Center-specific Publications
Johnson, J. E., Clement, J., Sikorskii, A., Loree, A., Vander Meulen, M., Roman, L., Dearing, J. W., Bolder, H., McCoy White, J., Sokol, R., & Meghea, C. (in press). A cluster randomized stepped wedge implementation trial of scale-up approaches to ending pregnancy-related and -associated morbidity and mortality disparities in 12 Michigan counties: Rationale and study protocol. Implementation Science Communications. [Open access, no PMC needed]
Johnson, J. E., Roman, L., Key, K. D., Meulen, M. V., Raffo, J. E., Luo, Z., Margerison, C. E., Olomu, A., Johnson-Lawrence, V., White, J. M., & Meghea, C. (2022). Study protocol: The Maternal Health Multilevel Intervention for Racial Equity (Maternal Health MIRACLE) Project. Contemp Clin Trials, 120, 106894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2022.106894
Foundational Publications for the Center
Conradt, E., McGrath, M., Knapp, E., Li, X., Musci, R. J., Mansolf, M., Deoni, S., Sathyanarayana, S., Ondersma, S. J., & Lester, B. M. (2024). Prenatal Substance Exposure: Associations with Neurodevelopment in Middle Childhood. Am J Perinatol, 41(S 01), e1944-e1954. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2090-5293
Dearing, J. W., Kee, K. F., & Peng, T.-Q. (2023). Historical Roots of Dissemination and Implementation Science. In R. C. Brownson, G. A. Colditz, & E. K. Proctor (Eds.), Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health: Translating Science to Practice (Third ed., pp. 69-85). Oxford University Press.
Gailey S, Ncube CN, Sadler RC, Bruckner TA. Neighborhood mobility and racial disparities in preterm birth: A sibling study in California. Health Place. Sep 2024;89:103280. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103280
Goldman-Mellor, S., Jensen, J., Cruz, S. S., Olfson, M., Gemmill, A., Yan, Y., & Margerison, C. (2024). Trends in and characteristics of drug overdose morbidity among pregnant and postpartum individuals in California, 2010-2018. Am J Epidemiol. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwae177
Johnson, J. E., Loree, A. M., Sikorskii, A., Miller, T. R., Carravallah, L., Taylor, B., & Zlotnick, C. (2023). Study protocol for the ROSE Scale-Up Study: Informing a decision about ROSE as universal postpartum depression prevention. Contemp Clin Trials, 132, 107297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2023.107297
Kee, K. F., & Dearing, J. W. (2024). Diffusion of Innovations. In D. M. Vernon & P. Marshall Scott (Eds.), Organizational Communication Theory and Research (pp. 197-215). De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/doi:10.1515/9783110718508
Margerison, C. E., Wang, X., Gemmill, A., & Goldman-Mellor, S. (2025). Pregnancy-Associated Mortality During the Pandemic: Disparities by Rurality. Am J Prev Med, 68(1), 176-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2024.09.004
Margerison, C. E., Wang, X., Goldman-Mellor, S., Muzik, M., & Gemmill, A. (2024). Changes in Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Pregnancy-Associated Death in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Public Health, 114(7), 733-742. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2024.307651
Maylott, S. E., Conradt, E., McGrath, M., Knapp, E. A., Li, X., Musci, R., Aschner, J., Avalos, L. A., Croen, L. A., Deoni, S., Derefinko, K., Elliott, A., Hofheimer, J. A., Leve, L. D., Madan, J. C., Mansolf, M., Murrison, L. B., Neiderhiser, J. M., Ozonoff, S., . . . Lester, B. (2023). Latent Class Analysis of Prenatal Substance Exposure and Child Behavioral Outcomes. J Pediatr, 260, 113468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113468
Meghea, C. I., Raffo, J. E., Yu, X., Meng, R., Luo, Z., Vander Meulen, P., Sanchez Lloyd, C., & Roman, L. A. (2023). Community Health Worker Home Visiting, Birth Outcomes, Maternal Care, and Disparities Among Birthing Individuals With Medicaid Insurance. JAMA Pediatr, 177(9), 939-946. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.2310
Meghea, C. I., & Roman, L. A. (2025). Home Visiting to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies. Obstet Gynecol, 145(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1097/aog.0000000000005787
Miller, H., & Dearing, J. W. (in press). Designing Intervention for Dissemination and Diffusion. In D. A. Richards & I. R. Hallberg (Eds.), Complex Interventions in Health: An Overview of Research Methods (Second ed.). Routledge.
Ondersma, S. J., Kress, A. M., Stroustrup, A., Annett, R. D., Avalos, L. A., Talavera-Barber, M., Brennan, P. A., Camargo, C. A., Jr., Conradt, E., Dunlop, A. L., Elliott, A. J., Hedderson, M. M., Li, X., McGrath, M., Nguyen, R. H. N., Page, G. P., Sathyanarayana, S., & Lester, B. (2023). The association between intrauterine exposure to opioids, tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis and length of birth hospitalization among neonates without NOWS. J Perinatol, 43(7), 949-951. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-023-01694-5
Yu, X., Johnson, J. E., Roman, L. A., Key, K., McCoy White, J., Bolder, H., Raffo, J. E., Meng, R., Nelson, H., & Meghea, C. I. (2024). Neighborhood Deprivation and Severe Maternal Morbidity in a Medicaid Population. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 66(5), 850-859. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.11.016
Yu, X., Meghea, C. I., Raffo, J. E., Meng, R., Vander Meulen, P., Lloyd, C. S., & Roman, L. A. (2024). Community Health Workers: Improving Home Visiting Engagement of High-Risk Birthing People in Segregated Neighborhoods. J Public Health Manag Pract, 30(3), E124-e134. https://doi.org/10.1097/phh.0000000000001861
Yu, X., Roman, L. A., Raffo, J. E., Meng, R., Vander Meulen, P., Lloyd, C. S., & Meghea, C. I. (2024). Neighborhood Racialized Economic Polarization, Home Visiting Coverage, and Adverse Birth Outcomes in a Medicaid-eligible Population. Womens Health Issues, 34(4), 340-349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2024.05.001
