My Bibliography

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Yang S, Ayers B. Do birds of a feather flock together? A social network study of friendship networks among college students. journal of current issues in media & Telecommunications.. 2014; 6(1):43-56.

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Stauss K, Koh E, Coustaut C, Ayers B. Our town for teens: Long-term impact of a youth diversity program. Child and Youth Services. 2016 May; 37(1):23-48.

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Scott A, Shreve M, Ayers B, McElfish PA. Breast-feeding perceptions, beliefs and experiences of Marshallese migrants: an exploratory study. Public Health Nutr. 2016 Nov;19(16):3007-3016. doi: 10.1017/S1368980016001221. Epub 2016 May 27. PubMed PMID: 27230629; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5405700.

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McElfish PA, Long CR, Rowland B, Moore S, Wilmoth R, Ayers B. Improving Culturally Appropriate Care Using a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach: Evaluation of a Multicomponent Cultural Competency Training Program, Arkansas, 2015-2016. Prev Chronic Dis. 2017 Aug 3;14:E62. doi: 10.5888/pcd14.170014. PubMed PMID: 28771402; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5542547.

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McElfish PA, Narcisse MR, Long CR, Ayers BL, Hawley NL, Aitaoto N, Riklon S, Su LJ, Ima SZ, Wilmoth RO, Schulz TK, Kadlubar S. Leveraging community-based participatory research capacity to recruit Pacific Islanders into a genetics study. J Community Genet. 2017 Oct;8(4):283-291. doi: 10.1007/s12687-017-0313-9. Epub 2017 Jul 8. PubMed PMID: 28689351; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5614883.

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McElfish PA, Ayers BL, Purvis RS, Long CR, Sinclair K, Esquivel M, Steelman SC. Best practices for community-engaged participatory research with Pacific Islander communities in the USA and USAPI: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2018 Jan 24;8(1):e019653. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019653. Review. PubMed PMID: 29371285; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5786128.

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McElfish PA, Long CR, Kaholokula JK, Aitaoto N, Bursac Z, Capelle L, Laelan M, Bing WI, Riklon S, Rowland B, Ayers BL, Wilmoth RO, Langston KN, Schootman M, Selig JP, Yeary KHK. Design of a comparative effectiveness randomized controlled trial testing a faith-based Diabetes Prevention Program (WORD DPP) vs. a Pacific culturally adapted Diabetes Prevention Program (PILI DPP) for Marshallese in the United States. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 May;97(19):e0677. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000010677. PubMed PMID: 29742712; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5959435.

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McElfish PA, Moore R, Laelan M, Ayers BL. Using CBPR to address health disparities with the Marshallese community in Arkansas. Ann Hum Biol. 2018 May;45(3):264-271. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2018.1461927. PubMed PMID: 29877159.

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Ayers BL, Purvis RS, Bing WI, Rubon-Chutaro J, Hawley NL, Delafield R, Adams IK, McElfish PA. Structural and Socio-cultural Barriers to Prenatal Care in a US Marshallese Community. Matern Child Health J. 2018 Jul;22(7):1067-1076. doi: 10.1007/s10995-018-2490-5. PubMed PMID: 29470813.

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Ayers BL, Hawley NL, Purvis RS, Moore SJ, McElfish PA. Providers' perspectives of barriers experienced in maternal health care among Marshallese women. Women Birth. 2018 Oct;31(5):e294-e301. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2017.10.006. Epub 2017 Nov 7. PubMed PMID: 29126795; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5938162.

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McElfish PA, Ayers BL, Felix HC, Long CR, Bursac Z, Kaholokula JK, Riklon S, Bing W, Iban A, Yeary KHK. How stakeholder engagement influenced a randomized comparative effectiveness trial testing two Diabetes Prevention Program interventions in a Marshallese Pacific Islander Community. J Transl Med. 2019 Feb 11;17(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s12967-019-1793-7. PubMed PMID: 30744647; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6371527.

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Johnson KV, Scott AL, Shreve M, Ayers BL, Seaton VS, McElfish PA. Marshallese Beliefs, Perceptions, and Practices Related to Child Feeding Among Marshallese in the United States: Implications for Childhood Obesity. Nutr Metab Insights. 2019;12:1178638819827609. doi: 10.1177/1178638819827609. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 30799933; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6378467.

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Hawley NL, Suss R, Cash HL, Aitaoto N, Samoa R, Ayers B, McElfish P. Diabetes Prevention and Care Programs in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands: Challenges, Innovation, and Recommendations for Effective Scale-Up. Curr Diab Rep. 2019 Mar 27;19(5):24. doi: 10.1007/s11892-019-1139-0. Review. PubMed PMID: 30919169.

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Ayers BL, Shreve MD, Scott AL, Seaton VA, Johnson KV, Hawley NL, Rowland B, Moore R, McElfish PA. Social and economic influences on infant and child feeding practices in a Marshallese community. Public Health Nutr. 2019 Jun;22(8):1461-1470. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018004007. Epub 2019 Feb 22. PubMed PMID: 30793680; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7087398.