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Fitzpatrick KM, Willis DE. 2014. “Race and Place.” Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior and Society, edited by Stella Quah, William C. Cockerham, and Robert Dingwall. Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishing Limited.
Willis DE, Bogulski CA, Brown CC, Manning NA, White LS, Selig JP, Li J, McElfish PA. Postpartum Care Screenings by Care Modality Among US Mothers, 2020-2021. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Global Reports. 2025:100541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xagr.2025.100541
Willis DE, Narcisse MR, James L, Selig JP, Ason M, Scott AJ, Cornett LE, McElfish PA. Vaccine Hesitancy or Hesitancies? A Latent Class Analysis of Pediatric Patients’ Parents. Clinical and Translational Science. 2025;18(1):70042. https://doi.org/10.1111/cts.70042
Willis DE, Andersen JA, Hallgren E, Moore R, Selig JP, Scott AJ, Kraleti SS, McElfish PA. COVID-19 Death Exposure among Adults in the United States [published online ahead of print, 2022 Aug 4]. Omega (Westport). 2025;90(3):1094-1108. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221116523
Willis DE, Selig JP, James C, Gurel-Headley M, Zimmerman S, Ochoa ER, Kraleti S, Li J, McElfish PA. Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination: Do Provider Recommendations and School Encouragement Matter for Vaccine-Hesitant Parents? Forthcoming: American Journal of Health Education.
McElfish PA, Caldwell A, Watson D, Langner J, Callaghan-Koru J, Porter A, Willis DE, Andersen JA, Hawley NL, Selig JP, Forati A, Alcala MR, White L, Gomez-Pomar E, Brown CC. Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Prenatal Care Utilization in Arkansas, United States. Preventive Medicine Reports. 2025:102983. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.102983
McElfish PA, Caldwell A, Watson D, Langner J, Callaghan-Koru J, Porter A, Willis DE, Andersen JA, Hawley NL, Selig JP, Forati A, Alcala MR, Brown CC. Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Prenatal Care Utilization in Arkansas, United States. Healthcare Journal of Arkansas. May/June 2025. https://www.healthcarejournalar.com/sites/default/files/journal/fb/HJAR-2025-may-jun/index.html
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McElfish PA, Caldwell A, Selig JP, Watson D, Langner J, Callaghan-Koru J, Porter A, Willis DE, Andersen JA, Hawley NL, Mendoza Kabua P, Brown CC. Disparities in Prenatal Care Utilization in the United States. Maternal and Child Health Journal. Forthcoming 2025.
McElfish PA, Hawley NL, Caldwell AR, Selig JP, Watson D, Gomez-Pomar E, Andersen JA, Kraleti S, White L, Willis DE, Langston K, Manning N, Callaghan-Koru A, Porter A, Brown CC. Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Associated with Higher Risk of Cesarean Delivery across Body Mass Index Categories in the United States. Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogoh.2025.103010
Moore R, Purvis RS, Willis DE, Li J, Sorrell S, Lee SC, Finley EP, Sexton K, Kraleti S, James C, McElfish PA. A Qualitative Study of Social Processes, HPV Vaccine Attitudes, and Vaccination Behavior among Hesitant Adopter Parents. Clinical Pediatrics. 2025; 0(0).
Walter CS, Willis DE, Andersen JA, Bogulski CA, Li J, Cortez KH, Selig JP, McElfish PA, Felix HC. Physical Activity amid a Pandemic: How Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors Shaped Behaviors during COVID-19. Journal of Prevention. 2025; 46:413-426.
