Resources & Publications

Resources & Publications

The EPRC strives to share its work with a range of audiences that may find it useful. We publish in peer-reviewed journals to share our findings with researchers and public health practitioners. In addition to publishing, we present our research and evaluation findings at local and national conferences. We also use press releases and media interviews and infographics to disseminate our findings to the general public.

Research Infographics

reach-infographic-hhsurvey_2.1.22_lighter.pdf preview

Select Publications

Bigger, L. M., Hermstad, A., Haardörfer, R., Arriola, K. J., Ditzel, K., & Kegler, M. C. (2026). Community Coalitions Implementing and Sustaining Policy, Systems and Environment Strategies for Rural Health Equity. Health Education & Behavior, 10901981261442368.
Han, D. H., & Keyes, K. M. (2026). Longitudinal Transitions between Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms and Associations with Substance Use among US Young Adults, 2016–2023. Epidemiology, 10-1097.
Han, Dae-Hee, et al. "Comparing Risk Profiles of Nicotine Pouch and Smokeless Tobacco Use in US Adolescents: A Machine Learning Analysis." Substance Use & Misuse (2026): 1-5.
Hermstad, A. K., Bigger, L. M., Ebey-Tessendorf, K., Simmons, G. C., & Kegler, M. C. (2026). Implementing nutrition policy, system and environmental change strategies in a rural food pantry to improve nutrition security: contextual factors and outcomes. Public Health Nutrition, 29(1), e12.
Kegler, M. C., Hermstad, A., Smith, A. J., Bigger, L., Smith, T. A., Line, M. G., ... & Haardӧrfer, R. (2026). Community Readiness to Address Health Equity: Progress and Challenges across Eleven Georgia Communities. SSM-Qualitative Research in Health, 100777.
Lebow-Skelley, E., Williamson, D. H., Whitaker, L., Charles, S., Warren, C., Young, L., ... & Pearson, M. A. (2026). Increasing community capacity to address local environmental health concerns using a community grant program in Atlanta, Georgia.
Leung, J., Haardörfer, R., Dunlop-Thomas, C., Escoffery, C., Lewis, T., & Lim, S. S. (2026). Validating the factor structure of the superwoman schema instrument in a cohort of black women with SLE. Lupus, 35(2), 140-146.
Smith, A. J., Bigger, L. M., McGee, R. E., Hermstad, A., Haardӧrfer, R., & Kegler, M. C. (2026). Exploring Associations Between Well-Being, Mental Distress, and Five Dimensions of Social Capital in Rural Georgia. Family & Community Health, 49(3), 192.
Smith, C. A., Cheng, A., Escoffery, C., & Yeung, H. (2026). Smoking Prevalence and Cessation in Skin Cancer Survivors. Dermatology, 242(3), 280-283.
Tigova, O., Barrozo-Ruiz, I., Fontana-Rosa, N. S., Castellano, Y., López, A. M., Antón, L., ... & Fernández, E. Promoting smoke-free homes among Spanish households with children: A mixed-methods pilot intervention study. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 12(Supplement 1).
Wangen, M., Xu, J., Tran, A., Rohan, E. A., Adsul, P., Escoffery, C., ... & Hirschey, R. (2026). Scaling what works: a collaborative capacity-building program tailored to optimize resources and scale evidence-based interventions for cancer prevention and control. Cancer Causes & Control, 37(5), 80.

Antonacci, C. C., Haardörfer, R., Winkler, M. R., Hartman, T. J., Morshed, A. B., Muncy, C., & Kegler, M. C. (2025). A 2-Group Path Analysis of a Food Environment Conceptual Model by Food Security Status: Home Food Environment Variables Were Associated With Healthy Eating Index 2015 Component Scores for Total Vegetables Among Those With Food Security. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 156222.
Bigger, L. M., McGee, R. E., Smith, A., Haardörfer, R., Hermstad, A., & Kegler, M. C. (2025). Social capital's association with self-reported health outcomes in the rural south: variations by demographic subgroup. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, 1706869.
Cooper, H. L., Hall, K., Escoffery, C., Sales, J., Mullaney, A., Rice, W., ... & Bowleg, L. (2025). Charting a path forward toward integrating macrolevel phenomena, marginalization, and health equity principles in into dissemination and implementation science. Social Science & Medicine, 382, 118344.
Escoffery, C., Sun, J., DeGroff, A., Sharma, K., Masud, M., Vu, T., ... & Hannon, P. (2025). Characterizing screening champions in the center for disease control and prevention’s Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP). Implementation Science Communications, 6(1), 79.
Johnson, E. K., Kiriakopoulos, E. T., Briggs, F., Sajatovic, M., Escoffery, C., Spruill, T., ... & Wagner, J. (2025). Quality of life and depression in an understudied population: Young adults with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 171, 110603.
Kegler, M. C., Hermstad, A., Bigger, L., Smith, T. A., Line, M. G., Goldson, A., ... & Haardörfer, R. (2025). A mixed methods analysis of community capacity to address health equity in the rural Southern US. International Journal for Equity in Health, 24(1), 223.
Leung, J., Sekar, S., Madrigal, L., & Escoffery, C. (2025). A scoping study of cultural adaptation frameworks. Health Promotion Practice, 26(4), 807-825.
Luu, M., Nehl, E., Huang, W., Haardörfer, R., Escoffery, C., & Sales, J. (2025). Homonegativity as a barrier to HIV testing intention: A qualitative study of Asian American Men Who Have Sex with Men.
McGee, R. E., D'Jata, A. B., Bednarczyk, R. A., Grant-Whitlock, M., Kegler, M. C., & Arriola, K. R. J. (2025). Engaging rural and non-Hispanic Black persons in conversations about the COVID-19 vaccine: a process evaluation of a natural helper intervention. Vaccine, 60, 127587.
Shepperd, J. A., McBride, C. M., An, W., Zhao, J., Pentz, R. D., Escoffery, C., ... & Guan, Y. (2025). Trust and Privacy Concerns Among Cancer Survivors Who Did Not Visit a Research Website Offering Free Genetic Counseling Services for Families: Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, e64228.
Shin, M. B., Vu, T., Masud, M., Duran, M. C., Escoffery, N. C., Bishop, S., ... & Ko, L. K. (2025). Evaluation of an implementation support program for rural communities using a two-tiered, embedded framework. Cancer Causes & Control, 36(11), 1539-1548.

