EPRC Publications

2020 

Lipscomb, J., Escoffery, C., Gillespie, T., Henley, S.J., Smith, R., Chociemski, T., Almon, L., Jiang, R.,Sheng X., Goodman, M., Ward, K. (2020). Improving screening uptake among breast cancer survivors and their first-degree relatives at elevated risk to breast cancer: Results and implications of a randomized study in the state of Georgia.. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 4;17(3),E977.

Guan, Y., Condit, C.M., Escoffery, C., Bellcross, C.A., McBride, C.M. Do women who receive a negative BRCA1/2 risk result understand the implications for breast cancer risk? Public Health Genomics, in press.

Barrington, W.E, Degroff, A., Melillo, S., Vu, Th., Cole, A., Escoffery, C., Askelson, N. Seegmiller, L.,Koopman Gonzalez, S., Hannon, P. Patient navigator reported patient barriers and delivered activities in two large federally-funded cancer screening programs. Preventive Medicine, in press.

Kang, Y., Meghani, S.H., Bruner D.W & Yeager, K.A. Factors Associated with Depression in African American Patients Being Treated for Cancer Pain. Pain Management Nursing, in press.

Pomares T*, Buttenheim AM, Amin AV, Joyce CM, Porter RM, Bednarczyk RA, Omer SB. Association of cognitive biases with human papillomavirus vaccine hesitancy: a cross-sectional study. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2020 May 3;16(5):1018-1023. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1698243. Epub 2019 Dec 20.

Escoffery, C., Johnson, L., McGee, R., Olorundare, E.I, Geiger, D., Quarells, R.C., Thompson, N.J. Epilepsy self-management behaviors among African Americans with epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior, in press.

Quon RJ, Mazanec MT, Schmidt SS, Andrew AS, Roth RM, MacKenzie TA, Sajatovic M, Spruill T, Jobst BC. Antiepileptic drug effects on subjective and objective cognition. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Mar;104(Pt A):106906. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.106906. Epub 2020 Jan 29. PubMed PMID: 32006792; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7064420.

Quon R, Andrew A, Schmidt S, Escoffery C, Schommer L, Chu F, Henninger H, Nagle K, Streltzov N, Jobst B. Self-management practices associated with quality of life for adults with epilepsy. J Neurol. 2019 Nov;266(11):2821-2828. doi:10.1007/s00415-019-09503-w. Epub 2019 Aug 14. PubMed PMID: 31414192; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6810849.

2019 

Meghani, S.H., Wool, J., Davis, J., Yeager, K.A., Mao, J.J., & Barg, F.K. (2020). When patients take charge of opioids: Self-management concerns and practices among cancer outpatients in the context of opioid crisis. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 59(3):618-625. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.10.029.

Christens BD, Butterfoss FD, Minkler M, Wolff T, Francisco VT, Kegler MC. Learning from coalitions' efforts to promote equity and justice. Health Education & Behavior. 2019;46(1_suppl):110s-114s.

Kegler MC, Wolff T, Christens BD, Butterfoss FD, Francisco VT, Orleans T. Strengthening our collaborative approaches for advancing equity and justice. Health Education & Behavior. 2019;46(1_suppl):5s-8s.

Kegler MC, Lebow-Skelley E, Lea J, Haardörfer R, Lefevre A, Diggs P, Herndon. A qualitative study of the process of adoption, implementation and enforcement of smoke-free policies in privately-owned affordable housing. S.BMC Public Health. 2019 Aug 8;19(1):1071. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7404-y.PMID: 31395051.

Khalid Z, Momotaz H, Briggs F, Cassidy KA, Chaytor NS, Fraser RT, Janevic MR, Jobst B, Johnson EK, Scal P, Spruill TM, Wilson BK, Sajatovic M. Depressive Symptoms in Older versus Younger People with Epilepsy: Findings from an Integrated Epilepsy Self-Management Clinical Research Dataset. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2019 Dec 3;12:981-988. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S227184. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 31839708; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6904884.

McGee, R., Olorundare, E.I, Thompson, N.J., Escoffery, C., Quarells, R.C. Perceptions of a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intervention: Focus group findings examining acceptability for African Americans with Epilepsy. Evaluation and Program Planning, revised.

Tian S, Switchenko JM, Jhaveri J, Cassidy RJ, Ferris MJ, Press RH, Pfister NT, Patel MR, Saba NF, McDonald MW, Higgins KA, Yu DS, Curran WJ, Gillespie TW, Beitler JJ. Survival outcomes by high-risk human papillomavirus status in nonoropharyngeal head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: A propensity-scored analysis of the National Cancer Data Base. Cancer. 2019 Apr 23. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32115.

