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Don Willis

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
DepartmentNorthwest AR Research, College of Northwest Arkansas UAMS Campus
DivisionNorthwest AR Campus Research
Address1125 N. College
Mail Slot # 1125 N. COLL
Fayetteville AR 72703
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    University of Missouri, ColumbiaPhD06/2018Sociology

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    SUB-OTA No. 6922-03-COVID-S016     (HENRY-TILLMAN, RONDA S)Jul 16, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
    NIH/Nat. Heart, Lung & Blood Institute - Pass Through: Westat
    Community Engagement Research Alliance (CEAL) 2023-2024 Renewal
    Role: Principal Investigator
    SUB-OTANo.6922     (HENRY-TILLMAN, RONDA S)Jul 16, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
    NIH/Nat. Heart, Lung & Blood Institute - Pass Through: Westat
    Community Engagement Research Alliance (CEAL) 2023-2024 Renewal
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Purvis RS, Moore R, Willis DE, Li J, Selig JP, Kraleti S, Imran T, McElfish PA. Exploring Hesitancy, Motivations, and Practical Issues for COVID-19 Vaccination Among Vaccine-Hesitant Adopter Parents Using the Increasing Vaccination Model. J Pediatr Health Care. 2024 Mar 02. PMID: 38430095.
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    2. Willis DE, Purvis RS, Moore R, Li J, Selig JP, Imran T, Zimmerman S, McElfish PA. Social Processes and COVID-19 Vaccination of Children of Hesitant Mothers. J Community Health. 2024 Feb 25. PMID: 38402520.
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    3. Moore R, Purvis RS, Willis DE, Li J, Langner J, Gurel-Headley M, Kraleti S, Curran GM, Macechko MD, McElfish PA. "Every Time It Comes Time for Another Shot, It's a Re-Evaluation": A Qualitative Study of Intent to Receive COVID-19 Boosters among Parents Who Were Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine. Vaccines (Basel). 2024 Feb 07; 12(2). PMID: 38400154.
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    4. Andersen JA, Willis DE, Kaholokula JK, Rowland B, Council S, Riklon S, McElfish PA. Correction to: Experiences of Discrimination Among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders Living in the USA. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Feb; 11(1):590. PMID: 36877381.
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    5. Purvis RS, Moore R, Willis DE, Li J, Kraleti S, Imran T, McElfish PA. Understanding HPV Vaccine Hesitancy and What Helped Hesitant Adopter Parents Have Their Children Vaccinated Despite Their Hesitancy. J Pediatr Health Care. 2023 Dec 19. PMID: 38127043.
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    6. Busch S, Andersen JA, Willis DE, McElfish PA, Reece S, DuBois D, Brown CC. Association of the COVID-19 Pandemic With Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Receipt Among Pregnant Individuals: United States, 2016-2022. Am J Public Health. 2023 Dec; 113(S3):S240-S247. PMID: 38118087.
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    7. Bogulski CA, Andersen JA, Eswaran S, Willis DE, Edem D, McElfish PA. Factors Associated with Online Patient Portal Utilization Experience in an Arkansas Phone Survey. Telemed J E Health. 2023 Nov 27. PMID: 38011711.
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    8. Pro G, Fairman B, Baloh J, Willis D, Montgomery BEE. Temporal Trends in Telehealth Availability in Mental Health Treatment Settings: Differences in Growth by State Rurality, 2015-2020. J Urban Health. 2023 12; 100(6):1149-1158. PMID: 38012502.
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    9. Willis DE, Moore R, Selig JP, CarlLee S, Gurel-Headley MP, Cornett LE, McElfish PA. COVID-19 Booster Uptake: Are Hesitant Adopters Less Likely to Get a Booster Shot Than Nonhesitant Adopters? Behav Med. 2023 Sep 18; 1-9. PMID: 37722699.
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    10. Willis DE, Moore R, Andersen JA, Li J, Selig JP, McKinnon JC, Gurel-Headley M, Reece S, McElfish PA. Correlates of COVID-19 vaccine coverage in Arkansas: Results from a weighted random sample survey. Vaccine. 2023 09 22; 41(41):6120-6126. PMID: 37661536.