Willis DE, Moore R, Purvis RS, McElfish PA. Hesitant but Vaccinated: Lessons Learned from Hesitant Adopters. Vaccine. 2024;42(20):126135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.07.036
Willis DE, Moore R, Selig JP, Shafeek Amin N, Li J, Watson D, Brimberry RK, McElfish PA. Pediatric HPV Vaccination: Provider Recommendations Matter among Hesitant Parents. Vaccine. 2024;42(25):126166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126166
Willis DE, Purvis RS, Moore R, Li J, Selig JP, Imran T, Zimmerman S, McElfish PA. Social Processes and COVID-19 Vaccination of Children of Hesitant Mothers. Journal of Community Health. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-024-01340-x
Willis DE, Li J, Selig JP, Moore R, Green A, Purvis RS, Lovelady N, Macechko M, McElfish PA. Healthcare Provider Recommendations for COVID-19 Vaccination: Prevalence, Disparities, and Correlates. Patient Education and Counseling. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2024.108481
Pro G, Cantor J, Willis DE, Gu M, Fairman B, Baloh J, Montgomery B. A multilevel analysis of changing telehealth availability in opioid use disorder treatment settings: Conditional effects of rurality, the number and types of medication for opioid use disorder available, and time, US, 2016-2023. The Journal of Rural Health. 2024. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/jrh.12854.
Andersen JA, Bogulski CA, Eswaran S, Willis DE, Acharya M, Li J, Marciniak B, Edem D, Selig JP, McElfish PA. Associations between Sociodemographic Factors and Interest in Remote Patient Monitoring among Arkansas Residents. Telemedicine and e-Health. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2023.0557
Moore R, Purvis RS, Willis DE, Li J, Langner J, Gurel-Headley MP, Kraleti S, Curran GM, Macechko MD, McElfish PA. “Every time it comes time for another shot, it’s a re-evaluation”: A qualitative study of intent to receive COVID-19 boosters among parents who were hesitant adopters of the COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccines. 2024;12(2):171. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12020171
Moore R, Purvis RS, Willis DE, Li J, Selig JP, Ross J, McELfish PA. Influences on COVID-19 Booster Uptake Among Adults Intending to Receive a Booster: A Qualitative Study. Health Promotion International. 2024;39(3):daae067. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae067
Purvis RS, Moore R, Willis DE, Li J, Selig JP, Kraleti S, Imran T, McElfish PA. Exploring Hesitancy, Motivations, and Practical Issues for COVID-19 Vaccination among Vaccine Hesitant Adopter Parents Using the Increasing Vaccination Model. Journal of Pediatric Health Care. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2024.01.009
Williams ML, Selig JP, Amick BC III, Li J, Willis DE, Kraleti S, Meredith-Neve SM, CarlLee S, McElfish PA. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in a small rural southern state: Results of a weighted random sample survey. Heliyon. 2024;10(22):e40423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40423
Willis DE, Kaholokula JK, Andersen JA, Selig JP, Bogulski CA, Scott AJ, McElfish PA. Racial Misclassification, Discrimination, Consciousness, and Self-Rated Health among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Adults in the USA. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01556-y
Willis DE, Montgomery BEE, Selig JP, Andersen JA, Shah SK, Li J, Reece S, Alik D, McElfish PA. COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Racial Discrimination among US Adults. Preventive Medicine Reports. 2022;31:102074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.102074
Willis DE, Reece S, Gurel-Headley MP, Selig JP, Li J, Zimmerman S, Cornett LE, McElfish PA. Social Processes, Practical Issues, and COVID-19 Vaccination among Hesitant Adults. Vaccine. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.07.006
Willis DE, Moore R, Selig JP, CarlLee S, Gurel-Headley MP, Cornett LE, McElfish PA. COVID-19 booster uptake: Are hesitant adopters less likely to get a booster shot than non-hesitant adopters? Behavioral Medicine. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2023.2249168
Willis DE, Moore R, Andersen JA, Li J, Selig JP, McKinnon JC, Gurel-Headley MP, Reece S, McElfish PA. Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccine Coverage in Arkansas: Results from a Weighted Random Sample Survey. Vaccine. 2023;41(41):6120-6126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.08.075
Yeary KH, Willis DE, Yu H, Johnson B, McElfish PA. Self-Reported Racial Discrimination and Healthy Behaviors in Black Adults Residing in Rural Persistent Poverty Areas. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01738-8
Obermaier A, Fitzpatrick KM, Wahls A, Willis DE. Feeling Good or Doing Good: Grassroot Effort to Stem the Food Insecurity Tide. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. 2024; 19(6): 1228-1246.