Mehta A, Pollack CE, Gillespie TW, Duby A, Carter C, Thelen-Perry S, Witmann D. What Patients and Partners Want in Interventions That Support Sexual Recovery After Prostate Cancer Treatment: An Exploratory Convergent Mixed Methods Study. Sex Med. 2019 Mar 1. pii: S2050-1161(19)30008-X. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2019.01.002. PMID: 30833226

Tian S, Switchenko JM, Jhaveri J, Cassidy RJ, Ferris MJ, Press RH, Pfister NT, Patel MR, Saba NF, McDonald MW, Higgins KA, Yu DS, Curran WJ, Gillespie TW, Beitler JJ. Survival outcomes by high-risk human papillomavirus status in nonoropharyngeal head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: A propensity-scored analysis of the National Cancer Data Base. Cancer. 2019 Apr 23. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32115.

Haardörfer, R. (2019). Taking quantitative data analysis out of the positivist era: Calling for theory-driven data-informed analysis. Health Education & Behavior.

Kegler, M., Haardörfer, R., Bundy, L., Escoffery, C., Williams, R., Hovell, M., Kreuter, M., Mullen, P. (2019). Moderators of Establishing a Smoke-Free Home: Pooled Data from Three Randomized Controlled Trials of a Brief Intervention. Journal of Community Health.

Escoffery C, Marchak JG, Haardörfer R, Meacham L, Lewis RW, Udelson H, Edwards P, Mertens AC. Scalability of cancer SurvivorLink™: A cluster randomized trial among pediatric cancer clinics. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2019, in press.

Escoffery, C., Kegler, M.C., Reihman, K., Watson, L., Halpin, S., Preiss, S., Fisher-Bone, M., Rhiness, C., Wiggins, E. (2019). Facilitators and barriers to HPV vaccine promotion among Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs): A consolidated framework for implementation research analysis. Preventing Chronic Disease, 16, 180406.

Vu, M., Bednarczyk, R.A., Escoffery, C., Getachew, B., Berg, C.J. (2019). Human papillomavirus vaccination among diverse college students: Who receives recommendation, who initiates, and what are the reasons? Health Education Research, 1;34(4):415-434.

Kegler, M. C., Lebow-Skelley, E., Lea, J., Haardörfer, R., Lefevre, A., Diggs, P., Herdon, S. (2019). A qualitative study of the process of adoption, implementation and enforcement of smoke-free policies in privately-owned affordable housing. BMC Public Health. 19:1071. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7404-y.

Anderson, K. M., Kegler, M. C., Bundy, L. T., Henderson, P., Halfacre, J., & Escoffery, C. (2019). Adaptation of a brief smoke-free homes intervention for American Indian and Alaska Native families. BMC public health, 19(1), 981. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7301-4.

Kegler, M. C., Anderson, K., Bundy, L. T., Knauf, D., Halfacre, J., Escoffery, C., Cramblit, A., Henderson, P. (2019). A Qualitative Study about Creating Smoke-free Home Rules in American Indian and Alaska Native Households. Journal of community health, 1-10. doi.org/10.1007/s10900-019-00666-1.

Kegler, M. C., Lea, J., Lebow-Skelley, E., Lefevre, A. M., Diggs, P., & Haardörfer, R. (2019). Implementation and enforcement of smoke-free policies in public housing. Health education research, 34(2), 234-246. doi:10.1093/her/cyy053.

Woodruff, R. C., Haardörfer, R., Gazmararian, J. A., Ballard, D., Addison, A. R., Hotz, J. A., Tucker, R. B., Kegler, M. C. (2019). Home Environment-Focused Intervention Improves Dietary Quality: A Secondary Analysis From the Healthy Homes/Healthy Families Randomized Trial. Journal of nutrition education and behavior, 51(1), 96-100. doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2018.06.007.

Kegler, M. C., Haardörfer, R., Melanson, T., Allen, L., Bundy, L. T., Kreuter, M. W., Williams, R. S., Hovell, M. F., Mullen, P. D. (2019). Steps Toward Scalability: Illustrations From a Smoke-Free Homes Program. Health Education & Behavior, 1090198119848767. doi: 10.1177/1090198119848767

2018 

Bellcross C, Hermstad A, Tallo C, Stanislaw C. Validation of Version 3.0 of the Breast Cancer Genetics Referral Screening Tool - B-RST™. Genet Med. 2018 May 8. doi: 10.1038/s41436-018-0020-x.

Berg, C. J., Haardörfer, R., Wagener, T. L., Kegler, M. C., & Windle, M. (2018) Correlates of Allowing Alternative Tobacco Product or Marijuana Use in the Homes of Young Adults. 141(S1), e20171026.

Berg, C. J., Henriksen, L., Cavazos-Rehg, P. A., Haardoerfer, R., & Freisthler, B. (2018). The emerging marijuana retail environment: Key lessons learned from tobacco and alcohol retail research. Addict Behav, 81, 26-31. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.01.040.

