Submissions from 2026
An exploratory study to determine the feasibility and processes needed to implement the Immunization Neighborhood to increase HPV vaccination among African American adolescents and adolescents in the general population: A multi-partner perspective, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, Freneka Minter, Pamela C. Hull, Amanda F. Dempsey, Alexandria DeMons, Mariya Chalise, and Consuelo H. Wilkins
Resilience Shields and Grit Intensifies Subjective Cognitive Decline in Middle‐To‐Older Aged Black Americans, Sunkanmi Folorunsho, Maria Clark, Obinna Odo, Yolanda L. Jackson, Candidus C. Nwakasi, and Darlingtina K. Esiaka
Clinical and demographic characteristics of participants in a hepatitis C treatment trial in rural Kentucky: How policies around treatment access may impact elimination efforts in the United States, Jennifer R. Havens, Brittney D. Williams, Takako Schaninger, Virginia A. Shepherd-Tackett, Michelle R. Lofwall, Michele Staton, Sharon L. Walsh, and Hannah K. Knudsen
Implementing a “Naloxone Hub With Many Spokes” Model in Kentucky: Partner Agency Perspectives on Implementation Strategies, Hannah K. Knudsen, Michael Goetz, Shaquita Andrews-Higgins, Sandra Back-Haddix, Olivia A. Davis, Patricia R. Freeman, Douglas R. Oyler, and Sharon L. Walsh
Acceptability and Appropriateness of Harm Reduction Vending Machines Compared to Syringe Service Programs in Appalachian Kentucky, Hannah K. Knudsen, Jennifer R. Havens, and April M. Young
Differences in the Use of Smokeless Tobacco, Alcohol, and Co-Use Among U.S. High-School Students: Analysis of National Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data, Ganna Kostygina, Yoonsang Kim, Alex Kresovich, Simon Page, Shyanika W. Rose, and Sherry L. Emery
Perceived neighborhood disadvantage and current nicotine pouch use among U.S. youth, Delvon T. Mattingly, Meman Diaby, Jing Zhang, Juhan Lee, and Melinda J. Ickes
Beyond weak ties in prison: An investigation of core support networks of incarcerated persons, Siyun Peng, Martha Tillson, Maria Rockett, Marisa Booty, and Carrie B. Oser
Derivation of an intrinsic brain activity biomarker for the earliest prediction of cognitive decline, Leslie S. Prichep, Syed N. Zaidi, Kara Brink, Saloni Kanakia, Bo Liang, Yang Jiang, and Ruben Armañanzas
The interaction of tobacco retailer density and rurality with tobacco use prevalence in Kentucky, Shyanika W. Rose, W. Jay Christian, Judy van de Venne, Delvon T. Mattingly, Bethany Shorey Fennell, Saber Feizy, and Mary Kay Rayens
Toward a Predictive Model of Success in Contingency Management: A Proof of Concept Study Utilizing Behavioral Economic, Clinical Severity, and Alcohol Use Severity Measures, Haily K. Traxler, Christopher T. Franck, and Mikhail N. Koffarnus
Decreasing prevalence in youth depressive episodes: Evidence from the 2021-2024 national survey on drug use and health, R. Andrew Yockey, Aminul Apu, Timothy Grigsby, Jacob Bleasdale, Delvon T. Mattingly, and Rachel Hoopsick
Submissions from 2025
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Depression and Subjective Cognitive Decline by Gender: A Moderated Mediation Analysis, Monique J. Brown, Darlingtina K. Esiaka, and Jaya Viswanathan
Who Reconstitutes the Chemotherapy? The Educational and Practice Needs of Oncology Pharmacists in West Africa: A Call for Multidisciplinary Team Approach in Oncology Care., Runcie C.W. Chidebe, Ramatu M. Alabelewe, Krishna Prasad Sapkota, Darlingtina K. Esiaka, Candidus C. Nwakasi, Gloria C. Okwu, Jacinta Emejulu, Adamu A. Umar, Ndifreke Okwuegbunam, Funsho David, Toyosi Adepoju, Agha A. Agha, Ejike S. Ugwu, Simeon C. Aruah, Richard Mshelia, Rob Duncombe, Noel N. Wannang, Peace C. Babalola, R. Donald Harvey, Cindy O'Bryant, and Folakemi T. Odedina
