Nicole P Yuan

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• Yuan, N. P., & Koss, M. P. (2009). Rape. In Encyclopedia of Gender and Society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
• Yuan, N. P., & Koss, M. P. (2008). Rape. In Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication, Inc.
• Herrera, V. M., Koss, M. P., Bailey, J., Yuan, N. P., & Lichter, E. L. (2005). Survivors of male violence: Research and training intiatives to facilitate recovery from depression and PTSD. In Handbook of Girls and Women's Psychological Health.

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• Hunter, A., Yuan, N. P., Smith, M., Carvajal, S. C., Nuno, V. L., Fox, M. J., Fox, M. J., Nuno, V. L., Smith, M., Carvajal, S. C., Hunter, A., & Yuan, N. P. (2022). Native Spirit: Development of a culturally-grounded after-school program to promote wellbeing among American Indian adolescents. American Journal of Community Psychology.
• Yuan, N. P., Brooks, A., Burke, M. K., & Crocker, R. (2022). My Wellness Coach: Evaluation of a mobile app designed to promote integrative health among underserved populations. Translational Behavioral Medicine.
• Yuan, N. P., Kram, N., Kopkowski, A., & Hamby, S. (2022). Adverse experiences and positive and negative response among Appalachian young people. Journal of Rural Mental Health..
• Bauer, M. C., Dreifuss, H. M., Russo Carroll, S., Teufel-Shone, N. I., & Yuan, N. P. (2022).

  Utilizing Digital Storytelling to Develop a Public Health Professions Pathway for Native American High School Students

  . Health Promotion Practice, 24(6), 152483992211355. doi:10.1177/15248399221135586
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  Digital storytelling is a decentering methodology in health promotion that positions the storyteller as an expert to create a narrative of their lived experiences. This article describes using a two-phase digital storytelling process within the Diné (Navajo) Educational Philosophy framework to guide the development of a culturally grounded curriculum plan that actively engages Diné youth in exploring health professions pathways in their community. The first phase consisted of developing a high school digital storytelling team by training three Diné youth attending high school on the Navajo Nation located in southwest United States, in digital storytelling. In the second phase, the high school digital storytelling team worked collaboratively with seven Diné students enrolled at the local tribal college to develop digital stories about navigating from high school to college. Data from seven completed digital stories were analyzed with assistance from a community advisory board to identify asset-based themes that contributed to positively transitioning from high school to a tribal college. The results revealed several strategies for successful transitions from high school to a public health college major. The culturally relevant strategies and stories were incorporated into a school-based health professions pathway curriculum plan for Diné youth.
• Steeves-Reece, A., Yuan, N. P., & Green, L. B. (2020). Exploring the role of community health workers in promoting maternal postpartum mental health in Nicaragua. Journal of Global Health Reports.
• Teufel-Shone, N. I., Clichee, D., Joshweseoma, L., Mayer, B. M., & Yuan, N. P. (2020). Establishing guidelines for community advisory boards in public health research. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education and Action, 14(2).
• Yuan, N. P., Mayer, B., Joshweseoma, L., Clichee, D., & Teufel-Shone, N. I. (2020).

  Development of Guidelines to Improve the Effectiveness of Community Advisory Boards in Health Research

  . Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education and Action. doi:10.1353/cpr.2020.0026
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  Community advisory boards (CABs) are a common community engagement strategy. Tools for developing CABs that are accessible to academic-community partnerships are limited. This article describes the process and partnership with the Hopi Tribe to develop CAB guidelines as a tool for research funded by the Center for Indigenous Environmental Health Research (CIEHR) and nonaffiliated projects.The CAB guidelines consist of three sections: formation, operation, and sustainability and evaluation. Each section includes best practices and interactive worksheets. The CAB guidelines were piloted with the Hopi Tribe to determine feasibility and relevance.The CAB guidelines were well-received by the tribal CAB. Some of the worksheets were difficult to complete because they did not represent their perspectives or introduced potential tension in CAB interactions. Revisions were made accordingly.Future evaluation and broad dissemination of the CAB guidelines will promote the use and effectiveness of CABs in health research.
• Yuan, N. P., Schultz, J. L., Nair, U. S., & Bell, M. L. (2020). Predictors of Tobacco Cessation Among American Indian/Alaska Native Adults Enrolled in a State Quitline. Substance use & misuse, 55(3), 452-459.
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  High rates of smoking are documented among some American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities, with potential variability by region and urban/rural settings. Quitlines are a cost-effective strategy for providing evidence-based cessation treatment, but little is known about the effectiveness of quitline services for the AI/AN population. This study compared demographic characteristics, tobacco use, and cessation and program utilization behaviors between AI/AN ( = 297) and Non-Hispanic White (NHW;  = 13,497) quitline callers. The study also identified predictors of 30-day cessation at 7-month follow-up among AI/AN callers and determined if predictors were different between AI/AN and NHW callers. Data from callers to the Arizona Smokers' Helpline between January 2011 and June 2016 were analyzed. At enrollment, AI/AN callers were less likely to use tobacco daily and were less dependent on nicotine compared to NHW callers. Both groups reported similar rates of 30-day cessation at 7-month follow-up (37.3% and 39.7% for AI/AN and NHW callers, respectively). For AI/AN callers, 30-day cessation was significantly associated with tobacco cessation medication use (OR = 2.24, 95% CI: 1.02-4.93), number of coaching sessions (OR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.04-1.26), and other smokers in the home (OR = 0.41, 95% CI: 0.19-0.91). The effect of other smokers in the home was significantly different between AI/AN and NHW callers ( = .007). Different individual characteristics and predictors of cessation among AI/AN callers compared to NHW callers were documented. Findings may be used to inform the development of culturally-tailored strategies and protocols for AI/AN quitline callers.
• Yuan, N. P., York, H. P., Seltzer, R. G., & Michael, S. S. (2020). The predictive value of intake questions on informing tailored quitline services. The Journal of Smoking Cessation, 15(3), 149-156. doi:10.1017/jsc.2020.18
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  AbstractThe Minimal Data Set are demographic and tobacco use questions asked during enrollment at many quitlines. We tested whether these questions can be used to predict program engagement and success, and to evaluate whether findings can inform the tailoring of protocols to disparate populations. We analyzed 7,920 Arizona Smokers' Helpline treatment records to test a Structural Equation Model of the mediating effects of quitline services and short-term cessation outcomes on the relationship between intake questions and 7-month quit rate. Education (b = 0.05), gender (b = 0.03), Medicaid (b = −0.09), longest length of previous quit attempt (b = 0.05), confidence in quitting for 24 h (b = 0.04), environmental risk (b = −0.05), and life stress (b = 0.04) all significantly (P < 0.05) predicted engagement in quitline services. Program engagement had a direct effect on an in-program cessation outcomes construct (b = 0.47) and 7-month quit rate (b = 0.44). This in-program cessation outcomes construct had a significant direct effect on 7-month quit rate (b = −0.12). This model showing the relationship between program engagement and outcomes suggests that tailoring protocols can focus on engaging clients who have historically not taken full advantage of quitline services.
• Allen, A. M., Yuan, N. P., Wertheim, B. C., Krupski, L., Bell, M. L., & Nair, U. (2019). Gender differences in utilization of services and tobacco cessation outcomes at a state quitline. Translational behavioral medicine, 9(4), 663-668.
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  Research suggests that women may have poorer tobacco cessation outcomes than men; however, the literature is somewhat mixed. Less is known about gender differences in cessation within quitline settings. This study examined gender differences in the utilization of services (i.e., coaching sessions, pharmacotherapy) and tobacco cessation among callers to the Arizona Smokers' Helpline (ASHLine). The study sample included callers enrolled in ASHLine between January 2011 and June 2016. We tracked number of completed coaching sessions. At the 7-month follow-up, callers retrospectively reported use of cessation pharmacotherapy (gum, patch, or lozenge), as well as current tobacco use. Associations between gender and tobacco cessation were tested using logistic regression models. At month 7, 36.4% of women (3,277/9,004) and 40.3% of men (2,960/7,341) self-reported 30-day point prevalence abstinence. Compared to men, fewer women reported using pharmacotherapy (women: 71.4% vs. men: 73.6%, p = .01) and completed at least five coaching sessions (women: 35.1% vs. men: 38.5%, p < .01). After adjusting for baseline characteristics, women had significantly lower odds of reporting tobacco cessation than men (OR = 0.91, 95% CI: 0.84 to 0.99). However, after further adjustment for use of pharmacotherapy and coaching, there was no longer a significant relationship between gender and tobacco cessation (OR: 0.96, 95% CI: 0.87 to 1.06). Fewer women than men reported tobacco cessation. Women also had lower utilization of quitline cessation services. Although the magnitude of these differences were small, future research on improving the utilization of quitline services among women may be worth pursuing given the large-scale effects of tobacco.
• Bell, M. L., Collins, B. N., Krupski, L. A., Crane, T. E., Nair, U. S., & Yuan, N. P. (2019). Impact of Changes in Home Smoking Bans on Tobacco Cessation. Health Education Research, 34(3), 345-355.
• Brady, B. R., Crane, T. E., O’Connor, P., Nair, U. S., & Yuan, N. P. (2019).