Berg, C. J., Payne, J., Henriksen, L., Cavazos-Rehg, P., Getachew, B., Schauer, G. L., & Haardorfer, R. (2018). Reasons for Marijuana and Tobacco Co-use Among Young Adults: A Mixed Methods Scale Development Study. Subst Use Misuse, 53(3), 357-369. doi:10.1080/10826084.2017.1327978.

Escoffery, C., Bidwell, J., McGee, R., Mynat, E., Frazier, C. (2018). Review of mobile applications for epilepsy self-management. Epilepsy & Behavior, 81, 62-69.

Escoffery, C., Lebow-Skelley, E., Udelson, H., Boing, E. A., Wood, R., Fernandez, M. E., & Mullen, P. D. (2018). A scoping study of frameworks for adapting public health evidence-based interventions. Transl Behav Med. doi:10.1093/tbm/ibx067.

Escoffery, C., Kenzig, M., Hyden, C., & Hernandez, K. (2018). Capitalizing on social media for career development. Health Promotion Practice, 19(1):11-15.

Fernandez, M. E., Walker, T. J., Weiner, B. J., Calo, W. A., Liang, S., Risendal, B., . . . Kegler, M. C. (2018). Developing measures to assess constructs from the Inner Setting domain of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Implement Sci, 13(1), 52. doi:10.1186/s13012-018-0736-7.

Flemming, S. S., Redmond, N., Williamson, D. H., Thompson, N. J., Perryman, J. P., Patzer, R. E., & Arriola, K. J. Understanding the pros and cons of organ donation decision-making: Decisional balance and expressing donation intentions among African Americans. J Health Psychol,2018, epub ahead of print. doi:10.1177/1359105318766212.

Haardörfer R, Kreuter M, Berg CJ, Escoffery C, Bundy LT, Hovell M, Mullen PD, Williams R, Kegler MC. Cessation and reduction in smoking behavior: impact of creating a smoke-free home on smokers. Health Educ Res. 2018 Jun 1;33(3):256-259. doi: 10.1093/her/cyy014.

Hermstad, A., Honeycutt, S., Flemming, S. S., Carvalho, M. L., Hodge, T., Escoffery, C., . . . Arriola, K. R. J. (2018). Social Environmental Correlates of Health Behaviors in a Faith-Based Policy and Environmental Change Intervention. Health Educ Behav, 1090198118757826. doi:10.1177/1090198118757826.

Kegler MC, Raskind IG, Comeau DL, Griffith DM, Cooper HLF, Shelton RC. Study Design and Use of Inquiry Frameworks in Qualitative Research Published in Health Education & Behavior. Health Educ Behav. 2018 doi: 10.1177/1090198118795018. [Epub ahead of print]

Kegler MC, Beasley DD, Liang S, Cotter M, Phillips E, Hermstad A, Williams R, Martinez J, Riehman K. Using the consolidated framework for implementation research to understand safety net health system efforts to increase colorectal cancer screening rates. Health Educ Res. 2018 Aug 1;33(4):315-326. doi: 10.1093/her/cyy019.

Livingston, M. D., Komro, K. A., Wagenaar, A. C., Kominsky, T. K., Pettigrew, D. W., & Garrett, B. A. (2018). Effects of Alcohol Interventions on Other Drug Use in the Cherokee Nation. Am J Public Health, 108(2), 259-261. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.304188.

Masters, M. N., Haardorfer, R., Windle, M., & Berg, C. (2018). Psychosocial and cessation-related differences between tobacco-marijuana co-users and single product users in a college student population. Addict Behav, 77, 21-27. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.09.007.

Raskind IG, Shelton RC, Comeau DL, Cooper HLF, Griffith DM, Kegler MC. A Review of Qualitative Data Analysis Practices in Health Education and Health Behavior Research. Health Educ Behav. 2018 doi: 10.1177/1090198118795019. [Epub ahead of print]

Wagenaar, A. C., Livingston, M. D., Pettigrew, D. W., Kominsky, T. K., & Komro, K. A. (2018). Communities mobilizing for change on alcohol (CMCA): secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial showing effects of community organizing on alcohol acquisition by youth in the Cherokee nation. Addiction, 113(4), 647-655. doi:10.1111/add.14113.

Woodruff, R. C., Raskind, I. G., Harris, D. M., Gazmararian, J. A., Kramer, M., Haardorfer, R., & Kegler, M. C. (2018). The dietary impact of introducing new retailers of fruits and vegetables into a community: results from a systematic review. Public Health Nutr, 21(5), 981-991. doi:10.1017/S1368980017003226

2017 

Arriola KJ, Hermstad A, Flemming, SS, Honeycutt S, Carvalho M, Cherry S, Davis T, Frazier S, Escoffery C, Kegler M. Promoting policy and environmental change in faith-based organizations: Description and findings from a mini-grants program. Am J Health Promot. 2017;31(3):192-199. doi: 10.4278/ajhp.150212-QUAN-724.

