Schenita Davis Randolph | Scholars@Duke

Schenita Davis Randolph
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing

Dr. Randolph is an Associate Professor at Duke School of Nursing and has been a registered nurse for over 25 years. She is advancing the nursing science by addressing the root causes of sexual health inequities for Black male adolescents and women. Her work has received national attention in the popular media and has been supported by public and private funders. She has publications in peer-reviewed journals that highlight population health and community and stakeholder engagement in education and research. From 2016-2021, she was Co-Director of the Community Engagement and Dissemination Core at the Duke Center for REACH Equity, a NIMHD-funded health disparities research center, where she provided consultations and trainings to career development scholars and researchers on community engagement principles and evidence-based strategies to better engage community stakeholders in research projects. She has provided technical consultations to researchers for numerous clinical trials that have increased participation in community engaged research and vulnerable populations. She co- developed a Community and Stakeholder Engagement course for the Duke CTSI and a COVID-19 Community Conversations series which has been utilized as a model for other researchers to engage their populations of study during the global pandemic.

Current Research Interests

Dr. Randolph is passionate about partnering with the community to address inequities in health through socially and culturally relevant strategies. The impact of Dr. Randolph’s work addresses sexual health inequities among Black male adolescents and young adults (AYA) and Black women in the United States through community and stakeholder engagement approaches. Dr. Randolph’s research is shifting the approach to sexual health among Black AYA with the first nurse-led, parent-adolescent intervention providing tools for parents to address HIV risk transmission and racial discrimination as interrelated public health issues. She is also addressing sexual health inequities among Black women by addressing barriers to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) (a medication if taken consistently decreases HIV risk) such as PrEP stigma and distrust, as PrEP uptake among Black women is low, and interventions are limited.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2021

Contact Information

307 Trent Drive, DUMC 3322, Durham, NC 27710
307 Trent Drive, DUMC 3322, Durham, NC 27710
schenita.randolph@duke.edu
Betty Irene Moore Nurse Leader and Innovator Fellow Schenita Davis Randolph
Randolph Becomes Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing
The Heeat Research Lab

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Walden University 2011
- M.P.H., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2003
- B.S.N., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 1997
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2019 - 2021
- Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2018 - 2019
- Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2016 - 2018
- Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2015 - 2016
Recognition
In the News
- AUG 30, 2021 Duke University School of Nursing
  