  Electronic cigarette use and tobacco cessation in a state-based quitline

  . Journal of Smoking Cessation. doi:10.1017/jsc.2019.2
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  Abstract Introduction Evidence is mixed on e-cigarette's effectiveness as a tobacco cessation aid. Research suggests that e-cigarette users face greater barriers to quitting tobacco. Aim To examine the association between e-cigarette use and tobacco cessation outcomes among quitline callers. Methods We examined 2,204 callers who enrolled and completed 7-month follow-up surveys between April 2014 and January 2017. We examined the association between any e-cigarette use and tobacco cessation. We also evaluated these relationships by e-cigarette use patterns between enrollment and 7-month follow-up: sustained, adopted, discontinued, and non-use. We used multivariable logistic regression to control for caller characteristics, tobacco history, and program utilization. Results Overall, 18% of callers reported using e-cigarettes at enrollment, follow-up, or both. Compared to non-users, e-cigarette users were more likely to be younger, non-Hispanic, and report a mental health condition. The adjusted odds of tobacco cessation were not statistically different for callers who used e-cigarettes compared to those who did not (adjusted odds ratios = 1.02, 95% confidence interval 0.79–1.32). Results were similar when examining cessation by patterns of e-cigarette use. Conclusions E-cigarette use was not associated with tobacco cessation. This suggests that e-cigarette use may neither facilitate nor deter tobacco cessation among quitline callers. Future research should continue exploring how e-cigarette use affects quitting.
• Brady, B. R., Nair, U. S., Gerald, J. K., Yuan, N. P., Krupski, L., & Thomson, C. A. (2019).

  Higher quality quit-date goal setting enhances quit attempts among quitline callers

  . Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. doi:10.18332/tpc/109537
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  At tobacco quitlines, coaching and cessation medications are commonly structured around setting a date for making a quit attempt. However, limited literature evaluating this practice suggests that callers do not routinely set quit-date goals. High quality goal setting may increase the frequency of caller quit attempts. In this study, we examine the quality of quit-date goal setting and its association with in-program quit attempts and the timing of callers' first quit attempt.Using call recordings, we scored the quality of quit-date goal setting among 90 callers enrolled at Arizona Smokers' Helpline between August and December 2017. The primary exposure was quality of quit-date goal setting assessed using the Lorencatto et al. rating scale. Coding reliability was assessed using Cohen's kappa. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the association between quality of goal setting and in-program quit attempts (>24 h tobacco free).The mean quality goal setting score was 3.1 (range: -3 to 7). Sixty-nine callers (77%) set a quit date and 39 (43%) made a quit attempt. Compared to callers who experienced low-quality goal setting, the adjusted odds of in-program quitting for high quality goal setting was AOR=3.98 (95% CI: 1.55-10.20) and for making a quit attempt within two weeks OR=6.23 (95% CI: 1.52-25.49).Quit-date goal setting is an important element of quitline services and callers benefit from high quality quit-date goal setting. Quitlines should establish quality improvement measures to ensure that coaches are trained to provide high quality quit-date goal setting opportunities to all callers.
• Steeves-Reece, A., Yuan, N. P., & Green, L. (2019).

  A qualitative study exploring the role of community health workers in promoting maternal postpartum mental health in Nicaragua

  . Journal of Global Health Reports. doi:10.29392/joghr.3.e2019089
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  # Background The objectives of this qualitative study were to examine perceptions of maternal postpartum distress among community health workers and mothers living in rural Nicaragua; and to identify the role of community health workers (CHWs) in implementing locally relevant strategies to reduce maternal postpartum distress. # Methods The study was conducted between May and July 2015 with a small, rural community in the central highlands of Nicaragua. Primary data sources included two focus group interviews with 10 community health workers, and individual interviews with 12 mothers who had delivered their most recent child within roughly the previous year. # Results Both community health workers and mothers identified maternal distress following childbirth as a community concern. Identified factors that contributed to postpartum distress were lack of people to confide in, experiences of intimate partner violence, and exposure to household poverty. Participants felt that community health workers might play an important role in ameliorating postpartum distress by providing social support to mothers and engaging intimate partners to offer assistance. However, results indicated that any community health worker interventions must also prioritize the well-being of CHWs. # Conclusions Community health workers have the potential to address gaps in postpartum services for mothers living in rural Nicaraguan communities. However, such programs must consider the well-being of CHWs, and should be developed along with interventions and policies that address major social factors, such as poverty and interpersonal violence, to promote the mental health of mothers in rural Nicaragua.
• Thomson, C. A., Krupskie, L. A., Yuan, N. P., Gerald, J. K., Nair, U. S., & Brady, B. R. (2019). Higher Quality Quit Date Goal Setting Enhances Quit Attempts among Quitline Callers.. Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 5(20). doi:doi.org/10.18332/tpc/109537
• Yuan, N. P., Nair, U. S., Crane, T. E., Krupski, L., Collins, B. N., & Bell, M. L. (2019).

  Impact of changes in home smoking bans on tobacco cessation among quitline callers

  . Health Education Research. doi:10.1093/her/cyz008
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  Home smoking bans may be an effective way to promote tobacco cessation among treatment seeking smokers. Few studies have examined this relationship in a quitline setting. Data were obtained from 14,296 adults who were enrolled in a state quitline between January 2011 and July 2016. This study investigated whether cessation rates varied by changes in home smoking ban implementation between enrollment and 7-month follow-up. The impact of changes in home smoking bans on cessation at follow-up was significantly modified by having other smokers living in the home at follow-up (P < 0.0001). Among callers who did not live with other smokers in the home, the highest odds ratio of 30-day cessation was for callers who reported bans at follow-up only (OR = 10.50, 95%CI: 8.00, 13.70), followed by callers who reported bans at both enrollment and follow-up (OR = 8.02, 95%CI: 6.27, 10.30) and callers who reported bans at enrollment only (OR = 2.06, 95% CI: 1.47, 2.89) compared with callers with no home smoking bans. When callers reported that they lived with other smokers in the home, the effect of home smoking bans on cessation was much smaller. Quitlines should support the implementation of home smoking bans as a part of callers' goal setting activities to achieve tobacco cessation.
• Yuan, N. P., Nair, U. S., O'Connor, P. A., Crane, T. E., & Brady, B. R. (2019). Electronic Cigarette Use and Smoking Cessation in a State-Based Quitline. Journal of Smoking Cessation, 14(3), 176-185. doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/jsc.2019.2
• Yuan, N. P., Schultz, J., Nair, U. S., & Bell, M. L. (2019).

