Opportunities to improve mentorship of underrepresented minority nurse faculty on the tenure track: A Delphi study.

Background: Mentorship is essential for supporting doctorally prepared nurses transitioning into academic roles and for addressing the escalating nurse faculty shortage.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to gain consensus on barriers, facilitators, and metrics of successful mentorship of doctorally prepared underrepresented minority (URM) nurse faculty.

Methods: A Delphi panel of doctorally prepared URM nurse faculty in the United States was convened.

Life stressors, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and gestational diabetes by race/ethnicity.

Background: In the United States, adverse pregnancy outcomes, including hypertension before pregnancy (HTN), pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) [gestational hypertension and preeclampsia] and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) continue to increase. Stressful life events (SLEs) such as serious illness, divorce, are known to impact adverse birth outcomes, e.g.

The association between sleep trajectories throughout pregnancy and postpartum pain in individuals with overweight or obesity: a prospective cohort study.

Background: Pain after childbirth affects maternal and infant outcomes. Although sleep influences pain in general adult populations, research on this during the perinatal period is limited. This study examines the association between sleep quality and duration changes from mid to late pregnancy and pain during postpartum hospitalization.

Supporting Authors for Whom English Is an Additional Language to Promote Diversity Inclusion and Equity in Nursing Scholarship.

Fellows in the 2024 joint JOGNN and NWH editorial fellowship address the challenges faced by authors for whom English is an additional language and offer practical recommendations for those authors and reviewers.

Exploring illness perceptions of multimorbidity among community-dwelling older adults: a mixed methods study.

Background: Illness perceptions are individual beliefs or experiences about the nature and treatment of their illness. Although extensive research exists about illness perceptions, little is known about illness perceptions of multimorbidity.

Methods: The purpose of this parallel-convergent mixed-methods study was to comprehensively explore illness perception of multimorbidity among community dwelling older adults.

Understanding Barriers and Strategies to Accessing Healthy Food in Urban Agriculture for Community Residents in Predominantly Black Communities.

Background: Some residents in predominantly Black communities face significant challenges in accessing healthy food. However, urban agriculture is a growing sector that aims to increase overall food production, access to affordable and nutritious produce, and potentially improve community food security.

Purpose: This study aimed to provide insight into barriers and strategies that urban agriculture growers and advocates identified for accessing urban agriculture markets in their communities.

Racial Disparities in Neighborhood and Household Socioeconomic Disadvantage Predict Postpartum Weight Retention.

Introduction: Structural racism leads to neighborhood-level socioeconomic disadvantage, which determines adverse birth outcomes. Individual socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with compromised healthy pregnancy outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the pathways by which race, neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, and household socioeconomic disadvantage predict subsequent maternal postpartum weight retention.

COVID-19 Vaccine Decision-Making Among Black Pregnant and Postpartum Women.

Introduction: The history of biomedical research is marred by racially discriminatory and abusive practices that impacted Black/African Americans. Medical racism impacts the trust and utilization of new medical interventions, such as the COVID-19 vaccine. This study aimed to understand Black pregnant and postpartum women's perspectives and decision-making about the COVID-19 vaccine.

Sleep Quality, Metabolic Function, Physical Activity, and Neurocognition Among Individuals with Resistant Hypertension.

Background: Resistant hypertension (RH) is a major risk factor for stroke, cognitive decline, and dementia. Sleep quality is increasingly suggested to play an important role linking RH to cognitive outcomes, although the mechanisms linking sleep quality to poor cognitive function have yet to be fully delineated.

Objective: To delineate biobehavioral mechanisms linking sleep quality, metabolic function, and cognitive function among 140 overweight/obese adults with RH in the TRIUMPH clinical trial.

Infant Outcomes in Hypertensive Women: Are there Moderating Effects of Prenatal Care and Race/Ethnicity?

Background: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy is one of the leading causes of adverse infant outcomes. Black women are disproportionately affected by hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and it associated adverse outcomes. Adequate prenatal care may improve adverse infant outcomes.

Cardiovascular Disease-Related Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalization among Women with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.

