Publications

The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health partners and engages in research related to health disparities, health outcomes, health policy, and health care delivery systems. In addition, the Center studies workforce issues, in particular, the chronic shortage of health professionals in rural Kentucky. These findings are disseminated through publications and presentations.

2024

Feltner FJ, Baker WM, Bowling B, Massey B, Howard S, Hahn EJ. (2024). Exploratory Pilot Study Engages Community Health Workers to Test Drone-Based Package Delivery System for Personal Protective Equipment in High-Risk Appalachia Population. Health Promotion Practice, Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/15248399241300577

2023

Yen Lin, C.; Misook, L.; Schuman, D.; Biddle, M.; Mudd-Martin, G.; Miller, J.; Hammash, M.; Schooler, M.; Rayens, M.; Feltner, F.; Moser, D. (2023). . Nursing Research, 72 (4) 292-300. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000659

2022

Slone, M., Carman, A.L., & Feltner, F.J. (2022). Developing a Public Health Improvement Consortium in Appalachian Kentucky: Harnessing the Power of the Local Collective. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 33(2), 1114-1122. .

2021

Giger, J. T., Barnhart, S., Feltner, F., Slone, M., Lawler, M. J., Windsor, L., & Windsor, A. (2021). . The Journal of Rural Health, 37(3), 504-516. doi:10.1111/jrh.12509

Meit, M., Heffernan, M., Cherney, M., Gelfand, K., Klaiman, T., Feltner, F., & Slone, M. (2021). Understanding declining rates of drug overdose mortality in Eastern Kentucky. NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis / University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health.

Thompson, S. P. (2021). 2020 Kentucky nursing workforce report infographic update. University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health Workforce Report.

Schoenberg, N., Bowling, B., Cardarelli, K., Feltner, F., Mudd-Martin, G., Surratt, H., & Kern, P. (2021) . Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. 15(1), 95-105. doi:10.1353/cpr.2021.0009

Keil, A. P., Hazle, C., Maurer, A., Kittleson, C., Watson, D., Young, B., Rezac, S., Epsley, S., & Baranyi, B. (2021). . Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal, 101(3). doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzab013

University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health & East Tennessee State University. (2021). COVID-19 stakeholder experiences in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Thompson, S. P., Slone, M., & Feltner, F. (2021). 2020 Kentucky dental workforce update. University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health Workforce Report.

2020

Thompson, S. P., Feltner, F. J., & Slone, M. A. (2020). 2019 Kentucky nursing workforce report infographic. University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health Workforce Report.

Feng, W., Zhang, Y., Wang, Z., Xu, H., Wu, T., Marshall, C., Gao, J., & Xiao, M. (2020). . Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 12, 125. doi:10.1186/s13195-020-00688-1

Studts, C. R., Merritt, A., Pilar, M. R., Bundy, H. E., Bardach, S., Jacobs, J. A., & Feltner, F. (2020). . Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 31(3), 1399-1426. doi:10.1353/hpu.2020.0102

Johnson, A. M., Woltenberg, L. N., Heinss, S. H., Carper, R., Taylor, S., & Kuperstein, J. (2020). . Journal of Allied Health, 49(2), 86-91.

Cornwell, L., Doyle, H., Stohner, M., & Hazle, C. (2020). . Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy. doi:10.1080/10669817.2020.1793470

Jinright, H., Kassoff, N., Williams, C., & Hazle, C. (2020). . Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 29(1), 23-32. doi:10.1080/10669817.2020.1762526

Mayer, K. P., Carper, R. A., Henson, S. C., Clonce, E. A., Christian, W. J., Seif, S. M., Pastva, A. M., Needham, D. M., & Morris, P. E. (2020). . Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy, 12(1), 21-30. doi:10.1097/JAT.0000000000000144

