Giselle Corbie-Smith
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 113186 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Giselle Corbie-Smith |
| PRENOMES | Giselle |
| SOBRENOME | Corbie-Smith |
| ASSINATURA | CORBIE-SMITH G |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0737-6775 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 59 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 147 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 59 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1999 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Racial disparities in stroke incidence in the Women's Health Initiative
The distribution and association of stroke risk factors differed between NHAA and NHW women. There is a clear need for stroke prevention strategies that address factors driving racial disparities in stroke risk
Association of neighborhood-level sociodemographic factors with Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) distribution of Covid-19 rapid antigen tests in 5 US communities
Our findings suggest that online ordering is not associated with geospatial clustering based on sociodemographic characteristics. Observed temporal preferences for DTC ordering can guide public health messaging around DTC testing programs
Say Yes! Covid Test
This paper describes a robust health communication campaign that supported Say Yes! COVID Test, the first National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored initiative promoting community-wide, at-home, rapid antigen testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. The primary goals of the health communication campaign were to promote awareness of the program among local residents, facilitat…
Leadership Development to Advance Health Equity
Enduring questions about equity are front and center at this watershed moment in health care and public health. Inequities that became evident in the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 have highlighted long-standing disparities in health by race and ethnicity. Current crises require examining and reorienting the systems that have, for decades, produced these health inequities; yet, public health and health care leaders are inadequately prepared to respond…
Using a most significant change approach to evaluate learner-centric outcomes of clinical scholars leadership training program
BACKGROUND: Most significant change (MSC) analysis is an evaluative method used to supplement outcome and impact program evaluations. MSC stories provide mini-narratives contextualizing the effect a program had on an individual. The Clinical Scholars program evaluation team used MSC to explore learner-centric leadership outcomes of the Clinical Scholars leadership training program. PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH: To identify thematic outcomes of trainee…
Community Health Worker Training Curricula and Intervention Outcomes in African American and Latinx Communities
In recent years, community health workers (CHWs) have emerged as key stakeholders in implementing community-based public health interventions in racially diverse contexts. Yet little is known about the extent to which CHW training curriculums influence intervention effectiveness in marginalized racial and ethnic minority communities. This review summarizes evidence on the relationship between CHW training curricula and intervention outcomes condu…
A descriptive pilot study of structural and functional social network ties among women in the women’s health initiative (WHI) study
Few studies examine the network structure and function of older women's health discussion networks. We sought to assess the feasibility and acceptability of collecting social network data via telephone from 72 women from the Women's Health Initiative study and to describe structural and functional characteristics. Women were socially connected and had dense networks. Women were emotionally close to network members, but their networks were not use…
Vaccine Hesitancy Is a Scapegoat for Structural Racism
Vaccine hesitancy and mistrust of medicine and science dominate current discourse around disparities in who is currently receiving COVID-19 vaccines, a potentially lifesaving prevention strategy. 2] The underlying condition of structural racism is a significant contributor
At-home testing to mitigate community transmission of Sars-CoV-2
This is the first large-scale, public health intervention implementing rapid, at-home SARS-CoV-2 self-testing in the United States. The program consists of a novel combination of an at-home testing program, a broad communications and community engagement strategy, an ecological study to assess impact, and a research substudy of the behavioral aspects of testing. The findings from the SYCT project will provide insights into innovative methods to m…
The significant places of African American adults and their perceived influence on cardiovascular disease risk behaviors
As we seek to improve cardiovascular interventions for rural AA in the American South, it will be important to further assess the effect of significant places beyond place of residence. Strategies which leverage or modify behavioral influences within person-defined significant places may improve the reach and effectiveness of behavioral lifestyle interventions
Refining Black men’s depression measurement using participatory approaches
Findings from this study illustrate the similar and divergent pathways in which Black men express depressed mood. Furthermore, concept mapping results also yield a novel opportunity for culturally informed scale development in future research
Sars-CoV-2 testing in North Carolina
SARS-CoV-2 testing data in North Carolina during the first three months of the state's COVID-19 pandemic were analyzed to determine if there were disparities among intersecting axes of identity including race, Latinx ethnicity, age, urban-rural residence, and residence in a medically underserved area. Demographic and residential data were used to reconstruct patterns of testing metrics (including tests per capita, positive tests per capita, and t…
