Carolina schools of nursing curricula and to examine the existence of specific LGBT policies.

Improving quality of life and decreasing readmissions in heart failure patients in a multidisciplinary transition-to-care clinic.

Objectives: The purpose was to pilot the feasibility and impact of a 4-week transition-to-care program on quality of life for heart failure patients.

Background: The transition from the acute care to the outpatient setting has been shown to be a critical time with heart failure patients.

Methods: A pre- and post-test design was used.

Using mobile technology to promote safe sex and sexual health in adolescents: current practices and future recommendations.

Youth and young adults (19-24 years of age) shoulder the burden of sexually transmitted infections accounting for nearly half of all new infections annually. Mobile technology is one way that we have reached this population with safer sex information but challenges exist with the delivery process. The literature between 2010 and 2015 was reviewed for data on safe sex and sexual health information delivered using mobile cell phone devices.

African American Transgender Women's Individual, Family, and Organizational Relationships: Implications for Nurses.

Guided by the relational cultural theory, we conducted a qualitative study to examine the relationship experiences of African American transgender women living in North Carolina. A convenience sample of 15 transgender women participated in the study. Semi-structured interviews, guided by an investigator-developed interview guide, were used to explore the personal experiences of transgender women on individual, family, and organizational levels.

Generational differences in the sexual communication process of African American grandparent and parent caregivers of adolescents.

Purpose: This study assessed generational differences in the sexual communication process between 40 African American parent and 40 grandparent caregivers of adolescent children.

Design And Methods: The study reports findings from a secondary analysis of data from two databases. The HIV Risk Reduction Survey was used to examine the sexual communication process.

Sexual communication needs of African American families in relation to faith-based HIV prevention.

In this study, we examined the sexual communication needs of African-American parents and their adolescent children in relation to faith-based HIV prevention. Eight focus groups of 10 members each were conducted, four with parents and four with adolescents. The sessions were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim.

Text-messaging-enhanced HIV intervention for African American adolescents: a feasibility study.

We examined the feasibility and acceptability of an HIV prevention intervention for African American adolescents delivered via mobile cell phones and looked at intervention-related changes in beliefs and sexual behaviors. We used a longitudinal one-group comparison design with data collected at three points. Forty adolescents, 13-18 years old, participated in the Becoming a Responsible Teen intervention followed by the delivery of daily multimedia messages for 3 months.

Adolescents' perceptions of a mobile cell phone text messaging-enhanced intervention and development of a mobile cell phone-based HIV prevention intervention.

Purpose: This study examined African American adolescents' perceptions of a mobile cell phone (MCP)-enhanced intervention and development of an MCP-based HIV prevention intervention.

Design And Methods: One focus group was conducted with 11 adolescents who participated in the Becoming a Responsible Teen Text Messaging project.

Results: Adolescents said they benefited from the MCP-enhanced approach and were receptive to the idea of developing an MCP-based intervention.

Receptivity of African American adolescents to an HIV-prevention curriculum enhanced by text messaging.

Purpose: This study assessed African American adolescents' receptivity to an HIV-prevention curriculum enhanced by text messaging.

Design And Methods: Two focus groups were conducted with 14 African American adolescents regarding how an HIV-prevention curriculum could be enhanced for text messaging delivery.

Results: The adolescents were receptive to the idea of text messaging HIV-prevention information but wanted to receive a maximum of three messages per day during the hours of 4:00-6:00 p.

The birds, the bees, and the Bible: single African American mothers' perceptions of a faith-based sexuality educaton program.

This exploratory study examined single mothers' ideas on the development of a faith-based sexuality program. Twenty African American single mothers with adolescent children (11 to 13 years of age) who were of the same faith and members of one church, participated in two focus groups about how a faith-based sexuality program could be designed and implemented. The findings call attention to the need for research on the design of faith-based sexuality education programs for ethnic minority families headed by single mothers.

African American grandfamilies' attitudes and feelings about sexual communication: focus group results.

Little attention has been given to the responsibilities that African American grandparent caregivers face when they assume the role of raising their grandchildren. One particularly challenging task of grandparent caregivers is communicating with their grandchildren about sexuality issues. This study therefore examined the sexual communications and attitudes and feelings toward these communications between African American grandparent caregivers and their adolescent grandchildren (11-13 years of age).

African American grandparents' and adolescent grandchildren's sexuality communication.

This exploratory study uses survey methodology to generate data on grandparent-grandchild sexuality communications and attitudes and feelings about these processes. The sample includes 40 African American grandparent- grandchild dyads for a total of 80 participants recruited from five churches. One open-ended question asks the participants about their willingness to use churches as venues in HIV prevention.

Adaptation of an HIV prevention curriculum for use with older African American women.

Although African American women over 50 years of age represent the fastest growing group with HIV infection, little attention has been given to their HIV risk reduction needs. This study adapted an HIV risk reduction curriculum for use with older African American women based on input from a sample of women from the target population. Four focus group interviews were conducted with 30 African American women from three churches regarding adaptation of the Sisters Informing Sisters on Topics about AIDS (SISTA) curriculum for older women and the feasibility of implementing the curriculum in a church setting.

Senior nursing students respond to an HIV experiential-teaching method with an African-American female.

This experimental study compared an HIV experiential-teaching method to the traditional lecture and discussion method to determine if one method was more likely to produce significant indications of senior nursing students' willingness and perceived preparedness to provide HIV-patient care to affected clients. The sample included 70 (N = 70) baccalaureate senior nursing students from one university. In this study, 35 (n = 35) students were randomized into either the experimental group or into the control lecture and discussion group (n = 351 Unlike the traditional lecture and discussion method, the experiential-teaching method entitled "To be Touched by AIDS" included an affective component with an African-American female who was an HIV-Positive intravenous drug user.