Douthitt, K., Taylor, W., Piercy, J., Fletcher-Jones, C., Hughes, J., Slone, M., Feltner, F., & Atkins, R. (2020). . Journal of the Endocrine Society, Volume 4, Issue Supplement_1, April-May 2020, SUN-LB116. doi:10.1210/jendso/bvaa046.2289

Wang, C., Wu, Q., Wang, Z., Hu, L., Marshall, C., & Xiao, M. (2020). . Brain Research Bulletin, 156, 58-66. doi:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2020.01.004

Zhang, R., Liu, Y., Chen, Y., Li, Q., Marshall, C., Wu, T., Hu, G., & Xiao, M. (2020). . CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, 26(2), 228-239. doi:10.1111/cns.13194

Dale, P. C., Thomas, J. C., & Hazle, C. R. (2020). . Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 28(1), 28-40. doi:10.1080/10669817.2019.1645414

Pearce, K. A., Thompson, S., Feltner, F., Wright, R. B., & Kingery, J. (2020). Kentucky’s primary care workforce: Current status and output of new trainees January 2020 update. 91С�Ƴ� Workforce Report.

2019

Moser, D., Chung, M. L., Feltner, F., Lennie, T. A., & Biddle, M. J. (2019). . European Heart Journal, Volume 40, Issue Supplement_1, October 2019, ehz748.0001. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0001

Moser, D., Feltner, F., Biddle, M., Chung, M., Rayens, M., Mudd-Martin, G., Ashford, K., Hatcher, J., Hardin-Fanning, F., Bailey, A., & Lennie, T. (2019). Washington, DC: Patient‐Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). doi:10.25302/4.2019.CER.850

Thompson, S., Slone, M., & Feltner, F. (2019). 2018 Kentucky dental workforce update. University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health Workforce Report.

Powell, W., Jacobs, J. A., Noble, W., Bush, M. L., & Snell-Rood, C. (2019). . Journal of Community Health, 44(4), 668-674. doi:10.1007/s10900-019-00656-3

Tuttle, N. & Hazle, C. (2019). . Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. Advanced online publication. doi:10.1080/09593985.2019.1650405

Sutton, K. M., Kitzman, P. H., Hunter, E. G., Hudson, K., Wallace, C., Sylvia, V., & Brock, J. (2019). . Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research Education, and Action, 13(2), 129-139. doi:10.1353/cpr.2019.0027

Lee, K. S., Feltner, F. J., Bailey, A. L., Lennie, T. A., Chung, M. L., Smalls, B. L., Schuman, D. L., & Moser, D. K. (2019). . Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 2019(12), 317-324. doi:10.2147/PRBM.S198280

Snell-Rood, C., Jenkins, R., Hudson, K., Frazier, C., Noble, W. & Feltner, F. (2019). . Transcultural Psychiatry, 56(5), 918-946. doi:10.1177/1363461519833580

Unrine, J. M., Slone, S. A., Sanderson, W., Johnson, N., Durbin, E. B., Shrestha, S., Hahn, E. J., Feltner, F., Huang, B., Christian, W. J., Mellon, I., Orren, D. K., & Arnold, S. M. (2019). . PLOS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0212340

2018

Yin, M., Pu, T., Wang, L., Marshall, C., Wu, T., & Xiao, M. (2018). . Medical Hypotheses, 119, 18-21. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2018.07.016

Wang, L., Cao, M., Pu, T., Huang, H., Marshall, C., & Xiao, M. (2018). . International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 21(12), 1114–1127. doi:10.1093/ijnp/pyy084

Wang, L., Zhang, Y., Zhao, Y., Marshall, C., Wu, T., & Xiao, M. (2018). . Brain Pathology. doi:10.1111/bpa.12656

Tuttle, N. & Hazle, C. (2018). . Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 36, 25-31. doi:10.1016/j.msksp.2018.04.005

Gao, J., Chen, Y., Su, D., Marshall, C., & Xiao, M. (2018). . Behavioural Brain Research, 353, 114-123. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2018.07.007

Cardarelli, R., Horsley, M., Ray, L., Maggard, N., Schilling, J., Weatherford, S., Feltner, F., & Gilliam, K. (2018). . Health Education Research, 33(1), 73-80. doi:10.1093/her/cyx064

Snell-Rood, C., Feltner, F., & Schoenberg, N. (2018). Community Mental Health Journal, 55, 63-73. doi:10.1007/s10597-017-0221-9

Williamson, J., Hays, D., Slone, M., & Feltner, F. J. (2018). UK CERH social work programs: History & employment outlook. University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health Workforce Report.

