Positions

Overview

  • Kathleen Harrington is a health behaviorist who directs the UAB Tobacco Consult Service and is currently involved in tobacco cessation and electronic cigarette research among hospital patients. She is also involved with a program promoting enrollment in the MD-MPH joint degree program. She has designed and delivered training to apply motivational interviewing techniques to promote engagement and adherence for a variety of health issues. Kathleen Harrington received masters degrees in Education and Public Health (epidemiology) prior to completing her doctorate in Health Education and Promotion from UAB.
  • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

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    2021 Geospatial analysis of Mediterranean diet adherence in the United StatesPublic Health Nutrition.  24:2920-2928. 2021
    2020 Does Adherence to Mediterranean Diet Mediate the Association Between Food Environment and Obesity Among Non-Hispanic Black and White Older US Adults? A Path AnalysisAmerican Journal of Health Promotion.  34:652-658. 2020
    2020 Impact of Smoking Cessation Interventions Initiated during Hospitalization among HIV-Infected SmokersNicotine and Tobacco Research.  22:1170-1177. 2020
    2019 Determinants of cigarette smoking status in a national cohort of black and white adult ever smokers in the USA: A cross-sectional analysis of the REGARDS studyBMJ Open.  9. 2019
    2019 Characteristics at the time of oxygen initiation associated with its adherence: Findings from the COPD Long-term Oxygen Treatment TrialRespiratory Medicine.  149:52-58. 2019
    2019 Quality improvement project to improve screening for tobacco use in adolescent inpatients at a children’s hospitalChildren.  6. 2019
    2019 Association of community food environment and obesity among US adults: A geographical information system analysisJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health.  73:148-155. 2019
    2018 Smoking duration alone provides stronger risk estimates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease than pack-yearsThorax.  73:414-421. 2018
    2018 The relationships of expectancies with e-cigarette use among hospitalized smokers: A prospective longitudinal studyNicotine and Tobacco Research.  20:224-230. 2018
    2018 Clinical differences in COPD patients with variable patterns of hypoxemiaChronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.).  5:167-178. 2018
    2018 Electronic Cigarette Awareness, Use, and Perceptions among Cancer PatientsOpen Otorhinolaryngology Journal.  2. 2018
    2018 The long-term oxygen treatment trial for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Rationale, design, and lessons learnedAnnals of the American Thoracic Society.  15:89-101. 2018
    2017 Accuracy of self-reported smoking abstinence in clinical trials of hospital-initiated smoking interventionsAddiction.  112:2227-2236. 2017
    2017 Electronic Cigarette Use in US Adults at Risk for or with COPD: Analysis from Two Observational CohortsJournal of General Internal Medicine.  32:1315-1322. 2017
    2017 Improving Inpatient Asthma Management: The Implementation and Evaluation of a Pediatric Asthma Clinical Pathway. 2017
    2016 CHARTing a Path to Pragmatic Tobacco Treatment ResearchAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine.  51:630-636. 2016
    2016 Web-Based Intervention for Transitioning Smokers From Inpatient to Outpatient Care: An RCT 2016
    2016 Effectiveness of Non-Primary Care-Based Smoking Cessation Interventions for Adults with Diabetes: A Systematic Literature ReviewCurrent Diabetes Reports.  16. 2016
    2016 Smoking Cessation and Electronic Cigarette Use among Head and Neck Cancer Patients 2016
    2015 Differences in Electronic Cigarette Awareness, Use History, and Advertisement Exposure Between Black and White Hospitalized Cigarette SmokersJournal of Cancer Education.  30:648-654. 2015
    2015 Fidelity monitoring across the seven studies in the Consortium of Hospitals Advancing Research on Tobacco (CHART)Tobacco Induced Diseases.  13. 2015
    2015 The Impact of Parent's Health Literacy on Pediatric Asthma OutcomesPediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology.  28:20-26. 2015
    2015 Hospitalized smokers' expectancies for electronic cigarettes versus tobacco cigarettesAddictive Behaviors.  41:106-111. 2015
    2015 Increasing prevalence of electronic cigarette use among smokers hospitalized in 5 US cities, 2010-2013Nicotine and Tobacco Research.  17:236-244. 2015
