Sharon W Williams

2 papers in the library · publishing 2022-2025

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Feasibility of a Telephone-Delivered Mindfulness Intervention for Informal Caregivers of Rural-Dwelling African Americans With Dementia.

Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health 2025 Keturah R Faurot, Isabel Roth, Elondra Harr et al.

Mindfulness training has been associated with improved health outcomes among family caregivers of people living with dementia, but access to training is limited, especially in rural areas. Moreover, mindfulness training that addresses the unique perspectives of African American families is needed. The study aimed to test the feasibility and acceptability of a theory-driven, telephone-delivered...

DOI: 10.1177/27536130251347944 Full text African americans Caregiver burden Families Rural populations +15

Easing the burden of dementia caregiving: Protocol development for a telephone-delivered mindfulness intervention for rural, African American families.

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications December 2022 Susan A Gaylord, Keturah R Faurot, Jennifer Shafer et al.

There have been few interventions targeted for rural African American (AA) caregivers of persons with dementia despite their unique cultural, geographic, health-related and socio-economic needs, including relatively less access to-and willingness to engage with-formal supports and resources. One effective intervention, Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), has been found to be culturally...

DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2022.101031 Full text African american Care partner Caregiver Mindfulness-based stress reduction +1