Butina, M., Feltner, F. J., & Slone, M. (2018). Medical laboratory science workforce shortage. University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health Workforce Report.

Feltner, F., Thompson, S., & Slone, M. (2018). The need for certified diabetes educators and community health workers in community-based diabetes self-management education for high risk groups. University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health Workforce Report.

Thompson, S. P., Feltner, F. J., & Slone, M. A. (2018). 2018 Kentucky nursing workforce report infographic. University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health Workforce Report.

2017

Snell-Rood, C., Hauenstein, E., Leukefeld, C., Feltner, F., Marcum, A., & Schoenberg, N. (2017). . American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 87(3), 233-241. doi:10.1037/ort0000193

Feltner, F., Thompson, S., Baker, W., & Slone, M. (2017). . Social Work in Health Care, 56(2), 115-123. doi:10.1080/00981389.2016.1263269

Cao, M., Pu, T., Wang, L., Marshall, C., He, H., Hu, G., & Xiao, M. (2017). . Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 64, 232-243. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2017.04.009

Slone, M., Feltner, F. J., & Thompson, S. (2017). Identifying family resource and youth services employees preparedness for job responsibilities and service offerings in Kentucky. University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health Workforce Report.

Kitzman, P., Hudson, K., Sylvia, V., Feltner, F., & Lovins, J. (2017). . Journal of Community Health, 42(3), 565-572. doi:10.1007/s10900-016-0289-0

Yin, M., Chen, Y., Zheng, H., Pu, T., Marshall, C., Wu, T., & Xiao, M. (2017). . Behavioural Brain Research, 321, 69-78. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2016.12.034

Cardarelli, R., Roper, K. L., Cardarelli, K., Feltner, F. J., Prater, S., Ledford, K. M., Justice, B., Reese, D. R., Wagner, P., & Cantrell, C. (2017). . Journal of Cancer Education, 32(1), 125-134. doi:10.1007/s13187-015-0914-0

Miller, J. J., Benner, K., Pope, N., Dumas, T., Damron, L. J., Segress, M., Slone, M., Thrasher, S., & Niu, C. (2017). . Children and Youth Services Review, 73, 411-418. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.01.004

Cardarelli, R., Reese, D., Roper, K. L., Cardarelli, K., Feltner, F. J., Studts, J. L., Knight, J. R., Armstrong, D., Weaver, A., & Shaffer, D. (2017). . Cancer Epidemiology, 46, 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.canep.2016.11.003

2016

Pearce, K. A., Hustedde, C., Asher, L., Thompson, S., Feltner, F., & McKinney, K. (2016). Kentucky’s primary care workforce shortages 2016-2025 and recommendations for increasing the production of primary care physicians for Kentucky. 91С�Ƴ� Workforce Report.

Elliott, J. M., Dayanidhi, S., Hazle, C., Hoggarth, M. A., McPherson, J., Sparks, C. L., & Weber II, K. A. (2016). Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 46(10), 862-873. doi:10.2519/jospt.2016.6735

Huang, H., Nie, S., Cao, M., Marshall, C., Gao, J., Xiao, N., Hu, G., & Xiao, M. (2016). . AGE, 38(4), 303-322. doi:10.1007/s11357-016-9929-7

Hazle Jr., C. R., & Lee, M. (2016). . Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 24(3), 120-127. doi:10.1080/10669817.2015.1119371

