Loretta Jones
Biographic Data
| ID | 3828906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Loretta Jones |
| GIVEN NAMES | Loretta |
| FAMILY NAME | Jones |
| SIGNATURE | JONES L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Healthy African American Families II |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0388-1571 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Depression Remission From Community Coalitions Versus Individual Program Support for Services: Findings From Community Partners in Care, Los Angeles, California, 2010–2016
Objectives. To explore effects of coalitions (Community Engagement and Planning [CEP]) versus technical assistance (Resources for Services [RS]) for depression collaborative care and the effects of social determinants on long-term remission outcomes. Methods. We randomized 95 health care and community programs in Los Angeles County, California, to CEP or RS. In 2010, 1246 depressed (Patient Health Questionnaire [PHQ-8] ≥ 10) adults enrolled and w…
Lessons on Patient and Stakeholder Engagement Strategies for Pipeline to Proposal Awards
The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) supports patient-centered clinical comparative effectiveness research (CER) including health disparities and engagement portfolios. In 2013, PCORI launched the Pipeline to Proposal (P2P) mechanism to support development of novel patient- and stakeholder-centered partnerships focused on designing clinical CER funding proposals. By providing a tiered structure of successive small contracts an…
Maintaining Internal Validity in Community Partnered Participatory Research: Experience from the Community Partners in Care Study
Objective: With internal validity being a central goal of designed experiments, we seek to elucidate how community partnered participatory research (CPPR) impacts the internal validity of public health comparative-effectiveness research.Methods: Community Partners in Care (CPIC), a study comparing a community-coalition intervention to direct technical assistance for disseminating depression care to vulnerable populations, is used to illustrate …
The Community and Patient Partnered Research Network (CPPRN): Application of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research to Promote Behavioral Health Equity
The CPPRN represents a promising approach for research data networks, balancing the potential benefit of information technology and data analytic approaches while addressing potential risks and priorities of relevant stakeholders
Community Partnership in Precision Medicine: Themes from a Community Engagement Conference
Conference participants expressed high willingness to participate in precision medicine studies, but discussions highlighted trust and transparency issues and suggested community partnered research with local capacity building
Engaging African American Veterans with Health Care Access Challenges in a Community Partnered Care Coordination Initiative: A Qualitative Needs Assessment
Veterans living in underserved areas who have had difficulty accessing VA care have unique perspectives on VA services. Partnering with trusted local community organizations to engage Veterans in their home communities is a promising strategy to inform efforts to improve care access and coordination for vulnerable Veterans
Comparative Effectiveness of Coalitions Versus Technical Assistance for Depression Quality Improvement in Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions
CEP was more effective than RS in improving 6-month primary outcomes among depressed MCC clients, without significant interactions
Partnering with African American Churches to Create a Community Coalition for Mental Health
Community partnered participatory research (CPPR) emphasizes community engagement, respect, and empowerment as guiding principles to promote mental health equity. This article describes the "Vision" stage of a CPPR-informed model to implement evidence-based practices for depression in two African American churches in Harlem, New York. Essential parts of the Vision include engagement of stakeholders and collaborative planning. The engagement proce…
Participatory Technology Development to Enhance Community Resilience
This is the first study, to our knowledge, to demonstrate the feasibility of participatory technology development, an approach involving direct participation in the development, tailoring and maintenance of a mobile app by a broad set of stakeholders with high representation from racial/ethnic minorities from an under-resourced community. Participatory technology development is a promising approach for creating sustainable, relevant and engaging …
How can we help African American substance users stop smoking? client and agency perspectives
Research is needed to better understand barriers to smoking cessation and sustained abstinence among racial/ethnic minority polydrug users. We conducted community dialogue groups involving 49 clients in substance use treatment programs with predominantly ethnic minority clientele and individual dialogues/interviews with seven program providers (stakeholders). Most clients were African American, under 40 years old, women, current smokers, and high…
The Healthy Community Neighborhood Initiative: Rationale and Design
