Fall 2019 Research Highlights

Recent scholarly publications from faculty and students of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

*Asterisk denotes lead author

CARDIOVASCULAR

“Empowering Nurses to Lead Efforts to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Risk: Tools for Global Impact”
Yvonne Commodore-Mensah*, Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, and Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb
Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

“Epidemiology and Management of Heart Failure in Nepal”
Binu Koirala,* Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, Chakra Budhathoki, and Patricia Davidson
Journal of Cardiac Failure

“Advancing Cardiovascular Care Through Nursing Research, Quality Improvement, and Evidence-Based Practice”
Diana-Lyn Baptiste*, Quanlei Li, Jennifer L. Milesky, and Rebecca Wright
Shanghai Chest

VIOLENCE & TRAUMA

“Associations between Reproductive Coercion, Partner Violence and Mental Health Symptoms among Young Black Women in Baltimore, Maryland”
Kamila Alexander,* Jacquelyn Campbell, and colleagues
Journal of Interpersonal Violence

CHRONIC CARE

“A Systematic Review of Community Health Center Based Interventions for People with Diabetes”
Hae-Ra Han, Siobhan McKenna, Manka Nkimbeng, Patricia Wilson, Sally Rives, Olayinka Ajomagberin, M. Alkawaldeh, kelli Grunstra, Phyllis Sharps, and a colleague
Journal of Community Health

“Health Literacy Enhanced Intervention for Inner-city African Americans with Uncontrolled Diabetes: A Pilot Study”
Hae-Ra Han, Manka Nkimbeng, Olayinka Ajomagberin, Kelli Grunstra, Phyllis Sharps, Susan Renda, and a colleague
Pilot and Feasibility Studies

PALLIATIVE CARE

“A Practice Improvement Project to Increase Advance Care Planning in a Dementia Specialty Practice”
Valerie Cotter*, Jheesoo Ahn, Chakra Budhathoki, and colleagues
American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care

“That Was a Game Changer: Clinical Impact of an Emergency Department-Based Palliative Care Communication Skills Training Workshop”
Rebecca Wright* and colleagues
Emergency Medicine Journal

TECHNOLOGY

“The Role of a Clinician Amidst the Rise of Mobile Health Technology”
Erin Spaulding and Colleagues
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

“mHealth Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use in Young People: A Systematic Review of the Literature”
Elizabeth Sloand, Keri Frisch, Tener Goodwin Veenema, and colleagues
Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

“Text Message Quality Improvement Project for Influenza Vaccine in a Low-Resource Largely Latino Pediatric Population”
Elizabeth Sloand*, Brigit VanGraafeiland, Annie Holm, Augusta MacQueen, and Sarah Polk
Journal of Healthcare Quality

CANCER

“Recruiting African Immigrant Women for Community-Based Cancer Prevention Studies: Lessons Learned from the AfroPap Study”
Joycelyn Cudjoe*, Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Manka Nkimbeng, Hae-Ra  Han, and colleague
Journal of Community Health

WOMEN’S HEALTH

“Caring for Women Experiencing Breast Engorgement: A Case Report”
A
shley Gresh*, Kelley Robinson, Clifton Thornton, and Corinne Plesko
Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health

EDUCATION

“Nurse Leadership Development in Malta”
Victoria Hughes,* Rebecca Wright, and colleague
Journal of Transcultural Nursing

“Academic-Clinical Service Partnerships Are Innovative Strategies to Advance Patient Safety Competence and Leadership in Prelicensure Nursing Students”
Brigit VanGraafeiland,* Elizabeth Sloand, Joanne Silbert-Flagg, Kelly Gleason, and Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb
Nursing Outlook

“Mentoring in Research-focused Doctoral Nursing Programs and Student Perceptions of Career Readiness in the United States”
Paula Nersesian,* Laura Starbird, Damali Wilson, Christina Marea, Sarah Szanton, Maan Isabella Cajita, and colleagues
Journal of Professional Nursing

“Views of Regulatory Authorities on Standards to Assure Quality in Online Nursing Education”
Sabianca Delva*, Manka Nkembeng, S. Chow, Susan Renda, Hae-Ra Han, and Rita D’Aoust
Nursing Outlook

“Emerging Evidence Toward a 2:1 Clinical to Simulation Ratio: A Study Comparing the Traditional Clinical and Simulation Settings”
Nancy Sullivan*, Sandra Swoboda, Laura Lucas, Chakra Budhathoki, and colleagues
Clinical Simulation in Nursing

HIV/AIDS

“Intimate Partner Violence, HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Fishing, Trading and Agrarian Communities in Rakai, Uganda”
Bushra Sabri* and colleagues
BMC Public Health

PUBLIC HEALTH

“Addressing the Resurgence of Measles and Vaccine Refusal in the United States through Public Health Nursing”
Midori Trojanowski*, Emily Stanforth, Jane Hong, Robyn Khung, and Paula Nersesian
Public Health Nursing