Cheryl L Holt
Biographic Data
| ID | 136845 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cheryl L Holt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cheryl L |
| FAMILY NAME | Holt |
| SIGNATURE | HOLT C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 43 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 182 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 43 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Assessing Capacity of Faith-Based Organizations for Health Promotion Activities
Background. Faith-based organizations (FBOs) are important venues for health promotion, particularly in medically underserved communities. These organizations vary considerably in their structural capacities, which may be linked to variability in implementation success for health promotion initiatives. Lacking an existing validated assessment of organizational capacity specific to FBOs, an initial prototype assessment was developed. Method. The F…
Positive and negative religious coping styles as prospective predictors of well-being in African Americans
Research on religious coping has proliferated in recent years, but many key questions remain, including the independent effects of positive and negative religious coping styles on well-being over time. Further, little research on religious coping styles has been conducted with African Americans in spite of their documented importance in this population. The present study examined the independent prospective effects on well-being of positive and n…
The Role of Leadership Support in a Church-Based Cancer Education Implementation Study
A Longitudinal Study of Religiosity, Spiritual Health Locus of Control, and Health Behaviors in a National Sample of African Americans
Recruitment of African American Churches to Participate in Cancer Early Detection Interventions
Personality, Social Capital, and Depressive Symptomatology Among African Americans
The present study examined the relationship between social capital and depressive symptoms and the moderating role of the Big Five personality constructs in a national sample of African American adults. Data were collected from a national probability sample of 803 African American men and women using a telephone survey including measures of the Big Five personality traits, social capital, and depressive symptomatology. Most interestingly, there w…
The relationship between religious beliefs and behaviours and changes in Spiritual Health Locus of Control over time in a national sample of African-Americans
Using data from a sample of African Americans, the present study examined the role of religious beliefs and behaviors in predicting changes in spiritual health locus of control (SHLOC), or beliefs about the role that God plays in a person's health. A national sample of African American adults was recruited using a telephone survey and re-contacted 2.5 years later. Overall, results indicated that both higher religious beliefs and behaviors predict…
Psychometric properties of the mammography self-efficacy and fear of breast cancer scales in Iranian women
The CMSS and CBCFS exhibited strong initial psychometric properties; therefore, they are recommended to understand women's breast cancer screening behaviors better
The Chinese and Korean American immigrant experience
Future interventions and programs aiming to increase CRC screening among Chinese and Korean Americans should address both cultural and non-cultural factors that influence CRC screening uptake
Longitudinal effects of religious involvement on religious coping and health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans
Which Personality Traits Moderate the Relationship Between Religious Capital and Depressive Symptomology in a National Sample of African Americans
The present study examined the relationship between religious capital and depressive symptoms and the moderating role of the Big Five personality constructs in a national sample of African American adults. Data were collected from a national probability sample of 803 African American men and women using a telephone survey including measures of the Big Five personality traits, religious capital, and depressive symptomology. Most interestingly, the…
Religious Participation is Associated with Increases in Religious Social Support in a National Longitudinal Study of African Americans
Religious Involvement and Health Over Time
In this study, two telephone interviews that assessed both religious involvement and health-related quality of life were conducted approximately 2.5 years apart in a national sample of 290 African Americans. Religious involvement was assessed with an instrument that measured both personal religious beliefs (e.g., having a personal relationship with God) and more public religious behaviors (e.g., attending church services). Health-related quality …
Characterizing Change in Religious and Spiritual Identity Among a National Sample of African American Adults
We explore changes in self-reported religious/spiritual identity in 313 African American adults over an average period of 2.5 years. Changes in religious and spiritual identity were reported by half of the participants and were associated with age, education, and income. The least stability was observed among respondents identifying as religious/not spiritual at baseline but shifting to religious and spiritual at follow-up. This trend was signifi…
Social Integration and Health Insurance Status Among African American Men and Women
Using 2010 national data, we investigate the relationship between social integration and health insurance for African American adults. During the previous year 21.6% of men and 19.8% of women lacked continuous health insurance. The effect of marital status, income, and employment on insurance coverage differed by age and gender. Additionally, frequency of church attendance was positively associated with continuous health insurance for women aged …
MHealth Text Messaging for Physical Activity Promotion in College Students
mHealth text messaging was well received. The results support the feasibility and acceptance of such an intervention
We’ll Get to You When We Get to You”