The HCNI community-academic partnership has built a framework to assess and document the individual, social, and community factors that may influence clinical and social outcomes in a community at high-risk for preventable chronic disease. Our project suggests that a community collaborative can use culturally and scientifically sound strategies to identify community-centered health and social needs. Additional work is needed to understand strateg…
A Community Engagement Symposium to Prevent and Improve Stroke Outcomes in Diverse Communities
We found that the CES based on CPPR principles was effective method to increase short-term stroke awareness and stimulate discussion about stroke research among community members and community stakeholders who serve racial/ethnic minorities
Integrating Community Expertise into the Academy: South Los Angeles’ Community-Academic Model for Partnered Research
The Community Faculty Program is a new vision of partnership. Using a CBPR approach with committed partners, a Community Faculty Program can be created that embodies the values of both the community and the academy
Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight
The National Clinician Scholars Program: Teaching Transformational Leadership and Promoting Health Justice Through Community-Engaged Research Ethics
The National Clinician Scholars Program, which will begin training physician and nursing scholars in partnership with local community-based agencies in 2016, aims to develop health care leaders who pursue community-centered goals and treat their community partners with equality and respect
Improving Health Care for the Future Uninsured in Los Angeles County: A Community Partnered Dialogue
Improving health care for the residually uninsured after ACA implementation will require addressing dissatisfaction in safety-net providers, disseminating knowledge and providing health care through trusted nontraditional sources, and using effective and trusted partnerships between community and health care agencies with mutual respect. Community-academic partnerships can be a trusted conduit to discuss issues related to the health care of vulne…
Perceived Sources of Stress and Resilience in Men in an African American Community
Stress owing to psychosocial factors such as finances and racism are common among African American men. But, at the same time, most men found support for resiliency to ameliorate stress in religion and family. Future work to engage African American men around alleviating stress and supporting resiliency should both take into account the perceived causes of stress and incorporate culturally appropriate sources of resiliency support
A Community Partnered-Participatory Research Approach to Reduce Cancer Disparities in South Los Angeles
Our approach demonstrates the feasibility of the use of a replicable model of community and academic engagement that has resulted in products developed through collaborative efforts
Perceived Sources of Stress and Resilience in Men in an African American Community
Perceived Sources of Stress and Resilience in Men in an African American Community Bowen Chung, MD, MSHS, Marcia Meldrum, PhD, Felica Jones, Anthony Brown, and Loretta Jones What Is the Purpose of the Study? • To understand perceived causes of stress and tools used to promote resiliency in African American men in South Los Angeles. What Is the Problem? • African American men are at higher risk for a number of adverse health outcomes, including mo…
Using Community Arts Events to Enhance Collective Efficacy and Community Engagement toAddress Depression in an African American Community
Objectives. We used community-partnered participatory research (CPPR) to measure collective efficacy and its role as a precursor of community engagement to improve depression care in the African American community of South Los Angeles. Methods. We collected survey data from participants at arts events sponsored by a CPPR workgroup. Both exploratory (photography exhibit; n = 747) and confirmatory (spoken word presentations; n = 104) structural equ…
Strategies for Academic and Clinician Engagement in Community-Participatory Partnered Research
THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT PRACTICE AND POLICY CONcerns over the “quality chasm,” or gap between the promise of evidence-based medicine and the realities of community practice with little variation by geographic and sociodemographic factors. Studies document disparities in access of care for particular conditions, and there is widespread concern about disparities in health status and health risk factors disadvantaging underserved ethnic minority and …
Preservice Teacher Education Improvement Project: Institutional Reports
Using Community Arts Events to Enhance Collective Efficacy and Community Engagement toAddress Depression in an African American Community
Objectives. We used community-partnered participatory research (CPPR) to measure collective efficacy and its role as a precursor of community engagement to improve depression care in the African American community of South Los Angeles. Methods. We collected survey data from participants at arts events sponsored by a CPPR workgroup. Both exploratory (photography exhibit; n = 747) and confirmatory (spoken word presentations; n = 104) structural equ…
Perceived Sources of Stress and Resilience in Men in an African American Community
