Illustrative Publications

Listed below are publications from QualCore research and partnerships with internal and external partners since 2017. QualCore member names are in bold.

Cancer

Dombeck C, Swezey T, Gonzalez Sepulveda JM, Reeve BB, LeBlanc TW, Chandler D, Corneli A. Patient perspectives on considerations, tradeoffs, and experiences with multiple myeloma treatment selection: A qualitative descriptive study. BMC Cancer. 2023 Jan 19;23(1):65. doi:10.1186/s12885-022-10458-x. PMID: 36658490. PMCID: PMC9850680.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36658490

Cardiology

Jackson LR 2nd, McKenna K, Corneli A, Dombeck C, Brelsford K, Thomas KL. Assisting Black patients with decision-making for implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy: Qualitative findings from the Videos to reduce racial disparities in ICD therapy via innovative designs (VIVID) trial. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2024 Jul;17(7):e010550. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010550. Epub 2024 Jun 12. PMID: 38864226.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38864226

Caregiving

Boucher NA, McKenna K, Dombeck CB, Clark AG, Wang K, Olsen JM, Shepherd-Banigan M. Caregiving in U.S. gulf states during natural disasters and COVID-19. Gerontol Geriatr Med. 2022 Oct 27;8:23337214221133719. doi: 10.1177/23337214221133719. PMID: 36320427; PMCID: PMC9614589. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36320427

Clergy Health

Johnston EF, Eagle DE, Corneli A, Perry B, Proeschold-Bell RJ. Seminary students and physical health: Beliefs, behaviors, and barriers. J Relig Health. 2022 Apr;61(2):1207–1225. doi:10.1007/s10943-021-01480-7. PMID: 35034253. PMCID: PMC8761106.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35034253

COVID-19

Corneli A, McKenna K, Dombeck C, Molokwu N, Taylor J, Vergara L, Benjamin DK Jr, Zimmerman KO; ABC Science Collaborative. Caregivers of Black and Latino/a/x students and school personnel perspectives on school-based SARS-CoV-2 testing: Implications for testing and test-to-stay programs in K-12 Schools. J Sch Health. 2023 Mar;93(3):186-196. doi: 10.1111/josh.13263. Epub 2022 Dec 12. PMID: 36510666; PMCID: PMC9877910.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36510666

Corneli A, Perry B, Taylor J, Beckford J, Molokwu N, Reif S, Wilson J, Gulden C, Bickham J, Siren J, Thompson W, Clement ME. HIV Prevention During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Sexual Activity and PrEP Use Among Black Same-Gender-Loving Men and Black Cisgender Women. AIDS Educ Prev. 2022 Apr;34(2):142-157. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2022.34.2.142. PMID: 35438538; PMCID: PMC9534043. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35438538

HIV

Cardiology and HIV

Muiruri C, Dombeck C, Swezey T, Gonzales S, Lima M, Gray S, Vicini J, Pettit AC, Longenecker CT, Meissner EG, Okeke NL, Bloomfield GS, Corneli A. Specialty Care Referral for Underrepresented Minorities Living with HIV in the United States: Experiences, Barriers, and Facilitators. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2024 Jun;38(6):259-266. doi: 10.1089/apc.2024.0066. Epub 2024 Jun 13. PMID: 38868933; PMCID: PMC11301706.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38868933

Muiruri C, Corneli A, Cooper L, Dombeck C, Gray S, Longenecker CT, Meissner EG, Okeke NL, Pettit AC, Swezey T, Vicini J, Bloomfield GS. Perspectives of HIV specialists and cardiologists on the specialty referral process for people living with HIV: A qualitative descriptive study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 May 9;22(1):623. doi:10.1186/s12913-022-08015-0. PMID: 35534889. PMCID: PMC9082896. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35534889

HIV Prevention

Agot K, Onyango J, Perry B, Molokwu N, Taylor J, Ngoje D, Corneli A. How men influence young women taking PrEP: perspectives from young women, male partners, and male peers in Siaya county, Western Kenya. BMC Womens Health. 2024 Apr 3;24(1):218. doi: 10.1186/s12905-024-03044-9. PMID: 38570779; PMCID: PMC10993511.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38570779

Clement ME, Perry B, McKenna K, Beckford J, Davenport T, Murray E, Magee V, Bickham JN, Siren J, Smith A, Lillis R, Corneli A. Identifying implementation strategies to enhance HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among Black cisgender women in New Orleans, Louisiana. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2024 Mar;38(3):144-150. doi: 10.1089/apc.2023.0300. PMID: 38471093; PMCID: PMC10956506. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38471093

McKellar MS, Des Marais AC, Chen H, Choi Y, Lilly R, Ayers D, Bennett J, Kestner L, Perry B, Poley S, Corneli A, Meade CS, Sachdeva N. Providing medication for opioid use disorder and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis at syringe services programs via telemedicine: a pilot study. Harm Reduct J. 2024 Mar 26;21(1):69. doi: 10.1186/s12954-024-00983-2. PMID: 38532395; PMCID: PMC10967138. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38532395