Antonacci, C. C., Haardörfer, R., Winkler, M. R., Hartman, T. J., Morshed, A. B., Bundy, L. T., ... & Kegler, M. (2024). A Multi-group Path Analysis Comparing the Model of Community Nutrition Environments by Food Security Status. Current Developments in Nutrition, 8.
Arriola, K. J., Merken, T. M., Bigger, L., Haardörfer, R., Hermstad, A., Owolabi, S., ... & Kegler, M. (2024). Understanding the relationship between social capital, health, and well‐being in a southern rural population. The Journal of Rural Health, 40(1), 162-172.
Berg, C. J., Haardörfer, R., Torosyan, A., Dekanosidze, A., Grigoryan, L., Sargsyan, Z., ... & Kegler, M. C. (2024). Examining local smoke-free coalitions in Armenia and Georgia: context and outcomes of a matched-pairs community-randomised controlled trial. BMJ global health, 9(2).
Birken, S. A., Baloh, J., Kegler, M. C., Huang, T. T. K., Lee, M., Adsul, P., ... & Ko, L. K. (2024). Organization Theory for Implementation Science (OTIS): reflections and recommendations. Frontiers in Health Services, 4, 1449253.
Dekanosidze, A., Gegenava, V., Liluashvili, L., Sturua, L., Kegler, M. C., Baramidze, L., ... & Berg, C. J. (2024). A qualitative study exploring facilitators and barriers to implementing smoke-free homes in Georgia. GBMN Georgian biomedical news, 2(4), 10-52340.
Guan, Y., Haardörfer, R., McBride, C. M., Escoffery, C., & Lipscomb, J. (2023). Testing theory-based messages to encourage women at average risk for breast cancer to consider biennial mammography screening. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57(9), 696-707.
Guan, Y., McBride, C. M., Zhao, J., Pentz, R. D., Escoffery, C., Liu, Y., ... & Ward, K. C. (2024). Testing a population-based outreach intervention for ovarian cancer survivors to encourage their close relatives to consider genetic counseling. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 33(9), 1185-1193.
Hayrumyan, V., Sargsyan, Z., Torosyan, A., Dekanosidze, A., Grigoryan, L., Alayan, N., ... & Berg, C. J. (2024). The inclusion of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products in smoke-free home and car rules: a cross-sectional survey of adults in Armenia and Georgia. Tobacco induced diseases, 22, 10-18332.
Kegler, M. C., Hayrumyan, V., Dekanosidze, A., Grigoryan, L., Torosyan, A., Sargsyan, Z., ... & Berg, C. J. (2024). Examining the creation of synergy in community coalitions for smoke-free environments in Armenia and Georgia. Health promotion international, 39(3), daae058.
LoParco, C. R., Dekanosidze, A., Torosyan, A., Grigoryan, L., Hayrumyan, V., Sargsyan, Z., ... & Berg, C. J. (2024). Factors associated with support for social enforcement of smoke-free policies in Georgia and Armenia. Tobacco prevention & cessation, 10, 10-18332.
LoParco, C. R., Sargsyan, Z., Topuridze, M., Sturua, L., Kegler, M. C., Petrosyan, V., ... & Berg, C. J. (2024). Associations between pro/anti-tobacco media and messaging exposure and knowledge and support of smoke-free policy among adults in Armenia and Georgia. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 30(4), 501-511.
Perry, E. W., Self-Brown, S., Koontz, K., Haardörfer, R., Whitaker, D. J., Spears, C. A., ... & Kegler, M. (2024). Evaluating the effectiveness of Smoke-Free Home SafeCare, an integrated intervention, among families at risk for secondhand smoke exposure and child maltreatment in the United States: a study protocol for a hybrid type 1 trial. Trials, 25(1), 661.
Sargsyan, Z., Dekanosidze, A., Hayrumyan, V., Torosyan, A., Cui, Y., Grigoryan, L., ... & Berg, C. J. (2024). Exposure to e-cigarette and heated tobacco product advertisements via digital, traditional media, and points-of-sale: An examination of associations with use intentions and perceived risk among adults in Armenia and Georgia. Tobacco prevention & cessation, 10, 10-18332.
Williamson, D. H., Good, S., Wilson, D., Osborne Jelks, N. T., Johnson, D. A., Komro, K. A., & Kegler, M. C. (2024). Measuring Community Capacity Using an Environmental Justice Lens. Environmental Justice.

Antonacci, C. C., Haardörfer, R., Hermstad, A. K., Mayo-Gamble, T. L., Arriola, K. R. J., & Kegler, M. C. (2023). Exploring dimensions of social capital in relation to healthy eating behaviours in the US rural south. Public Health Nutrition, 26(5), 994-1005.
Antonacci, C. C., Hermstad, A., Haardörfer, R., & Kegler, M. C. (2023). Food insecurity moderates association between perceived fresh fruit and vegetable access and vegetable intake in the rural southern US. Medical Research Archives, 11(5).
Berg, C. J., Dekanosidze, A., Hayrumyan, V., LoParco, C. R., Torosyan, A., Grigoryan, L., ... & Kegler, M. C. (2023). Smoke-free home restrictions in Armenia and Georgia: motives, barriers and secondhand smoke reduction behaviors. European journal of public health, 33(5), 864-871.
Birken, S. A., Wagi, C. R., Peluso, A. G., Kegler, M. C., Baloh, J., Adsul, P., ... & Ko, L. K. (2023). Toward a more comprehensive understanding of organizational influences on implementation: the organization theory for implementation science framework. Frontiers in health services, 3, 1142598.
Escoffery, C., Patel, A., Leung, J., Anderson, M., McGee, R., Sajatovic, M., ... & Quarells, R. C. (2023). MEW network self-management program characteristics and lessons learned through the RE-AIM framework. Epilepsy & Behavior, 140, 109111.
Escoffery, C., Petagna, C. N., Wangen, M., Flicker, K. J., Noblet, S. B., Sakhuja, M., ... & Friedman, D. B. (2023). Mixed methods evaluation of the inaugural year of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network’s (CPCRN) scholars program. Cancer Causes & Control, 34(Suppl 1), 57-73.
Escoffery, C., Petagna, C., Agnone, C., Perez, S., Saber, L. B., Ryan, G., ... & Fernandez, M. E. (2023). A systematic review of interventions to promote HPV vaccination globally. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 1262.
Ilic, A., Haardoerfer, R., Michel, G., Escoffery, C., Mertens, A. C., & Marchak, J. G. (2023). Understanding caregivers' decision to vaccinate childhood cancer survivors against COVID‐19. Cancer Medicine, 12(23), 21354-21363.
Kegler, M. C., Bigger, L., Hermstad, A., Eidson, E., Thomas, J. G., Tucker, S. B., & Haardörfer, R. (2023). Differences in health care access and use by gender, race, income, age and employment among residents of the rural south. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 34(1), 112-131.
Kegler, M. C., Dekanosidze, A., Torosyan, A., Grigoryan, L., Rana, S., Hayrumyan, V., ... & Berg, C. J. (2023). Community coalitions for smoke-free environments in Armenia and Georgia: a mixed methods analysis of coalition formation, implementation and perceived effectiveness. PloS one, 18(8), e0289149.
Kegler, M. C., Hermstad, A., Haardörfer, R., Arriola, K. J., Gauthreaux, N., Tucker, S., & Nelson, G. (2023). Evaluation design for The Two Georgias Initiative: assessing progress toward health equity in the rural south. Health Education & Behavior, 50(2), 268-280.
Ko, L. K., Vu, T., Bishop, S., Leeman, J., Escoffery, C., Winer, R. L., ... & Rait, Y. (2023). Implementation studio: implementation support program to build the capacity of rural community health educators serving immigrant communities to implement evidence-based cancer prevention and control interventions. Cancer Causes & Control, 34(Suppl 1), 75-88.
Krauss, V., Mertens, A., Marchak, J. G., Haardörfer, R., Meacham, L. R., Lewis, R. W., ... & Escoffery, C. (2023). Clinic reported facilitators and barriers to pediatric cancer survivor care delivery among survivorship clinics: A fishbone analysis. Pediatric blood & cancer, 70(8), e30480.
Lebow-Skelley, E., Young, L., Noibi, Y., Blaginin, K., Hooker, M., Williamson, D. H., ... & Pearsonh, M. Example: The Shaheed DuBois Exposome Roadshow and Community Grant Program.
Madrigal, L., Haardörfer, R., Kegler, M. C., Piper, S., Blais, L. M., Weber, M. B., & Escoffery, C. (2023). A structural equation model of CFIR inner and outer setting constructs, organization characteristics, and national DPP enrollment. Implementation Science Communications, 4(1), 142.
Madrigal, L., Haardörfer, R., Kegler, M. C., Piper, S., Blais, L. M., Weber, M. B., & Escoffery, C. (2023). Patterns of sustainability capacity among organizations that deliver the national diabetes prevention program: a latent profile analysis. Preventing Chronic Disease, 20, E91.
Marchak, J. G., Kegler, M. C., Meacham, L. R., Mertens, A. C., & Effinger, K. E. (2023). Cancer-related barriers to health behaviors among adolescent and young adult survivors of pediatric cancer and their families. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 12(1), 118-122.
McGee, R. E., Patel, A., Drzymalla, E. M., Anderson, M., Johnson, E. K., Thompson, N. J., & Escoffery, C. (2023). Project UPLIFT: Adoption and implementation experiences of an epilepsy self-management program. Epilepsy & Behavior, 138, 109001.
Okasako-Schmucker, D. L., Peng, Y., Cobb, J., Buchanan, L. R., Xiong, K. Z., Mercer, S. L., ... & Community Preventive Services Task Force. (2023). Community health workers to increase cancer screening: 3 community guide systematic reviews. American journal of preventive medicine, 64(4), 579-594.
Petagna, C. N., Perez, S., Hsu, E., Greene, B. M., Banner, I., Bednarczyk, R. A., & Escoffery, C. (2024). Facilitators and barriers of HPV vaccination: a qualitative study in rural Georgia. Bmc Cancer, 24(1), 592.
Sargsyan, Z., LoParco, C. R., Topuridze, M., Torosyan, A., Sturua, L., Grigoryan, L., ... & Berg, C. J. (2023). Association between pro-tobacco and anti-tobacco media and messaging exposure and support for smoke-free policy among adults in Armenia and Georgia. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 9(Supplement).
Self-Brown, S., Perry, E. W., Recinos, M., Cotner, M. A., Guastaferro, K., Owolabi, S., ... & Kegler, M. C. (2023). Systematic braiding of Smoke-Free Home SafeCare to address child maltreatment risk and secondhand smoke exposure: findings from a pilot study. Pilot and feasibility studies, 9(1), 81.
Vandenberg, A. E., Hwang, U., Das, S., Genes, N., Nyamu, S., Richardson, L., ... & Vaughan, C. P. (2024). Scaling the EQUIPPED medication safety program: Traditional and hub‐and‐spoke implementation models. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 72(7), 2184-2194.
Wang, C. S., Doma, R., Westbrook, A. L., Johnson, J., Anderson, E. J., Greenbaum, L. A., ... & Bednarczyk, R. A. (2023). Vaccine attitudes and COVID-19 vaccine intention among parents of children with kidney disease or primary hypertension. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 81(1), 25-35.
Williamson, D. H., Good, S., Wilson, D., Jelks, N. T. O., Johnson, D. A., Komro, K. A., & Kegler, M. C. (2023). Using the collaborative problem-solving model: Findings from an evaluation of us epa’s environmental justice academy. Sustainability, 15(20), 14999.
Wolff, J. M., McQueen, A., Garg, R., Thompson, T., Fu, Q., Brown, D. S., ... & Kreuter, M. W. (2023). Expanding population-level interventions to help more low-income smokers quit: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary clinical trials, 129, 107202.

