Scholarly Publications July 2014–June 2015

GLASS HALF-EMPTY

Increased drinking among older adult women who are especially vulnerable to alcohol-related health risks speaks volumes about the job cut out for care providers. Nancy Goldstein, DNP, ANP-BC; Nancy Hodgson, PhD, RN, FAAN; Christine Savage, PhD, RN, CARN, FAAN; and Benita Walton-Moss, PhD, FNP-BC, report in “Alcohol Use and the Older Adult Woman” that symptoms among at-risk women can be mistaken for age-related conditions: “A problem with balance may be attributed to frailty … confusion or memory changes may be attributed to a dementia syndrome.” A key to preventing further harm is to provide advanced practice nurses with a practical guide to the evidence-based approach SBIRT (for Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) to help patients identify at-risk alcohol use and motivate a change.

Publication: Journal for Nurse Practitioners, April 2015

POWER OF TRUST

“The effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) on maternal and neonatal outcomes are multifaceted and largely preventable,” Jeanne Alhusen, PhD, CRNP, RN; Ellen Ray, DNP, CNM; Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, FAAN and a colleague report in “Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy: Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes.” But it takes trust between patient and provider. “The approach of universal screening, patient engagement in prenatal care, and targeted individualized interventions has the ability to reduce the adverse effects of IPV.” Too-likely alternatives are poor nutrition, inadequate weight gain, substance use, and depression for a mother-to-be as well as low birth weight, preterm birth, or maternal or neonatal death.

Publication: Journal of Women’s Health, January 2015

HIV AND THE CHURCH

African Americans’ faith in churches and their leaders can be a key toward addressing disparate HIV incidence and prevalence rates among the ethnic group, according to “A Multi-Level Approach for Promoting HIV Testing Within African American Church Settings.” The study by Jennifer Stewart, PhD, RN, points to inroads with religious leadership as a way to enlist a varied group of churches that has been “a venue for several effective health-related behavior change interventions” but has historically “framed HIV infection as a moral rather than a health issue.” Stewart looks for ways to break down barriers, increase testing, and lessen the stigma of HIV within the community.

Publication: AIDS Patient Care and STDs, February 2015

From the sleep connection to depression and pain, from food insecurity to asthma, from intimate partner violence to  men’s health in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a sampling of journal-published faculty research from July 2014-June 2015.
(asterisk* denotes lead author)

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
“Prevalence and Risk Factors for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in an HIV-Positive Cohort”
JASON FARLEY* & COLLEAGUES

BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH FOR NURSING
“Recovery Sleep Does Not Mitigate the Effects of Prior Sleep Loss on Paclitaxel-Induced Mechanical Hypersensitivity in Sprague-Dawley Rats”
SHARON KOZACHIK*, GAYLE PAGE & COLLEAGUE

BMC WOMEN’S HEALTH
“The Business of Death: a Qualitative Study of Financial Concerns of Widowed Older Women”
MARIE NOLAN, PATRICIA DAVIDSON & COLLEAGUES

BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR
“Determinants of Psychological Resistance and Recovery Among Women Exposed to Assaultive Trauma”
SARAH SZANTON & COLLEAGUES

CLINICAL SIMULATION IN NURSING
“Implementing Standardized Patients Within Simulation in a Nurse Practitioner Program”
ANDREA PARSONS SCHRAM* & SHAWNA MUDD

FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
“Improved Sleep in Military Personnel Is Associated with Changes in the Expression of Inflammatory Genes and Improvement in Depression Symptoms”
PAULA V. NERSESIAN & COLLEAGUES

GERIATRIC NURSING

“Older Adults’ Favorite Activities Are Resoundingly Active: Findings From the NHATS Study”
SARAH SZANTON*, LAURA GITLIN & COLLEAGUES

“The Influence of Sleep Disruption and Pain Perception on Indicators of Quality of Life in Individuals Living with Dementia at Home”
NANCY HODGSON*, LAURA GITLIN & COLLEAGUE

THE GERONTOLOGIST
“Translating Evidence-Based Dementia Caregiving Interventions into Practice: State-of-the-Science and Next Steps”
LAURA GITLIN*, KATHERINE MARX, IAN STANLEY & NANCY HODGSON

GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH
“Social Interaction in the Aftermath of Conflict-Related Trauma Experiences Among Women in Walungu Territory, Democratic Republic of Congo”
NANCY GLASS & COLLEAGUES

HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
“Motives and Characteristics of Domestic-Violence Homicides and Suicides Among Women in India”
BUSHRA SABRI*, MARIA SANCHEZ & JACQUELYN CAMPBELL

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
“Interventions to Reduce Harm from Smoking with Families in Infancy and Early Childhood: A Systematic Review”
PATRICIA DAVIDSON & COLLEAGUES

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP
“An Integrative Review: Instructional Strategies to Improve Nurses’ Retention of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Priorities”
NANCY SULLIVAN*

INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS
“Assessing Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in People with Dementia: a Systematic Review of Measures”
LAURA GITLIN*, KATHERINE MARX, IAN STANLEY, BRYAN HANSEN & COLLEAGUE

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS
“Empowering Parents for Evidence-Based Fever Management: an Integrative Review”
ELIZABETH SLOAND & COLLEAGUE