Understanding African American youth and adult perspectives on sex education in rural North Carolina
African American youth in the US rural South are at elevated risk for poor sexual health outcomes, including sexually transmitted infections and teen pregnancy. Historically, the southeastern USA has lagged behind in providing comprehensive sexuality-based education in secondary school, which may contribute to poor reproductive and sexual health outcomes. This study aims to understand the perspectives of African American youth and adults on compr…
Convergence Despite Divergence
The strong agreement among stakeholders on these broad, aspirational ethical statements can help guide partnerships toward ethical decisions and actions. Continued research about variability among stakeholders' ethics perspectives is needed to bolster the capacity of CEnR to contribute to health equity
Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Cardiovascular Health Intervention for Rural African Americans in the Southeast
Intervention mapping integrated with principles of CBPR is an efficient and flexible process for adapting a comprehensive and culturally appropriate lifestyle EBI for a rural AA community context
Connecting Dots to Bridge the Health Disparities Gap
AffiliationsGiselle Corbie-Smith, Stephanie M. Hoover, and Gaurav Dave are with the Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Giselle Corbie-Smith and Gaurav Dave are also with the Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Medical Mistrust, Racism, and Delays in Preventive Health Screening Among African-American Men
The contribution of medical mistrust to healthcare utilization delays has gained increased public health attention. However, few studies examine these associations among African-American men, who delay preventive healthcare more often and report higher levels of medical mistrust than non-Hispanic White men. Additionally, studies rarely account for other factors reportedly working in tandem with medical mistrust to increase African-American men's …
Heart Matters
Clinical Trials, NCT02707432 . Registered 13 March 2016
Where Is the Community Dimension in the Updated Common Rule
We believe this is necessary to effectively and efficiently conduct the types of research that will ultimately rectify health inequities that continue to exist in many communities, but particularly communities of color
Defining and Measuring Community Engagement and Community-Engaged Research
Although definitions of community engagement differ among CTSAs, there seem to be more similarities than differences in the indicators and measures tracked and reported on across all definitions, perhaps owing to commonalities among program infrastructures and goals. Metrics will likely need to be specific to translational research stages. The assessment of community engagement within translational science will require increased institutional com…
Defining and Measuring Community Engagement and Community-Engaged Research
Defining and Measuring Community Engagement and Community-Engaged Research: Clinical and Translational Science Institutional Practices Milton “Mickey” Eder, PhD, Eunbyul Evans, PhD, Melanie Funes, PhD, Hui Hong, Katja Reuter, PhD, Syed Ahmed, MD, MPH, DrPH, Karen Calhoun, Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, Gaurav Dave, MD, DrPH, MPH, Mia DeFino, MS, Eileen Harwood, PhD, Anne Kissack, MPH, RD, Lawrence C. Kleinman, MD, MPH, and Nina Wallerstein, DrPH …
How Does Pubertal Development Impact Caregiver-Adolescent Communication About Sex in Rural, African American Families? An Examination of Mediation Effects
This study examined the relationship between pubertal development and type of caregiver-adolescent communication about sex (CACS) among 441 African American caregivers participating in an intervention trial in rural North Carolina. We assessed CACS about general sexual health topics and positive aspects of sexuality. Caregivers’ attitudes and self-efficacy for CACS, and open communication style were examined as potential mediators. Caregivers eng…
Predictors of Caregiver Communication About Reproductive and Sexual Health and Sensitive Sex Topics
Numerous studies examining parent-teen communication about sex (PTCS) have focused on reproductive and sexual health information (i.e., pregnancy, physical development, contraception), with significantly fewer addressing communication about sensitive sex topics (i.e., sexual pleasure, masturbation). This study compares predictors of communication about reproductive and sexual health to those of sensitive sex topics with early adolescents. Partici…
Community Advisory Boards Guiding Engaged Research Efforts within a Clinical Translational Sciences Award
Identifying key contextual domains was relatively easy, despite differences in the respective CAB's condition of focus, overall mission, or patient demographics represented. By contextualizing these five domains, other research and community partners can take an informed approach to move forward with CAB planning and engaged research
Adolescents and parental caregivers as lay health advisers in a community-based risk reduction intervention for youth
The purpose of the current study is to describe the demographic, behavioral, and psychosocial characteristics of adolescent and caregiver lay health advisers (LHAs) participating in an intervention designed to reduce risk behaviors among rural African-American adolescents. Teach One, Reach One integrates constructs from the Theory of Planned Behavior and Social Cognitive Theory. It acknowledges that changing the sexual behaviors of African-Americ…
Medical Mistrust, Racism, and Delays in Preventive Health Screening Among African-American Men
