Naomi Cottoms
Biographic Data
| ID | 185802 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Naomi Cottoms |
| GIVEN NAMES | Naomi |
| FAMILY NAME | Cottoms |
| SIGNATURE | COTTOMS N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Health Net |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Knowledge and Attitudes of Potential Community Health Worker Employers
Design of a Novel Intervention Model to Address Cardiovascular Health Disparities in the Rural Underserved Community of Phillips County Arkansas
Devastating health-related disparities driven by an entanglement of factors disproportionately impact the underserved, low-wealth, and minority community of Phillips county (PC) in the Arkansas Delta Region (ADR). Cardiovascular disease continues to increase with widespread consequences on the local economy, health care systems, and population. Health care and community-based systems have been unsuccessful in reducing out-of-hospital cardiac deat…
Processes for Implementing Community Health Worker Workforce Development Initiatives
Introduction: The objective of this observational, cross-sectional study was to identify, document, and assess the progress made to date in implementing various processes involved in statewide community health worker (CHW) workforce development initiatives. Methods: From September 2017 to December 2020, we developed and applied a conceptual model of processes involved in implementing statewide CHW initiatives. One or more outputs were identified …
Rural African Americans’ Perspectives on Mental Health
A number of approaches have been used to obtain community members' health perspectives. Health services researchers often conduct focus groups while political scientists and community groups may hold forums. To compare and contrast these two approaches, we conducted six focus groups (n = 50) and seven deliberative democracy forums (n = 233) to obtain the perspectives of rural African Americans on mental health problems in their community. Inducti…
When Free Is Not for Me
Remarkable disparities in smoking rates in the United States contribute significantly to socioeconomic and minority health disparities. Access to treatment for tobacco use can help address these disparities, but quitlines, our most ubiquitous treatment resource, reach just 1%-2% of smokers. We used community-based participatory methods to develop a survey instrument to assess barriers to use of the quitline in the Arkansas Mississippi delta. Barr…
Engaging Underrepresented Minorities in Research
This article introduces our "Research-Friendly Community" vision, placing research in the arena of social justice by giving citizens a voice and opportunity to actively determine research agendas in their community. The mission of Tri-County Rural Health Network, a minority-owned, community-based nonprofit serving 16 counties in Arkansas' Mississippi River Delta region, is to increase access to health-related services and opportunities to both pa…
Understanding the Barriers to Use of Free, Proactive Telephone Counseling for Tobacco Dependence
We sought to gain an empirical and practical understanding of the barriers experienced by residents of the Mississippi River Delta in Arkansas to using the free, proactive telephone counseling (quitline) for tobacco dependence. Barriers included a lack of appropriate telephone service, lack of knowledge about the quitline, and lack of trust in the providers, as well as multiple root causes to seeking and achieving abstinence from tobacco, includi…
Linking Residents to Long-Term Care Services
Preliminary results from the first-year implementation evaluation indicate the program is effective in linking persons to needed LTC, although program refinements were made to improve targeting of intended program recipients
Understanding the Barriers to Use of Free, Proactive Telephone Counseling for Tobacco Dependence
We sought to gain an empirical and practical understanding of the barriers experienced by residents of the Mississippi River Delta in Arkansas to using the free, proactive telephone counseling (quitline) for tobacco dependence. Barriers included a lack of appropriate telephone service, lack of knowledge about the quitline, and lack of trust in the providers, as well as multiple root causes to seeking and achieving abstinence from tobacco, includi…
Rural African Americans’ Perspectives on Mental Health
A number of approaches have been used to obtain community members' health perspectives. Health services researchers often conduct focus groups while political scientists and community groups may hold forums. To compare and contrast these two approaches, we conducted six focus groups (n = 50) and seven deliberative democracy forums (n = 233) to obtain the perspectives of rural African Americans on mental health problems in their community. Inducti…
Linking Residents to Long-Term Care Services
Preliminary results from the first-year implementation evaluation indicate the program is effective in linking persons to needed LTC, although program refinements were made to improve targeting of intended program recipients
Understanding the Barriers to Use of Free, Proactive Telephone Counseling for Tobacco Dependence
We sought to gain an empirical and practical understanding of the barriers experienced by residents of the Mississippi River Delta in Arkansas to using the free, proactive telephone counseling (quitline) for tobacco dependence. Barriers included a lack of appropriate telephone service, lack of knowledge about the quitline, and lack of trust in the providers, as well as multiple root causes to seeking and achieving abstinence from tobacco, includi…
When Free Is Not for Me
Remarkable disparities in smoking rates in the United States contribute significantly to socioeconomic and minority health disparities. Access to treatment for tobacco use can help address these disparities, but quitlines, our most ubiquitous treatment resource, reach just 1%-2% of smokers. We used community-based participatory methods to develop a survey instrument to assess barriers to use of the quitline in the Arkansas Mississippi delta. Barr…
Engaging Underrepresented Minorities in Research
This article introduces our "Research-Friendly Community" vision, placing research in the arena of social justice by giving citizens a voice and opportunity to actively determine research agendas in their community. The mission of Tri-County Rural Health Network, a minority-owned, community-based nonprofit serving 16 counties in Arkansas' Mississippi River Delta region, is to increase access to health-related services and opportunities to both pa…
Rural African Americans’ Perspectives on Mental Health
A number of approaches have been used to obtain community members' health perspectives. Health services researchers often conduct focus groups while political scientists and community groups may hold forums. To compare and contrast these two approaches, we conducted six focus groups (n = 50) and seven deliberative democracy forums (n = 233) to obtain the perspectives of rural African Americans on mental health problems in their community. Inducti…
Processes for Implementing Community Health Worker Workforce Development Initiatives
Introduction: The objective of this observational, cross-sectional study was to identify, document, and assess the progress made to date in implementing various processes involved in statewide community health worker (CHW) workforce development initiatives. Methods: From September 2017 to December 2020, we developed and applied a conceptual model of processes involved in implementing statewide CHW initiatives. One or more outputs were identified …
Knowledge and Attitudes of Potential Community Health Worker Employers
Design of a Novel Intervention Model to Address Cardiovascular Health Disparities in the Rural Underserved Community of Phillips County Arkansas
Devastating health-related disparities driven by an entanglement of factors disproportionately impact the underserved, low-wealth, and minority community of Phillips county (PC) in the Arkansas Delta Region (ADR). Cardiovascular disease continues to increase with widespread consequences on the local economy, health care systems, and population. Health care and community-based systems have been unsuccessful in reducing out-of-hospital cardiac deat…
Medicine (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (3 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (2 works)