April Carcone

projects
Improving Diabetes Health in Emerging Adulthood (IDEA) through an Autonomy Support Intervention (ongoing)
Scale it up: Effectiveness-implementation research to enhance HIV-related self-management among youth (closed)
Patient-Provider Communication to Promote Health Behavior Change in African American Adolescents and Young Adults (closed)
Pediatric Prevention Center Chronic Illnesses Research Laboratory (closed)

Faculty Profile

Professor - Research
ao6558@wayne.edu

Biography

April Carcone is an Professor (Research) in the department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences. 

Dr. Carcone is a member of the Behavioral Sciences Division of the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences. Dr. Carcone is a social worker by training with over 20 years experience in behavioral health research. Her research has three main foci. First is the study of patient-provider communication in clinical contexts with a specific emphasis on examining the mechanisms of effect in Motivational Interviewing. Second is the development and testing of behavioral interventions to improve health outcomes with an emphasis on pediatric and emerging adults with chronic illnesses, including obesity, type 1 diabetes, asthma, and HIV. And, finally, the use of implementation science to study the translation of efficacious interventions from academia to the real world.

Office Address

IBio #3128
6135 Woodward
Detroit, 48202

Education/Training

BA Sociology, University of Michigan

MSW, University of Michigan

PhD, Wayne State University  

Office Phone

 313-577-1057

Publications

  1. Ellis D, Idalski Carcone A, Templin TN, Evans M, Weissberg-Benchell J, Buggs-Saxton C, Boucher-Berry C, Miller JL, Drossos T, Dekelbab MB. (in press). Effects of an eHealth Intervention on Glycemic Control in Black Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: A Multi-Center Clinical Trial.
  2. Knauft K, Ellis DA, Jacques Tiura A, Idalski-Carcone A, Evans MA, Weissberg-Benchell J, Buggs-Saxton C, B-Berry C, Miller JL, Drossos T, Dekelbab MB. (in press). The Moderating Role of Diabetes Distress on the Effect of a Randomized eHealth Intervention on Glycemic Control in Black Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes". Journal of Pediatric Psychology
  3. Evans M, Ellis DA, Vesco AT, Feldman MA, Weissberg-Benchell J, Idalski Carcone A, Miller J, Boucher-Berry C, Buggs-Saxton C, Degnan B, Dekelbab B, Drossos T. (2024). Diabetes Distress in Black Youth with Type 1 Diabetes and their Caregivers: Associations with Glycemic Control, Depression, and Health Behaviors. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsad096
  4. Kannikeswaran N, Spencer P, Idalski Carcone A, Huth M*, Mehmood Y*, Ellis D. (2023). Utilization of electronic portal referrals to a community agency for children presenting with an asthma exacerbation to a Pediatric Emergency Department. Journal of Asthma. doi:10.1080/02770903.2023.2272796
  5. Shukla M, Idalski Carcone A, Mooney M, Kannikeswaran N, Ellis D. (2023). Evaluating Barriers and Facilitators to Healthcare Providers; Use of an Emergency Department Electronic Referral Portal for High-risk Children with Asthma using the Theoretical Domains Framework. Journal of Asthma. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2023.2257318

Research Description

Behavioral science and the science of behavior change, patient-provider communication, children, adolescents and young adults, Motivational Interviewing, chronic illness

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/April_Carcone

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