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Community Health Scholars Program Publications List

Kaytura Felix Aaron
Katherine Alaimo
Precilla Belin
Diane Calleson
Vivian Chávez
Cheryl Dudley-Brewster
Stephanie Farquhar
Shannon Frattaroli
Clarence Gravlee
Derek Griffith
Davyda Hammond
I. Shevon Harvey
Karen Kim
Simona Kwon
Cynthia Lanier
Michael Lindsey
Ellen López
Iveris Martinez
Mondi Mason
Siobhan Maty
Isa Williams Miles
Shani Harris Peterson
Penny Rechkemmer
Michael Reece
Scott Rhodes
Michael Royster
Yamin Salabarría-Peña
Diane Marie St. George
Lisa Benz Scott
Mansoureh Tajik
Duane Thomas
Andriette Ward
J. DeWitt Webster
Sharla Willis
Michael Yonas
Angela Odoms Young
Carlos Zometa

Kaytura Felix Aaron, MD

Felix Aaron K, Clancy CM. Improving quality and reducing disparities: toward a common pathway. JAMA. 2003; 289(8):1033-4.

Felix Aaron K, Stryer D. Moving from Rhetoric to Evidence-Based Action in Health Care. Ethn Dis. 2003;13(3 Suppl 3):S3-9-11.

Felix Aaron K, Chesley FD. Beyond Rhetoric: What We Need to Know to Eliminate Disparities Ethn Dis. 2003;13(3 Suppl 3):S3-9-11.

Felix Aaron K, Levine DM, Burstin HR. Religious Participation and Health Care Practices in African American communities. J Gen Intern Med. 2003;18(11):908-13.

Felix Aaron KL, Bone LR, Levine DM, Rubin, HR. Using Participant Information to Develop an Instrument to Evaluate Community Health Worker Outreach Services. Ethnicity and Disease 2002; 12:87-96.

Felix Aaron K. Bass E. A Call for Papers: Community-Based Participatory Research. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2002;17:84.

Felix Aaron K et al. Variation in the Quality of Men's Healthcare. Under review by Medical Care journal.

Schillinger D, Felix Aaron K. Figuring out the Feds. Society of General Internal Medicine Forum. September 2001. Bone LR, Hill MR, Stalling RY, Gelber AC, Barker AV, Baylor I, Harris EC, Zeiger SL, Felix-Aaron, KL, Clark, JM, Levine DM. Community Health Survey in an Urban African American Neighborhood: Distribution and Correlates of Elevated Blood Pressure. Ethnicity and Disease 2000;10:87-95.

Young DR, Gittelsohn J, Charleston J, Felix Aaron KL, Appel LJ. Motivations for Exercise and Weight Loss Among African American Women: Focus Group Results and Their Contributions Towards Program Development. Ethn Health. 2001 Aug-Nov;6(3-4):227-45.


Katherine Alaimo, PhD, MS

Allen JO, Alaimo K, Elam D, Perry E. Growing Vegetables and Values: Benefits of Neighborhood-based Community Gardens for Youth Development and Nutrition. Health Education and Bahavior, May 2007.

Alaimo K, Bassett E, Wilkerson R, Petersmarck K, Mosack J, Coutts C, Mendez D, Grost L, Stegmier L. The Promoting Active Communities Program: Improvement of Michigan's Self-Assessment Tool. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, In press.

Woolley M, Grogan-Kaylor A, Glister M, Karb R, Gant L, Reischl T, Alaimo K. Neighborhood Social Capital, Poor Physical Conditions, and School Achievement. Children & Schools; In press.

Alaimo K, Packnett E, Miles R, Kruger D. Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Urban Community Gardeners. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2007; In press.

Grogan-Kaylor A., Woolley, M., Mowbray, C., Reischl, T., Glister, M., Karb, R., MacFarlane, P., Gant, L., & Alaimo, K. Predictors of Neighborhood Satisfaction. Journal of Community Practice, 2006;14(4):27-50.

Alaimo, K. Child hunger in the U.S.: An overview. In: Child Poverty in America Today: 2. Health and Medical Care. Praeger/GreenwoodPublishing Group. 2007.

Alaimo K, Bassett E, Wilkerson R, Smiley M, Warbach J, Hines A, Guzmán L, and Petersmarck K. Design Guidelines For Active Michigan Communities: Imagining, Creating, and Improving Communities for Physical Activity, Active Living, and Recreation. Lansing, MI: Michigan Department of Community Health. 98 pages. May 2006.

Alaimo K, Reischl T, Atkinson A, Hutchison P. "We don't only grow vegetables, we grow values": Neighborhood Benefits of Community Gardens in Flint, Michigan. In: Brugge D, Hynes P, eds. Community Research in Environmental Health: Lessons in Science, Advocacy and Ethics. Ashgate Publishing Ltd. 2005.

Alaimo, K, Hassler E, Editors. From Seeds to Stories, The Community Garden Storytelling Project of Flint. Print Comm, 2003.

Alaimo K, Olson CM, Frongillo EA, Jr. Family food insufficiency is associated with dysthymia and suicidal symptoms in adolescents: Results from NHANES III. Journal of Nutrition. 2002;132:719-725.

Alaimo K, Olson CM, Frongillo EA Jr. Family Food Insufficiency, but Not Low Family Income, Is Positively Associated with Dysthymia and Suicide Symptoms in Adolescents, American Society for Nutritional Sciences, 2002:719-725

Alaimo K, Olson CM, Frongillo EA, Jr. Low family income and food insufficiency in relation to overweight in children: Is there a paradox? Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2001;155(10):1161-1167.

Alaimo K, Olson CM, Frongillo EA, Jr., Briefel RR. Food insufficiency, family income, and health in U.S. preschool and school-age children. American Journal of Public Health. 2001;91:781-786.

Alaimo K, Olson CM, Frongillo EA, Jr. Food insufficiency and American school-aged children's cognitive, academic and psycho-social development. Pediatrics. 2001;108:44-53.

Alaimo K, Briefel RR, Frongillo EA, Jr., Olson CM. Food insufficiency exists in the United States: Results from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. American Journal of Public Health. 1998. 88:419-426.

Briefel RR, Sempos CT, McDowell MA, Chien S, Alaimo K. Dietary methods research in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: underreporting of energy intake. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 1997. 65(suppl):1203S-9S.

Briefel RR, McDowell MA, Alaimo K, et. al. Total energy intake of the U.S. population: the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-91. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 1995. 62(suppl):1072S-80S.


Precilla Belin, PhD, MA

Belin PL, Washington, TA, & Greene Y.. Saving Grace: A Breast Cancer Program in the Black Community. Health and Social Work.

Belin PL & Curbow B. Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Witnessing In Tennessee Project to Increase Breast Cancer Screening and Awareness among African American Women in the East Tennessee Region. American Journal of Health Education.

Belin PL. The Impact of a Faith-Based Intervention Used to Educate and Empower African American Women Concerning Breast Health. Journal of Religion and Health.

Bailey EJ, Erwin DO, & Belin PL. "Using Cultural Beliefs and Patterns to Improve Mammography Utilization among African American Women: The Witness Project." Journal of the National Medical Association, Vol. 92, No. 3, March 2000, pp. 136-142.

Belin PL, Erwin DO, Spatz TS, & Stotts RC. Enhancing Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening through Community Outreach Programs. 6th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved and Cancer. Washington, DC. 1997.


Diane Calleson, PhD, MA

Seifer, S., Calleson DC. Faculty Perspectives on Community-Based Research: Implications for Policy and Practice. 2004. Journal of Interprofessoinal Care.

Panda, M., Staton, L., Chen, I., Kurz, J., Pasanen, M., O'Rorke, J., Menon, M., Genao, I., Jarvis, J., Mechaber, A., Rosenberg, E., Faselis, C., Carey, T., Calleson, D., Cykert, S., Factors That Affect Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Non-Malignant Pain: The Role of Patient-Physician Disagreement. Pain, Spring, 2004.

Calleson, DC., Seifer, S. Institutional Collaboration and Competition in Community-Based Education, Journal of Interprofessional Care. Vol 18/No. 1. February, 2004.

Goldstein, A., Calleson, D., Curtis, B., Gamble, G, Steiner, B., Moore, T., Hemphill, B. Voluntary Community Service by Family Medicine Physicians. American Board of Family Practice, March, 2004.

Denham, A., Steiner, B., Calleson, D., Curtis, P., Goldstein, G., Gamble, G. Factors Influencing Community Service Among North Carolina Physicians. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. March, 2004.

Dodds, J., Calleson, D., Eng, G., Margolis, L, Moore, K. Structure and Culture of Schools of Public Health to Support Public Health Practice. Journal of Public Health Practice Management. October, 2003.

