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Dr. Shawna Hudson, a medical sociologist, is a Professor and Research Division Chief in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and Director of the Center Advancing Research and Evaluation for Patient-Centered Care (CARE-PC) at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Hudson is a full member of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research. She has a secondary faculty appointment in the Rutgers School of Public Health in the Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy. Dr. Hudson earned her B.A. from Rutgers College and her M.A and Ph.D. in Sociology from Rutgers University. She completed post-doctoral training through a fellowship from the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research.
Dr. Hudson’s research uses qualitative and quantitative research approaches to explore the intersections of community health, primary care and oncology care. It is chronic disease focused with an emphasis on vulnerable populations, particularly underserved groups including cancer survivors and racial/ethnic minorities in health care settings. Her research aims to increase the capacity of patients, community stakeholders and health care organizations to understand and use evidence based guidelines for preventive health care and chronic disease management. She is Principal Investigator for the Extended Cancer Education for Longer-term Survivors (EXCELS) in Primary Care (R01CA176838) which uses mixed methods to develop and test a mHealth and health coaching intervention for cancer survivors and Adoption, diffusion and implementation of Tobacco 21 policies to address health disparities (R01CA231139) a mixed methods case study of the implementation and impact of policies that raise minimum legal access to tobacco age to 21 across 15 states in the US. Dr. Hudson also participates as co-investigator on numerous studies funded by the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dr. Hudson has participated on numerous review panels and advisory committees. She is the Health Disparities Associate Editor for the Journal of Cancer Survivorship. She is a gubernatorial appointed member of the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research and a standing member of the NIH Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health Study Section. She is also the co-chair for the Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences emerging signature program in Community Health and Health Systems.
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Adapting and implementing evidence-based breast cancer follow-up in primary care
7/1/21 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
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Adoption, diffusion, and implementation of Tobacco 21 policies to address health disparities
Delnevo, C., Hudson, S., Hudson, S. & Hudson, S.
7/1/18 → 6/30/22
Project: Research project
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Extended Cancer Education for Longer-term Survivors (EXCELS) In Primary Care
9/30/13 → 8/31/20
Project: Research project
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Predictors of Follow-Up Care Seeking Among Breast and Prostate Cancer Survivors
3/1/11 → 2/28/14
Project: Research project
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Life After Cancer: Examining Survivor Transitions From Specialist to Primary Care
8/1/08 → 6/30/14
Project: Research project
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Cancer health self-efficacy improvement in a randomized controlled trial
Leach, C. R., Hudson, S. V., Diefenbach, M. A., Wiseman, K. P., Sanders, A., Coa, K., Chantaprasopsuk, S., Stephens, R. L. & Alfano, C. M., Feb 1 2022, In: Cancer. 128, 3, p. 597-605 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Demographic and Psychosocial Characteristics Associated With Use of a Prostate Cancer Survivorship Website: Implications From a Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial
Marziliano, A., Diefenbach, M. A., Hudson, S. V., Tagai, E. K., Handorf, E. A., Bator, A. & Miller, S. M., Mar 2022, In: Journal of medical Internet research. 24, 3, e27890.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development of a text message-based intervention for follow-up colposcopy among predominately underserved Black and Hispanic/Latinx women
Sansoni, M., Tagai, E. K., Lapitan, E., Wen, K. Y., Xu, J., Belfiglio, A., Hudson, S. V., Kohler, R. E., Hernandez, E. & Miller, S. M., Jun 2022, In: Cancer Causes and Control. 33, 6, p. 861-873 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experiences of Black and Latinx health care workers in support roles during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
Rivera-Núñez, Z., Jimenez, M. E., Crabtree, B. F., Hill, D., Pellerano, M. B., Devance, D., Macenat, M., Lima, D., Gordon, M., Sullivan, B., Rosati, R. J., Ferrante, J. M., Barrett, E. S., Blaser, M. J., Panettieri, R. A. & Hudson, S. V., Jan 2022, In: PloS one. 17, 1 January, e0262606.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the experience of IUD self-removal in the United States through posts on internet forums
Stimmel, S., Hudson, S. V., Gold, M. & Amico, J. R., Feb 2022, In: Contraception. 106, p. 34-38 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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