Berg, C. J., Haardörfer, R., Getachew, B., Johnston, T., Foster, B., Pillai, D., & Windle, M. (2017). Fighting fire with fire: Using industry market research to identify young adults at risk for alternative tobacco product and other substance use. Social Marketing Quarterly.

Berg, C. J., Haardorfer, R., McBride, C. M., Kilaru, V., Ressler, K. J., Wingo, A. P., . . . Smith, A. (2017). Resilience and biomarkers of health risk in Black smokers and nonsmokers. Health Psychol, 36(11), 1047-1058. doi:10.1037/hea0000540.

Berg, C. J., Payne, J. B., Henriksen, L. A., Cavazos-Rehg, P., Getachew, B., Schauer, G. L., & Haardӧrfer, R. (2017). Reasons for Marijuana and Tobacco Co-use among Young Adults: A Mixed Methods Scale Development Study. Substance Use and Misuse. 1-13.

Comeau, D., Escoffery, C., Friedman, A., Ziegler, T., & Blumberg, H. (2017). Improving Clinical and Translational Research Training: A Qualitative Evaluation of the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute KL2 Mentored Research Scholars Program. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 65(1), 23-31.

Escoffery, C., Mullen, P., Genkin, B., Bundy, L., Owolabi, S., Haardorfer, R., . . . Kegler, M. (2017). Coaching to create a smoke-free home in a brief secondhand smoke intervention. Health Educ Res, 32(6), 555-568. doi:10.1093/her/cyx072.

Escoffery, C., Liang, S., Rodgers, K., Haardoerfer, R., Gilbertson, K., Heredia, N., Gatus, L.S., Fernandez, M. (2017). Process evaluation of health fairs promoting cancer screening. BMC Cancer, 17:865.

Garrett, B.A., Livingston, B.J., Livingston, M.D., & Komro, K.A. (2017). The effects of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination on substance use among youth living in the Cherokee Nation. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 26(3), 242-249. DOI: 10.1080/1067828X.2017.1299656.

Griffith, D. M., Shelton, R. C., & Kegler, M. (2017). Advancing the Science of Qualitative Research to Promote Health Equity. Health Educ Behav, 44(5), 673-676. doi:10.1177/1090198117728549.

Haardörfer, R., Berg, C.J., Escoffery, C., Bundy, Ł., Hovell, M., Kegler, M.C. (2017). Development of a scale assessing Beliefs About ThirdHand Smoke (BATHS). Tobacco Induced Diseases, 15(4), doi: 10.1186/s12971-017-0112-4. PMCID: PMC5240270.

Haardörfer, R., Cahn, Z., Lewis, M., Kothari, S., Sarmah, R., Getachew, B., Berg, C. (2017). The Advertising Strategies of Early E-cigarette Brand Leaders in the United States. Tobacco Regulatory Science, 3(2), 222-231. doi: 10.18001/TRS.3.2.10.

Hartman, T. J., Haardorfer, R., Greene, B. M., Parulekar, S., & Kegler, M. C. (2017). Beverage Consumption Patterns among Overweight and Obese African American Women. Nutrients, 9(12). doi:10.3390/nu9121344.

Helmers SL, Kobau R, Sajatovic M, Jobst BC, Privitera M, Devinsky O, Labiner D, Escoffery C, Begley C Shegog R, Pandey D, Fraser RT, Johnson E, Thompson NJ, Horvath KJ, for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Managing Epilepsy Well Network. (2017). Self-management in epilepsy—Why and how you should incorporate self-management in your practice. Epilepsy & Behavior, 68, 220–224.

Honeycutt, S., Hermstad, A., Carvalho, C., Arriola, K.J., Ballard, D., Escoffery, C., & Kegler, M. (2017). Practice to evidence: Using evaluability assessment to generate practice-based evidence in rural south Georgia. Health Education & Behavior, 44(3):454-462.

Kegler, M. C., Haardorfer, R., Alcantara, I., Gazmararian, J. A., Gemma, A., Reynolds, P., & Morris, C. (2017). Home environments, physical activity, and energy expenditure among low-income overweight and obese women. Women Health, 57(8), 990-1006. doi:10.1080/03630242.2016.1235072.

Leeman, J., Candacie, L., Kegler, M.C., Escoffery, C., Herman, A., Thacker, E., Hartman, M.A., & Fernandez, M. (2017). Developing theory to guide building practitioners’ capacity to implement evidence-based interventions. Health Education & Behavior, 44(1):59-69.