Busch, S, Andersen, AA, Willis, DE, Pearl Anna McElfish, PA, Reece, S, DuBois, D, Brown, CC. Association of the COVID-19 Pandemic with Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Receipt among Pregnant Individuals. American Journal of Public Health. 2023; 113:S240-S247. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307525
Andersen JA, Willis DE, Kaholokula JK, Rowland B, Council S, Riklon S, McElfish PA. Experiences of Discrimination among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders living in the USA. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01509-x
CarlLee S, Willis DE, Andersen JA, Gurel-Headley M, Kraleti SS, Selig JP, Moore R, Diaz-Cruz A, Macechko MD, McElfish PA. Healthcare Access and Experiences of Racial Discrimination as Predictors of General Vaccine Hesitancy. Vaccines. 2023;11(2):409. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020409
Pro G, Fairman B, Baloh J, Willis DE, Montgomery BMM. Temporal changes in telehealth availability in mental health treatment settings: Differences in growth by state urbanicity and rurality, 2015-2020. Journal of Urban Health. 2023; 100(6), 1149-1158.
Fitzpatrick KM, Harris CT, Willis DE, Obermaier A, Drawve G. Place Still Matters: Individual Level Social Vulnerabilities, Place-Level Structural Disadvantage and Food Insecurity During COVID-19. Nutrients. 2023;15(6):1430. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15061430
Hallgren E, Narcisse MR, Andersen JA, Willis DE, Thompson T, Bryant-Smith G, McElfish PA. Medical Financial Hardship and Food Security among Cancer Survivors in the United States. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 2023;EPI-22-1044. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-22-1044
Long CR, Narcisse MR, Selig JP, Willis DE, Gannon M, Rowland B, English ES, McElfish PA. Prevalence and Associations between Food Insecurity and Overweight/Obesity among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Adolescents [published online ahead of print, 2023 Apr 18]. Public Health Nutrition. 2023;1-7. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980023000769
Reece S, CarlLee S, Scott AJ, Willis DE, Rowland B, Larsen K, Holman-Allgood I, McElfish PA. Hesitant adopters: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among diverse vaccinated adults in the United States. Infectious Medicine. 2023;2(2):89-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imj.2023.03.001
Purvis RS, Moore R, Willis DE, Kraleti SK, Gurel-Headley MP, CarlLee S, McElfish PA. Key conversations and trusted information among hesitant adopters of the COVID-19 vaccine. Journal of Health Communication. 2023;28(9):595-604. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2244458
Bogulski CA, Andersen JA, Eswaran S, Willis DE, Edem D, McElfish PA. Factors Associated with Online Patient Portal Utilization Experience in an Arkansas Phone Survey. Telemed J E Health. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2023.0490
Purvis RS, Moore R, Willis DE, Li J, Kraleti S, Imran T, McElfish PA. Understanding HPV Vaccine Hesitancy and What Helped Hesitant Adopter Parents Have Their Child(ren) Vaccinated Despite Their Hesitancy. Journal of Pediatric Health Care. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2023.11.013
Reece S, McElfish PA, Andersen JA, Ayers BL, Tiwari T, Willis DE, Rowland B, Norris JD, Beasley K, Mendoza-Kabua P, Brown CC. Application Status among Women Enrolled in a Healthy Start Program in Arkansas for the Special Nutrition Program for Women and Children. Journal of Community Health. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-023-01215-7
Gurel-Headley M, Mamisashvili M, CarlLee S, Reece S, Chapman C, Kraleti S, Andersen JA, Selig JP, Willis DE, Li J, McElfish PA. Associations between Influenza Vaccination and Health Care Access among Adults in the United States. Vaccines. 2023;11(2):416. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020416
Moore R, Purvis RS, CarlLee S, Hallgren E, Kraleti S, Willis DE, McElfish PA. Understanding Vaccination among Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine Using the Increasing Vaccination Model. Journal of Health Communication. 2023;28(7):458-476. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2224265
