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Publications

     2023

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Ellis, K.R. Nguyen, A., *Miller, E., Zhou, Y., Chatters, L. (accepted). Advancing family-focused health equity: reconceptualizing family in social work research and practice. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research.

https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2023/22_0297.htm

Langford, A.T., Ellis, K.R., Orellana, K., France, B., & Buderer, N. (2023). Self-efficacy to get information or advice about cancer. Journal of Cancer Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-023-02266-z

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Ellis, K.R., *Raji, D., Pennings, J., Thorpe, R., & Bruce, M. (accepted for publication) Caregiving and obesity among Black American adults. Social Work Research.

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Ellis, K.R., Young, T.L., Langford, L. (2023). Advancing racial health equity through family-focused interventions for chronic disease management. Preventing Chronic Disease, 20, E27. https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd20.220297

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Griesemer, I., Lightfoot, A.F., Bosire, C., Eng., E., *Guerrab, F., Kotey, A., Alexander, K.M., Baker, S., Black, K., Dixon, C., Ellis, K.R., Foley, K., ⁰Goettsch, C., Moore, A., Samuel, C., Smith, B., Yongue, C., Cykert, S., Robertson, L.B. (accepted for publication) Examining nurse navigator support through an antiracist lens: Transparency and accountability in cancer care. Health Promotion Practice.

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34.    Alick, C., Samuel-Hodge, C., Ammerman, A., Ellis, K.R., Rini, C., & Tate, D. (2023). Motivating weight loss among Black adults in relationships: Recommendations for weight loss interventions.  American Journal of Health Promotion, 50(1), 97-106. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10901981221129182

2022

2022

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Ellis, K.R., *Koumoutzis, A., Lewis, J.P., Lin, Z., Zhou, Y., Chopik, W., & Gonzalez, R. (2022). Conceptualizing and operationalizing collaboration among multiple caregivers of older adults. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 78(S1), S27-S37. https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article/78/Supplement_1/S27/6835510?login=true

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Xu S, Tan X, Guo P, Ma C, Ellis KR, Smith AB, Northouse L, Song L. Symptom Experiences Among Individuals With Prostate Cancer and Their Partners: Influence of Sociodemographic and Cancer Characteristics. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2023 Feb 17;50(2):230-240. doi: 10.1188/23.ONF.230-240. PMID: 37677806.

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Veenstra, C.M., Ellis, K.R., Abrahamse, M.A., Ward, K.C., Morris, A.M., Hawley, S.T. (2022). A dyadic survey study of partner engagement in and patient receipt of guideline-recommended colorectal cancer surveillance. BMC Cancer, 22(1), 1060.

https://bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12885-022-10131-3

Kobayshi, L.C., Westrick, A.C., Doshi, A., Ellis, K.R., *Jones, C., LaPensee, E.,…Wallner, L.P. (2022). Reply to “Noncancer comparators in cancer survivorship studies.” Cancer, 128(15), 2995-2996. 

https://maps.cancer.gov/overview/DCCPSGrants/abstract.jsp?applId=10023175&term=CA241841

Kobayshi, L.C., Westrick, A.C., Doshi, A., Ellis, K.R., *Jones, C., LaPensee, E.,…Wallner, L.P. (2022). New Directions in Cancer and Aging: State of the Science and Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Evidence on the Intersection of Aging with Cancer Control. Cancer, 128(9), 1730-1737.  

https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.34143

2022
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Zebrack, B., Ellis, K.R., Doherty, M. (accepted for publicatio) Beyond distress screening: the future of psychosocial oncology and palliative care. In S. Hedlund, B. Miller, G. Christ, C. Messner (Eds.) Oncology and Palliative Social Work: Psychosocial Care for People Coping with Cancer. Oxford Publishing. 

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Ellis, K. R. (2022). Cancer and Caregiving Among Older Black Americans and Families. Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 41, 2021: Black Older Adults in the Era of Black Lives Matter, 211.

https://academic.oup.com/innovateage/article/5/Supplement_1/48/6465086

2021

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Ellis, K. R., Cuthbertson, C. C., Carthron, D. et al (2021). A Longitudinal Observational Study of Multimorbidity and Partner Support for Physical Activity Among People with Osteoarthritis. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 28(6), 746-758.

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Ellis, K. R., Raji, D., Olaniran, M. et al. (2021). A systematic scoping review of post-treatment lifestyle interventions for adult cancer survivors and family members. Journal of Cancer Survivivorship. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-021-01013-x

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Ellis, K. R., Oh, S., Hecht, H. K., Northouse, L. (2021). Symptom distress and quality of life among Black Americans with cancer and their family caregivers. Psycho-Oncology. doi: 10.1002/pon.5691.

2020

2020

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Ellis, K. R., Hecht, H, K., Young, T, L., Oh, S., Thomas, S., Hoggard, L., Ali, Z., Olawale, R., Carthron, D., Corbie-Smith, G., & Eng, E. (2020). Chronic Disease Among African American Families: A Systematic Scoping Review. Preventing Chronic Disease, 17: 190431.

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Black, K., Eng, E., Schaal, J., Johnson, L., Nichols, H., Ellis, K. R., Rowley, D. (2020). "The other side of through: Young breast cancer survivors’ spectrum of sexual and reproductive health needs from diagnosis to survivorship." Qualitative Health Research, 30(13), 2019-2032.

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Ellis, K. R., Black, K. Z., Baker, S., Cothern, C., Davis, K., Doost, K., Goestch, C., Griesemer, I., Guerrab, F., Lightfoot, A. F., Padilla, N., Samuel, C. A., Schaal, J. C., Yongue, C., & Eng, E. (2020). Racial Differences in the Influence of Health Care System Factors on Informal Support for Cancer Care Among Black and White Breast and Lung Cancer Survivors. Family & Community Health, 43(3), 200–212. 

Samuel, C.A., Mbah, O., Schaal, J., Eng, E., Black, K., Baker, S., Ellis, K., Guerrab, F., Jordan, L., Lightfoot, A., Robertson, L., Yongue, C., Cykert, S. (2020). The Role of Patient-Physician Relationship on Health Related Quality of Life and Pain in Cancer Patients. Supportive Care in Cancer, 28, 2615-2626.

2019

Ellis, K.R., Young, T., Carthron, C., Simms, M., McFarlin, S., Davis, K., Dave, G, Corbie-Smith, G, & Cene’, C. (2019). Perceptions of rural African American adults about the role of family in understanding and addressing risk factors for cardiovascular disease. American Journal of Health Promotion, 33(5), 708-717.

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2012
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Griffith, D.M., Ellis, K.R. & Allen, J.O. (2012). How does health information influence African American men’s health behavior? American Journal of Men’s Health, 6(2), 156- 153.

2010
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