Chen, Y. L., Wang, L. M., Chen, Y., Gao, J. Y., Marshall, C., Cai, Z. Y., Hu, G., & Xiao, M. (2016). . Neuroscience, 316, 178-191. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.12.039

Xu, Z., Huang, H., Chen, Y., Gao, Y., Xu, J., Marshall, C., Cai, Z., & Xiao, M. (2016). . Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 51(1), 179-195. doi:10.3233/JAD-150634

2015

Xu, Z., Xiao, N., Chen, Y., Huang, H., Marshall, C., Gao, J., Cai, Z., Wu, T., Hu, G., & Xiao, M. (2015). . Molecular Neurodegeneration, 10(58). doi:10.1186/s13024-015-0056-1

Huang, H., Wang, L., Cao, M., Marshall, C., Gao, J., Xiao, N., Hu, G., & Xiao, M. (2015). . International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 18(7). doi:10.1093/ijnp/pyu116

Lee, M., & Hazle, C. (2015). . Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 45(5), 425. doi:10.2519/jospt.2015.0405 PMID: 25929162

Elam, C. L., Weaver, A. D., Whitler, E. T., Stratton, T. D., Asher, L. M., Scott, K. L., & Wilson, E. A. (2015). . Medical Education Online, 20(1). doi:10.3402/meo.v20.27081

2014

Yuan, C., Gao, J., Guo, J., Bai, L., Marshall, C., Cai, Z., Wang, L., & Xiao, M. (2014). . PLOS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107447

Hao, L., Huang, H., Gao, J., Marshall, C., Chen, Y., & Xiao, M. (2014). . Neuroscience Letters, 571, 45-49. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2014.04.038

Melton, C., Graff, C., Holmes, G., Brown, L., & Bailey, J. (2014). . Journal of Asthma, 51(7), 703-713. doi:10.3109/02770903.2014.906605

Snowden, J., Becker, J. A., Brosky, J. A., & Hazle, C. (2014). . International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 9(1), 125-134.

Gu, M., Shen, L., Bai, L., Gao, J., Marshall, C., Wu, T., Ding, J., Miao, D., & Xiao, M. (2014). . AGE, 36(1), 129-139. doi:10.1007/s11357-013-9552-9

Dignan, M., White, C., Schoenberg, N., Shelton, B., Feltner, F., Slone, S., Van Meter, E., DeSimone, C., & Ely, G. (2014). . Health Behavior and Policy Review, 1, 6-15. doi:10.14485/HBPR.1.1.2

Ely, G. E., White, C., Jones, K., Feltner, F., Gomez, M., Shelton, B., Slone, S., Van Meter, E., DeSimone, C., Schoenberg, N., & Dignan, M. (2014). . Social Work in Health Care, 53(2), 83-95. doi:10.1080/00981389.2013.827149

2013

Liu, X., Lu, Y., Gao, J., Marshall, C., Xiao, M., Miao, D., Karaplis, A., Goltzman, D., & Ding J. (2013). . Molecular Neurobiology, 48(3), 590-600. doi:10.1007/s12035-013-8448-0

Xu, Z., Zhang, L., Wang, Q., Marshall, C., Xiao, N., Gao, J., Wu, T., Ding, J., Hu, G., & Xiao, M. (2013). . CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, 19(10), 795-803. doi:10.1111/cns.12139

Malone, T., & Hazle, C. (2013). . International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 8(5), 641-651.

2012

Hazle, C., & Duby, C. (2012). . International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 7(6), 678-690.

Faulkner, A. L., Wilson, E. A., Whitler, E. T., & Asher, L. M. (2012). . Center for Excellence in Rural Health Faculty Publications. 3.

Donaldson, E. A., Holtgrave, D. R., Duffin, R. A., Feltner, F., Funderburk, W., & Freeman, H. P. (2012). . Cancer, 118(19), 4851-4859. doi:10.1002/cncr.27487

Gao, J., Tan, M., Gu, M., Marshall, C., Ding, J., Hu, G., & Xiao, M. (2012). . PLOS ONE, 7(9). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046379

O’Grady, W., & Hazle, C. (2012). . International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 7(4), 425-432.