  Randolph Selected to Serve on Mebane's Racial Equity Advisory Committee
Expertise
Subject Headings
- Muser Mentor
- Population Health
Research
Selected Grants
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Fellow American Academy of Nursing awarded by American Association of Nursing 2022
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - McMillian-Bohler, Jacquelyn M., Lauren Holt, Adaora A. Adimora, Donald Chip E. Bailey, Ragan Johnson, Amie Koch, Kara McGee, et al. “Examining Stigma and Disclosure Among Women With HIV in the Southern United States: Qualitative Study Guided by the Adaptive Leadership Framework for Chronic Illness.” J Assoc Nurses Aids Care 34, no. 1 (January 2023): 113–24. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000354.
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  - Rimmler, Shelby, Carol Golin, James Coleman, Hayley Welgus, Sarah Shaughnessy, Leah Taraskiewicz, Alexandra F. Lightfoot, Schenita D. Randolph, and Linda Riggins. “Structural Barriers to HIV Prevention and Services: Perspectives of African American Women in Low-Income Communities.” Health Education & Behavior : The Official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education 49, no. 6 (December 2022): 1022–32. https://doi.org/10.1177/10901981221109138.
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  - Conley, Cherie, Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, Schenita Randolph, Annie Hardison-Moody, Edwin B. Fisher, and Isaac Lipkus. “Religious social capital and minority health: A concept analysis.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 39, no. 5 (September 2022): 1041–47. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13082.
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  - Walton, AnnMarie Lee, Jacqueline A. Nikpour, and Schenita D. Randolph. “Population health in a global society: Preparing nurses for the future.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 39, no. 5 (September 2022): 1098–1106. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13081.
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  - Randolph, Schenita D., Ragan Johnson, Allison Johnson, and Lana Keusch. “Using PrEP and Doing it for Ourselves (UPDOs Protective Styles), a Web-Based Salon Intervention to Improve Uptake of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Black Women: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility Study.” Jmir Research Protocols 11, no. 8 (August 2022): e34556. https://doi.org/10.2196/34556.
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  - Randolph, Schenita D., Ragan Johnson, Kara McGee, Adaora A Adimora, Catalina Ramirez, Donald E. Bailey, Lauren Holt, et al. “Adaptive leadership in clinical encounters with women living with HIV.” Bmc Womens Health 22, no. 1 (June 9, 2022): 217. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01810-1.
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  - Bailey, Donald E., Courtney Caiola, Adaora A. Adimora, Catalina Ramirez, Lauren Holt, Ragan Johnson, Amie Koch, et al. “Adaptive Challenges, Adaptive Work, and Adaptive Leadership Among Women Living With HIV in the Southern United States: Findings From a Qualitative Study.” J Assoc Nurses Aids Care 33, no. 3 (May 2022): 259–69. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000288.
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  - Koch, Amie, Tiarney D. Ritchwood, Donald E. Bailey, Courtney Ellis Caiola, Adaora A. Adimora, Catalina Ramirez, Lauren Holt, et al. “Exploring Resilience Among Black Women Living With HIV in the Southern United States: Findings From a Qualitative Study.” J Assoc Nurses Aids Care 33, no. 2 (March 2022): 224–34. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000311.
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  - Aycock, Dawn M., Kamila A. Alexander, Fawn A. Cothran, Schenita D. Randolph, Heather M. Young, and J Taylor Harden. “Black nurse scientists and the undeniable role of historically Black colleges and universities.” Nursing Outlook 70, no. 1 (January 2022): 119–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2021.07.001.
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  - Conley, Cherie, Ragan Johnson, Keosha Bond, Sullivan Brem, Jasmine Salas, and Schenita Randolph. “US Black cisgender women and pre-exposure prophylaxis for human immunodeficiency virus prevention: A scoping review.” Women’S Health (London, England) 18 (January 2022): 17455057221103098. https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057221103098.
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  - McGee, K., L. Bell, V. Guilamo-Ramos, B. A. Knettel, S. D. Randolph, and M. V. Relf. “HIV Clinician Workforce Shortage: Nurse Practitioners Filling the Gap.” Journal for Nurse Practitioners 18, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 58–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.08.013.
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  - Richard-Eaglin, Angela, Lisa Muirhead, Michelle Webb, and Schenita D. Randolph. “A syndemic effect: Interrelationships between systemic racism, health disparities, and COVID-19.” Nursing 52, no. 1 (January 2022): 38–43. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.nurse.0000803424.08667.c6.
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  - Johnson, Ragan, Danielle Myers, Mehri McKellar, Lamercie Saint-Hillaire, and Schenita D. Randolph. “Perspectives of Black women in the United States on salon-based intervention to promote the uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV.” J Clin Nurs 30, no. 21–22 (November 2021): 3281–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15838.
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  - Randolph, Schenita D., Naomi N. Duke, Ragan Johnson, and Davon Washington. “The Need for Parent-Adolescent Conversations About Racial Discrimination in HIV Prevention Interventions.” J Adolesc Health 69, no. 2 (August 2021): 197–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.05.007.
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  - Bond, Keosha T., Rasheeta Chandler, Crystal Chapman-Lambert, Lorretta Sweet Jemmott, Yzette Lanier, Jiepin Cao, Jacqueline Nikpour, and Schenita D. Randolph. “Applying a Nursing Perspective to Address the Challenges Experienced by Cisgender Women in the HIV Status Neutral Care Continuum: A Review of the Literature.” The Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care : Janac 32, no. 3 (May 2021): 283–305. https://doi.org/10.1097/jnc.0000000000000243.
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  - Guilamo-Ramos, Vincent, Dalmacio Dennis Flores, Schenita D. Randolph, and Elvine Belinda Andjembe Etogho. “Nursing Contributions to Ending the Global Adolescent and Young Adult HIV Pandemic.” The Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care : Janac 32, no. 3 (May 2021): 264–82. https://doi.org/10.1097/jnc.0000000000000227.
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  - Randolph, S. D., R. Johnson, D. Meyers, D. Washington, and L. Saint-Hillaire. “Leveraging social networks of Black women in beauty salons to improve uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis.” Health Education Journal 80, no. 1 (February 1, 2021): 95–105. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896920959383.