Adsul P, Chambers D, Brandt HM, Fernandez ME, Ramanadhan S, Torres E, Leeman J, Baquero B, Fleischer L, Escoffery C, Emmons K, Soler M, Oh A, Korn AR, Wheeler S, Shelton RC. Grounding implementation science in health equity for cancer prevention and control. Implement Sci Commun 2022;3(1):56.
Escoffery C, Haardoerfer R, Bamps Y, McGee R, Geiger D, Quarells RC, Thompson NJ, Patel A, Anderson M, LaFrance WC, Jr. Reduction of the Adult Epilepsy Self-Management Measure Instrument (AESMMI). Epilepsy Behav 2022;131(Pt A):108692.
Garg R, McQueen A, Wolff JM, Skinner KE, Kegler MC, Kreuter MW. Low housing quality, unmet social needs, stress and depression among low-income smokers. Prev Med Rep 2022;27:101767.
Hayrumyan V, Harutyunyan A, Torosyan A, Grigoryan L, Sargsyan Z, Bazarchyan A, Petrosyan V, Dekanosidze A, Sturua L, Kegler MC, Berg CJ. Tobacco-related risk perceptions, social influences and public smoke-free policies in relation to smoke-free home restrictions: findings from a baseline cross-sectional survey of Armenian and Georgian adults in a community randomised trial. BMJ Open 2022;12(2):e055396.
Hohl SD, Melillo S, Vu TT, Escoffery C, DeGroff A, Schlueter D, Ross LW, Maxwell AE, Sharma KP, Boehm J, Joseph D, Hannon PA. Development of a Field Guide for Assessing Readiness to Implement Evidence-Based Cancer Screening Interventions in Primary Care Clinics. Prev Chronic Dis 2022;19:E25.
Kegler MC, Gauthreaux N, Hermstad A, Arriola KJ, Mickens A, Ditzel K, Hernandez C, Haardörfer R. Inequities in Physical Activity Environments and Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Rural Communities. Prev Chronic Dis 2022;19:E40.
Kegler MC, Hermstad A, Haardörfer R, Arriola KJ, Gauthreaux N, Tucker S, Nelson G. Evaluation Design for The Two Georgias Initiative: Assessing Progress Toward Health Equity in the Rural South. Health Educ Behav 2022 [published Online First: 2022/03/22]
Kegler MC, Prakash R, Hermstad A, Anderson K, Haardörfer R, Raskind IG. Food Acquisition Practices, Body Mass Index, and Dietary Outcomes by Level of Rurality. J Rural Health 2022;38(1):228-39.
Kegler MC, Raskind IG, Bundy Ł T, Owolabi S, Veluswamy JK, Hernandez C, Hodge T, Haardörfer R. Barriers to Creating Healthier Home Food Environments: Process Evaluation Results From 2 Home Food Environment Intervention Studies. Fam Community Health 2022 [published Online First: 2022/05/11]
Manikowski A, Williamson Lewis R, Bennett T, Miller H, Mertens A, Wasilewski-Masker K, Escoffery C, Gilleland Marchak J. Implementation of Electronic Psychosocial Screening Among Caregivers in Pediatric Oncology. JCO Oncol Pract 2022;18(7):e1198-e208.
Marchak JG, Kegler MC, Meacham LR, Mertens AC, Effinger KE. Cancer-Related Barriers to Health Behaviors Among Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Pediatric Cancer and Their Families. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2022 [published Online First: 2022/03/25]
Maxwell AE, DeGroff A, Hohl SD, Sharma KP, Sun J, Escoffery C, Hannon PA. Evaluating Uptake of Evidence-Based Interventions in 355 Clinics Partnering With the Colorectal Cancer Control Program, 2015-2018. Prev Chronic Dis 2022;19:E26.

Friedman DB, Escoffery C, Noblet SB, Agnone CM, Flicker KJ. Building Capacity in Implementation Science for Cancer Prevention and Control Through a Research Network Scholars Program. J Cancer Educ 2021:1-10.
Harutyunyan A, Hayrumyan V, Sargsyan Z, Torosyan A, Dekanosidze A, Kegler M, Sturua L, Berg CJ. Smokers' and non-smokers' secondhand smoke experiences and interactions to reduce exposure in Armenia and Georgia. Tob Prev Cessat 2021;7:6.
Hermstad A, Kegler MC, Woodruff RC, Raskind IG, Haardörfer R. Home Snack Environments in the United States: Latent Class Analysis Findings From a Home Food Environment Survey. Health Educ Behav 2021;48(4):468-79.
Kegler MC, Hermstad A, Haardörfer R. Home food environment and associations with weight and diet among U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2021;21(1):1032.
Risendal BC, Hébert JR, Morrato EH, Thomson CA, Escoffery CN, Friedman DB, Dwyer AJ, Overholser LS, Wheeler SB. Addressing COVID-19 Using a Public Health Approach: Perspectives From the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network. Am J Prev Med 2021;60(6):877-82.
Sajatovic M, Wilson B, Shegog R, F BSB, Escoffery C, Jobst BC, Johnson EK, Fraser RT, Quarells RC, Spruill TM. The Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) network database: Lessons learned in refining and implementing an integrated data tool in service of a national U.S. Research Collaborative. Epilepsy Behav 2021;115:107650.
Wysota CN, Topuridze M, Sargsyan Z, Dekanosidze A, Sturua L, Kegler MC, Petrosyan V, Harutyunyan A, Hayrumyan V, Berg CJ. Psychosocial Factors, Smoke-Free Restrictions, and Media Exposure in Relation to Smoking-Related Attitudes and Behaviors among Adults in Armenia and Georgia. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18(8).