  Predictors of Tobacco Cessation Among American Indian/Alaska Native Adults Enrolled in a State Quitline

  . Substance Use & Misuse. doi:10.1080/10826084.2019.1683204
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  Background: High rates of smoking are documented among some American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities, with potential variability by region and urban/rural settings. Quitlines are a cost-effective strategy for providing evidence-based cessation treatment, but little is known about the effectiveness of quitline services for the AI/AN population. Objectives: This study compared demographic characteristics, tobacco use, and cessation and program utilization behaviors between AI/AN (n = 297) and Non-Hispanic White (NHW; n = 13,497) quitline callers. The study also identified predictors of 30-day cessation at 7-month follow-up among AI/AN callers and determined if predictors were different between AI/AN and NHW callers. Methods: Data from callers to the Arizona Smokers’ Helpline between January 2011 and June 2016 were analyzed. Results: At enrollment, AI/AN callers were less likely to use tobacco daily and were less dependent on nicotine compared to NHW callers. Both groups reported similar rates of 30-day cessation at 7-month follow-up (37.3% and 39.7% for AI/AN and NHW callers, respectively). For AI/AN callers, 30-day cessation was significantly associated with tobacco cessation medication use (OR = 2.24, 95% CI: 1.02–4.93), number of coaching sessions (OR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.04–1.26), and other smokers in the home (OR = 0.41, 95% CI: 0.19–0.91). The effect of other smokers in the home was significantly different between AI/AN and NHW callers (p = .007). Conclusions: Different individual characteristics and predictors of cessation among AI/AN callers compared to NHW callers were documented. Findings may be used to inform the development of culturally-tailored strategies and protocols for AI/AN quitline callers.
• Allen, A. M., Yuan, N. P., Wertheim, B. C., Krupski, L. A., Bell, M. L., & Nair, U. S. (2018). Gender Differences in Utilization of Services and Smoking Cessation Outcomes at a State Quitline. Translational Behavioral Medicine.
• Allen, A. M., Yuan, N. P., Wertheim, B. C., Krupski, L., Bell, M. L., & Nair, U. S. (2018).

  Gender differences in utilization of services and tobacco cessation outcomes at a state quitline

  . Translational Behavioral Medicine. doi:10.1093/tbm/iby083
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  Abstract Research suggests that women may have poorer tobacco cessation outcomes than men; however, the literature is somewhat mixed. Less is known about gender differences in cessation within quitline settings. This study examined gender differences in the utilization of services (i.e., coaching sessions, pharmacotherapy) and tobacco cessation among callers to the Arizona Smokers’ Helpline (ASHLine). The study sample included callers enrolled in ASHLine between January 2011 and June 2016. We tracked number of completed coaching sessions. At the 7-month follow-up, callers retrospectively reported use of cessation pharmacotherapy (gum, patch, or lozenge), as well as current tobacco use. Associations between gender and tobacco cessation were tested using logistic regression models. At month 7, 36.4% of women (3,277/9,004) and 40.3% of men (2,960/7,341) self-reported 30-day point prevalence abstinence. Compared to men, fewer women reported using pharmacotherapy (women: 71.4% vs. men: 73.6%, p = .01) and completed at least five coaching sessions (women: 35.1% vs. men: 38.5%, p < .01). After adjusting for baseline characteristics, women had significantly lower odds of reporting tobacco cessation than men (OR = 0.91, 95% CI: 0.84 to 0.99). However, after further adjustment for use of pharmacotherapy and coaching, there was no longer a significant relationship between gender and tobacco cessation (OR: 0.96, 95% CI: 0.87 to 1.06). Fewer women than men reported tobacco cessation. Women also had lower utilization of quitline cessation services. Although the magnitude of these differences were small, future research on improving the utilization of quitline services among women may be worth pursuing given the large-scale effects of tobacco.
• Kloehn, N., Leroy, G. A., Kauchak, D., Gu, Y., Colina, S., Yuan, N. P., & Revere, D. (2018). SubSimplify – Automatically generating term explanations in English and Spanish when expert and big data dictionaries are insufficient. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 8, e10779.
• Kloehn, N., Leroy, G., Kauchak, D., Gu, Y., Colina, S., Yuan, N. P., & Revere, D. (2018).

  Improving Consumer Understanding of Medical Text: Development and Validation of a New SubSimplify Algorithm to Automatically Generate Term Explanations in English and Spanish

  . Journal of Biomedical Informatics. doi:10.2196/10779
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  Background: While health literacy is important for people to maintain good health and manage diseases, medical educational texts are often written beyond the reading level of the average individual. To mitigate this disconnect, text simplification research provides methods to increase readability and, therefore, comprehension. One method of text simplification is to isolate particularly difficult terms within a document and replace them with easier synonyms (lexical simplification) or an explanation in plain language (semantic simplification). Unfortunately, existing dictionaries are seldom complete, and consequently, resources for many difficult terms are unavailable. This is the case for English and Spanish resources.
• Revere, D., Yuan, N. P., Colina, S., Gu, Y., Kauchak, D., Leroy, G. A., & Kloehn, N. (2018). SubSimplify – Automatically generating term explanations in English and Spanish when expert and big data dictionaries are insufficient. Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), 8, e10779.
• Sugarman, D. B., Nation, M., Yuan, N. P., Kuperminc, G., Ayoub, L., & Hamby, S. (2018). Hate and violence: Addressing discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Psychology of Violence, 8(6), 649-656.
• Thomson, C. A., Wertheim, B. C., Yuan, N. P., Bell, M. L., & Nair, U. S. (2017). Associations between comorbid health conditions and quit outcomes among smokers enrolled in a state quitline, Arizona, 2011-2016.. Public Health Reports.
• Thomson, C. A., Wertheim, B. C., Yuan, N. P., Bell, M. L., & Nair, U. S. (2018). Associations between comorbid health conditions and quit outcomes among smokers enrolled in a state quitline, Arizona, 2011-2016.. Public Health Reports.
• Colina, S., Colina, S., Pritchard, T. G., Pritchard, T. G., Yuan, N. P., Yuan, N. P., Diaz, D., Diaz, D., Rajnarayanan, S., Rajnarayanan, S., Kauckak, D., Kauckak, D., Leroy, G. A., Leroy, G. A., Mukherjee, P., & Mukherjee, P. (2017). NegAIT: A New Parser for Medical Text Simplification Using Morphological, Sentential and Double Negation. Journal of Biomedical Informatics.
• Colina, S., Pritchard, T. G., Yuan, N. P., Diaz, D., Rajnarayanan, S., Kauckak, D., Leroy, G. A., & Mukherjee, P. (2017). A New Parser for Medical Text Simplification Using Morphological, Sentential and Double Negation. Journal of Biomedical Informatics.
• Jung, A. M., Schweers, N. J., Bell, M. L., Nair, U. S., & Yuan, N. P. (2017).