Patzer, R. E., Smith, K., Basu, M., Gander, J., Mohan, S., Escoffery, C., Plantinga, L., Melanson, T., Kalloo, S., Green, G., & Berlin, A. (2017). The ASCENT (Allocation System Changes for Equity in Kidney Transplantation) Study: a Randomized Effectiveness-Implementation Study to Improve Kidney Transplant Waitlisting and Reduce Racial Disparity. Kidney International Reports, Vol. 2, Issue 3, p433–441.

Raskind, I., Woodruff, R., Ballard, D., Cherry, S., Daniel, S., Haardörfer, R., Kegler, M.C. (2017). Decision-making processes shaping the home food environments of young adult women with and without children. Appetite 113, 124-133. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.02.027.

Redmond N, Harker L, Bamps Y, Flemming SS, Perryman JP, Thompson NJ, Patzer RE, Williams NSD, Arriola KRJ (2017). Implementation of a Web-based Organ Donation Educational Intervention: Development and Use of a Refined Process Evaluation Model. J Med Internet Res. doi:10.2196/jmir.8501.

Savas, L.S., Mullen, P.D., Hovell, M.F., Escoffery, C., Fernandez M.E., Jones, J.A., Cavazos, J., Gutierrez Monrol, J.A., & Kegler, M.C. (2017). A qualitative study among Mexican Americans to understand factors influencing the adoption and enforcement of home smoking bans. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, in press.

Thompson, T., Kreuter, M. W., Caito, N., Williams, R. S., Escoffery, C., Fernandez, M. E., & Kegler, M. C. (2017). Implementing an Evidence-based Tobacco Control Program at Five 2-1-1 Call Centers: An Evaluation Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Nicotine Tob Res. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntx232.

Wagner, J.L., Modi, A.C., Johnson, E.K., Shegog, R., Escoffery, C., Bamps, Y., Austin, J.K., Schultz, R.J., MapelLentz, & S., Smith, G. (2017). Self-management interventions in pediatric epilepsy: What is the level of evidence? Epilepsia, 58(5):743-754.

Williamson, R., Cherven, B, Gilleland Marchak, J., Edwards, P., Palgon, M. Escoffery, C., Meacham, L.R., & Mertens, A.C. Meaningful use of an electronic personal health record (ephr) among pediatric cancer survivors. Applied Clinical Informatics, 15;8(1):250-264.

Windle, M., Haardörfer, R., Lloyd, S.A., Foster, B., Berg, C.J. (2017). Social Influences on College Student Use of Tobacco Products, Alcohol, and Marijuana. Substance Use and Misuse, 19, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2017.

Windle, M., Haardörfer, R., Shah, J., Pillai, D., Lewis, M., Berg, C. (in press). Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Behaviors among College Students. Journal of American College Health

Wong, E. C., Haardorfer, R., Windle, M., & Berg, C. J. (2017). Distinct Motives for Use Among Polytobacco Versus Cigarette Only Users and Among Single Tobacco Product Users. Nicotine Tob Res, 20(1), 117-123. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntw284.

Woodruff, R. C., Hermstad, A., Honeycutt, S., Brown, M., & Kegler, M. C. (2017). Results from an Evaluation of the Georgia Colorectal Cancer Control Program's Community Education and Outreach Events, 2013. J Cancer Educ, 32(2), 392-400. doi:10.1007/s13187-015-0966-1.

Woodruff, R.C., Raskind, I.G., Ballard, D., Battle, G., Haardörfer, R., Kegler, M.C. (2017). Weight-Related Perceptions and Experiences of Young Adult Women in Southwest Georgia. Health Promotion Practice. doi:10.1177/1524839916688868

2016

Allen, C., Brownstein, J.N., Satsangi, A., & Escoffery, C. (2016). Capacity building and training needs for community health workers working in health care organizations. Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education, 6(1).

Allen, C., Satsangi, A., Brownstein, J.N., & Escoffery, C. (2016). Community health workers as allies in hypertension self-management and medication adherence. Preventing Chronic Disease, 13, 16023.

Arriola, K.R.J., Hermstad, A., Flemming, S., Honeycutt, S., Carvalho, M.L., Cherry, S.T., Davis, T., Frazier, S., Liang, L., Escoffery, C., & Kegler, M.C. (2016).  Promoting policy and environmental change in faith-based organizations:  Outcome evaluation of a mini-grants program.  Health Promotion Practice, 17, 146-155.  DOI: 10.1177/1524839915613027.

Escoffery, C., Bundy, L., Haardörfer R., Berg, C. J., Savas, L., Williams, R. S., Kegler, M. C. (2016). A process evaluation of an intervention to promote home smoking bans among low income households. Evaluation and Program Planning, 55(4), 120-125.

Escoffery, C., Helmers, S.L., Bamps, .Y, & McGee, R. (2016). Differences in epilepsy self-management behaviors among young and older adults. Neurological Disorders and Epilepsy, 3(1):1015.