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  - Cary, Michael P., Schenita D. Randolph, Marion E. Broome, and Brigit M. Carter. “Creating a culture that values diversity and inclusion: An action-oriented framework for schools of nursing.” Nursing Forum 55, no. 4 (November 2020): 687–94. https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12485.
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  - Johnson, Ragan, Jewel Scott, and Schenita D. Randolph. “COVID-19 and Black America: The intersection of health equity and the NP workforce.” The Nurse Practitioner 45, no. 10 (October 2020): 11–14. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.npr.0000696932.97210.37.
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  - Randolph, Schenita D., Carol Golin, Hayley Welgus, Alexandra F. Lightfoot, Caressa J. Harding, and Linda F. Riggins. “How Perceived Structural Racism and Discrimination and Medical Mistrust in the Health System Influences Participation in HIV Health Services for Black Women Living in the United States South: A Qualitative, Descriptive Study.” The Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care : Janac 31, no. 5 (September 2020): 598–605. https://doi.org/10.1097/jnc.0000000000000189.
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  - Harris, Orlando O., Natalie Leblanc, Kara McGee, Schenita Randolph, Mitchell J. Wharton, and Michael Relf. “Alarm at the Gate-Health and Social Inequalities are Comorbid Conditions of HIV and COVID-19.” The Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care : Janac 31, no. 4 (July 2020): 367–75. https://doi.org/10.1097/jnc.0000000000000190.
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  - Coakley, Tanya M., Schenita D. Randolph, Stephanie I. Coard, and Tiarney D. Ritchwood. “Principal Sources of Information African American Fathers Draw Upon to Inform their Sons about Sex and Sexual Health Risks.” J Natl Med Assoc 111, no. 5 (October 2019): 500–508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2019.04.001.
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  - Randolph, Schenita D., Michael P. Cary, Ragan Johnson, and Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda. “Black Fathers' Preferences for Sexual Health Interventions with their Adolescent Sons.” Journal of the National Medical Association 111, no. 5 (October 2019): 569–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2019.03.003.
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  - Randolph, Schenita, Tanya Coakley, and Jeffrey Shears. “Recruiting and engaging African-American men in health research.” Nurse Researcher 26, no. 1 (June 2018): 8–12. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2018.e1569.
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  - Dyson, Yarneccia D., Yashonda Mobley, Gabrielle Harris, and Schenita D. Randolph. “Using the Social-Ecological Model of HIV Prevention to Explore HIV Testing Behaviors of Young Black College Women.” The Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care : Janac 29, no. 1 (January 2018): 53–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jana.2017.11.003.
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  - Randolph, Schenita D., Terrence Pleasants, and Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda. “Barber-led sexual health education intervention for Black male adolescents and their fathers.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 34, no. 6 (November 2017): 555–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12350.
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  - Coakley, T. M., S. Randolph, J. Shears, E. R. Beamon, P. Collins, and T. Sides. “Parent–youth communication to reduce at-risk sexual behavior: A systematic literature review.” Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment 27, no. 6 (August 18, 2017): 609–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2017.1313149.
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  - Randolph, Schenita D., Tanya Coakley, Jeffrey Shears, and Roland J. Thorpe. “African-American Fathers' Perspectives on Facilitators and Barriers to Father-Son Sexual Health Communication.” Research in Nursing & Health 40, no. 3 (June 2017): 229–36. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21789.
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  - Cantey, Danette S., Schenita D. Randolph, Margory A. Molloy, Brigit Carter, and Michael P. Cary. “Student-Developed Simulations: Enhancing Cultural Awareness and Understanding Social Determinants of Health.” The Journal of Nursing Education 56, no. 4 (April 2017): 243–46. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20170323-11.
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  - Coakley, Tanya M., Schenita D. Randolph, Jeffrey Shears, and Patrick Collins. “Values that Fathers Communicate to Sons about Sex, Sexuality, Relationships, and Marriage.” Social Work in Public Health 32, no. 5 (January 2017): 355–68. https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2017.1304311.
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  - Randolph, Schenita, Charlotte Evans, and Cynthia T. Bacon. “Preparing BSN Students for Population-Focused Nursing Care.” Nursing Education Perspectives 37, no. 2 (March 2016): 115–17.
  - Coakley, T. M., J. K. Shears, and S. D. Randolph. “Understanding Key Barriers to Fathers’ Involvement in Their Children's Lives.” Child and Youth Services 35, no. 4 (December 2, 2014): 343–64. https://doi.org/10.1080/0145935X.2014.972550.
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  - Randolph, S. D., M. M. Kim, C. E. Golin, and D. D. Matthews. “Exploring sexual identity development among African American male college students.” Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality 16 (February 13, 2013).
  - Sousa, Valmi D., Jaclene A. Zauszniewski, Carol M. Musil, Patricia J. Price Lea, and Schenita A. Davis. “Relationships among self-care agency, self-efficacy, self-care, and glycemic control.” Research and Theory for Nursing Practice 19, no. 3 (January 2005): 217–30. https://doi.org/10.1891/rtnp.2005.19.3.217.
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  - Coakley, T. M., J. K. Shears, and S. D. Randolph. “Understanding key barriers to fathers' case planning involvement.” Child & Youth Services 35, no. 4 (n.d.): 343–64.
- Book Sections
  - Barrett, Nadine J., Kearston L. Ingraham, Kenisha Bethea, Pao Hwa-Lin, Maritza Chirinos, Laura J. Fish, Schenita Randolph, et al. “Project PLACE: Enhancing community and academic partnerships to describe and address health disparities.,” 146:167–88, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.acr.2020.01.009.
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- Other Articles
  - Randolph, S. D. “The Future of Nursing: An Innovative Partnership to Teach BSN Students Community/Public Health Competencies [White Paper].” Academic Consulting Group, Elsevier, March 2014.
- Reports
  - Hall, M., K. Graves, S. Randolph, A. Curley, D. Easterling, R. Lang-Walker, S. Blackstock, I. Tuck, M. Wagner, and A. Buford. “Health Care Access in Guilford County. A White Paper Commissioned by the Cone Health Foundation.” Health Care Access in Guilford County. Greensboro, NC: North Carolina A&T State University and Wake Forest University, May 2012.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

In the News

Subject Headings

Selected Grants

Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Other Articles

Reports

Recent Courses