Publications

FACULTY

DR. STEPHANIE MARHEFKA

Dr. Stephanie Marhefka is Senior Associate Dean for Research in the College of Nursing. As a social and behavioral researcher with expertise in social and behavioral science, intervention research, and implementation science, Dr. Marhefka has two research foci. For more than 20 years, her scientific pursuits have focused on improving care and treatment for people living HIV. While her initial work was with youth who acquired HIV perinatally, her more recent work focuses on optimizing care and wellbeing of diverse populations of people with HIV, particularly in the southern US. As people with HIV live longer, her work is increasingly focused on traditional chronic disease prevention and treatment as well as mental health needs. A secondary area of research for Dr. Marhefka is related to breastfeeding, and particularly the intersection of breastfeeding, policy, and childcare settings. Her work falls under two of the College of Nursing’s research pillars: Health Determinants Science and Implementation Science.

DR. CHEEDY JAJA

As a clinician and health science researcher, Dr. Cheedy Jaja’s interest in social justice, health disparities, and improving health outcomes in historically marginalized and vulnerable populations drives his research, clinical, and advocacy initiatives. Although standard SCD public-health care packages have been available in middle-and high-income countries over the past 30 years, he noticed the unsettlingly high under-five mortality rates associated with sickle cell disease (SCD) in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Jaja’s partnerships and research initiatives in the West African nation of Sierra Leone are efforts to reduce this global health disparity gap. SCD-affected Sierra Leonean citizens struggle with decayed healthcare infrastructure following a decade-long, brutal civil war that was soon thereafter followed by the Ebola epidemic and COVID pandemic. During that time nearly 90% of SCD-affected Sierra Leone children younger than five years of age perished. He established local and international partnerships to establish a model SCD clinic that delivers care to 120 children. He collaborates with support groups to conduct SCD advocacy, education, and awareness campaigns in local communities. His recently initiated 3-year study of early SCD diagnosis, care, and long-term followup is a groundbreaking achievement in Sierra Leone. Dr. Jaja’s work falls under two of the College of Nursing’s research pillars: Implementation Science and Health Determinants Science.

DR. JENNIFER KUE

Dr. Jennifer Kue is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing. Dr. Kue has more than 20 years of experience working with refugees and immigrants and medically underserved populations. Dr. Kue’s research focus and expertise are in community health promotion, cancer screening, and refugee and immigrant health. Her current study tests the efficacy of a tailored navigation intervention delivered by bilingual/bicultural Community Health Advisors to increase age-appropriate breast and cervical cancer screening among intergenerational Southeast Asian women. Dr. Kue’s research aligns with the College of Nursing’s research areas: Precision Science and Health Determinants Science.

Dr. DeAnne Turner is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing. Her program of research aims to identify inequities in access to HIV care and prevention, ultimately working toward providing opportunities for better health outcomes and reducing health inequities in populations disproportionately impacted by the HIV epidemic. Broadly, her work converges at the intersection of technology and implementation science, primarily through 1) leveraging technology to provide greater reach to HIV care and prevention resources; and 2) applying implementation science to examine contextual factors affecting program implementation and improve the translation of research into practice. Her work aligns with the College of Nursing research pillars of Health Determinants Science and Implementation Science. She is currently working on two pilot studies examining 1) program adaptation and the use of WhatsApp for HIV-related peer mentorship in Kenya and 2) factors impacting transitioning to telehealth from in-person services for clients receiving care at a community-based HIV service organization in the United States.

Dr. Uma Nair is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing. Dr. Nair is an equity researcher with a focus on cancer control and prevention researcher in marginally underserved communities. Her research involves (a) telephone-based behavioral interventions for health promotion with a focus on nicotine dependence and control, (b) mHealth intervention for postpartum relapse prevention, and (c) adapting evidence-based interventions for increasing cancer screenings in sexual and diverse (LGBTQ+) populations. This work addresses three of the four research pillars of the College of Nursing: Precision Science, Health Determinants Science, and Implementation Science. DR. UMA NAIR

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

JULY 2021-DECEMBER 2021

Abubakari, G. M. R., Dada, D., Nur, J., Turner, D.,

Otchere, A., Tanis, L., ... & Nelson, L. E. (2021).