    2014 Electronic cigarette awareness, use history, and expected future use among hospitalized cigarette smokersNicotine and Tobacco Research.  16:1512-1517. 2014
    2014 A conceptual model of verbal exchange health literacyPatient Education and Counseling.  94:403-410. 2014
    2014 A novel iterative-learner simulation model: fellows as teachers.Journal of graduate medical education.  6:127-132. 2014
    2014 Interprofessional simulation training improves knowledge and teamwork in nursing and medical students during internal medicine clerkshipJournal of Hospital Medicine.  9:189-192. 2014
    2013 Parent report and electronic medical record agreement on asthma education provided and children's tobacco smoke exposureJournal of Asthma.  50:968-974. 2013
    2013 High-Fidelity Simulation Enhances Learning During a Third Year Medical Student Pediatric ClerkshipMedical Science Educator.  23:313-320. 2013
    2013 Disparities in lung transplantation before and after introduction of the lung allocation scoreJournal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.  32:684-692. 2013
    2013 Provider perceptions of parent health literacy and effect on asthma treatment recommendations and instructionsPediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology.  26:69-75. 2013
    2012 Can a school-based hand hygiene program reduce asthma exacerbations among elementary school children?Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.  130:1317-1324. 2012
    2012 Inappropriate home albuterol use during an acute asthma exacerbation 2012
    2012 Web-based smoking cessation intervention that transitions from inpatient to outpatient: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trialTrials.  13. 2012
    2012 Measurement characteristics of the pediatric asthma health outcome measureJournal of Asthma.  49:260-266. 2012
    2011 Redesigning a large school-based clinical trial in response to changes in community practiceClinical Trials.  8:311-319. 2011
    2010 Exploring the translational impact of a home telemonitoring intervention using time-motion study.Telemedicine and e-Health.  16:576-584. 2010
    2009 Increasing adherence to inhaled steroid therapy among schoolchildren: Randomized, controlled Trial of school-based supervised asthma therapyPediatrics.  123:466-474. 2009
    2009 Fourth Graders' Reports of Fruit and Vegetable Intake at School Lunch: Does Treatment Assignment Affect Accuracy?Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.  109:36-44. 2009
    2009 Smoking cessation through the utilization of pharmacotherapyExpert Review of Respiratory Medicine.  3:475-485. 2009
    2008 Electronic feedback messages for home spirometry lung transplant recipients 2008
    2008 Internet-based monitoring of asthma symptoms, peak flow meter readings, and absence data in a school-based clinical trialClinical Trials.  5:31-37. 2008
    2008 Design of the supervised asthma therapy study: Implementing an adherence intervention in urban elementary schoolsContemporary Clinical Trials.  29:304-310. 2008
    2007 Images of sexual stereotypes in rap videos and the health of African American female adolescentsJournal of Women's Health.  16:1157-1164. 2007
    2006 Predictors of Inconsistent Contraceptive Use among Adolescent Girls: Findings from a Prospective StudyJournal of Adolescent Health.  39:43-49. 2006
    2006 Efficacy of an HIV prevention program among female adolescents experiencing gender-based violenceAmerican Journal of Public Health.  96:1085-1090. 2006
    2006 Biologically confirmed sexually transmitted infection and depressive symptomatology among African-American female adolescentsSexually Transmitted Infections.  82:55-60. 2006
    2005 Adverse health consequences that co-occur with depression: A longitudinal study of black adolescent femalesPediatrics.  116:78-81. 2005
    2005 Self-esteem and theoretical mediators of safer sex among African American female adolescents: Implications for sexual risk reduction interventionsHealth Education and Behavior.  32:413-427. 2005
    2005 Hi5+: Systematic Development of a Family Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable IntakeHealth Promotion Practice.  6:190-201. 2005
    2005 Implementation of a Family Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake: The Hi5+ ExperienceHealth Promotion Practice.  6:180-189. 2005
    2004 Attitudes of young African American fathers toward early childbearingAmerican Journal of Health Behavior.  28:418-425. 2004