The contribution of medical mistrust to healthcare utilization delays has gained increased public health attention. However, few studies examine these associations among African-American men, who delay preventive healthcare more often and report higher levels of medical mistrust than non-Hispanic White men. Additionally, studies rarely account for other factors reportedly working in tandem with medical mistrust to increase African-American men's …
When you got nothing to do, you do somebody
Integrating Systems Science and Community-Based Participatory Research to Achieve Health Equity
Unanswered questions about racial and socioeconomic health disparities may be addressed using community-based participatory research and systems science. Community-based participatory research is an orientation to research that prioritizes developing capacity, improving trust, and translating knowledge to action. Systems science provides research methods to study dynamic and interrelated forces that shape health disparities. Community-based parti…
Beyond Incentives for Involvement to Compensation for Consultants
Leveraging CE expertise and compensating them for their role benefits both university and community. Creating a place for community expertise within academia is an important step toward equitably including the community in research
Silent Endurance and Profound Loneliness
We explored how community responses to HIV contribute to distress in African Americans living with HIV in the rural South of the United States. We listened to the voices of community members through focus groups and African Americans with HIV through interviews. Community avoidance of HIV, negative views of HIV, and discriminatory behavior powerfully affected the distress of people living with HIV (PLWH). Ongoing distress, coupled with limited su…
Research Expectations Among African American Church Leaders in the PRAISE! Project
Objectives. This study sought to examine the expectations and satisfaction of pastors and lay leaders regarding a research partnership in a randomized trial guided by community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods. Methods. Telephone and self-administered print surveys were administered to 78 pastors and lay leaders. In-depth interviews were conducted with 4 pastors after study completion. Results. The combined survey response rate was 65%…
If I Could in a Small Way Help”
Human genome research depends upon participants who donate genetic samples, but few studies have explored in depth the motivations of genetic research donors. This mixed methods study examines telephone interviews with 752 sample donors in a U.S. genetic epidemiology study investigating colorectal cancer. Quantitative and qualitative results indicate that most participants wanted to help society, and that many also wanted information about their …
Defining and Measuring Community Engagement and Community-Engaged Research
Although definitions of community engagement differ among CTSAs, there seem to be more similarities than differences in the indicators and measures tracked and reported on across all definitions, perhaps owing to commonalities among program infrastructures and goals. Metrics will likely need to be specific to translational research stages. The assessment of community engagement within translational science will require increased institutional com…
Condom Use Self-Efficacy Among Younger Rural Adolescents
This study examines the role of condom use knowledge and attitudes, and parent-teen communication about sex and relationship quality on reports of condom use self-efficacy among rural, African American youth. Participants were 465 North Carolinian youth (10-14 years). Results indicated that greater condom use self-efficacy was predicted by greater knowledge of condom use (β = .206; p p p p < .05). There was low agreement between parents and youth…
Community Advisory Boards Guiding Engaged Research Efforts within a Clinical Translational Sciences Award
Identifying key contextual domains was relatively easy, despite differences in the respective CAB's condition of focus, overall mission, or patient demographics represented. By contextualizing these five domains, other research and community partners can take an informed approach to move forward with CAB planning and engaged research
Across the Miles
CABs can make a critical difference in conducting culturally appropriate and successful research in rural communities
Family Discussions About Contraception And Family Planning
Parent-adolescent communication interventions should improve contraceptive knowledge, help parents understand the harmful effects of gender biases in information dissemination, and provide mothers and fathers with communication skills tailored to enhance the role they play in their adolescents' sexual development
In Their Own Voices
BACKGROUND: The HIV epidemic is a major public health problem in the United States, particularly among rural African American adolescents and young adults. OBJECTIVES: We sought to explore young, rural African American’s perspectives about key programmatic components to consider when designing youth-targeted, community-based HIV prevention interventions. METHODS: We report data from four focus groups with adolescents and young adults aged 16 to 2…
Predictors of Caregiver Communication About Reproductive and Sexual Health and Sensitive Sex Topics
Numerous studies examining parent-teen communication about sex (PTCS) have focused on reproductive and sexual health information (i.e., pregnancy, physical development, contraception), with significantly fewer addressing communication about sensitive sex topics (i.e., sexual pleasure, masturbation). This study compares predictors of communication about reproductive and sexual health to those of sensitive sex topics with early adolescents. Partici…
Data Collection and Management in Community Engaged Research