Barrington, W.E, Degroff, A., Melillo, S., Vu, Th., Cole, A., Escoffery, C., Askelson, N. Seegmiller, L.,Koopman Gonzalez, S., Hannon, P. Patient navigator reported patient barriers and delivered activities in two large federally-funded cancer screening programs. Preventive Medicine, in press.
Escoffery, C., Johnson, L., McGee, R., Olorundare, E.I, Geiger, D., Quarells, R.C., Thompson, N.J. Epilepsy self-management behaviors among African Americans with epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior, in press.
Guan, Y., Condit, C.M., Escoffery, C., Bellcross, C.A., McBride, C.M. Do women who receive a negative BRCA1/2 risk result understand the implications for breast cancer risk? Public Health Genomics, in press.
Hunter CM, Williamson DH, Pearson M, Saikawa E, Gribble MO, Kegler M. Safe Community Gardening Practices: Focus Groups with Garden Leaders in Atlanta, Georgia. Local Environ 2020;25(1):18-35.
Kang, Y., Meghani, S.H., Bruner D.W & Yeager, K.A. Factors Associated with Depression in African American Patients Being Treated for Cancer Pain. Pain Management Nursing, in press.
Kegler MC, Bundy Ł T, Hartman T, Owolabi S, Haardörfer R. Promoting Healthier Home Food Environments Through 2-1-1: A Pilot and Feasibility Study. Fam Community Health 2020;43(4):276-86.
Kegler MC, Halpin S, Butterfoss FD. Evaluation methods commonly used to assess effectiveness of community coalitions in public health: Results from a scoping review. New Directions for Evaluation 2020;2020(165):139-57.
Kegler MC, Prakash R, Hermstad A, Williamson D, Anderson K, Haardörfer R. Home gardening and associations with fruit and vegetable intake and BMI. Public Health Nutr 2020;23(18):3417-22.]
Lipscomb, J., Escoffery, C., Gillespie, T., Henley, S.J., Smith, R., Chociemski, T., Almon, L., Jiang, R.,Sheng X., Goodman, M., Ward, K. (2020). Improving screening uptake among breast cancer survivors and their first-degree relatives at elevated risk to breast cancer: Results and implications of a randomized study in the state of Georgia.. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 4;17(3),E977.
Parks MJ, Kegler MC, Kingsbury JH, Borowsky IW. Reducing Socioeconomic Disparities in Comprehensive Smoke-Free Rules among Households with Children: A Pilot Intervention Implemented through a National Cancer Program. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020;17(18.)
Pomares T*, Buttenheim AM, Amin AV, Joyce CM, Porter RM, Bednarczyk RA, Omer SB. Association of cognitive biases with human papillomavirus vaccine hesitancy: a cross-sectional study. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2020 May 3;16(5):1018-1023. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1698243. Epub 2019 Dec 20.
Quon R, Andrew A, Schmidt S, Escoffery C, Schommer L, Chu F, Henninger H, Nagle K, Streltzov N, Jobst B. Self-management practices associated with quality of life for adults with epilepsy. J Neurol. 2019 Nov;266(11):2821-2828. doi:10.1007/s00415-019-09503-w. Epub 2019 Aug 14. PubMed PMID: 31414192; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6810849.
Quon RJ, Mazanec MT, Schmidt SS, Andrew AS, Roth RM, MacKenzie TA, Sajatovic M, Spruill T, Jobst BC. Antiepileptic drug effects on subjective and objective cognition. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Mar;104(Pt A):106906. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.106906. Epub 2020 Jan 29. PubMed PMID: 32006792; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7064420.
Raskind IG, Kegler MC, Girard AW, Dunlop AL, Kramer MR. An activity space approach to understanding how food access is associated with dietary intake and BMI among urban, low-income African American women. Health Place 2020;66:102458.
Williamson DHZ, Yu EX, Hunter CM, Kaufman JA, Komro K, Jelks NO, Johnson DA, Gribble MO, Kegler MC. A Scoping Review of Capacity-Building Efforts to Address Environmental Justice Concerns. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020;17(11).
Woodruff RC, Haardörfer R, Raskind IG, Hermstad A, Kegler MC. Comparing food desert residents with non-food desert residents on grocery shopping behaviours, diet and BMI: results from a propensity score analysis. Public Health Nutr 2020;23(5):806-11.

Anderson, K. M., Kegler, M. C., Bundy, L. T., Henderson, P., Halfacre, J., & Escoffery, C. (2019). Adaptation of a brief smoke-free homes intervention for American Indian and Alaska Native families. BMC public health, 19(1), 981. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7301-4.
Christens BD, Butterfoss FD, Minkler M, Wolff T, Francisco VT, Kegler MC. Learning from coalitions' efforts to promote equity and justice. Health Education & Behavior. 2019;46(1_suppl):110s-114s.
Escoffery C, Marchak JG, Haardörfer R, Meacham L, Lewis RW, Udelson H, Edwards P, Mertens AC. Scalability of cancer SurvivorLink™: A cluster randomized trial among pediatric cancer clinics. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2019, in press.
Escoffery, C., Kegler, M.C., Reihman, K., Watson, L., Halpin, S., Preiss, S., Fisher-Bone, M., Rhiness, C., Wiggins, E. (2019). Facilitators and barriers to HPV vaccine promotion among Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs): A consolidated framework for implementation research analysis. Preventing Chronic Disease, 16, 180406.
Haardörfer, R. (2019). Taking quantitative data analysis out of the positivist era: Calling for theory-driven data-informed analysis. Health Education & Behavior.
Kegler MC, Lebow-Skelley E, Lea J, Haardörfer R, Lefevre A, Diggs P, Herndon. A qualitative study of the process of adoption, implementation and enforcement of smoke-free policies in privately-owned affordable housing. S.BMC Public Health. 2019 Aug 8;19(1):1071. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7404-y.PMID: 31395051.
Kegler MC, Wolff T, Christens BD, Butterfoss FD, Francisco VT, Orleans T. Strengthening our collaborative approaches for advancing equity and justice. Health Education & Behavior. 2019;46(1_suppl):5s-8s.
Kegler, M. C., Anderson, K., Bundy, L. T., Knauf, D., Halfacre, J., Escoffery, C., Cramblit, A., Henderson, P. (2019). A Qualitative Study about Creating Smoke-free Home Rules in American Indian and Alaska Native Households. Journal of community health, 1-10. doi.org/10.1007/s10900-019-00666-1.
Kegler, M. C., Haardörfer, R., Melanson, T., Allen, L., Bundy, L. T., Kreuter, M. W., Williams, R. S., Hovell, M. F., Mullen, P. D. (2019). Steps Toward Scalability: Illustrations From a Smoke-Free Homes Program. Health Education & Behavior, 1090198119848767. doi: 10.1177/1090198119848767
Kegler, M. C., Lea, J., Lebow-Skelley, E., Lefevre, A. M., Diggs, P., & Haardörfer, R. (2019). Implementation and enforcement of smoke-free policies in public housing. Health education research, 34(2), 234-246. doi:10.1093/her/cyy053.
Kegler, M. C., Lebow-Skelley, E., Lea, J., Haardörfer, R., Lefevre, A., Diggs, P., Herdon, S. (2019). A qualitative study of the process of adoption, implementation and enforcement of smoke-free policies in privately-owned affordable housing. BMC Public Health. 19:1071. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7404-y.
Kegler, M., Haardörfer, R., Bundy, L., Escoffery, C., Williams, R., Hovell, M., Kreuter, M., Mullen, P. (2019). Moderators of Establishing a Smoke-Free Home: Pooled Data from Three Randomized Controlled Trials of a Brief Intervention. Journal of Community Health.
Khalid Z, Momotaz H, Briggs F, Cassidy KA, Chaytor NS, Fraser RT, Janevic MR, Jobst B, Johnson EK, Scal P, Spruill TM, Wilson BK, Sajatovic M. Depressive Symptoms in Older versus Younger People with Epilepsy: Findings from an Integrated Epilepsy Self-Management Clinical Research Dataset. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2019 Dec 3;12:981-988. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S227184. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 31839708; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6904884.
McGee, R., Olorundare, E.I, Thompson, N.J., Escoffery, C., Quarells, R.C. Perceptions of a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intervention: Focus group findings examining acceptability for African Americans with Epilepsy. Evaluation and Program Planning, revised.
Meghani, S.H., Wool, J., Davis, J., Yeager, K.A., Mao, J.J., & Barg, F.K. (2020). When patients take charge of opioids: Self-management concerns and practices among cancer outpatients in the context of opioid crisis. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 59(3):618-625. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.10.029.
Mehta A, Pollack CE, Gillespie TW, Duby A, Carter C, Thelen-Perry S, Witmann D. What Patients and Partners Want in Interventions That Support Sexual Recovery After Prostate Cancer Treatment: An Exploratory Convergent Mixed Methods Study. Sex Med. 2019 Mar 1. pii: S2050-1161(19)30008-X. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2019.01.002. PMID: 30833226
Tian S, Switchenko JM, Jhaveri J, Cassidy RJ, Ferris MJ, Press RH, Pfister NT, Patel MR, Saba NF, McDonald MW, Higgins KA, Yu DS, Curran WJ, Gillespie TW, Beitler JJ. Survival outcomes by high-risk human papillomavirus status in nonoropharyngeal head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: A propensity-scored analysis of the National Cancer Data Base. Cancer. 2019 Apr 23. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32115.
Tian S, Switchenko JM, Jhaveri J, Cassidy RJ, Ferris MJ, Press RH, Pfister NT, Patel MR, Saba NF, McDonald MW, Higgins KA, Yu DS, Curran WJ, Gillespie TW, Beitler JJ. Survival outcomes by high-risk human papillomavirus status in nonoropharyngeal head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: A propensity-scored analysis of the National Cancer Data Base. Cancer. 2019 Apr 23. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32115.
Vu, M., Bednarczyk, R.A., Escoffery, C., Getachew, B., Berg, C.J. (2019). Human papillomavirus vaccination among diverse college students: Who receives recommendation, who initiates, and what are the reasons? Health Education Research, 1;34(4):415-434.
Woodruff, R. C., Haardörfer, R., Gazmararian, J. A., Ballard, D., Addison, A. R., Hotz, J. A., Tucker, R. B., Kegler, M. C. (2019). Home Environment-Focused Intervention Improves Dietary Quality: A Secondary Analysis From the Healthy Homes/Healthy Families Randomized Trial. Journal of nutrition education and behavior, 51(1), 96-100. doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2018.06.007.