Stress owing to psychosocial factors such as finances and racism are common among African American men. But, at the same time, most men found support for resiliency to ameliorate stress in religion and family. Future work to engage African American men around alleviating stress and supporting resiliency should both take into account the perceived causes of stress and incorporate culturally appropriate sources of resiliency support
Perceived Sources of Stress and Resilience in Men in an African American Community
Perceived Sources of Stress and Resilience in Men in an African American Community Bowen Chung, MD, MSHS, Marcia Meldrum, PhD, Felica Jones, Anthony Brown, and Loretta Jones What Is the Purpose of the Study? • To understand perceived causes of stress and tools used to promote resiliency in African American men in South Los Angeles. What Is the Problem? • African American men are at higher risk for a number of adverse health outcomes, including mo…
Preservice Teacher Education Improvement Project: Institutional Reports
Strategies for Academic and Clinician Engagement in Community-Participatory Partnered Research
THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT PRACTICE AND POLICY CONcerns over the “quality chasm,” or gap between the promise of evidence-based medicine and the realities of community practice with little variation by geographic and sociodemographic factors. Studies document disparities in access of care for particular conditions, and there is widespread concern about disparities in health status and health risk factors disadvantaging underserved ethnic minority and …
Using Community Arts Events to Enhance Collective Efficacy and Community Engagement toAddress Depression in an African American Community
Objectives. We used community-partnered participatory research (CPPR) to measure collective efficacy and its role as a precursor of community engagement to improve depression care in the African American community of South Los Angeles. Methods. We collected survey data from participants at arts events sponsored by a CPPR workgroup. Both exploratory (photography exhibit; n = 747) and confirmatory (spoken word presentations; n = 104) structural equ…
Perceived Sources of Stress and Resilience in Men in an African American Community
Stress owing to psychosocial factors such as finances and racism are common among African American men. But, at the same time, most men found support for resiliency to ameliorate stress in religion and family. Future work to engage African American men around alleviating stress and supporting resiliency should both take into account the perceived causes of stress and incorporate culturally appropriate sources of resiliency support
A Community Partnered-Participatory Research Approach to Reduce Cancer Disparities in South Los Angeles
Our approach demonstrates the feasibility of the use of a replicable model of community and academic engagement that has resulted in products developed through collaborative efforts
Perceived Sources of Stress and Resilience in Men in an African American Community
Perceived Sources of Stress and Resilience in Men in an African American Community Bowen Chung, MD, MSHS, Marcia Meldrum, PhD, Felica Jones, Anthony Brown, and Loretta Jones What Is the Purpose of the Study? • To understand perceived causes of stress and tools used to promote resiliency in African American men in South Los Angeles. What Is the Problem? • African American men are at higher risk for a number of adverse health outcomes, including mo…
The National Clinician Scholars Program: Teaching Transformational Leadership and Promoting Health Justice Through Community-Engaged Research Ethics
The National Clinician Scholars Program, which will begin training physician and nursing scholars in partnership with local community-based agencies in 2016, aims to develop health care leaders who pursue community-centered goals and treat their community partners with equality and respect
Improving Health Care for the Future Uninsured in Los Angeles County: A Community Partnered Dialogue
Improving health care for the residually uninsured after ACA implementation will require addressing dissatisfaction in safety-net providers, disseminating knowledge and providing health care through trusted nontraditional sources, and using effective and trusted partnerships between community and health care agencies with mutual respect. Community-academic partnerships can be a trusted conduit to discuss issues related to the health care of vulne…
The Healthy Community Neighborhood Initiative: Rationale and Design
The HCNI community-academic partnership has built a framework to assess and document the individual, social, and community factors that may influence clinical and social outcomes in a community at high-risk for preventable chronic disease. Our project suggests that a community collaborative can use culturally and scientifically sound strategies to identify community-centered health and social needs. Additional work is needed to understand strateg…
A Community Engagement Symposium to Prevent and Improve Stroke Outcomes in Diverse Communities
We found that the CES based on CPPR principles was effective method to increase short-term stroke awareness and stimulate discussion about stroke research among community members and community stakeholders who serve racial/ethnic minorities
Integrating Community Expertise into the Academy: South Los Angeles’ Community-Academic Model for Partnered Research
