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 Nyamathi AM, Sinha K, Marfisee M, Cohen A, Greengold B, Leake B. (2009). Correlates of heavy smoking among alcohol-using methadone maintenance clients. Western Journal of Nursing, 31, 787-798.

 Sarna L. (2009). Research unfiltered: social, political, and historical context of a program of research. Oncology Nursing Forum, 36, 247-256.

 Choi M, Belyea M, Phillips LR, Insel K, Min SK. (2009). Testing women's propensities to leave their abusive husbands using structural equation modeling. Nursing Research, 58, 435-443.

 Goebel JR, Doering LV, Shugarman LR, Asch SM, Sherbourne CD, Lanto AB, Evangelista LS, Nyamathi AM, Maliski SL, Lorenz KA. (2009). Heart failure: the hidden problem of pain. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 38, 698-707.

 Kumar R, Macey PM, Cross RL, Woo MA, Yan-Go FL, Harper RM. (2009). Neural alterations associated with anxiety symptoms in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Depression and Anxiety, 26, 480-491.

 Kumar R, Ahdout R, Macey PM, Woo MA, Avedissian C, Thompson PM, Harper RM. (2009). Reduced caudate nuclei volumes in patients with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. Neuroscience, 16, 1373-1379.

 Kumar R, Nguyen HD, Macey PM, Woo MA, Harper RM. (2009). Dilated basilar arteries in patients with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. Neuroscience Letters, 467, 139-143.

 Lesser J, Koniak-Griffin D, Huang R, Takayanagi S, Cumberland WG. (2009). Parental protectiveness and unprotected sexual activity among Latino adolescent mothers and fathers. AIDS Education and Prevention, 21, 88-102.

 Rutledge T, Linke SE, Krantz DS, Johnson BD, Bittner V, Eastwood JA, Eteiba W, Pepine CJ, Vaccarino V, Francis J, Vido DA, Merz CN (2009). Comorbid depression and anxiety symptoms as predictors of cardiovascular events: results from the NHLBI-sponsored women's ischemia syndrome evaluation (WISE) study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 958-964.

 Fitzgerald LZ, Kehoe P, Sinha K. (2009). Hypothalamic--Pituitary-- Adrenal Axis Dysregulation in Women With Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Response to Acute Physical Stress. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 31, 818-813.

 Kendrick L, Montgomery S, Ouattara D, Flaskerud JH. (2009). African American men and self-efficacy in preventing prostate cancer. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 30, 342-343.

 Kendrick L, Moore B, Thomas C, Matlock J, Flaskerud JH. (2009). African American men and mental health: Is the climate changing? Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 30, 587-588.

 Lyder, Courtney. (2009). Closing the Skin Assessment Disparity Gap Between Patients With Light and Darkly Pigmented Skin. Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing. 36, 285.

 Moons P, Canobbio MM, Budts W. (2009). Eisenmenger syndrome: A clinical review. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 8, 237-245.

 Evangelista LS, Ter-Galstanyan A, Moughrabi S, Moser DK. (2009). Anxiety and depression in ethnic minorities with chronic heart failure. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 15, 572-579.

 Goebel JR, Doering LV, Lorenz KA, Maliski SL, Nyamathi AM, Evangelista LS. (2009). Caring for special populations: total pain theory in advanced heart failure: applications to research and practice. Nursing Forum, 44, 175-185.

 Wakefield BJ, Mentes J, Holman JE, Culp K. (2009). Postadmission dehydration: risk factors, indicators, and outcomes. Rehabilitation Nursing, 34, 209-216.

 Sarna L, Bialous S, Wewers ME, Froelicher ES, Wells MJ, Kotlerman J, Elashoff D. (2009). Nurses trying to quit smoking using the internet. Nursing Outlook, 57,246-256.

 Nyamathi AM, Sinha K, Saab S, Marfisee M, Greengold B, Leake B, Tyler D. (2009). Feasibility of completing an accelerated vaccine series for homeless adults. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 16, 666-673.

 Sarna L, Bialous SA, Rice VH, Wewers ME. (2009). Promoting tobacco dependence treatment in nursing education. Drug and Alcohol Review, 28, 507-516.

 Wrigley PJ, Gustin SM, Macey PM, Nash PG, Gandevia SC, Macefield VG, Siddall PJ, Henderson LA. (2009). Anatomical changes in human motor cortex and motor pathways following complete thoracic spinal cord injury. Cerebral Cortex, 19, 224-232.