Background: Data collection and data management (DCDM) within community-engaged research (CEnR) requires special considerations that differ from those of traditional research. To date, little guidance exists to preemptively help community–academic partnerships anticipate and resolve DCDM issues that may arise. Objective: We sought to provide recommendations for DCDM based on two CEnR research projects. Methods: We used a case study design to desc…
Community-Based HIV Clinical Trials
These findings support calls for more relevant, translational, and engaged research. An integrated approach may be an important innovation to transform the research enterprise to meet these goals and more directly improve the health of individuals
Sars-CoV-2 testing in North Carolina
SARS-CoV-2 testing data in North Carolina during the first three months of the state's COVID-19 pandemic were analyzed to determine if there were disparities among intersecting axes of identity including race, Latinx ethnicity, age, urban-rural residence, and residence in a medically underserved area. Demographic and residential data were used to reconstruct patterns of testing metrics (including tests per capita, positive tests per capita, and t…
Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Cardiovascular Health Intervention for Rural African Americans in the Southeast
Intervention mapping integrated with principles of CBPR is an efficient and flexible process for adapting a comprehensive and culturally appropriate lifestyle EBI for a rural AA community context
Building Capacity in Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships Through a Focus on Process and Multiculturalism
The process and capacity building model provides a common language, approach, and toolset to understand differences and the dynamics of inequity. These tools can be used by other partnerships in the conduct of research to achieve health equity
Developing a Research Agenda for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in High-Risk Rural Communities
The National Institutes of Health convened a workshop to engage researchers and practitioners in dialogue on research issues viewed as either unique or of particular relevance to rural areas, key content areas needed to inform policy and practice in rural settings, and ways rural contexts may influence study design, implementation, assessment of outcomes, and dissemination. Our purpose was to develop a research agenda to address the disproportion…
Community-Responsive Research Priorities
Tapping into an established community-based network and linking researchers to community-identified priorities ensures that NC TraCS addresses the most pressing health needs of North Carolina's residents
When Older African American Women Are Affected by Violence in the Home
A growing body of work has begun to recognize that the problem of older women affected by family violence (FV) deserves special consideration. Because risk and protective factors for FV can vary by social and cultural context, it is imperative that more focused attention be paid to vulnerable populations such as older African American women. This article reports on the results of a qualitative inquiry into individual, dyadic, and community-level …
Attitudes and beliefs of african americans toward participation in medical research
Distrust, Race, and Research
BACKGROUND: Investigators have voiced concerns that distrust of research and the medical community impedes successful recruitment of African Americans into clinical research. OBJECTIVES: To examine possible differences in distrust by race and to determine to what extent other sociodemographic factors explain any racial differences in distrust. METHODS: We analyzed data from 527 African American and 382 white respondents of a national telephone su…
Research Expectations Among African American Church Leaders in the PRAISE! Project
Objectives. This study sought to examine the expectations and satisfaction of pastors and lay leaders regarding a research partnership in a randomized trial guided by community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods. Methods. Telephone and self-administered print surveys were administered to 78 pastors and lay leaders. In-depth interviews were conducted with 4 pastors after study completion. Results. The combined survey response rate was 65%…
What Can the Elderly Do to Protect Themselves From the Flu in Addition to Getting a Flu Vaccination
In their article “Racial/Ethnic Differences in Influenza Vaccination Coverage,” Egede and Zheng highlighted the fact that, even though flu vaccine use has improved over time, racial/ethnic inequalities continue to persist. Blacks are less likely than Whites to be vaccinated, particularly in the age group 65 years and older.1 Furthermore, the authors emphasized greater patient–provider communication to improve vaccination rates among Black America…
Public Willingness to Participate in and Public Opinions About Genetic Variation Research
Scientists are turning to genetic variation research in hopes of addressing persistent racial/ethnic disparities in health. Despite ongoing controversy, the advancement of genetic variation research is likely to produce new knowledge and technologies that will substantially change the ways in which we understand and value health. They also may affect the ways in which individuals and groups organize socially, politically, and economically. Addres…
Differences in Access to Outpatient Medical Care for Black and White Adults in the Rural South
OBJECTIVES: We compared black and white adults in the rural South on multiple indicators of access to outpatient medical care and assessed whether any differences might be explained by group differences in socioeconomic situations or proximity to medical resources. DESIGN: Cross-sectional telephone survey. SUBJECTS: Survey respondents were 1237 black and 2158 white adults from 113 rural counties in 6 southern states. MEASURES: Blacks and whites w…
A Conceptual Framework for Hispanic Oral Health Care
