Ahmed Arif, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Arif, A. A., (2008). Presence of asthma with night-time asthma symptoms is associated with impaired health-related quality of life in children. Journal of Asthma, 45, 908-910.
Arif, A. A., Delclos, G. L., & Serra, C. (2009). Occupational exposures and asthma among nursing professionals. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 66, 274-278.
Arif, A. A., Hughes, P. C., & Delclos, G. L. (2008). Occupational exposures among domestic and industrial professional cleaners. Occupational Medicine, 58, 458-463.
Cynthia Cassell, PhD, Assistant Professor
Cassell, C., Daniels J., & Meyer, R. E. (in press). Timeliness of primary cleft lip/palate surgery among children with orofacial clefts in NC, 1995-2002. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal.
Cassell, C., Meyer, R. E., & Daniels, J. (2008). Health care expenditures among Medicaid enrolled children with and without orofacial clefts in North Carolina, 1995-2002. Birth Defects Research: Clinical and Molecular Teratology (Part A), 82, 785-794.
Cassell, C., Meyer, R. E., & Farel, A. M. (2007). Predictors of referral to the NC Child Service Coordination Program among infants with orofacial clefts. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 44(1), 45–51.
Andrew Harver, PhD, Professor and Chair
Harver, A., & Kotses, H. (Eds.) (in press). Asthma, health, and society: A public health perspective. http://www.springer.com/public+health/book/978-0-387-78284-3 New York: Springer.
Harver, A., Humphries, C. T., & Kotses, H. (in press). Do asthma patients prefer to monitor symptoms or peak flow? Journal of Asthma.
Project On TRAC: Improving asthma control in children. National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01 HL068706); PI
Larissa Huber, PhD, Assistant Professor
Brunner Huber, L. R., & Ersek, J.L. (in press). Contraceptive use and non-use among sexually active university students. Journal of Women’s Health.
Brunner Huber, L. R., & Huber K. R. (in press). Contraceptive choices of women 35-44 years of age: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Annals of Epidemiology.
Fertility and Oral Contraceptive Use Study (FOCUS). National Institutes of Health/ National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (1R21HD056173-01A2); PI
James Laditka, DA, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of HSRD Program
Laditka, J. N., Laditka, S. B., Cornman, C. B., Porter, C. N., Davis, D. R., & Mintzer, J. (2008). Notably higher rates of both vascular risk factors and vascular dementia among African American women in South Carolina: A public health intervention opportunity. Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association, 104, 216-219.
Laditka, J. N., Laditka, S. B., Eleazer, G. P., Cornman, C. B., Porter, C.N., & Davis, D. R. (2008). High variation in both Alzheimer’s disease prevalence and factors associated with prevalence in South Carolina. Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association, 104, 220-223.
Laditka, J. N., Laditka, S. B., & Probst, J. C. (2009). Health care access in rural areas: Evidence of a gradient in hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. Health & Place e-pub ahead of print, January 10, 2009. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.12.007.
Sarah Laditka, PhD, MA, MBA, Associate Professor and Director of MHA Program
Laditka, S. B., Laditka, J. N., Cornman, C. B., Davis, C. B., & Chandlee, M. J. (2008) Disaster preparedness for vulnerable persons receiving in-home long-term care in South Carolina. Pre-hospital and Disaster Medicine, 23, 133-142.
Laditka, S. B., Laditka, J. N., Cornman, C. B., Davis, C. B., & Richter, J. V. E. (2009). Resilience and challenges among staff of Gulf Coast nursing homes sheltering frail evacuees following Hurricane Katrina, 2005: Implications for planning and training. Pre-hospital and Disaster Medicine, 24, 54-62.
Laditka, S. B., Laditka, J. N., Xirasagar, S., Cornman, Davis, C. B., & Richter, J.V.E. (2008). Providing shelter to nursing home evacuees in disasters: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina. American Journal of Public Health, 98, 1288-1293.
Crystal Piper, PhD, MPH, MHA
Glover, S., Piper, C., Bennett, K., Thompson, W., Charlemagne, S., Annang, L., & Fernandez, S. (in press). Preventable asthma episodes among urban/rural children and adolescents: A comparative study. Journal of Rural Health.
Piper, C., Elder, K., Glover, S., Baek, J. (in press). Examination of racial disparities in childhood asthma management practices in the United States. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice.
Piper, C., Elder, K., Glover, S., Baek, J. (2008). Racial influences associated with asthma management of episodes among children in the United States. Ethnicity and Disease, 18, 225-227.
Elena Platonova, PhD, MHA, Assistant Professor
Platonova, E., Kennedy, K., & Shewchuk, R. (2008). Understanding patient satisfaction, trust, and loyalty to primary care ohysicians. Medical Care Research and Review, 65, 696-712.
Health Care Retention: Development and Validation of a Measure of Patient Loyalty. UNC Charlotte Foundation (Faculty Research Grant); PI.
Sharon Portwood, PhD, Professor and Executive Director, Institute for Social Capital
Boyd, A. S., Einbinder, S. D., Rauktis, M., & Portwood, S. G. (2007). Agency-based research in residential treatment centers: A model for empirical studies. Child & Youth Services Forum, 36, 43-58.
An Outcome Evaluation of the ACT Parent Raising Safe Kids Program. Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1R01CE001192); PI.
Elizabeth Racine, DrPH, RD, Assistant Professor
Racine, E. F., Frick, K., Carpenter, L., Strobino, D., Milligan, R., Pugh, L. (2008) How motivation influences breastfeeding duration among low-income women. Journal of Human Lactation. doi:10.1177/0890334408328129.
Racine, E. F., Jemison, K., Huber, L. R., & Arif, A. A. (2008). The well-being of children in food-insecure households: results from The Eastern Caribbean Child Vulnerability Study 2005. Public Health Nutrition, 23, 1-8.
James Studnicki, ScD, MBA, MPH, Professor and Belk Chair of Health Services Research
Studnicki, J., Fisher, J., Eicheberger C. (in press). Complex Adaptive Systems: How Informed Patient Choice Influences the Distribution of Complex Surgical Procedures. In R. Rebarsky, Ed, Advances in Information and Intelligent Systems New York: Springer Publishing.
North Carolina Community Health Status Assessment Tool. North Carolina Division of Public Health; PI.
Michael Thompson, DrPH, MS, Assistant Professor
Thompson, M. E., & Harutyunyan, T. (2009). Impact of a community-based integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI) programme in Gegharkunik, Armenia. Health Policy and Planning e-pub ahead of print, January 15, 2009. doi:10.1093/healthpol/czno-48.
Demirchyan, A., & Thompson, M. E. (2008). Determinants of self-rated health in women: a population-based study in Armavir Marz, Armenia, 2001 & 2004. International Journal for Equity in Health 2008, 7:25 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-7-25. Published online December 12, 2008.
Thompson, M., Harver, A., & Eure, M. (2009). A model for integrating strategic planning and competence-based curriculum design in establishing a public health programme: the UNC Charlotte experience. Human Resources for Health, 7(1), 71 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-7-71. http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/7/1/71
Jan Warren-Findlow, PhD, Assistant Professor
Warren-Findlow, J. , & Hooker, S. P. (in press). Disentangling the risks of weight status, diet and physical activity. Preventing Chronic Disease.
Warren-Findlow, J. & Issel, L. M. (in press). Stress and coping in African American women with chronic heart disease: A Cultural Cognitive Coping Model. Journal of Transcultural Nursing.
Self-Care Practices Among Intergenerational African American Families with Chronic Illness. National Institutes of Health/ National Institute on Aging (1R03AG030523-01A1); PI.
