Carol R Horowitz

Summary

Affiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Effective recruitment of minority populations through community-led strategies
    Carol R Horowitz
    Department of Health Policy and Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Am J Prev Med 37:S195-200. 2009
  2. ncbi Community-based participatory research from the margin to the mainstream: are researchers prepared?
    Carol R Horowitz
    Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1425 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Circulation 119:2633-42. 2009
  3. ncbi The success of recruiting minorities, women, and elderly into a randomized controlled effectiveness trial
    Jane E Sisk
    Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Mt Sinai J Med 75:37-43. 2008
  4. ncbi Using community-based participatory research to reduce health disparities in East and Central Harlem
    Carol R Horowitz
    Health Policy, Box 1077, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 East 100th Street, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Mt Sinai J Med 71:368-74. 2004
  5. ncbi Peer education for secondary stroke prevention in inner-city minorities: design and methods of the prevent recurrence of all inner-city strokes through education randomized controlled trial
    Judith Z Goldfinger
    Department of Health Evidence and Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Contemp Clin Trials 33:1065-73. 2012
  6. ncbi A model for using community-based participatory research to address the diabetes epidemic in East Harlem
    Carol R Horowitz
    Department of Health Policy and Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Mt Sinai J Med 75:13-21. 2008
  7. ncbi Barriers to buying healthy foods for people with diabetes: evidence of environmental disparities
    Carol R Horowitz
    Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Am J Public Health 94:1549-54. 2004
  8. ncbi Understanding minority patients' beliefs about hypertension to reduce gaps in communication between patients and clinicians
    Ian M Kronish
    Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 14:38-44. 2012
  9. ncbi Project HEAL: peer education leads to weight loss in Harlem
    Judith Z Goldfinger
    Department of Health Policy and Medicine, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Health Care Poor Underserved 19:180-92. 2008
  10. ncbi Observations and recommendations for community-based diabetes screenings
    Brian West
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Health Evidence and Policy, New York, New York, USA
    Diabetes Educ 36:887-93. 2010

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Publications16

  1. ncbi Effective recruitment of minority populations through community-led strategies
    Carol R Horowitz
    Department of Health Policy and Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Am J Prev Med 37:S195-200. 2009
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  2. ncbi Community-based participatory research from the margin to the mainstream: are researchers prepared?
    Carol R Horowitz
    Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1425 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Circulation 119:2633-42. 2009
    ..If successful, lessons learned should inform policy and inspire structural changes in healthcare systems and in communities...
  3. ncbi The success of recruiting minorities, women, and elderly into a randomized controlled effectiveness trial
    Jane E Sisk
    Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Mt Sinai J Med 75:37-43. 2008
    ..Our objective was to assess whether a randomized controlled effectiveness trial enrolled patients by ethnicity/race, gender, and age in proportion to those eligible...
  4. ncbi Using community-based participatory research to reduce health disparities in East and Central Harlem
    Carol R Horowitz
    Health Policy, Box 1077, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 East 100th Street, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Mt Sinai J Med 71:368-74. 2004
    ..We developed an approach to educate and work together with Harlem residents to study health disparities, and to use peer-led classes to improve chronic disease management and outcomes...
  5. ncbi Peer education for secondary stroke prevention in inner-city minorities: design and methods of the prevent recurrence of all inner-city strokes through education randomized controlled trial
    Judith Z Goldfinger
    Department of Health Evidence and Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Contemp Clin Trials 33:1065-73. 2012
    ..However, use of proven-effective cardiovascular medications to control stroke risk is suboptimal, particularly among the Black and Latino populations disproportionately impacted by stroke...
  6. ncbi A model for using community-based participatory research to address the diabetes epidemic in East Harlem
    Carol R Horowitz
    Department of Health Policy and Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Mt Sinai J Med 75:13-21. 2008
    ..Despite evidence that weight loss due to improved nutrition and increased physical activity can prevent or control diabetes, there is often a disconnect between this evidence and individuals' lifestyles...
  7. ncbi Barriers to buying healthy foods for people with diabetes: evidence of environmental disparities
    Carol R Horowitz
    Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Am J Public Health 94:1549-54. 2004
    ..A community coalition compared the availability and cost of diabetes-healthy foods in a racial/ethnic minority neighborhood in East Harlem, with those in the adjacent, largely White and affluent Upper East Side in New York City...
  8. ncbi Understanding minority patients' beliefs about hypertension to reduce gaps in communication between patients and clinicians
    Ian M Kronish
    Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 14:38-44. 2012
    ..Listening to patients' beliefs about hypertension may increase trust, improve communication, and encourage better self-management of hypertension...
  9. ncbi Project HEAL: peer education leads to weight loss in Harlem
    Judith Z Goldfinger
    Department of Health Policy and Medicine, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Health Care Poor Underserved 19:180-92. 2008
    ..Obesity and diabetes are epidemic in the predominantly minority Harlem community. To address them, a coalition of community and academic leaders tested the effectiveness of a peer-led weight loss course...
  10. ncbi Observations and recommendations for community-based diabetes screenings
    Brian West
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Health Evidence and Policy, New York, New York, USA
    Diabetes Educ 36:887-93. 2010
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  11. ncbi Results of a pilot diabetes prevention intervention in East Harlem, New York City: Project HEED
    Punam Parikh
    Department of Health Evidence and Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Am J Public Health 100:S232-9. 2010
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  12. ncbi Effects of nurse management on the quality of heart failure care in minority communities: a randomized trial
    Jane E Sisk
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
    Ann Intern Med 145:273-83. 2006
    ..Despite therapies proven effective for heart failure with systolic dysfunction, the condition continues to cause substantial hospitalization, disability, and death, especially among African- American and other nonwhite populations...
  13. ncbi Posttraumatic stress disorder and adherence to medications in survivors of strokes and transient ischemic attacks
    Ian M Kronish
    Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Stroke 43:2192-7. 2012
    ..Little is known regarding how PTSD triggered by medical events affects patients' adherence to medications...
  14. ncbi How do urban African Americans and Latinos view the influence of diet on hypertension?
    Carol R Horowitz
    Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    J Health Care Poor Underserved 15:631-44. 2004
    ..These findings suggest the importance of culturally sensitive approaches to dietary improvements...
  15. ncbi Racial and ethnic differences in factors associated with early postpartum depressive symptoms
    Elizabeth A Howell
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 105:1442-50. 2005
    ..To explore whether racial differences in early postpartum experience (such as mother's health status and social context) might account for racial differences in reported postpartum depressive symptoms...
  16. ncbi A community-centered approach to diabetes in East Harlem
    Carol R Horowitz
    Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai Medical School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1077, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 18:542-8. 2003
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