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The Smell of Success
What if a simple scratch-and-sniff test could predict successful outcomes from psychosocial interventions for people with schizophrenia? That’s the primary question we are asking in a NIMH-funded study linked to Project SUCCESS, which is titled, “ What the Nose Knows: Hedonic Capacity, Psychosocial...
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We're grateful for the support we've received and are actively seeking new opportunities. Awarded Grants: Harvard Catalyst KL2/K12 NIA T32 from Hebrew SeniorLife
Discrimination Is Associated with Elevated Cardiovascular Disease Risk among African Immigrants in the African Immigrant Health Study.
Turkson-Ocran, Ruth-Alma N, Sarah L Szanton, Lisa A Cooper, Sherita H Golden, Rexford S Ahima, Nancy Perrin, and Yvonne Commodore-Mensah. 2020. “Discrimination Is Associated With Elevated Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among African Immigrants in the African Immigrant Health Study.”. Ethnicity & Disease 30 (4): 651-60.
Not missing the opportunity: Strategies to promote cultural humility among future nursing faculty.
Hughes, Vickie, Sabianca Delva, Manka Nkimbeng, Erin Spaulding, Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, Joycelyn Cudjoe, Athena Ford, Cynda Rushton, Rita D’Aoust, and Hae-Ra Han. 2020. “Not Missing the Opportunity: Strategies to Promote Cultural Humility Among Future Nursing Faculty.”. Journal of Professional Nursing : Official Journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing 36 (1): 28-33.
Randomized Trials of Nurse-Delivered Interventions in Weight Management Research: A Systematic Review.
Francis, Lucine Petit, Erin Spaulding, Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, and Jerilyn Allen. 2017. “Randomized Trials of Nurse-Delivered Interventions in Weight Management Research: A Systematic Review.”. Western Journal of Nursing Research 39 (8): 1120-50.
Association Between the Composite Cardiovascular Risk and mHealth Use Among Adults in the 2017-2020 Health Information National Trends Survey: Cross-Sectional Study.
Chen, Yuling, Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, Binu Koirala, Patricia M Davidson, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, and Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb. 2024. “Association Between the Composite Cardiovascular Risk and MHealth Use Among Adults in the 2017-2020 Health Information National Trends Survey: Cross-Sectional Study.”. Journal of Medical Internet Research 26: e46277.
Female Recruitment Into Cardiovascular Disease Trials.
Wu, Yingfei, Anagha Prasanna, Hailey N Miller, Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, Anna Peeler, Stephen P Juraschek, Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, and Timothy B Plante. 2023. “Female Recruitment Into Cardiovascular Disease Trials.”. The American Journal of Cardiology 198: 88-91.
Rationale and Design of the Groceries for Black Residents of Boston to Stop Hypertension Among Adults Without Treated Hypertension (GoFresh) Trial.
Turkson-Ocran, Ruth-Alma N, Jennifer L Cluett, Stephanie L Fitzpatrick, Kristen M Kraemer, Kathy McManus, Kenneth J Mukamal, Roger B Davis, et al. 2023. “Rationale and Design of the Groceries for Black Residents of Boston to Stop Hypertension Among Adults Without Treated Hypertension (GoFresh) Trial.”. American Journal of Hypertension 36 (5): 256-63.