  Tobacco Use Cessation Among Quitline Callers Who Implemented Complete Home Smoking Bans During the Quitting Process

  . Preventing Chronic Disease. doi:10.5888/pcd14.170139
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  The implementation of a home smoking ban (HSB) is associated with tobacco use cessation. We identified which quitline callers were most likely to report 30-day cessation among those who implemented complete HSBs after enrollment.Our sample consisted of callers to the Arizona Smokers' Helpline who enrolled from January 1, 2011, through July 26, 2015, and who reported no HSB at enrollment and a complete HSB by 7-month follow-up. We used logistic regression to estimate associations between no use of tobacco in the previous 30 days (30-day quit) at 7-month follow-up and demographic characteristics, health conditions, tobacco use, and cessation strategies.At 7-month follow-up, 65.4% of 399 callers who implemented a complete HSB reported 30-day quit. Lower odds of tobacco use cessation were associated with having a chronic health condition (odds ratio [OR], 0.31; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.18-0.56) and living with other smokers (OR, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.29-0.73). Higher odds of tobacco cessation were associated with completing 5 or more telephone coaching sessions (OR, 2.48; 95% CI, 1.54-3.98) and having confidence to quit (OR, 2.05; 95% CI, 1.05-3.99). However, confidence to quit was not significant in the sensitivity analysis.Implementing an HSB after enrolling in quitline services increases the likelihood of cessation among some tobacco users. Individuals with complete HSBs were more likely to quit if they did not have a chronic health condition, did not live with another smoker, and were actively engaged in coaching services. These findings may be used by quitlines to develop HSB intervention protocols primarily targeting tobacco users most likely to benefit from them.
• M, K., G, B., R, N., EB, L., Betsy, W., Thomson, C. A., Sbarra, D. A., Yuan, N. P., Kutob, R. M., M, K., G, B., R, N., EB, L., Betsy, W., Thomson, C. A., Sbarra, D. A., Yuan, N. P., & Kutob, R. M. (2017). Relationship between Martial transitions, Health Behaviors, and Health Indicators of Postmenopausal Women: Results from the Women’s Health Initiative. The Journal of Women's Health, 26(4), 313-320.
• Mukherjee, P., Leroy, G., Kauchak, D., Rajanarayanan, S., Diaz, D. Y., Yuan, N. P., Pritchard, T. G., & Colina, S. (2017).

  NegAIT: A new parser for medical text simplification using morphological, sentential and double negation

  . Journal of Biomedical Informatics. doi:10.1016/j.jbi.2017.03.014
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  Many different text features influence text readability and content comprehension. Negation is commonly suggested as one such feature, but few general-purpose tools exist to discover negation and studies of the impact of negation on text readability are rare. In this paper, we introduce a new negation parser (NegAIT) for detecting morphological, sentential, and double negation. We evaluated the parser using a human annotated gold standard containing 500 Wikipedia sentences and achieved 95%, 89% and 67% precision with 100%, 80%, and 67% recall, respectively. We also investigate two applications of this new negation parser. First, we performed a corpus statistics study to demonstrate different negation usage in easy and difficult text. Negation usage was compared in six corpora: patient blogs (4K sentences), Cochrane reviews (91K sentences), PubMed abstracts (20K sentences), clinical trial texts (48K sentences), and English and Simple English Wikipedia articles for different medical topics (60K and 6K sentences). The most difficult text contained the least negation. However, when comparing negation types, difficult texts (i.e., Cochrane, PubMed, English Wikipedia and clinical trials) contained significantly (p
• Yuan, N. P., Nair, U. S., Bell, M. L., Schweers, N., & Jung, A. M. (2017). Predictors of Tobacco Cessation among Quitline Callers Who Implement Home Smoking Bans During the Quitting Process, 2011 – 2015.. Preventing Chronic Diseases, 14(170139.).
• Yuan, N. P., Gaines, T. L., Jones, L. M., Rodriguez, L. M., Gaines, N., & Kinnish, K. (2015). Bridging the gap between researchers and communities by strengthening collaborations for violence research. Psychology of Violence.
• Yuan, N. P., Gaines, T. L., Yuan, N. P., Rodriguez, L. M., Kinnish, K., Jones, L. M., Hamilton, N., & Gaines, T. L. (2016). Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice by Strengthening Academic-Community Partnerships for Violence Research. Psychology of Violence, 6(1), 27-33. doi:10.1037/vio0000026
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  OBJECTIVES: This commentary seeks to highlight the benefits of community-based participatory research (CBPR) and promote its use in the violence field. Community perspectives remain underrepresented in the CBPR literature despite the emphasis on equitable partnerships and shared ownership in the research process. METHOD: Informal interviews were conducted with 10 community partners to understand their perspectives on using and participating in research. RESULTS: Several recommendations for strengthening academic-community research partnerships emerged from the community partners' responses. They were: (a) conduct research that is useful to communities, with a focus on evidence-based practices and cost-benefit analyses; (b) involve community partners early in the development of research questions to ensure that local needs are addressed; (c) engage in frequent and open communication and maintain transparency about research goals and roles and responsibilities of each partner; (d) provide benefits to communities during the research process to promote professional development and build capacity; and (e) disseminate findings quickly, using outlets accessible to communities, and translate into strategies for practice. CONCLUSION: Although the recommendations require significant investments of time and resources by all partners, use of CBPR can contribute to increased development of innovative and sustainable violence prevention programs, services, and policies that are uniquely informed by scientific evidence and community expertise. By emphasizing partnerships with communities, CBPR helps to reduce the gap between research and practice and facilitates the inclusion of community strengths and resilience as valuable components of violence prevention and intervention. Language: en
• Yuan, N. P., Belfourt-Dittloff, A., Schultz, K., & Duran, B. (2015). Research agenda for violence against American Indian/Alaska Native women: Toward the development of strength-based and resilience interventions. Psychology of Violence, 5(4), 367-373.
• Yuan, N. P., Bartgis, J., & Demers, D. (2014). Promoting ethical research with American Indian and Alaska Native people living in urban areas. American Journal of Public Health, 104, 2085-2091.
• Yuan, N. P., Belcourt-dittloff, A., Schultz, K., Packard, G., & Duran, B. M. (2014). Research agenda for violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women: Toward the development of strength-based and resilience interventions.. Psychology of Violence, 5(4), 367-373. doi:10.1037/a0038507
• Yuan, N. P., Duran, B., Walters, K. L., Pearson, C., & Evans-Campbell, T. (2014).

  Alcohol Misuse and Associations with Childhood Maltreatment and Out-of-Home Placement among Urban Two-Spirit American Indian and Alaska Native People

  . International Journal of Environmental Health and Public Health. doi:10.3390/ijerph111010461
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  This study examined associations between alcohol misuse and childhood maltreatment and out-of-home placement among urban lesbian, gay, and bisexual (referred to as two-spirit) American Indian and Alaska Native adults. In a multi-site study, data were obtained from 294 individuals who consumed alcohol during the past year. The results indicated that 72.3% of men and 62.4% of women engaged in hazardous and harmful alcohol use and 50.8% of men and 48.7% of women met criteria for past-year alcohol dependence. The most common types of childhood maltreatment were physical abuse among male drinkers (62.7%) and emotional abuse (71.8%) among female drinkers. Men and women reported high percentages of out-of-home placement (39% and 47%, respectively). Logistic multiple regressions found that for male drinkers boarding school attendance and foster care placement were significant predictors of past-year alcohol dependence. For female drinkers, being adopted was significantly associated with a decreased risk of past-year drinking binge or spree. Dose-response relationships, using number of childhood exposures as a predictor, were not significant. The results highlight the need for alcohol and violence prevention and intervention strategies among urban two-spirit individuals.
• Yuan, N. P., Walters, K., Duran, B., Pearson, C., & Evans-Campbell, T. (2014). Alcohol misuse and associations with childhood maltreatment and out-of-home placement among urban two-spirit American Indian and Alaska Native people. International Journal of Environmental Health and Public Health, 11, 10461-10479.
• Jacquelyn W. White, ., Nicole P. Yuan, ., Sarah L. Cook, ., & Antonia Abbey, . (2013). Ethnic Minority Women's Experiences with Intimate Partner Violence: Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Ask the Right Questions. Sex Roles, 69(3-4), 226-236.
• Nicole P. Yuan, ., Heide Castañeda, ., Mark Nichter, ., Mimi Nichter, ., Steven Wind, ., Lauren Carruth, ., & Myra Muramoto, . (2012). Lay Health Influencers: How They Tailor Brief Tobacco Cessation Interventions. Health Education and Behavior, 39(5), 544-554.
• White, J. W., Yuan, N. P., Cook, S., & Abbey, A. (2012).

