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Faculty Publications
Spatz, Diane, In Press
Tangsuksan P., Ratinthorn, A., Sindhu, S. Spatz, D. L., & Viwatwongkasem, C. (in press). Factors influencing exclusive breastfeeding among urban employed mothers: A case-control study. Pacific Rim International Journal of Nursing Research.
Lipman, Terri, in press Weber, D.R., Katz, L.E., Zemel, B.S., Gallagher, P.R., Murphy, K.M., Dumser, S.M., & Lipman, T.H. (in press). Anthropometric measures of abdominal adiposity for the identification of cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, .
Choi, Seul, In Press
Choi, S. K., Golinkoff, J., Michina, M., Connochie, D., & Bauermeister, J. A. (In press). Correlates of Engagement Within an Online HIV Prevention Intervention for Single Young Men Who Have Sex With Men: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance.
Souders, Margaret, in press Kral, T.V., Souders, M.C., Eriksen, W. Pinto-Martin, J. (in press). Eating Behaviors, Diet Quality, and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Brief Review. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, .
Souders, Margaret, in press Tang, S.X., Yi, J., Calkins, M., Whinna, D.A. Kohler, C.G., Souders, M.C. McDonald-McGinn, D., Zackai, E.H., Emanuel, B.S.,Gur, R.C., Gur, R.E. (in press). Psychiatric Disorders in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome are Prevalent but Under-Treated. Psychological Medicine, .
Lipman, Terri, in press Montgomery, K.A., Ratcliffe, S.J., Baluarte, H.J., Murphy, K.M., Will, S., & Lipman, T.H. (in press). Implementation of a clinical practice guideline for identification of microalbuminuria in the pediatric patient with type 1 diabetes. Nursing Clinics of North America, .
Meleis, Afaf, in press Meleis, A.I., & Glickman, C.G. (in press). Philosophies and practices of emancipatroy nursing: Social justice as praxis. In Kagan, P.N., Smith, M.C., & Chinn, P (Eds.), A passion in nursing for justice and equity: Thoughts for the future using our past. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Hollis, Genevieve Ann, in press Hollis, G., McMenamin, E. (in press). Nurse practitioners in radiation oncology: One institutions experience. Journal of Advanced Practitioner in Oncology, .
Hollis, Genevieve Ann, in press Hollis, G., McMenamin, E. (in press). Nurse practitioners in radiation oncology: One institutions experience. .
Medoff-Cooper, Barbara, in press Medoff-Cooper, B., Holditch-Davis, D., Verklan, M.T., Fraser-Askin, D., Lamp, J., Santoa-Donato, A., Onokpise, B., & Bingham, D. (in press). Newborn clinical outcomes of the AWHONN late preterm infant research-based practice project. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, .
Medoff-Cooper, Barbara, in press Irving, S., Medoff-Cooper, B., Stouffer, N., Schall, J., Ravinshankar, C., Compher, C., Marino, B., & Stallings, V. (in press). Resting energy expenditure at 3-months of age following neonatal surgery for congenital heart disease. Congenital Heart Disease, .
Medoff-Cooper, Barbara, in press Torowicz, D., Lisanti, A., Rim, J., & Medoff-Cooper, B. (in press). Implementing developmental care in the cardiac intensive care unit. Advances in Neonatal Care, .
Spatz, Diane, in press Froh, E.B. & Spatz, D.L. (in press). Associated morbidities to congenital diaphragmatic hernia and a relationship to human milk. Advances in Neonatal Care, .
Spatz, Diane, in press Edwards, T. & Spatz, D.L. (in press). Making the case for using donor milk in vulnerable infants. Advances in Neonatal Care, .
Spatz, Diane, in press Spatz, D.L. & Schmidt, K. (in press). Breastfeeding success in infants with Giant Omphalocele. Advances in Neonatal Care, .
Lipman, Terri, in press De Benedetti, F., Ruperto, N., Espada, G., Gerloni, V., Flato, B., Horneff, G., Huppertz, H., Minden, K., Myones, B., Onel, K., Frane, J., Kenwright, A., Lipman, T.H., Bharucha, K.N., Martini, A., Lovell, D. (in press). Catch-up growth during Tocilizumab therapy for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: 2-year data from a phase 3 clinical trial. Annals of Rheumatic Disease, .
Houldin, Arlene, in press Granda-Cameron, C., & Houldin, A.D. (in press). Concept analysis of good death in terminally ill patients. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, .
Hanlon, Alexandra, in press Abbott, K.M., Prvu-Bettger, J., Hanlon, A., & Hirschman, K.B. (in press). Factors associated with health discussion network size and composition among elderly recipients of long-term services and supports.. Health Communication, .
Lipman, Terri, in press Cannuscio, C.C., Alley, D.E., Pagan, J.A., Soldo, B., Krasny, S., Shardell, M., Asch, D.A., & Lipman, T.H. (in press). Housing strain, mortgage foreclosure and health. Nursing Outlook, .
Lipman, Terri, in press Lipman, T.H., Murphy, K.M., Kumanyika, S.K., Jawad, A., Ratcliffe, S.J., & Ginsburg, K.R. (in press). Racial differences in parents’ perceptions of factors important for children to live well with diabetes. The Diabetes Educator, .
Spatz, Diane, In Press
Spatz, D.L. & Froh, E.B. (in press) Human milk and breastfeeding outcomes of infants with myelomenigocele. Advances in Neonatal Care
Meleis, Afaf, in press Meleis, A.I., & Meleis, M. (in press). People of Egyptian heritage. In L.D. Purnell & B.J. Paulanka (Eds.), Transcultural health care: A culturally competent approach. (4th Ed.)Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis.
Spatz, Diane, in press Boyd, A.E. & Spatz, D.L. (in press). Breastfeeding and human lactation: Education and curricular issues for pediatric nurse practitioners. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, .10.1016/j.pedhc.2011.03.005
Bowles, Kathryn, In Press
Russell, D., Baik, D., Jordan, L., Dooley, F., Hummel, S. L., Prigerson, H. G., … Creber, R. M. (2019). Factors Associated With Live Discharge of Heart Failure Patients From Hospice: A Multimethod Study. JACC. Heart failure, 7(7), 550–557. doi:10.1016/j.jchf.2019.01.010
Kim, Jinyoung, In Press
Mazzotti D, Keenan B, Lim D, Gottlieb D, Kim J, Pack A. Symptom Subtypes of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Predict Incidence of Cardiovascular Outcomes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 [In Press]
Massimo, Lauren, In Press
Kolanowski, A., Gilmore-Bykovskyi, A., Hill, N., Massimo, L. & Mogle, J. (2019). State of the Science: Measurement Challenges in Research with Cognitively Impaired Persons. Research in Gerontological Nursing 12(1): 7-15.
Meghani, Salimah, In Press
Meghani, S.H. Green, C. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pain. Handbook of Pain and Palliative Care (2nd Edition, in-press) Springer.
Meghani, Salimah, In Press
Compton, P. Chang, Y. Meghani, S.H. Caring for the patient with substance use disorder at the end of life. Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing (5th Edition, in-press). Oxford University Press.
Spatz, Diane, in press Duran, M. & Spatz, D.L. (in press). A case study: Mother with glandular hypoplasis and a late preterm infant. Journal of Human Lactation , .
Spatz, Diane, in press Edwards, T.E., & Spatz, D.L. (in press). An innovative model for achieving breastfeeding success in infants with complex surgical anomalies. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, .
