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Dr. Cené is credited with more than 90 significant peer-reviewed research articles. These include, but are not limited to, articles that explore each of the five categories of research that follow:
Dr. Cené is credited with more than 90 significant peer-reviewed research articles. These include, but are not limited to, articles that explore each of the five categories of research that follow:
Dr. Cené is credited with more than 90 significant peer-reviewed research articles. These include, but are not limited to, articles that explore each of the five categories of research that follow:
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Cardiovascular risk in historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups.
Cardiovascular risk in historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups.
Cardiovascular risk in historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups.
Dr. Cené has conducted secondary analyses of data from clinical trials to understand and mitigate cardiovascular risk in under-represented racial and ethnic groups. These publications highlight the importance of psychosocial and behavioral factors as predictors of medication non-adherence among African American males, as well as the predictors of successful aging (as assessed by physical functioning and self-rated quality of life) among older racial and ethnic minority women. The work also documented racial disparities in patient-physician communication, a key indicator of quality of care and demonstrated that community-based care delivered by advance practice providers and community health workers is associated with favorable and sustainable changes in cardiovascular risk factors in high-risk African Americans. These publications provided insight into factors that influence differences in cardiovascular health and health-related quality of life and successful approaches to providing care that may mitigate those disparities. Dr. Cené conceptualized the research questions, directed or conducted the statistical analysis, and wrote the manuscripts.
Dr. Cené has conducted secondary analyses of data from clinical trials to understand and mitigate cardiovascular risk in under-represented racial and ethnic groups. These publications highlight the importance of psychosocial and behavioral factors as predictors of medication non-adherence among African American males, as well as the predictors of successful aging (as assessed by physical functioning and self-rated quality of life) among older racial and ethnic minority women. The work also documented racial disparities in patient-physician communication, a key indicator of quality of care and demonstrated that community-based care delivered by advance practice providers and community health workers is associated with favorable and sustainable changes in cardiovascular risk factors in high-risk African Americans. These publications provided insight into factors that influence differences in cardiovascular health and health-related quality of life and successful approaches to providing care that may mitigate those disparities. Dr. Cené conceptualized the research questions, directed or conducted the statistical analysis, and wrote the manuscripts.
Dr. Cené has conducted secondary analyses of data from clinical trials to understand and mitigate cardiovascular risk in under-represented racial and ethnic groups. These publications highlight the importance of psychosocial and behavioral factors as predictors of medication non-adherence among African American males, as well as the predictors of successful aging (as assessed by physical functioning and self-rated quality of life) among older racial and ethnic minority women. The work also documented racial disparities in patient-physician communication, a key indicator of quality of care and demonstrated that community-based care delivered by advance practice providers and community health workers is associated with favorable and sustainable changes in cardiovascular risk factors in high-risk African Americans. These publications provided insight into factors that influence differences in cardiovascular health and health-related quality of life and successful approaches to providing care that may mitigate those disparities. Dr. Cené conceptualized the research questions, directed or conducted the statistical analysis, and wrote the manuscripts.
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Social and structural influences on health.
Social and structural influences on health.
Social and structural influences on health.
This body of work examines how racism, as a structural driver, shapes health through its impact on social needs interventions and how social network ties (or the lack thereof), resources available through social networks (e.g., social support, social capital), and health literacy influence health behaviors and outcomes of chronic illness care. These findings showed that social needs interventions are rarely designed or analyzed in ways that deepen an understanding of racial health inequities or that help to reduce racial and ethnic health inequities. This work also showed that social isolation is an independent risk factor for incident heart failure (HF) and perceived social support was associated with a reduced risk of all-cause mortality among older women without cardiovascular disease at baseline. As the principal investigator or a co-investigator on these studies, Dr. Cené helped design the studies, directed the analyses, and wrote the manuscripts.
This body of work examines how racism, as a structural driver, shapes health through its impact on social needs interventions and how social network ties (or the lack thereof), resources available through social networks (e.g., social support, social capital), and health literacy influence health behaviors and outcomes of chronic illness care. These findings showed that social needs interventions are rarely designed or analyzed in ways that deepen an understanding of racial health inequities or that help to reduce racial and ethnic health inequities. This work also showed that social isolation is an independent risk factor for incident heart failure (HF) and perceived social support was associated with a reduced risk of all-cause mortality among older women without cardiovascular disease at baseline. As the principal investigator or a co-investigator on these studies, Dr. Cené helped design the studies, directed the analyses, and wrote the manuscripts.
This body of work examines how racism, as a structural driver, shapes health through its impact on social needs interventions and how social network ties (or the lack thereof), resources available through social networks (e.g., social support, social capital), and health literacy influence health behaviors and outcomes of chronic illness care. These findings showed that social needs interventions are rarely designed or analyzed in ways that deepen an understanding of racial health inequities or that help to reduce racial and ethnic health inequities. This work also showed that social isolation is an independent risk factor for incident heart failure (HF) and perceived social support was associated with a reduced risk of all-cause mortality among older women without cardiovascular disease at baseline. As the principal investigator or a co-investigator on these studies, Dr. Cené helped design the studies, directed the analyses, and wrote the manuscripts.