 Pavlish C, Ho A. (2009). Human rights barriers for displaced persons in southern Sudan. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 41, 284-292.

 Macey PM, Richard CA, Kumar R, Woo MA, Ogren JA, Avedissian C, Thompson PM, Harper RM. (2009). Hippocampal volume reduction in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. Public Library of Science, 47, e6436.

 Pavlish C, Ceronsky L. (2009). Oncology nurses’ perceptions of nursing roles and professional attributes in palliative care. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 13, 404-412.

 Phillips LR, Reed PG. (2009). End-of-Life Caregiver's Perspectives on their Role: Generative Caregiving. Gerontologist, 2009 Aug 3 [Epub ahead of print].

 Sarna L, Bialous SA, Wells M, Kotlerman J, Wewers ME, Froelicher ES. (2009). Frequency of nurses' smoking cessation interventions: report from a national survey. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18, 2066-77.

 Woods DL, Beck C, Sinha K. (2009). The effect of therapeutic touch on behavioral symptoms and cortisol in persons with dementia. Forsch Komplementmed. 16, 181-9.

 Gelberg L, Andersen R, Longshore D, Leake B, Nyamathi A, Teruya C, Arangua L. (2009). Hospitalizations among homeless women: are there ethnic and drug abuse disparities? Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 36, 212-232.

 Koniak-Griffin D, Huang R, Lesser J, Gonzalez-Figueroa E, Takayanagi S, Cumberland WG. (2009). Young Parents' Relationship Characteristics, Shared Sexual Behaviors, Perception of Partner Risks, and Dyadic Influences. Journal of Sex Research, March31 (Epub ahead of print).

 McKinley S, Dracup K, Moser DK, Riegel B, Doering LV, Meischke H, Aitken LM, Buckley T, Marshall A, Pelter M. (2009). The effect of a short one-on-one nursing intervention on knowledge, attitudes and beliefs related to response to acute coronary syndrome in people with coronary heart disease: a randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46, 1037-1046.

 Paz SH, Liu H, Fongwa MN, Morales LS, Hays RD. (2009). Readability estimates for commonly used health-related quality of life surveys. Quality of Life Research, July 10 (Epub ahead of print).

 Granados R, Jacob E. (2009). Pain experience in hospitalized adults with sickle cell disease. Medsurg. Nursing, 18, 161-167.

 Hilderson D, Saidi AS, Van Deyk K, Verstappen A, Kovacs AH, Fernandes SM, Canobbio MM, Fleck D, Meadows A, Linstead R, Moons P. (2009). Attitude toward and current practice of transfer and transition of adolescents with congenital heart disease in the United States of America and Europe. Pediatric Cardiology, 30, 786-793.

 Sarna L, Aguinaga Bialous S, Wells MJ, Kotlerman J, Froelicher ES, Wewers ME. (2009). Do you need to smoke to get a break? : smoking status and missed work breaks among staff nurses. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 37, 165-171.

 Corvera-Tindel T, Doering LV, Roper J, Dracup K. (2009). Emotional functioning drives quality of life in men with heart failure. Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, 24, 2-11.

 Zavala MW, Maliski SL, Kwan L, Fink A, Litwin MS. (2009). Spirituality and quality of life in low-income men with metastatic prostate cancer. Psychooncology, 18, 753-61.

 Woods DL, Bushnell B, Kim H, Geschwind D, Cummings J. (2009). Apolipoprotein 4 status is associated with behavioral symptoms in nursing home residents with dementia. International Psychogeriatrics, 21, 722-728.

 Bialous SA, Sarna L, Wells M, Elashoff D, Wewers ME, Froelicher ES. (2009). Characteristics of nurses who used the internet-based nurses QuitNet for smoking cessation. Public Health Nursing, 26, 329-338.

 Baharestani MM, Black JM, Carville K, Clark M, Cuddigan JE, Dealey C, Defloor T, Harding KG, Lahmann NA, Lubbers MJ, Lyder CH, Ohura T, Orsted HL, Reger SI, Romanelli M, Sanada H (2009). Dilemmas in measuring and using pressure ulcer prevalence and incidence: an international consensus. International Wound Journal, 6, 97-104.

 Stein JA, Nyamathi AM, Zane JI. (2009). Situational, psychosocial, and physical health-related correlates of HIV/AIDS risk behaviors in homeless men. American Journal of Men’s Health, 3, 25-35.

