I look forward to continuing this line of research on "Cultural factors influencing teenage pregnancy in Jamaica" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

My pilot study of the "Goodie Box" suggested high acceptability of an HPV self-test kit among Jamaican women to reduce barriers to routine screening. I'm sharing the message design process that led to a quasi experiment here: tandfonline.com/eprint/BYYG2KE…

I did a thang 4 special topics #HealthCommunication journal Taylor & Francis Research Insights Scholarship written by + about Black, Latinx & Am. Indian/Alaskan Native People in volume format. Read these pubs by Lillie D. Williamson Dr. Diane B. Francis Soroya Julian McFarlane, PhD Ashley hawkins Charles Senteio + others, share them

If you are a Black doula who serves Black birthing persons who have given birth in a US hospital in the past month or will do so in the next 1-2 months, please consider sharing your experience. If you know a doula who is eligible, please pass along this flyer. Thanks!

New research: Lessons learned from the “Goodie Box”: A message design study developed and evaluated in community settings for cervical cancer prevention: Despite the availability of free pap testing services, Jamaican women have low human… frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #oncology

My latest publication:

Two weeks until our Communication Skills for Children's Environmental Health seminar led by Soroya Julian McFarlane, PhD from Communication Studies. It's the first part of a two part series hosted in partnership with the Emory Nursing's CHARTER. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/communicatin…

Thank you to Soroya Julian McFarlane, PhD for presenting at our February seminar! She shared her research in health communication and best practices for behavior change. w/ the CHARTER Center from Communication Studies and Emory Nursing (1/2) Watch: youtu.be/K-qeqgc8Ad8

The registration link is finally live for the preconference! Join myself, @Andy_SL_Tan, and our amazing panelists at #ICA23 on Thursday, 5/25 to talk about authentic engagement & collaboration w/ persistently marginalized groups w/n health comm work. icahdq.org/event/ICA23-Ma…

So excited to chat with and learn from these amazing panelists: Melissa Vilaro, @iamsju82, Christy Ledford, Eric Cooks, Soroya Julian McFarlane, PhD Jean-Louis Ntang, PhD, Ava Kikut, Matthew Kreuter, & Peter Busse. Join us at #ICA23 to talk about community-engaged health comm work! Registration ends Friday.

Grateful for this collaborative of scholars who are working to advance health in communities around the world #ICA2023 #healthcommunication #CommunityEngagement

Thanks to Lillie D. Williamson and @Andy_SL_Tan for organizing a community of community engaged scholars in health communication through this pre-conference at ICA 2023. @iamsju82 Eric Cooks

Why were Black Americans getting vaccinated for COVID-19 at much slower rates than other groups? Our research shows it's not because of lack of knowledge due to socioeconomic status. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Love this edited version of articles published in Health Communication journal by Latinx, Black, American Indian/Alaskan Native scholars like Lillie D. Williamson Soroya Julian McFarlane, PhD Dr. Diane B. Francis and many other! 💥 #healthcommunication

Check out my latest publication: Reframing the experience of childbirth: Black doula communication strategies and client responses during delivery hospitalization authors.elsevier.com/a/1j87v-CmV1TQY. Available free for the next 50days

Would love to talk to more folks working in the clinical maternal space esp midwives, nurses and others!

K3. The Integrated Theory of mHealth: Why Digital and Mobile Health Must... youtu.be/9PPlVHfhZSE via YouTube

I'm pretty excited about my dissertation research, featured here: Sylvester Takes the Lead to Focus Cancer Research on Low Resource Countries - UHealth physician-news.umiamihealth.org/sylvester-take…

Manuscript submitted for publication ...hope to share these results very soon 🙏 cuba.miami.edu/health-care/de…