Escoffery, C., Kegler, M.C., Bundy, L, Yembra, D., Owolabi, S., Kelley, D., & Mabry, D. (2016). Evaluation of smoke-free foster care education for foster and adoptive caregivers. Child Welfare, 93(5), 105-16.

Escoffery, C., Patterson, A., Parris, N., Kirsch, L., Frank, C., & O'Connor, J. (2016). Assessment of physical distress, unmet needs, and receipt of care plans among cancer survivors in Georgia. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 6(2).

Henry Akintobi, T., Evans Wilkerson, D., Rodgers, K., Escoffery, C., Haardörfer, R., & Kegler, M. (2016). Assessment of the Building Collaborative Research Capacity Model: Bridging the community-academic researcher divide. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 6(2).

Kegler, M.C., Berg, C.J., Escoffery, C., Haardoerfer, R., & Mullen, P. (2016). Do partial home smoking bans signal progress toward a smoke-free home? Health Education Research, 31(1):24-35.

Kegler, M., Haardoerfer, R., Bundy, L., Escoffery, C., Williams, R., & Mullen, P. (2016). Challenges in enforcing home smoking rules in a low-income population: Implications for measurement and intervention design. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 18(5): 976-981.

Kegler, M.C., Haardörfer, R, Alcantara I.C., Gazmararian J.A., Veluswamy J.K., Hodge T.L., Addison, A.R., Hotz J.A. (2016). Impact of Improving Home Environments on Energy Intake and Physical Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Public Health, Jan, 106(1) 43-52.

Komro, K.A., Livingston, M.D., Garrett, B.A., & Boyd, M.L. (2016). Similarities in the etiology of alcohol use among Native American and non-Native young women. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77(5), 782-791.

Komro, K.A., Livingston, M.D., Wagenaar, A.C. Pettigrew, D.W., Garrett, B.A. & Cherokee Nation Prevention Trial Team. (2017). Multilevel Prevention Trial of Alcohol Use Among American Indian and White High School Students in the Cherokee Nation. American Journal of Public Health, 2017 Mar, 107(3): 453-459 doi: 10.2015/AJPH.2016.303603.Epub2017 Jan 19.

Liang S, Kegler M, Cotter M, Philips E, Beasley D, Hermstad A, Morton R, Martinez J, Riehman K. Integrating Evidence-Based Practices for Increasing Cancer Screenings in Safety Net Health Systems: A Multiple Case Study Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Implement Sci. 2016;2(11):109.

Lynne-Landsman, S.D., Kominsky, T.K., Livingston, M.D., Wagenaar, A.C. & Komro, K.A. (2016). Alcohol sales to youth: Data from rural communities within the Cherokee Nation. Prevention Science, 17, 32-39.

Lowe, K., Berg, C.J., Mertens, A., & Escoffery, C. (2016). Distinct health behavior and psychosocial profiles of young adult survivors of childhood cancers: A mixed methods study. Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice, 10(4), 619-32.

Lynne-Landsman, S.D., Komro, K.A., Kominsky, T.K., Boyd, M.L., & Maldonado Molina, M.M. (2016). Early trajectories of alcohol and other substance use among youth from rural communities within the Cherokee Nation. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77, 238-248.

Mullen PD, Savas LS, Bundy L, Haardörfer R, Hovell M, Fernández ME, Monroy JA, Williams RS, Kreuter MW, Jobe D , Kegler MC. (2016) Minimal intervention delivered by 2-1-1 information and referral specialists promotes smoke-free homes among 2-1-1 callers: A Texas generalization trial. Tobacco Control, 25(Suppl. 1), i10–i18.

Rogers, Brooke G, Kegler, Michelle C, Berg, CJ, Haardörfer, R, Frederick, George T (2016) Understanding the Food Insecurity and Obesity Relationship by Examining Potential Mediators: An Exploratory Analysis. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, Volume 11, Issue 2, 2016 195-209. DOI:/10.1080/19320248.2015.1128863.

Williams RS, Stollings JH, Bundy Ł, Haardörfer R, Kreuter MW, Mullen PD, et al. (2016) A Minimal Intervention to Promote Smoke-Free Homes among 2-1-1 Callers: North Carolina Randomized Effectiveness Trial. PLOS ONE 11(11): e0165086. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165086.


2015

Berg, C. J., Haardörfer R., Windle, M., Solomon, M., & Kegler, M. C. (2015). Smoke-free Policies in Multiunit Housing: Smoking Behavior and Reactions to Messaging Strategies in Support and Opposition. Preventing Chronic Diseases, 12(E98), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.140479.

