Journal of Sleep Disorders & Therapy
Open Access

Department of Informatics and Health Data Science. Center for Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA

Publications

• Research Article   
  Strategies to Engage Blacks in Sleep Medicine: Lessons Learned from Three Studies Applying Community-Based Participatory Research Principles
  Author(s): April Rogers, Alicia Chung, Azizi Seixas, Debbie Chung, Ferdinand Zizi and Girardin Jean-Louis*
  
  Introduction: Awareness, assessment and treatment of sleep apnea are disproportionately lower among Blacks, compared to other racial/ethnic groups. To address this health disparity gap, communication strategies that connect Blacks to OSA education, detection and treatment adherence interventions are needed. Strategies that engage individuals through communication technologies, community-level social network support, and medical providers in clinical settings are also needed. We present lessons learned from three studies that offer these solutions using a community-engaged research model: The Metabolic Syndrome Outcome Study (MetSO), Peer-enhanced Education to Reduce Sleep Ethnic Disparities (PEERS-ED), and Tailored Approach to Sleep Health Education (TASHE), to capture program effectiveness and lessons learned from project successes and failures... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0277.23.12.442

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