2024
Supporting diversity in clinical trials: the equitable breakthroughs in medicine site maturity model
Harris T, Nunez-Smith M, Suttiratana S, Fretz S, Leonard S, Linnander E, Curry L. Supporting diversity in clinical trials: the equitable breakthroughs in medicine site maturity model. Trials 2024, 25: 764. PMID: 39543751, PMCID: PMC11566401, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08594-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial determinants of healthQuantitative self-report dataDeterminants of healthCommunity engagementHealth care providersRepresentation of diverse populationsSelf-reported dataSocial determinantsCare providersContent validityPotential participantsClinical trial capabilitiesClinical trial diversityDiverse populationsInclusion of diverse participantsClinical trialsAssessment of capabilitiesTrial infrastructureDiverse participantsU.S. sitesClinical researchAbstract BackgroundParticipantsDiversity effortsStructural assessment
2020
Toward Reducing Health Information Inequities in the Caribbean: Our Experience Building a Participatory Health Informatics Project.
Wang K, Hambleton I, Linnander E, Marenco L, Hassan S, Kumara M, Fredericks LE, Harrigan S, Hasse TA, Brandt C, Nunez-Smith M. Toward Reducing Health Information Inequities in the Caribbean: Our Experience Building a Participatory Health Informatics Project. Ethnicity & Disease 2020, 30: 193-202. PMID: 32269461, PMCID: PMC7138447, DOI: 10.18865/ed.30.s1.193.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth information systemsInformation systemsSharing of dataData infrastructureHealth informatics projectsDisparate sourcesExperience buildingInformatics projectsInformatics approachInformation inequitiesTransdisciplinary Collaborative CenterPrecision medicinePrecision medicine approachSharingInfrastructureHealth disparitiesMedicine approachSystemHealth of peoplePotential mechanismsTechnologyCollaborative CenterIntegrationData
2011
Self-management among patients living with diabetes in the United States Virgin Islands.
Nunez MA, Yarandi H, Nunez-Smith M. Self-management among patients living with diabetes in the United States Virgin Islands. Journal Of Health Care For The Poor And Underserved 2011, 22: 271-83. PMID: 21317521, PMCID: PMC3140693, DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnited States Virgin IslandsCultural nuancesCultural contextVirgin IslandersRecurrent themesU.S. territoriesU.S. mainlandQualitative analysisSelf-management knowledgeSelf-management practicesSpecific challengesVirgin IslandsSelf-management behaviorsSelf-administered questionnaireSpecific needsDiabetes epidemicMedical homeHome interviews