APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
A Culturally Responsive Mindfulness Intervention with mHealth Text Messaging to Improve Stress, Sleep, and Health Equity In African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes
- Jasmin Searcy-Pate
University of Illinois-Chicago - Veronica Womack
Northwestern University - Garcelle Renaud
University of Illinois-Chicago - Maria Camargo Pachon
University of Illinois-Chicago - Alana Biggers
University of Illinois-Chicago
Abstract
This RCT evaluated a culturally adapted mindfulness intervention supplemented with mHealth text messaging to improve sleep and stress among African Americans with Type 2 diabetes(N = 44).The program demonstrated feasibility, with preliminary improvements in sleep and mindfulness measured with reliable scales(α = .85–.89),along with a downward trend in depressive symptoms.