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Kenney MO, Knisely MR, McGill LS, Campbell C. Altered pain processing and sensitization in sickle cell disease: a scoping review of quantitative sensory testing findings. Pain Med 2024; 25:144-156. [PMID: 37815822 DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnad133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Over 50% of adults living with sickle cell disease (SCD) have chronic pain, but the underlying mechanisms of chronic pain in this population remain unclear. Quantitative sensory testing is an important measurement tool for understanding pain and sensory processing. This scoping review summarizes quantitative sensory testing methodologies used in sickle cell studies and the evidence for central sensitization in this population. METHODS We conducted a systematic search of PubMed, Embase, and CINAHL to identify studies using quantitative sensory testing in individuals living with sickle cell disease. Search strategies were based on variations of the terms "sickle cell disease," and "quantitative sensory testing." Eligible studies were observational or experimental studies in human participants living with SCD that reported findings and detailed methodology for at least 1 quantitative sensory testing modality. RESULTS Our search yielded a total of 274 records; 27 of which are included in this scoping review. Of the 27 studies, 17 were original studies (with combined total of 516 adult and 298 pediatric participants), and 10 were secondary or subgroup analyses of these prior studies. Significant variation existed in quantitative sensory testing methodologies across studies, including testing locations, type and intensity of stimuli, and interpretation of findings. Of the identified studies, 22% (2/9 studies) reported sensory abnormalities in mechanical sensitivity and thresholds, 22% (2/9 studies) reported abnormal pressure pain thresholds, 46% (6/13 studies) reported sensory abnormalities in thermal pain thresholds and tolerance (cold and warm), and 50% (2/4 studies) reported abnormalities in temporal summation. CONCLUSION Future studies should use standardized quantitative sensory testing protocols with consistent and operationalized definitions of sensitization to provide clear insight about pain processing and central sensitization in sickle cell disease.
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- Martha O Kenney
- Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, United States
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
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Pellegrini M, Chakravorty S, Del Mar Manu Pereira M, Gulbis B, Gilmour-Hamilton C, Hayes S, de Montalembert M, Inusa BPD, Colombatti R, Roy NB. Sickle cell disease: embedding patient participation into an international conference can transform the role of lived experience. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2023; 18:341. [PMID: 37908000 PMCID: PMC10619309 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-023-02951-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited chronic life-threatening disorder with increasing prevalence in Europe. People living with SCD in Europe mainly belong to vulnerable minorities, have a lower level of health education and suffer from isolation compared to those living with other chronic conditions. As a result, SCD patients are much less likely to partner in the design of research related to their condition and are limited in their ability to influence the research agenda. Aiming to increase the influence of patient voice in the development of SCD-related research, we set out to develop patient centered actions in the frame of International Scientific Conferences in collaboration with the ERN-EuroBloodNet, Oxford Blood Group, Annual Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassaemia Conference (ASCAT), the European Hematology Association and the British Society of Hematology. RESULTS Two events were organized: a one-day research prioritization workshop and a series of education sessions based on topics chosen by SCD patients and their families. Methodology and outcomes were analyzed in terms of influence on scientific, medical and patient communities. CONCLUSION The ERN-EuroBloodNet workshops with patients at annual ASCAT conferences have provided an opportunity to enhance patient experience and empowerment in SCD in Europe, producing benefits for patients, caregivers, patient associations and health professionals. Future work should focus on delivering the research questions identified at this workshop and the opportunities to share information for patient education.
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- Mariangela Pellegrini
- European Reference Network on Rare Hematological Disease, the ERN-EuroBloodNets, Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France.