Andersen JA, Scott AJ, Rowland B, Willis DE, McElfish PA. Associations between COVID-19 Death Exposure and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Vaccine Uptake. Southern Medical Journal. 2023;116(7):519-523. https://doi.org/10.14423%2FSMJ.0000000000001576
Kendrick A, Fantasia HC, Morse B, Willis DE. Experiences of Food Insecure College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Descriptive Study, Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. 2023. DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2023.2286340
Willis DE, Selig JP, Andersen JA, Hall S, Hallgren E, Williams M, Bryant-Moore K, McElfish PA. Hesitant but vaccinated: assessing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among the recently vaccinated [published online ahead of print, 2022 Jan 15]. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2022;10.1007/s10865-021-00270-6. doi:10.1007/s10865-021-00270-6
Willis DE, Andersen JA, Montgomery BEE, Selig JP, Shah SK, Zaller N, Bryant-Moore K, Scott AJ, Williams M, McElfish PA. COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Experiences of Discrimination Among Black Adults. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2022;10.1007/s40615-022-01290-x. doi:10.1007/s40615-022-01290-x
McElfish PA, Purvis RS, Riklon S, Willis DE. Complicity in sociology and community-based participatory research with Marshallese. Sociology of Health & Illness. 2022;44(S1):142-157. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13452
Willis DE, Schootman M, Shah SK, Reece S, Selig JP, Andersen JA, McElfish PA. Parent/guardian intentions to vaccinate children against COVID-19 in the United States. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 2022. DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2071078
Willis DE, Long CR, Rowland B, Tidwell C, Andersen JA, McElfish PA. COVID-19 and Food Insecurity in a Vulnerable Rural State. Dialogues in Health. 2022;1:100013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2022.100013
Montgomery BEE, Pro G, Willis, DE, and Zaller N. County-level jail incarceration, community economic distress, and preterm birth among women in the US South. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2022;7(1):e43 doi:10.1017/cts.2022.468
McElfish PA, Selig JP, Scott AJ, Rowland B, Willis DE, Reece S, CarlLee S, Macechko MD, Shah SK. Associations between General Vaccine Hesitancy and Healthcare Access among Arkansans. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2022 Nov 2:1–7. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07859-w. Epub ahead of print.
McElfish PA, Willis DE, Shah SK, Reece S, Andersen JA, Schootman M, Richard-Davis G, Selig JP, Warmack TS. Parents’ and Guardians’ Intentions to Vaccinate Children against COVID-19. Vaccines. 2022; 10(3):361. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10030361
Andersen JA, Willis DE, Hallgren E, McElfish PA, Felix HC. Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic for People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Primary Care Diabetes. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2022.07.004
McElfish PA, Rowland B, Scott AJ, Andersen JA, CarlLee S, McKinnon JC, Reece S, Meredith-Neve SM, Macechko MD, Gurel-Headley M, Willis DE. Hesitant Adopters: An Examination of Hesitancy among Adults in Arkansas Who Have Taken the COVID-19 Vaccine. Clinical and Translational Science. 2022;15(10):2316-2322. https://doi.org/10.1111/cts.13367
Bogulski CA, Willis DE, Williams CA, Ayers BL, Andersen JA, McElfish PA. Stressful life events and social support among pregnant Marshallese women. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-022-03404-7
Andersen JA, Rowland B, Gloster E, Willis DE, Hernandez N, Felix HC, Long CR, McElfish PA. Associations among Self-Reported Mental Health, Physical Activity, and Diet during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nutrition and Health. 2022;28(4):711-719. doi:10.1177/02601060221082362
Andersen JA, Gloster E, Hall S, Rowland B, Willis DE, Kraleti SS, McElfish PA. Associations between COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake, Race/Ethnicity, and Political Party Affiliation. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-022-00379-2
Kendrick A, Fantasia H, Morse B, Willis DE. Food Insecurity in College Students: A Concept Analysis. Nursing Forum. May 2022.