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    11. Purvis RS, Moore R, Willis DE, Kraleti SS, Gurel-Headley MP, CarlLee S, McElfish PA. Key Conversations and Trusted Information Among Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine. J Health Commun. 2023 09 02; 28(9):595-604. PMID: 37599458.
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    12. Yeary KHK, Willis DE, Yu H, Johnson B, McElfish PA. Self-reported Racial Discrimination and Healthy Behaviors in Black Adults Residing in Rural Persistent Poverty Areas. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Aug 09. PMID: 37555914.
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    13. Hallgren E, Narcisse MR, Andersen JA, Willis DE, Thompson T, Bryant-Smith G, McElfish PA. Medical Financial Hardship and Food Security among Cancer Survivors in the United States. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2023 08 01; 32(8):1038-1047. PMID: 37255367.
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    14. Willis DE, Reece S, Gurel-Headley M, Selig JP, Li J, Zimmerman S, Cornett LE, McElfish PA. Social processes, practical issues, and COVID-19 vaccination among hesitant adults. Vaccine. 2023 08 07; 41(35):5150-5158. PMID: 37423799.
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    15. Moore R, Purvis RS, CarlLee S, Hallgren E, Kraleti S, Willis DE, McElfish PA. Understanding Vaccination Among Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine Using the Increasing Vaccination Model. J Health Commun. 2023 07 03; 28(7):458-476. PMID: 37394866.
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    16. Andersen JA, Scott AJ, Rowland B, Willis DE, McElfish PA. Associations between COVID-19 Death Exposure and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Vaccine Uptake. South Med J. 2023 07; 116(7):519-523. PMID: 37400094.
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    17. Long CR, Narcisse MR, Selig JP, Willis DE, Gannon M, Rowland B, English ES, McElfish PA. Prevalence and associations between food insecurity and overweight/obesity among native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adolescents. Public Health Nutr. 2023 07; 26(7):1338-1344. PMID: 37069046.
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    18. Reece S, McElfish PA, Andersen JA, Ayers BL, Tiwari T, Willis DE, Rowland B, Norris JD, Beasley K, Mendoza Kabua P, Brown CC. Application Status Among Women Enrolled in a Healthy Start Program in Arkansas for the Special Nutrition Program for Women and Children. J Community Health. 2023 Aug; 48(4):724-730. PMID: 37000375.
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    19. Reece S, CarlLee S, Scott AJ, Willis DE, Rowland B, Larsen K, Holman-Allgood I, McElfish PA. Hesitant adopters: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among diverse vaccinated adults in the United States. Infect Med (Beijing). 2023 Jun; 2(2):89-95. PMID: 38013742.
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    20. Fitzpatrick KM, Harris CT, Willis D, Obermaier A, Drawve G. Place Still Matters: Social Vulnerabilities, Place-Level Disadvantage, and Food Insecurity during COVID-19. Nutrients. 2023 Mar 16; 15(6). PMID: 36986160.
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    21. Willis DE, Kaholokula JK, Andersen JA, Selig JP, Bogulski CA, Scott AJ, McElfish PA. Racial Misclassification, Discrimination, Consciousness, and Self-Rated Health Among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Adults in the USA. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Apr; 11(2):730-738. PMID: 36892814.
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    22. Barnicot K, McCabe R, Bogosian A, Papadopoulos R, Crawford M, Aitken P, Christensen T, Wilson J, Teague B, Rana R, Willis D, Barclay R, Chung A, Rohricht F. Predictors of Post-Traumatic Growth in a Sample of United Kingdom Mental and Community Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 02 17; 20(4). PMID: 36834236.
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    23. Gurel-Headley M, Mamisashvili M, CarlLee S, Reece S, Chapman C, Kraleti S, Andersen JA, Selig JP, Willis DE, Li J, McElfish PA. Associations between Influenza Vaccination and Health Care Access among Adults in the United States. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Feb 11; 11(2). PMID: 36851292.
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    24. CarlLee S, Willis DE, Andersen JA, Gurel-Headley M, Kraleti SS, Selig JP, Moore R, Diaz-Cruz A, Macechko MD, McElfish PA. Healthcare Access and Experiences of Racial Discrimination as Predictors of General Vaccine Hesitancy. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Feb 10; 11(2). PMID: 36851286.