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- European Reference Network on Rare Hematological Diseases, the ERN-EuroBloodNet, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute/Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- European Reference Network on Rare Hematological Diseases, the ERN-EuroBloodNet, Hôpital Erasme/LHUB-ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, England
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- European Reference Network On Rare Hematological Diseases, the ERN-EuroBloodNet, Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France
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- Paediatric Haematology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- European Network of Rare Hematological Diseases, the ERN-EuroBloodNetPediatric Hematology Oncology Unit, Department of Women's and Child's Health, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, England
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Baffoe-Bonnie MS. Lived experience with sickle cell disease: Predictors of altruistic participation in clinical research. Soc Sci Med 2022; 313:115353. [PMID: 36191388 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Researchers have found that research altruism motivates research participation, but little is known about what aspects of lived experience motivate this socially focused altruistic participation when participation emerges at the intersection of illness, identity, and injustice. This study examines adults living with sickle cell disease (n = 235) in the United States enrolled in the INSIGHTS clinical research study to investigate what aspects of the sickle cell disease lived experience, understood here as pain and illness perception, are associated with reporting subsidiary and primary altruistic motivations for participating in clinical research. Results from two binary logistic regressions indicate that pain frequency is positively associated with greater odds of reporting subsidiary altruistic motivations, and pain frequency and pain severity are positively associated with greater odds of citing primary altruistic motivations. Conversely, pain interference and illness perception are associated with lower odds of reporting primary altruistic motivations. These results reveal that for this racialized population, participation, although overwhelmingly altruistic, is rooted in an experience of persistent pain. Researchers must disentangle measures of lived experience in order to better understand what factors underlie and prevent participation.
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- Marilyn S Baffoe-Bonnie
- Rutgers University Department of Sociology, USA; National Institutes of Health Department of Bioethics, USA; National Human Genome Research Institute, Social and Behavioral Research Branch, Health Disparities Unit, USA.
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田 恩, 成 欣, 刘 银, 陈 建, 晁 志. [Analysis of volatile constituents and chemical relationship of cultivated and wild Angelica dahurica]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2022; 42:360-366. [PMID: 35426799 PMCID: PMC9010995 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2022.03.07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the volatile constituents and their contents in the roots of 5 cultivated Angelica dahurica and one wild A. dahurica and analyze the chemical relationship among the plants of A. dahurica. METHODS The essential oil was extracted from the roots of 5 cultivated plants of Angelica dahurica and one wild A. dahurica by water steam distillation. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was used to separate and identify all the volatile oil components in the extracts, and their relative contents were calculated with area normalization method. We also conducted clustering analysis and principal component analysis of the volatile oil components. RESULTS We identified a total of 81 compounds from the roots of the 6 plants of Angelica dahurica, including 27 in Chuanbaizhi (Angelica dahurica cv. 'Hangbaizhi'), 34 in Hangbaizhi (Angelica dahurica cv. 'Hangbaizhi'), 24 in Qibaizhi (Angelica dahurica cv. 'Qibaizhi'), 32 in Yubaizhi (Angelica dahurica cv.'Qibaizhi'), 28 in Bobahizhi (Angelica dahurica cv.'Qibaizhi'), and 34 in Xinganbaizhi (Angelica dahuirca). These compounds included, in the order of their relative contents (from high to low), alkanes, olefins, esters, organic acids and alcohols. Among the common components found in the roots of all the plants of A. dahurica, nonylcyclopropane, cyclododecane and hexadecanoic acid were identified as the volatile oil components that showed the highest relative contents. Clustering analysis of the volatile oil components showed that wild Angelica dahurica (Xing'anbaizhi) and the 5 cultivated Angelica dahurica (Chuanbaizhi, Hangbaizhi, Qibaizhi, Yubaizhi, Bobaizhi) could be divided into two groups, and the cultivated Angelica dahurica could be divided into two subgroups: Chuanbaizhi, Yubaizhi and Hangbahizhi were clustered in one subgroup, and Qibaizhi and Bobaizhi in another. The results of principal component analysis was consistent with those of clustering analysis. CONCLUSION The main volatile oil components and their contents vary among the 6 plants of A. dahurica. Nonylcyclopropane, cyclododecane and hexadecanoic acid are the most abundant volatile oil components in all the plants of A. dahurica, which can be divided into two clusters.
