Schenita D Randolph
Biographic Data
| ID | 5128208 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Schenita D Randolph |
| GIVEN NAMES | Schenita D |
| FAMILY NAME | Randolph |
| SIGNATURE | RANDOLPH S D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duke University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1824-8413 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“It’s Vicious Out Here Just Keep Your Legs CLOSED”
Addressing Systemic Racism and Racialized Violence to Reduce Firearm Injury and Mortality Inequities
This JAMA Forum discusses systemic racism and racialized violence, promising approaches to address inequities in firearm violence, and ways to treat the trauma of gun violence
Feasibility of dyadic peer support to augment a church-based healthy lifestyle programme
Objective: African Americans in the USA experience a disproportionate burden of chronic disease. Healthy lifestyle promotion programmes can help decrease this disease risk. This study determined the feasibility of using dyadic peer support to augment an existing healthy lifestyle programme in African American churches. Design: A prospective pre-post design was used with 80 participants from three churches in the southeastern USA over an 18-week p…
Dyadic Peer Support to Improve Diet and Physical Activity Among African American Church Members
Structural Barriers to HIV Prevention and Services
BACKGROUND: African American women are at a disproportionate HIV risk compared with other U.S. women. Studies show that complex structural and social determinants, rather than individual behaviors, place African American women at greater risk of HIV infection; however, little is known about women's views of what puts them at risk. AIMS: This study sought to comprehend the perceptions of African American women living in low-income housing regardin…
Leveraging social networks of Black women in beauty salons to improve uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess social networks among Black women and beauty salons to see whether these could be leveraged to increase the awareness, knowledge and uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in this population. Design: Qualitative descriptive design. Setting: Beauty salons in counties in North Carolina, USA, with high rates of HIV among the local Black population. Method: A total of 13 focus groups were conducte…
How Perceived Structural Racism and Discrimination and Medical Mistrust in the Health System Influences Participation in HIV Health Services for Black Women Living in the United States South
There are racial and geographic disparities for HIV in the United States; Black women have nearly 20 times the risk of White women in being infected with HIV, and lifetime HIV risk is greatest for people living in the southern United States. These disparities, layered with the structural racism and discrimination that is more prominent in the south, is a public health issue. The purpose of this article is to share Black women's perspectives of ho…
Parent–youth communication to reduce at-risk sexual behavior
There are nearly 110 million cases of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that annually there are more than 19.7 million new STI cases. Of those, more than half are accounted for by youth aged 15 to 24 years. Although some STIs are not considered to be life threatening, they can lead to severe health problems, risk of HIV infection or infertility if they are not prop…
Parent–youth communication to reduce at-risk sexual behavior
There are nearly 110 million cases of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that annually there are more than 19.7 million new STI cases. Of those, more than half are accounted for by youth aged 15 to 24 years. Although some STIs are not considered to be life threatening, they can lead to severe health problems, risk of HIV infection or infertility if they are not prop…
Parent–youth communication to reduce at-risk sexual behavior
There are nearly 110 million cases of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that annually there are more than 19.7 million new STI cases. Of those, more than half are accounted for by youth aged 15 to 24 years. Although some STIs are not considered to be life threatening, they can lead to severe health problems, risk of HIV infection or infertility if they are not prop…
How Perceived Structural Racism and Discrimination and Medical Mistrust in the Health System Influences Participation in HIV Health Services for Black Women Living in the United States South
There are racial and geographic disparities for HIV in the United States; Black women have nearly 20 times the risk of White women in being infected with HIV, and lifetime HIV risk is greatest for people living in the southern United States. These disparities, layered with the structural racism and discrimination that is more prominent in the south, is a public health issue. The purpose of this article is to share Black women's perspectives of ho…
Leveraging social networks of Black women in beauty salons to improve uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess social networks among Black women and beauty salons to see whether these could be leveraged to increase the awareness, knowledge and uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in this population. Design: Qualitative descriptive design. Setting: Beauty salons in counties in North Carolina, USA, with high rates of HIV among the local Black population. Method: A total of 13 focus groups were conducte…
Structural Barriers to HIV Prevention and Services
BACKGROUND: African American women are at a disproportionate HIV risk compared with other U.S. women. Studies show that complex structural and social determinants, rather than individual behaviors, place African American women at greater risk of HIV infection; however, little is known about women's views of what puts them at risk. AIMS: This study sought to comprehend the perceptions of African American women living in low-income housing regardin…
Feasibility of dyadic peer support to augment a church-based healthy lifestyle programme
Objective: African Americans in the USA experience a disproportionate burden of chronic disease. Healthy lifestyle promotion programmes can help decrease this disease risk. This study determined the feasibility of using dyadic peer support to augment an existing healthy lifestyle programme in African American churches. Design: A prospective pre-post design was used with 80 participants from three churches in the southeastern USA over an 18-week p…
Dyadic Peer Support to Improve Diet and Physical Activity Among African American Church Members
Addressing Systemic Racism and Racialized Violence to Reduce Firearm Injury and Mortality Inequities
This JAMA Forum discusses systemic racism and racialized violence, promising approaches to address inequities in firearm violence, and ways to treat the trauma of gun violence
“It’s Vicious Out Here Just Keep Your Legs CLOSED”
Medicine (7 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works)