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    25. Andersen JA, Willis DE, Kaholokula JK, Rowland B, Council S, Riklon S, McElfish PA. Experiences of Discrimination Among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders Living in the USA. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Feb; 11(1):184-191. PMID: 36626048.
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    26. Willis DE, Montgomery BEE, Selig JP, Andersen JA, Shah SK, Li J, Reece S, Alik D, McElfish PA. COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Racial Discrimination among US Adults. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Nov 28; 102074. PMID: 36466305.
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    27. Andersen JA, Gloster E, Hall S, Rowland B, Willis DE, Kraleti SS, McElfish PA. Associations between COVID-19 vaccine uptake, race/ethnicity, and political party affiliation. J Behav Med. 2023 06; 46(3):525-531. PMID: 36417011.
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    28. Moore R, Purvis RS, Willis DE, Worley KC, Hervey D, Reece S, Yeates A, McElfish PA. The vaccine hesitancy continuum among hesitant adopters of the COVID-19 vaccine. Clin Transl Sci. 2022 12; 15(12):2844-2857. PMID: 36330587.
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    29. McElfish PA, Selig JP, Scott AJ, Rowland B, Willis DE, Reece S, CarlLee S, Macechko MD, Shah SK. Associations Between General Vaccine Hesitancy and Healthcare Access Among Arkansans. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 03; 38(4):841-847. PMID: 36323819.
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    30. Montgomery BEE, Pro GC, Willis DE, Zaller ND. County-level jail incarceration, community economic distress, rurality, and preterm birth among women in the US South. J Clin Transl Sci. 2023; 7(1):e43. PMID: 36845312.
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    31. Purvis RS, Moore R, Willis DE, Hallgren E, McElfish PA. Factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine decision-making among hesitant adopters in the United States. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2022 Sep 07; 2114701. PMID: 36070518.
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    32. McElfish PA, Rowland B, Scott AJ, Andersen JA, CarlLee S, McKinnon JC, Reece S, Meredith-Neve SM, Macechko MD, Gurel-Headley M, Willis DE. Hesitant adopters: An examination of hesitancy among adults in Arkansas who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine. Clin Transl Sci. 2022 10; 15(10):2316-2322. PMID: 36004689.
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    33. Willis DE, Andersen JA, Hallgren E, Moore R, Selig JP, Scott AJ, Kraleti SS, McElfish PA. COVID-19 Death Exposure among Adults in the United States. Omega (Westport). 2022 Aug 04; 302228221116523. PMID: 35924749.
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    34. Andersen JA, Willis DE, Hallgren E, McElfish PA, Felix HC. Physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Prim Care Diabetes. 2022 10; 16(5):640-643. PMID: 35909071.
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    35. Kendrick A, Fantasia HC, Morse B, Willis DE. Food insecurity in college students: A concept analysis. Nurs Forum. 2022 Sep; 57(5):898-904. PMID: 35616363.
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    36. McElfish PA, Selig JP, Scott AJ, Rowland B, Willis DE, Reece S, CarlLee S, Gurel-Headley M, Shah SK, Macechko MD. Associations between 5-year influenza vaccination and sociodemographic factors and healthcare access among Arkansans. Vaccine. 2022 06 15; 40(27):3727-3731. PMID: 35606233.
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    37. Willis DE, Long CR, Rowland B, Tidwell C, Andersen JA, McElfish PA. COVID-19 and food insecurity in a vulnerable rural state. Dialogues Health. 2022 Dec; 1:100013. PMID: 36636611.
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    38. Bogulski CA, Willis DE, Williams CA, Ayers BL, Andersen JA, McElfish PA. Stressful life events and social support among pregnant Marshallese women. Matern Child Health J. 2022 Jun; 26(6):1194-1202. PMID: 35551586.
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    39. McElfish PA, Bogulski C, Langston K, Carleton A, Semingson J, Gurel L, Willis DE. Bilingual care navigation and enhanced case management during COVID-19. Fam Syst Health. 2022 09; 40(3):403-407. PMID: 35549491.