Clement ME, Beckford J, Lovett A, Siren J, Adorno M, Legrand S, Bennett M, Taylor J, Hanlen-Rosado E, Perry B, Corneli A. STI prevention perspectives in Black men who have sex with men taking PrEP in New Orleans. Sex Transm Dis. 2023 Dec 11. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001908. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38100815.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38100815

Perry B, Molokwu N, Agot K, Ngoje DO, Strack R, Corneli A. Multilevel Factors Influencing Interruptions in PrEP Use Among Young Women in Siaya County, Kenya. AIDS Educ Prev. 2023 Apr;35(2):141-157. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2023.35.2.141. PMID: 37129591; PMCID: PMC10461291. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37129591

Burns CM, Endres K, Derrick C, Cooper A, Fabel P, Okeke NL, Ahuja D, Corneli A, McKellar MS. A survey of South Carolina pharmacists' readiness to prescribe human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure prophylaxis. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 2023 Apr;6(4):329–338. doi:10.1002/jac5.1773. PMID: 37251085. PMCID: PMC10210504.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37251085

Corneli A, Perry B, Des Marais A, Choi Y, Chen H, Lilly R, Ayers D, Bennett J, Kestner L, Meade CS, Sachdeva N, McKellar MS. Participant perceptions on the acceptability and feasibility of a telemedicine-based HIV PrEP and buprenorphine/naloxone program embedded within syringe services programs: A qualitative descriptive evaluation. Harm Reduct J. 2022 Dec 3;19(1):132. doi:10.1186/s12954-022-00718-1. PMID: 36463214. PMCID: PMC9719634. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36463214

Corneli A, Perry B, Ngoje DO, Molokwu N, Strack R, Agot K. Episodic Use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Young Cisgender Women in Siaya County, Kenya. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2022 Oct;36(10):379-388. doi: 10.1089/apc.2022.0076. PMID: 36286578; PMCID: PMC9595644.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36286578

Corneli A, Perry B, Wilson J, Reif S, Gulden C, Hanlen-Rosado E, Cooper H, Taylor J, Starling S, Thompson JW. Identification of determinants and implementation strategies to increase PrEP uptake among Black same gender-loving men in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina: The PrEP-MECK study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 Jul 1;90(S1):S149-S160. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002975. PMID: 35703767; PMCID: PMC9220775.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35703767

Training the next generation of HIV Scientists

Okeke NL, Ware KB, Campbell R, Taylor J, Hung F, Questell C, Brickler MP, Smith UD, Nawas GT, Hanlen-Rosado E, Chan C, Bosworth HB, Aifah A, Corneli A. Evidence2Practice (E2P): Leveraging implementation science to promote careers in HIV research among students from historically Black colleges and universities. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023 Oct 1;94(Suppl 2):S65-S72. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003263. PMID: 37707851.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37707851

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Wheeler SM, Ramey-Collier K, Massengale KEC, Adewumi K, Fitzgerald TA, Swezey T, Swamy GK, Corneli A. A qualitative study documenting Black birthing individuals' perspectives on the disproportionate rate of preterm birth in the Black community. Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle). 2022;3(1):515–522. doi:10.1089/whr.2021.0116. PMID: 35651995. PMCID: PMC9148654. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35651995

Wheeler SM, Massengale KEC, Blanchard KP, Fitzgerald TA, Swezey T, Swamy GK, Corneli A. Improving uptake and adherence to 17-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate in Non-Hispanic Black women: A mixed methods study of potential interventions from the patient perspective. Biores Open Access. 2019;8(1):155–161. doi:10.1089/biores.2019.0010. PMID: 31649831. PMCID: PMC6806361. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31649831

Opioid Epidemic

McCarty B, Hanlen-Rosado E, Taylor J, Yang E, Corneli A, Curlin F. The opioid epidemic and faith-based responses in southern Appalachia, USA: An exploration of factors for successful cross-sector collaboration. J Relig Health. 2024 Aug;63(4):3175-3189. doi: 10.1007/s10943-024-02060-1. Epub 2024 Jun 3. PMID: 38825606.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38825606

Patient-Reported Outcomes Measure Development

Langford DJ, Gewandter JS, Amtmann D, Reeve BB, Corneli A, McKenna K, Swezey T, McFatrich M, Jensen MP, Turk DC, Dworkin RH. Initial content validation and roadmap for a new patient-reported outcome measure of pain intensity. J Pain. 2022 Nov;23(11):1945–1957. doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2022.07.001. PMID: 35868594.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35868594

Rheumatology & Immunology

*Sun K, Molokwu NJ, Hanlen-Rosado E, Corneli AL, Pollak KI, Rogers JL, Sadun RE, Criscione-Schreiber LG, Doss J, Bosworth HB, Clowse MEB. Implementation of a clinician-led medication adherence intervention among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Rheumatol. 2024 Sep 1;51(9):884-890. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.2024-0071. PMID: 38825351; PMCID: PMC11368627. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38825351