Bellcross C, Hermstad A, Tallo C, Stanislaw C. Validation of Version 3.0 of the Breast Cancer Genetics Referral Screening Tool - B-RST™. Genet Med. 2018 May 8. doi: 10.1038/s41436-018-0020-x.
Berg, C. J., Haardörfer, R., Wagener, T. L., Kegler, M. C., & Windle, M. (2018) Correlates of Allowing Alternative Tobacco Product or Marijuana Use in the Homes of Young Adults. 141(S1), e20171026.
Berg, C. J., Henriksen, L., Cavazos-Rehg, P. A., Haardoerfer, R., & Freisthler, B. (2018). The emerging marijuana retail environment: Key lessons learned from tobacco and alcohol retail research. Addict Behav, 81, 26-31. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.01.040.
Berg, C. J., Payne, J., Henriksen, L., Cavazos-Rehg, P., Getachew, B., Schauer, G. L., & Haardorfer, R. (2018). Reasons for Marijuana and Tobacco Co-use Among Young Adults: A Mixed Methods Scale Development Study. Subst Use Misuse, 53(3), 357-369. doi:10.1080/10826084.2017.1327978.
Escoffery, C., Bidwell, J., McGee, R., Mynat, E., Frazier, C. (2018). Review of mobile applications for epilepsy self-management. Epilepsy & Behavior, 81, 62-69.
Escoffery, C., Kenzig, M., Hyden, C., & Hernandez, K. (2018). Capitalizing on social media for career development. Health Promotion Practice, 19(1):11-15.
Escoffery, C., Lebow-Skelley, E., Udelson, H., Boing, E. A., Wood, R., Fernandez, M. E., & Mullen, P. D. (2018). A scoping study of frameworks for adapting public health evidence-based interventions. Transl Behav Med. doi:10.1093/tbm/ibx067.
Fernandez, M. E., Walker, T. J., Weiner, B. J., Calo, W. A., Liang, S., Risendal, B., . . . Kegler, M. C. (2018). Developing measures to assess constructs from the Inner Setting domain of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Implement Sci, 13(1), 52. doi:10.1186/s13012-018-0736-7.
Flemming, S. S., Redmond, N., Williamson, D. H., Thompson, N. J., Perryman, J. P., Patzer, R. E., & Arriola, K. J. Understanding the pros and cons of organ donation decision-making: Decisional balance and expressing donation intentions among African Americans. J Health Psychol,2018, epub ahead of print. doi:10.1177/1359105318766212.
Haardörfer R, Kreuter M, Berg CJ, Escoffery C, Bundy LT, Hovell M, Mullen PD, Williams R, Kegler MC. Cessation and reduction in smoking behavior: impact of creating a smoke-free home on smokers. Health Educ Res. 2018 Jun 1;33(3):256-259. doi: 10.1093/her/cyy014.
Hermstad, A., Honeycutt, S., Flemming, S. S., Carvalho, M. L., Hodge, T., Escoffery, C., . . . Arriola, K. R. J. (2018). Social Environmental Correlates of Health Behaviors in a Faith-Based Policy and Environmental Change Intervention. Health Educ Behav, 1090198118757826. doi:10.1177/1090198118757826.
Kegler MC, Beasley DD, Liang S, Cotter M, Phillips E, Hermstad A, Williams R, Martinez J, Riehman K. Using the consolidated framework for implementation research to understand safety net health system efforts to increase colorectal cancer screening rates. Health Educ Res. 2018 Aug 1;33(4):315-326. doi: 10.1093/her/cyy019.
Kegler MC, Raskind IG, Comeau DL, Griffith DM, Cooper HLF, Shelton RC. Study Design and Use of Inquiry Frameworks in Qualitative Research Published in Health Education & Behavior. Health Educ Behav. 2018 doi: 10.1177/1090198118795018. [Epub ahead of print]
Livingston, M. D., Komro, K. A., Wagenaar, A. C., Kominsky, T. K., Pettigrew, D. W., & Garrett, B. A. (2018). Effects of Alcohol Interventions on Other Drug Use in the Cherokee Nation. Am J Public Health, 108(2), 259-261. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.304188.
Masters, M. N., Haardorfer, R., Windle, M., & Berg, C. (2018). Psychosocial and cessation-related differences between tobacco-marijuana co-users and single product users in a college student population. Addict Behav, 77, 21-27. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.09.007.
Raskind IG, Shelton RC, Comeau DL, Cooper HLF, Griffith DM, Kegler MC. A Review of Qualitative Data Analysis Practices in Health Education and Health Behavior Research. Health Educ Behav. 2018 doi: 10.1177/1090198118795019. [Epub ahead of print]
Wagenaar, A. C., Livingston, M. D., Pettigrew, D. W., Kominsky, T. K., & Komro, K. A. (2018). Communities mobilizing for change on alcohol (CMCA): secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial showing effects of community organizing on alcohol acquisition by youth in the Cherokee nation. Addiction, 113(4), 647-655. doi:10.1111/add.14113.
Woodruff, R. C., Raskind, I. G., Harris, D. M., Gazmararian, J. A., Kramer, M., Haardorfer, R., & Kegler, M. C. (2018). The dietary impact of introducing new retailers of fruits and vegetables into a community: results from a systematic review. Public Health Nutr, 21(5), 981-991. doi:10.1017/S1368980017003226