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
“Preliminary Data from Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders, a Patient-Directed, Team-Based Intervention to Improve Physical Function and Decrease Nursing Home Utilization: The First 100 Individuals to Complete a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Project”
SARAH SZANTON*, ELIZABETH “IBBY” TANNER, LAURA GITLIN & COLLEAGUES

JOURNAL OF THE BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION
“U.S. Virgin Islands Men Talk About Health and Health Concerns”
PHYLLIS SHARPS & COLLEAGUES

JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION
“Strategies African-American Cancer Survivors Use to Overcome Fears and Fatalistic Attitudes”
JILL HAMILTON* & COLLEAGUES

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

“Second Life Simulation as a Strategy to Enhance Decision-Making in Diabetes Care: a Case Study”
KRYSIA HUDSON*, LAURA TAYLOR, SHARON KOZACHIK, SARAH SHAEFER & MARISA WILSON

“HIV and STI Testing in Older Adults: an Integrative Review”
JESSICA TILLMAN* & HALEY MARK

“A Quality Improvement Intervention to Address Provider Behaviour as It Relates to Utilisation of CA-MRSA Guidelines”
ROSEANN VELEZ*, KATHLEEN BECKER, PATRICIA DAVIDSON & ELIZABETH SLOAND

JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
“A Pilot Study: Retention of Adults Experiencing Homelessness and Feasibility of a CDSM Diabetes Program”
CHRISTINE SAVAGE* & COLLEAGUES

JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE FOR THE POOR AND UNDERSERVED
“Food Insecurity, Food Assistance and Health Status in the U.S. Community Health Center Population”
CARMEN ALVAREZ* & COLLEAGUES

JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION
“Development and Validation of the Assessment of Health Literacy in Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening”
HAE-RA HAN*, BOYUN HUH & COLLEAGUES

JOURNAL FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS
“Practice Patterns and Characteristics of Nurse Practitioners in the United States: Results From the 2012 National Sample Survey of Nurse Practitioners”
KATHLEEN WHITE & COLLEAGUES

JOURNAL OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES
“The Military Health Care System May Have the Potential to Prevent Health Care Disparities”
JILL HAMILTON & COLLEAGUES

JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH
“African American Cancer Survivors’ Use of Religious Beliefs to Positively Influence the Utilization of Cancer Care”
JILL HAMILTON* & COLLEAGUES

JOURNAL OF TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
“ ‘Coming to a Strange Land’: The West African Migrant Women’s Establishment of Home and Family in a New Culture Within Australia”
PATRICIA DAVIDSON & COLLEAGUES

JOURNAL OF URBAN HEALTH
“The Influence of Community Violence and Protective Factors on Asthma Morbidity and Healthcare Utilization in High-Risk Children”
ARLENE BUTZ, CASSIE LAND, JOAN KUB  & COLLEAGUES

JOURNAL OF WOMEN’S HEALTH
“Intimate Partner Violence and Its Health Impact on Disproportionately Affected Populations, Including Minorities and Impoverished Groups”
JACQUELYN CAMPBELL & COLLEAGUES

LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH
“Effectiveness of an Integrated Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Prevention Intervention in Rakai, Uganda: Analysis of an Intervention in an Existing Cluster Randomised Cohort”
JACQUELYN CAMPBELL & COLLEAGUES

NURSE EDUCATOR
“Use of Multiuser, High–Fidelity Virtual Simulation to Teach Leadership Styles to Nursing Students”
CYNTHIA FORONDA*, CHAKRA BUDHATHOKI & COLLEAGUE

NURSE LEADER
“Mentorship in Developing Transformational Leaders to Advance Health Policy: Creating a Culture of Health”
TENER GOODWIN VEENEMA & COLLEAGUE

PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
“Dying in the Hospital Setting: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies Identifying the Elements of End-of-Life Care that Patients and Their Families Rank as Being Most Important”
PATRICIA DAVIDSON & COLLEAGUES

PLOS ONE
“Development and Evaluation of a Pilot Nurse Case Management Model to Address Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and HIV in South Africa”
JASON FARLEY*, KATRINA REISER, MARIA BROWN, JOAN KUB, JEANE DAVIS & COLLEAGUES

PREHOSPITAL AND DISASTER MEDICINE
“The Use of Haddon’s Matrix to Plan for Injury and Illness Prevention at Outdoor Music Festivals”
CHRISTINE SAVAGE, DEB FINNELL, JOAN KUB & COLLEAGUES

RESEARCH IN NURSING & HEALTH
“Association of Gender Norms, Relationship and Intrapersonal Variables, and Acculturation With Sexual Communication Among Young Adult Latinos”
CARMEN ALVAREZ* & COLLEAGUE

RESUSCITATION
“Simulation Exercise to Improve Retention of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Priorities for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests: A Randomized Controlled Trial”
NANCY SULLIVAN* & COLLEAGUES

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
“Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinics as Safety Net Providers: Exploring the Role of Categorical Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinics in an Era of Health Care Reform”
HAYLEY MARK & COLLEAGUES

SUBSTANCE ABUSE
“Confronting Inadvertent Stigma and Pejorative Language in Addiction Scholarship: A Recognition and Response”
DEBORAH FINNELL & COLLEAGUES

VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS
“Factors Associated with Increased Risk for Lethal Violence in Intimate Partner Relationships Among Ethnically Diverse Black Women”
BUSHRA SABRI*, JACQUELYN CAMPBELL & COLLEAGUES