Pilot Studies
   
 
Pilot Study # 1
 
Menopause and Midlife Health Risks: Black Women's Views
   
 
Howard University
Yale University
 
Coralease Ruff, DNSc, RN, CS,Co-PI
Ivy M. Alexander, Ph.D, C-ANP, PI
 
Charmaine Mckee, Co-PI
Mary E. Rousseau, RN, MS, CNM,
Co-PI
   
Kathleen White, Co-PI
     
 
The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions and experiences of black women in transition to menopause. Menopausal symptoms and midlife health risk management strategies used by urban black women will be assessed. This study will also explore health risks black women associate with midlife, such as cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis.

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Pilot Study # 2
  
Colorectal Cancer Self-Management in African Americans
 
Howard University
Yale University
Pauline M. Green, Ph.D, RN, PI
Ruth McCorkle, RN, Ph.D, F.A.A.N,
Co-PI
Beatrice Adderley-Kelly, Ph.D, RN, Co-PI  
 
The purpose of this study is to determine the colorectal cancer knowledge, perceptions and screening barriers of African Americans age 50 and above. This study will further determine the extent to which screening may be attributed to demographic, sociopsychological, and structural variables.
 
Pilot Study # 3
Diversity, Poverty and Management of Severe Asthma
 
Howard University
Yale University
Deborah Schiavone, DNS, APRN, BC,
Co-PI
Karel Koenig, FNP, NP-C, Ph.D,
PI
 
The purpose of this preliminary study is to investigate the understanding of asthma and family asthma management practices in low-income African-American and Latino families of infants and toddlers with severe persistent asthma following admission to an inner-city hospital.
 
Pilot Study #4
Self- Management in African American Women with Diabetes
 
Howard University
Yale University
Mamie Montague, Ph.D, FNP-C, F.A.A.N, PI
Gail, Melkus, Ed.D, C-ANP,
Co-PI
 
Deborah Chyun, RN, M.S.N, Ph.D, Co-PI
 
The purpose of this study is to describe self-efficacy outcome expectancies, locus of control and self-management and glycemic control in African American women with T2DM. This study will also determine the relationships among self-efficacy, locus of control and self- management.
 
Pilot Study #5
Preparing at Risk Youth for Success
 
Howard University
Yale University
Elissa Emerson, Ph.D, RN, CS-P, FNP, PI
Lawrence Scahill, RN, M.S.N, M.P.H,
Co-PI
 
The purpose of this study is to determine the affects of Social Skills Training (SST) in increasing resiliency and decreasing disruptive behavior in youth. Youth participants will be assessed, treated and evaluated in an after school program to evaluate behavior change and learning. This intervention seeks to break the cycle of risk-taking behaviors in pre adolescent youth.
 
Pilot Study #6
Factors that Influence African American Women’s Breast Cancer Experience
 
Howard University
Yale University
Pier A. Broadnax, Ph.D, RN, M.S.N, PI
Tish Knobf, Ph.D, F.A.A.N, Co-PI
 
This purpose of this study is to build on and extend upon past work by addressing factors related to the decision to seek treatment following diagnosis and the possible reasons for delay in initiating treatment by African American women with breast cancer.
     
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