Arriola KJ, Hermstad A, Flemming, SS, Honeycutt S, Carvalho M, Cherry S, Davis T, Frazier S, Escoffery C, Kegler M. Promoting policy and environmental change in faith-based organizations: Description and findings from a mini-grants program. Am J Health Promot. 2017;31(3):192-199. doi: 10.4278/ajhp.150212-QUAN-724.
Berg, C. J., Haardörfer, R., Getachew, B., Johnston, T., Foster, B., Pillai, D., & Windle, M. (2017). Fighting fire with fire: Using industry market research to identify young adults at risk for alternative tobacco product and other substance use. Social Marketing Quarterly.
Berg, C. J., Haardorfer, R., McBride, C. M., Kilaru, V., Ressler, K. J., Wingo, A. P., . . . Smith, A. (2017). Resilience and biomarkers of health risk in Black smokers and nonsmokers. Health Psychol, 36(11), 1047-1058. doi:10.1037/hea0000540.
Berg, C. J., Payne, J. B., Henriksen, L. A., Cavazos-Rehg, P., Getachew, B., Schauer, G. L., & Haardӧrfer, R. (2017). Reasons for Marijuana and Tobacco Co-use among Young Adults: A Mixed Methods Scale Development Study. Substance Use and Misuse. 1-13.
Comeau, D., Escoffery, C., Friedman, A., Ziegler, T., & Blumberg, H. (2017). Improving Clinical and Translational Research Training: A Qualitative Evaluation of the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute KL2 Mentored Research Scholars Program. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 65(1), 23-31.
Escoffery, C., Liang, S., Rodgers, K., Haardoerfer, R., Gilbertson, K., Heredia, N., Gatus, L.S., Fernandez, M. (2017). Process evaluation of health fairs promoting cancer screening. BMC Cancer, 17:865.
Escoffery, C., Mullen, P., Genkin, B., Bundy, L., Owolabi, S., Haardorfer, R., . . . Kegler, M. (2017). Coaching to create a smoke-free home in a brief secondhand smoke intervention. Health Educ Res, 32(6), 555-568. doi:10.1093/her/cyx072.
Garrett, B.A., Livingston, B.J., Livingston, M.D., & Komro, K.A. (2017). The effects of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination on substance use among youth living in the Cherokee Nation. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 26(3), 242-249. DOI: 10.1080/1067828X.2017.1299656.
Griffith, D. M., Shelton, R. C., & Kegler, M. (2017). Advancing the Science of Qualitative Research to Promote Health Equity. Health Educ Behav, 44(5), 673-676. doi:10.1177/1090198117728549.
Haardörfer, R., Berg, C.J., Escoffery, C., Bundy, Ł., Hovell, M., Kegler, M.C. (2017). Development of a scale assessing Beliefs About ThirdHand Smoke (BATHS). Tobacco Induced Diseases, 15(4), doi: 10.1186/s12971-017-0112-4. PMCID: PMC5240270.
Haardörfer, R., Cahn, Z., Lewis, M., Kothari, S., Sarmah, R., Getachew, B., Berg, C. (2017). The Advertising Strategies of Early E-cigarette Brand Leaders in the United States. Tobacco Regulatory Science, 3(2), 222-231. doi: 10.18001/TRS.3.2.10.
Hartman, T. J., Haardorfer, R., Greene, B. M., Parulekar, S., & Kegler, M. C. (2017). Beverage Consumption Patterns among Overweight and Obese African American Women. Nutrients, 9(12). doi:10.3390/nu9121344.
Helmers SL, Kobau R, Sajatovic M, Jobst BC, Privitera M, Devinsky O, Labiner D, Escoffery C, Begley C Shegog R, Pandey D, Fraser RT, Johnson E, Thompson NJ, Horvath KJ, for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Managing Epilepsy Well Network. (2017). Self-management in epilepsy—Why and how you should incorporate self-management in your practice. Epilepsy & Behavior, 68, 220–224.
Honeycutt, S., Hermstad, A., Carvalho, C., Arriola, K.J., Ballard, D., Escoffery, C., & Kegler, M. (2017). Practice to evidence: Using evaluability assessment to generate practice-based evidence in rural south Georgia. Health Education & Behavior, 44(3):454-462.
Kegler, M. C., Haardorfer, R., Alcantara, I., Gazmararian, J. A., Gemma, A., Reynolds, P., & Morris, C. (2017). Home environments, physical activity, and energy expenditure among low-income overweight and obese women. Women Health, 57(8), 990-1006. doi:10.1080/03630242.2016.1235072.
Leeman, J., Candacie, L., Kegler, M.C., Escoffery, C., Herman, A., Thacker, E., Hartman, M.A., & Fernandez, M. (2017). Developing theory to guide building practitioners’ capacity to implement evidence-based interventions. Health Education & Behavior, 44(1):59-69.
Patzer, R. E., Smith, K., Basu, M., Gander, J., Mohan, S., Escoffery, C., Plantinga, L., Melanson, T., Kalloo, S., Green, G., & Berlin, A. (2017). The ASCENT (Allocation System Changes for Equity in Kidney Transplantation) Study: a Randomized Effectiveness-Implementation Study to Improve Kidney Transplant Waitlisting and Reduce Racial Disparity. Kidney International Reports, Vol. 2, Issue 3, p433–441.
Raskind, I., Woodruff, R., Ballard, D., Cherry, S., Daniel, S., Haardörfer, R., Kegler, M.C. (2017). Decision-making processes shaping the home food environments of young adult women with and without children. Appetite 113, 124-133. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.02.027.
Redmond N, Harker L, Bamps Y, Flemming SS, Perryman JP, Thompson NJ, Patzer RE, Williams NSD, Arriola KRJ (2017). Implementation of a Web-based Organ Donation Educational Intervention: Development and Use of a Refined Process Evaluation Model. J Med Internet Res. doi:10.2196/jmir.8501.
Savas, L.S., Mullen, P.D., Hovell, M.F., Escoffery, C., Fernandez M.E., Jones, J.A., Cavazos, J., Gutierrez Monrol, J.A., & Kegler, M.C. (2017). A qualitative study among Mexican Americans to understand factors influencing the adoption and enforcement of home smoking bans. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, in press.
Thompson, T., Kreuter, M. W., Caito, N., Williams, R. S., Escoffery, C., Fernandez, M. E., & Kegler, M. C. (2017). Implementing an Evidence-based Tobacco Control Program at Five 2-1-1 Call Centers: An Evaluation Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Nicotine Tob Res. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntx232.
Wagner, J.L., Modi, A.C., Johnson, E.K., Shegog, R., Escoffery, C., Bamps, Y., Austin, J.K., Schultz, R.J., MapelLentz, & S., Smith, G. (2017). Self-management interventions in pediatric epilepsy: What is the level of evidence? Epilepsia, 58(5):743-754.
Williamson, R., Cherven, B, Gilleland Marchak, J., Edwards, P., Palgon, M. Escoffery, C., Meacham, L.R., & Mertens, A.C. Meaningful use of an electronic personal health record (ephr) among pediatric cancer survivors. Applied Clinical Informatics, 15;8(1):250-264.
Windle, M., Haardörfer, R., Lloyd, S.A., Foster, B., Berg, C.J. (2017). Social Influences on College Student Use of Tobacco Products, Alcohol, and Marijuana. Substance Use and Misuse, 19, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2017.
Windle, M., Haardörfer, R., Shah, J., Pillai, D., Lewis, M., Berg, C. (in press). Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Behaviors among College Students. Journal of American College Health
Wong, E. C., Haardorfer, R., Windle, M., & Berg, C. J. (2017). Distinct Motives for Use Among Polytobacco Versus Cigarette Only Users and Among Single Tobacco Product Users. Nicotine Tob Res, 20(1), 117-123. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntw284.
Woodruff, R. C., Hermstad, A., Honeycutt, S., Brown, M., & Kegler, M. C. (2017). Results from an Evaluation of the Georgia Colorectal Cancer Control Program's Community Education and Outreach Events, 2013. J Cancer Educ, 32(2), 392-400. doi:10.1007/s13187-015-0966-1.
Woodruff, R.C., Raskind, I.G., Ballard, D., Battle, G., Haardörfer, R., Kegler, M.C. (2017). Weight-Related Perceptions and Experiences of Young Adult Women in Southwest Georgia. Health Promotion Practice. doi:10.1177/1524839916688868

