Carole Bowe Thompson

Biographic Data

ID83874
NAMECarole Bowe Thompson
GIVEN NAMESCarole Bowe
FAMILY NAMEThompson
SIGNATURETHOMPSON C B
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City
ORCID0000-0001-6633-3906
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS17
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Exploring Participant Perspectives on Implementation and Sustainment of Taking It to the Pews

    Chavon Hamilton-Burgess, Jannette Berkley-Patton et al.ARTICLEAIDS Education2026

    African American faith institutions can play a key role in increasing HIV education and testing in communities disproportionately burdened by HIV. This focus group study explored church participant perspectives of a religiously tailored HIV education and testing intervention implemented through a clustered, randomized controlled trial with 14 African American churches in Kansas City. Focus group participants from intervention churches emphasized …

  • Effects of a Faith-Based, Multilevel Intervention on HIV-Related Stigma and HIV Knowledge Among African American Church-Affiliated Populations

    Open AccessKathryn P Derose, Jannette Berkley-Patton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2025

    BACKGROUND: HIV-related stigmas contribute to HIV disparities, which faith-based organizations could address, but few studies have measured faith-based HIV intervention effects on HIV-related stigmas. METHODS: Taking It to the Pews (TIPS) is a multilevel, religiously tailored HIV prevention intervention developed and implemented with faith leaders. Over 12 months, trained church health liaisons implemented the TIPS Toolkit (e.g., HIV sermon guide…

  • HIV Testing in African American Churches

    Open AccessJannette Berkley-Patton, Carole Bowe Thompson et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    To examine effects of a multilevel, religiously-tailored HIV testing intervention, Taking It to the Pews (TIPS), on receipt of HIV testing with African American church-affiliated populations, 14 African American churches (N = 1,491) were randomized to TIPS or a multilevel, non-tailored HIV education attention-control arm in a cluster-randomized trial (Kansas City urban area, 2013 to 2019). Receipt of an HIV test was examined using objective data …

  • Impacts of zero-fare transit policy on health and social determinants

    Open AccessAmanda Grimes, Jannette Berkley-Patton et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Population-level efforts are needed to increase levels of physical activity and healthy eating to reduce and manage chronic diseases such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes. Interventions to increase public transit use may be one promising strategy, particularly for low-income communities or populations of color who are disproportionately burdened by health disparities and transportation barriers. This study employs a natural…

  • The Importance of Community-Based and Community-Partnered Covid-19 Testing for Reducing Disparities Among African American Populations

    Open AccessChavon Hamilton-Burgess, Jannette Berkley-Patton et al.ARTICLEHealth Equity2024

    Background: Health inequalities in African American communities have been further exacerbated by COVID-19. Public health departments and other safety-net providers across the United States have partnered with community-based organizations to address barriers to COVID-19 testing in disproportionately impacted communities. This narrative review summarizes lessons learned from published examples of these community-based COVID-19 testing efforts. Met…

  • Have a Little Faith

    Jannette Berkley-Patton, Carole Bowe Thompson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2024Cited by: 1References: 17

    Have a Little Faith: Overcoming Pandemic-Related Challenges to Designing and Implementing a COVID-19 Testing Trial in African American Churches, an article from American Journal of Public Health, Vol 114 Issue S5

  • Covid-19 Testing in African American Churches Using a Faith–Health– Academic Partnership

    Jannette Berkley-Patton, Robert P O'Reilly et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2022Cited by: 3References: 7

    Increasing access to COVID-19 testing in influential, accessible community settings is needed to address COVID-19 disparities among African Americans. We describe COVID-19 testing intervention approaches conducted in Kansas City, Missouri, African American churches via a faith–health–academic partnership. Trained faith leaders promoted COVID-19 testing with church and community members by implementing multilevel interventions using a tailored too…

  • A Multilevel Diabetes and CVD Risk Reduction Intervention in African American Churches

    Open AccessJannette Berkley-Patton, Carole Bowe Thompson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2020Cited by: 2References: 38

  • HIV Risk and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Physician-Advised HIV Testing

    Open AccessK Christensen, Jannette Berkley-Patton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2020References: 34

  • Feasibility and Outcomes of an HIV Testing Intervention in African American Churches

    Open AccessJannette Berkley-Patton, Jannette Y Berkley-Patton et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018

  • Examining Church Capacity to Develop and Disseminate a Religiously Appropriate HIV Tool Kit with African American Churches

    Open AccessJannette Berkley-Patton, Carole Bowe Thompson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2012Cited by: 11References: 3