Calleson, D., Seifer, S., and Maurana, C. Forces Affecting the Community Involvement of Academic Health Centers: Perspectives of Institutional and Faculty Leaders. Acad. Med.,Vol. 77. No. 1, January, 2002


Vivian Chávez, DrPH, MPH

L. Cohen, V. Chávez, & S. Chehimi, Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well-Being, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2007.

V. Chávez, M. Minkler, N. Wallerstein & M. Spencer, "Community Organizing for Health and Social Justice." Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well-Being. Eds. L. Cohen, V. Chávez, & S. Chehimi, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2007.

V. Chávez & R. Turalba, "Pedagogy of Collegiality to teach Civic Engagement." Quick Hits for Educating Citizens: Successful Strategies by Award-Winning Teachers. Eds. J. Perry & S. Jones. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2006.

E. Flores & V. Chávez, "Latino Health," The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. Eds. S. Obloer & D. J. Gonzalez, Oxford University Press, New York, 2005.

Chávez, V., Turalba, R., & Malik, S. "Teaching Public Health: Pedagogy of Collegiality," American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, No.7. 2006

Chávez, V., and Turalba, R. "Pedagogy of Collegiality to teach Civic Engagement," in Quick Hits for Educating Citizens, edited by James L. Perry and Steven Jones. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, 2006

V. Chávez & L. Soep, "Youth Media and The Pedagogy of Collegiality," Harvard Educational Review, Vol. 75 No.4 Winter 2005.

E. Flores & V. Chávez, "Latino Health", Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, Oxford University Press, New York 2005

V. Chávez, "Silence Speaks: The Language of Internalized Oppression and Privilege in Community Based Research," Metropolitan Universities Journal, April 2005, Vol. 16, No 1.

V. Chávez, B. Israel, A. Allen, R. Lichenstein, M. DeCarlo, A. Schulz, R. Bayer, R. McGranaghand, "A Bridge Between Communities: Video Making and Community Based Participatory Research," Health Promotion Practice, October, 2004, Vol. 5, No 4.

V. Chávez & L. Dorfman, "Spanish Language Television News Portrayals of Youth and Violence in California." In I. Torres & G. Cernada, Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion in Latino Populations, Baywood Publishing Company, New York, 2003.

V. Chávez, B. Duran, Q. Baker, M. Avila, & N. Wallerstein, " The Dance of Race & Privilege in Community Based Participatory Research." In Minkler M. & Wallerstein N. Community Based Participatory Research, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2003.

V. Chávez, "Language, Gender and Violence in Qualitative Research," International Quarterly of Community Health Education, Vol. 21, Issue 1, 2002.

V. Chávez, "Violence in the Lives of Young Women: Importance of Qualitative Research." In Real Stories, Teaching Cases in Community Health, SFSU Publication, 2002.

V. Chávez, "Operational Definitions of Youth Violence in Empirical Research," International Quarterly of Community Health Education, Vol. 18, Issue 2, 1999.

V. Chávez, "Violence in the Lives of Young Women in Urban Environments" unpublished dissertation research, 1999.

V. Chávez, "Youth Radio: Broadcasting Violence Prevention," Issue Magazine #6, Berkeley Media Studies Group, 1998.

L. Dorfman, K. Woodruff, V. Chávez, L. Wallack, "Youth and Violence on Local Television News in California," American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 87, No. 8, Aug 1997


Cheryl Dudley-Brewster, EdD

Hearn, K. D., O'Sullivan, L. F. & Dudley, C. Assessing Reliability of Urban Early Adolescent Girls' Reports of Romantic and Sexual Behavior. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 32, 513-521. 2003

Dudley, C. D., O'Sullivan, L. F. & Moreau, D. Does familiarity breed complacency?: HIV knowledge, personal contact and sexual risk behavior of psychiatrically-referred Latino adolescent girls. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 24, 353-368. 2002


Stephanie Farquhar, PhD

Farquhar, S.A. Beyond education: Improving the prospects for good health. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action (In Press).

Farquhar, S.A., Samples, J., Ventura, S., Davis, S., Abernathy, M., McCauley, L., Cuilwik, N., and Shadbeh, N. Promoting the occupational health of indigenous farmworkers. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health Springer US, 01.08.2007, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 269-280

Farquhar, S.A. and Michael, Y.L. Practice Notes: Poder es Salud/Power for Health. Health Education and Behavior 33(1) (2006):5-6.

Farquhar, S.A., and Michael Y.L. Building on history and social capital to create change in two urban communities. American Journal of Public Health. February 2005

Farquhar, S.A., and Dobson, N. Community and university participation in disaster-relief policy and practices: An example from eastern North Carolina. Journal of Community Practice.

Farquhar, S.A., Schulz, A.S., Parker, E.A., and Israel, B.A. In their words: A qualitative analysis of the effects of the physical environment on Detroit residents. Local Environment.

Farquhar, S.A., Michael, Y.L. Combining the strengths of popular education and community health workers. Journal of Interprofessional Care

Israel, B.A., Farquhar, S.A., James, S.A., Schulz, A.S., Parker, E.A., and Schork, T.. The relationship between social support, stress and health among women on Detroit's eastside. Health Education and Behavior 29(3):342-360. 2002

Farquhar, S.A., Wing, S. Methodological and ethical considerations of community-driven environmental justice research: Examination of two case studies from rural North Carolina. In Minkler, Wallerstein (eds). Community-based Participatory Research for Health. New York, NY: Jossey-Bass. 2002

Rice, M., Farquhar, S.A. Approaches to HIV/AIDS prevention programmes for youth: A hope for the future. Journal of Health Management. 2001

Clark, N.M., Khaltaev, N., Ivanova, N.A., Malka, S., McDonald, L., Rudolf, M., Farquhar, S.A. Report of the WHO/IAC Asthma Guidelines Implementation Project. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. 1998

Farquhar, S.A., Parker, E.A., Israel, B.A., and Schulz, A.S. The effects of the physical environment on health and well-being in residents of eastside and southwest Detroit, Michigan. Health Education and Behavior

Farquhar, S.A., Parker, E.A., Schulz, A.S., and Israel, B.A A case study of the use of qualitative methods for program planning in a community-based intervention. Health Promotion Practice

Farquhar, SA. A critical assessment of a street youth health survey. Cultural Anthropology Methods 8(1). 1996

Campbell, R., Levin, J., Thunberg, T., Hall, A., Farquhar, S.A., Lee, C. Reforming applied curricula: A call from the High Plains. High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology 14(1):23-25 1994


Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, MPH

Bergen G, Frattaroli S, Ballesteros MF, Ta VM, Beach C, Gielen AC. The Implementation and Utility of Fire Incident Reporting Systems: The Delaware Experience. Journal of Community Health, June 2008.

Frattaroli S, DeFrancesco S, Gielen AC, Bishai DM, Guyer B. Improving the Urban Environment to Reduce Pedestrian Injury: What Can We Learn from the Community? Journal of Public Health Policy, 2006;27:376-388.

Frattaroli S and Teret SP. Understanding and Informing Policy Implementation: A Case Study of the Domestic Violence Provisions of the Maryland Gun Violence Act. Evaluation Review, 2006;30(3):347-60.

Frattaroli S and Vernick JS. Separating Batterers and Guns: A Review and Analysis of Laws in 50 States. Evaluation Review, 2006;30(3):296-312.

Ta VM, Frattaroli S, Bergen G, Gielen AC. Evaluated Community Fire Safety Interventions in the United States: A Review of Current Literature. Journal of Community Health, 2006;31(3):176-97.


Clarence (Lance) Gravlee, PhD, MA

Gravlee, Clarence C. and Elizabeth Sweet. Race, ethnicity, and racism in medical anthropology, 1977-2002. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 22(1): in press.

Godoy, R., Goodman, E., Gravlee, C. C., Levins, R., Seyfried, C., Caram, M., et al. Blood pressure and hypertension in an American colony (Puerto Rico) and on the USA mainland compared, 1886-1930. Economics & Human Biology, 5(2), 255-279.

Zenk, S.N., Schulz, A.J., Mentz, G., Gravlee, C.C., Miranda, P., House, J.S., Miller, P., & Kannan, S. (in press). Inter-rater and test-retest reliability: Methods and results for observed measures of neighborhood environments. Health and Place.

Gravlee, C.C., Zenk, S.N., Woods, S., Rowe, Z., & Schulz, A.J. (in press). Handheld computers for systematic observation of the social and physical environment: The Neighborhood Observational Checklist. Field Methods.


Derek Griffith, PhD, MA

Griffith, D.M. & Bediako, S.M. (in press). The National Negro Health Movement: Policy Implications for Minority Health and Health Inequities. Harvard Health Policy Review.

Griffith, D.M. & Griffith, P.A. (in press). Commentary on "Perspective on Race and Ethnicity in Alzheimer's Disease Research". Alzheimer's & Dementia.