  Ethnic Minority Women’s Experiences with Intimate Partner Violence: Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Ask the Right Questions

  . Sex Roles: A Journal of Research. doi:10.1007/s11199-012-0237-0
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  Current definitions, instruments, and processes for measuring intimate partner violence, including sexual assault, are insufficient to detect the nature and scope of violence against all women. To remedy this problem, we recommend the use of community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles to develop culturally informed quantitative instruments that measure ethnic minority women’s experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV). CBPR requires community members and researchers to work equitably together throughout the research process, sharing decision-making and ownership. This paper identifies problems with current measurement approaches and describes the strengths and challenges of the CBPR approach. We argue that this research orientation offers the potential for “flexible standardization” that can provide better estimates of the extent of IPV and sexual assault, and provide communities with the knowledge they need to address these problems in a culturally sensitive manner.
• Bletzer, K. V., Yuan, N. P., Koss, M. P., Polacca, M., Eaves, E. R., & Goldman, D. (2011).

  Taking Humor Seriously: Talking about Drinking in Native American Focus Groups

  . Medical Anthropology. doi:10.1080/01459740.2011.560584
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  Focus groups provide a source of data that highlight community ideas on a topic of interest. How interview data will be utilized varies by project. With this in mind, we identify ways that focus group data from a particular population (Native American) articulate a health issue of individual tribal concern (alcohol consumption). Taking our analytic framework from linguistics, one of the four fields of inquiry in anthropology, we examine format ties and the performance of humor as stylistic features of tribal focus groups and illustrate how linguistic devices can be used in analyzing aspects of adolescent and adult drinking. Focus group data require systematic review and analysis to identify useful findings that can lead to inquiry points to initiate collaborative work with local experts before the data can be developed and configured into effective program initiatives.
• Carruth, L., Castañeda, H., Muramoto, M., Nichter, M., Nichter, M., Wind, S., & Yuan, N. P. (2011).

  Lay Health Influencers: How They Tailor Brief Tobacco Cessation Interventions

  . Health Education and Behavior, 39(5), 544-554. doi:10.1177/1090198111421622
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  Interventions tailored to individual smoker characteristics have increasingly received attention in the tobacco control literature. The majority of tailored interventions are generated by computers and administered with printed materials or web-based programs. The purpose of this study was to examine the tailoring activities of community lay health influencers who were trained to perform face-to-face brief tobacco cessation interventions. Eighty participants of a large-scale, randomized controlled trial completed a 6-week qualitative follow-up interview. A majority of participants (86%) reported that they made adjustments in their intervention behaviors based on individual smoker characteristics, their relationship with the smoker, and/or setting. Situational contexts (i.e., location and timing) primarily played a role after targeted smokers were selected. The findings suggest that lay health influencers benefit from a training curriculum that emphasizes a motivational, person-centered approach to brief cessation interventions. Recommendations for future tobacco cessation intervention trainings are presented.
• Keith V. Bletzer, ., Nicole P. Yuan, ., Mary P. Koss, ., Mona Polacca, ., Emery R. Eaves, ., & David Goldman, . (2011). Taking humor seriously: Talking about drinking in native American focus groups. Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 30(3), 295-318.
• M. Ingram, ., N.P. Yuan, ., & M.P. Koss, . (2010). Male Partner Violence. Encyclopedia of Stress, 645-650.
• Nicole P. Yuan, ., Emery R. Eaves, ., Mary P. Koss, ., Mona Polacca, ., Keith Bletzer, ., & David Goldman, . (2010). "Alcohol is something that been with us like a common cold": Community perceptions of American Indian drinking. Substance Use and Misuse, 45(12), 1909-1929.
• Nicole P. Yuan, ., Steven Wind, ., Mimi Nichter, ., Mark Nichter, ., Heide Castaneda, ., Lauren Carruth, ., & Myra Muramoto, . (2010). Types of lay health influencers in tobacco cessation: A qualitative study. American Journal of Health Behavior, 34(5), 607-617.
• Yuan, N. P., Eaves, E. R., Koss, M. P., Polacca, M., Bletzer, K. V., & Goldman, D. (2010).

  “Alcohol is Something That Been With Us Like a Common Cold”: Community Perceptions of American Indian Drinking

  . Substance Use & Misuse. doi:10.3109/10826081003682115
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  This study examined tribal members’ perspectives on alcohol, risk factors, consequences, and community responses. Focus groups were conducted with five American Indian tribes between 1997 and 2001. Participants were knowledgeable of the cultural lives of their reservation communities. Although there was agreement regarding the pervasiveness of heavy drinking, participants reported different opinions about the meaning of alcohol and appropriate intervention strategies. Three dilemmas were identified, suggesting that community ambivalence may serve as a barrier to reducing problem drinking. Implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed. The study was funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
• Yuan, N. P., Wind, S., Nichter, M., Castañeda, H., Carruth, L., & Murãmoto, M. L. (2010).

  Types of Lay Health Influencers in Tobacco Cessation: A Qualitative Study

  . American Journal of Health Behavior. doi:10.5993/ajhb.34.5.10
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  Nicole P. Yuan, Assistant Professor, Division ofHealth Promotion Sciences, Mel and EnidZuckerman College of Public Health; Mimi Nichter,Associate Professor, School of Anthropology; MarkNichter, Regents’ Professor, School of Anthropol-ogy; Lauren Carruth, Doctoral Student, School ofAnthropology, and Myra Muramoto, Associate Pro-fessor, Department of Family and Community Medi-cine, all from the University of Arizona. StevenWind, Evaluation Associate, LeCroy & Milligan As-sociates, Inc., Tucson, AZ. Heide Castaneda, As-sistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Uni-versity of South Florida, Tampa, FL.Address correspondence to Dr Yuan, Divisionof Health Promotion Sciences, Mel and EnidZuckerman College of Public Health, The Univer-sity of Arizona, 1295 North Martin Avenue, Tuc-son, AZ 85724. E-mail: nyuan@email.arizona.edu
• Ducci, F., Roy, A., Shen, P., Yuan, Q., Yuan, N. P., Hodgkinson, C. A., Goldman, L. R., & Goldman, D. (2009).

  Association of Substance Use Disorders With Childhood Trauma but not African Genetic Heritage in an African American Cohort

  . American Journal of Psychiatry. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08071068
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  Genetic variation influences differential vulnerability to addiction within populations. However, it remains unclear whether differences in frequencies of vulnerability alleles contribute to disparities between populations and to what extent ancestry correlates with differential exposure to environmental risk factors, including poverty and trauma.The authors used 186 ancestry-informative markers to measure African ancestry in 407 addicts and 457 comparison subjects self-identified as African Americans. The reference group was 1,051 individuals from the Human Genome Diversity Cell Line Panel, which includes 51 diverse populations representing most worldwide genetic diversity.African Americans varied in degrees of African, European, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian genetic heritage. The overall level of African ancestry was actually smaller among cocaine, opiate, and alcohol addicts (proportion=0.76-0.78) than nonaddicted African American comparison subjects (proportion=0.81). African ancestry was associated with living in impoverished neighborhoods, a factor previously associated with risk. There was no association between African ancestry and exposure to childhood abuse or neglect, a factor that strongly predicted all types of addictions.These results suggest that African genetic heritage does not increase the likelihood of genetic risk for addictions. They highlight the complex interrelation between genetic ancestry and social, economic, and environmental conditions and the strong relation of those factors to addiction. Studies of epidemiological samples characterized for genetic ancestry and social, psychological, demographic, economic, cultural, and historical factors are needed to better disentangle the effects of genetic and environmental factors underlying interpopulation differences in vulnerability to addiction and other health disparities.
• Francesca Ducci, ., Alec Roy, ., Pei-Hong Shen, ., Qiaoping Yuan, ., Nicole P. Yuan, ., Colin A. Hodgkinson, ., Lynn R. Goldman, ., & David Goldman, . (2009). Association of substance use disorders with childhood trauma but not African genetic heritage in an African American cohort. American Journal of Psychiatry, 166(9), 1031-1040.
• Campbell, J., Mays, M. Z., Yuan, N. P., & Murãmoto, M. L. (2007).

