selected publications
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academic article
- Paper 3: a systematic review of definitions for "racial health equity" and related terms within health-related articles.. Journal of clinical epidemiology. -. 2024
- Retirement preparedness: A study of gender, marital status, and motivation factors by using a theory of planned behavior model.. Journal of Women & Aging. 37:43-55. 2024
- The Need to Appear Healthy: Concealment of Chronic Illness, Privacy, and Self-Sufficiency Among Chronically Ill Older Nigerians.. Innovation in aging. 8:-. 2023
- A historical review of pain disparities research: Advancing toward health equity and empowerment.. Nursing Outlook. 71:-. 2023
- Sociocultural and Economic Disparities in Physical Therapy Utilization Among Insured Older Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis. The Journal of Rheumatology. 2023
- Discrimination and Hypertension Among Older African Americans and Caribbean Blacks: The Moderating Effects of John Henryism.. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. 77:2049-2059. 2022
- The Intersection of Pain Outcomes and Social Isolation Among African Americans.. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. 9:1905-1911. 2021
- Cross-Sectional Examination of Musculoskeletal Pain and Physical Function in a Racially and Socioeconomically Diverse Sample of Adults.. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 76:368-377. 2021
- Examining the Association of Pain and Financial Hardship Among Older Men by Race in the United States. American Journal of Men's Health. 2021
- Variability of Pain Outcomes and Physical Activity Among a Diverse Sample of Older Men: Is It More Than Just Race?. Gerontology & geriatric medicine. -. 2019
- Health behaviors and related disparities of insured adults with a health care provider in the United States, 2015-2016.. Preventive medicine. 42-49. 2019
- Pain and Hardship Among Older Men: Examining the Buffering Effect of Medicare Insurance Coverage.. American journal of men's health. 12:1439-1449. 2018
- Association of multiple chronic conditions and pain among older black and white adults with diabetes mellitus.. BMC geriatrics. 17:-. 2017
- A Question of Trust: Does Mistrust or Perceived Discrimination Account for Race Disparities in Advance Directive Completion?. Innovation in aging. 1:-. 2017
- Where There's a Will: The Link Between Estate Planning and Disparities in Advance Care Planning by White and Black Older Adults.. Research on aging. 40:281-302. 2017
- Predictors of perceived vulnerability to cancer diagnoses among adult Black males.. Journal of Health Psychology. 24:1676-1686. 2017
- The Influence of Pain Severity and Interference on Satisfaction with Pain Management among Middle-Aged and Older Adults.. Pain research & management. -. 2016
- Identifying factors of psychological distress on the experience of pain and symptom management among cancer patients.. BMC psychology. 4:-. 2016
- The Relationship between Pain, Disability, and Sex in African Americans.. Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses. 17:294-301. 2016
- Race Differences in Advance Directive Completion.. Journal of aging and health. 29:324-342. 2016
- Beyond Race and Gender: Measuring Behavioral and Social Indicators of Pain Treatment Satisfaction in Older Black and White Cancer Patients.. Gerontology & geriatric medicine. -. 2016
- Influence of Social and Health Indicators on Pain Interference With Everyday Activities Among Older Black and White Cancer Patients.. Gerontology & geriatric medicine. -. 2016
- Marketing a Healthy Mind, Body, and Soul: An Analysis of How African American Men View the Church as a Social Marketer and Health Promoter of Colorectal Cancer Risk and Prevention.. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education. 43:452-60. 2015
- Unresolved Pain Interference among Colorectal Cancer Survivors: Implications for Patient Care and Outcomes.. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 16:1410-25. 2015
- Reconceptualizing successful aging among black women and the relevance of the strong black woman archetype.. The Gerontologist. 55:51-7. 2014
- The relation between diabetes self-efficacy and psychological distress among older adults: do racial and ethnic differences exist?. Journal of aging and health. 27:320-33. 2014
- Intrarace group variability in characteristics of self-reported pain and sleep difficulty in older African Americans with arthritis.. Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society. 26:171-7. 2014
- Sleep behaviors in older African American females reporting nonmalignant chronic pain: understanding the psychosocial implications of general sleep disturbance.. Journal of women & aging. 26:113-26. 2014
- Satisfaction with pain treatment in older cancer patients: Identifying variants of discrimination, trust, communication, and self-efficacy.. Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. 15. 2013
- Experience and knowledge of pain management in patients receiving outpatient cancer treatment: what do older adults really know about their cancer pain?. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 15:52-60. 2013
- Sexual activity and body image: examining gender variability and the influence of psychological distress in cancer patients.. Journal of gender studies. 22:409-422. 2013
- The influence of personality on reported pain and self-efficacy for pain management in older cancer patients.. Journal of health psychology. 19:1261-70. 2013
- Certified nursing assistants' perspectives of nursing home residents' pain experience: communication patterns, cultural context, and the role of empathy.. Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses. 15:87-96. 2012
- Heritability of arthritis in African American twins: findings from the Carolina African American Twins Study of Aging.. Journal of the National Medical Association. 104:436-40. 2012
- Disparities and social inequities: is the health of African American women still in peril?. Ethnicity & disease. 20:304-9. 2010
- Are behavioral interventions for arthritis effective with minorities? Addressing racial and ethnic diversity in disability and rehabilitation.. Arthritis and rheumatism. 59:1512-8. 2008
- Explaining the relationship between pain and depressive symptoms in African-American and white women with arthritis.. Journal of the National Medical Association. 100:996-1003. 2008
- Racial differences in arthritis-related stress, chronic life stress, and depressive symptoms among women with arthritis: a contextual perspective.. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 63:S320-7. 2008
- Factors influencing chronic pain intensity in older black women: examining depression, locus of control, and physical health.. Journal of women's health (2002). 17:869-78. 2008
- Photovoice: use of a participatory action research method to explore the chronic pain experience in older adults.. Qualitative health research. 16:1405-13. 2006
- Physical functioning in older blacks: an exploratory study identifying psychosocial and clinical predictors.. Journal of the National Medical Association. 98:1114-20. 2006
- Chronic pain in older Black Americans: the influence of health and psychosocial factors.. Ethnicity & disease. 15:179-86. 2005
- Intrarace differences among black and white americans presenting for chronic pain management: the influence of age, physical health, and psychosocial factors.. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 6:29-38. 2005