Scholars@Duke
Stephanie Hart

Stephanie Hart

Clinical Associate in the School of Nursing
School of Nursing
stephanie.hart@duke.edu
DUMC 3322, Durham, NC 27710
307 Trent Drive, DUMC 3322, Room 4275 Ipe, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Centering Community Engagement in a Hypertension Clinical Trial: Strategies to Engage Rural Black Patients in the Southeastern Collaboration to Improve Blood Pressure Control.

Journal Article Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · December 2025 Black Americans residing in rural communities are often excluded from clinical trials for hypertension, despite having a high prevalence of the disease and frequent complications. This report describes our research team's experience to support recruitment ... Full text Cite

Trajectories of change in prolonged exposure for primary care: Who most likely benefits?

Journal Article Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · November 2025 ObjectiveProlonged Exposure for Primary Care (PE-PC) leverages an opportunity to provide evidence-based posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) care in the PC setting where many veterans present for services and can greatly increase treatment access. ... Full text Cite

Development of Interprofessional Competencies Through the Process of Collaborative Clinical Reasoning: A Qualitative Study.

Journal Article Professional case management · July 2025 PurposeEffective interprofessional (IP) collaboration is essential for managing complex patient cases. Collaborative clinical reasoning (CCR) is an approach where IP teams collectively analyze and address complex clinical cases, facilitating a sha ... Full text Cite

"Have to Fight the Demon": Veteran Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Behavioral Self-Management and Diabetes Specific Risk-Taking Behaviors.

Journal Article J Prim Care Community Health · 2025 OBJECTIVES: Diabetes mellitus Type 2 (T2DM) requires a set of life-long, complex self-management strategies that affect both physical and psychosocial aspects of daily life. This study aimed to assess how Veterans with T2DM describe self-management behavio ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Differences in Receipt of Neurologist Evaluation During Hospitalization for Ischemic Stroke by Race, Sex, Age, and Region: The REGARDS Study.

Journal Article Neurology · April 2024 Background and objectivesImproving access to health care providers with clinical expertise in stroke care may influence the use of recommended strategies for reducing disparities in quality of care. Few studies have examined differences in the rec ... Full text Cite

Improving function through primary care treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder study outcomes: A randomized controlled trial of prolonged exposure for primary care in veterans.

Journal Article Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare · December 2023 IntroductionDespite high cost and wide prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veteran populations, and Veterans Health Administration (VA)-wide mental health provider training in evidence-based treatments for PTSD, most veterans wit ... Full text Cite

Disparate statin prescribing following hospital discharge for stroke or transient ischemic attack: Findings from COMPASS.

Journal Article Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · August 2023 BackgroundPublished guidelines recommend high-intensity statins following an ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). The authors examined the potential for disparate patterns of statin prescribing in a cluster randomized trial of trans ... Full text Cite

Abstract WMP42: Differences In Antihypertensive Prescribing And Smoking Cessation Counseling After Acute Ischemic Stroke 2003-2016: The National Regards Cohort Study

Conference Stroke · February 2023 Background: Limited population-based evidence is available about risk factor management following stroke. We examined age, race, sex, and regional (Stroke Belt vs. other) differences in discharge anti ... Full text Cite

802-P: Barriers to Medication Taking in African American Patients with Comorbid Diabetes and Hypertension: The Potential Role of Mild Cognitive Impairment

Conference Diabetes · June 1, 2020 Both diabetes and hypertension increase risk for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and both rely on medications for control. MCI may impede medication adherence, but this has not been well studied. We examined the association between MCI, defined as ... Full text Cite