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Implementing Evidence-Based Practices (EBP)

News: March 20, 2024

Participating in Project SUCCESS enabled our Certified Community Behavioral Health Center to pilot one of the two evidence-based practices (EBP) the project compares. Here, we share a few of the implementation facilitators, barriers, and strategies we believe most influenced the delivery of the...

Commentary: Engaging African Immigrants in Research Experiences and Lessons from the Field.

Publication: Journal Article

Commodore-Mensah, Yvonne, Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, Nwakaego A Nmezi, Manka Nkimbeng, Joycelyn Cudjoe, Danielle S Mensah, Sarah York, et al. 2019. “Commentary: Engaging African Immigrants in Research Experiences and Lessons from the Field.”. Ethnicity & Disease 29 (4): 617-22.

Empowering Nurses to Lead Efforts to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Risk: Tools for Global Impact.

Publication: Journal Article

Commodore-Mensah, Yvonne, Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, and Cheryl R Dennison Himmelfarb. 2019. “Empowering Nurses to Lead Efforts to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Risk: Tools for Global Impact.”. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 34 (5): 357-60.

Hypertension, overweight/obesity, and diabetes among immigrants in the United States: an analysis of the 2010-2016 National Health Interview Survey.

Publication: Journal Article

Commodore-Mensah, Yvonne, Elizabeth Selvin, Jonathan Aboagye, Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, Ximin Li, Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, Rexford S Ahima, and Lisa A Cooper. 2018. “Hypertension, Overweight/Obesity, and Diabetes Among Immigrants in the United States: An Analysis of the 2010-2016 National Health Interview Survey.”. BMC Public Health 18 (1): 773.

Effects of the DASH diet and losartan on serum urate among adults with hypertension: Results of a randomized trial.

Publication: Journal Article

Castilla-Ojo, Noelle, Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, Paul R Conlin, Lawrence J Appel, Edgar R Miller, and Stephen P Juraschek. 2023. “Effects of the DASH Diet and Losartan on Serum Urate Among Adults With Hypertension: Results of a Randomized Trial.”. Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 25 (10): 915-22.

Trends in Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Five High-Volume Medical Centers.

Publication: Journal Article

Juraschek, Stephen P, Natalie A Bello, Alexander R Chang, Jennifer L Cluett, Karen A Griffin, Alan Hinderliter, Kenneth J Mukamal, et al. 2023. “Trends in Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Five High-Volume Medical Centers.”. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 80 (8): e131-e133.

Migration-Related Weight Changes among African Immigrants in the United States.

Publication: Journal Article

Byiringiro, Samuel, Binu Koirala, Tiwaloluwa Ajibewa, Eric K Broni, Xiaoyue Liu, Khadijat Adeleye, Ruth-Alma N Turkson-Ocran, et al. 2022. “Migration-Related Weight Changes Among African Immigrants in the United States.”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 (23).

Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Women of Child-Bearing Age With Hypertension From 2009 to 2014.

Publication: Journal Article

Kovell, Lara C, Benjamin Maxner, Sravya Shankara, Stephenie C Lemon, Sharina D Person, Tiffany A Moore Simas, Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, David D McManus, and Stephen P Juraschek. 2022. “Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Women of Child-Bearing Age With Hypertension From 2009 to 2014.”. American Journal of Hypertension 35 (8): 694-98.

The Cardiometabolic Health of African Immigrants in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.

Publication: Journal Article

Mensah, Danielle, Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, Ruth-Alma N Turkson-Ocran, Chioma Onuoha, Samuel Byiringiro, Nwakaego A Nmezi, Ivy Mannoh, Elisheva Wecker, Ednah N Madu, and Yvonne Commodore-Mensah. 2022. “The Cardiometabolic Health of African Immigrants in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 (13).

Disparities in cardiometabolic risk profiles and gestational diabetes mellitus by nativity and acculturation: findings from 2016-2017 National Health Interview Survey.

Publication: Journal Article

Ogunwole, Michelle, Ruth-Alma N Turkson-Ocran, Ellen Boakye, Andreea A Creanga, Xiaobin Wang, Wendy L Bennett, Garima Sharma, Lisa A Cooper, and Yvonne Commodore-Mensah. 2022. “Disparities in Cardiometabolic Risk Profiles and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Nativity and Acculturation: Findings from 2016-2017 National Health Interview Survey.”. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care 10 (1).