Griffith, D.M., Allen, J.O., Zimmerman, M.A., Morrel-Samuels, S., Reischl, T.M., Cohen, S.E., & Campbell, K.A. (in press). Organizational Empowerment in Community Mobilization to Address Youth Violence. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Ryan, A. Gee, G., & Griffith, D.M. (in press). The Effects of Perceived Discrimination on Diabetes Management. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.

Griffith, D.M., Mason, M., Rodela, M., Matthews, D.D., Tran, A., Royster, M., Cotten, M., & Eng, E. (2007). A Structural Approach to Examining Prostate Cancer Risk for Rural, Southern African American Men. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 18(Supplement), 73-101.

Bediako, S.M. & Griffith, D.M. (2007). Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities: Reconsidering Comparative Approaches. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, 2(1), 49-62.

Griffith, D.M., Mason, M., Yonas, M., Eng, E., Jeffries, V., Plihcik, S., & Parks, B. (in press). "Dismantling institutional racism: Theory and action." American Journal of Community Psychology.

Griffith, D.M., Moy, E., Reischl, T., & Dayton, E. (2006). National Data for Monitoring and Evaluating Racial and Ethnic Health Inequities: Where do we go from here? Health Education and Behavior, 33(4), 470-487.

Griffith, D.M., Childs, E.L., Eng, E., & Jeffries, V. (in press). Racism in Organizations: The Case of a County Public Health Department. Journal of Community Psychology.

Yonas, M.A., Jones, N., Eng, E., Vines, A., Aronson, R., Griffith, D.M., White, B., & DuBose, M. (in press). The Art and Science of Integrating Undoing Racism with CBPR: Arriving at a Common Language and NIH Funding to Investigate Cancer Care and Racial Equity. The Journal of Urban Health

Chinman, M., Griffith, D.M., & Freeman, T. An assessment of children's after-school programs in New London. The Consultation Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. 2000

Watts, R.J., Griffith, D.M., & Abdul-Adil, J. Sociopolitical Development as an antidote for oppression: Theory and action. American Journal of Community Psychology, 27 (2), 255-271. 1999

Griffith, D.M., Chinman, M., & Freeman, T. The best practices of elementary school children's after-school programs. The Consultation Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. 1999

Griffith, D.M. Black culture and Black consciousness: Implications of Black racial identity on the sociopolitical change strategies of African Americans [Monograph]. Center for African American Research, DePaul University. 1996

Cooney, B.R., & Griffith, D.M. 1992-93 undergraduate department survey. Office of Demographic, Employment and Educational Research, Education Directorate, American Psychological Association. 1994


Davyda McKinney Hammond, PhD, MS

Hammond, D., T. Dvonch, G. Keeler, E. Parker, J. Barres, F. Yip, A. Kamal, W. Brakefield-Caldwell. (2008) "Sources of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter at Two Community Sites in Detroit, Michigan," Atmospheric Environment, 42, 720-732.


Idethia Shevon Harvey, DrPH

Harvey, I. S. Spiritual self-management: A Look at older adults with chronic illness. Journal of Religion, Spirituality, and Aging, 2008

Harvey, I. S. Assessing self-management and spirituality practices among older women. American Journal of Health Behavior, 32 (2), 157-168. 2008

Harvey, I. S. & Silverman, M. The role of spirituality in the self-management of chronic illness among older African Americans and Whites. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 22 (2), 205-220. 2007

Harvey, I. S. Self-management and chronic illness: An exploratory study on the role of spirituality among older African American women. Journal of Women and Aging, 18(3), 75-88. 2006


Karen Kye-Cheon Kim, PhD

Kim KH, Linnan L, Kulik N, Carlisle V, Enga Z, Bentley M. Linking Beauty and Health Among African-American Women: Using Focus Group Data to Build Culturally and Contextually Appropriate Interventions. Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences 1(1): http://www.jsbhs.org/9049_24326.htm. 2007

Kim KH. Religion, Weight Perception, and Intentional Weight Loss. Eating Behaviors 8:121-131. 2007

Kim KH. Religion, Body Image, and Dieting. Appetite 46(3): 285-296. 2006

Kim, KH, Sobal J. Religion, Fat Intake, and Physical Activity. Public Health Nutrition (In Press).

Kim KH, Linnan L, Campbell MK, Brooks C, Koenig HG, Wiesen C. The WORD (Wholeness, Oneness, Righteousness, Deliverance): A faith-based weight loss program utilizing a participatory approach. Health Education and Behavior (In Press).

Kim KH. Religion, Body Image, and Dieting. Appetite (In Press).

Kim KH, McIntosh A, Sobal J, Kubena K. Religion, Food Attitudes, Social Support, Diet, Nutrition, and Anthropometrics in Elderly Individuals. Ecology of Food and Nutrition (In Press).

Kim KH. Religion, Weight Perception, and Intentional Weight Loss. Eating Behaviors (In Press).

Kim KH, Sobal J, Wethington EW. Religion and Body Weight. International Journal of Obesity 27: 469-477. 2003

Kim KH, Levitsky DA. Testing echinacea's effect on the common cold through electronic mail. Public Health Nutrition 2000; 3(4A): 527-528.


Simona C. Kwon, PhD

Bodle EE, Islam N, Kwon SC, Zojwalla N, Ahsan H, Senie RT. Cancer Screening Practices of Asian American Physicians in New York City. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2007

Islam N, Kwon SC, Kathuria N, Senie RT, Gupt A. Cancer Screening among South Asian Women in New York City. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2006; 8 (3): 211-221.

Islam N, Kwon SC, Ahsan H, Senie RT. NY AANCART: Using Participatory Research to Address the Health Needs of South Asian and Korean Americans in New York City. Cancer. 2005; 104 (12 suppl): 2931-2936.


Cynthia Lanier, DrPH, MPH

Lanier, C., & Green, B. Validation of a Date Rape Attitude Survey (CDRAS): An Instrument for the Evaluation of Date Rape Prevention Programs in College Students. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Injury, 13 (2), 79-93. September 2006

Lanier, C. Rape accepting attitudes: Precursors to or consequences of forced sex. Violence Against Women.7, (8), 876-885. 2001

Lanier, C., Nicholson, T., & Duncan, D. (2001). Drug use and mental well being among a sample of undergraduate and graduate college students. Journal of Drug Education. 31, (3), 239-248. 2001

Lanier, C., Elliott, Marc N., Martin, D., & Kapadia, A. Evaluation of an intervention to change attitudes toward date rape. The Journal of American College Health. (46)4:177-180. January 1998

Lanier, C. & Elliott, Marc N. A questionnaire for the evaluation of a date rape prevention program. Journal of College Student Development. (38)6:673-76. November/December 1997

Lanier, C., Elliott, Marc N., Martin, D., & Kapadia, A. Evaluation of an intervention to change attitudes toward date rape. College Teaching. (46)2:76-78 (reprint). Spring 1998

Clifford, P., Lanier, C., Peterson, F. and Allen, S. . Discerning the health promotion needs of mobility impaired individuals in a university setting. Health Values: Achieving High Level Wellness, (11) 5, September/October 1987


Michael Lindsey, PhD, MPH, MSW

Nebbitt, V., Lombe, M., & Lindsey, M.A. "Perceived parental behavior and peer affiliations among urban African American adolescents." Social Work Research, 31,3, 163-169. 2007

Thompson, R., Lindsey, M.A., English, D., Lambert, S., Barton, D., Browne, D.C., & Hawley, K.M. "Family characteristics associated with child mental health needs and service use." Child Welfare, 86,5, 57-74.

Weist, M.D., Lindsey, M.A., Moore, E. & Slade, E. "Capacity-building in children's mental health: A school-based mental health service perspective." International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 8,3, 30-36. 2006

Lindsey, M.A., Browne, D., Thompson, R., Hawley, K., Weisbart, C., Graham, J.C., Harrington, D., & Kotch, J. "Caregiver mental health, neighborhood, and social network influences on mental health need among African American children." In press. Social Work Research.