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    40. Willis DE, Schootman M, Shah SK, Reece S, Selig JP, Andersen JA, McElfish PA. Parent/guardian intentions to vaccinate children against COVID-19 in the United States. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2022 11 30; 18(5):2071078. PMID: 35506876.
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    41. Willis DE, Andersen JA, Montgomery BEE, Selig JP, Shah SK, Zaller N, Bryant-Moore K, Scott AJ, Williams M, McElfish PA. COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Experiences of Discrimination Among Black Adults. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 06; 10(3):1025-1034. PMID: 35391714.
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    42. Andersen JA, Rowland B, Gloster E, Willis DE, Hernandez N, Felix HC, Long CR, McElfish PA. Associations among Self-Reported Mental Health, Physical Activity, and Diet during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nutr Health. 2022 Dec; 28(4):711-719. PMID: 35234099.
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    43. McElfish PA, Purvis RS, Riklon S, Willis DE. Complicity in sociology and community-based participatory research with Marshallese. Sociol Health Illn. 2022 Feb 25. PMID: 35213055.
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    44. McElfish PA, Willis DE, Shah SK, Reece S, Andersen JA, Schootman M, Richard-Davis G, Selig JP, Warmack TS. Parents' and Guardians' Intentions to Vaccinate Children against COVID-19. Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Feb 25; 10(3). PMID: 35334993.
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    45. Willis DE, Selig JP, Andersen JA, Hall S, Hallgren E, Williams M, Bryant-Moore K, McElfish PA. Hesitant but vaccinated: assessing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among the recently vaccinated. J Behav Med. 2023 04; 46(1-2):15-24. PMID: 35032254.
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    46. Purvis RS, Willis DE, Moore R, Bogulski C, McElfish PA. Perceptions of adult Arkansans regarding trusted sources of information about the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health. 2021 12 20; 21(1):2306. PMID: 34930208.
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    47. Hallgren E, Moore R, Purvis RS, Hall S, Willis DE, Reece S, CarlLee S, Gurel-Headley M, McElfish PA. Facilitators to vaccination among hesitant adopters. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 12 02; 17(12):5168-5175. PMID: 34893018.
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    48. Purvis RS, Hallgren E, Moore RA, Willis DE, Hall S, Gurel-Headley M, McElfish PA. Trusted Sources of COVID-19 Vaccine Information among Hesitant Adopters in the United States. Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Dec 01; 9(12). PMID: 34960164.
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    49. McElfish PA, Willis DE, Bogulski C, Kelen M, Riklon S, Alik E, Laelan M, Brown AL, Sinclair KA, Andersen JA, Amick BC, Williams M. COVID-19 Vaccine Willingness and Hesitancy Among Marshallese Pacific Islanders. J Patient Exp. 2021; 8:23743735211056428. PMID: 34825050.
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    50. Rowland B, Bogulski CA, Willis DE, Scott AJ, Gloster EE, Andersen JA. Experiences of Marshallese Food Processing Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Agromedicine. 2022 07; 27(3):292-302. PMID: 34736373.
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    51. Willis DE, Presley J, Williams M, Zaller N, McElfish PA. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among youth. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 12 02; 17(12):5013-5015. PMID: 34715003.
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    52. Moore R, Purvis RS, Hallgren E, Willis DE, Hall S, Reece S, CarlLee S, Judkins H, McElfish PA. Motivations to Vaccinate Among Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine. J Community Health. 2022 04; 47(2):237-245. PMID: 34687388.
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    53. McElfish PA, Rowland B, Porter A, Felix HC, Selig JP, Semingson J, Willis DE, Smith M, Riklon S, Alik E, Padilla-Ramos A, Jasso EY, Zohoori N. Use of Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships to Reduce COVID-19 Disparities Among Marshallese Pacific Islander and Latino Communities - Benton and Washington Counties, Arkansas, April-December 2020. Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 10 07; 18:E91. PMID: 34618667.
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    54. Andersen JA, Felix HC, Eswaran H, Payakachat N, Willis DE, Bogulski C, McElfish PA. Factors Associated with First-Time Telehealth Utilization for Marshallese Living in the United States. Telemed Rep. 2021; 2(1):217-223. PMID: 34841421.