Intersectional stigma and its impact on HIV prevention and care among MSM and WSW in sub- Saharan African countries: a protocol for a scoping review. BMJ open, 11(8), e047280.

Abubakari, G. M. R., Turner, D., Ni, Z., Conserve,

D. F., Dada, D., Otchere, A., ... & Nelson, L.

E. (2021). Community-based interventions as opportunities to increase hiv self-testing and linkage to care among men who have sex with men–Lessons from Ghana, West

Africa. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 581. Alghamdi, N., Canale, M. L., Beckie, T., Buck, H.

G., Szalacha, L., Roman, J., & Wang, H. L. (2021). Use of simulation to improve emotional competence at end-of-life care for healthcare professionals and students: A scoping review.

Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 55, 67-85.

Arthur, E. K., Menon, U., Browning, K., Overcash, J., & Wills, C. E. (2021). Challenges of cognitive interviewing in sensitive health topic research. Nursing research, 70(5), 376-382.

Athilingam, P., Labrador, M. A., & Redding,

B. A. (2021). Enhanced self care with mobile technology to reduce readmission in congestive heart failure: A pilot study. Cardiol Vasc Res, 5(3), 1-7.

Bell, J. M., Mason, T. M., Buck, H. G., Tofthagen,

C. S., Duffy, A. R., Groër, M. W., ... & Kip, K. E. (2021). Challenges in obtaining and assessing salivary cortisol and α-amylase in an over 60 population undergoing psychotherapeutic treatment for complicated grief: Lessons learned. Clinical nursing research, 30(5), 680-689.

Ballman, K., Carpenter, D., Colella, C., Lynch-Smith,

D., Miley, H., & Johansson, M. (2021). Is nurse practitioner the right career for you? Consider personal attributes and circumstances before you decide. American Nurse Journal, 16-20.

Brown, M., Baribeault, T., Bland, R., Wofford, K., &

Maye, J. (2021). Perioperative pain management for surgical patients with opioid use disorder:

A program development initiative. Journal of

PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 36(6), 622-628.

Bugajski, A., Courtney, E., Lengerich, A., Rechenberg,

K., Wills, W., & Szalacha, L. (2021). Modifiable predictors of anxiety and depressive symptoms in those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In TP67. TP067 SYMPTOMS, QUALITY

OF LIFE, AND CAREGIVER ENGAGEMENT IN

PULMONARY, CRITICAL CARE, AND SLEEP (pp.

A3189-A3189). American Thoracic Society.

Castañeda-Hidalgo, H., Visovsky, C., Hernández,

D. E., González-Quirarte, N. H., Compeán-Ortiz, L., & Campiño, S. M. (2021). Nursing’s contributions to sustainable development goals in Latin America through education, leadership, and partnerships. International

Journal of Nursing Studies, 121, 104004.

Caputo, M. P., Rodriguez, C. S., Padhya, T. A., & Mifsud, M. J. (2021). Medical cannabis as adjunctive therapy for head and neck cancer patients. Cureus, 13(9).

Deng, L., Zhang, X., Gao, Y., Turner, D., Qian, F.,

Lu, H., ... & Qian, H. Z. (2021). Association of HIV infection and cognitive impairment in older adults: A meta-analysis. Ageing Research Reviews, 68, 101310.

Ford, J. L., Williams, K. P., & Kue, J. K. (2021). Racism, Stress, and Health.

Nursing research, 70(5S), S1-S2.

González-Mercado, V. J., Henderson, W. A., Sarkar,

A., Lim, J., Saligan, L. N., Berk, L., ... & Melkus,

G. D. E. (2021). Changes in gut microbiome associated with co-occurring symptoms development during chemo-radiation for rectal cancer: a proof of concept study. Biological Research for Nursing, 23(1), 31-41.