Allen, C., Brownstein, J.N., Satsangi, A., & Escoffery, C. (2016). Capacity building and training needs for community health workers working in health care organizations. Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education, 6(1).
Allen, C., Satsangi, A., Brownstein, J.N., & Escoffery, C. (2016). Community health workers as allies in hypertension self-management and medication adherence. Preventing Chronic Disease, 13, 16023.
Arriola, K.R.J., Hermstad, A., Flemming, S., Honeycutt, S., Carvalho, M.L., Cherry, S.T., Davis, T., Frazier, S., Liang, L., Escoffery, C., & Kegler, M.C. (2016). Promoting policy and environmental change in faith-based organizations: Outcome evaluation of a mini-grants program. Health Promotion Practice, 17, 146-155. DOI: 10.1177/1524839915613027.
Escoffery, C., Bundy, L., Haardörfer R., Berg, C. J., Savas, L., Williams, R. S., Kegler, M. C. (2016). A process evaluation of an intervention to promote home smoking bans among low income households. Evaluation and Program Planning, 55(4), 120-125.
Escoffery, C., Helmers, S.L., Bamps, .Y, & McGee, R. (2016). Differences in epilepsy self-management behaviors among young and older adults. Neurological Disorders and Epilepsy, 3(1):1015.
Escoffery, C., Kegler, M.C., Bundy, L, Yembra, D., Owolabi, S., Kelley, D., & Mabry, D. (2016). Evaluation of smoke-free foster care education for foster and adoptive caregivers. Child Welfare, 93(5), 105-16.
Escoffery, C., Patterson, A., Parris, N., Kirsch, L., Frank, C., & O'Connor, J. (2016). Assessment of physical distress, unmet needs, and receipt of care plans among cancer survivors in Georgia. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 6(2).
Henry Akintobi, T., Evans Wilkerson, D., Rodgers, K., Escoffery, C., Haardörfer, R., & Kegler, M. (2016). Assessment of the Building Collaborative Research Capacity Model: Bridging the community-academic researcher divide. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 6(2).
Kegler, M., Haardoerfer, R., Bundy, L., Escoffery, C., Williams, R., & Mullen, P. (2016). Challenges in enforcing home smoking rules in a low-income population: Implications for measurement and intervention design. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 18(5): 976-981.
Kegler, M.C., Berg, C.J., Escoffery, C., Haardoerfer, R., & Mullen, P. (2016). Do partial home smoking bans signal progress toward a smoke-free home? Health Education Research, 31(1):24-35.
Kegler, M.C., Haardörfer, R, Alcantara I.C., Gazmararian J.A., Veluswamy J.K., Hodge T.L., Addison, A.R., Hotz J.A. (2016). Impact of Improving Home Environments on Energy Intake and Physical Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Public Health, Jan, 106(1) 43-52.
Komro, K.A., Livingston, M.D., Garrett, B.A., & Boyd, M.L. (2016). Similarities in the etiology of alcohol use among Native American and non-Native young women. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77(5), 782-791.
Komro, K.A., Livingston, M.D., Wagenaar, A.C. Pettigrew, D.W., Garrett, B.A. & Cherokee Nation Prevention Trial Team. (2017). Multilevel Prevention Trial of Alcohol Use Among American Indian and White High School Students in the Cherokee Nation. American Journal of Public Health, 2017 Mar, 107(3): 453-459 doi: 10.2015/AJPH.2016.303603.Epub2017 Jan 19.
Liang S, Kegler M, Cotter M, Philips E, Beasley D, Hermstad A, Morton R, Martinez J, Riehman K. Integrating Evidence-Based Practices for Increasing Cancer Screenings in Safety Net Health Systems: A Multiple Case Study Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Implement Sci. 2016;2(11):109.
Lowe, K., Berg, C.J., Mertens, A., & Escoffery, C. (2016). Distinct health behavior and psychosocial profiles of young adult survivors of childhood cancers: A mixed methods study. Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice, 10(4), 619-32.
Lynne-Landsman, S.D., Kominsky, T.K., Livingston, M.D., Wagenaar, A.C. & Komro, K.A. (2016). Alcohol sales to youth: Data from rural communities within the Cherokee Nation. Prevention Science, 17, 32-39.
Lynne-Landsman, S.D., Komro, K.A., Kominsky, T.K., Boyd, M.L., & Maldonado Molina, M.M. (2016). Early trajectories of alcohol and other substance use among youth from rural communities within the Cherokee Nation. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77, 238-248.
Mullen PD, Savas LS, Bundy L, Haardörfer R, Hovell M, Fernández ME, Monroy JA, Williams RS, Kreuter MW, Jobe D , Kegler MC. (2016) Minimal intervention delivered by 2-1-1 information and referral specialists promotes smoke-free homes among 2-1-1 callers: A Texas generalization trial. Tobacco Control, 25(Suppl. 1), i10–i18.
Rogers, Brooke G, Kegler, Michelle C, Berg, CJ, Haardörfer, R, Frederick, George T (2016) Understanding the Food Insecurity and Obesity Relationship by Examining Potential Mediators: An Exploratory Analysis. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, Volume 11, Issue 2, 2016 195-209. DOI:/10.1080/19320248.2015.1128863.
Williams RS, Stollings JH, Bundy Ł, Haardörfer R, Kreuter MW, Mullen PD, et al. (2016) A Minimal Intervention to Promote Smoke-Free Homes among 2-1-1 Callers: North Carolina Randomized Effectiveness Trial. PLOS ONE 11(11): e0165086. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165086.

Berg CJ, Zheng P, Kegler MC. (2015) Perceived benefits of smoke-free homes, the process of establishing them, and enforcement challenges in Shanghai, China: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 2015;15:89. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1428-8
Berg, C. J., Haardörfer R., Windle, M., Solomon, M., & Kegler, M. C. (2015). Smoke-free Policies in Multiunit Housing: Smoking Behavior and Reactions to Messaging Strategies in Support and Opposition. Preventing Chronic Diseases, 12(E98), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.140479.
Escoffery C, Fernandez M, Vernon S, et al. (2015) Patient navigation in a colorectal cancer screening program. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015;21(5):433-40. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000132.
Escoffery C, Hannon P, Maxwell A, et al. (2015) Assessment of Training and Technical Assistance Needs of Colorectal Cancer Control Program Grantees. BMC Public Health. 2015;15:49.
Hartman TJ, Haardörfer R, Whitaker LL, Addison, A, Zlotorzynska, M, Gazmararian JA, Kegler MC (2015) Dietary and Behaviioral Factors Associated with Diet Quality among Low-income Overweight and Obese African American Women. J Am Coll Nutr. 2015;34(5):416-24. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2014.982305. Epub 2015 Apr 24.
Hermstad, A., Arriola, K.J., Honeycutt, S., Flemming, S.S., Carvalho, M.L., Cherry, S.T., Davis, T., Frazier, S., Escoffery, C., & Kegler, M.C. (2015). Promoting Policy and Environmental Change in Faith-Based Organizations: Organizational Level Findings from a Mini-Grants Program. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 5(1), 17.
Honeycutt S, Leeman J, McCarthy WJ, et al. (2015) Evaluating policy, systems, and environmental change interventions: Lessons learned from the CDC’s Prevention Research Centers. Prev Chronic Dis.2015 Oct 15;12:E174. doi: 10.5888/pcd12.150281.
Kegler MC, Alcantara I, Haardörfer R, et al. (2015) Rural Neighborhood Walkability: Implications for Assessment. J Phys Act Health. 2015;16;(12 Suppl 1):S40-5. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2013-0431.
Kegler, M. C., Haardörfer R., Berg, C. J., Escoffery, C., Bundy, L., Williams, R., & Mullen, P. (2015) Challenges in Enforcing Home Smoking Rules in a Low-Income Population: Implications for Measurement and Intervention Design. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 2015 Aug 5. pii: ntv165.Kegler MC, Honeycutt S, Davis M, et al. Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change in the Mississippi Delta: Considerations for Evaluation Design. Health Educ Behav. 2015;42(1S):57S–66S.
Kellstedt, D.K., Ory, M., Wood, R., Escoffery, C., & Carvalho, M. (2015). Mini-Grant Demonstration Projects: A community approach to increase physical activity. Texas Public Health Journal, 67(4), 13-16.
Leeman J, Calancie L, Hartman MA, et al.(2015) What strategies are used to build practitioners' capacity to implement community-based interventions and are they effective? Implement Sci. 2015;10(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s13012-015-0272-7.
Leeman, J., Candacie, L., Kegler, M.C., Escoffery, C., Herman, A., Thacker, E., Hartman, M.A., & Fernandez, M.(2015) Developing theory to guide building practitioners’ capacity to implement evidence-based interventions. Health Education & Behavior, 2015 Oct 24. pii: 1090198115610572.
McKenzie, M (2015) Beating Them at Their Own Game: Using tobacco's marketing techniques in public health messaging. Emory Public Health, Spring 2015.
Tu SP, Young VM, Coombs LJ, et al. (2015) Practice adaptive reserve and colorectal cancer screening best practices at community health center clinics in 7 states. Cancer. 2015;121(8):1241-8. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29176.
Woodruff R, Brown A, Coleman A, et al. (2015) Description and Evaluation Results of an Innovative Pilot Program to Increase Access to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Cobb County, GA. jGPHA (2015) Vol 5, No. 1.