Gross, D. A., Bates, P., Knox, T. L., & Gayheart, M. W. (2012). . Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 23(2), 694-704. doi:10.1353/hpu.2012.0068

Feltner, F. J., Ely, G. E., Whitler, E. T., Gross, D., & Dignan, D. (2012). . Social Work in Health Care, 51(5), 430-440. doi:10.1080/00981389.2012.657296

Cao, G., Gu, M., Zhu, M., Gao, J., Yin, Y., Marshall, C., Xiao, M., Ding, J., & Miao. D. (2012). . PLOS ONE, 7(2). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032015

Liu, L., Lu, Y., Kong, H., Liu, L., Marshall, C., Xiao, M., Ding, J., Gao, J., & Hu, G. (2012). . International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 15(1), 55-68. doi:10.1017/S1461145711000022

Hazle, C. R., & Nitz, A. J. (2012). . Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 20(3), 121-129. doi:10.1179/2042618612Y.0000000004

2011

Wilson, E. A., Whitler, E. T., & Asher, L. M. (2011). . Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 17(2), 147-153. doi:10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181e1656d

Li, L., Ding, J., Marshall, C., Gao, J., Hu, G., & Xiao, M. (2011). . Behavioural Brain Research, 217(1), 244-247. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2010.10.032

Hazle, C. R. (2011). . Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 27(2), 160-171. doi:10.3109/09593981003796497

2010

Gross, D. A. (2010). . Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 10(2).

Xiao, M., Cao, G., Marshall, C., & Hu, G. (2010). . Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 37(8), 873-876. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1681.2010.05400.x

York, N. L., Rayens, M. K., Zhang, M., Jones, L. G., Casey, B. R., & Hahn, E. J. (2010). . The Journal of Rural Health, 26(2), 120-128. doi:10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00273.x

Lu, N., Samuels, M. E., Kletke, P. R., & Whitler, E. T. (2010). . The Journal of Rural Health, 26(2), 129-138. doi:10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00274.x

2009

Anderson, D. M., Whitler, E. T., Johnson, A. O., Elam, C. L., Wilson, E. A., & Asher, L. M. (2009). Increasing the medical school applicant pool: A key to training more rural physicians. Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association, 107, 355-360.

Methvin, J. N., Mannino, D. M., & Casey, B. R. (2009). . Chest, 135(1), 102-107. doi:10.1378/chest.08-1315

2008

Anderson, D., Asher, L. M., Whitler, E., & Wilson, E. A. (2008). The impact of health on Kentucky’s economy. Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association, 106, 321-328.

Gross, D. A., Bowling, B., Bates, W., Clemons, K., & Casey, B. R. (2008). Southeastern Ky. physician assistant needs assessment. Paper for the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health.

Gross, D. A., & Feltner, F. (2008). House calls-21st century style: A home health technology project in rural Kentucky. Rural Roads, 6(1), 8-9, 11.

Hazle, C. R., & Nitz, A. J. (2008). . Physical Therapy Reviews, 13(1), 25-36. doi:10.1179/174328808X251975

2005

Owens, J., Gross, D. A., & Lewis, P. (2005). . Center for Excellence in Rural Health Reports. 2.

Whitler, E. T., Feltner, F., Owens, J., & Gross, D. A. (2005). Kentucky Homeplace defeat diabetes screening test: An analysis of rural Kentucky’s challenge to overcome the growing diabetes epidemic. Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association, 103, 307-314.

2004

Casey, B. R., Jones, J., Gross, D. A., & Dixon, L. (2004). . Center for Excellence in Rural Health Reports. 1.

2002

Feltner, F., & Whitler, E. (2002). Diabetes: Half the state at risk; Preventable with diet and exercise. Rural Health Update.