McElfish PA, Selig JP, Scott AJ, Rowland B, Willis DE, Reece S, CarlLee S, Gurel-Headley M, Shah SK, Macechko MD. Associations between 5-year influenza vaccination and sociodemographic factors and healthcare access among Arkansans. Vaccine. 2022;40(27):3727-3731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.05.031
Rowland B, Bogulski CA, Willis DE, Scott AJ, Gloster EE, Andersen JA. Experiences of Marshallese Food Processing Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Agromedicine. 2022;27(3):292-302. doi:10.1080/1059924X.2021.2002222
Moore R, Purvis RS, Willis DE, Worley KC, Hervey D, Reece S, Yeates A, McElfish PA. The Vaccine Hesitancy Continuum among Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine. Clinical and Translational Science. 2022;15:2844- 2857. https://doi.org/10.1111/cts.13385
McElfish PA, Bogulski C, Langston K, Carleton A, Semingson J, Gurel L, Willis DE. Bilingual care navigation and enhanced case management during COVID-19. Families, Systems, & Health. 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000682
Purvis RS, Moore R, Willis DE, Hallgren E, McElfish PA. Factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine decision-making among hesitant adopters in the United States. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 2022;18(6):2114701. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2114701
Willis DE and McElfish PA. 2021. Racial disparities in the COVID-19 response affecting the Marshall Islands diaspora, United States of America. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 99:680–68. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.277855
Willis DE, Andersen JA, Bryant-Moore K, Selig JP, Long C, Felix H, Curran GM, McElfish PA. 2021. “COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Race/Ethnicity, Trust, and Fear.” Clinical and Translational Science. doi: 10.1111/cts.13077
Willis DE. 2021. “Feeding Inequality: Food Insecurity, Social Status and College Student Health.” Sociology of Health & Illness. 43(1): 220-237. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13212
Willis DE, Presley J, Williams M, Zaller N, McElfish PA. 2021. “COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Youth.” Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 1-3. doi:10.1080/21645515.2021.1989923.
Andersen JA, Willis DE, Malhis JR, Long CR, McElfish PA. 2021. “The association between education and basic needs insecurity for Marshallese during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. doi: 10.1007/s40615-021-01125-1.
Purvis RS, Willis DE, Moore R, Bogulski C, McElfish PA. Perceptions of adult Arkansans regarding trusted sources of information about the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health. 2021;21(1):2306. Published 2021 Dec 20. doi:10.1186/s12889-021-12385-1. PMID: 34930208 PMCID: PMC8685165
McElfish PA, Willis DE, Shah SK, Bryant-Moore K, Rojo MO, Selig JP. 2021. “Sociodemographic Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Fear of Infection, and Protection Self-Efficacy.” J Prim Care Community Health. 2021;12:21501327211040746. doi:10.1177/21501327211040746
McElfish PA, Willis DE, Bogulski C, Kelen M, Riklon S, Alik E, Laelan M, Brown AL, Sinclair KA, Andersen JA, Amick III BC, Williams M. 2021. “COVID-19 Vaccine Willingness and Hesitancy among Marshallese Pacific Islanders.” Journal of Patient Experience.
McElfish PA, Willis DE, Bryant-Moore K, Rojo M, Andersen J, Kaminicki K, James LP. 2021. “Arkansans Preferred COVID-19 Testing Locations.” Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. Doi:10.11177/21501327211004289.
Fitzpatrick, KM., Willis, DE. 2021. “Homeless and Hungry: Food Insecurity in the Land of Plenty.” Food Security. 13, 3–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-020-01115-x
McElfish PA, Purvis RS, Willis DE, Riklon S. 2021. “COVID-19 Disparities Among Marshallese Pacific Islanders.” Preventing Chronic Disease 18:200407. doi: 10.5888/pcd18.200407.
Moore R, Purvis RS, Hallgren E, Willis DE, Hall S, Reece S, CarlLee S, Judkins H, McElfish, PA. 2021 “Motivations to Vaccinate Among Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine.” J Community Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-021-01037-5
Hallgren E, Willis DE, Rowland B, Selig JP, McElfish PA. Association between Diagnosed Anxiety and Depression and Exposure to Life Stressors during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice. 2021; 14(4):54-68. https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol14/iss4/6
Purvis RS, Hallgren E, Moore RA, Willis DE, Hall S, Gurel-Headley M, McElfish PA. Trusted Sources of COVID-19 Vaccine Information among Hesitant Adopters. Vaccines. 9(12):1418. doi:10.3390/vaccines9121418.