 Nyamathi A, Compton P, Cohen A, Marfisee M, Shoptaw S, Greengold B, de Castro V, Reaves M, Hasson A, George D, Leake B. (2009). Correlates of hospitalization for alcohol-using methadone-maintained persons with physical health problems. Western Journal of Nursing, 31, 525-543.

 Cooley ME, Sarna L, Kotlerman J, Lukanich JM, Jaklitsch M, Green SB, Bueno R. (2009). Smoking cessation is challenging even for patients recovering from lung cancer surgery with curative intent. Lung Cancer, Mar 23, (Epub ahead of print).

 Dewalt DA, Broucksou KA, Hawk V, Baker DW, Schillinger D, Ruo B, Bibbins-Domingo K, Holmes M, Weinberger M, Macabasco-O'Connell A, Pignone M. (2009). Comparison of a one-time educational intervention to a teach-to-goal educational intervention for self-management of heart failure: design of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Health Services Journal, June 11 (Epub ahead of print)

 Scisney-Matlock M, Bosworth HB, Giger JN, Strickland OL, Harrison RV, Coverson D, Shah NR, Dennison CR, Dunbar-Jacob JM, Jones L, Ogedegbe G, Batts-Turner ML, Jamerson KA. (2009). Strategies for implementing and sustaining therapeutic lifestyle changes as part of hypertension management in African Americans. Postgraduate Medicine, 121,147-159.

 Verwey NA, van der Flier WM, Blennow K, Clark C, Sokolow S, De Deyn PP, Galasko D, Hampel H, Hartmann T, Kapaki E, Lannfelt L, Mehta PD, Parnetti L, Petzold A, Pirttila T, Saleh L, Skinningsrud A, Swieten JC, Verbeek MM, Wiltfang J, Younkin S, Scheltens P, Blankenstein MA. (2009). A worldwide multicentre comparison of assays for cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 46, 235-240.

 Wang J, Mentes JC. (2009). Factors determining nurses’ clinical judgments about hospitalized elderly patients with acute confusion. Issues of Mental Health Nursing, 30, 399-405.

 Hudson AL, Nyamathi A, Bhattacharya D, Marlow E, Shoptaw S, Marfisee M, Leake B. (2009). Impact of Prison Status on HIV-Related Risk Behaviors. AIDS and Behavior, May 20 (Epub ahead of print).

 Augustus JS, Kwan L, Fink A, Connor SE, Maliski SL, Litwin MS. (2009). Education as a predictor of quality of life outcomes among disadvantaged men. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, (EPub ahead of print).

 Kelly KA, Wiley D, Wiesmeier E, Briskin M, Butch A, Darville T. (2009). The Combination of the Gastrointestinal Integrin (alpha4beta7) and Selectin Ligand Enhances T-Cell Migration to the Reproductive Tract During Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, April 22, Epub ahead of print.

 Pavlish C, Ho A. (2009). Pathway to social justice: research on human rights and gender-based violence in a Rwandan refugee camp. ANS Advances in Nursing Science. 32, 144-157.

 Wiley DJ, Elashoff D, Masongsong EV, Harper DM, Gylys KH, Silverberg MJ, Cook RL, Johnson-Hill LM. (2009). Smoking enhances risk for new external genital warts in men. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 6, 1215-34.

 Bates-Jensen BM, McCreath HE, Pongquan V. (2009). Subepidermal moisture is associated with early pressure ulcer damage in nursing home residents with dark skin tones: pilot findings. Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing, 36, 277-84.

 Evangelista LS, Heber D, Li Z, Bowerman S, Hamilton MA, Fonarow GC. (2009). Reduced body weight and adiposity with a high-protein diet improves functional status, lipid profiles, glycemic control, and quality of life in patients with heart failure: a feasibility study. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 24, 207-215.

 Wright, K. (2009). Disparities and predictors of emergency department use among California’s African American, Latino and White children, aged 1-11 years, with asthma. Ethnicity and Disease, 19 (1), 71-77.

 Verwey NA, van der Flier WM, Blennow K, Clark C, Sokolow S, De Deyn PP, Galasko D, Hampel H, Hartmann T, Kapaki E, Lannfelt L, Mehta PD, Parnetti L, Petzold A, Pirttila T, Saleh L, Skinningsrud A, Swieten JC, Verbeek MM, Wiltfang J, Younkin S, Scheltens P, Blankenstein MA. (2009). A worldwide multicentre comparison of assays for cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 46, 235-40.

