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Recent Publications

2022

Coughlin SS, Datta B, Vernon M, Hatzigeorgiou C, George V. Health literacy among cancer survivors: results from the 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey. Medicine 2022, in press.

Murray GR, Rutland J (2022) Prioritizing public health? Factors affecting the issuance of stay-at-home orders in response to COVID-19 in Africa. PLOS Glob Public Health 2(1): e0000112. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000112


2021

 Coughlin SS, Datta B.  Housing Insecurity among Cancer Survivors:  Results from the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey.  Journal of Cancer Policy 2021

Coughlin SS, Datta B.  Predictors of Unhealthy Physical and Mental Days among Informal Cancer Caregivers:  Results from the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey.  Supportive Care in Cancer 2021

Coughlin SS, Datta B, Berman A, Hatzigeorgiou C. A cross-sectional study of financial distress among patients with multimorbidity. Preventive Medicine Reports 2021;23:101464.

Murray, Gregg R., & Jilani-Hyler, Nadia. (2021). Identifying factors associated with the issuance of coronavirus-related stay-at-home orders in the Middle East and North Africa Region. World Medical & Health Policy, 1-26 (https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.444).

Coughlin, S. and Dawson, A. Ethics and Epidemiology. Oxford University Press, 2021. ISBN: 9780197587058

Williamson, L. (2021). The ethical impact of mandating childhood vaccination: The importance of the clinical encounter. Clinical Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1177/14777509211011422

Williamson, L. (2021). Creating an ethical culture to support recovery from substance use disorders. Journal of Medical Ethics,  doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106661


2020

Medieval English Understanding of Mental Illness and Parallel Diagnosis to Contemporary Neuroscience. Juliana Dresvina and Victoria Blud, eds., Cognitive Sciences and Medieval Studies: An Introduction. Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages. University of Wales Press: 2020, 97-120.

Berman, A., Miller D., Sorrentino, R., Mossialos E. (2020). Elective cardiovascular care in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: managing tragic choices. BMJ Open Quality 2020;9:e https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/bmjqir/9/3/e001069.full.pdf

Defoor, M., Moses, M., Flower, J., Sams, R. (2020) Medical student reflections: Chaplain shadowing as a model for compassionate care training. Medical Teacher, https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2020.1817880

DeFoor, M., East, L., Mann, P, Nichols, C. (2020). Implementation and evaluation of a near-peer-facilitated medical ethics curriculum for first-year medical students: a pilot study. Medical Science Educator 30: 219–225. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs40670-019-00873-4

DeFoor, M., Y. Chung, J. Zadinsky, J. Dowling and R. W Sams. (2020). An interprofessional cohort analysis of student interest in medical ethics education: A survey-based quantitative study. BMC Medical Ethics, 21:26, 2020.

Strachan H, Williamson L, Elders A, Sutherland B, HIbberd C, Williams B. (2020). The Development and Psychometric Testing of Three Instruments that Measure Person Centred Caring as Three Concepts – Personalization, Participation and Responsiveness. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 00:1 14.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14484

Adepu S, Berman A, Thompson M. (2020). Socioeconomic determinants of health and county-level variation in cardiovascular disease mortality: An exploratory analysis of Georgia during 2014–2016. Preventive Medicine Reports, 19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101160  

Hatcher, W. (2020). A Failure of Political Communication Not a Failure of Bureaucracy: The Danger of Presidential Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The American Review of Public Administration, 50(6-7), 614-620.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101160  


2019

Coughlin SS, Mann P, Vernon M, Young L, Ayya D, Sams R, Hatzigeorgiou C. (2019). A Logic Framework for Evaluating Social Determinants of Health Interventions in Primary Care.  Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy.

Hatcher, W. (2019). President Trump and Health Care: A content analysis of misleading statements. Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdz176


2018

Coughlin SS, Young L. (2018). A Review of Dual Health Care System Use by Veterans with Cardiometabolic Disease. Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy. doi: 10.21037/jhmhp.2018.07.05

Coughlin SS, Williams V, Moore N, Bowen D, Anglin J, Mansur N, De Leo G. (2018). The Augusta, Georgia Breast Cancer Survivor Study. Journal of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis; 2:10-15.

Coughlin SS, Heboyan V, Young L, De Leo G, Wilkins T. (2018). Use of a web portal by adult patients with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus see in family medicine outpatient clinics. Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy 2018.

Coughlin SS, Stewart JL, Young L, Heboyan V, De Leo G. (2018). Health Literacy and Patient Web Portals. International Journal of Medical Informatics;113:43-48.

Coughlin SS, Stewart J, Williams LB. (2018): A Review of Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Breast Cancer Risk According to Estrogen- and Progesterone-Receptor Status and HER2 Oncogene Expression. Annals of Epidemiology and Public Health 2018.

Ansa BE, Chung Y, Alema-Mensah E, Coughlin SS, Smith SA. (2018). Evaluating the Extent of Change in Colorectal Cancer Incidence Trends in the United States from 2000 to 2014. Journal of Clinical Medicine 7: E22. 283.

Mann, P., Weiss, E., Seltzer, R., Dodge, R.,  Boss, R.  and Lantos J. (2018). Child Abuse, Incarceration, and Decisions About Life-sustaining Treatment. Pediatrics, 142 (6) e20180430; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-0430

Madray, V., Ginjupalli, S., Hashmi, O., Sams, R.,  Johnson J. A., Stoff, B. (2018). Access to Dermatology Services at Free Medical Clinics, A National Survey. J Am Acad Dermatol. 

Hatcher W & Vick A. (2018). Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Requires an Ethically Consistent Health Strategy.  BMC Medical Ethics, 19, 84. https://doi: 10.1186/s12910-018-0322-1

Williamson L, & Glaab H. (2018) Addressing vaccine hesitancy requires an ethically consistent health strategy. BMC Medical Ethics, 19, 84:  https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12910-018-0322-1

 Turner W. (2018). Mental Health and Homicide in Medieval English Trials. Open Library of Humanities 4 (2): 11. http://doi.org/10.16995/olh.295

 

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