Berg CJ, Zheng P, Kegler MC. (2015) Perceived benefits of smoke-free homes, the process of establishing them, and enforcement challenges in Shanghai, China: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 2015;15:89. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1428-8

Escoffery C, Fernandez M, Vernon S, et al. (2015) Patient navigation in a colorectal cancer screening program. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015;21(5):433-40. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000132.

Escoffery C, Hannon P, Maxwell A, et al. (2015) Assessment of Training and Technical Assistance Needs of Colorectal Cancer Control Program Grantees. BMC Public Health. 2015;15:49.

Hartman TJ, Haardörfer R, Whitaker LL, Addison, A, Zlotorzynska, M, Gazmararian JA, Kegler MC (2015) Dietary and Behaviioral Factors Associated with Diet Quality among Low-income Overweight and Obese African American Women. J Am Coll Nutr. 2015;34(5):416-24. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2014.982305. Epub 2015 Apr 24.

Hermstad, A., Arriola, K.J., Honeycutt, S., Flemming, S.S., Carvalho, M.L., Cherry, S.T., Davis, T., Frazier, S., Escoffery, C., & Kegler, M.C. (2015).  Promoting Policy and Environmental Change in Faith-Based Organizations: Organizational Level Findings from a Mini-Grants Program.  Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 5(1), 17.

Honeycutt S, Leeman J, McCarthy WJ, et al. (2015) Evaluating policy, systems, and environmental change interventions: Lessons learned from the CDC’s Prevention Research Centers. Prev Chronic Dis.2015 Oct 15;12:E174. doi: 10.5888/pcd12.150281.

Kegler MC, Alcantara I, Haardörfer R, et al. (2015) Rural Neighborhood Walkability: Implications for Assessment. J Phys Act Health. 2015;16;(12 Suppl 1):S40-5. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2013-0431.

Kegler, M. C., Haardörfer R., Berg, C. J., Escoffery, C., Bundy, L., Williams, R., & Mullen, P. (2015) Challenges in Enforcing Home Smoking Rules in a Low-Income Population: Implications for Measurement and Intervention Design. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 2015 Aug 5. pii: ntv165.Kegler MC, Honeycutt S, Davis M, et al. Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change in the Mississippi Delta: Considerations for Evaluation Design. Health Educ Behav. 2015;42(1S):57S–66S.

Kellstedt, D.K., Ory, M., Wood, R., Escoffery, C., & Carvalho, M. (2015). Mini-Grant Demonstration Projects: A community approach to increase physical activity. Texas Public Health Journal, 67(4), 13-16.

Leeman J, Calancie L, Hartman MA, et al.(2015) What strategies are used to build practitioners' capacity to implement community-based interventions and are they effective? Implement Sci. 2015;10(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s13012-015-0272-7.

Leeman, J., Candacie, L., Kegler, M.C., Escoffery, C., Herman, A., Thacker, E., Hartman, M.A., & Fernandez, M.(2015) Developing theory to guide building practitioners’ capacity to implement evidence-based interventions. Health Education & Behavior, 2015 Oct 24. pii: 1090198115610572.

McKenzie, M (2015) Beating Them at Their Own Game: Using tobacco's marketing techniques in public health messaging. Emory Public Health, Spring 2015.

Tu SP, Young VM, Coombs LJ, et al. (2015) Practice adaptive reserve and colorectal cancer screening best practices at community health center clinics in 7 states. Cancer. 2015;121(8):1241-8. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29176.

Woodruff R, Brown A, Coleman A, et al. (2015) Description and Evaluation Results of an Innovative Pilot Program to Increase Access to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Cobb County, GA. jGPHA (2015) Vol 5, No. 1.

2014

Alcantara I, Haardoerfer R, Glanz K, Hotz J, Kegler M. Differences in Perceptions of the Home Food and Physical Activity Environment Among Adult Dyads. Environ Behav. 2014 Apr;46(3):329-352. doi: 10.1177/0013916512465175.

Alcantara I, Haardörfer R, Gazmararian JA, Hartman TJ, Greene B, Kegler MC. Relative validation of fruit and vegetable intake and fat intake among overweight and obese African-American women. Public Health Nutr, 2014; 21:1-9.

Berg C, Escoffery C, Kegler MC. Cigarette users' interest in using or switching to electronic cigarettes or smokeless tobacco for harm reduction, cessation, or novelty: A cross-sectional survey of U.S. adults. Nicotine Tob Res. 2015;17(2):245-55. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntu103.

Buchsbaum A, Gall, M, Whiteman M, et al. Sexually Transmitted Disease Partner Notification among African-American, Adolescent Women. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2014;2014:619632. doi: 10.1155/2014/619632.

Escoffery C, Fernandez M, Vernon S, et al. Patient navigation in a colorectal cancer screening program. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015;21(5):433-40. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000132.

Fernández ME, Melvin CL, Leeman J, et al. The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network: An Interactive Systems Approach to Advancing Cancer Control Implementation Research and Practice. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014;23(11):2512-21. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0097.