Introduction: The risk of developing cardiovascular disease is higher for women who had hypertensive disorders of pregnancy than for women without a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. However, it is unknown whether the emergency department visits and hospitalization differ between women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and women without hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. The objective of this study was to characterize and compare cardiovascular disease-related emergency department visits, hospitalization rates, and diagnoses in women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy with those in women without.

Inflammation moderates the effects of lifestyle modification on neurocognition among individuals with resistant hypertension.

Individuals with resistant hypertension (RH) have the greatest risk of cerebrovascular disease and cognitive impairment among individuals with hypertension. Elevated levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines may represent a critical yet unexamined factor influencing the impact of healthy lifestyle changes on cognitive function. We explored the influence of inflammation on changes in cognition following lifestyle modification among individuals with RH participating in the TRIUMPH clinical trial.

Addressing challenges faced by underrepresented biomedical investigators and efforts to address them: An NHLBI-PRIDE perspective.

Junior investigators from groups underrepresented in the biomedical workforce confront challenges as they navigate the ranks of academic research careers. Biochemical research needs the participation of these researchers to adequately tackle critical research priorities such as cardiovascular health disparities and health inequities. We explore the inadequate representation of underrepresented minority investigators and the historical role of systemic racism in impacting their poor career progression.

Lifestyle modification and cognitive function among individuals with resistant hypertension: cognitive outcomes from the TRIUMPH trial.

Background: Resistant hypertension is associated with increased risk of cognitive decline, stroke, and dementia. Lifestyle modification has been suggested to improve cognitive function through its salutary effects on vascular function.

Methods: Participants included 140 patients with resistant hypertension participating in the TRIUMPH trial.

Hypertension and infant outcomes: North Carolina pregnancy risks assessment monitoring system data.

This study examined the risk factors that moderate the relationship between hypertension and infant outcomes or were independent risk factors in a large and diverse sample of pregnant women with and without hypertension before conception. The sample included 2,996 women, where 197 had hypertension. Black women comprised 35.

Cerebrovascular Function, Vascular Risk, and Lifestyle Patterns in Resistant Hypertension.

Background: Impaired cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) and blunted cerebral hemodynamic recruitment are thought to be important mechanisms linking hypertension to cerebrovascular and cognitive outcomes. Few studies have examined cardiovascular or dietary correlates of CVR among hypertensives.

Objective: To delineate associations between cardiometabolic risk, diet, and cerebrovascular functioning among individuals with resistant hypertension from the TRIUMPH trial (n = 140).

A Systematic Review on Outcomes of Preterm Small for Gestational Infants Born to Women With Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy.

There is a lack of knowledge on the intersection between prematurity, small for gestational age, and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). Therefore, the aim of this systematic review was to examine the outcomes of preterm infants who were small for gestational age born to women with HDP. Searches were conducted with no date restriction through the final search date of May 13, 2020, in the following databases: PubMed, Web of Science Core Collection, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost), and Embase (Elsevier).

THE DUAL ROLE OF STUDENTS PURSUING A HIGHER DEGREE AND PROVIDING CARE TO THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILY MEMBERS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

Unlabelled: The objective of this qualitative study was to explore the psychological well-being of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight their experience as caregivers. A total of 1444 college students responded to the questionnaire on the impact of COVID-19 on their lives. Qualitative responses from 25 female and 7 male college students who serve as caregivers were analyzed.

Neurocognition in treatment-resistant hypertension: profile and associations with cardiovascular biomarkers.

Background: Hypertension in midlife has been associated with increased risk of stroke and neurocognitive decline. Few studies, however, have examined neurocognition among individuals with treatment-resistant hypertension or potential mechanisms by which treatment-resistant hypertension may impair neurocognition.

Methods: We examined the pattern of neurocognitive impairment and potential mechanisms in a sample of 96 overweight adults with treatment-resistant hypertension, aged 41-81 years.

Health, Physical Growth, and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Preterm Infants of Women With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.

Objective: To compare the health, physical growth, and developmental outcomes in preterm infants of women with and without hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP).

Design: Cross-sectional analysis of health outcomes; physical growth (head circumference, height, and weight) collected at birth and 2 months, corrected for prematurity; and cognitive, language, and motor skills of preterm infants of women with and without HDP.

Setting: Four NICUs in the United States.