• Making the invisible visible: Implementing an implicit bias activity in nursing education 

  Gatewood, Elizabeth; Broholm, Cindy; Herman, Jenna; Yingling, Charles (Elsevier, 2019-03-20)

  Background: Implicit bias (IB) is a pervasive phenomenon that negatively impacts health outcomes. IB is unconscious bias that operates at a level in which the individual is not aware of its existence. There is no requirement ...

• Associations of urban greenness with asthma and respiratory symptoms in Mexican American children 

  Eldeirawi, Kamal; Kunzweiler, Colin; Zenk, Shannon; Finn, Patricia; Nyenhuis, Sharmilee; Rosenberg, Natalya; Persky, Victoria (Elsevier, 2018-12-14)

  Asthma is one of the most common childhood chronic conditions with approximately 19 million adults and seven million children affected in the United States alone. 1 The etiology of asthma and other allergic conditions is ...

• Nursing students’ diagnostic accuracy using a computer-based clinical scenario simulation 

  Sousa Freire, Vanessa E. C.; Lopes, Marcos V. O.; Keenan, Gail M.; Lopez, Karen Dunn (Elsevier, 2018-10-11)

  Background: Being able to make accurate clinical decisions about actual or potential health problems is crucial to provide a safe and effective care. However, nursing students generally have difficulties identifying nursing ...

• Drinker Identity: Key Risk Factor for Adolescent Alcohol Use 

  Lee, Chia-Kuei; Corte, Colleen; Stein, Karen, F. (Wiley, 2018-02-04)

  BACKGROUND: Adolescent alcohol use continues to be a critical public health problem with both short-term and long-term negative health consequences. Defining oneself in terms of alcohol, a drinking-related identity, has ...

• Comparing Appropriateness and Equivalence of Email Interviews to Phone Interviews in Qualitative Research on Reproductive Decisions 

  Hershberger, Patricia, E.; Kavanaugh, Karen (Elsevier, 2017-07-31)

  BACKGROUND: Despite an increasing use of qualitative email interviews by nurse researchers, there is little understanding about the appropriateness and equivalence of email interviews to other qualitative data collection ...

• Towards Usable E-Health. A Systematic Review of Usability Questionnaires 

  Sousa, Vanessa, E. C.; Lopez, Karen, Dunn (Schattauer, 2017-05-10)

  BACKGROUND: The use of e-health can lead to several positive outcomes. However, the potential for e-health to improve healthcare is partially dependent on its ease of use. In order to determine the usability for any ...

• Behavioral Problems in Taiwanese Children of Adolescent and Adult Mothers 

  Lee, C.K.; Corte, C.; Wang, S.T. (Springer Verlag, 2016-12)

  The purpose of this study was to estimate child behavioral problems over time and determine gender differences in behavioral problems between children born to adolescent and adult mothers in Taiwan. The consistency between ...

• Association of neighborhood crime with asthma and asthma morbidity among Mexican American children in Chicago, Illinois 

  Eldeirawi, K.; Kunzweiler, C.; Rosenberg, N.; Riley, B.; Gao, Y.; Hebert-Beirne, J.; Zenk, S.; Tarlov, E.; Persky, V. (Elsevier, 2016-11)

  Background There is increasing evidence that neighborhood-level factors, in addition to individual-level factors, may contribute directly or indirectly to childhood asthma by affecting environmental and lifestyle factors. ...

• Unintended Pregnancy, Depression, and Hazardous Drinking in a Community-Based Sample of Sexual Minority Women. 

  Everett BG; McCabe KF; Hughes TL (Mary Ann Liebert, 2016-09)

  CONTEXT: Unintended pregnancy is a stressful life event with important implications for women's health. Little research has examined sexual minority women's (SMW; lesbian, bisexual, mostly heterosexual) experiences of ...

• Substance use and related problems among U.S. women who identify as mostly heterosexual 

  Hughes, Tonda L.; Wilsnack, Sharon C.; Kristjanson, Arlinda F. (BioMed Central, 2015-08-20)

  Background: We used data from a nationally representative sample to compare substance use outcomes among adult women who identified as mostly heterosexual with those who identified as exclusively (only) heterosexual. Method: ...

