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Zehler A.M., Miyaoka A., Chaney B., Orellana V., Vahey P., Torre Gibney D., Yee K., and Yilmazel-Sahin Y. (2019).

Supporting English learners through technology: What districts and teachers say about digital learning resources for English learners. Volume I: Final report.

Washington, DC: Policy and Program Studies Service, Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, U.S. Department of Education.
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Hempel S., Miake-Lye I., Brega A.G., Buckhold F., Hassell S., Nowalk M.P., Rubenstein L., Schreiber K., Spector W.D., Kilbourne A.M., and Ganz D.A. (2019).

Quality improvement toolkits: Recommendations for development.

American Journal of Medical Quality.
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Rohan E.A., Slotman B., Goettsche Tristani E., Townsend J.S., White D.E., Fultz-Butts K., and Gardner A. (2019).

Evaluating the feasibility of using a mobile app to track oncology patient navigation activities and outcomes.

Journal of Oncology Navigation and Survivorship, 10(3).
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Rivero G. (2019).

Preaching to the choir: Ideology and following behaviour in social media.

Contemporary Social Science, 14(1), 54-70.
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Palmer S.B., Fleming K.K., Summers J.A., Erwin E.J., Maude S.P., Brotherson M.J., Stroup-Rentier V., Haines S.J., Zheng Y.Z., Peck N.F., and Wu H.-Y. (2019).

Foundations for self-determination in early childhood: Preliminary preschool study.

Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
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Noel V.A., Acquilano S.C., Carpenter-Song E., and Drake R.E. (2019).

Use of mobile and computer devices to support recovery in people with serious mental illness: Survey study.

JMIR Mental Health, 6(2), e12255.
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Wright K.B., Fisher C., Rising C., Burke-Garcia A., Afanaseva D., and Cai X. (2019).

Partnering with mommy bloggers to disseminate breast cancer risk information: Social media intervention.

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(3), e12441.
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Wu D.T.Y., Chen A.T., Manning J.D., Levy-Fix G., Backonja U., Borland D., Caban J.J., Dowding D.W., Hochheiser H., Kagan V., Kandaswamy S., Kumar M., Nunez A., Pan E., and Gotz D. (2019).

Evaluating visual analytics for health informatics applications: A systematic review from the American Medical Informatics Association Visual Analytics Working Group Task Force on Evaluation.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 26(4), 314-323.
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Siegel S., Leath B., Fry S., Pierce C., Teixeira N., Burns W., Freed N., Weinfurter P., Dorsey B., Nooney J., and Williams S. (2018).

State and territorial efforts to reduce health disparities: Findings of a 2016 survey by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health.

Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Kaufman A., Klein E.G., Koblitz A., and Price S. (2018).

A vision for eye-tracking research in tobacco regulatory science.

Tobacco Regulatory Science, 4(6), 3-7.
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Pradhan R., Garnick K., Barkondaj B., Jordan H.S., Ash A., and Yu H. (2018).

Inadequate diversity of information resources searched in US-affiliated systematic reviews and meta-analyses: 2005-2016.

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 102, 50-62.
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Parker M.A., Villanti A.C., Quisenberry A.J., Stanton C.A., Doogan N.J., Redner R., Gaalema D.E., Kurti A.N., Nighbor T., Roberts M.E., Cepeda-Benito A., and Higgins S.T. (2018).

Tobacco product harm perceptions and new use.

Pediatrics, 142(6), e20181505.
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Carpenter-Song E., Noel V.A., Acquilano S.C., and Drake R.E. (2018).

Real-world technology use among people with mental illnesses: Qualitative study.

JMIR Mental Health, 5(4), e10652.
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Lunsford N.B., Berktold J., Holman D.M., Stein K., Prempeh A., and Yerkes A. (2018).

Skin cancer knowledge, awareness, beliefs and preventive behaviors among Black and Hispanic men and women.

Preventive Medicine Reports, 12, 203-209.
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Rubenstein L., Dukes S., Fearing C., Foster B.K., Painter K., Rosenblatt A., and Rubin W. (2018).

A case study for social marketing: Key strategies for transforming the children's mental health system in the United States.

Social Marketing Quarterly, 24(3), 132-150.
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Seeger M.W., Pechta L.E., Price S.M., Lubell K.M., Rose D.A., Sapru S., Chansky M.C., and Smith B.J. (2018).

A conceptual model for evaluating emergency risk communication in public health.

Health Security, 16(3), 193-203.
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Robinson E., Lubar E., Singer J., Kellman D., Katz B., and Kuznicki S. (2018).

State of the practice for traveler information during nonrecurring events.

FHWA-HRT-17-014. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Noar S.M., Cappella J.N., and Price S.M. (2017).

Communication regulatory science: Mapping a new field.

Health Communication.
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Burke-Garcia A. and Mathew S. (2017).

Leveraging social and digital media for participant recruitment: A review of methods from the Bayley Short Form Formative Study.

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 1(3), 205-207.
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Tsakraklides S.P., Ginexi E.M., Huang G., Steketee M., MacAllum K., Bromberg J., Huffman A., Luke D.A., Leischow S.J., Okamoto J.M., and Rogers T. (2017).

Social network analysis of a scientist-practitioner research initiative established to facilitate science dissemination and implementation within states and communities.

Research Evaluation, 26(4), 316-325.
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Levis D.M., Hillard C.L., Price S.M., Reed-Gross E., Bonilla E., Amin M., Stowell J.D., Clark R., Johnson D., Mask K., Carpentieri C., and Cannon M.J. (2017).

Using theory-based messages to motivate U.S. pregnant women to prevent cytomegalovirus infection: Results from formative research.