Gonzalez-Mercado, V. J., Lim, J., Saligan, L. N., Perez, N., Rodriguez, C., Bernabe, R., ... & Aouizerat,

B. (2021). Gut microbiota and depressive symptoms at the end of CRT for rectal cancer: A cross-sectional pilot study. Depression Research and Treatment, 2021.

Gordon, J. M., Robidoux, H., Gaffney, K., Cirrito, B.

L., & Lauerer, J. A. (2021). Conceptualizing the early detection and intervention of infant mental health disorders in neonatal nursing.

Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 27(1), 6-13.

Gyan, S. E., & Marhefka, S. (2021). Exploring adolescents’(non-) use of modern contraceptives in Ghana through the lens of the Theory of Gender and Power. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(6), 2411-2421.

Guillaume, G., Ramos, S. R., Abubakari, G. M. R., Turner, D. E., Ajiboye,

W., Yusuf, A., ... & Nelson, L. E. (2021). Barriers and facilitators to providing human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure prophylaxis decision support to black patients in

Canada: a cross-sectional study. International

Health Trends and Perspectives, 1(3), 345-367.

Ho, T., Sarkar, A., Szalacha, L., & Groer, M. W. (2021). Intestinal microbiome in preterm infants influenced by enteral iron dosing. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 72(5), e132-e138.

Hu, Q. H., Qian, H. Z., Li, J. M., Leuba, S. I., Chu, Z.

X., Turner, D., ... & Shang, H. (2021). Assisted partner notification and uptake of HIV testing among men who have sex with men: a randomized controlled trial in China. The Lancet

Regional Health-Western Pacific, 12, 100171. Jingying Zhang, S. (2021). α 2-adrenergic receptor agonist, an attractive but underused ERAS component in improving fast-track recovery and surgical outcomes. AANA journal, 89(6).

Katz, K. S., Czerwinski, S. J., Lockett, L. J., Munro, J.

C., Gwartney, T. S., & Gore, T. (2021). An innovative model integrating an academic-practice partnership in an rn-bsn program. Nursing

Education Perspectives, 42(6), E100-E102.

Kelley, M. M., Kue, J., Brophy, L., Peabody, A. L., Foraker, R. E., Yen, P. Y., & Tucker, S. (2021).

Mobile health applications, cancer survivors, and lifestyle modification: An integrative review. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 39(11), 755-763.

Kue, J., Klemanski, D. L., & Browning, K. K. (2021).

Evaluating readability scores of treatment summaries and cancer survivorship care plans.

JCO Oncology Practice, 17(10), 615-621.

Kue, J., Szalacha, L., Rechenberg, K., Nolan,

T. S., & Menon, U. (2021). Communication among southeast asian mothers and daughters about cervical cancer prevention. Nursing research, 70(5), S73.

Lengacher, C. A., Gruss, L., Kip, K. E., Reich, R. R.,

Chauca, K. G., Moscoso, M. S., ... & Park, J. Y. (2021). Mindfulness-based stress reduction for breast cancer survivors (MBSR (BC)): Evaluating mediators of psychological and physical outcomes in a large randomized controlled trial.

Journal of behavioral medicine, 44(5), 591-604. Lewis, K. (2021). P016. Evaluating the efficacy of focused nurse practitioner visits on heart failure outcomes among patients enrolled in the Program for All-Inclusive Care of the

Elderly (PACE): A quality improvement project.

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Cardiopulmonary and Acute Care, 50(4), 572-573.

Lim, S. J., Aguilar-Lopez, M., Wetzel, C., Dutra,

S. V. O., Bray, V., Groer, M. W., ... & Ho, T. (2021). The effects of genetic relatedness on the preterm infant gut microbiota. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 278.

Lockhart, E., Turner, D., Ficek, J., Livingston, T., Logan, R. G., & Marhefka, S. L. (2021).