Objectives. We qualitatively assessed patients’ perceptions of discrimination and patient satisfaction in the health care setting specific to interactions with nonphysician health care staff. Methods. We conducted 12 focus-group interviews with African American and European American participants, stratified by race and gender, from June to November 2008. We used a topic guide to facilitate discussion and identify factors contributing to perceived…
Recruitment and Participation of African American Men in Church-Based Health Promotion Workshops
Religiosity After a Diagnosis of Cancer Among Older Adults
Aspects of religiosity are important to health and quality of life of cancer patients. This analysis examined changes in religiosity among community-dwelling cancer survivors. Previously diagnosed and newly diagnosed cancer survivors age 65+ were interviewed at baseline and four years later to understand how components of religiosity may change. Religiosity was assessed as organizational, non-organizational, and intrinsic using the Duke Religiosi…
Social support as a mediator of religious involvement and physical and emotional functioning in a national sample of African-Americans
Researchers propose social support as one of the factors that may explain the positive relationship often observed between religious involvement and health outcomes. African-Americans are a population that tends to have higher than average levels of religious involvement and are also disproportionately impacted by most health conditions. The present study sought to determine whether social support mediates the role of religious involvement in phy…
The Religion–Health Connection Among African Americans
Researchers have expressed growing interest in factors that may explain the relationship between religious involvement and health‐related outcomes. Faith‐based organizations are a significant institution in African American communities, both serving religious/spiritual needs and providing an important source of social capital. These communities often suffer a disproportionate burden of health conditions as well. The present study examined the rol…
Feasibility of a Web-Based Training System for Peer Community Health Advisors in Cancer Early Detection Among African Americans
We describe the feasibility of a Web-based portal for training peer community health advisors (CHAs). We conducted a community-based implementation trial in African American churches between 2012 and 2014. The Web-based portal allows CHAs to log in and view 13 training videos, preparing them to deliver 3 cancer early detection workshops in their churches. Of 8 churches, 6 completed the training, each certifying 2 CHAs. These CHAs took an average …
Development of the Primary Care Quality-Homeless (PCQ-H) Instrument
BACKGROUND: Homeless patients face unique challenges in obtaining primary care responsive to their needs and context. Patient experience questionnaires could permit assessment of patient-centered medical homes for this population, but standard instruments may not reflect homeless patients' priorities and concerns. OBJECTIVES: This report describes (a) the content and psychometric properties of a new primary care questionnaire for homeless patient…
Religiosity and Function Among Community-Dwelling Older Adult Survivors of Cancer
Aspects of religiosity/spirituality are important to health and quality of life of cancer patients. The three components of religiosity of the Duke Religiosity Scale: organizational (religious affiliation and attendance); non-organizational (prayer, meditation, and private study); and intrinsic religiosity (identification with a higher power and integration of spiritual belief into daily life) are used to determine whether religiosity was associa…
Religion and Health in African Americans
Findings have implications for theory and health promotion activities for African Americans
Assessing the Current Validity of the Bem Sex-Role Inventory
Perceptions of the Religion-Health Connection Among African American Church Members
In this qualitative study, the authors examine perceptions of the religiosity-health connection among African American church members. They conducted 33 interviews with members of predominately African American churches. The clergy and members from each congregation completed semistructured interviews. Participants described the religiosity-health connection in their own words and talked about whether and how their religious beliefs and practices…
Exploring Religion-Health Mediators among African American Parishioners
This qualitative study examined the religiosity-health association among African Americans, with particular attention to mediators through which religiosity positively impacts health. We conducted 31 interviews across seven African American churches of different Christian denominations. Semi-structured interviews were completed with male and female parishioners. Participants were asked to describe the religiosity-health association in their own t…
Spirituality, Breast Cancer Beliefs and Mammography Utilization among Urban African American Women
Spirituality has been shown to be associated with health, and is an important component in the lives of many African Americans. Recent research proposes that spirituality is a multidimensional construct. The present study proposes a two-dimensional model in which spirituality encompasses a belief and behavioral dimension. This hypothesis was examined, as were relationships between these dimensions and spiritual health locus of control, breast can…
Religious Involvement and Health Over Time
In this study, two telephone interviews that assessed both religious involvement and health-related quality of life were conducted approximately 2.5 years apart in a national sample of 290 African Americans. Religious involvement was assessed with an instrument that measured both personal religious beliefs (e.g., having a personal relationship with God) and more public religious behaviors (e.g., attending church services). Health-related quality …
Comparing Homeless Persons’ Care Experiences in Tailored Versus Nontailored Primary Care Programs