BMC Women's Health, 17(1), 131.
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Burke-Garcia A. and Afanaseva D.A. (2017).

Reaching for the stars: Successful influencer engagement on YouTube.

In The book of social media strategies and tactics, vol. 2 (pp. pp. 138-140). New York, NY: PR News Press.
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Botts N., Pan E., Olinger L., Donahue M., and Hsing N. (2016).

Improved veteran access to care through the Veteran Health Information Exchange Retail Immunization Coordination Project.

AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings (pp. 326-331). Chicago, IL: American Medical Informatics Association.
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Cohn A., Stanton C.A., Pearson J.L., Glasser A.M., Niaura R., Johnson A., Villanti A., Collins L., and Rose S.W. (2016).

Misperceptions of harm among Natural American Spirit smokers: Results from Wave 1 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study (2013-2014).

Tobacco Control, 26(e1), e61-e67.
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Stanton C.A., Graham A.L., Papandonatos G.D., and Erar B. (2016).

Online community use predicts abstinence in combined Internet/phone intervention for smoking cessation.

Journal Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84(7), 633-644.
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Law C., Adler T., and Killen J. (2016).

Discussing complementary or alternative health approaches with travelers.

In G. W. Brunette (Ed.), CDC Health Information for International Travel 2016. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Lipman P.D. and Aspy C.B. (2016).

Local learning communities to improve quality for chronic kidney disease (CKD): From four regional practice-based research networks (PBRNs).

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 29(5), 543-552.
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Villanti A.C., Stanton C.A., Jacobs M.A., Zawistowski G., Brookover J., and Graham A.L. (2015).

Impact of assessment modality on recruitment and retention in a Facebook smoking cessation study.

Journal of Medical and Internet Research, 17(7), 179.
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Villanti A.C., Stanton C.A., Jacobs M.A., Zawistowski G., Brookover J., and Graham A.L. (2015).

Impact of baseline assessment modality on enrollment and retention in a Facebook smoking cessation study.

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 17(7), e179.
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Burke-Garcia A., Soufi N., Ponta L., and Yegen J. (2015).

Twitter chats or Facebook events? Choosing the right platform for live events.

In The book of social media strategies and tactics, vol. 1 (pp. pp. 75-80). Rockville, MD: PRNews Press.
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Blaker L. (2015).

The Islamic State's use of online social media.

Military Cyber Affairs, 1(1), article 4.
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Yan T. and Datta A.R. (2015).

Altering the survey-taking climate: The case of the 2010 U.S. Census.

Survey Methods: Insights from the Field.
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Hamilton J.G., Hutson S.P., Frohnmayer A.E., Han P.K.J., Peters J.A., Carr A.G., and Alter B.P. (2015).

Genetic information-seeking behaviors and knowledge among family members and patients with inherited bone marrow failure syndromes.

Journal of Genetic Counseling, 24(5), 760-770.
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Woodruff K., Murray K.W., Moon C., and Finney C. (2015).

Using text messaging to improve attendance and completion in a parent training program.

Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24(10), 3107-3116.
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Marcus P.M., Broski K.G., Buys S.S., Childs J., Church T.R., Gohagan J.K., Gren L.H., Higgins D., Jaggi R., Jenkins V., Johnson C.C., Lappe K., O'Brien B., Ogden S.L., Prorok P.C., Reding D., Shambaugh V., Yokochi L.A., and Yurgalevitch S. (2015).

Building successful relationships in the PLCO Cancer Screening Trial.

Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials, 10(3), 181-186.
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Burke-Garcia A. and Finch A. (2014).

Animation and information dissemination: The keyframes to storytelling success.

In B. Greene (Ed.), PR News book of content marketing strategies and tactics (pp. pp. 168-171). Rockville, MD: Access Intelligence.
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Vousden C.L., Sapru S., and Johnson J.E. (2014).

Communicating about biomonitoring and the results of a community-based project: A case study on one state’s experience.

Journal of Environmental Health, 77(5), 20-26.
PubMed
Price S.M., Bonilla E., Zador P.L., Levis D.M., Kilgo C.L., and Cannon M.J. (2014).

Educating women about congenital cytomegalovirus: Assessment of health education materials through a web-based survey.

BMC Women's Health, 14, 144.
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Sarr M., Peralta L., Brown L., Lally M.A., Goldsworthy R., Kahn J., and Zimet G. (2014).

Evaluation of an intervention among adolescents to reduce preventive misconception in HIV vaccine clinical trials.

Journal of Adolescent Health, 55(2), 254-259.
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Cha E., Kim K.H., Umpierrez G., Dawkins C.R., Bello M.K., Lerner H.M., Narayan K.M., and Dunbar S.B. (2014).

A feasibility study to develop a diabetes prevention program for young adults with prediabetes by using digital platforms and a handheld device.

Diabetes Educator, 40(5).
PubMed
Botts N., Peterson S., Hovick S., Burton-Chase A., Ba F., Basen-Engquist K., Fisch M., Horan T., Thoms B., Stingo F., Yzquierdo R., Galvan C., and Rieber A. (2014).

Preferences for eHealth technology in meeting the health information needs of underserved cancer survivors.

Psycho-Oncology, 23, 73-74.
Burke-Garcia A. and Scally G. (2014).

Trending now: Future directions in digital media for the public health sector.

Journal of Public Health, 36(4), 527-534.
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Yan T., Evans W.D., and Datta A.R. (2014).

Use of paid media to encourage 2010 Census participation among the hard to count.

In R. Tourangeau, B. Edwards, T.P. Johnson, K.M. Wolter, and N. Bates (Eds.), Hard-to-survey populations.. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
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