Publications
selected scholarly works & creative activities
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Article
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2021'eatNplay' - a rurally-tailored, family-based, telehealth intervention for childhood obesity: Protocol for a mixed-methods randomized newsletter controlled pilot study. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 109.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106542 Web of Science: 000701925700001
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2019Outcomes From a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial of Weight Loss Strategies for African American Adolescents With Obesity. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 53:928-938.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/abm/kaz003 Web of Science: 000509557800007
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2019Developing Machine Learning Models for Behavioral Coding. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 44:289-299.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsy113 Web of Science: 000479286700006
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2019Identifying Effective Motivational Interviewing Communication Sequences Using Automated Pattern Analysis. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS RESEARCH. 3:86-106.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s41666-018-0037-6 Web of Science: 000705501000006
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2019African-American Adolescents' Weight Loss Skills Utilization: Effects on Weight Change in a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial. Journal of Adolescent Health. 64:355-361.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.09.003 Web of Science: 000459865100013
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2018Effectiveness of Nutrition Intervention in a Selected Group of Overweight and Obese African-American Preschoolers. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. 5:553-561.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40615-017-0399-0 Web of Science: 000439352900012
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2018African American Adolescent-Caregiver Relationships in a Weight Loss Trial. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 27:835-842.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10826-017-0920-4 Web of Science: 000426297700016
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2017Building Motivation in African American Caregivers of Adolescents With Obesity: Application of Sequential Analysis. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 42:131-141.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsw044 Web of Science: 000397190600001
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2016Advanced Patient-Centered Communication for Health Behavior Change: Motivational Interviewing Workshops for Medical Learners.. MedEdPORTAL. 12:10455.Full Text via DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10455
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2016A study of the effectiveness of machine learning methods for classification of clinical interview fragments into a large number of categories. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 62:21-31.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2016.05.004 Web of Science: 000384703800003
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2016Exploring ambivalence in motivational interviewing with obese African American adolescents and their caregivers: A mixed methods analysis. Patient Education and Counseling. 99:1162-1169.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.02.008 Web of Science: 000377934200010
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2016Effective Patient-Provider Communication in Pediatric Obesity. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 63:525-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2016.02.002 Web of Science: 000378824600011
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2016A comparison of snack serving sizes to USDA guidelines in healthy weight and overweight minority preschool children enrolled in Head Start. BMC Obesity. 3.Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/S40608-016-0116-2
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2015Recruitment Strategies and the Retention of Obese Urban Racial/Ethnic Minority Adolescents in Clinical Trials: The FIT Families Project, Michigan, 2010-2014. Preventing Chronic Disease. 12.Full Text via DOI: 10.5888/pcd12.140409 Web of Science: 000356668500010
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2015Contingency management adapted for African-American adolescents with obesity enhances youth weight loss with caregiver participation: A multiple baseline pilot study. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 2015.Full Text via DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2015-0091
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Motivational Interviewing to Increase Physical Activity in Underserved Women. Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 12:704-709.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2016.11.002 Web of Science: 000388704500026
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Book Chapter
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2017Motivational Interviewing in Adolescent Weight Management. 270-284.Full Text via DOI: 10.1542/9781581109405-motivational
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Conference
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2018USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TO UNDERSTAND THE ANTECEDENTS OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. S422-S422.Web of Science: 000431185201232
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2016ACCELERATING THE PACE OF QUALITATIVE COMMUNICATION RESEARCH WITH COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. S14-S14.Web of Science: 000526998300054
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Other Scholarly Work
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2018Effectiveness of Nutrition Intervention in a Selected Group of Overweight and Obese African-American Preschoolers (vol 5, pg 553, 2018). Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. 562-562.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40615-017-0436-z Web of Science: 000439352900013
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2015Preference for Energy Dense Snack Foods in Healthy and Overweight Minority Preschool Children. The FASEB Journal.Web of Science: 000361470502307
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2015Under Reporting of Hypertension in Obese Teenagers. The FASEB Journal.Web of Science: 000361470505174
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Research
principal investigator on
- Parent Focused Obesity Intervention for Low Income African American Preschoolers awarded by Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases 2013 - 2016
- Patient-Provider Communication to Promote Health Behavior Change in African American Adolescents awarded by Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases 2014 - 2016
- Encouraging Young Adults to Make Effective Nutrition Choices: MENU Gen Y awarded by Child Health and Human Development 2013 - 2016
- Project for Enhancement and Alignment of the Continuum of Care for HIV-Infected Youth: A multiagency (HRSA-NIH-CDC-ATN) Collaboration [PEACOC] awarded by Wayne State University 2014 - 2015
- Interventionist Procedures for Adherence to Weight Loss Recommendations in Black Adolescents awarded by National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute 2013 - 2015
- Project for Enhancement and Alignment of the Continuum of Care for HIV-Infected Youth: A multiagency (HRSA-NIH-CDC-ATN) Collaboration [PEACOC] awarded by Health Resources & Services Administrati 2013 - 2014
