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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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Reducing Urban Cervical Cancer Disparities Using a Tailored mHealth Intervention to Enhance Colposcopy Attendance
Miller, S. M., Wen, K. K. & Hudson, S.
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
7/15/23 → 12/31/23
Project: Research project
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Diversity Supplement to 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. V., Delnevo, C. C. D. & Hudson, S.
7/1/18 → 6/30/23
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
Hudson, S. V. & Hudson, S.
3/1/11 → 2/28/14
Project: Research project
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Adapting and implementing breast cancer follow-up in primary care: protocol for a mixed methods hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized study
Fadem, S. J., Crabtree, B. F., O’Malley, D. M., Mikesell, L., Ferrante, J. M., Toppmeyer, D. L., Ohman-Strickland, P. A., Hemler, J. R., Howard, J., Bator, A., April-Sanders, A., Kurtzman, R. & Hudson, S. V., Dec 2023, In: BMC Primary Care. 24, 1, 235.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Tobacco 21 Laws to Reduce Underage Access to Tobacco: Protocol for a Repeated Multi-Site Study
Hrywna, M., Kong, A. Y., Ackerman, C., Giovenco, D. P., Spillane, T. E., Lee, J. G. L., Hudson, S. V. & Delnevo, C. D., Apr 2023, In: Methods and Protocols. 6, 2, 27.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Barriers and facilitators to effective cervical cancer screening in Belize: a qualitative analysis
Mittal, A., Neibart, S. S., Kulkarni, A., Anderson, T., Hudson, S. V., Beer, N. L., Einstein, M. H. & Kohler, R. E., Aug 2023, In: Cancer Causes and Control. 34, 8, p. 647-656 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Confusion and anxiety in between abnormal cervical cancer screening results and colposcopy: “The land of the unknown”
Kohler, R. E., Hemler, J., Wagner, R. B., Sullivan, B., Macenat, M., Tagai, E. K., Miller, S. M., Wen, K. Y., Ayers, C., Einstein, M. H. & Hudson, S. V., Sep 2023, In: Patient Education and Counseling. 114, 107810.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Connect: Cultivating Academic–Community Partnerships to Address Our Communities’ Complex Needs During Public Health Crises
Pellerano, M. B., Hill, D., Jimenez, M. E., Gordon, M., Macenat, M., Ferrante, J. M., Rivera-Núñez, Z., Devance, D., Lima, D., Sullivan, B., Crabtree, B. F., Georgopoulos, P., Barrett, E. S., Reed, D. J., Pernell, C. T., Dawkins, M. R., Lynn, B., Dixon, F., Castañeda, M., Garcia, H., & 3 others , Sep 1 2023, In: Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. 17, 3, p. 447-464 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review