 Woo MA, Kumar R, Macey PM, Fonarow GC, Harper RM. (2009). Brain injury in autonomic, emotional, and cognitive regulatory areas in patients with heart failure. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 15, 214-223.

 Bralock A, Koniak-Griffin D. (2009). What do sexually active adolescent females say about relationship issues? Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 2, 131- 140.

 Corvera-Tindel T, Doering LV, Roper J, Dracup K. (2009). Emotional functioning drives quality of life in men with heart failure. Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, 24, 2-11

 Suhadev M, Nyamathi AM, Swaminathan S, Suresh A, Venkatesan P. (2009). Factors associated with willingness to participate in HIV vaccine trials among high-risk populations in South India. AIDs Research and Human Retroviruses, 25, 217- 224.

 Bates-Jensen BM, Guihan M, Garber SL, Chin AS, Burns SP. (2009). Characteristics of recurrent pressure ulcers in veterans with spinal cord injury. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 32(1):34-42.

 Nyamathi A, Cohen A, Marfisee M, Shoptaw S, Greengold B, de Castro V, George D, Leake B. (2009). Correlates of alcohol use among methadone-maintained adults. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 101, 124-127.

 Nyamathi A, Liu Y, Marfisee M, Shoptaw S, Gregerson P, Saab S, Leake B, Tyler D, Gelberg L. (2009). Effects of a nurse-managed program on hepatitis A and B vaccine completion among homeless adults. Nursing Research, 58, 13-22.

 Athanasos P, Farquharson AL, Compton P, Psaltis P, Hay J. (2008). Electrocardiogram characteristics of methadone and buprenorphine maintained subjects. Journal of Addictive Diseases, 27, 31-35.

 Greengold B, Nyamathi A, Kominski G, Wiley D, Lewis MA, Hodge F, Singer M, Spiegel B. (2009). Cost-effectiveness analysis of behavioral interventions to improve vaccination compliance in homeless adults. Vaccine, 29, 718-725.

 Kumar R, Woo MA, Birrer BV, Macey PM, Fonarow GC, Hamilton MA, Harper RM. (2009). Mammillary bodies and fornix fibers are injured in heart failure. Neurobiology of Disease, 33, 236-242.

 Evangelista LS, Sackett E, Dracup K. (2009). Pain and heart failure: Unrecognized and untreated. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, Epub ahead of print.

 Goebel JR, Doering LV, Evangelista LS, Nyamathi AM, Maliski SL, Asch SM, Sherbourne CD, Shugarman LR, Lanto AB, Cohen A, Lorenz KA. (2009). A comparative study of pain in heart failure and non-heart failure veterans. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 15, 24-30.

 Phillips LR, Reed PG. (2009). Into the Abyss of Someone Else's Dying: The Voice of the End-of-Life Caregiver. Clinical Nursing Research, 18, 80-97.

 Ong J, Miller PS, Appleby R, Allegretto R, Gawlinski A. (2009). Effect of a preoperative instructional digital video disc on patient knowledge and preparedness for engaging in postoperative care activities, The Nursing Clinics of North America, 44, 103-115.

 Sarna L, Bialous SA, Jun HJ, Wewers ME, Cooley ME, Feskanich D. (2008). Smoking trends in the Nurses’ Health Study (1976-2003). Nursing Research, 57, 374-82.

 Nyamathi A, Singh VP, Lowe A, Khurana A, Taneja D, George S, Fahey JL. (2008). Knowledge and Attitudes about HIV/AIDS among Homeopathic Practitioners and Educators in India. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 5, 221-225.

 Nyamathi A, Vatsa M, Khakha DC, McNeese-Smith D, Leake B, Fahey JL. (2008). HIV knowledge improvement among nurses in India: using a train-the-trainer program. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 19, 443-449.

 Stein JA, Dixon EL, Nyamathi AM. (2008). Effects of psychosocial and situational variables on substance abuse among homeless adults. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22, 410-416.

 Leach LS, Myrtle RC, Weaver FA, Dasu S. (2009). Assessing the performance of surgical teams. Health Care Management Review, 34, 29-41.

 Lopez GI, Figueroa M, Connor SE, Maliski SL. (2008). Translation barriers in conducting qualitative research with Spanish speakers. Qualitative Health Research, 18, 1729-37.

 Moser DK, Riegel B, McKinley S, Doering LV, Meischke H, Heo S, Lennie TA, Dracup K. (2009). The control attitudes scale-revised: psychometric evaluation in three groups of patients with cardiac illness. Nursing Research, 58, 42-51.

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