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    55. Andersen JA, Willis DE, Malhis JR, Long CR, McElfish PA. The Association Between Education and Basic Needs Insecurity for Marshallese During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2022 10; 9(5):1882-1887. PMID: 34403123.
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    56. Moore R, Willis DE, Shah SK, Purvis RS, Shields X, McElfish PA. "The Risk Seems Too High": Thoughts and Feelings about COVID-19 Vaccination. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 08 17; 18(16). PMID: 34444438.
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    57. Willis DE, Andersen JA, Bryant-Moore K, Selig JP, Long CR, Felix HC, Curran GM, McElfish PA. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Race/ethnicity, trust, and fear. Clin Transl Sci. 2021 11; 14(6):2200-2207. PMID: 34213073.
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    58. Felix HC, Andersen JA, Willis DE, Malhis JR, Selig JP, McElfish PA. Control of type 2 diabetes mellitus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prim Care Diabetes. 2021 10; 15(5):786-792. PMID: 34246614.
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    59. Willis DE, McElfish PA. Racial disparities in the COVID-19 response affecting the Marshall Islands diaspora, United States of America. Bull World Health Organ. 2021 09 01; 99(9):680-681. PMID: 34475605.
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    60. Moore R, Zielinski MJ, Thompson RG, Willis DE, Purvis RS, McElfish PA. "This Pandemic Is Making Me More Anxious about My Welfare and the Welfare of Others:" COVID-19 Stressors and Mental Health. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 05 26; 18(11). PMID: 34073187.
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    61. McElfish PA, Purvis R, James LP, Willis DE, Andersen JA. Perceived Barriers to COVID-19 Testing. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 02 25; 18(5). PMID: 33668958.
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    62. McElfish PA, Purvis R, Willis DE, Riklon S. COVID-19 Disparities Among Marshallese Pacific Islanders. Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 01 07; 18:E02. PMID: 33411668.
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    63. McElfish PA, Willis DE, Bryant-Moore K, Rojo MO, Andersen JA, Kaminicki KF, James LP. Arkansans' Preferred COVID-19 Testing Locations. J Prim Care Community Health. 2021 Jan-Dec; 12:21501327211004289. PMID: 33771056.
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    64. McElfish PA, Willis DE, Shah SK, Bryant-Moore K, Rojo MO, Selig JP. Sociodemographic Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Fear of Infection, and Protection Self-Efficacy. J Prim Care Community Health. 2021 Jan-Dec; 12:21501327211040746. PMID: 34427126.
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    65. McElfish PA, Cleek AB, Willis DE, Purvis RS, James LP. Leveraging community engagement capacity to address COVID-19 disparities among Pacific Islander and Latinx Communities in Arkansas. J Clin Transl Sci. 2020 Dec 07; 5(1):e81. PMID: 34192048.
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    66. Fitzpatrick KM, Willis DE, Spialek ML, English E. Food Insecurity in the Post-Hurricane Harvey Setting: Risks and Resources in the Midst of Uncertainty. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 11 13; 17(22). PMID: 33203035.
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    67. Fitzpatrick KM, Willis DE. Homeless and hungry: food insecurity in the land of plenty. Food Secur. 2021; 13(1):3-12. PMID: 33169087.
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    68. Willis DE. Feeding inequality: food insecurity, social status and college student health. Sociol Health Illn. 2021 01; 43(1):220-237. PMID: 33113227.
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    69. Fitzpatrick KM, Willis D. Chronic Disease, the Built Environment, and Unequal Health Risks in the 500 Largest U.S. Cities. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 04 24; 17(8). PMID: 32344643.
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    70. Willis DE, Fitzpatrick KM. Adolescent food insecurity: the special case of Marshallese youth in north-west Arkansas, USA. Public Health Nutr. 2020 02; 23(3):544-553. PMID: 31566151.
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    71. Fitzpatrick KM, Shi X, Willis D, Niemeier J. Obesity and place: Chronic disease in the 500 largest U.S. cities. Obes Res Clin Pract. 2018 Sep - Oct; 12(5):421-425. PMID: 29526518.
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    72. Willis DE, Fitzpatrick KM. Psychosocial factors as mediators of food insecurity and weight status among middle school students. Appetite. 2016 08 01; 103:236-243. PMID: 27107857.
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