Browsing by Author "Balls-Berry, Joyce E."

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    Health equity engineering: Optimizing hope for a new generation of healthcare
    (Cambridge University Press, 2024-05-23) Enders, Felicity T.; Golembiewski, Elizabeth H.; Balls-Berry, Joyce E.; Brooks, Tayla R.; Carr, Allison R.; Cullen, John P.; DiazGranados, Deborah; Gaba, Ayorkor; Johnson, Leigh; Menser, Terri; Messinger, Shari; Milam, Adam J.; Orellana, Minerva A.; Perkins, Susan M.; Chisholm Pineda, Tiffany D.; Thurston, Sally W.; Periyakoil, Vyjeyanthi S.; Hanlon, Alexandra L.; Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
    Medical researchers are increasingly prioritizing the inclusion of underserved communities in clinical studies. However, mere inclusion is not enough. People from underserved communities frequently experience chronic stress that may lead to accelerated biological aging and early morbidity and mortality. It is our hope and intent that the medical community come together to engineer improved health outcomes for vulnerable populations. Here, we introduce Health Equity Engineering (HEE), a comprehensive scientific framework to guide research on the development of tools to identify individuals at risk of poor health outcomes due to chronic stress, the integration of these tools within existing healthcare system infrastructures, and a robust assessment of their effectiveness and sustainability. HEE is anchored in the premise that strategic intervention at the individual level, tailored to the needs of the most at-risk people, can pave the way for achieving equitable health standards at a broader population level. HEE provides a scientific framework guiding health equity research to equip the medical community with a robust set of tools to enhance health equity for current and future generations.
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    Perspective on the "African American participation in Alzheimer disease research: Effective strategies" workshop, 2018
    (Wiley, 2020-12) Denny, Andrea; Streitz, Marissa; Stock, Kristin; Balls-Berry, Joyce E.; Barnes, Lisa L.; Byrd, Goldie S.; Croff, Raina; Gao, Sujuan; Glover, Crystal M.; Hendrie, Hugh C.; Hu, William T.; Manly, Jennifer J.; Moulder, Krista L.; Stark, Susan; Thomas, Stephen B.; Whitmer, Rachel; Wong, Roger; Morris, John C.; Lingler, Jennifer H.; Psychiatry, School of Medicine
    The Washington University School of Medicine Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center's "African American Participation in Alzheimer Disease Research: Effective Strategies" Workshop convened to address a major limitation of the ongoing scientific progress regarding Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD): participants in most ADRD research programs overwhelmingly have been limited to non-Hispanic white persons, thus precluding knowledge as to how ADRD may be represented in non-white individuals. Factors that may contribute to successful recruitment and retention of African Americans into ADRD research were discussed and organized into actionable next steps as described within this report.