Publications

Journal Articles

Mitchell, E. M., Hall, K., Doede, A., Rong, A., McLean, M., Benito Graner, O., Maldonado, F., Kallas, H., Bravo-Rodrigues, C., Forero, M., Pokam Tchuisseu, Y., & Dillingham, R. (2023). Feasibility and acceptability of self-collection of Human Papillomavirus samples for primary cervical cancer screening on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua: A mixed-methods study. Frontiers in Oncology, Gynecological Oncology, 12, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.1020205

Panagides, R., Voges, N., Oliver, J., Bridwell, D., & Mitchell, E. (2023). Determining the impact of a community-based intervention on knowledge gained and attitudes towards the HPV vaccine in Virginia. Journal of Cancer Education, 38(2), 646-651. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-022-02169-5

Rikhotso, R. R., Mitchell, E. M., Wilson, D. T., Doede, A., Matume, N. D., & Bessong, P. O. (2022). Prevalence and distribution of selected cervical human papillomavirus types in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women in South Africa, 1989-2021: A narrative review. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 37(1), 0. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v37i1.363

Craig, S., Whitlow, M., Quatrara, B., Kastello, J., Ackard, R., Mitchell, E., & Kools, S. (2022). A focused checklist for constructing equitable, diverse, and inclusive simulation experiences. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 71, 87-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2022.05.004

Elmore, C., Mitchell, E. M., Debnam, K., Keim-Malpass, J., Tanabe, K. O., & Hauck, F. R. (2022). Predictors of cervical cancer screening for refugee women attending an international family medicine clinic in the United States. Cancer Causes and Control, 33(10), 1295-1304. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-022-01612-8

Zoellner, J. M., Porter, K. J., Brock, D. P., Mitchell, E. M., Chapman, H., Clarkston, D., Cohn, W., Hauser, L., Morris, D. W., Ramey, S. Y., Robinson, B., Schreifer, S., Voges, N., & Wiseman, K. P. (2021). Advancing engagement and capacity for rural cancer control: A mixed methods case study of a community-academic advisory board in the Appalachia region of Southwest Virginia. Research Involvement and Engagement, 7(1), 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-021-00285-y

Mitchell, E. M., Doede, A., McLean Estrada, M., Granera, O. B., Maldonado, F., Dunn, B., Banks, S., Marks-Symeonides, I., Morrone, D., Pitt, C., & Dillingham, R. A. (2021). Feasibility and acceptability of tele-colposcopy on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua: A descriptive mixed methods study. Telemedicine Reports, 2(1), 264-272. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmr.2021.0024

Elmore, C. E., Keim-Malpass, J., & Mitchell, E. M. (2021). Health inequity in cervical cancer control among refugee women in the United States by country of origin. Health Equity, 5(1), 119-123. https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2020.0108

Alcala, H., Keim-Malpass, J. & Mitchell, E. M. (2021). Sexual assault and cancer screening among men and women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(11-12), NP6243-NP6259. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518812797

McKim Mitchell, E., Ackard, R., McLean Estrada, M. D., Hodgson, D., Thompson-Heisterman, A., Aguirre Bonilla, A. S., & Foronda, C. (2020). A partnership to develop disaster simulations for nursing students in response to climate change: description of a programme in Bluefields, Nicaragua, and Virginia, USA. Lancet Global Health, 8, 45. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(20)30186-8

Elmore, C. E., Laughon, K., & Mitchell, E. M. (2020). Self‐collection of samples for HPV testing to increase participation in cervical cancer screening by immigrant women: An integrative review. Public Health Nursing, 37(5), 677-695. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12782

Mitchell, E. M., Lothamer, H., Garcia, C., Des Marais, A., Camacho, T. F., Poulter, M., Bullock, L., & Smith, J. S. (2020). Acceptability and feasibility of community-based, lay navigator-facilitated at-home self-collection for Human Papillomavirus testing in underscreened women. Journal of Women’s Health, 29(4), 596-602. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2018.7575

Alcala, H., Maxwell, G. L., Lindsay, B., Keim-Malpass, J., Mitchell, E. M., & Balkrishnan, R. (2020). Examining HPV vaccination practices and differences among providers in Virginia. Journal of Cancer Education, 35, 159-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-018-1455-0

Mitchell, E. M., & Camacho, F. (2019). Developing a priority scoring index for mobile mammography sites: Considerations for screening access in rural and remote settings. Cancer Control, 26, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073274819883270

Oria, M. O. B., Mitchell, E. M., Vasconcelos, C. T. M., de Oliveira, T. D. A, Lopes, L. G., de Menezes, P. R. & Galvao, M. T. G. (2018). Prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms and social determinants in primary care users in Brazil. International Urogynecology Journal, 29(12), p. 825-832. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-018-3635-1

Doede A. L., Mitchell, E. M., Wilson, D., Panagides, R., & Oriá, M.O.B. (2018). Knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes surrounding breast cancer screening in Latin America and the Caribbean: An in-depth narrative review. Journal of Global Oncology, 4, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1200/jgo.18.00053

Carhart, M., Schminkey, D., Mitchell, E. M., & Keim-Malpass, J. (2018). Barriers and facilitators to improving Virginia’s HPV vaccination rate: A stakeholder analysis with implications for pediatric nurses. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 42, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2018.05.008

Alcala, H. E., Mitchell, E. M., & Keim-Malpass, J. (2018). Heterogenous impacts: Adverse childhood experiences and cancer screening. Cancer Causes & Control, 29(3), 343-351. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-018-1007-2

McCabe, BE, Mitchell, EM, Gonzalez-Guarda, RM, Peragallo, N., Mitrani, VB. (2017). Transnational motherhood: Health of Hispanic mothers in the United States who are separated from children. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 28(3), 243-250. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659616644960

Laughon, K., Mitchell, E., & Price, J. (2017). Provider perspectives on intimate partner violence in Bluefields, