Nicole Beaulieu Perez, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, is Postdoctoral Research Associate, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York.
Gail D’Eramo Melkus, EdD, ANP, FAAN, is Florence & William Downs Professor in Nursing Research, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York.
Gary Yu, PhD, is Associate Research Scientist, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York.
Janet Brown-Friday, RN, MSN, MPH, is Project Director, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York.
Kathryn Anastos, MD, is Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York.
Brad Aouizerat, MS, PhD, is Deputy Director and Professor, New York University College of Dentistry, New York.
Accepted for publication February 12, 2023.
This pilot study is funded by the National Institutes of Nursing Research (P20 NR018075). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
All procedures performed in studies involving human participants are in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Biomedical Research Alliance of New York Institutional Review Board (File 21-02-210-01E) approved procedures for this study. Informed consent is obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to report.
Corresponding Author: Nicole Beaulieu Perez, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, 433 1st Ave, New York, NY 10010 (e-mail: [email protected]).