Teixeira-Poit, Stephanie M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-1976
Fields, Bonnie
Jenkins, Marjorie
Jones, Susan
Matthews, Candace
Gharbi, Vannessa
Lowe, Serena
Kendrick, Frances A. https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7315-154X
ryman, sal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2169-8191
Funderburk, Raven
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (R16GM145585, R16GM145585, R16GM145585, R16GM145585, R16GM145585, R16GM145585, R16GM145585, R16GM145585, R16GM145585)
DAISY Foundation (Health Equity Grant Program, Health Equity Grant Program, Health Equity Grant Program, Health Equity Grant Program, Health Equity Grant Program, Health Equity Grant Program, Health Equity Grant Program, Health Equity Grant Program, Health Equity Grant Program, Health Equity Grant Program)
Article History
Received: 24 June 2024
Revised: 16 May 2025
Accepted: 17 June 2025
First Online: 3 July 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This project has been approved by Institutional Review Boards at both North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (#HS22-0104) and Cone Health System (#2040723). Informed consent was obtained from all participants interviewed for the study.