2024
Healthy immigrant community study protocol: A randomized controlled trial of a social network intervention for cardiovascular risk reduction among Hispanic and Somali adults
Wieland M, Molina L, Goodson M, Capetillo G, Osman A, Ahmed Y, Elmi H, Nur O, Iteghete S, Torres-Herbeck G, Dirie H, Clark M, Lohr A, Smith K, Zeratsky K, Rieck T, Herrin J, Valente T, Sia I. Healthy immigrant community study protocol: A randomized controlled trial of a social network intervention for cardiovascular risk reduction among Hispanic and Somali adults. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2024, 138: 107465. PMID: 38309526, PMCID: PMC10923143, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLife's Simple 7Social network interventionsHealth promotionCardiovascular risk factorsCardiovascular risk reductionAmerican Heart Association's Life's Simple 7Health promotion interventionsPhysical activity levelsNetwork interventionsStepped wedge cluster randomized designReducing cardiovascular risk factorsCluster randomized trialStepped wedge cluster randomized trialNegative health behaviorsCluster randomized designRisk factorsHealthy weight lossRisk reductionRandomized controlled trialsImmigrant populationPromotion interventionsSomali adultsHealth behaviorsSomali immigrant communityWaist circumference
2020
Community factors and hospital wide readmission rates: Does context matter?
Spatz ES, Bernheim SM, Horwitz LI, Herrin J. Community factors and hospital wide readmission rates: Does context matter? PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0240222. PMID: 33095775, PMCID: PMC7584172, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240222.Peer-Reviewed Original Research