Alcantara I, Haardoerfer R, Glanz K, Hotz J, Kegler M. Differences in Perceptions of the Home Food and Physical Activity Environment Among Adult Dyads. Environ Behav. 2014 Apr;46(3):329-352. doi: 10.1177/0013916512465175.
Alcantara I, Haardörfer R, Gazmararian JA, Hartman TJ, Greene B, Kegler MC. Relative validation of fruit and vegetable intake and fat intake among overweight and obese African-American women. Public Health Nutr, 2014; 21:1-9.
Berg C, Escoffery C, Kegler MC. Cigarette users' interest in using or switching to electronic cigarettes or smokeless tobacco for harm reduction, cessation, or novelty: A cross-sectional survey of U.S. adults. Nicotine Tob Res. 2015;17(2):245-55. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntu103.
Buchsbaum A, Gall, M, Whiteman M, et al. Sexually Transmitted Disease Partner Notification among African-American, Adolescent Women. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2014;2014:619632. doi: 10.1155/2014/619632.
Escoffery C, Fernandez M, Vernon S, et al. Patient navigation in a colorectal cancer screening program. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015;21(5):433-40. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000132.
Fernández ME, Melvin CL, Leeman J, et al. The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network: An Interactive Systems Approach to Advancing Cancer Control Implementation Research and Practice. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014;23(11):2512-21. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0097.
Gillespie TW, Lipscomb J. Improving outcomes in rural women with breast cancer: where should we target our efforts? Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2014; 14(4):469-471.
Haynes V, Escoffery C, Wilkerson C, Bell R, Flowers L. Adaptation of a Cervical Cancer Education Program for African Americans in the Faith-Based Community, Atlanta, Georgia, 2012. Prev Chronic Dis. 2014;11:E67. doi: 10.5888/pcd11.130271.
Kegler M, Bundy L, Haardörfer R, et al. A minimal intervention to promote smoke-free homes among 2-1-1 callers: A randomized controlled trial. Am J Public Health. 2015;105(3):530-7. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302260.
Kegler MC, Alcantara I, Haardörfer R, et al. Rural Neighborhood Walkability: Implications for Assessment. J Phys Act Health. 2015;16;(12 Suppl 1):S40-5. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2013-0431.
Kegler MC, Alcantara I, Haardörfer R, Gazmararian JA, Ballard D, Sabbs D. The influence of home food environments on eating behaviors of overweight and obese women. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2014;46(3):188-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2014.01.001.
Kegler MC, Swan DW, Alcantara I, Feldman L, Glanz K. The Influence of Rural Home and Neighborhood Environments on Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, and Weight. Prev Sci. 2014;15(1):1-11. doi: 10.1007/s11121-012-0349-3.
Maxwell AE, Hannon PA, Escoffery C, Vu T, Kohn M, Vernon SW, DeGroff A. Promotion and Provision of Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Comparison of Colorectal Cancer Control Program Grantees and Nongrantees, 2011-2012. Prev Chronic Dis 2014; 11:140183. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140183.
Schauer G, Woodruff R, Hotz J, Kegler M. A Qualitative Inquiry about Weight Counseling Practices in Community Health Centers. Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Oct;97(1):82-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.05.026.
Woodruff RC, Coleman A, Hermstad A, Honeycutt S, Munoz J, Loh L, Brown AF, Shipley R, Kegler MC. Increasing Community Access to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables: A Case Study of the Farm Fresh Market Pilot Program in Cobb County, Georgia, 2014. Prev Chronic Dis. 2016;10;13:E36. doi: 10.5888/pcd13.150442.

Alcantara I, Haardoerfer R, Glanz K, Hotz J, Kegler M. Differences in Perceptions of the Home Food and Physical Activity Environment Among Adult Dyads. Environ Behav. 2014 Apr;46(3):329-352. doi: 10.1177/0013916512465175.
Berg C, Bundy L, Escoffery C, Haardörfer R, Kegler M. Telephone-assisted placement of air nicotine monitors to validate self-reported smoke-free home policies. Public Health. 2013; 127(4): 342-4. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.01.002.
Carvalho M, Honeycutt S, Escoffery C, Glanz K, Sabbs D, Kegler M. Balancing Fidelity and Adaptation: Implementing Evidence-Based Chronic Disease Prevention Programs. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2013; 19(4): 348-56. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31826d80eb.
Escoffery C, Bundy L, Carvalho M, et al. Thirdhand Smoke as a Potential Intervention Message for Promoting Smoke-free Homes. Health Educ Res. 2013;28(5):923-30. doi: 10.1093/her/cyt056.
Honeycutt S, Green R, Ballard D, et al. Evaluation of a Patient Navigation Program to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening in Rural Georgia, USA. Cancer. 2013; 119(16): 3059-66. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28033.
Howard D, Tangka F, Guy G, Ekwueme D, Lipscomb J. Prostate cancer screening in men ages 75 and older fell by 8 percentage points after task force recommendation. Health Aff. 2013; 32(3): 596-602. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0555.
Kegler M, Fletcher D, Honeycutt S, Wyatt A. (2013.) Public and Private Investments and Resources for Community-Based Participatory Research. In Blumenthal D, DiClemente R, Braithwaite R, Smith S (eds). Community-Based Participatory Health Research: Issues, Methods, and Translation to Practice, 2nd ed. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 79-110.
Kegler MC, Alcantara I, Dubruiel N, Veluswamy JK, Appelbaum H, Handwerk S. "Positive Deviants": A Qualitative Study of Physically Active Adults in Rural Environments. J Prim Prev. 2013;34(1-2):5-15. doi: 10.1007/s10935-013-0291-6.
Kegler MC, Swan DW, Alcantara I, Feldman L, Glanz K. The Influence of Rural Home and Neighborhood Environments on Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, and Weight. Prev Sci. 2014;15(1):1-11. doi: 10.1007/s11121-012-0349-3.
Zheng P, Ge X, Qian H, et al. “Zhongha” tobacco advertisement in Shanghai: A descriptive study. Tob Control. 2014;23(5):389-94. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050661.