The need to study the health and health care determinants of US Hispanics is mandated by their rapid population growth. Nonetheless, it is challenging to study such a diverse population that incorporates many similarities and differences in values and experiences. This paper aims to highlight the factors that should be considered in Hispanic oral health research in the United States, and presents, in a theoretical framework, the relationships bet…
In Their Own Voices
When designing HIV/AIDS prevention interventions, targeting young people, it is important to form academic-community partnerships that ensure young people's perspectives are integral to the intervention development process
In Their Own Voices
BACKGROUND: The HIV epidemic is a major public health problem in the United States, particularly among rural African American adolescents and young adults. OBJECTIVES: We sought to explore young, rural African American’s perspectives about key programmatic components to consider when designing youth-targeted, community-based HIV prevention interventions. METHODS: We report data from four focus groups with adolescents and young adults aged 16 to 2…
When Older African American Women Are Affected by Violence in the Home
A growing body of work has begun to recognize that the problem of older women affected by family violence (FV) deserves special consideration. Because risk and protective factors for FV can vary by social and cultural context, it is imperative that more focused attention be paid to vulnerable populations such as older African American women. This article reports on the results of a qualitative inquiry into individual, dyadic, and community-level …
Masculinity, Medical Mistrust, and Preventive Health Services Delays Among Community-Dwelling African-American Men
Family Discussions About Contraception And Family Planning
Parent-adolescent communication interventions should improve contraceptive knowledge, help parents understand the harmful effects of gender biases in information dissemination, and provide mothers and fathers with communication skills tailored to enhance the role they play in their adolescents' sexual development
Developing a Family-Based Diabetes Program for Latino Immigrants
This study examined barriers and facilitators to diabetes self-management among Latino immigrants with diabetes and whether similarities and differences were observed by gender. Eight focus groups were conducted with 24 women and 21 men Latinos; four focus groups involved women only and four involved men only. Themes were identified using a combined deductive/inductive approach and an iterative process of consensus coding. Gender similarities and…
If I Could in a Small Way Help”
Human genome research depends upon participants who donate genetic samples, but few studies have explored in depth the motivations of genetic research donors. This mixed methods study examines telephone interviews with 752 sample donors in a U.S. genetic epidemiology study investigating colorectal cancer. Quantitative and qualitative results indicate that most participants wanted to help society, and that many also wanted information about their …
Silent Endurance and Profound Loneliness
We explored how community responses to HIV contribute to distress in African Americans living with HIV in the rural South of the United States. We listened to the voices of community members through focus groups and African Americans with HIV through interviews. Community avoidance of HIV, negative views of HIV, and discriminatory behavior powerfully affected the distress of people living with HIV (PLWH). Ongoing distress, coupled with limited su…
When you got nothing to do, you do somebody
Evaluation of Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma (Alma)
Acceptability of a Mobile Health Unit for Rural HIV Clinical Trial Enrollment and Participation
Community-Based HIV Clinical Trials
Background-Although racial and ethnic minorities have disproportionately high rates of HIV infection, these groups are underrepresented in HIV-related clinical trials. This illustrates the need for more innovation in attempts to engage underrepresented populations in calls for interdisciplinary and translational research
Community-Based HIV Clinical Trials
These findings support calls for more relevant, translational, and engaged research. An integrated approach may be an important innovation to transform the research enterprise to meet these goals and more directly improve the health of individuals
Community-Responsive Research Priorities
Tapping into an established community-based network and linking researchers to community-identified priorities ensures that NC TraCS addresses the most pressing health needs of North Carolina's residents
A Qualitative Study of Rural Black Adolescents’ Perspectives on Primary STD Prevention Strategies
Adolescents try to reduce their STD risk, but do so by using ineffective practices. Promoting primary prevention strategies requires helping adolescents to identify opportunities to successfully employ these strategies
Beyond Incentives for Involvement to Compensation for Consultants
Leveraging CE expertise and compensating them for their role benefits both university and community. Creating a place for community expertise within academia is an important step toward equitably including the community in research
Developing a Research Agenda for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in High-Risk Rural Communities
The National Institutes of Health convened a workshop to engage researchers and practitioners in dialogue on research issues viewed as either unique or of particular relevance to rural areas, key content areas needed to inform policy and practice in rural settings, and ways rural contexts may influence study design, implementation, assessment of outcomes, and dissemination. Our purpose was to develop a research agenda to address the disproportion…
Participating in Research
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