Understanding technology fit among people with hiv based on intersections of race, sex, and sexual behavior: An equitable approach to analyzing differences across multiple social identities.

AIDS and Behavior, 25(8), 2618-2629.

Logan, R. G., Vamos, C. A., Daley, E. M., Louis-Jacques, A., & Marhefka, S. L. (2021).

Understanding young Black women’s socialisation and perceptions of sexual and reproductive health. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1-15.

Mack, L., Athilingam, P., & Adorno-Nieves, J. (2021). Health literacy impacts knowledge and the use of education app in heart failure:

A pilot study. Cardiol Vasc Res, 5(5), 1-5.

Maguire, D. J., Cirrito, B. L., & Solomon, J. (2021). The application of trauma-informed care to substance use disorder.

Neonatal Network, 40(5), 332-334.

Marhefka, S. L., Livingston, T. A., Lockhart, E.,

Hernandez, I., Spatz, D. L., & Louis-Jacques,

A. F. (2021). A statewide evaluation of the

Breastfeeding Resource Nurse Model. Nursing for Women’s Health, 25 (5), 337-345.

Marhefka, S. L., Lockhart, E., Chen, H., Meng, H.,

Ortiz, M. R., Powell, B., & Shuter, J. (2021). A tailored telehealth group tobacco cessation treatment program for people with HIV: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Contemporary Clinical Trials, 110, 106475.

Marhefka, S. L., Noble, C. A., Walsh-Buhi, E. R., Turner, D., Mahony, H., Singleton, A., ... & Daley, E.

M. (2021). Key considerations and recommended strategies for conducting a school-based longitudinal RE-AIM evaluation: Insights from a 28-school cluster randomized trial. Health promotion practice, 15248399211042339.

Menon, U., Szalacha, L., Martinez, G., Graham,

M., Pares-Avila, J., Rechenberg, K., Stauber,

L. (2021). Efficacy of a language-concordant health coaching intervention for

Latinx with diabetes: A randomized clinical trial. Patient Education & Counseling.

Miller, J., Szalacha, L. A., Hartranft, S. R., & Rodriguez, C. (2021). Radiation therapy: Predictors of nonadherence to treatment schedules among patients with head and neck cancer. Clinical journal of oncology nursing, 25(3), 305-313.

Moore, C. B., Bond, J. D., Bundoc, E. G., Hefley,

J. B., Wofford, K. A., & Bonds, R. L. (2021).

Resuming breastfeeding after surgery: influencing practice recommendations. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 36(5), 460-467.

Nelson, L. E., Nyblade, L., Torpey, K., Logie, C.

H., Qian, H. Z., Manu, A., ... & Vlahov, D. (2021). Multi- level intersectional stigma reduction intervention to increase HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Ghana: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Plos one, 16(11), e0259324.

Nolan, T. S., Arthur, E., Nwodim, O., Spaulding,

A., & Kue, J. (2021). Survivorship care plan preferences and utilization among asian american breast cancer survivors. Oncology nursing forum, 48(5), 507–521.

Prescott, S., Dreisbach, C., Baumgartel, K.,

Koerner, R., Gyamfi, A., Canellas, M., ... &

Trinchieri, G. (2021). Impact of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis on offspring microbiota. Frontiers in pediatrics, 9.

Rosales, M., & Pavlock, A. (2021). Using

COVID-19 Case studies to enhance real-time practice in an RN-to-BSN pharmacology course. Nurse Educator, 46(5), 326.

Rosales, M., & Chabalowski, B. (2021). Enhancing clinical handoff skills during online postconference: An innovative approach. Nurse Educator, 46(5), E131. Rodríguez, C., Crowder, S. L., Rodríguez, M.,

Redwine, L., & Stern, M. (2021). Food insecurity and the hispanic population during the covid-19 pandemic. Ecology of

Food and Nutrition, 60(5), 548– 563.