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- 恩伟 田
- 南方医科大学中医药学院,广东 广州 510515School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
- 南方医科大学珠江医院药剂科,广东 广州 510280Department of Pharmacy, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China
- 广东省中药制剂重点实验室,广东 广州 510515Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Pharmaceutics, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- 南方医科大学中医药学院,广东 广州 510515School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- 南方医科大学中医药学院,广东 广州 510515School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- 南方医科大学中医药学院,广东 广州 510515School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- 南方医科大学中医药学院,广东 广州 510515School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
- 南方医科大学珠江医院药剂科,广东 广州 510280Department of Pharmacy, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China
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Byrnes C, Botello-Harbaum M, Clemons T, Bailey L, Valdes K, Coleman-Cowger V. Process and strategies for patient engagement and outreach in the Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) community to promote clinical trial participation. J Natl Med Assoc 2022; 114:211-217. [PMID: 35093266 PMCID: PMC9058174 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnma.2022.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States. The Cure Sickle Cell Initiative (CureSCi) was created by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to improve the lives of people with SCD by accelerating the advancement of safe and promising genetic therapies, engaging the SCD community and healthcare providers, and encouraging collaboration among stakeholders. CureSCi is a collaborative, patient-focused research effort that includes patients at every level of the Initiative. Patient engagement is a key component, particularly during the development of clinical trials. OBJECTIVE To describe the processes and strategies utilized by the CureSCi to engage individuals living with SCD about genetic therapy clinical trials. METHODS The CureSCi Patient Engagement team conducted nine Community Outreach visits in 2019, each of which was structured to include separate group interviews with patients and medical providers. A set of guidance questions was developed for each audience and the interviews lasted approximately 60 minutes. RESULTS Patients were asked about their participation in a clinical trial, and approximately 50% had participated in a trial. SCD individuals reported trusting their medical provider to provide them with information relevant to trials. Medical providers emphasized the individual, family, and health aspects of SCD that warrant additional investigation. Providers reported barriers encountered by patients as transportation, childcare support, infertility, and trust in the healthcare system. CONCLUSION Lessons learned from the community have helped to influence recommendations for clinical trial design and key messaging development for the Cure Sickle Cell Initiative.
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Ezenwa MO, Yao Y, Mandernach MW, Fedele DA, Lucero RJ, Corless I, Dyal BW, Belkin MH, Rohatgi A, Wilkie DJ. A Stress and Pain Self-management m-Health App for Adult Outpatients with Sickle Cell Disease (RADIANCE Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Study (Preprint). JMIR Res Protoc 2021; 11:e33818. [PMID: 35904878 PMCID: PMC9377464 DOI: 10.2196/33818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background This paper describes the research protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a self-management intervention for adults diagnosed with sickle cell disease (SCD). People living with SCD experience lifelong recurrent episodes of acute and chronic pain, which are exacerbated by stress. Objective This study aims to decrease stress and improve SCD pain control with reduced opioid use through an intervention with self-management relaxation exercises, named You Cope, We Support (YCWS). Building on our previous findings from formative studies, this study is designed to test the efficacy of YCWS on stress intensity, pain intensity, and opioid use in adults with SCD. Methods A randomized controlled trial of the short-term (8 weeks) and long-term (6 months) effects of YCWS on stress, pain, and opioid use will be conducted with 170 adults with SCD. Patients will be randomized based on 1:1 ratio (stratified on pain intensity [≤5 or >5]) to be either in the experimental (self-monitoring of outcomes, alerts or reminders, and use of YCWS [relaxation and distraction exercises and support]) or control (self-monitoring of outcomes and alerts or reminders) group. Patients will be asked to report outcomes daily. During weeks 1 to 8, patients in both groups will receive system-generated alerts or reminders via phone call, text, or email to facilitate data entry (both groups) and intervention use support (experimental). If the participant does not enter data after 24 hours, the study support staff will contact them for data entry troubleshooting (both groups) and YCWS use (experimental). We will time stamp and track patients’ web-based activities to understand the study context and conduct exit interviews on the acceptability of system-generated and staff support. This study was approved by our institutional review board. Results This study was funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health in 2020. The study began in March 2021 and will be completed in June 2025. As of April 2022, we have enrolled 45.9% (78/170) of patients. We will analyze the data using mixed effects regression models (short term and long term) to account for the repeated measurements over time and use machine learning to construct and evaluate prediction models. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the study was modified to allow for mail-in consent process, internet-based consent process via email or Zoom videoconference, devices delivered by FedEx, and training via Zoom videoconference. Conclusions We expect the intervention group to report reductions in pain intensity (primary outcome; 0-10 scale) and in stress intensity (0-10 scale) and opioid use (Wisepill event medication monitoring system), which are secondary outcomes. Our study will contribute to advancing the use of nonopioid therapy such as guided relaxation and distraction techniques for managing SCD pain. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04484272; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04484272 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) PRR1-10.2196/33818
