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 groupsProvidersHealthPreventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education: A Framework for Prevention Science Program Development
Crusto C, Hooper L, Arora I. Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education: A Framework for Prevention Science Program Development. Journal Of Prevention 2024, 45: 501-520. PMID: 38613725, PMCID: PMC11271342, DOI: 10.1007/s10935-024-00780-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrevention programsPrevent sexual harassmentEvidence of effectivenessSexual harassmentEffective prevention programsInstitutions of higher educationEmpirical evidence of effectivenessPublic health concernIntermediate-term effectsPreventive interventionsEffective interventionsCultural competencePrevention scienceAlarming prevalenceHealth concernProgram developmentProblem of sexual harassmentEffects of sexual harassmentPrevention
2022
Epigenome‐wide association study of BMI in Black populations from InterGEN and GENOA
Taylor J, Huang Y, Zhao W, Wright M, Wang Z, Hui Q, Potts‐Thompson S, Barcelona V, Prescott L, Yao Y, Crusto C, Kardia S, Smith J, Sun Y. Epigenome‐wide association study of BMI in Black populations from InterGEN and GENOA. Obesity 2022, 31: 243-255. PMID: 36479596, PMCID: PMC10107734, DOI: 10.1002/oby.23589.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObesity-associated conditionsSignificant public health concernAssociation of BMIPeripheral blood samplesLinear mixed-effects regression modelsBlack populationPublic health concernMixed-effects regression modelsBlack womenCross-sectional analysisEpigenome-wide DNA methylationIllumina EPIC BeadChipDevelopment of diseaseCardiometabolic disordersDiscovery cohortBlood samplesBMIHigh incidenceEarly onsetGENOA studyObesityHealth concernCohortDNAm sitesDNA methylation