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RCS 21-137 – HSR&D Study

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RCS 21-137
Research Career Scientist Award
Courtney H Van Houtven PhD
Durham, NC
Funding Period: October 2021 - September 2026

Abstract

No abstract is available at this time.

PUBLICATIONS:

Journal Articles

  1. Van Houtven CH, Smith VA, Miller KEM, Berkowitz TSZ, Shepherd-Banigan M, Hein T, Penney LS, Allen KD, Kabat M, Jobin T, Hastings SN. Comprehensive Caregiver Supports and Ascertainment and Treatment of Veteran Pain. Medical care research and review : MCRR. 2023 Dec 7; 10775587231210026.
  2. Decosimo K, Drake C, Coffman CJ, Sperber NR, Tucker M, Hughes JM, Zullig LL, Chadduck T, Christensen L, Kaufman B, Allen KD, Hastings SN, Van Houtven CH. Implementation intensification to disseminate a skills-based caregiver training program: protocol for a type III effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial. Implementation science communications. 2023 Aug 16; 4(1):97.
  3. Dennis PA, Stechuchak KM, Van Houtven CH, Decosimo K, Coffman CJ, Grubber JM, Lindquist JH, Sperber NR, Hastings SN, Shepherd-Banigan M, Kaufman BG, Smith VA. Informing a home time measure reflective of quality of life: A data driven investigation of time frames and settings of health care utilization. Health services research. 2023 Dec 1; 58(6):1233-1244.
  4. Van Houtven CH, Drake C, Malo TL, Decosimo K, Tucker M, Sullivan C, D'Adolf J, Hughes JM, Christensen L, Grubber JM, Coffman CJ, Sperber NR, Wang V, Allen KD, Hastings SN, Shea CM, Zullig LL. Ready, set, go! The role of organizational readiness to predict adoption of a family caregiver training program using the Rogers' diffusion of innovation theory. Implementation science communications. 2023 Jun 19; 4(1):69.
  5. Shepherd-Banigan M, Shapiro A, Stechuchak KM, Sheahan KL, Ackland PE, Smith VA, Bokhour BG, Glynn SM, Calhoun PS, Edelman D, Weidenbacher HJ, Eldridge MR, Van Houtven CH. Exploring the importance of predisposing, enabling, and need factors for promoting Veteran engagement in mental health therapy for post-traumatic stress: a multiple methods study. BMC psychiatry. 2023 May 27; 23(1):372.
  6. Hughes JM, Zullig LL, Choate AL, Decosimo KP, Wang V, Van Houtven CH, Allen KD, Nicole Hastings S. Intensification of Implementation Strategies: Developing a Model of Foundational and Enhanced Implementation Approaches to Support National Adoption and Scale-up. The Gerontologist. 2023 Mar 21; 63(3):604-613.
  7. Sperber NR, Boucher N, Hughes JM, Bruening R, Zullig LL, Decosimo K, Tucker M, Christensen LA, Allen KD, Hastings SN, Van Houtven CH. Mandated Caregiver Training in the Veterans Health Administration: Caregiver Inquiry Informs National Dissemination. The Gerontologist. 2023 Mar 21; 63(3):534-544.
  8. Shepherd-Banigan M, Shapiro A, Sheahan KL, Ackland PE, Meis LA, Thompson-Hollands J, Edelman D, Calhoun PS, Weidenbacher H, Van Houtven CH. Mental health therapy for veterans with PTSD as a family affair: A qualitative inquiry into how family support and social norms influence veteran engagement in care. Psychological Services. 2023 Nov 1; 20(4):839-848.
  9. Jacobs JC, Bowling CB, Brown T, Smith VA, Decosimo K, Wilson SM, Hastings SN, Shepherd-Banigan M, Allen K, Van Houtven C. Racial inequality in functional trajectories between Black and White U.S. veterans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2023 Apr 1; 71(4):1081-1092.
  10. Franzosa E, Judon KM, Gottesman EM, Koufacos NS, Runels T, Augustine M, Van Houtven CH, Boockvar KS. Improving Care Coordination Between Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Teams and Community Home Health Aide Providers: A Qualitative Study. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. 2023 Apr 1; 42(4):552-560.
  11. Miller KEM, Van Houtven CH, Kent EE, Gilleskie D, Holmes GM, Smith VA, Stearns SC. Short-term effects of comprehensive caregiver supports on caregiver outcomes. Health services research. 2023 Feb 1; 58(1):140-153.
  12. Shepherd-Banigan M, Wells SY, Falkovic M, Ackland PE, Swinkels C, Dedert E, Ruffin R, Van Houtven CH, Calhoun PS, Edelman D, Weidenbacher HJ, Shapiro A, Glynn S. Adapting a family-involved intervention to increase initiation and completion of evidenced-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. SSM. Mental health. 2022 Dec 1; 2:8.
  13. Miller KEM, Stearns SC, VAN Houtven CH, Gilleskie D, Holmes GM, Kent EE. The Landscape of State Policies Supporting Family Caregivers as Aligned With the National Academy of Medicine Recommendations. The Milbank Quarterly. 2022 Sep 1; 100(3):854-878.
  14. Van Houtven CH, Ma JE, Grubber J, Shepherd-Banigan M, Lewis K, Christensen L, Richardson C, Kabat M, Decosimo K, Miller KEM, Coffman CJ, Malo T, Allen KD, Hastings SN. Systematic identification of family caregivers in health systems: Proposed solutions from a caregiver-focused research study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2022 Aug 1; 70(8):2435-2439.
  15. Bruening RA, Sperber N, Wang V, Mahanna E, Choate A, Tucker M, Zullig LL, Van Houtven CH, Allen KD, Hastings SN. Self-Organization of Interprofessional Staff to Improve Mobility of Hospitalized Patients with STRIDE: a Complexity Science-Informed Qualitative Study. Journal of general internal medicine. 2022 Dec 1; 37(16):4216-4222.
  16. Boucher NA, Shapiro A, Van Houtven CH, Steinhauser KE, Allen KD, Johnson KS. Needs of care partners of older Veterans with serious illness. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2022 Jun 1; 70(6):1785-1791.


DRA: Health Systems
DRE: None at this time.
Keywords: None at this time.
MeSH Terms: None at this time.

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