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Alexandra Lightfoot

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Rimmler S, Shaughnessy S, Tatum E, Muhammad N, Hawkins S, Lightfoot A, et al.
Int J Environ Res Public Health . 2023 May; 20(9). PMID: 37174182
Rural communities of color in the southeastern U.S. experience a high burden of environmental hazards from concentrated industry placement. Community-engaged research and qualitative methods can improve our understanding of meaning-making...
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LeMasters K, Maragh-Bass A, Stoner M, Bhushan N, Mitchell J, Riggins L, et al.
J Particip Res Methods . 2023 Mar; 3(3-themed Special Issue). PMID: 36969796
Mitigating HIV burden among Black youth requires true community engagement. This brief report identifies challenges, strategies, and lessons learned from transitioning our three-phased, community-engaged HIV prevention project with Black youth...
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Maragh-Bass A, LeMasters K, Sanders T, Harding C, Dearing A, Purcell R, et al.
Prog Community Health Partnersh . 2022 Dec; 16(4):551-561. PMID: 36533504
Background: There remains critical need for community-based approaches to HIV prevention which center youth voices and needs. Objectives: We established an adolescent health working group (AHWG) to convene youth, parents,...
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Staley B, Milko L, Waltz M, Griesemer I, Mollison L, Grant T, et al.
Trials . 2021 Jun; 22(1):395. PMID: 34127041
Background: Exome sequencing (ES) has probable utility for shortening the diagnostic odyssey of children with suspected genetic disorders. This report describes the design and methods of a study evaluating the...
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LeClair A, Kotzias V, Garlick J, Cole A, Kwon S, Lightfoot A, et al.
PLoS One . 2020 Jul; 15(7):e0235400. PMID: 32614885
Introduction: Stakeholder engagement can play an important role in increasing public trust and the understanding of scientific research and its impact. Frameworks for stakeholder identification exist, but these frameworks may...
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Stopelli E, Duyen V, Mai T, Trang P, Viet P, Lightfoot A, et al.
Sci Total Environ . 2020 Feb; 717:137143. PMID: 32062264
Geogenic arsenic (As) contamination of groundwater poses a major threat to global health, particularly in Asia. To mitigate this exposure, groundwater is increasingly extracted from low-As Pleistocene aquifers. This, however,...
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Merino Y, Thomas T, Lightfoot A, Eng E, Siman F, Thatcher K, et al.
J Community Psychol . 2019 Nov; 48(2):605-622. PMID: 31705821
This paper explores Latinx adolescents' perceptions of power dynamics with authority around them. We seek to inform how community-based professionals engage with and seek to understand members of this population....
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Cykert S, Eng E, Manning M, Robertson L, Heron D, Jones N, et al.
J Natl Med Assoc . 2019 Apr; 112(5):468-477. PMID: 30928088
Background: Reports continue to show that Blacks with curable lung or breast cancer complete treatment less often than similar Whites contributing to worse survival. ACCURE is an intervention trial designed...
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Black K, Hardy C, De Marco M, Ammerman A, Corbie-Smith G, Council B, et al.
Prog Community Health Partnersh . 2013 Sep; 7(3):263-70. PMID: 24056508
Background: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) strives for equitable collaboration among community and academic partners throughout the research process. To build the capacity of academia to function as effective research partners...
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Jones B, Lightfoot A, De Marco M, Isler M, Ammerman A, Nelson D, et al.
Prog Community Health Partnersh . 2012 Sep; 6(3):339-48. PMID: 22982847
The Problem: A disconnect exists between research resources and the health and health care needs of people those resources are designed to serve. While a great deal of research is...