Carolyn Ponting, PhD
@caroponting.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at University of Oregon. Studying treatments to improve perinatal mental health equity. Licensed Clinical Psychologist. UCLA PhD, UCSF postdoc. Passionate mentor and writer. Lover of food, wine, sun, and a good documentary. 🇦🇷🇺🇸
Thanks so much- an ideal compliment!
March 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Thanks so much- an ideal compliment!
Still, messaging can--and should--be manipulated to increase screening rates of diverse groups in our RCTs. Well designed recruitment studies are vital to enhancing health equity.
This work is open access, and can be read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This work is open access, and can be read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Effects of Recruitment Messaging on Ethnic/Racial Minority Screening in a RCT for Prenatal Insomnia: An Experimental Approach
Using data from a nationwide recruitment campaign for an RCT evaluating digital cognitive behavioral therapy for prenatal insomnia, we tested whether a recruitment message that identified a racial/...
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March 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Still, messaging can--and should--be manipulated to increase screening rates of diverse groups in our RCTs. Well designed recruitment studies are vital to enhancing health equity.
This work is open access, and can be read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This work is open access, and can be read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
✌️ In pregnancy, sleep challenges can be considered normal (even when they're not)! Sleep problems may have been considered an inherent part of pregnancy experience, weakening the credibility of the sleep disparities message.
March 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
✌️ In pregnancy, sleep challenges can be considered normal (even when they're not)! Sleep problems may have been considered an inherent part of pregnancy experience, weakening the credibility of the sleep disparities message.
👆🏼We drew attention to disparities in the prevalence rates of poor sleep among Latinx/Black people. It's possible that focusing on disparities in the *consequences* of poor sleep may have motivated more screening.
March 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
👆🏼We drew attention to disparities in the prevalence rates of poor sleep among Latinx/Black people. It's possible that focusing on disparities in the *consequences* of poor sleep may have motivated more screening.
Overall, the disparities message resulted in less screening and the disparities vs. standard message did not impact participants differently depending on their race/ethnicity.
While unexpected, we think the disparities message may have flopped in part b/c...
While unexpected, we think the disparities message may have flopped in part b/c...
March 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Overall, the disparities message resulted in less screening and the disparities vs. standard message did not impact participants differently depending on their race/ethnicity.
While unexpected, we think the disparities message may have flopped in part b/c...
While unexpected, we think the disparities message may have flopped in part b/c...
We randomized pregnant people to receive a study recruitment ad highlighting ethnic/racial disparities in sleep quality, or an identical message without a mention of disparities. Then we looked @ which message resulted in more screening overall & by participant race/ethnicity.
March 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We randomized pregnant people to receive a study recruitment ad highlighting ethnic/racial disparities in sleep quality, or an identical message without a mention of disparities. Then we looked @ which message resulted in more screening overall & by participant race/ethnicity.