The Community Faculty Program is a new vision of partnership. Using a CBPR approach with committed partners, a Community Faculty Program can be created that embodies the values of both the community and the academy
Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight
How can we help African American substance users stop smoking? client and agency perspectives
Research is needed to better understand barriers to smoking cessation and sustained abstinence among racial/ethnic minority polydrug users. We conducted community dialogue groups involving 49 clients in substance use treatment programs with predominantly ethnic minority clientele and individual dialogues/interviews with seven program providers (stakeholders). Most clients were African American, under 40 years old, women, current smokers, and high…
Lessons on Patient and Stakeholder Engagement Strategies for Pipeline to Proposal Awards
The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) supports patient-centered clinical comparative effectiveness research (CER) including health disparities and engagement portfolios. In 2013, PCORI launched the Pipeline to Proposal (P2P) mechanism to support development of novel patient- and stakeholder-centered partnerships focused on designing clinical CER funding proposals. By providing a tiered structure of successive small contracts an…
Maintaining Internal Validity in Community Partnered Participatory Research: Experience from the Community Partners in Care Study
Objective: With internal validity being a central goal of designed experiments, we seek to elucidate how community partnered participatory research (CPPR) impacts the internal validity of public health comparative-effectiveness research.Methods: Community Partners in Care (CPIC), a study comparing a community-coalition intervention to direct technical assistance for disseminating depression care to vulnerable populations, is used to illustrate …
The Community and Patient Partnered Research Network (CPPRN): Application of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research to Promote Behavioral Health Equity
The CPPRN represents a promising approach for research data networks, balancing the potential benefit of information technology and data analytic approaches while addressing potential risks and priorities of relevant stakeholders
Community Partnership in Precision Medicine: Themes from a Community Engagement Conference
Conference participants expressed high willingness to participate in precision medicine studies, but discussions highlighted trust and transparency issues and suggested community partnered research with local capacity building
Engaging African American Veterans with Health Care Access Challenges in a Community Partnered Care Coordination Initiative: A Qualitative Needs Assessment
Veterans living in underserved areas who have had difficulty accessing VA care have unique perspectives on VA services. Partnering with trusted local community organizations to engage Veterans in their home communities is a promising strategy to inform efforts to improve care access and coordination for vulnerable Veterans
Comparative Effectiveness of Coalitions Versus Technical Assistance for Depression Quality Improvement in Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions
CEP was more effective than RS in improving 6-month primary outcomes among depressed MCC clients, without significant interactions
Partnering with African American Churches to Create a Community Coalition for Mental Health
Community partnered participatory research (CPPR) emphasizes community engagement, respect, and empowerment as guiding principles to promote mental health equity. This article describes the "Vision" stage of a CPPR-informed model to implement evidence-based practices for depression in two African American churches in Harlem, New York. Essential parts of the Vision include engagement of stakeholders and collaborative planning. The engagement proce…
Participatory Technology Development to Enhance Community Resilience
This is the first study, to our knowledge, to demonstrate the feasibility of participatory technology development, an approach involving direct participation in the development, tailoring and maintenance of a mobile app by a broad set of stakeholders with high representation from racial/ethnic minorities from an under-resourced community. Participatory technology development is a promising approach for creating sustainable, relevant and engaging …
Depression Remission From Community Coalitions Versus Individual Program Support for Services: Findings From Community Partners in Care, Los Angeles, California, 2010–2016
Objectives. To explore effects of coalitions (Community Engagement and Planning [CEP]) versus technical assistance (Resources for Services [RS]) for depression collaborative care and the effects of social determinants on long-term remission outcomes. Methods. We randomized 95 health care and community programs in Los Angeles County, California, to CEP or RS. In 2010, 1246 depressed (Patient Health Questionnaire [PHQ-8] ≥ 10) adults enrolled and w…
Medicine (20 works) · Political science (16 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Nursing (12 works) · Participatory action research (11 works) · Public relations (11 works) · Gerontology (10 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (10 works) · Community-based participatory research (9 works)