    2004 Self-concept and adolescents' refusal of unprotected sex: A test of mediating mechanisms among African American girlsPrevention Science.  5:137-149. 2004
    2004 Efficacy of an HIV prevention intervention for African American adolescent girls: A randomized controlled trialJournal of the American Medical Association.  292:171-179. 2004
    2004 Relationship characteristics and sexual practices of African American adolescent girls who desire pregnancy.Health Education and Behavior.  31. 2004
    2004 The role of social support in the psychological well-being of African American girls who experience dating violence victimizationViolence and Victims.  19:171-187. 2004
    2004 Using cognitive mapping to develop a community-based family interventionAmerican Journal of Health Behavior.  28:43-53. 2004
    2003 Identification of strategies for promoting condom use: A prospective analysis of high-risk African American female teensPrevention Science.  4:263-270. 2003
    2003 Religiosity and risky sexual behavior in African-American adolescent femalesJournal of Adolescent Health.  33:2-8. 2003
    2003 Prevalence of Obesity in Children in Alabama and Texas Participating in Social Programs [5]Journal of the American Medical Association.  289:1780-1781. 2003
    2003 A prospective study of exposure to rap music videos and African American female adolescents' healthAmerican Journal of Public Health.  93:437-439. 2003
    2003 Infrequent parental monitoring predicts sexually transmitted infections among low-income African American female adolescentsJAMA Pediatrics.  157:169-173. 2003
    2003 Pregnancy desire among disadvantaged African American adolescent femalesAmerican Journal of Health Behavior.  27:55-62. 2003
    2003 Value of Consistent Condom Use: A Study of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention among African American Adolescent FemalesAmerican Journal of Public Health.  93:901-902. 2003
    2002 Predictors of infection with Trichomonas vaginalis: A prospective study of low income African-American adolescent femalesSexually Transmitted Infections.  78:360-364. 2002
    2002 Association of adolescents' history of sexually transmitted disease (STD) and their current high-risk behavior and STD status: A case for intensifying clinic-based prevention effortsSexually Transmitted Diseases.  29:503-509. 2002
    2002 Activity of African-American female teenagers in black organisations is associated with STD/HIV protective behaviours: A prospective analysisJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health.  56:549-550. 2002
    2002 Low parental monitoring predicts subsequent pregnancy among African-American adolescent femalesJournal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.  15:43-46. 2002
    2002 Psychosocial and behavioral correlates of refusing unwanted sex among African-American adolescent femalesJournal of Adolescent Health.  30:55-63. 2002
    2002 Adolescents' ambivalence about becoming pregnant predicts infrequent contraceptive use: A prospective analysis of nonpregnant African American femalesAmerican Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  186:251-252. 2002
    2002 Associations between biologically confirmed marijuana use and laboratory-confirmed sexually transmitted diseases among African American adolescent femalesSexually Transmitted Diseases.  29:387-390. 2002
    2002 Body image and African American females' sexual healthJournal of Women's Health.  11:433-439. 2002
    2002 Condom use and correlates of African American adolescent females' infrequent communication with sex partners about preventing sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancyHealth Education and Behavior.  29:219-231. 2002
    2002 Gang involvement and the health of African American female adolescents.Pediatrics.  110. 2002
    2002 HIV/STD prevention benefits of living in supportive families: A prospective analysis of high risk African-American female teensAmerican Journal of Health Promotion.  16:142-145. 2002
    2002 Participation by African-American adolescent females in social organization: Associations with HIV-protective behaviors 2002
    2002 Pregnant African-American teens are less likely than their nonpregnant peers to use condomsPreventive Medicine.  34:524-528. 2002
    2002 Prevalence and correlates of Chlamydia trachomatis among sexually active African-American adolescent femalesPreventive Medicine.  35:593-600. 2002