*September 2024 Journal Editor’s Pick

Eudy AM, Clowse ME, Corneli A, McKenna K, Pisetsky DS, Maheswaranathan M, Burshell D, Doss J, Sun K, Sadun RE, Criscione-Schreiber LG, Rogers JL. The Type 1 & 2 systemic lupus erythematosus model: Perspectives of people living with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus. 2024 Jan 18:9612033241228343. doi: 10.1177/09612033241228343. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38238905. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38238905

Herndon S, Corneli A, Dombeck C, Swezey T, Clowse ME, Rogers JL, Criscione-Schreiber LG, Sadun RE, Doss J, Eudy AM, Bosworth HB, Sun K. A qualitative study of facilitators of medication adherence in systemic lupus erythematosus: Perspectives from rheumatology providers/staff and patients. Lupus. 2024 Jan 2:9612033231225843. doi: 10.1177/09612033231225843. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38164913.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38164913

*Rogers JL, Clowse MEB, McKenna K, Starling S, Swezey T, Molokwu N, Corneli A, Pisetsky DS, Sun K, Criscione-Schreiber LG, Sadun RE, Maheswaranthan M, Burshell D, Doss J, Eudy AM. Patient and physician perspectives of systemic lupus erythematosus flare: A qualitative study. J Rheumatol. 2023 Dec 15:jrheum.2023-0721. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.2023-0721. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38101916. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38101916

 *May 2024 Journal Editor’s Pick

Sun K, Corneli AL, Dombeck C, Swezey T, Rogers JL, Criscione-Schreiber LG, Sadun RE, Eudy AM, Doss J, Bosworth HB, Clowse MEB. Barriers to taking medications for systemic lupus erythematosus: A qualitative study of racial minority patients, lupus providers, and clinic staff. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Sep;74(9):1459–1467. doi:10.1002/acr.24591. PMID: 33662174. PMCID: PMC8417148. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33662174

Eudy AM, Rogers JL, Corneli A, McKenna K, Maheswaranathan M, Pisetsky DS, Criscione-Schreiber LG, Doss J, Sadun RE, Sun K, Clowse MEB. Intermittent and Persistent Type 2 lupus: Patient perspectives on two distinct patterns of Type 2 SLE symptoms. Lupus Sci Med. 2022 Aug;9(1). doi:10.1136/lupus-2022-000705. PMID: 36927502. PMCID: PMC9362789.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36927502

Urology

Corneli A, Dombeck C, McKenna K, Harper JD, Antonelli JA, Desai AC, Lai HH, Tasian GE, Ziemba J, McCune R, Piskator B, Al-Khalidi HR, Maalouf NM, Reese PP, Wessells H, Kirkali Z, Scales CD. The patient voice: Stent experiences after ureteroscopy-insights from in-depth interviews with participants in the USDRN STENTS nested qualitative cohort study. J Endourol. 2023 Jun;37(6):642–653. doi:10.1089/end.2022.0810. PMID: 37021358. PMCID: PMC10280172. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37021358

*Dombeck C, Scales CD, McKenna K, Swezey T, Harper JD, Antonelli JA, Desai AC, Lai HH, McCune R, Curatolo M, Al-Khalidi HR, Maalouf NM, Reese PP, Wessells H, Kirkali Z, Corneli A, NIDDK Urinary Stone Disease Research Network. Patients' experiences with the removal of a ureteral stent: Insights from in-depth interviews with participants in the USDRN STENTS qualitative cohort study. Urology. 2023 May 5; doi:10.1016/j.urology.2023.04.018. PMID: 37149059. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37149059

*Editorial acknowledgment

Veterans’ Health Care

Shepherd-Banigan M, Pogoda TK, McKenna K, Sperber N, Van Houtven CH. Experiences of VA vocational and education training and assistance services: Facilitators and barriers reported by veterans with disabilities. Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2021 Jun;44(2):148-156. doi: 10.1037/prj0000437. Epub 2020 Jun 29. PMID: 32597666; PMCID: PMC9677616.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32597666

Boucher NA, Shepherd-Banigan M, McKenna K, Delgado RE, Peacock K, Van Houtven CH, Van Noord M, Sperber NR. Inclusion of caregivers in veterans' care: A critical literature review. Med Care Res Rev. 2021 Oct;78(5):463-474. doi: 10.1177/1077558720944283. Epub 2020 Jul 25. PMID: 32715922.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32715922

Shepherd-Banigan M, Sperber N, McKenna K, Pogoda TK, Van Houtven CH. Leveraging institutional support for family caregivers to meet the health and vocational needs of persons with disabilities. Nurs Outlook. 2020 Mar-Apr;68(2):184-193. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2019.08.006. Epub 2019 Sep 27. PMID: 31570147; PMCID: PMC7500826.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31570147

Sperber NR, Boucher NA, Delgado R, Shepherd-Banigan ME, McKenna K, Moore M, Barrett R, Kabat M, Van Houtven CH. Including family caregivers in seriously ill veterans' care: A mixed-methods study. Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 Jun;38(6):957-963. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00012. PMID: 31158009.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31158009