Ana-Maria Vranceanu
Biographic Data
| ID | 105562 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ana-Maria Vranceanu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ana-Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Vranceanu |
| SIGNATURE | VRÂNCEANU A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Lessons Learned from Community-Based Participatory Research
Introduction: Black participants, especially older adults, remain underrepresented in clinical research due to longstanding barriers, including systemic racism within the health care system and resulting mistrust of medical and research institutions. Methods: Using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) framework, this paper identifies facilitators and barriers for recruiting older Black adults into a community-based exercise study, emph…
A Qualitative Analysis of Multi-level Influences on Chronic Pain among Spanish-speaking Older Latino Adults in a Community Clinic in the United States
Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity Among Black Older Adult Parishioners
Pushed to Their Limits”
Older adults from underserved backgrounds experience chronic pain at a rate of 60% to 75%. Pharmacological treatments have limited efficacy and involve considerable risks. Mind-body interventions hold promise to improve pain outcomes but are typically not implemented in community clinics in which they are needed most, thus contributing to health disparities in chronic pain treatment. We conducted qualitative focus groups and interviews with 20 pr…
Association of Osteoarthritis and Functional Limitations With Cognitive Impairment Among Older Adults in the United States
Objective: Given overlapping pathophysiology, this study sought to assess the association between osteoarthritis (OA), functional impairment, and cognitive impairment in the aging population. Methods: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey was used to identify participants >60 years of age. We analyzed multivariable associations of grouped participants that underwent cognitive function testing using linear and logistic regression, a…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury Across the Continuum of Care
BACKGROUND: There is a growing body of evidence on racial and ethnic disparities within traumatic brain injury (TBI) care. The aim of this paper was to conduct a narrative review of the literature, demonstrating how racial and ethnic disparities manifest across the full spectrum of the TBI experience in civilian populations: injury, acute care and diagnosis, post-TBI recovery and adjustment, and long-term outcomes. METHODS: We searched five elect…
No One Truly Understands What We Go through and How to Treat It”
Findings can help inform training programs and psychoeducation that target patient-provider communication to improve patient-reported outcomes, the quality of care delivered, and health care utilization and costs
The Stony Brook Health Enhancement Program
This article describes the development of a manualized, eight-session multiple health behavior change program which addresses sleep, exercise, nutrition, substance use, and working with one's healthcare team. Our goal was to design a structured, evidence-based program that could be facilitated by a single health professional and could act as an active, credible control for mind-body intervention studies. Psychoeducational content was adapted from…
Child multi-type maltreatment and associated depression and PTSD symptoms
Socioeconomic Status, Resources, Psychological Experiences, and Emotional Responses
The current study used ecological momentary assessment to test several tenets of the reserve capacity model (L.C. Gallo & K. A. Matthews, 2003). Women (N = 108) with varying socioeconomic status (SES) monitored positive and negative psychosocial experiences and emotions across 2 days. Measures of intrapsychic and social resources were aggregated to represent the reserve capacity available to manage stress. Lower SES was associated with less perce…
Socioeconomic Status, Resources, Psychological Experiences, and Emotional Responses
The current study used ecological momentary assessment to test several tenets of the reserve capacity model (L.C. Gallo & K. A. Matthews, 2003). Women (N = 108) with varying socioeconomic status (SES) monitored positive and negative psychosocial experiences and emotions across 2 days. Measures of intrapsychic and social resources were aggregated to represent the reserve capacity available to manage stress. Lower SES was associated with less perce…
Socioeconomic Status, Resources, Psychological Experiences, and Emotional Responses
The current study used ecological momentary assessment to test several tenets of the reserve capacity model (L.C. Gallo & K. A. Matthews, 2003). Women (N = 108) with varying socioeconomic status (SES) monitored positive and negative psychosocial experiences and emotions across 2 days. Measures of intrapsychic and social resources were aggregated to represent the reserve capacity available to manage stress. Lower SES was associated with less perce…
Child multi-type maltreatment and associated depression and PTSD symptoms
The Stony Brook Health Enhancement Program
This article describes the development of a manualized, eight-session multiple health behavior change program which addresses sleep, exercise, nutrition, substance use, and working with one's healthcare team. Our goal was to design a structured, evidence-based program that could be facilitated by a single health professional and could act as an active, credible control for mind-body intervention studies. Psychoeducational content was adapted from…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury Across the Continuum of Care
BACKGROUND: There is a growing body of evidence on racial and ethnic disparities within traumatic brain injury (TBI) care. The aim of this paper was to conduct a narrative review of the literature, demonstrating how racial and ethnic disparities manifest across the full spectrum of the TBI experience in civilian populations: injury, acute care and diagnosis, post-TBI recovery and adjustment, and long-term outcomes. METHODS: We searched five elect…
No One Truly Understands What We Go through and How to Treat It”
Findings can help inform training programs and psychoeducation that target patient-provider communication to improve patient-reported outcomes, the quality of care delivered, and health care utilization and costs
Association of Osteoarthritis and Functional Limitations With Cognitive Impairment Among Older Adults in the United States
Objective: Given overlapping pathophysiology, this study sought to assess the association between osteoarthritis (OA), functional impairment, and cognitive impairment in the aging population. Methods: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey was used to identify participants >60 years of age. We analyzed multivariable associations of grouped participants that underwent cognitive function testing using linear and logistic regression, a…
Pushed to Their Limits”
Older adults from underserved backgrounds experience chronic pain at a rate of 60% to 75%. Pharmacological treatments have limited efficacy and involve considerable risks. Mind-body interventions hold promise to improve pain outcomes but are typically not implemented in community clinics in which they are needed most, thus contributing to health disparities in chronic pain treatment. We conducted qualitative focus groups and interviews with 20 pr…
Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity Among Black Older Adult Parishioners
Lessons Learned from Community-Based Participatory Research
Introduction: Black participants, especially older adults, remain underrepresented in clinical research due to longstanding barriers, including systemic racism within the health care system and resulting mistrust of medical and research institutions. Methods: Using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) framework, this paper identifies facilitators and barriers for recruiting older Black adults into a community-based exercise study, emph…
A Qualitative Analysis of Multi-level Influences on Chronic Pain among Spanish-speaking Older Latino Adults in a Community Clinic in the United States
Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Health care (4 works) · Psychological intervention (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Focus group (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Physical therapy (3 works)