Raina Croff
Biographic Data
| ID | 3577107 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raina Croff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raina |
| FAMILY NAME | Croff |
| SIGNATURE | CROFF R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oregon Health & Science University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0360-5676 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Evolution of an Indigenous Mindfulness Program
Objectives: This study describes the collaborative design and implementation of the Indigenous MIND (IM) program, a culturally adapted mindfulness intervention developed in partnership with Indigenous communities in the USA. The aim was to explore the program's acceptability and cultural resonance and to document the processes by which IM evolved in each of our partner communities and explore how the program may be exported to other Indigenous co…
Are We Talking About the Same Thing? Black/African Americans’ Response to the BRFSS Cognitive Decline and Caregiver Modules
Belonging, endurance, and resistance
Walking and Talking
Mobile methods, including walking interviews, have rarely been used in research with older adults. We compare and contrast two studies that engaged older adults in walking interviews conducted by the coauthors. The first study examined the meaning of food access with residents of publicly-subsidized housing, and the second involved Black Americans in a study of brain health and gentrification. Older adults, including those with physical and mild …
Terms and Measures of Cognitive Health Associated With Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
The Healthy Brain Initiative: National Public Health Road Map to Maintaining Cognitive Health (2007) called on the research community to disseminate its work on cognitive aging and cognitive health. The purpose of this scoping review was to (1) identify terminology that cognitive, social, and behavioral scientists use to describe cognitive aging and cognitive health, in association with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, among older adults; (2) de…
Alcohol Screening among Opioid Agonist Patients in a Primary Care Clinic and an Opioid Treatment Program
Problem alcohol use is associated with adverse health and economic outcomes, especially among people in opioid agonist treatment. Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) are effective in reducing alcohol use; however, issues involved in SBIRT implementation among opioid agonist patients are unknown. To assess identification and treatment of alcohol use disorders, we reviewed clinical records of opioid agonist patients scr…
Black Rice
Walking and Talking
Mobile methods, including walking interviews, have rarely been used in research with older adults. We compare and contrast two studies that engaged older adults in walking interviews conducted by the coauthors. The first study examined the meaning of food access with residents of publicly-subsidized housing, and the second involved Black Americans in a study of brain health and gentrification. Older adults, including those with physical and mild …
Black Rice
Alcohol Screening among Opioid Agonist Patients in a Primary Care Clinic and an Opioid Treatment Program
Problem alcohol use is associated with adverse health and economic outcomes, especially among people in opioid agonist treatment. Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) are effective in reducing alcohol use; however, issues involved in SBIRT implementation among opioid agonist patients are unknown. To assess identification and treatment of alcohol use disorders, we reviewed clinical records of opioid agonist patients scr…
Terms and Measures of Cognitive Health Associated With Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
The Healthy Brain Initiative: National Public Health Road Map to Maintaining Cognitive Health (2007) called on the research community to disseminate its work on cognitive aging and cognitive health. The purpose of this scoping review was to (1) identify terminology that cognitive, social, and behavioral scientists use to describe cognitive aging and cognitive health, in association with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, among older adults; (2) de…
Walking and Talking
Mobile methods, including walking interviews, have rarely been used in research with older adults. We compare and contrast two studies that engaged older adults in walking interviews conducted by the coauthors. The first study examined the meaning of food access with residents of publicly-subsidized housing, and the second involved Black Americans in a study of brain health and gentrification. Older adults, including those with physical and mild …
Are We Talking About the Same Thing? Black/African Americans’ Response to the BRFSS Cognitive Decline and Caregiver Modules
Belonging, endurance, and resistance
The Evolution of an Indigenous Mindfulness Program
Objectives: This study describes the collaborative design and implementation of the Indigenous MIND (IM) program, a culturally adapted mindfulness intervention developed in partnership with Indigenous communities in the USA. The aim was to explore the program's acceptability and cultural resonance and to document the processes by which IM evolved in each of our partner communities and explore how the program may be exported to other Indigenous co…
Medicine (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Cognitive decline (2 works) · Dementia (2 works) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (2 works) · Disease (2 works)