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Psychometric properties of a modified health belief model for cervical cancer and visual inspection with acetic acid among healthcare professionals in Ethiopia by Lemlem, Semarya Berhe, Gary, Rebecca A, Yeager, Katherine A, Sisay, Mitike Molla, Higgins, Melinda K

“…Evidence supports that the Health Belief Model (HBM) can explain and predicts certain health behaviors, including participation in cervical cancer (CC)…”
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Randomized Clinical Trial of an Integrated Self-Care Intervention for Persons With Heart Failure and Diabetes: Quality of Life and Physical Functioning Outcomes by Dunbar, Sandra B., RN, PhD, FAAN, FAHA, FPCNA, Reilly, Carolyn M., RN, PhD, CHFN, FAHA, Gary, Rebecca, RN, PhD, FAAN, FAHA, Higgins, Melinda K., PhD, Culler, Steven, PhD, Butts, Brittany, RN, BSN, Butler, Javed, MD, MPh, FACC, FAHA

“…Abstract Objectives Persons with concomitant heart failure (HF) and diabetes mellitus (DM) have complicated, often competing, self-care expectations and…”
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Practical resiliency training for healthcare workers during COVID-19: results from a randomised controlled trial testing the Community Resiliency Model for well-being support by Duva, Ingrid M, Higgins, Melinda K, Baird, Marianne, Lawson, David, Murphy, Jordan R, Grabbe, Linda

“…ObjectiveTo introduce the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) as mental well-being support for healthcare workers working through the height of the COVID-19…”
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Effects of acute hippocampal stimulation in the nonhuman primate penicillin model of temporal lobe seizures by Connolly, Mark J., Piallat, Brigitte, Sendi, Mohammad, Mahmoudi, Babak, Higgins, Melinda K., Gutekunst, Claire-Anne, Devergnas, Annaelle, Gross, Robert E.

“…Asynchronous distributed multielectrode stimulation (ADMES) is a novel approach to deep brain stimulation for medication resistant temporal lobe epilepsy that…”
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Combined Aerobic and Resistance Exercise Program Improves Task Performance in Patients With Heart Failure by Gary, Rebecca A., PhD, RN, Cress, M. Elaine, PhD, Higgins, Melinda K., PhD, Smith, Andrew L., MD, Dunbar, Sandra B., DSN, RN

“…Abstract Gary RA, Cress ME, Higgins MK, Smith AL, Dunbar SB. Combined aerobic and resistance exercise program improves task performance in patients with heart…”
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A Web-Based Dyadic Intervention to Manage Psychoneurological Symptoms for Patients With Colorectal Cancer and Their Caregivers: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study by Lin, Yufen, Porter, Laura S, Chee, Wonshik, Alese, Olatunji B, Curseen, Kimberly A, Higgins, Melinda K, Northouse, Laurel, Xiao, Canhua

“…Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) receiving chemotherapy often experience psychoneurological symptoms (PNS; ie, fatigue, depression, anxiety, sleep…”
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Evaluation of the impact of the ARC program on national nursing and midwifery regulations, leadership, and organizational capacity in East, Central, and Southern Africa by Gross, Jessica M, McCarthy, Carey F, Verani, Andre R, Iliffe, Jill, Kelley, Maureen A, Hepburn, Kenneth W, Higgins, Melinda K, Kalula, Alphonce T, Waudo, Agnes N, Riley, Patricia L

“…The African Health Professions Regulatory Collaborative (ARC) was launched in 2011 to support countries in East, Central, and Southern Africa to safely and…”
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Finding the right candidate: Developing hiring guidelines for screening applicants for clinical research coordinator positions by Fisher, Elaine, Thomas, Rebecca S, Higgins, Melinda K, Williams, Charlie J, Choi, Ikseon, McCauley, Linda A

“…The success of any clinical research team is dependent on hiring individuals with the experience and skill set needed for a specific research project…”
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Metabolic Changes After a 24-Week Soccer-Based Adaptation of the Diabetes Prevention Program in Hispanic Males: A One-Arm Pilot Clinical Trial by Frediani, Jennifer K, Li, Jianheng, Bienvenida, Alan, Higgins, Melinda K, Lobelo, Felipe

“…One third of the U.S. adult population is estimated to have obesity-associated prediabetes. Hispanics have a 50% higher type 2 diabetes death rate compared to…”
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Impact of a Resiliency Training to Support the Mental Well-being of Front-line Workers: Brief Report of a Quasi-experimental Study of the Community Resiliency Model by Grabbe, Linda, Higgins, Melinda K., Baird, Marianne, Pfeiffer, Katherine M.