Moore R, Willis DE, Sumit SK, Purvis RS, Shields X, McElfish PA. 2021. “’The risk seems too high’: Thoughts and feelings about COVID-19 vaccination.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(16):8690. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168690
Hallgren E, Moore R, Purvis RS, Hall S, Willis DE, Reece S, CarlLee S, Gurel-Headley M, McElfish PA. Facilitators to Vaccination among Hesitant Adopters. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 1-8.
Andersen JA, Felix HC, Eswaran H, Payakachat N, Willis DE, Bogulski C, McElfish PA. 2021. Factors Associated with First-Time Telehealth Utilization for Marshallese Living in the United States. Telemedicine Reports. 2(1):217-223. http://doi.org/10.1089/tmr.2021.0023
Felix HC, Andersen JA, Willis DE, Malhis JR, Selig JP, McElfish PA. 2021. “Control of Type 2 Diabetes Melitus during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Primary Care Diabetes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2021.06.012
McElfish PA. Purvis RS, James LP, Willis DE, Andersen JA. 2021.“Perceived Barriers to COVID-19 Testing.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 2278. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/ijerph18052278
Moore R, Zielinski MJ, Thompson RG, Willis DE, Purvis RS, McElfish PA. 2021. “‘This Pandemic Is Making Me More Anxious about My Welfare and the Welfare of Others:’ COVID-19 Stressors and Mental Health.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(11):5680. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18115680.
McElfish PA, Rowland B, Porter A, Felix HC, Selig JP, Semingson J, Willis DE, Smith M, Riklon S, Alik E, Padilla-Ramos A, Jasso EY, Zohoori N. 2021. “Use of Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships to Reduce COVID-19 Disparities Among Marshallese Pacific Islander and Latino Communities – Benton and Washington Counties, Arkansas, April–December 2020.” Preventing Chronic Disease.
McElfish PA., Cleek AB, Willis DE, Purvis RS, James, LP. 2020. “Leveraging Community Engagement Capacity to Address COVID-19 Disparities among Pacific Islander and Latinx Communities in Arkansas.” Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 1–13. doi: 10.1017/cts.2020.562.
Fitzpatrick KM, Willis DE. 2020. “Chronic Disease, the Built Environment, and Unequal Health Risks in the 500 Largest U.S. Cities.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(8):2961.
Fitzpatrick KM, Spialek M, Willis DE, Paschal J, English E. 2020. “Food Insecurity in the Post-Disaster Harvey Setting.” Current Developments in Nutrition 4(2):138-138.
Fitzpatrick KM, Harris C, Drawve G, Willis DE. 2020. “Assessing Food Insecurity Among US Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition.
Willis DE, Fitzpatrick KM. 2019. “Adolescent Food Insecurity: The Special Case of Marshallese Youth in Northwest Arkansas.” Public Health Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980019002647
Rubin, Z, Willis DE, Ludwig M. 2019. “Measuring Success in Intentional Communities: A Critical Evaluation of Commitment and Longevity Theories.” Sociological Spectrum. https://doi.org/10.1080/02732173.2019.1645063
Willis DE, 2019. “Feeding the Student Body: Unequal Food Insecurity Among College Students.” American Journal of Health Education 50(3):167-175. https://doi.org/10.1080/19325037.2019.1590261
Fitzpatrick KM, Shi X, Willis DE, Niemeir J. 2018. “Obesity and Place: Chronic Disease in the 500 Largest U.S. Cities.” Obesity Research & Clinical Practice.
Willis DE, Fitzpatrick KM. 2017. “Food Insecurity and Social Capital Among Middle School Students.” Youth & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X17725460
Fitzpatrick KM, Willis DE. 2017. "Risks, Resources, and Depressive Symptomatology Among Marshallese Adolescents." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000288
Rubin Z, Ludwig M, Willis DE. 2017. “Happy, Healthy, Functional, Fit: What Works Best in Present-Day Intentional Communities. Communities. 176. 42-26.
