2024
Perceptions of Care and Perceived Discrimination: A Qualitative Assessment of Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease
Crusto C, Kaufman J, Harvanek Z, Nelson C, Forray A. Perceptions of Care and Perceived Discrimination: A Qualitative Assessment of Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease. Journal Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities 2024, 1-10. PMID: 39227547, DOI: 10.1007/s40615-024-02153-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSickle cell diseaseHealth care providersExperiences of adultsDiagnosis of sickle cell diseaseExperiences of discriminationAssessment of adultsCare providersExperiences of biasPublic health concernTertiary medical centerThematic analysisFocus groupsPoor communicationCell diseaseOutpatient clinicTeaching hospitalPerceived discriminationMedical CenterHealth concernAverage ageParticipantsCareEthnic groupsProvidersHealthReporting Perinatal Substance Use to Child Protective Services: Obstetric Provider Perspectives on the Impact on Care
Kaufman J, Yonkers K, Maltz C, Friedhoff C, Tobon A, Mele A, Tessier-Kay M, Grechukhina O, Lipkind H, Byatt N, Forray A. Reporting Perinatal Substance Use to Child Protective Services: Obstetric Provider Perspectives on the Impact on Care. Journal Of Women's Health 2024, 33: 1501-1508. PMID: 38770764, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2023.0822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpioid use disorderProvider perspectiveKey informant interviewsCPS involvementNurse practitionersAffect careObstetric patientsCareInformant interviewsPostpartum patientsReporting requirementsCPS reportsProvidersContent analysisPerinatal individualsUse disorderSocial workersThematic areasPatientsFearNursesMandated reportersObstetriciansPostpartumStaff
2017
A randomized controlled trial of screening and brief interventions for substance misuse in reproductive health
Martino S, Ondersma SJ, Forray A, Olmstead TA, Gilstad-Hayden K, Howell HB, Kershaw T, Yonkers KA. A randomized controlled trial of screening and brief interventions for substance misuse in reproductive health. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2017, 218: 322.e1-322.e12. PMID: 29247636, PMCID: PMC6896206, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.12.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnhanced usual care groupPrimary substance useUsual care groupUsual careBrief interventionTreatment useSubstance useCare groupSubstance misuseReproductive health settingsEnhanced usual careTrial of screeningDays/monthMonths of useGeneralized estimation equationsCoprimary outcomesPrescription medicationsReproductive centerHealthcare centersPregnancy statusHealth settingsReferralReproductive healthMean daysCare
2016
Substance use during pregnancy
Forray A. Substance use during pregnancy. F1000Research 2016, 5: f1000 faculty rev-887. PMID: 27239283, PMCID: PMC4870985, DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.7645.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrenatal substance useSubstance useCurrent therapeutic optionsPublic health concernCritical public health concernFetal outcomesFetal consequencesPsychiatric comorbidityTherapeutic optionsPrenatal useFetal healthPsychosocial interventionsPolysubstance usePregnancyExisting treatmentsHealth concernIllicit substancesContingency managementCannabisComorbiditiesOpioidsTobaccoRecent literatureCare