Susan Gennaro is a professor in the William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk is vice president for health promotion; chief wellness officer; professor, College of Nursing; Helene Fuld Health Trust professor of evidence-based practice (EBP), College of Nursing; professor of pediatrics and psychiatry, College of Medicine; and executive director of the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for EBP in Nursing and Healthcare, all at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Laura A. Szalacha is a professor at Morsani College of Medicine and College of Nursing, both at University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla.

Jacqueline Hoying is an assistant clinical professor; director, MINDSTRONG/MINDBODYSTRONG Program; and community core director at the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for EBP, all at The Ohio State University College of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio.

Andrea Cooper is a research nurse coordinator and certified nurse midwife at The Ohio State University College of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio.

Melanie Milagros Aviles is a research coordinator at New York Health + Hospitals, Jacobi Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y.

Caitlin O'Connor is a research associate at William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Anne Gibeau is director of midwifery at Jacobi Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y.

Authors' contributions: All authors listed contributed to the conceptual planning, writing, and reviewing of this article.

Funding: Research reported in this paper was supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities under award number R01MD012770 to Susan Gennaro and Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

Disclosure: Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk has a company, COPE2Thrive, LLC, which disseminates her COPE programs. The other authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.