Willis DE, Fitzpatrick KM. 2016. “Psychosocial Factors as Mediators of Food Insecurity and Weight Status Among Middle School Students.” Appetite, 103:236-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.04.022
Fitzpatrick KM, Willis DE. 2015. “Parent/Student Risk and Protective Factors in Understanding Early Adolescents’ Body Mass Index.” The Journal of Early Adolescence, 36(4):510-526. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431615570058
Fitzpatrick KM, Willis DE, O'Connor G. 2014. “Circumstances, Resources, and Weight Status Outcomes Among Middle School Students.” The Journal of Early Adolescence, 34(8):1058-74. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431613518974
Rubin, Zach, and Don E. Willis. 2021. The State of Food and Housing at Lander University. A Report by the Lander Task Force on Food Insecurity and Homelessness.
McElfish, Pearl A., Holly Felix, Zoran Bursac, Brett Rowland, Jennifer Andersen, Don E. Willis, et al. 2021. Comparative Effectiveness of Diabetes Prevention Program Interventions for Marshallese Patients: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
McElfish, Pearl A., Holly Felix, Zoran Bursac, Brett Rowland, Jennifer Andersen, Don E. Willis, et al. 2021. Impact of COVID-19 on Marshallese Communities in the United States.
Willis, Don. 2019. Food Insecurity Among UMKC Students: A Summary Report. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Avery, Eileen, Joan Hermsen, Katelynn Towne, and Don E. Willis. 2017. The 2016 Missouri Crime Victimization Survey: Executive Report. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Avery, Eileen, Joan Hermsen, Katelynn Towne, and Don E. Willis. 2017. The 2016 Missouri Crime Victimization Survey: Perceptions of Law Enforcement Report. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Avery, Eileen, Joan Hermsen, Katelynn Towne, and Don E. Willis. 2017. The 2016 Missouri Crime Victimization Survey: Neighborhood Trust, Safety, and Fear Report. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Avery, Eileen, Joan Hermsen, Katelynn Towne, and Don E. Willis. 2017. The 2016 Missouri Crime Victimization Survey: Intimate Partner Violence Report. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Fitzpatrick, Kevin M., Don E. Willis, and Gail O’Connor. 2013. Hunger and Poverty in Northwest Arkansas: A Comparative Analysis. Community Factsheet Vol. 4:2. Community and Family Institute: Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas.
Fitzpatrick, Kevin M., Don E. Willis, and Gail O’Connor. 2013. Health, Well-Being, and Food Insecurity Among 5th-7th Grade Students. Community Factsheet Vol. 4:1. Community and Family Institute: Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas.
Fitzpatrick, Kevin M., Don E. Willis, and Gail O’Connor. 2013. Counting NWA’s Homeless: Preliminary Results from the 2013 Homeless Census. Community Factsheet Vol. 4:6. Community and Family Institute: Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas.
Fitzpatrick, Kevin M., Don E. Willis, and Gail O’Connor. 2013. The Changing Face of NWA’s Homeless: More Results from the 2013 Homeless Census. Community Factsheet Vol. 4:7. Community and Family Institute: Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas.
Fitzpatrick, Kevin M., Don E. Willis, and Gail O’Connor. 2012. Hope 2012: 4th Annual Community Service-Focused Event for Northwest Arkansas. Community Factsheet Vol. 3:8. Community and Family Institute: Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas.
Willis, Don E., Gail O’Connor, and Kevin M. Fitzpatrick. 2012. Hope 2012: A Health Status Report. Community Factsheet Vol. 3:10. Community and Family Institute: Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas.
Hallgren, Emily, Don E. Willis, and Kevin M. Fitzpatrick. 2011. Hope 2011: A Health Status Report. Community Factsheet Vol. 3:7. Community and Family Institute: Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas.
Fitzpatrick, Kevin M., Emily Hallgren, and Don E. Willis 2011. Race and Ethnicity Matter: What NWA Residents Are Saying About Quality of Life. Community Factsheet Vol. 3:2. Community and Family Institute: Department of Soc and Cr Justice, Univ. of Arkansas
See CV for detailed list of research reports.