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Current Graduate Student Research

  • Meng-Jung Wen

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Adati Tarfa

Dissertation

  • Understanding The Interplay of Psychosocial Factors and Community Dynamics in A Mobile Health Intervention for People with Comorbid Substance Use Disorder and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Master’s thesis

  • Exploring the Utilization of Community Pharmacists to Facilitate Linkage and Retention in Care of Patients with HIV

Peer-reviewed published papers published from thesis:

  • Tarfa, A., Pecanac, K., & Shiyanbola, O. (2021). Patients, social workers, and pharmacists’ perceptions of barriers to providing HIV care in community pharmacies in the United States. Pharmacy, 9(4), 178.
  • Tarfa, A., Pecanac, K., & Shiyanbola, O. O. (2023). A qualitative inquiry into the patient-related barriers to linkage and retention in HIV care within the community setting. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 9, 100207.

Deepika Rao

Dissertation

  • Designing a patient-centered opioid misuse screening and brief intervention for the community pharmacy

Peer-reviewed published papers published from dissertation:

  • Rao D, Mercy M, McAtee C, Ford J, Shiyanbola OO. A scoping literature review of pharmacy-based opioid misuse screening and brief interventions. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. 2023

Yen-Ming Huang

Dissertation

  • Exploring the barriers and facilitators of medication adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes across different health literacy levels

Peer-reviewed published papers published from dissertation:

  • Huang Y, Pecanac K, Shiyanbola OO. “Why am I not taking medications?”: barriers and facilitators of diabetes medication adherence across different health literacy levels. Qual Health Res.2020; .1049732320945296. doi:10.1177/1049732320945296
  • Huang, Y. M., & Shiyanbola, OO. (2021). Investigation of barriers and facilitators to medication adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes across different health literacy levels: an explanatory sequential mixed methods study. Frontiers in pharmacology, 12, 745749.

Master’s thesis

  • Association of health literacy and self-efficacy with medication adherence and diabetes control in people with type 2 diabetes

Peer-reviewed published papers published from thesis:

  • Huang Y, Shiyanbola OO, Hsun-Yu Chan. A Path Model Linking Health Literacy, Self-efficacy, Medication Adherence, and Glycemic Control. Patient Education and Counseling. 2018.
  • Huang Y, Shiyanbola OO, Smith P. The Association of Health Literacy and Medication Self-efficacy with Medication Adherence and Diabetes Control. Patient Preference and Adherence 2018; 12: 793-802. DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S153312, PMID: 29785094
  • Huang Y, Shiyanbola OO, Smith P, Hsun-Yu Chan. Quick screen of patient’s numeracy and document literacy skills: the factor structure of the Newest Vital Sign. Patient Preference and Adherence 2018; 12: 853- 859. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S165994, PMID: 29844661

Cameron Lanier

Master’s thesis

  • The Association of Patient Perception of Origin of Disease and its Relation to Health Literacy, Self-Efficacy, and Psychosocial Factors in Type II Diabetes