Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Danetta Hendricks Sloan, PhD, MSW, MA, uses community-based approaches to inform interventions to reduce inequities in palliative and end of life care with partnerships with the Black Church.
Research Interests
Palliative care; Advance Care Planning, Spirituality, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, Caregiving; Health care equity
Experiences & Accomplishments
Dr. Danetta Sloan refers to herself as a Social Work Scientist who has a passion for improving health care equity for the aging Black American population. Trained as an oncology social worker, Dr. Sloan completed a 10-year tenure as a palliative and hospice care social worker. Her current work uses participatory methodologies to partner with the Black church and faith community to strengthen community capacity and early access to palliative care for those who experience life limiting illness such as Dementia.
Honors & Awards
2023 Dementia Palliative Care Training Program Selected Recipient (NIH)
2023 Alzheimer's Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) Award
2022 NIA K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award
2019 NINR Loan Repayment Program Recipient
2019 Cambia Health Foundation Sojourn Scholar Leadership Award
2016 American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine Kathleen Foley Scholar selection
Select Publications
Selected publications outlining works in the areas of spirituality, advance care planning, palliative, and end of life care.
Sloan DH, Hannum SM, DeGroot L, Dy SM, Waldfogel J, Chyr LC, Heughan JA, Zhang A, Wilson RF, Yuan CT, Wu DS, Robinson KA, Cotter VT. Advance Care Planning Shared Decision-Making Tools for Non-Cancer Chronic Serious Illness: A Mixed Method Systematic Review. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Dec;38(12):1526-1535. doi: 10.1177/1049909121995416. Epub 2021 Feb 15. PubMed PMID: 33583195.
Reuland M, Sloan D, Antonsdottir IM, Spliedt M, Johnston MCD, Samus Q. Recruitment of a diverse research cohort in a large metropolitan area for dementia intervention studies. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 Jan;112:106622. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106622. Epub 2021 Nov 14. PubMed PMID: 34785304; NIHMSID:NIHMS1760974.
Maragh-Bass AC, Sloan DH, Alghanim F, Knowlton AR. A mixed-methods exploration of faith, spirituality, and health program interest among older African Americans with HIV. Qual Life Res. 2021 Feb;30(2):507-519. doi: 10.1007/s11136-020-02656-6. Epub 2020 Oct 14. PubMed PMID: 33052513.
Sloan DH, Gray TF, Harris D, Peters T, Belcher A, Aslakson R, Bowie J. Church leaders and parishioners speak out about the role of the church in advance care planning and end-of-life care. Palliat Support Care. 2021 Jun;19(3):322-328. doi: 10.1017/S1478951520000966. PubMed PMID: 33118897.
Hendricks Sloan D, Peters T, Johnson KS, Bowie JV, Ting Y, Aslakson R. Church-Based Health Promotion Focused on Advance Care Planning and End-of-Life Care at Black Baptist Churches: A Cross-Sectional Survey. J Palliat Med. 2016 Feb;19(2):190-4. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0319. PubMed PMID: 26840855.
Cotter VT, Sloan DH, Scerpella DL, Smith KM, Abshire Saylor M, Wolff JL. Feasibility of Using Simulation to Evaluate Implementation Fidelity in an Advance Care Planning Pragmatic Trial. Am J Hosp Palliative Care. 2024 Sep 3:10499091241282087. doi: 10.1177/10499091241282087. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39226471.
Petchler CM, Singer-Cohen R, Fisher MC, DeGroot L, Gamper MJ, Nelson KE, Peeler A, Koirala B, Morrison M, Abshire Saylor M, Sloan D, Wright R. Palliative Care Research and Clinical Practice Priorities in the United States as Identified by an Interdisciplinary Modified Delphi Approach. J Palliative Med. 2024 May 10. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0664. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38726709
Park, T., Sloan, D. H., Cruz-Oliver, D. M., Reid, M. C., Czaja, S., Adelman, R. D., Dignam, R., & Phongtankuel, V. (2023). Black Caregivers' Symptom Management, Cultural, and Religious Experiences with Home Hospice Care. Journal of pain and symptom management, S0885-3924(23)00460-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.04.013