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- Miriam O Ezenwa
- Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, UCLA School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Department of Family, Community, and Health System Science, University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- School of Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Profressions, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- College of Medicine, University of Florida-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, United States
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- College of Medicine, University of Florida-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, United States
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- Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville, FL, United States
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Graham KL, Paun O, Stillerman A. The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Cognition in African American Older Adults: An Integrated Literature Review. Res Gerontol Nurs 2021; 14:265-272. [PMID: 34542345 DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20210825-04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The current integrative literature review examined the existing evidence on the connection between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and cognitive changes in African American older adults. Using the Covidence platform, several databases were searched, resulting in 266 publications dated 2008-2020. Ten articles met inclusion criteria and were reviewed. Findings indicate that four ACEs (physical, sexual, and verbal abuse, and low socioeconomic status) are associated with impaired cognition in African American older adults. Four gaps were identified: lack of (a) older adult participants in research investigating original and expanded ACEs; (b) exclusively African American samples of participants in studies examining the relationship between ACEs and cognition; (c) consensus about what specific ACEs contribute to changes in cognition in older adults; and (d) information about successful interventions created to prevent and mitigate the effects of ACEs in older adults. This review provides a synthesis of the limited evidence on the effects of ACEs on cognition among other outcomes. Findings on the effects of ACEs on African American older adults' cognition are limited, thus making a compelling case for further investigating the role of childhood adversity in the disparity of cognitive changes in African American communities. [Research in Gerontological Nursing, 14(5), 265-272.].
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Mitchell J, Perry T, Rorai V, Ilardo J, Lichtenberg PA, Jackson JS. Building and Sustaining a Community Advisory Board of African American Older Adults as the Foundation for Volunteer Research Recruitment and Retention in Health Sciences. Ethn Dis 2020; 30:755-764. [PMID: 33250622 DOI: 10.18865/ed.30.s2.755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Older African Americans' participation in health-related research is severely limited; they are not involved in sufficient numbers to ensure the applicability of advancements in medical and behavioral health. This research participation gap exacerbates older African Americans' vulnerability to poor health outcomes and disparities. The Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research employs a progressive community-based participatory model that utilizes a structured community advisory board (CAB) of African American older adults in metro Detroit, Michigan to oversee the research recruitment and retention of fellow minority older adult research participants. CAB members develop and support community health programming that provides free resources to older adults and also serves as fertile ground for recruiting participants in a volunteer research registry. CAB members are also provided ongoing training on social and behavioral health research and are supported in acting as a consultancy to outside researchers where they can be compensated for their expertise and engagement. This community-engaged model of sustaining a CAB of African American older adults offers key lessons learned on building relationships and trust, valuing and leveraging community members' expertise and time, sharing decision-making, and fostering genuine community all while promoting research recruitment and retention among underserved populations.
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- Jamie Mitchell
- School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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- Healthier Black Elders Center and the Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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- Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Lansing, MI
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- Institute of Gerontology and Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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- Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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