DeForge, B., Belcher, J., O'Rourke, M. & Lindsey, M.A. "Predictors of depression in consumers of homeless multi-service centers." Stress, Trauma and Crisis: An International Journal, 10, 3/4. 2007

Lindsey, M.A., Korr, W., Broitman, M., Bone, L., Green, A. & Leaf, P. "Help-seeking behaviors and depression among African-American adolescent boys." Social Work, 51,1, 49-58. 2006

Weist, M.D., and Lindsey, M.A. "Capacity-building in children's mental health: A school-based mental health service perspective." International Journal of Mental Health Promotion. In press


Ellen (Smolker) López, PhD, MPH

Lichtenstein, R., Banaszak-Holl, J., Calloway, J., Ross, R., Allen, R., López, E.D.S, Johnson, P. "Training welfare caseworkers in service excellence: Increasing children's Medicaid coverage." Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved. In press

López, E.D.S., Lichtenstein, R., Lewis, A.T., Allen, R., Johnson, P., & Baum, N. . "Increasing Enrollment of Uninsured Children on Detroit's Eastside: Drawing from Freirian Empowerment Methods to Develop and Use Innovative Learning Maps." Health Promotion Practice. In press

Classen, S., Winter, S., López, E.D.S., Awadzi, K., Sundaram, S., & Garvan, C.W. Content Validity of the Qualitative SPIDER. Occupational Training International April 2006

Classen, S., Garvan, C., Awadzi, K., Sundaram, S., Winter, S., Komaragiri V., López, E.D.S. Systematic literature review of older driver safety. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation 22(2), 87-98. 2006

Classen, S., & López, E.D.S. Mixed methods approach explaining process and outcome of an older driver safety systematic literature review. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, 22(2), 99-112. 2006

López EDS, Eng, E, Robinson, N. "Quality of life concerns of African American Breast Cancer Survivors within Rural North Carolina: Blending the Techniques of Photovoice and Grounded Theory". Qualitative Health Research. (In Press).

Govoni, LG, Healy, JM, Jr., and {López}Smolker, ED. "Patient Reports About Ambulatory Care." Quality Management in Health Care, Vol. 4(1), Fall 1995:71-80.


Iveris Martinez, PhD, MA

Martinez IL "Aging in Exile: Family support and emotional well-being among older Cuban immigrants in the United States" Forthcoming chapter In: Sokolovsky J, (ed.), The Cultural Context of Aging: Worldwide Perspectives, Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 3rd edition, forthcoming.

Carter-Pokras O, Brown PB, Martinez I, Solano H, Rivera MI, Pierpont Y. "Latin-American Trained Nurse Perspective on Latino Health Disparities" J Transcultural Nursing 2008;19(2)

Martinez IL, Carter-Pokras O "Assessing Health Issues and Barriers to Health in a Heterogeneous Latino Community" Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, 2006 Nov; 17(4):899-909.

Martinez IL, Fried L, Frick K, Glass TA, Carlson MC, Tanner E, Ricks M "Engaging Older Adults in High Impact Volunteering that Enhances Health: Recruitment and Retention in the Experience Corps™ Program in Baltimore" Journal of Urban Health 2006 Sep;83(5):941-53.

Martinez, IL. Aportes metodológicos en el estudio de apoyo social y calidad de vida para los adultos mayores. In: Golpe LI, Herrán CA, Arias CJ, eds. Sistemas Formales e Informales de Apoyo Social para los Adultos Mayores, Mar del Plata, Argentina: Ediciones Suárez, Colección Apoyo Social. Forthcoming December 15, 2003, Chapter 7.

Martinez, IL. The Elder in the Cuban-American Family: Making Sense of the Real and Ideal, Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 2002;33(3): 359-375.

Peláez, M, Martinez, I, Equity and Systems of Intergenerational Transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean, Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública /Pan American Journal of Public Health. 2002; 11(5-6):439-443.

Martinez, IL, Danzas Nacionalistas: the Representation of History through Folkloric Dance in Venezuela. Critique of Anthropology. 2002;22(3): 257-282.

Martinez, I, Peláez, M, PROMOVER Una Forma de Vida para las Personas Adultas Mayores: Guía Regional para la Promoción de Actividad Física/PROMOTING a Way of Life for Older Adults: Regional Blueprint for the Promotion of Physical Activity, Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization, 2002.

Dunlop BD, Rothman MB, Condon KM, Hebert KS, Martinez, IL. Elder Abuse: Risk Factors and Use of Case Data to Improve Policy and Practice. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect. 2000; 12(3-4):95-122.

Martinez, I. Book Review: Yvonne Daniel Rumba: Dance and Social Change in Contemporary Cuba in Transforming Anthropology, Volume 6, Numbers 1-2, 1997.

Martinez, I Book Review: Marta Savigliano Tango and the Political Economy of Passion in Plantation Society, Volume 4, Number 1, Winter 1997.


Mondi Mason, PhD

Mason M. From Mandate to Practice: How Language Access Policies Affect Spanish Speaking Patients and the Health Professionals Who Serve Them. Doctoral Thesis. University of Colorado, Denver, 2003.

Mason M. Educating Older Coloradoans about Medicare Coverage of Preventive Screenings - Focus Group Report. Submitted to The Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, 2002.

Griffith, D.M., Mason, M., Yonas, M., Eng, E., Jeffries, V., Plihcik, S., & Parks, B. "Dismantling institutional racism: Theory and action." American Journal of Community Psychology. In press

Espinoza P, Mason M. Avon Foundation Comadre Breast Cancer Education Project Training Manual. Latino/a Research and Policy Center, 2002.

Eakin EG, Bull SS, Glasgow RE, Mason M. Reaching those most in need: A review of diabetes self-management interventions in disadvantaged populations. Diabetes Metabolism Research and Review 18(1);26-35, 2002.

Marshall J, Belansky E, Morin C, Mason M. San Luis Valley PACT Project Family Advisor Training Manual. Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center, 2000.

Mason M. Developing a Breast Cancer Screening Card - Focus Group Report. Submitted to The Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, 2000.

Mason M. Pneumonia Vaccine Project Report. Submitted to The Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, 2000.

Mason M. Developing a Colorectal Cancer Screening Brochure - Focus Group Report. Submitted to The Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, 1999.

Lipkus IM, Crawford Y, Fenn K, Biradavolu M, Binder RA, Marcus A, Mason M. Testing different formats for communicating colorectal cancer risk. Journal of Health Communication 4(4);311-324, 1999.

Mason M, Marcus A. Just for you…A guide to Project 2: Using tailored message to promote colorectal cancer screening. Train-the-trainer Manual, 1999.

Beinstock A, Bateman F, Mason M, Melendez E, Marstrom M. The healthy baby program: A health education approach to case management. Plan de Salud del Valle, Ft. Lupton, Colorado, 1996.

Mason M, Roberto KA, Robinson J. An analysis of hospital personnel's knowledge and attitudes toward older adults. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education 16(3);25-35, 1996.

Mason M. An analysis of hospital personnel's knowledge and attitudes toward older adults. Master's Thesis. University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, 1994.

Robinson J, Mason M. Health and lifestyles of the elderly. Correspondence course. University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, 1994.

Mason M. Executive Summary: An analysis of hospital personnel's knowledge and attitudes toward older adults. Submitted to Mckee Medical Center, Loveland, Colorado, 1994.

Mason, M. Care Provider Manual of Policies and Procedures. New Mercer Commons Assisted Living and Alzheimer Care Facility, 1994.


Siobhan Maty, PhD, MPH

Ramirez M, Maty SC, McBride L. Gender, gender roles and health. In: Cohen L, Chavez V, Chehimi S (Eds.). Prevention is Primary: A Renewed Approach to Health. Jossey-Bass: John Wiley and Sons; March 2007.

Semenza J, Maty SC. Acting upon the macrosocial environment to improve health: A framework for intervention. In: Galea S (Ed.). Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health. Springer Science and Business Media Publishers; Publication Date - early 2007.


Isa J.W. Miles, ScD, MS

Fisher L, Miles IW, Austin B, Colditz G. Predictors of initiation of alcohol use among U.S. adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161 (10):959-966.

Kruger JK, Kohl HW III, Miles IW. Changes in physical activity prevalence in the United States: BRFSS, 2001-2005. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2007; 56(46): 1209-1212.


Shani Harris Peterson, PhD

Peterson, S.H., Wingood, G.M., DiClemente, R.J., Harrington, K., & Davies, S. Images of Sexual Stereotypes in Rap Videos and the Health of African-American Female Adolescents. Journal of Women's Health, 16(8), 1157-1164. 2007

Wingood , G.M., DiClemente, R.J., Mikhail, I., McCree, D.H., Davies, S.L., Hardin, J.W., Peterson, S.H., Hook, E.W. & Saag, M. HIV Discrimination and the Health of Women Living with HIV. Women & Health, 46(2/3), 99-112. 2007

Peterson, S. H. The importance of fathers: contextualizing sexual risk taking in "low risk" African American adolescent girls. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 13(3), 67-83. 2006

LaVeist, T. L., Issacs, L., Thomas, D., & Peterson, S. H. Validation of a Medical Mistrust Index. Manuscript submitted for publication. 2004

Edwards, C.L., Scales, M., Dunn, R., Bennett, G., Harris-Peterson, S., De Castro, L. M., Whitworth, E., Abrams, M., Wood, M., Harrison, O., & Killough, A. A Brief Review of the Pathophysiology, Associated Pain, and Psychosocial Issues With Sickle Cell Disease. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 2002

Edwards, C.L., Scales, M., Bennett, G., Harris, S., Whitworth, E., DeCastro, L., Abrams, M., Whitworth, S., Chadwick-Whitfield, D. & Killough, A.. Sickle Cell Disease pain and psychosocial functioning. Proceedings of the 28th SCDAA annual A Focused Future: Care and Cure in the 21st Century Interactive Conference, 34-38. 2000

