An experiential Cardiovascular Health Education Program for African American College Students.

Objective: To pilot test a culturally specific and developmentally appropriate curriculum for African-American college students that included self and family assessment to increase awareness of their risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Methods: Students were recruited from a historically Black university to participate in small group workshops focusing to increase their knowledge of their family history of CVD as well as reducing CVD risks. Focus groups were conducted to determine the effectiveness and ways to improve to the intervention.

Nurses' Patient-Centeredness and Perceptions of Care among Medicaid Patients in Hospital Obstetrical Units.

Objective. This study examined to what degree patient-centeredness-measured as an underlying ability of obstetrical nurses-influenced Medicaid patients' satisfaction with care in hospital obstetrical units. Design.