  Who Are Health Influencers? Characterizing a Sample of Tobacco Cessation Interveners

  . American Journal of Health Behavior. doi:10.5993/ajhb.31.2.7
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  To describe characteristics of health influencers (HIs) prior to training in brief tobacco cessation interventions (BI).HIs (n=910) in Arizona were recruited for a randomized controlled trial comparing training modalities.Typically middle-aged (M=43, SD=14), non-Hispanic white (68%), female (77%), non-tobacco users (93%), most identified personal (89%) rather than job-related (3%) motivators for becoming cessation interveners. Confidence about intervention ability was high (93%); knowledge scores, however, were low (M=55%, SD=13%).HIs exhibiting high motivation to intervene but lacking knowledge about BI strategies may be an untapped resource for tobacco cessation and a variety of other health promotion interventions.
• Jean Campbell, ., Mary Z. Mays, ., Nicole P. Yuan, ., & Myra L. Muramoto, . (2007). Who are health influencers? Characterizing a sample of tobacco cessation interveners. American Journal of Health Behavior, 31(2), 181-192.
• Nicole P. Yuan, ., Mary P. Koss, ., Mona Polacca, ., & David Goldman, . (2006). Risk factors for physical assault and rape among six native American tribes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21(12), 1566-1590.
• Mary P. Koss, ., Jennifer A. Bailey, ., Nicole P. Yuan, ., Veronica M. Herrera, ., & Erika L. Lichter, . (2003). Depression and PTSD in survivors of male violence: Research and training initiatives to facilitate recovery. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 27(2), 130-142.
• Mary P. Koss, ., Nicole P. Yuan, ., Douglas Dightman, ., Ronald J. Prince, ., Mona Polacca, ., Byron Sanderson, ., & David Goldman, . (2003). Adverse childhood exposures and alcohol dependence among seven Native American tribes. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 25(3), 238-244.
• Epstein, S. A., Gonzales, J., Weinfurt, K. P., Boekeloo, B. O., Yuan, N. P., & Chase, G. A. (2001).

  Are Psychiatrists’ Characteristics Related to How They Care for Depression in the Medically Ill?: Results From a National Case-Vignette Survey

  . Psychosomatics. doi:10.1176/appi.psy.42.6.482
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  The authors' goal was to examine the relationship between psychiatrists' characteristics and their decisions regarding depression care. A national sampling of 278 psychiatrists answered diagnosis and treatment questions for one of four case vignettes with depression and various degrees of medical comorbidity. They also responded to a questionnaire assessing practice and demographic characteristics. Tendency to diagnose major depression was significantly associated with being board certified, being in practice for less time, having a greater percentage of patients with managed care, and having a greater percentage of patients on psychotropic medications. Tendency to recommend an antidepressant was significantly associated with the psychiatrist being male, being less satisfied with practice, and having a greater percentage of patients on psychotropic medications. These findings remained significant even after controlling for case characteristics. Diagnostic and prescribing tendencies of psychiatrists appear to be associated with specific physician characteristics and not simply case characteristics. These findings have implications for further studies of predictors of quality of care.
• Steven A. Epstein, ., Junius J. Gonzales, ., Kevin Weinfurt, ., Bradley Boekeloo, ., Nicole Yuan, ., & Gary Chase, . (2001). Are psychiatrists' characteristics related to how they care for depression in the medically ill?: Results from a national case-vignette survey. Psychosomatics, 42(6), 482-489.
• Goodman, L. A., Corcoran, C., Turner, K., Yuan, N. P., & Green, B. L. (1998).

  Assessing traumatic event exposure: General issues and preliminary findings for the Stressful Life Events Screening Questionnaire

  . Journal of Traumatic Stress. doi:10.1023/a:1024456713321
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  This article reviews the psychometric properties of the Stressful Life Events Screening Questionnaire (SLESQ), a recently developed trauma history screening measure, and discusses the complexities involved in assessing trauma exposure. There are relatively few general measures of exposure to a variety of types of traumatic events, and most of those that exist have not been subjected to rigorous psychometric evaluation. The SLESQ showed good test-retest reliability, with a median kappa of .73, adequate convergent validity (with a lengthier interview) with a median kappa of .64, and good discrimination between Criterion A and non-Criterion A events. The discussion addresses some of the challenges of assessing traumatic event exposure along the dimensions of defining traumatic events, assessment methodologies, reporting consistency, and incident validation.
• Lisa A. Goodman, ., Carole Corcoran, ., Kiban Turner, ., Nicole Yuan, ., & Bonnie L. Green, . (1998). Assessing traumatic event exposure: General issues and preliminary findings for the stressful life events screening questionnaire. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 11(3), 521-542.