“…Front-line workers (FLW) are at risk for secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and related psychiatric sequelae: depression, anxiety, suicidality, posttraumatic…”
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The Community Resiliency Model® to promote nurse well-being by Grabbe, Linda, Higgins, Melinda K., Baird, Marianne, Craven, Patricia Ann, San Fratello, Sarah

“…•Burnout and secondary traumatic stress are widespread among nurses.•We report on a randomized controlled trial of a new sensory mindfulness model.•Over 1/3 of…”
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Ethological observations of social behavior in the operating room by Jones, Laura K., Jennings, Bonnie Mowinski, Higgins, Melinda K., de Waal, Frans B. M.

“…Operating rooms (ORs) are inhabited by hierarchical, mixed-gender clinical teams that are often prone to conflict. In evolutionary terms, one expects more…”
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Measures of Patient and Surrogate Preparedness for End-of-Life Decision-Making by Song, Mi-Kyung, Higgins, Melinda K., Ward, Sandra E., Lee, Haerim, Noorani, Naziya, Happ, Mary Beth

“…Reliable and valid measures are critical in accurately assessing outcomes of advance care planning interventions (ACP) for end-of-life (EOL) decision-making…”
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Readmissions in Sepsis Survivors: Discharge Setting Risks by Hartley, Priscilla, Pelkmans, Jordan, Lott, Catherine, Higgins, Melinda K, Chen, Xinyue, Reinhardt, Alec, Zhang, Yutong, Wood, Kathryn A

“…Sepsis is a complex condition with high morbidity and mortality. Prompt treatment can improve survival, but for survivors the risk of deterioration and…”
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Self-reported Sleep Quality Before and After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation by Wood, Kathryn A., Higgins, Melinda K., Barnes, Angel H.

“…Poor sleep quality is highly prevalent in atrial fibrillation (AF) with reported links between worse sleep quality and higher AF severity. Little research has…”
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Prescription Drug Spending and Medication Adherence Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure by McGee, Blake Tyler, Phillips, Victoria, Higgins, Melinda K, Butler, Javed

“…Evidence suggests that cost sharing adversely affects appropriate prescription drug use for chronic disorders. However, few studies have evaluated this effect…”
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Combined exercise and cognitive behavioral therapy improves outcomes in patients with heart failure by Gary, Rebecca A, Dunbar, Sandra B, Higgins, Melinda K, Musselman, Dominique L, Smith, Andrew L

“…Abstract Objective The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a combined 12-week home-based exercise (EX)/cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)…”
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Physical fitness and activity changes after a 24-week soccer-based adaptation of the U.S diabetes prevention program intervention in Hispanic men by Frediani, Jennifer K., Bienvenida, Alan F., Li, Jianheng, Higgins, Melinda K., Lobelo, Felipe

“…One third of the U.S. adult population is estimated to have prediabetes. Hispanics have a 50% higher type 2 diabetes (T2DM) death rate compared to non-Hispanic…”
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Sex Differences in Cardiac Risk Factors in Young Adults: A Secondary Analysis and Surveillance Study by Davis, Erica, Higgins, Melinda K., Wood, Kathryn A., Cimiotti, Jeannie, Gary, Rebecca A., Dunbar, Sandra B.

“…Coronary artery disease (CAD) is increasing in young adults, and greater understanding of their cardiac risk factors is essential to ensure effective…”
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Caregiver subjective and physiological markers of stress and patient heart failure severity in family care dyads by Bidwell, Julie T., Hostinar, Camelia E., Higgins, Melinda K., Abshire, Martha A., Cothran, Fawn, Butts, Brittany, Miller, Andrew H., Corwin, Elizabeth, Dunbar, Sandra B.

“…Greater family caregiver exposure to uncontrolled patient symptoms is predictive of greater caregiver psychological and physiological stress in dementia and…”
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