Disparities in use modalities among adults who currently use cannabis, 2022–2023, Meman Diaby, Osayande Agbonlahor, Bethany Shorey Fennell, Joy L. Hart, and Delvon T. Mattingly
Differential Speed and Accuracy Trade-Off in Working Memory Retrieval and Bilateral Precuneus Between Older Men and Women, Darlingtina K. Esiaka, Stephanie Strothkamp, Aghayeeabianeh Banafsheh, Lucas S. Broster, David K. Powell, Gregory Jicha, and Yang Jiang
Commercial tobacco retail marketing in rural communities in Appalachian Kentucky, 2024, Saber Feizy, Judy van de Venne, Melissa Abadi, W. Jay Christian, Jayani Jayawardhana, Bethany Shorey Fennell, Delvon T. Mattingly, and Shyanika W. Rose
Disparities in Discrimination Distress Among U.S. Youth, Delvon T. Mattingly, Meman Diaby, Osayande Agbonlahor, Shyanika W. Rose, Carrie B. Oser, Nancy L. Fleischer, Adam M. Leventhal, and Joy L. Hart
Description of implementing a mail-based overdose education and naloxone distribution program in community supervision settings during COVID-19, Carrie B. Oser, Margaret Louise McGladrey, Douglas Oyler, Hannah K. Knudsen, Sharon L. Walsh, Susannah Stitzer, Michael Goetz, Marisa Booty, Erica Hargis, Sarah Johnson, Michele Staton, and Patricia R. Freeman
Examining the Relationship Between Racial, Ethnic, and Economic Residential Segregation and Cigarette Smoking Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Adults, Shyanika W. Rose, Mary Kay Rayens, Mona Azadi, Elexis C. Kierstead, Amanda Y. Kong, and Kimberly Horn
Submissions from 2024
Effects of the Communities that Heal (CTH) intervention on perceived opioid-related community stigma in the HEALing Communities Study: results of a multi-site, community-level, cluster-randomized trial, Alissa Davis, Hannah K. Knudsen, Daniel M. Walker, Deborah Chassler, Karsten Lunze, Philip M. Westgate, Emmanuel Oga, Sandra Rodriguez, Sylvia Tan, JaNae Holloway, Sharon L. Walsh, Carrie B. Oser, R. Craig Lefebvre, Laura C. Fanucchi, LaShawn Glasgow, Ann Scheck McAlearney, Hilary L. Surratt, Michael W. Konstan, Terry T-K Huang, Patricia LeBaron, Julie Nakayima, Michael D. Stein, Maria Rudorf, Monica Nouvong, Elizabeth N. Kinnard, Nabila El-Bassel, Jess Tilley, Aaron Macoubray, Caroline Savitzky, Amy Farmer, Donna Beers, Pamela Salsberry, and Timothy R. Huerta
Extended-Release 7-Day Injectable Buprenorphine for Patients With Minimal to Mild Opioid Withdrawal., Gail D'Onofrio, Andrew A. Herring, Jeanmarie Perrone, Kathryn Hawk, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Ethan Cowan, Erik Anderson, Ryan McCormack, Kristen Huntley, Patricia Owens, Shara Martel, Mark Schactman, Michelle R. Lofwall, Sharon L. Walsh, James Dziura, and David A. Fiellin
A Mini-Review of Strategies for Recruiting Older African Americans to Alzheimer's Disease Research., Darlingtina Esiaka, Christina C Yarborough, Bernadette A Fausto, and Mark A Gluck
A social history of opioids’ crimedical cycle, Jerel M. Ezell, Alex Rains, Babatunde Patrick Ajayi, Kyle Miller, Erin Augustine, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Elizabeth N. Kinnard, and Michelle R. Lofwall
Perceived versus actual HIV risk among PrEP indicated persons with criminal legal involvement, Taylor Krajewski, Katherine H. LeMasters, Carrie B. Oser, and Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein
