| The family and consumer sciences body of knowledge and the cultural kaleidoscope: Research opportunities and challenges SY Nickols, PA Ralston, C Anderson, L Browne, G Schroeder, S Thomas, ... Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal 37 (3), 266-283, 2009 | 188 | 2009 |
| Peer Reviewed: Interventions for improving nutrition and physical activity behaviors in adult African American populations: A systematic review, January 2000 through December 2011 J Lemacks, BA Wells, JZ Ilich, PA Ralston Preventing Chronic Disease 10, 2013 | 79 | 2013 |
| Senior center utilization by black elderly adults: social, attitudinal and knowledge correlates PA Ralston Journal of Gerontology 39 (2), 224-229, 1984 | 61 | 1984 |
| Beauty salon health intervention increases fruit and vegetable consumption in African-American women LT Johnson, PA Ralston, E Jones Journal of the American Dietetic Association 110 (6), 941-945, 2010 | 59 | 2010 |
| Health promotion and Black elders: Subgroups of greatest need J Dancy Jr, PA Ralston Research on Aging 24 (2), 218-242, 2002 | 39 | 2002 |
| Educational needs and activities of older adults: Their relationship to senior center programs PA Ralston Educational Gerontology: An International Quarterly 7 (2-3), 231-244, 1981 | 39 | 1981 |
| Senior centers and minority elders: A critical review PA Ralston The Gerontologist 31 (3), 325-331, 1991 | 37 | 1991 |
| Eating behaviors of older African Americans: An application of the theory of planned behavior CW O’Neal, K Wickrama, PA Ralston, JZ Ilich, CM Harris, C Coccia, ... The Gerontologist 54 (2), 211-220, 2014 | 36 | 2014 |
| Validation of body adiposity index as a measure of obesity in overweight and obese postmenopausal white women and its comparison with body mass index JL Lemacks, PY Liu, H Shin, PA Ralston, JZ Ilich Menopause 19 (11), 1277-1279, 2012 | 33 | 2012 |
| Nutrition and the rural elderly PA Ralston, NL Cohen SAGE FOCUS EDITIONS 165, 202-202, 1993 | 32 | 1993 |
| A culturally sensitive church-based health-smart intervention for increasing health literacy and health-promoting behaviors among black adult churchgoers MT Carolyn, S Kang, NA Ukonu, GS Linn, CS DiSangro, TM Arthur, ... Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 30 (1), 80-101, 2019 | 28 | 2019 |
| Factors affecting utilization of senior centers: Race, sex, and socioeconomic differences PA Ralston, MB Griggs Journal of Gerontological Social Work 9 (1), 99-111, 1985 | 28 | 1985 |
| The Scottsdale initiative: Positioning the profession for the 21st century CB Simerly, PA Ralston, L Harriman, B Taylor Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences 92 (1), 75, 2000 | 27 | 2000 |
| Reducing cardiovascular disease risk in mid-life and older African Americans: A church-based longitudinal intervention project at baseline PA Ralston, JL Lemacks, KKAS Wickrama, I Young-Clark, C Coccia, ... Contemporary clinical trials 38 (1), 69-81, 2014 | 25 | 2014 |
| Determinants of senior center attendance and participation PA Ralston Journal of applied gerontology 10 (3), 258-273, 1991 | 25 | 1991 |
| Linking life dissatisfaction to health behaviors of older African Americans through psychological competency and vulnerability KAS Wickrama, PA Ralston, CW O’Neal, JZ Ilich, CM Harris, C Coccia, ... Research on Aging 35 (5), 591-611, 2013 | 23 | 2013 |
| Midlife and older Black women PA Ralston Handbook on women and aging, 273-289, 1997 | 22 | 1997 |
| Health promotion for rural black elderly: A comprehensive review PA Ralston Journal of Gerontological Social Work 20 (1-2), 53-78, 1993 | 22 | 1993 |
| Senior center research: Policy from knowledge PA Ralston Critical issues in aging policy: linking research and values/edited by Edgar …, 1987 | 22 | 1987 |
| Diversifying the health professions: A model program PA Ralston American Journal of Health Behavior 27 (3), 235-245, 2003 | 20 | 2003 |