Objectives. We compared homeless patients’ experiences of care in health care organizations that differed in their degree of primary care design service tailoring. Methods. We surveyed homeless-experienced patients (either recently or currently homeless) at 3 Veterans Affairs (VA) mainstream primary care settings in Pennsylvania and Alabama, a homeless-tailored VA clinic in California, and a highly tailored non-VA Health Care for the Homeless Pro…
Expansion and Validation of the Spiritual Health Locus of Control Scale
The present study reports on the development and validation of an expanded scale assessing spiritual health locus of control beliefs. Additional items were developed, and the scale was pilot tested among 108 church-attending African American women. The scale was multidimensional, comprised of the original Active and Passive Spiritual dimensions, and additional subscales reflecting `Spiritual Life and Faith' and `God's Grace'. Internal consistency…
The Religion–Health Connection Among African Americans
Researchers have expressed growing interest in factors that may explain the relationship between religious involvement and health‐related outcomes. Faith‐based organizations are a significant institution in African American communities, both serving religious/spiritual needs and providing an important source of social capital. These communities often suffer a disproportionate burden of health conditions as well. The present study examined the rol…
Sociocultural Correlates of Breast Cancer Knowledge and Screening in Urban African American Women
African American women are more likely to die of breast cancer than women of any other racial or ethnic group,1 even though national surveys report that mammography rates are higher for African Americans than for other groups.2 At least part of this discrepancy has been attributed to delayed diagnosis.3,4 Identifying sociocultural factors that influence timely screening and incorporating them into health messages for African American women may he…
Social, Religious and Spiritual Capital and Physical/Emotional Functioning in a National Sample of African Americans
Spiritual and religious capital are forms of the broader construct of social capital. The present study, using probability‐based sampling methods, surveyed a national sample of African American adults to examine the relative contributions of spiritual and religious capital to their physical and emotional functioning. Analyses were conducted to determine if these constructs made a unique contribution above and beyond general social capital. Africa…
Development and Validation of Instruments to Assess Potential Religion-Health Mechanisms in an African American Population
The health disparities that negatively affect African Americans are well-documented; however, there are also many sociocultural factors that may play a protective role in health outcomes. Religious involvement is noted to be important in the African American community and to have a positive association with health outcomes. However, few studies have explained why this relationship exists. This article reports on the development and validation of …
We’ll Get to You When We Get to You”
Objectives. We qualitatively assessed patients’ perceptions of discrimination and patient satisfaction in the health care setting specific to interactions with nonphysician health care staff. Methods. We conducted 12 focus-group interviews with African American and European American participants, stratified by race and gender, from June to November 2008. We used a topic guide to facilitate discussion and identify factors contributing to perceived…
Positive and Negative Religious Beliefs Explaining the Religion–Health Connection Among African Americans
Theory and literature suggests that the reason religiously-involved people tend to have good health outcomes is because they have healthy lifestyles and behaviors in accord with religious beliefs. Other literature suggests that religious involvement may play a negative role in health outcomes due to beliefs about illness originating as punishment for sins. These ideas were tested as part of a theoretical model of the religion-health connection, i…
Personality, Social Capital, and Depressive Symptomatology Among African Americans
The present study examined the relationship between social capital and depressive symptoms and the moderating role of the Big Five personality constructs in a national sample of African American adults. Data were collected from a national probability sample of 803 African American men and women using a telephone survey including measures of the Big Five personality traits, social capital, and depressive symptomatology. Most interestingly, there w…
The Chinese and Korean American immigrant experience
Future interventions and programs aiming to increase CRC screening among Chinese and Korean Americans should address both cultural and non-cultural factors that influence CRC screening uptake
Longitudinal effects of religious involvement on religious coping and health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans
Which Personality Traits Moderate the Relationship Between Religious Capital and Depressive Symptomology in a National Sample of African Americans
The present study examined the relationship between religious capital and depressive symptoms and the moderating role of the Big Five personality constructs in a national sample of African American adults. Data were collected from a national probability sample of 803 African American men and women using a telephone survey including measures of the Big Five personality traits, religious capital, and depressive symptomology. Most interestingly, the…
Development and Validation of Measures of Religious Involvement and the Cancer Experience among African Americans
Research indicates that African Americans diagnosed with cancer tend to use religion in coping. However less is known about the specific role that religion plays in the coping process. Based on previous qualitative work, five instruments were developed to assess the role of religious involvement in cancer coping: God as helper, God as healer, Faith in healing, Control over cancer and New perspective. The instruments were administered to 100 Afric…
