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SASHA A. FLEARY, PH.D.

Publications and presentations

PUBLICATIONS
  1. Fleary, S. A., Nigg, C. R., & Mehl, R. Predicting Hawaiian Youths’ Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: A 10-Year Cohort Study. Journal of Physical Activity & Health (accepted for publication).  
  2. Fleary, S.A., Paasche-Orlow, M., Freund, K., & *Joseph, P. (in press). The Relationship Between Health Literacy, Cancer Prevention Beliefs, and Cancer Prevention Behaviors.  Journal of Cancer Education. doi:10.1007/s13187-018-1400-2
  3. Fleary, S. A., & Ettienne, R. (2019). Social disparities in health literacy. Health Literacy Research and Practice, 3(1), 47-52. doi:10.3928/24748307-20190131-01
  4. Fleary, S.A. & Ettienne, R. (2019). The relationship between food parenting practices, parental diet and their adolescents’ diet. Appetite, 135, 79-85.
  5. Fleary, S. A., *Joseph, P., *Zhang, E., & *Quiron, C. (2019). “They give you back that dignity”: Understanding the intangible resources that make a transitional house a home for homeless families. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless,28(1), 72-84. doi: 10.1080/10530789.2019.1573465.
  6. Fleary, S. A. (2019). Association between medical home status and demographic characteristics in US children. Clinical Pediatrics 58 (3), 270-281. doi: 10.1177/0009922818813568
  7. Fleary, S.A., & Nigg, C. R. (2019). Trends in health behavior patterns among US adults, 2003-2015. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 23(1), 1-15.
  8. Fleary, S. A., & Freund, K. M. (2018). Social Disparities in Obesogenic Behaviors in Adolescents. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 5(1), 24-33.
  9. Fleary, S. A., Nigg, C. R., & Freund, K. (2018). An examination of changes in social disparities in health behaviors in the US, 2003-2015. American Journal of Health Behavior, 42(1), 119-134.
  10. Allen, J. D., Akinyemi, I., Reich, A., Fleary, S. A., Tendulkar, S. & Lamour, N. (2018). African American women’s involvement in promoting informed decision-making for prostate cancer screening among their partners/spouses. American Journal of Men’s Health doi: 10.1177/1557988317742257 [epub ahead of print].
  11. Fleary, S. A., Joseph, P. & Pappagionapolous, J. (2018). Adolescent health literacy: A systematic review. Journal of Adolescence, 62, 116-127.
  12. Fleary, S. A., Tagorda, M., Kim, S., Rathke, M., & Nigg, C. R. (2017). Validating stages of change for obesogenic behaviors across Filipino and other Asian-American and Pacific Islander adolescents. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-017-0392-7
  13. Fleary, S. A. (2017). Combined Patterns of Risk for Problem and Obesogenic Behaviors in Adolescents: A Latent Class Analysis Approach. Journal of School Health, 87(3), 182-193.
  14. Nigg, C.R., Fleary, S.A., Eklund, K., & Quituga, J. (2017) Increasing active physical education in the Commonwealth of Northern Marianna Islands: Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 5(1) 3-17. doi: 10.1080/14635240.2016.1193762
  15. Fleary, S. A., & Ettienne-Gittens, R. (2014). Inherited or Behavior? What causal beliefs about obesity are associated with weight perceptions and decisions to lose weight in a U.S. sample? International Scholarly Research Notices, 2014, 10 pages, doi: 10.1155/2014/632940
  16. Fleary, S. A., Taylor, A., Heffer, R. W., & McKyer, E. L. J.  (2013). Parent and peer influence on pain medication recreational use: Are their influences similar to that of marijuana use? ISRN Addiction, 2013, 8 pages. doi:10.1155/2013/236249
  17. Fleary, S. A., Heffer, R.W.,  McKyer, E. L. J, & Taylor, A. (2013). A parent-focused pilot intervention to increase parent health literacy and healthy lifestyle choices for young children and families. ISRN Family Medicine, 2013, 11 pages. doi:10.5402/2013/619389
  18. Fleary, S. A., Ettienne-Gittens, R., & Heffer, R. W. (2013) Perceptions of preventive health care and healthy lifestyle choices for low income families: A qualitative study. ISRN Preventive Medicine, 2013, 6 pages. doi:10.5402/2013/189180
  19. Fleary, S. A., Heffer, R. W., & McKyer, E. L. J.  (2013) Understanding nonprescription and prescription drug misuse in late adolescence/young adulthood. Journal of Addiction, 2013, 8 pages. doi:10.1155/2013/709207
  20. Fleary, S. A. & Heffer, R. W. (2013). Impact of growing up with a chronically ill sibling on well siblings’ late adolescent functioning. ISRN Family Medicine, 2013, 8 pages. doi:10.5402/2013/73756
  21. Fleary, S. A., Heffer, R. W., & McKyer, E. L. J. (2010). Dispositional, ecological and demographic influences on adolescent tranquilizer, Ritalin, and narcotics misuse. Journal of Adolescence, 34(4).
  22. Fleary, S. A., Heffer, R. W., McKyer, E. L. J. & Newman, D.  (2010). Using the Bioecological Model to predict risk perception of marijuana use and reported marijuana use in adolescence.  Addictive Behaviors, 35, 795-798.

SELECTED RECENT PRESENTATIONS - Click on the titles for PDF of the posters
  1. *Joseph, P., & Fleary, S. A. (May 2019). Acquired Health: The Role of Cultural Health Capital in Adolescent Obesity-Prevention Behaviors. Presented at the Society for Prevention Research 27th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  2. *Joseph, P., & Fleary, S. A. (May 2019). Autonomy and Health Literacy in Children’s Fruits and Vegetable Consumption. Presented at the Society for Prevention Research 27th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  3. Fleary, S. A. (April 2018). In their own words: How adolescents define health literacy. Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
  4. *Joseph, P., *Pappagianopoulos, J, & Fleary, S.A. (April 2018). Insta-information: Social endorsement and young adults’ perception of social media delivered health information. Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
  5. Joseph, P., Pappagianopoulos, J, & Fleary, S. A. (October 2017). Too Much Information, Little Guidance: Adolescents’ Perception of Using Heath Literacy to Manage their Health. Presented at the 10th Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development, Providence, RI.
  6.  Joseph, P., & Fleary, S. A. (October 2017). More than Media: Examining Collective Efficacy in the Association Between Adolescent Media Use and Obesity. Presented at the 10th Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development, Providence, RI.
  7. Fleary, S. A. (May 2017). The Role of Social Determinants of Health and Medical Home Status in Caregivers' Perception of Health Provider Communication Society for Prevention Research 25th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
  8. Joseph, P., Pappagianopoulous, J., An, H. J., & Fleary, S. A. (May 2017). Understanding Indicators of Adequate Health Services in the Relationship Between Screen Time and Adolescent Obesity. Presented at Society for Prevention Research 25th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
  9. Joseph, P., & Fleary, S. A. (May 2017). Beyond Self-efficacy: Examining social disparities in access to healthy food and adolescents' dietary behavior. Presented at Association for Psychological Science 29th Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
  10. An, H. J., Zhang, E., & Fleary, S. A. (May 2017). Neighborhood matters: Understanding adolescents' mental health in a community context. Presented at Association for Psychological Science 29th Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
  11. Fleary, S. A. (April 2017). Do as I say not as I do: The relationship between parents’ diet and their attitudes towards their adolescents’ diet. Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA.


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