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Influence of families and patient-and family-engagement on health and cardiovascular outcomes.
Influence of families and patient-and family-engagement on health and cardiovascular outcomes.
Influence of families and patient-and family-engagement on health and cardiovascular outcomes.
This line of research examined how social support in general and family member engagement in clinical care specifically influences health behaviors and outcomes. For these papers, Dr. Cené conceptualized the research questions, directed or conducted the statistical analysis, and wrote the manuscripts.
This line of research examined how social support in general and family member engagement in clinical care specifically influences health behaviors and outcomes. For these papers, Dr. Cené conceptualized the research questions, directed or conducted the statistical analysis, and wrote the manuscripts.
This line of research examined how social support in general and family member engagement in clinical care specifically influences health behaviors and outcomes. For these papers, Dr. Cené conceptualized the research questions, directed or conducted the statistical analysis, and wrote the manuscripts.
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Implementation of practice-and community-engaged interventions to mitigate health disparities.
Implementation of practice-and community-engaged interventions to mitigate health disparities.
Implementation of practice-and community-engaged interventions to mitigate health disparities.
Dr. Cené’s work evolved from conducting secondary analysis to partnership with community organizations and primary care practices to develop, test, implement, and evaluate interventions to reduce health disparities in chronic illnesses. The publications below highlight the importance of both conducting formative work with stakeholders to guide the development, testing, and adaptation of interventions and assess their feasibility prior to full-scale implementation. They also provide insight into the special considerations needed to be considered to conduct successful data collection and data management in community-engaged research studies. As either the principal investigator or a co-investigator on these studies, Dr. Cené helped design the studies, directed the statistical analysis, and wrote the manuscripts.
Dr. Cené’s work evolved from conducting secondary analysis to partnership with community organizations and primary care practices to develop, test, implement, and evaluate interventions to reduce health disparities in chronic illnesses. The publications below highlight the importance of both conducting formative work with stakeholders to guide the development, testing, and adaptation of interventions and assess their feasibility prior to full-scale implementation. They also provide insight into the special considerations needed to be considered to conduct successful data collection and data management in community-engaged research studies. As either the principal investigator or a co-investigator on these studies, Dr. Cené helped design the studies, directed the statistical analysis, and wrote the manuscripts.
Dr. Cené’s work evolved from conducting secondary analysis to partnership with community organizations and primary care practices to develop, test, implement, and evaluate interventions to reduce health disparities in chronic illnesses. The publications below highlight the importance of both conducting formative work with stakeholders to guide the development, testing, and adaptation of interventions and assess their feasibility prior to full-scale implementation. They also provide insight into the special considerations needed to be considered to conduct successful data collection and data management in community-engaged research studies. As either the principal investigator or a co-investigator on these studies, Dr. Cené helped design the studies, directed the statistical analysis, and wrote the manuscripts.
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Systematic evidence reviews.
Systematic evidence reviews.
Systematic evidence reviews.
Dr. Cené has gained methodologic skills in conducting systematic reviews that have resulted in publications in high-impact journals. These publications have examined the effectiveness on cardiovascular outcomes of oral diabetes medications; efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and harms of transitional care interventions to reduce readmissions and mortality for adults hospitalized with heart failure; patient and family engagement interventions for older adults with multiple chronic conditions and racial health equity implications of social needs interventions. Dr. Cené was the lead or a co-investigator on these projects and assisted with study formulation, data interpretation, and manuscript writing.
Dr. Cené has gained methodologic skills in conducting systematic reviews that have resulted in publications in high-impact journals. These publications have examined the effectiveness on cardiovascular outcomes of oral diabetes medications; efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and harms of transitional care interventions to reduce readmissions and mortality for adults hospitalized with heart failure; patient and family engagement interventions for older adults with multiple chronic conditions and racial health equity implications of social needs interventions. Dr. Cené was the lead or a co-investigator on these projects and assisted with study formulation, data interpretation, and manuscript writing.
Dr. Cené has gained methodologic skills in conducting systematic reviews that have resulted in publications in high-impact journals. These publications have examined the effectiveness on cardiovascular outcomes of oral diabetes medications; efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and harms of transitional care interventions to reduce readmissions and mortality for adults hospitalized with heart failure; patient and family engagement interventions for older adults with multiple chronic conditions and racial health equity implications of social needs interventions. Dr. Cené was the lead or a co-investigator on these projects and assisted with study formulation, data interpretation, and manuscript writing.
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Crystal Cené, MD, MPH, FAHA
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