Feasibility of a Web-Based Training System for Peer Community Health Advisors in Cancer Early Detection Among African Americans
We describe the feasibility of a Web-based portal for training peer community health advisors (CHAs). We conducted a community-based implementation trial in African American churches between 2012 and 2014. The Web-based portal allows CHAs to log in and view 13 training videos, preparing them to deliver 3 cancer early detection workshops in their churches. Of 8 churches, 6 completed the training, each certifying 2 CHAs. These CHAs took an average …
Development and Validation of an Instrument to Assess Perceived Social Influence on Health Behaviors
Assessment of social influence on health behavior is often approached through a situational context. The current study adapted an existing, theory-based instrument from another content domain to assess Perceived Social Influence on Health Behavior (PSI-HB) among African Americans, using an individual difference approach. The adapted instrument was found to have high internal reliability (α = .81-.84) and acceptable testretest reliability ( r = .6…
Assessing the Current Validity of the Bem Sex-Role Inventory
Development and Validation of Brief Scales To Measure Collectivism, Religiosity, Racial Pride, and Time Orientation in Urban African American Women
This article describes the development and pilot-testing of brief scales to measure four cultural constructs prevalent in urban African American women. Internal consistency and temporal stability were assessed in two convenience samples (n=47 and n=25) of primarily lower-income African American women. All scales performed well: collectivism alpha=.93, r=.85, p<.001); religiosity (alpha=.88, r=.89, p<.001); racial pride (alpha=.84, r=.52, p<.001);…
Sociocultural Correlates of Breast Cancer Knowledge and Screening in Urban African American Women
African American women are more likely to die of breast cancer than women of any other racial or ethnic group,1 even though national surveys report that mammography rates are higher for African Americans than for other groups.2 At least part of this discrepancy has been attributed to delayed diagnosis.3,4 Identifying sociocultural factors that influence timely screening and incorporating them into health messages for African American women may he…
Spirituality, Breast Cancer Beliefs and Mammography Utilization among Urban African American Women
Spirituality has been shown to be associated with health, and is an important component in the lives of many African Americans. Recent research proposes that spirituality is a multidimensional construct. The present study proposes a two-dimensional model in which spirituality encompasses a belief and behavioral dimension. This hypothesis was examined, as were relationships between these dimensions and spiritual health locus of control, breast can…
Responses to Behaviorally vs Culturally Tailored Cancer Communication Among African American Women
Implications for developing and understanding effects of tailored cancer communication are discussed
Exploring Religion-Health Mediators among African American Parishioners
This qualitative study examined the religiosity-health association among African Americans, with particular attention to mediators through which religiosity positively impacts health. We conducted 31 interviews across seven African American churches of different Christian denominations. Semi-structured interviews were completed with male and female parishioners. Participants were asked to describe the religiosity-health association in their own t…
Perceptions of the Religion-Health Connection Among African American Church Members
In this qualitative study, the authors examine perceptions of the religiosity-health connection among African American church members. They conducted 33 interviews with members of predominately African American churches. The clergy and members from each congregation completed semistructured interviews. Participants described the religiosity-health connection in their own words and talked about whether and how their religious beliefs and practices…
Expansion and Validation of the Spiritual Health Locus of Control Scale
The present study reports on the development and validation of an expanded scale assessing spiritual health locus of control beliefs. Additional items were developed, and the scale was pilot tested among 108 church-attending African American women. The scale was multidimensional, comprised of the original Active and Passive Spiritual dimensions, and additional subscales reflecting `Spiritual Life and Faith' and `God's Grace'. Internal consistency…
Development and Validation of Measures of Religious Involvement and the Cancer Experience among African Americans
Research indicates that African Americans diagnosed with cancer tend to use religion in coping. However less is known about the specific role that religion plays in the coping process. Based on previous qualitative work, five instruments were developed to assess the role of religious involvement in cancer coping: God as helper, God as healer, Faith in healing, Control over cancer and New perspective. The instruments were administered to 100 Afric…
Development and Validation of Instruments to Assess Potential Religion-Health Mechanisms in an African American Population
The health disparities that negatively affect African Americans are well-documented; however, there are also many sociocultural factors that may play a protective role in health outcomes. Religious involvement is noted to be important in the African American community and to have a positive association with health outcomes. However, few studies have explained why this relationship exists. This article reports on the development and validation of …
Development and Validation of an Instrument to Assess Perceived Social Influence on Health Behaviors
Assessment of social influence on health behavior is often approached through a situational context. The current study adapted an existing, theory-based instrument from another content domain to assess Perceived Social Influence on Health Behavior (PSI-HB) among African Americans, using an individual difference approach. The adapted instrument was found to have high internal reliability (α = .81-.84) and acceptable testretest reliability ( r = .6…
