College of Nursing
Staja Booker Research Group
Led by Staja Booker · Biobehavioral Nursing Science
What we study
The Booker Lab studies chronic pain in older adults, focusing on movement-evoked pain and health disparities in African American communities. They use mixed methods to explore pain experiences and develop models for assessment and management.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Surveys & interviews
- Human participants
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
CANNABIS USE IN ADULTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE – A MIXED METHODS EXPLORATION OF PAIN SELF-MANAGEMENT AND EFFECT ON PAIN SENSITIZATION
Explores how cannabis use affects pain management and sensitivity in adults with sickle cell disease.
Faith-Based Stroke and Health Education Program in an African American Church Congregation in East Alachua County
Studies the impact of faith-based education on stroke prevention and health outcomes in African American communities.
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Testing the Pain Relief of musculOskeletal conditions and Arthritis using Carefully Tailored InterVEntions (PROACTIVE)…
Tests a new intervention for managing musculoskeletal pain and arthritis in older adults.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Self-Management of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: A Concept Analysis
2026 · Journal of Holistic Nursing
Defines self-management for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome using concept analysis.
- A “DisJOINTed” Relationship: Older African Americans’ Osteoarthritis Pain Management Experiences with Healthcare Providers
2026 · Research on Aging
Examines how older African Americans experience and manage osteoarthritis pain with healthcare providers.
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- “God Will Ease My Pain”: Pain Self-Management Experiences of African American Adults
2026 · Pain Management Nursing
- The End-of-Life Comfort Care Cart
2026 · Nurse Educator
- Generative AI as a bounded elicitation and evidence-synthesis layer for pain assessment in older adults with cognitive impairment
2026 · Frontiers in Pain Research
Proposes using generative AI to help clinicians organize and review pain assessment information for older adults with cognitive impairment.
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