• Nativity and Serum Concentrations of Antioxidants in Mexican American Children: A Cross-Sectional Study 

  Eldeirawi, Kamal; Koenig, Mary D.; Persky, Victoria; Chavez, Noel (MDPI, 2014-04-16)

  There is limited research on the effect of immigration on biological markers of nutrition among children of Mexican origin in the United States. The purpose of this crosssectional study was to examine data from the Third ...

• Results from a Community-Based Smoking Cessation Treatment Program for LGBT Smokers 

  Matthews, Alicia K.; Li, Chien-Ching; Kuhns, Lisa M.; Tasker, Timothy B.; Cesario, John A. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013-05)

  Introduction. Little is known about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people's response to smoking cessation interventions. This descriptive study examined the benefits of a community-based, culturally tailored ...

• Rapid Repeat Pregnancy among Unmarried African American Adolescent Couples 

  Dallas, Constance (Western Journal of Nursing Research, 2013-02)

  This article describes rapid repeat pregnancy (RRP), getting pregnant or giving birth again within 24 months of giving birth, in a group of unmarried, low-income, African American first-time, adolescent parent couples from ...

• A Decision Support Tool for Using an ICD-10 Anatomographer to Address Admission Coding Inaccuracies: A Commentary 

  Bell, Christopher M.; Jalali, Arash; Mensah, Edward (University of Illinois at Chicago Library, 2013-07)

  In the chaotic environment of an emergency department trauma unit, accuracy and timeliness in decision making are required to save a patient’s life. In a large urban city, where gun violence is high, emergency department ...

• Hazardous Drinking, Depression, and Anxiety Among Sexual-Minority Women: Self-Medication or Impaired Functioning? 

  Johnson, Timothy P.; Hughes, Tonda L.; Cho, Young Ik; Wilsnack, Sharon C.; Aranda, Frances; Szalacha, Laura A. (Alcohol Research Documentation, 2013-07)

  Objective: Sexual-minority women are at heightened risk for a number of mental health problems, including hazardous alcohol consumption, depression, and anxiety. We examined self-medication and impaired-functioning models ...

• Stocking characteristics and perceived increases in sales among small food store managers/owners associated with the introduction of new food products approved by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 

  Ayala, Guadalupe X.; Laska, Melissa N.; Zenk, Shannon N.; Tester, June; Rose, Donald; Odoms-Young, Angela; McCoy, Tara; Gittelsohn, Joel; Foster, Gary D.; Andreyeva, Tatiana (Cambridge University Press, 2012-09)

  Objective: The present study assessed the impact of the 2009 food packages mandated by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) on perceived sales, product selection and stocking ...

• Comparison of two Bayesian methods to detect mode effects between paper-based and computerized adaptive assessments: a preliminary Monte Carlo study 

  Riley, Barth B.; Carle, Adam C. (BioMed Central, 2012-08)

  Background: Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) is being applied to health outcome measures developed as paper-and-pencil (P&P) instruments. Differences in how respondents answer items administered by CAT vs. P&P can ...

• Sexual Orientation and Substance Abuse Treatment Utilization in the United States: Results from a National Survey 

  McCabe, Sean Esteban; West, Brady T.; Hughes, Tonda L.; Boyd, Carol J. (Elsevier, 2013-01)

  This study examined substance abuse treatment utilization across three dimensions of sexual orientation (identity, attraction, and behavior) in a large national sample of adults in the United States. Prevalence estimates ...

• A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of School-Based Active Living Programs 

  McCreary, Linda L.; Gi Park, Chang; Gomez, Lucy; Peterson, Serena; Pino, David; McElmurry, Beverly J. (Elsevier Masson, 2012-11)

  Background: School-based programs combating childhood obesity often lack resources to incorporate strong evaluation components. This paper describes a collaborative evaluation conducted by partners implementing Active ...

• Regional Differences in Physical Appearance Identity among Young Adult Women in Thailand 

  Rongmuang, Daravan; McElmurry, Beverly J.; McCreary, Linda L.; Park, Chang G.; Miller, Arlene; Corte, Colleen (SAGE Publications, 2011-02)

  Physical appearance concerns lead to serious health compromising behaviors among women in Thailand, but existing studies may not be generalizable to young women in Thailand. The purpose of this study was to examine differences ...

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