    2002 Psychosocial predictors of pregnancy among low-income African-American adolescent females: A prospective analysisJournal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.  15:293-299. 2002
    2002 Sexual risk behaviors associated with having older sex partners: A study of black adolescent femalesSexually Transmitted Diseases.  29:20-24. 2002
    2001 Correlates of casual sex among African-American female teensJournal of HIV/AIDS prevention in children & youth.  4:55-67. 2001
    2001 Correct condom application among African-American adolescent females: The relationship to perceived self-efficacy and the association to confirmed STDsJournal of Adolescent Health.  29:194-199. 2001
    2001 Parental monitoring: Association with adolescents' risk behaviorsPediatrics.  107:1363-1368. 2001
    2001 Correlates of using dual methods for sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy prevention among high-risk african-american female teensJournal of Adolescent Health.  28:410-414. 2001
    2001 Exposure to X-rated movies and adolescents' sexual and contraceptive-related attitudes and behaviorsPediatrics.  107:1116-1119. 2001
    2001 A prospective study of psychological distress and sexual risk behavior among black adolescent females.Pediatrics.  108. 2001
    2001 Condom carrying is not associated with condom use and lower prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases among minority adolescent femalesSexually Transmitted Diseases.  28:444-447. 2001
    2001 Correlates of Adolescent Females' Worry About Undesired Pregnancy: The Importance of Partner Desire for PregnancyJournal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.  14:123-127. 2001
    2001 Dating violence and the sexual health of black adolescent females.Pediatrics.  107. 2001
    2001 HIV/STD-protective benefits of living with mothers in perceived supportive families: A study of high-risk African American female teensPreventive Medicine.  33:175-178. 2001
    2001 Parent-adolescent communication and sexual risk behaviors among African American adolescent femalesJournal of Pediatrics.  139:407-412. 2001
    2001 Psychosocial correlates of adolescents' worry about STD versus HIV infection: Similarities and differencesSexually Transmitted Diseases.  28:208-213. 2001
    2001 Self-obtained vaginal swabs for diagnosis of treatable sexually transmitted diseases in adolescent girlsJAMA Pediatrics.  155:676-679. 2001
    2001 Socioeconomic status and self-reported gonorrhea among African American female adolescentsSexually Transmitted Diseases.  28:236-239. 2001
    2001 Validity of self-reported sexually transmitted diseases among african american female adolescents participating in an HIV/STD prevention intervention trialSexually Transmitted Diseases.  28:468-471. 2001
    2000 Correlates of unprotected vaginal sex among African American female adolescents: Importance of relationship dynamicsJAMA Pediatrics.  154:893-899. 2000
    2000 Increasing the fruit and vegetable consumption of fourth-graders: Results from the high 5 projectPreventive Medicine.  30:309-319. 2000
    2000 Methods, Results, and Lessons Learned from Process Evaluation of the High 5 School-Based Nutrition InterventionHealth Education and Behavior.  27:177-186. 2000
    1998 Design of 'High 5': A school-based study to promote fruit and vegetable consumption for reduction of cancer riskJournal of Cancer Education.  13:169-177. 1998
    1997 Recruitment Issues in School-Based Research: Lessons Learned from the High 5 Alabama ProjectJournal of School Health.  67:415-421. 1997

    Research Overview

  • Dr. Harrington's past research includes pediatric asthma and the role of parent health literacy, development of a verbal exchange health literacy measure, and using motivational interviewing techniques to promote supplemental oxygen adherence among patients with COPD. Dr. Harrington has taught evaluation courses in the School of Public Health and a Health Literacy elective in the School of Medicine. She has also supervised multiple students for both single and joint degree MPH internships. Dr. Harrington has adjunct faculty positions in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Health Behavior in Ryals School of Public Health and is a Senior Scientist of the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center.
  • Education And Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2006
  • Master of Education in Health Professions and Related Programs, University of Alabama at Birmingham 1989
  • Full Name

  • Kathleen Harrington