Harris, S. {Peterson) Visitor Behavior in the Masai-Mara at ZooAtlanta. Proceedings of the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Asheville, NC. 1996


Penny (Andresen) Rechkemmer, PhD

Mönkkönen P, Pai P, Maynard A, Lehtinen K, Hämeri K, Rechkemmer P, Ramachandran G, Prasad B, Kulmala M. Fine particle number and mass concentration measurements in urban Indian households. Science of the Total Environment. Jul 15; 347(1-3):131-47. 2005

Andresen Rechkemmer P., Ramachandran G., Pai P., Maynard A. Women's personal and indoor exposures to PM2.5 in Mysore, India: Impact of domestic fuel usage. Atmospheric Environment. 39:5500-5508. 2005


Michael Reece, PhD, MPH

Smith, B., DeWeaver, K. L., and Reece, M. A comparison study of homeless and non-homeless HIV-positive persons enrolled in mental health care. Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services. Under review

Herbenick, D., & Reece, M. Sex education in adult retail stores: Positioning customers' questions as teachable moments. American Journal of Sexuality Education. In press

Tanner, A., Reece, M., Legocki, L., & Murray, M. Informal sexuality education in schools: Student's sexuality-related questions asked of public school personnel. American Journal of Sexuality Education. In press

Perera, B., & Reece, M. Sexual behavior of young adults in Sri Lanka: Implications for HIV prevention. AIDS Care, 18(5), 497-500. 2006

Milhausen, R., Reece, M., & Perera, B. A theory-based approach to understanding sexual behavior at Mardi Gras. The Journal of Sex Research, 43(2), 97-106. 2006

Smith, B., DeWeaver, K. L., and Reece, M. A comparison study of homeless and nonhomeless HIV-positive persons enrolled in mental health care. Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services, 5, 1, 5-20. 2006

Dodge, B., Reece, M., Cole, S., & Sandfort, T. Sexual compulsivity and heterosexual college students. The Journal of Sex Research. In press.

Perera, B., & Reece, M. Sexual behavior of youth in Sri Lanka: Challenges of HIV prevention and care. Under review.

Herbenick, D., & Reece, M. Questions asked by consumers of adult retail stores: A missed opportunity for sexual health education? Sex Education. Under review.

Reece, M., Basta, T., & Koers, E. Psychological distress patterns of women and mothers presenting for HIV-related mental health care. Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services. In press.

Reece. M., & Dodge, B. Exploring indicators of sexual compulsivity among men who cruise for sex on campus. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity. In press.

Reece, M., McBride, K., Shacham, E., & Williams, B. Therapist expectations of psychotherapy duration for individuals living with HIV. Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services. In press.

Reece, M., Herbenick, D., & Sherwood-Puzzello, C. Sexual health promotion and adult retail establishments. The Journal of Sex Research. In press.

Reece, M. Gay couples, gay communities, and HIV: Challenges for health education. Health Education and Behavior (invited commentary). In press.

Reece, M., & Dodge, B. A study in sexual health applying the principles of community-based participatory research. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 33(3), 235-247. 2004

Reece, M. HIV-related mental health care: Factors influencing dropout among low-income, HIV-seropositive individuals. AIDS Care, 15(5), 707-716. 2003

Reece, M. Sexual compulsivity and HIV serostatus disclosure among men who have sex with men. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 10, 1-11. 2003

Reece, M. & Dodge, B. Exploring the physical, mental and social well-being of gay and bisexual men who cruise for sex on a college campus. Journal of Homosexuality, 46(1/2), 111-136. 2003

Reece, M. & Smith, B. When to ask, when to tell? Perceptions of responsibility to disclose HIV serostatus among individuals living with HIV. Health Education Monograph, 20 (2), 54-59. 2003

Reece, M., Plate, P. & Daughtry, M. HIV prevention and sexual compulsivity: The need for an integrated model of public health and mental health. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 8, 157-167. 2001

Reece, M. HIV prevention and HIV care: the challenges of integration. The Positive Impact Journal, 5(3), 4-6. 1999

Reece, M., Smith, M., & Jun, M.K. College student intentions to participate in internet-based health research. American Journal of Health Studies. Under review.

Reece, M., & Plate, P. Trends in clinical symptom presentation at an inner-city HIV-related mental health clinic. Under review.

Reece, M., Shacham, E., McBride, K., & Basta, T. Patterns of psychological distress and sexual compulsivity among individuals living with HIV. Under review.

Reece, M., Yannessa, J., Allen, D., & Koers, E. An Assessment of the Outcomes of Indiana's Special Populations Support Program: An Evaluation Report. Prepared for the Indiana State Department of Health. 2003

Reece, M. An Analysis of the Needs and Issues Influencing HIV Prevention Among African American College Students. Prepared for Amethyst Project, Inc. 2002

Reece, M. Book Review of R. DiClemente, R. Crosby, & M. Kegler (Eds.) Emerging Theories in Health Promotion Research and Practice. Health Education and Behavior, 30 (5), 627-629. 2003


Scott Rhodes, PhD, MPH

Hergenrather KC, Rhodes SD. Consumers with HIV/AIDS: Applications of theory to explore beliefs impacting placement. Journal of Rehabilitation. In press.

Hergenrather KC, Rhodes SD, Tuner AP, Barlow J. Persons with disabilities and employment: Application of the Self-efficacy of Job-seeking Skills Scale. Journal of Rehabilitation, 74 (3). In press.

Cashman S, Adeky S, Allen A, Corburn J, Eng E, Israel B, Montaño J, Rafelito A, Rhodes SD, Swanston S, Wallerstein N. The power… The promise: Working with communities to analyze and interpret data and get to outcomes. American Journal of Public Health. In press.

O'Brien MC, McCoy TP, Rhodes SD, Wolfson M. Caffeinated cocktails: Energy drink consumption, high-risk drinking and alcohol-related consequences among college students. Academic Emergency Medicine. In press.

Rhodes SD, McCoy TP, Wilkin AM, Wolfson M. Behavioral risk disparities in a random sample of Self-identifying gay and non-gay male university students. Journal of Homosexuality. In press.

Ayala GX, Ornelas I, Rhodes SD, Arnell J, Dodds J, Mebane E, Horton E, Montaño J, Armstrong-Brown J, Eng E. Determinants of dietary intake among men involved in the MAN for Health study. American Journal of Men's Health. In press.

DuRant RH, Neiberg R, Champion H, Rhodes SD, Wolfson M. Viewing professional wrestling on television and engaging in violent and other health risk behaviors by a multi-state sample of older adolescents. Southern Medical Journal. In press.

Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Yee LJ, Wilkin AM, Clarke TL, Wooldredge R, Brown M, Davis AB. Condom acquisition and preferences within a sample of sexually active gay and bisexual men in the Southern USA. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2007;21(11): 861-870.

Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Yee LJ, Ramsey B. Comparing MSM who participated in an HIV prevention chat room-based outreach intervention and those who do not: How different are the baseline HIV-risk profiles? Health Education Research. 2008;23(1):180-190.

Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC. Attitudes and beliefs about hepatitis B vaccination among men who have sex with men: The Birmingham measurement study. Journal of Homosexuality. In press.

Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Wilkin A, Jolly C. Visions and Voices: Indigent persons living with HIV in the Southern US use photovoice to create knowledge, develop partnerships, and take action. Health Promotion Practice. In press.

DuRant RH, McCoy TP, Champion H, Parries MT, Mitra A, Martin BA, Newman J, Rhodes SD. Party behaviors and characteristics and serial drunkenness among college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 2008;69(1):91-99.

Rhodes SD, Foley KL, Zometa CS, Bloom FR. Lay health advisor interventions among Hispanics/Latinos: A qualitative systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2007;33(5):418-427.

Knipper E, Rhodes SD, Lindstrom K, Bloom FR, Leichliter JS, Montaño J. Condom use among heterosexual immigrant Latino men in the Southeastern United States. AIDS Education and Prevention. 2007;19(5):436-447.

Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Yee LJ, Knipper E, Wilkin A, Omli MR. Characteristics of a sample of men who have sex with men, recruited from gay bars and Internet chat rooms, who report methamphetamine use. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2007;21(8):575-583.

Rhodes SD, Yee LJ. Using hepatitis A and B vaccination as a paradigm for effective HIV vaccine delivery. Sexual Health. 2007;4(2):1121-1127.

Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC. Recently arrived immigrant Latino men identify community approaches to promote HIV prevention in the Southern USA. American Journal of Public Health. 2007;97(6):984-985.

Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Duncan J, Ramsey B, Yee LJ, Wilkin A. Using community-based participatory research to develop a chat room-based HIV prevention intervention for gay men. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. 2007;1(2):175-184.

