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4099
National Ranking
1953

Overview

Laura A. Szalacha is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research spans primarily the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Oncology, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their work encompasses multiple topics, with notable attention to:

  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Laura A. Szalacha has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Usha Menon
  • Harleah G. Buck
  • Jennifer Kue
  • Kaitlyn Rechenberg
  • Hsiao-Lan Wang

In terms of publication venues, Szalacha has contributed to:

  • SLEEP
  • Contemporary Clinical Trials
  • Clinical Simulation in Nursing
  • Nursing Research
  • Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Their recent papers include the following:

  • The influence of dyadic congruence and satisfaction with dyadic type on patient self-care in heart failure (2020), published in European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
  • Cancer Screening Among Rural and Urban Clinics During COVID-19: A Multistate Qualitative Study (2022), published in JCO Oncology Practice
  • World delirium awareness and quality survey in 2023-a worldwide point prevalence study (2024), published in Age and Ageing
  • Adaptation of colorectal cancer screening tailored navigation content for American Indian communities and early results using the intervention (2022), published in Implementation Science Communications
  • Randomized controlled trial of the COPE-P intervention to improve mental health, healthy lifestyle behaviors, birth and post-natal outcomes of minority pregnant women: Study protocol with implications (2020), published in Contemporary Clinical Trials

Best Publications

  • School support groups, other school factors, and the safety of sexual minority adolescents

    Carol Goodenow;Laura Szalacha;Kim Westheimer

  • "Having the right chemistry": a qualitative study of mentoring in academic medicine.

    Vicki A. Jackson;Anita Palepu;Laura Szalacha;Cheryl Caswell

  • Relation of family responsibilities and gender to the productivity and career satisfaction of medical faculty

    Phyllis L. Carr;Arlene S. Ash;Robert H. Friedman;Amy Scaramucci

  • Junior faculty members' mentoring relationships and their professional development in U.S. medical schools.

    Anita Palepu;Robert H. Friedman;Rosalind C. Barnett;Phyllis L. Carr

  • Faculty perceptions of gender discrimination and sexual harassment in academic medicine.

    Phyllis L. Carr;Arlene S. Ash;Robert H. Friedman;Laura Szalacha

  • Safer Sexual Diversity Climates: Lessons Learned from an Evaluation of Massachusetts Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students

    Laura A. Szalacha

  • Discrimination and Puerto Rican Children's and Adolescents' Mental Health.

    Laura A. Szalacha;Sumru Erkut;Cynthia García Coll;Odette Alarcón

  • DIMENSIONS OF DESIRE Bridging Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in a Study of Female Adolescent Sexuality

    Deborah L. Tolman;Laura A. Szalacha

  • The Multiple Contexts of Middle Childhood.

    Cynthia Garcia Coll;Laura A. Szalacha

  • Substance abuse and mental health disparities: comparisons across sexual identity groups in a national sample of young Australian women.

    Tonda L. Hughes;Laura A. Szalacha;Ruth McNair

  • Drinking and drinking-related problems among heterosexual and sexual minority women.

    Sharon C. Wilsnack;Tonda L. Hughes;Timothy P. Johnson;Wendy B. Bostwick

  • Culture: The missing link in health research.

    M. Kagawa Singer;W. Dressler;S. George;Claudia R. Baquet

  • AIDS-Related Risk Among Adolescent Males Who Have Sex With Males, Females, or Both: Evidence From a Statewide Survey

    Carol Goodenow;Julie Netherland;Laura Szalacha

  • A "Ton of Feathers": Gender Discrimination in Academic Medical Careers and How to Manage It

    Phyllis L. Carr;Laura Szalacha;Rosalind Barnett;Cheryl Caswell

  • A Study of Chief Nurse Executives Indicates Low Prioritization of Evidence-Based Practice and Shortcomings in Hospital Performance Metrics Across the United States

    Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk;Lynn Gallagher-Ford;Bindu Koshy Thomas;Michelle Troseth

  • Dimensions of sexual orientation and HIV-related risk among adolescent females: Evidence from a statewide survey.

    Carol Goodenow;Laura A. Szalacha;Leah E. Robin;Kim Westheimer

  • Perceived Racism and Discrimination in Children and Youths: An Exploratory Study

    Lee M. Pachter;Bruce A. Bernstein;Laura A. Szalacha;Cynthia García Coll

  • Sexual victimization and hazardous drinking among heterosexual and sexual minority women.

    Tonda L. Hughes;Laura A. Szalacha;Timothy P. Johnson;Kelly E. Kinnison

  • Educating Teachers on LGBTQ Issues: A Review of Research and Program Evaluations

    Laura A. Szalacha

  • Health status, health service use, and satisfaction according to sexual identity of young Australian women

    Ruth P. McNair;Laura A. Szalacha;Tonda L. Hughes

  • Relationships of gender and career motivation to medical faculty members' production of academic publications

    Rosalind C. Barnett;Phyllis Carr;Alicia Dolbashian Boisnier;Arlene S. Ash

Frequent Co-Authors

Cynthia Garcia Coll
Cynthia Garcia Coll University of Puerto Rico
Tonda L. Hughes
Tonda L. Hughes Columbia University
Rosalind C. Barnett
Rosalind C. Barnett Brandeis University
Timothy P. Johnson
Timothy P. Johnson University of Illinois at Chicago
Ruth McNair
Ruth McNair University of Melbourne
Sharon C. Wilsnack
Sharon C. Wilsnack University of North Dakota
Barbara E. Ainsworth
Barbara E. Ainsworth Arizona State University
Carol Estwing Ferrans
Carol Estwing Ferrans University of Illinois at Chicago
Hector F. Myers
Hector F. Myers Vanderbilt University
Edward McAuley
Edward McAuley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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