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 groupsProvidersHealth
2022
COVID-19 Traumatic Disaster Appraisal and Stress Symptoms Among Health Care Workers
Olson K, Fogelman N, Maturo L, Alvarado J, Ball S, Forray A, Hu M, Ivy M, Kapo J, Krystal J, Mayes L, Rohrbaugh R, Southwick S, Tebes J, Wassel B, Sinha R. COVID-19 Traumatic Disaster Appraisal and Stress Symptoms Among Health Care Workers. Journal Of Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2022, 64: 934-941. PMID: 35959912, PMCID: PMC9640251, DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002673.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care workersCare workersChronic mental healthCross-sectional evaluationTotal Worker HealthAdverse psychological outcomesPredictive factorsSevere stress eventsResponse rateCare qualityMental healthAdverse effectsPrivate practitionersHigh levelsWorkers' healthSense of controlStress symptomsPsychological outcomesLevel of educationGreater proportionHealthPandemicStress eventsSymptomsWorkers
2020
Mobile Applications to Help Women Achieve Better Behavioral Health in the Postpartum Period
Foster D, Forray A. Mobile Applications to Help Women Achieve Better Behavioral Health in the Postpartum Period. 2020, 325-335. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190218058.013.28.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBetter behavioral healthBehavioral healthEvidence-based treatmentsSocial connectednessSocial supportTranstheoretical modelPersonalized interventionsHealth Belief ModelSocial processesTheoretical perspectivesCurrent interventionsHealth behaviorsPerinatal womenBelief ModelMobile technologySmoking cessationInterventionUser characteristicsProgram developmentTreatment deliveryPostpartum healthHealthAvoidanceConnectednessPostpartum period