Shani, P., Raeesi, K., Walter, E., Lewis, K., Wang,

W., Cohen, L., ... & Wayne, P. M. (2021).

Qigong mind-body program for caregivers of cancer patients: design of a pilot three-arm randomized clinical trial. Pilot and feasibility studies, 7(1), 1-12.

Spatz D.L., Baumgartel, K. Not All Donor Milk is Equal: impact of processing methods on bioactive compounds. Neonatal

Intensive Care. 2021, 34(3):42-45.

Stokes, D.I., Masciola, R., Kue, J., Drum, K., &

Morrison-Beedy, D. (2021). Implementing bundled HPV immunization strategies to reduce missed opportunities. Women’s

Healthcare: A Clinical Journal for NPs.

Tamirisa, K. P., Mehta, L. S., Kort, S., Farquhar-Snow,

M., Bhatt, A. B., Linderbaum, J. A., ... & Brown,

S. A. (2021). Heal thyself to heal and cure:

Voices of women in cardiology. Case

Reports, 3(12), 1468-1471.

Tinsley, S., & Lengacher, C. (2021). AML-075:

Converting in-person research procedures to a virtual platform during the covid-19 pandemic in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia

patients. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia, 21, S279.

Turner, D., Lockhart, E., Wang, W., Shore, R., Daley,

E., & Marhefka, S. L. (2021). Examining the factors affecting PREP implementation within community-based hiv testing sites in Florida:

A mixed methods study applying the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.

AIDS and Behavior, 25(7), 2240-2251.

Zaha, V. G., Hayek, S. S., Alexander, K. M., Beckie, T.

M., Hundley, W. G., Kondapalli, L., ... & American

Heart Association Cardio-Oncology Subcommittee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology; and

Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine. (2021). Future perspectives of cardiovascular biomarker utilization in cancer survivors: A scientific statement from the American Heart

Association. Circulation, 144(25), e551-e563.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

JANUARY 2022-JUNE 2022

Ajiboye, W., Nelson, L., Odhiambo, A., Yusuf, A.,

Djiadeu, P., Turner, D. A., ... & Williams, G. (2022). Decision conflict and the decision support needs of HIV PrEP-eligible Black patients in Toronto regarding the adoption of PrEP for HIV prevention. Journal of the

International Association of Providers of AIDS

Care (JIAPAC), 21, 23259582211073399.

Al Thani, M., Leventakou, V., Sofroniou, A., Butt,

H. I., Hakim, I. A., Thomson, C., & Nair, U.

S. (2022). Factors associated with baseline smoking self-efficacy among male

Qatari residents enrolled in a quit smoking study. PloS one, 17(1), e0263306.

Ayala, G. X., Pickrel, J. L., Baquero, B., Sanchez-Flack, J., Lin, S. F., Belch, G., ... &

Mayer, J. (2022). The El Valor de Nuestra

Salud clustered randomized controlled trial store-based intervention to promote fruit and vegetable purchasing and consumption.

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 19(1), 1-17.

Bechtel, N., Jones, A., Kue, J., & Ford, J. L. (2022). Evaluation of the core 5 social determinants of health screening tool.

Public Health Nursing, 39(2), 438-445.

Bernard, R. O., Sanford, A., Duffy, A., Rechenberg,

K., Lopez, M., & Brown, K. (2022). Evaluating the Impact of a School of Nursing Civility

Team. Nurse Educator, 47(3), 180-183.

Boyd, D. T., Abubakari, G. M. R., Turner, D., Ramos,

S. R., Hill, M. J., & Nelson, L. E. (2022). The influence of family bonding, support, engagement in healthcare, on PrEP stigma among young Black and Latino men who have sex with men: A path analysis. Children, 9(3), 330.

Bugajski, A., Szalacha, L., Rechenberg, K.,

Johnson, A., Beckie, T., & Morgan, H. (2022).

Psychometric evaluation of the Self-Care in Chronic

Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Inventory in the United States. Heart & Lung, 51, 1-8.