Rhodes SD, McCoy T, Omli MR, Cohen G, Champion H, DuRant RH. Who really uses condoms?: Findings from a large internet-recruited random sample of unmarried heterosexual college students in the Southeastern US. Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children and Youth. 2006/2007;7(2):9-27.

Rhodes SD, McCoy T, Hergenrather KC, Omli MR, DuRant RH. Exploring the health behavior disparities of gay men in the United States: Comparing gay male university students to their heterosexual peers. Journal of LGBT Health Research. 2007;3(1):15-23.

Rhodes SD, Eng E, Hergenrather KC, Remnitz IM, Arceo R, Montaño J, Alegría-Ortega J. Exploring Latino men's HIV risk using community-based participatory research. American Journal of Health Behavior. 2007; 31(2):146-158.

Hergenrather KC, Rhodes SD. Exploring undergraduate student attitudes toward persons with disabilities: Application of the Disability Social Relationship Scale. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin. 2007;50(2):66-75.

Hergenrather KC, Rhodes SD. Consumers with a disability of substance abuse: Exploring beliefs impacting job placement. Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling. 2006;37(3):3-12.

Bowden WP, Rhodes SD, Wilkin A, Jolly C. Socio-cultural determinants of HIV/AIDS and service utilization among immigrant Latinos in North Carolina. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. 2006;28(4):546-62.

Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Montaño J, Remnitz IM, Arceo R, Bloom FR, Leichliter JS, Bowden WP. Using community-based participatory research to develop an intervention to reduce HIV and STD infection among Latino men. AIDS Education and Prevention. 2006;18(5):375-389.

Rhodes SD. Visions and Voices - HIV in the 21st Century: Indigent persons living with HIV/AIDS in the southern USA use photovoice to communicate meaning. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2006;60(10):886.

Rhodes SD, Yee LJ, Hergenrather KC. A community-based rapid assessment of HIV behavioural risk disparities within a large sample of gay men in the Southeastern USA: A comparison of African American, Latino and white men. AIDS Care. 2006;18(8):1018-1024.

Hergenrather KC, Rhodes SD, Clark G. Windows to work: Exploring employment seeking behaviors of persons with HIV/AIDS through Photovoice. AIDS Education and Prevention. 2006;18(3):243-258.

Streng JM, Rhodes SD, Ayala GX, Eng E, Arceo R, Phipps S. Realidad Latina: Latino adolescents, their school, and a university use photovoice to examine and address the influence of immigration. Journal of Interprofessional Care. In press.

Hergenrather KC, Rhodes SD. Placing consumers living with major depressive disorder into jobs: Applications of behavioral theory. Rehabilitation Education. In press.

Hergenrather KC, Rhodes SD, Clark G. Using a theory-based approach to identify factors facilitating the employment-seeking behavior of persons living with HIV/AIDS. Journal of Rehabilitation. In press.

Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Wilkin A, Alegría-Ortega J, Montaño J. Preventing HIV infection among young immigrant Latino men: Results from focus groups using community-based participatory research. Journal of the National Medical Association. 2006;98(4):564-573

Hergenrather KC, Rhodes SD, McDaniel RS. Correlates of job placement practice: Public rehabilitation counselors and consumers living with AIDS. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin. In press.

Davies SL, Dix E, Rhodes SD, Frison S, Willis L. Attitudes of young African-American fathers toward early childbearing. American Journal of Health Behavior. In press.

Rhodes SD, Yee LJ. Public health and gay and bisexual men: A primer for practitioners, clinicians and researchers. In Shankle M (Ed.) The Handbook of LGBT Health, NY: Haworth. In press.

Clark LF, Rhodes SD, Liddon N, Rogers WB. The context of sexual risk. In Raczynski J, & Leviton LC (Eds.) Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology, volume 2, Washington, DC. American Psychological Association. In press.

Rhodes SD. Hook-ups or health promotion? An exploratory study of a chat-room-based HIV prevention intervention for men who have sex with men. AIDS Education and Prevention. 2004;16(4):315-327. In press.

Rhodes SD, Arceo RA. Testing measures predictive of hepatitis A vaccination in a sample of men who have sex with men. Health Education Research. In press.

Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC. Using an integrated approach to understand vaccination behavior among young men who have sex with men: Stages of change, the health belief model, and self-efficacy. Journal of Community Health. 2003;28(5):347-361.

Hergenrather KC, Rhodes SD, McDaniel RS, Brown C. Job placement: The development of theory-based measures. Journal of Rehabilitation. 2003;69(4):26-33.

Rhodes SD, DiClemente RJ. Psychosocial predictors of hepatitis B vaccination among young African American gay men in the deep south. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2003;30(5):449-454.

Rhodes SD, Yee LJ, Hergenrather KC. Hepatitis A vaccination among young African American men who have sex with men in the deep south: Psychosocial predictors. Journal of the National Medical Association. 2003;94(4) (Suppl):31S-36S.

Rhodes SD, Grimley DM, Hergenrather KC. Integrating behavioral theory to understand hepatitis B vaccination among MSM. American Journal of Health Behavior. 2003;27(4):291-300.

Rhodes SD, Bowie DA, Hergenrather KC. Collecting behavioural data using the World-Wide Web: Considerations for researchers. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2003;57(1):68-73.

Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Yee LJ. Increasing hepatitis B vaccination among young African American men who have sex with men: Simple answers and difficult solutions. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2002;16(11):519-525.

Yee LJ, Rhodes SD. Understanding correlates of hepatitis B virus vaccination in MSM: What have we learned? Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2002;78:374-377.

Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC. Exploring hepatitis B vaccination acceptance among young men who have sex with men: Facilitators and barriers. Preventive Medicine. 2002;35(2):128-134.

Rhodes SD, DiClemente RJ, Cecil H, Hergenrather KC, Yee LJ. Risk among men who have sex with men in the United States: A comparison of an Internet sample and a conventional outreach sample. AIDS Education and Prevention. 2002;14(1):41-50.

Rhodes SD, DiClemente RJ, Yee LJ, Hergenrather KC. Factors associated with testing for hepatitis C in an Internet-recruited sample of MSM. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2001;28(9):515-520.

Rhodes SD, DiClemente RJ, Yee LJ, Hergenrather KC. Hepatitis B vaccination in a high-risk MSM population: The need for vaccine education. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2000;76(5):408-409.

Rhodes SD. Book Review: Youths living with HIV and AIDS: Self-evident truths by Cajetan Luna. AIDS Education and Prevention. 1998;10:383-384.

Sy F, Rhodes SD, Choi S, Droiuk D, Laurent A, Naccash RM, Kettinger L. The acceptability of oral fluid testing for HIV antibodies: A pilot study in gay bars in a predominately rural state. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 1998;25:211-215.


Michael Royster, MD, MPH

Griffith DM, Mason M, Rodela M, Matthews D, Tran A, Royster M, Cotton M, Eng E. A Structural Approach to Examining Prostate Cancer Risk for Rural Southern African American Men. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 18: 73-101. 2007

Wyatt S, Reitz L, Croley T, Hawkins D, Barrett E, McKeown A, Powell N, West A, Hamner T, Royster M. Biological monitoring of uranium exposure in south central Virginia. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology advance online publication 10 October 2007; doi: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500616.

Royster M, Richmond A, Eng E, Margolis L. Hey brother how's your health? A focus group analysis of the health and health-related concerns of African American men in the urban south. Men and Masculinities. 8(4): 389-404. 2006

Hilborn E, Walsh D, Mendola P, Royster M. Methods for Conducting a Field Study of Young Children. Journal of Children's Health. 1(4): 499-511. 2003

Hilborn E, Royster M, Drabkowski D. Survey of U.S. Public Health Laboratories: Microbial Pathogens of the Contaminant Candidate List. Journal of the American Water Works Association. 94(6): 88-96. 2002

Royster M, Walsh D, Barr D, Carty C, Rhoney S, Hilborn E. A pilot study of global positioning system/geographical information system measurement of residential proximity to agricultural fields and urinary organophosphate metabolite concentrations in toddlers. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology. 12, 433-440. 2002

Royster M, Lobdell D, Mendola P, Perreault S, Selevan S, Rothman S, Robbins W. Evaluation of a container for collection and shipment of semen with potential uses in population-based, clinical, and occupational settings. Journal of Andrology. 21:478-484. 2000

Royster M. An assessment of the health status and the state and local public health strategies that target African Americans in North Carolina, Office of Minority Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. April 1999.