Presentations

• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Carbajal, B., Celaya, M., Yuan, N. P., Ehiri, J. E., Nuno, V. L., & Magrath, P. A. (2022, April 11-13). Partnerships and Strategies ensuring inclusion of historically marginalized voices in assessments. Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health. Portland: Northwest Regional Primary Care Association.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Celaya, M., Cabajal, B., Yuan, N. P., Ehiri, J. E., Nuno, V. L., & Magrath, P. A. (2022, May 10). Inclusive assessments: raising the voices of rural communities. National Rural Health Conference Health Equity Symposium. Albuquerque NM: National Rural Health Association.
• Yuan, N. P., Khetarpal, R., Sharpe, G., Gauer, C., & Patel, N. (2022, April). An introspective discourse on building resilience in the classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic. ResilienceCon. Virtual.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Carbajal, B., Yuan, N. P., Ehiri, J. E., Nuno, V. L., & Magrath, P. A. (2021, April 9). Community and campus partnerships key role in identifying and addressing social determinants of health impacting MCH. 2021 Resiliency in Maternal and Child Health Populations Conference. Virtual: ASU College of Health Solutions.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Yuan, N. P., Ehiri, J. E., Magrath, P. A., & Nuno, V. L. (2021, 4-12-2021). River of Life: Application of a visual method to promote inclusion and build partnerships for a statewide maternal and child health assessment in arizona. Rescon. Virtual: Resilience con.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Yuan, N. P., Magrath, P. A., Nuno, V. L., & Ehiri, J. E. (2021, Spring). River of Life: Application of a visual method to promote inclusion and build partnerships for a statewide maternal and child health needs assessment in Arizona.. Resilience ConLife Paths Research.
• Sokan, A. E., Yuan, N. P., Felix, M., Wager, M., O'Neill, L. M., & Chen, Z. (2021, November). In their own words: A focus group study on COVID-19-related concerns and perceptions of risk among older employees at a large university. Gerontological Society of America 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting. Virtual.
• Yuan, N. P., Ehiri, J. E., Magrath, P. A., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Nuno, V. L., Kram, N., Palmer, K., Butler, S., Okechukwu, A., & Celaya, M. (2021, April). “Work with us and not against us”: Creating a safe space for hearing the voices of African-American and refugee parents for a statewide maternal and child health needs assessment. ResilienceCon. Virtual.
• Yuan, N. P., Yuan, N. P., Forber-Pratt, A., Forber-Pratt, A., Howell, K., Howell, K., & Wamser-Nanney, R. (2021, April). Beyond federal grants: Supporting your research with foundation funding. ResilienceCon. Virtual.
• et., a., Chen, Z., O'Neill, L. M., Wager, M., Felix, M., Yuan, N. P., & Sokan, A. E. (2021, November). In Their Own Words: A Study on COVID-19-Related Concerns and Perceptions of Risk Among Older University Employees.. Gerontological Society of America annual conference.. Virtual: GSA.
• Ehiri, J. E., Yuan, N. P., Nuno, V. L., Magrath, P. A., & Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2020, June). Strategies for engaging diverse communities in health needs assessment. NWRPCA Spring Summit 2020. Seattle Washington: Northwest Regional Primary Care Association.
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  The abstract was accepted for the conference. Unfortunately, the conference was canceled due to COVID.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Yuan, N. P., Ehiri, J. E., Magrath, P. A., & Nuno, V. L. (2020, August). Presentation of results of Title V MCH assessment. Arizona Rural Women's Health Symposium. Sedona. Arizona: Arizona Rural Women's Health Department.
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  Present on the Title V MCH assessment unfortunately the conference was canceled.
• Yuan, N. P., Carvajal, S. C., Nuno, V. L., Fox, M. J., Hunter, A., Carlos, K., & Muniz, F. (2020, Oct). Mixed methods evaluation of a culturally-grounded after-school program on an urban-based American Indian reservation. APHA. Virtual.
• Yuan, N. P., Chico-Jarillo, T., Bernadino, B., & Tirambulo, C. (2020, October). Engaging stakeholders and building an academic-community partnership to prevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies among an urban American Indian community. APHA. Virtual.
• Yuan, N. P., Driefuss, H., Bauer, M., & Teufel-Shone, N. (2020, October). Utilizing digital storytelling to develop a public health professions pathway curriculum for American Indian high school students. APHA. Virtual.
• Yuan, N. P., Ehiri, J. E., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Magrath, P. A., Nuno, V. L., Bingham, L., Welter, A., Balland, L., & Celaya, M. (2020, October). Stakeholder engagement for a maternal and child health needs assessment: Application of the River of Life tool at statewide meetings. APHA. Virtual.
• Ehiri, J. E., Ehiri, J. E., Cortes, A., Cortes, A., Welter, A., Welter, A., Nuno, V. L., Nuno, V. L., Yuan, N. P., Yuan, N. P., Magrath, P. A., Magrath, P. A., Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2019, August). Calling for input on Maternal and Child Health Services in the State of Arizona. Arizona Rural Health Conference. Flagstaff, Arizona: Arizona Center for Rural Health.
• Ehiri, J. E., Ehiri, J. E., Cotes, A., Cotes, A., Baland, L., Baland, L., Welter, A., Welter, A., Magrath, P. A., Magrath, P. A., Yuan, N. P., Yuan, N. P., Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2019, June). River of Life Activity for Annual Arizona Community Health Worker Confernce. Annual Arizona Community Health Outreach Worker Conference.
• Ehiri, J. E., Ehiri, J. E., Nuno, V. L., Nuno, V. L., Yuan, N. P., Yuan, N. P., Welter, A., Welter, A., Magrath, P. A., Magrath, P. A., Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2019, June). River of Life Activity for MCH Title V Community Assessment. Arizona Rural Women's Health Symposium. Sedona, Arizona: Alliance of Community Health Centers.
• Yuan, N. P., Banyard, V., Elm, J., Kram, N. A., & Querna, K. (2019, April). Promoting resilience among communities to achieve health and well-being for all. ResilienceCon. Nashville, TN.
• Yuan, N. P., Elm, J., English, D., Kaczkowski, W., Murtaza, Z., & Nation, M. (2019, April). Fighting hate-based violence, racism, and discrimination: Advances in research and practice. 2019 ResilienceCon. Nashville, TN.
• Yuan, N. P., Hunter, A., Cunningham, J. K., Protho, T., & Gachupin, F. C. (2019, November). Promoting best practices with an urban American Indian community: Utilizing an academic-community partnership for a comprehensive community health needs assessment. American Public Health Association 2019 Annual Meeting & Expo. Philadelphia, PA.
• Bell, M. L., Nair, U. S., Krupski, L. A., Wetheim, B., Yuan, N. P., & Allen, A. M. (2018, Spring). Gender Differences in Smoking Cessation outcomes Among Callers at a State Quitline. College on Problems of Drug Dependence. San Diego, CA.
• Nair, U. S., Bell, M. L., Krupski, L. A., Wertheim, B., Yuan, N. P., & Allen, A. M. (2018, June). Gender differences in utilization of quitline services and tobacco cessation among callers at a state quitline. College of Problems on Drug Dependence. San Diego, CA.
• Yuan, N. P., Howell, K., Espelage, D., Kuperminic, G., Schultz, K., & Wamers-Nanney, R. (2018, April). It takes a community of mentors to build resilience in academia. ResilienceCon 2019. Nashville, TN.
• Yuan, N. P., Keane, C., Gilmore, S., & Green, J. (2018, April). Advancing Culturally-Responsive Approaches with Trauma Survivors to Promote Resilience in Underserved Communities. ResilienceCon 2019. Nashville, TN.
• Brooks, A., Burke, M., Yuan, N. P., Crocker, R., & Stoner, M. (2017, August). Expanding the reach of integrative medicine with the development of a self-care tool for underserved populations. IM4US Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
• Teufel-Shone, N. I., Yuan, N. P., Mayer, B. M., & Whitewater, S. (2017, November). How to create an effective community advisory board for public health research: Guidelines for formation, operation, and evaluation. Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Atlanta, GA.
• Yuan, N. P., Goforth, K., Howell, K., Miller-Graf, L., Querna, K., Schultz, K., & Wamser-Nanney, R. (2017, April). The conundrum of promoting community-based participatory research on violence, trauma, and resilience while facing barriers to achieving success. ResilienceCon. Nashville, TN.
• Yuan, N. P., Kopkowski, A., & Hamby, S. (2016, April). Family, friends, and faith: The impact of relationships and religious beliefs on resilience among women. In N. Yuan (Chair), The importance of interpersonal strengths, attachment, self-regulatory skills, meaning making in promoting resilience among individuals living in rural Appalachia. ResilienceCon. Nashville, TN.
• Nair, U. S., Yuan, N. P., Holloway, D., & Thomson, C. A. (2016, Spring). Smoking cessation outcomes among smokers with comorbid conditions enrolled in a tobacco cessation quitline. Annual Conference of the Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco. Chicago, IL.
• Yuan, N. P. (2016, May). Violence in underserved communities: From understanding the problem to doing something about it. 24th Annual Meeting for the Society for Prevention Research. San Francisco, CA: Society for Prevention Research.
• Yuan, N. P., & Seltzer, R. (2015, February). The predictive value of intake questions on informing tailored quitline services. 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Tobacco and Nicotine. Philadelphia, PA.
• Yuan, N. P., Crane, T., Halloway, D., Brady, B., Manziello, A., & Gordon, J. (2015, Feb). Use of electronic nicotine delivery systems and nicotine replacement therapy among individuals who have a mental health condition. 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Tobacco and Nicotine. Philadelphia, PA.
• Yuan, N. P., Glider, P., Salafsky, D., & Waldron, E. (2014, July). Emotional abuse: A hidden form of violence. 21st World Meeting of International Society for Research on Aggression. Atlanta, GA.
• Yuan, N. P., Solomon, T., Wampler, N., Mills-Cager, P., & Bernal, J. (2014, July). Violence exposure and cultural correlates among urban American Indian and Alaska Native people: A community needs assessment. 21st World Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression. Atlanta, GA.
• Yuan, N. P., Walters, K., Duran, B., Pearson, C., & Evans-Campbell, T. (2014, Dec). Alcohol misuse and associations with childhood exposures among urban two-spirit American Indian and Alaska Native people. UA Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds. Tucson, AZ.