Religious Involvement Measurement Model in a National Sample of African Americans
Social, Religious and Spiritual Capital and Physical/Emotional Functioning in a National Sample of African Americans
Spiritual and religious capital are forms of the broader construct of social capital. The present study, using probability‐based sampling methods, surveyed a national sample of African American adults to examine the relative contributions of spiritual and religious capital to their physical and emotional functioning. Analyses were conducted to determine if these constructs made a unique contribution above and beyond general social capital. Africa…
Assessing the Role of Spirituality in Coping Among African Americans Diagnosed with Cancer
Assessment of Religious and Spiritual Capital in African American Communities
Religiosity and Function Among Community-Dwelling Older Adult Survivors of Cancer
Aspects of religiosity/spirituality are important to health and quality of life of cancer patients. The three components of religiosity of the Duke Religiosity Scale: organizational (religious affiliation and attendance); non-organizational (prayer, meditation, and private study); and intrinsic religiosity (identification with a higher power and integration of spiritual belief into daily life) are used to determine whether religiosity was associa…
Religion and Health in African Americans
Findings have implications for theory and health promotion activities for African Americans
Development of the Men's Prostate Awareness Church Training
This article describes the development of a spiritually based intervention to increase informed decision making for prostate cancer screening through African American churches. The intervention used spiritually themed health messages, incorporated women as supportive health partners, and included a health information technology component. The Men's Prostate Awareness Church Training Project followed a community-based participatory research proces…
Positive and Negative Religious Beliefs Explaining the Religion–Health Connection Among African Americans
Theory and literature suggests that the reason religiously-involved people tend to have good health outcomes is because they have healthy lifestyles and behaviors in accord with religious beliefs. Other literature suggests that religious involvement may play a negative role in health outcomes due to beliefs about illness originating as punishment for sins. These ideas were tested as part of a theoretical model of the religion-health connection, i…
Comparing Homeless Persons’ Care Experiences in Tailored Versus Nontailored Primary Care Programs
Objectives. We compared homeless patients’ experiences of care in health care organizations that differed in their degree of primary care design service tailoring. Methods. We surveyed homeless-experienced patients (either recently or currently homeless) at 3 Veterans Affairs (VA) mainstream primary care settings in Pennsylvania and Alabama, a homeless-tailored VA clinic in California, and a highly tailored non-VA Health Care for the Homeless Pro…
Religiosity After a Diagnosis of Cancer Among Older Adults
Aspects of religiosity are important to health and quality of life of cancer patients. This analysis examined changes in religiosity among community-dwelling cancer survivors. Previously diagnosed and newly diagnosed cancer survivors age 65+ were interviewed at baseline and four years later to understand how components of religiosity may change. Religiosity was assessed as organizational, non-organizational, and intrinsic using the Duke Religiosi…
Social support as a mediator of religious involvement and physical and emotional functioning in a national sample of African-Americans
Researchers propose social support as one of the factors that may explain the positive relationship often observed between religious involvement and health outcomes. African-Americans are a population that tends to have higher than average levels of religious involvement and are also disproportionately impacted by most health conditions. The present study sought to determine whether social support mediates the role of religious involvement in phy…
The Religion–Health Connection Among African Americans
Researchers have expressed growing interest in factors that may explain the relationship between religious involvement and health‐related outcomes. Faith‐based organizations are a significant institution in African American communities, both serving religious/spiritual needs and providing an important source of social capital. These communities often suffer a disproportionate burden of health conditions as well. The present study examined the rol…
Feasibility of a Web-Based Training System for Peer Community Health Advisors in Cancer Early Detection Among African Americans
We describe the feasibility of a Web-based portal for training peer community health advisors (CHAs). We conducted a community-based implementation trial in African American churches between 2012 and 2014. The Web-based portal allows CHAs to log in and view 13 training videos, preparing them to deliver 3 cancer early detection workshops in their churches. Of 8 churches, 6 completed the training, each certifying 2 CHAs. These CHAs took an average …
Development of the Primary Care Quality-Homeless (PCQ-H) Instrument
BACKGROUND: Homeless patients face unique challenges in obtaining primary care responsive to their needs and context. Patient experience questionnaires could permit assessment of patient-centered medical homes for this population, but standard instruments may not reflect homeless patients' priorities and concerns. OBJECTIVES: This report describes (a) the content and psychometric properties of a new primary care questionnaire for homeless patient…
Psychology (38 works) · Medicine (32 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (30 works) · Social Psychology (25 works) · Sociology (21 works) · Clinical Psychology (17 works) · Public health (16 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (15 works) · Nursing (14 works)