Freemark M, Driscoll P., Andrews J., Kelly PA, Royster, M. Ontogenesis of prolactin receptor gene expression in the rat olfactory system: potential roles for lactogenic hormones in olfactory development. Endocrinology. 137(3): 934-42. 1996

Royster, M., Driscoll, P., Kelly, P.A., Freemark, M. The prolactin receptor in the fetal rat: cellular localization of messenger RNA, immunoreactive protein and ligand binding activity and induction of expression in late gestation. Endocrinology. 136: 3892-3900. 1995


Yamin Salabarría-Peña, DrPH

Thornton, P., Kieffer, E.C., Salabarría-Peña, Y., Odoms-Young, A.M., Willis, S. K., Kim, H.K., Salinas, M.A. Weight, Diet and Physical Activity-Related Beliefs and Practices among Pregnant and Postpartum Latino Women: The Role of Social Support. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2006 Jan 10(1): 95-104


Diane Marie St. George, PhD, MA

Henderson SJ, Bernstein LB, St George DM, Doyle JP, Paranjape AS, Corbie-Smith G. Older Women and HIV: How Much Do They Know and Where are They Getting Their Information? Journal of the American Geriatric Society. In press.

Ammerman A, Corbie-Smith G, St George DM, Washington C, Weathers B, Jackson-Christian B. Research Expectations among African American Church Leaders in the PRAISE! Project: A Randomized Trial Guided by Community-Based Participatory Research. American Journal of Public Health 2003; 93(10): 1720-1727.

Corbie-Smith G, St George DM, Moody-Ayers S, Ransohoff DF. Adequacy of Reporting Race/Ethnicity in Clinical Trials in Areas of Health Disparities. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2003; 56(5): 416-420.

Corbie-Smith G, Ammerman A, Katz ML, St George DM, Blumenthal C, Washington C, Weathers B, Keyserling T, Switzer B. Trust, Benefit, Satisfaction and Burden: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Cancer Risk through African American Churches. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2003; 18(1): 1-11.

Corbie-Smith G, Thomas SB, St George DM. Distrust, Race and Research: A National Perspective. Archives of Internal Medicine 2002; 162(21): 2458-2463.

St George DM, Wing SB, Lewis DR. Geographic and Temporal Patterns of Toxic Industrial Chemicals Released in North Carolina, 1988-1994. North Carolina Medical Journal 2000; 61(1): 396-400.

St George DM. An Analysis of the Status of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS) in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical Report prepared for the Health and Environment Division of the Pan American Health Organization. September 1998.

St George DM. Pap Smear History Among Foreign-Born U.S. Resident Women. Proceedings of the National Center for Health Statistics 1997 Joint Meeting of the Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics and the Data Users Conference. Published on CD-ROM 7-0572, December 1997.

St George DM, Schoenbach VJ, Reynolds GH, Nwangwu J, Adams-Campbell L. Recruitment of Minority Students to U.S. Epidemiology Degree Programs. Annals of Epidemiology 1997; 7(4): 304-310.

St George DM, Thomas SB. Perceived Risk of Fighting and Actual Fighting Behavior among Middle School Students. Journal of School Health 1997; 67(5): 178-181.


Lisa Benz Scott, PhD, MS

Essex, B; Benz Scott, L. Chronic stress and coping strategies among volunteer EMS personnel. Accepted to Prehospital Emergency Care June 19th, Vol. 12, No. 1, January 2008.

Benz Scott, L; Curbow, B. (2006). The Effect of Message Frames and CVD Risk Factors on Behavioral Outcomes . American Journal of Health Behavior, 30(6):582-597. Note: McDermott, RJ. 2006

Kollef, M.H., Leeper, K.V., Anzueto, A., Morrow, L.E., Benz Scott, L., Rodino, F.J., Niederman, M.S. Clinical characteristics and treatment patterns among patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia: Descriptive findings from the Assessment of Local Antimicrobial Resistance Measures (ALARM) Study. Chest, 129(5):1210-8. 2006

Curbow, B.A., Fogarty, L.A., McDonnell, K.A., Chill, J.C., & Benz Scott, L.A. The role of physician characteristics in clinical trial acceptance: Testing pathways of influence. Journal of Health Communication, 11(2), 199-218. 2006

Bowie, J.V., Curbow, B., Garza, M.A., Dreyling, E.K., Benz Scott, L., & McDonnell, K.A. A review of breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening interventions in older women. Cancer Control: Cancer, Culture and Literacy Supplement, November, 58-69. 2005


Mansoureh Tajik, PhD

Tajik M, Gottlieb K, Lowndes N, Stewart G. "Environmental Policies, Politics, and Community Risk Perception: A Case Study of Community Contamination in Casper, Wyoming". New Solutions. 2008 17(4): 347-363.

Tajik M, Muhammad N, Grant G, Wing S, Thu K. "Community Rights to a Clean Environment: Who Defines? Who Decides? Who Acts? A Case Study of Industrial Hog Operations and Nuisance Law". New Solutions. Spring 2008)

Wing S, Avery Horton R, Muhammad N, Grant G, Tajik M, Thu K. "Integrating Epidemiology, Education, and Organizing for Environmental Justice: Community Health Effects of Industrial Hog Operations". American Journal of Public Health. In Press.

Wing S, Avery Horton R, Thu K, Tajik M, Schifman S. "Frequency and Correlates of Hog Odor in Communities Near Industrial Swine Operation". Environmental Health Perspective. In Review.

Griffith M, Tajik M, Wing S. "Patterns of Agricultural Pesticide Use in Relation to Socioeconomic Characteristics of the Population in the Rural US South". International Journal of Health Services. 2007, 37(2): 259-277.

Tajik M, Minkler M. "Environmental Justice Research and Action: A Case Study in Political Economy and Community-Academic Collaboration". International Quarterly of Community Health Education. 2007, 26(3): 213-231. doi:10.2190/IQ.26.3.b

Minkler M, Breckwich V, Tajik M, Petersen D. "Promoting Environmental Justice through Community Based Participatory Research: the Role of Community and Partnership Capacity." Journal of Health Education and Behavior. 2006. doi:10.1177/1090198106287692

Ammerman A. and Tajik M., "Adherence at Community Level - Moving toward Mutuality and Participatory Action". In: Patient treatment adherence: Concepts, interventions, and measurement. Bosworth HB., Oddone EZ., Weinberger M (eds). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ. 2005


Duane Thomas, PhD

Thomas, D. E., Bierman, K. L., & the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group Development & Psychopathology. The impact of classroom aggression on the development of aggressive behavior problems in children. Development and Psychopathology. 18(2): 471-487. 2006

Stevenson, H. C., Harrell, S. P., Coard, S. I., Thomas, D., Bentley, K., & Davis, G. Validating the Influences of Perceived Racism and Racial Socialization Experiences on Adolescent Psychological Symptoms. Submitted for publication in Special Issue of the Journal of Social Issues, as part of the Kent State University Psychology Forum, April 23-26, 2006

LaVeist, T. L., Issacs, L., Thomas, D., & Peterson, S. H. Validation of a Medical Mistrust Index. Manuscript submitted for publication 2004

Thomas, D. E., Townsend, T. G., & Belgrave, F. Z. The influence of cultural and racial identification on the psychosocial adjustment of inner-city African American children in school. The American Journal of Community Psychology, 32(3/4), 217-228. 2003


Andriette Ward, MD, MPH

Kovanlikaya A, Mittelman S, Ward A, Geffner M, Dorey F, Gilsanz V. Obesity and fat quantification in lean tissues using three-point Dixon MR imaging. Pediatr Radiol. 2005 Jun;35(6):601-7. Epub 2005 Mar 23.


J. DeWitt Webster, PhD

Richardson, J.T, Webster, J.D., and Fields, N.J. Uncovering myths and transforming realities among low SES African-American men: Implications for reducing prostate cancer disparities. Journal of the National Medical Association. In press.

Airhihenbuwa C.O., Webster J.D., Oladosun-Okoror T. Transforming Structural Barriers To Improve The Health Of African Americans. The Praeger Handbook of Black American Health (2nd Edition): Policies and Issues Behind Disparities in Health. Ed. I. Livingston. Westport, CT: Praeger 2004

Airhihenbuwa, C.O., Jack Jr., L., Webster, J.D. Community Capacity and Health Intervention Research in Communities of Color in Race and Research: Perspectives on Minority Participation in Health Studies. Eds B.. Beech, V. Setlwo, & M.F. Roohani. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association. 2004

Airhihenbuwa C.O., Webster J.D. Culture and African Contexts of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Support. Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, 1, 4 - 13. 2004

Airhihenbuwa C.O., Webster J.D., Okoror T.O., Shine R., Smith-Bankhead, N HIV/AIDS and the African-American Community: Disparities of Policy and Identity. Phylon, 50 (1-2): 23-46. 2003

Webster, J.D. Using a cultural model to assess female condom use in Mpumalanga, South Africa (Doctoral dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, 2003. Electronic Thesis and Dissertation # 401. 2003

Butterfoss, F.D., Morrow, A.L, Webster, J.D., and Crews, R.C. The Coalition Training Institute: Training for the long haul. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 9 (6), 522-529. 2003

Butterfoss, F.D. Webster, J.D. National Immunization Coalition Training Institute Report, 1999 Center for Pediatric Research, 855 West Brambleton, Avenue, Norfolk, Va 23510.

