PhD, University of Michigan MS, University of Michigan MSN, Grand Valley State University BSN, University of Illinois at Chicago BA, University of Illinois at Chicago Funding: Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at Iowa, pilot 12/1/2010-12/31/2012, $14,738 Exercise and White Matter Hyperintensities, Implications for Vascular Depression Role: PI Individual National Research Service Award Grant #1F31NR010669-01, 9/1/08-5/20/09, $24,401 National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health Physical Activity in Relation to Depressive Symptoms in Black U.S. Adults Role: PI
Articles
Psychometric properties of the center for epidemiologic studies depression scale in African-American and Black Caribbean adults, Issues in Mental Health Nursing (2012)
A 12-item version of the 20-item Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) Scale was not validated...
A systematic review of strategies that increase the recruitment and retention of African American adults in genetic and genomic studies (with V. A. Johnson, Y. M. Powell-Young, and I. J. Spruill), ABNF Journal (2011)
Background: The National Institutes of Health mandates the inclusion of ancestrally diverse populations into federally...
Sports/exercise in relation to depressive symptoms in Black US adults: Gender & ethnic differences (with K. A. Gretebeck, C. M. Sampselle, D. L. Ronis, and H. W. Neighbors), Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (2010)
Neighborhood factors relevant for walking in older, urban, African American adults (with N. A. Gallagher, K. A. Gretebeck, J. C. Robinson, S. L. Murphy, and K. K. Martyn), Journal of Aging and Physical Activity (2010)
Focus-group and photo-voice methodology were used to identify the salient factors of the neighborhood environment...
Physical activity effects on depressive symptoms in Black adults (with C. M. Sampselle, K. A. Gretebeck, D. L. Ronis, and H. W. Neighbors), Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice (2010)
Objectives: Randomized trials found physical activity (PA) effective in decreasing depressive symptoms. Few studies included...