Poster Presentations

• Robles, D., Yang, Y., Wager, M., Kang, P., Sokan, A. E., Yuan, N. P., & Chen, Z. (2021, October). he effect of 6-week virtual tai chi and qigong intervention on sleep quality and wellbeing among university older employees. American Public Health Association Virtual Annual Meeting & Expo. Denver, CO (hybrid).
• Yuan, N. P., Sokan, A. E., Felix, M., Wager, M., O'Neill, L. M., & Chen, Z. (2021, October). Strategies to promote the health and well-being of older University employees during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from focus group interviews. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo. Denver, CO (hybrid).
• Beamer, P., Billheimer, D. D., Yuan, N. P., Begay, M., Teufel-Shone, N., VanHorne, Y. O., Chief, K., & Farley, M. (2019, October). Risk perception of Navajo communities along the San Juan River following the Gold King Mine Spill.. Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans Annual Conference. Honolulu, HI.
• Burke, M., Brooks, A., Crocker, R., Stoner, G. M., Yuan, N. P., & Cook, P. (2019, May). Supporting healthy behavior changes with underserved populations: The feasibility, usability, and effectiveness of My Wellness Coach, an integrative health self-care mobile app. 4th Annual El Rio – Wright Center for GME Community Health Research Fair. Tucson, AZ.
• Skobic, I., Haynes, P. L., Yuan, N. P., Gates, M., & Carvajal, S. C. (2019, November). Stigma and willingness to seek mental health treatment among college students: Exploring potential moderators of a complex association. American Public Health Association 2019 Annual Meeting & Expo. Philadelphia, PA.
• Yuan, N. P., Brooks, A., Burke, M., Crocker, R., Stoner, G. M., & Cook, P. (2019, November). My Wellness Coach: Evaluation of a mobile app designed to promote integrative health among underserved populations. American Public Health Association 2019 Annual Meeting & Expo. Philadelphia, PA.
• Allen, A. M., Yuan, N. P., Wertheim, B., Krupski, L. A., Bell, M. L., & Nair, U. S. (2018, Febraury). Gender differences in smoking cessation outcomes among callers at a state quitline. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Baltimore, MD.
• Yuan, N. P., Kram, N., Kopkowski, A., & Hamby, S. (2018, November). “You got to keep moving on”: Narratives of adverse childhood experiences and resilience told by children and young people living in rural Appalachian communities. Annual Meeting of American Public Health Association. San Diego, CA.
• Yuan, N. P., Teufel-Shone, N. I., & Mayer, B. M. (2018, April). Guidelines to improve the use of community advisory boards: Applications for research on violence, trauma, and resilience. ResilienceCon 2019. Nashville, TN.
• Brooks, A., Yuan, N. P., Crocker, R., Burke, M., & Stoner, M. (2017, November). Promoting the health of underserved populations: The feasibility, usability, and effectiveness of the Integrative Health Self-Care Tool. Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Atlanta, GA.
• Crane, T. E., Crane, T. E., O'Connor, P. A., O'Connor, P. A., Brady, B. R., Brady, B. R., Yuan, N. P., Yuan, N. P., Vidrine, J. L., Vidrine, J. L., Garland, L. L., Garland, L. L., Thomson, C. A., & Thomson, C. A. (2017, Spring). Abstract: Smoking bans in cancer patients enrolling for quitline cessation services: results from the Arizona Smokers’ Helpline (ASHLine). American Society of Preventive Oncology. Seattle, WA.
• Jung, A. M., Schweers, N., Bell, M. L., Nair, U. S., & Yuan, N. P. (2017, March). Predictors of tobacco cessation among quitline callers who implement home smoking bans during the quitting process. Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Tucson, AZ.
• O'Connor, P. A., Yuan, N. P., Schultz, J., Bell, M. L., Schultz, J., Bell, M. L., O'Connor, P. A., & Yuan, N. P. (2017, March). Tobacco cessation among American Indian/Alaska Native individuals: The role of state quitlines in providing tailored services for this population. American Academy of Health Behaviors Annual Meeting. Tucson, AZ.
• Crane, T., Holloway, D., Brady, B., Nair, U., Yuan, N. P., & Thomson, C. (2016, March). Predicting e-cigarette use and tobacco cessation in a state-based quitline. 37th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions for the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Washington, DC: Society of Behavioral Medicine.
• Nair, U., Holloway, D., Brady, B., & Yuan, N. P. (2016, March). Cessation outcomes among smokers with co- morbid mental health and chronic conditions enrolled in a tobacco quitline. 22nd Annual Meeting for the Society for Research on Tobacco and Nicotine. Chicago, IL: Society for Research on Tobacco and Nicotine.
• Yuan, N. P., Nair, U., Crane, T., Holloway, D., & Thomson, C. (2016, March-April). Impact of home smoking bans on tobacco cessation among individuals seeking assistance from a quitline. 37th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions for the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Washington, DC: Society of Behavioral Medicine.
• Crane, T., Holloway, D., Yuan, N. P., Brady, B., Manzinello, A., & Gordon, J. (2015, March). Use of electronic cigarettes in a university-based quitline. 39th Annual American Society of Preventive Oncology Conference. Birmingham, AL: American Society of Preventive Oncology.
• Nair, U., Yuan, N. P., Crane, T., Holloway, D., & Thomson, C. (2015, Summer 2015). Developing evidence-based tailored cessation services for smokers with mental health conditions. North American Quitline Consortium Conference. Atlanta, GA: North American Quitline Consortium.
• Waldron, E., Yuan, N. P., Glider, P., & Salafsky, D. (2015, Spring 2015). Emotional abuse and alcohol use among college students: A call for prevention. Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health Student Poster Forum. Tucson, AZ: Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

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• Jason, K., Wager, M., Robles, D., Insel, K. C., Verhougstraete, M., O'Neill, L. M., Phillips, L. R., Fain, M. J., Yuan, N. P., Yang, Y., Kenning, H., Butt, H., Sokan, A. E., & Chen, Z. (2021, November). Impact of COVID-19 on Older Employees of a Large State University: Findings From a Mixed-Methods Study.. Symposium - Gerontological Society of America annual conference.
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• Yuan, N. P. (2020, August). Improving the use and effectiveness of Community Advisory Boards. Partnerships for Environmental Public Health.
• Yuan, N. P., Pavlik, M., & Miller, B. (2014, Dec). Coping with Cravings. Handout to disseminate to ASHLine clients and post to ASHLine website.
• Yuan, N. P., Pavlik, M., & Miller, B. (2014, Dec). Mental Health and Quitting Tobacco. Handout to disseminate to ASHLine clients and post to ASHLine website.
• Yuan, N. P., Pavlik, M., & Miller, B. (2014, Dec). Working with a Quit Coach. Handout to disseminate to ASHLine clients and post on ASHLine website.
• Yuan, N. P., Pavlik, M., Miller, B., & Fazel, M. (2014, Dec). Checklist of Questions to Ask Healthcare Provider: Quitting Tobacco. Handout to disseminate to ASHLine clients and post to ASHLine website.
• Yuan, N. P., Pavlik, M., Miller, B., & Fazel, M. (2014, Dec). Checklist of Questions to Ask Healthcare Provider: Using NRTs. Handout to disseminate to ASHLine clients and post to ASHLine website.
• Yuan, N. P., Pavlik, M., Miller, B., & Fazel, M. (2014, Dec). Effects of Smoking on Mental Health Medications. Handout to disseminate to ASHLine clients and post to ASHLine website.