Butterfoss, F.D, Webster, J.D., Morrow, A.L., and Rosenthal. J. Immunization coalitions that work: Training for public health professionals. Journal of Public Health Management,4 (6) 79-87. 1998

Butterfoss, F.D., Morrow, A.L., Rosenthal, J., Dini, E.,Crews, R.C., Webster, J.D., Louis, P.A CINCH: An urban coalition for empowerment and action. Health Education and Behavior, 25 (2), 212 - 225. 1998

Butterfoss, F.D. (Exec Producer), Linyear, Q. (Producer), Boulware, G. (Director), Webster, J.D. (Co-Producer), and Powel, C. (Co-Producer) Equal voices: A community coalition for action [Video Recording]. Center for Pediatric Research, 855 West Brambleton, Avenue, Norfolk, Va 23510. 1996

Webster, J.D. "Immunization a CINCH in Norfolk." Immunization Action News, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June, 1996.

Webster, J.D. and Nnabugwu, B.E. Training of trainers workshops for AIDS prevention in Nigeria: Lessons learned. HYGIE (presently called Health Promotion and Education) 12, 16-21. 1993

Webster, J.D. A Suicide Prevention Guide for a Youth Health Clinic. Master's Thesis, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 1996.


Sharla Willis, DrPH, MPH, MA

Kieffer E, Salabarría-Peña Y, Odoms-Young A, Willis S, Baber K, Guzman R. Community Participation in Planning and Evaluating Health Interventions: The Role of Focus Groups, In Methods for Community-based Participatory Research for Health. Israel, B editor, Jossey-Bass Publishers. 2005

Thornton, P., Kieffer, E.C., Salabarría-Peña, Y., Odoms-Young, A.M., Willis, S. K., Kim, H.K., Salinas, M.A. Weight, Diet and Physical Activity-Related Beliefs and Practices among Pregnant and Postpartum Latino Women: The Role of Social Support. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2006 Jan 10(1): 95-104

Edith C. Kieffer, PhD; Sharla K. Willis, DrPH; Angela M. Odoms-Young, PhD; J. Ricardo Guzman, MSW, MPH; Alex J. Allen, MSA; Jackie Two Feathers, MPH; Jimena Loveluck, MSW. Reducing Disparities in Diabetes among African-American and Latino Residents of Detroit: The Essential Role of Community Planning Focus Groups. Ethnicity and Disease. 2004;14[suppl 1]:S1-27±S1-37)


Michael Yonas, DrPH

Yonas, MA, O'Campo, P, Burke, JG, Gielen, AC. Exploring Local Perceptions of and responses to Urban Youth Violence. Health Promotion Practice In Press.

Runyan, CW, Yonas MA. Conceptual Frameworks for Developing and Comparing Approaches to Improve Adolescent Motor Vehicle Safety. American Journal of Preventive Medicine In Press.

Patterson, PD, Yonas MA. Service integration and workforce trends in emergency medical services. NC Medical Journal, 2007; 68(4): 262-5

Yonas, M.A., Jones, N., Eng, E., Vines, A., Aronson, R., Griffith, D.M., White, B., & DuBose, M. The Art and Science of Integrating Undoing Racism with CBPR: Arriving at a Common Language and NIH Funding to Investigate Cancer Care and Racial Equity. The Journal of Urban Health In press.

Griffith, D.M., Mason, M., Yonas, M., Eng, E., Jeffries, V., Plihcik, S., & Parks, B. "Dismantling institutional racism: Theory and action." American Journal of Community Psychology. In press.

Yonas, M., Lary, H, Fredland, N., Glass, N., Campbell, J., Sharps, P., Kub, J. An Arts Based Initiative for the Prevention of Dating Violence in African American Adolescents: Knowledge Synthesis, Theoretical Basis, and Evaluation Design. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2006.

Yonas M, O'Campo P, Burke JG, Gielen A. Identifying the Role of Neighborhood-Level Factors in Relation to Urban Youth Violence. Health Education and Behavior. April 2006.

Yonas MA., Eng E., Jones N., Vines, A., Aronson, B., White, B., DuBose M. The Art and Science of Integrating Community-Based Participatory Research Principles and the Dismantling Racism Process to Design and Submit a Research Application to NIH: Lessons Learned. Journal of Urban Health August 2006.



Angela Odoms Young, PhD, MS

Odoms-Young, A. Body Image Perceptions of African-American Muslim Women. Social Science and Medicine.

Harley AE, Buckworth J, Katz ML, Willis SK, Odoms-Young A, Heaney CA. Developing Long-Term Physical Activity Participation: A Grounded Theory Study With African American Women. Health Education Behavior. In press

Kumanyika SK, Whitt-Glover MC, Gary TL, Prewitt TE, Odoms-Young AM, Banks-Wallace J, Beech BM, Hughes Halbert C, Karanja N, Lancaster KJ, Samuel-Hodge CD. Expanding the Obesity Research Paradigm. Reaching African American Communities. Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Oct;4(4):A112.

Odoms A, Abdulrahim S. Health and Health Practices of Muslim Women in the United States, In the Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures. Suad Joseph, General Editor. Brill Publishers Forthcoming.

Kieffer E, Salabarria-Pena Y, Odoms-Young A, Willis S, Baber K, Guzman R. Community Participation in Planning and Evaluating Health Interventions: The Role of Focus Groups, In Methods for Conducting Community-based Participatory Research for Health. Israel, B editor, Jossey-Bass Publishers. Forthcoming

Odoms A, Abdulrahim S. Dietary Practices of Muslim Women in the United States, In the Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures. Suad Joseph, General Editor. Brill Publishers. Forthcoming.

Thornton, P., Kieffer, E.C., Salabarría-Peña, Y., Odoms-Young, A.M., Willis, S. K., Kim, H.K., Salinas, M.A. Weight, Diet and Physical Activity-Related Beliefs and Practices among Pregnant and Postpartum Latino Women: The Role of Social Support. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2006 Jan 10(1): 95-104

Ahye B, Devine C, Odoms-Young A. Values Expressed through Food and Nutrition Management Systems among African-American Women. Accepted for Publication. Family and Community Health 2006 Jan-Mar;29(1):5-16

Edith C. Kieffer, PhD; Sharla K. Willis, DrPH; Angela M. Odoms-Young, PhD; J. Ricardo Guzman, MSW, MPH; Alex J. Allen, MSA; Jackie Two Feathers, MPH; Jimena Loveluck, MSW. Reducing Disparities in Diabetes among African-American and Latino Residents of Detroit: The Essential Role of Community Planning Focus Groups. Ethnicity and Disease. 2004;14[suppl 1]:S1-27±S1-37)

Gans K, Kumanyika S, Lovell J, Risica P, Goldman R, Odoms-Young A, Strolla L Decaille D, Caron C, Lasater T.The development of SisterTalk: a cable TV-delivered weight control program for black women. Preventive Medicine 2003; 37(6):654-667

Odoms A. Dietary Approaches to Weight Management in African Americans. Ethnicity and Disease 2002; 12[Suppl3]:S3-34-S3-39.

Burton LM, Tubbs CY, Odoms A, Oh HJ, MelloZ, Cherlin A. Welfare Reform, Poverty, and Health: Ethnographic Perspectives on Health Status and Health Insurance Coverage in Low-income Families. Kaiser Family Foundation. 2002

Kumanyika SK, Odoms A. Nutrition in African-Americans. In, Health issues in the Black community 2nd Edition. Braithwaite, RL and Taylor, SE, eds. The Jossey-Bass Health Series, March 2001.

Tomey K, Kumanyika S, Odoms A, James V. "What's in my food" game with food picture cards. Journal of Nutrition Education 1999;31(6):360-361.


Carlos S. Zometa, PhD, MSPH

Rhodes, S.D., Foley, K.L., Zometa, C.S., and Bloom, C.R., Lay Health Advisor Interventions among Hispanics/Latinos: A Qualitative Systematic Review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33 (5):418-427. 2007

Zometa, C.S., Dedrick, R., Knox, M., Westhoff, W., Siman-Siri., R., and Debaldo, A.C. The translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of a knowledge and attitudinal instrument. Journal AIDS Education and Prevention, 19 (3), 231-244. 2007

Rao, U.R., Sutton, E.T., Zometa, C.S., and Vickery, A.C. Effect of Brugia Malayi infections on endothelial cells: a morphological study. Journal of Submicrosc.Cytol.Pathology, 28 (2), 227-241. 1996

Rao, U.R., Zometa, C.S., Vickery, A.C., Kwa, B.H., Nayar, J. K., and Sutton, E.T. Effect of Brugi Malayi on the growth and proliferation of endothelial cells in vitro. Journal of Parasitology, 82 (4), 550-556. 1996