Gillespie TW, Lipscomb J. Improving outcomes in rural women with breast cancer: where should we target our efforts? Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2014; 14(4):469-471.

Haynes V, Escoffery C, Wilkerson C, Bell R, Flowers L. Adaptation of a Cervical Cancer Education Program for African Americans in the Faith-Based Community, Atlanta, Georgia, 2012. Prev Chronic Dis. 2014;11:E67. doi: 10.5888/pcd11.130271.

Kegler MC, Alcantara I, Haardörfer R, Gazmararian JA, Ballard D, Sabbs D. The influence of home food environments on eating behaviors of overweight and obese women. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2014;46(3):188-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2014.01.001.

Kegler MC, Alcantara I, Haardörfer R, et al. Rural Neighborhood Walkability: Implications for Assessment. J Phys Act Health. 2015;16;(12 Suppl 1):S40-5. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2013-0431.

Kegler MC, Swan DW, Alcantara I, Feldman L, Glanz K. The Influence of Rural Home and Neighborhood Environments on Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, and Weight. Prev Sci. 2014;15(1):1-11. doi: 10.1007/s11121-012-0349-3.

Kegler M, Bundy L, Haardörfer R, et al. A minimal intervention to promote smoke-free homes among 2-1-1 callers: A randomized controlled trial. Am J Public Health. 2015;105(3):530-7. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302260.

Maxwell AE, Hannon PA, Escoffery C, Vu T, Kohn M, Vernon SW, DeGroff A. Promotion and Provision of Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Comparison of Colorectal Cancer Control Program Grantees and Nongrantees, 2011-2012. Prev Chronic Dis 2014; 11:140183. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140183.

Schauer G, Woodruff R, Hotz J, Kegler M. A Qualitative Inquiry about Weight Counseling Practices in Community Health Centers. Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Oct;97(1):82-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.05.026.

Woodruff RC, Coleman A, Hermstad A, Honeycutt S, Munoz J, Loh L, Brown AF, Shipley R, Kegler MC. Increasing Community Access to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables: A Case Study of the Farm Fresh Market Pilot Program in Cobb County, Georgia, 2014. Prev Chronic Dis. 2016;10;13:E36. doi: 10.5888/pcd13.150442.

2013

Alcantara I, Haardoerfer R, Glanz K, Hotz J, Kegler M. Differences in Perceptions of the Home Food and Physical Activity Environment Among Adult Dyads. Environ Behav. 2014 Apr;46(3):329-352. doi: 10.1177/0013916512465175.

Berg C, Bundy L, Escoffery C, Haardörfer R, Kegler M. Telephone-assisted placement of air nicotine monitors to validate self-reported smoke-free home policies. Public Health. 2013; 127(4): 342-4. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.01.002.

Carvalho M, Honeycutt S, Escoffery C, Glanz K, Sabbs D, Kegler M. Balancing Fidelity and Adaptation: Implementing Evidence-Based Chronic Disease Prevention Programs. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2013; 19(4): 348-56. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31826d80eb.

Escoffery C, Bundy L, Carvalho M, et al. Thirdhand Smoke as a Potential Intervention Message for Promoting Smoke-free Homes. Health Educ Res. 2013;28(5):923-30. doi: 10.1093/her/cyt056.

Honeycutt S, Green R, Ballard D, et al. Evaluation of a Patient Navigation Program to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening in Rural Georgia, USA. Cancer. 2013; 119(16): 3059-66. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28033.

Howard D, Tangka F, Guy G, Ekwueme D, Lipscomb J. Prostate cancer screening in men ages 75 and older fell by 8 percentage points after task force recommendation. Health Aff. 2013; 32(3): 596-602. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0555.

Kegler MC, Swan DW, Alcantara I, Feldman L, Glanz K. The Influence of Rural Home and Neighborhood Environments on Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, and Weight. Prev Sci. 2014;15(1):1-11. doi: 10.1007/s11121-012-0349-3.

Kegler MC, Alcantara I, Dubruiel N, Veluswamy JK, Appelbaum H, Handwerk S. "Positive Deviants": A Qualitative Study of Physically Active Adults in Rural Environments. J Prim Prev. 2013;34(1-2):5-15. doi: 10.1007/s10935-013-0291-6.

Kegler M, Fletcher D, Honeycutt S, Wyatt A. (2013.) Public and Private Investments and Resources for Community-Based Participatory Research. In Blumenthal D, DiClemente R, Braithwaite R, Smith S (eds). Community-Based Participatory Health Research: Issues, Methods, and Translation to Practice, 2nd ed. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 79-110.

Zheng P, Ge X, Qian H, et al. “Zhongha” tobacco advertisement in Shanghai: A descriptive study. Tob Control. 2014;23(5):389-94. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050661.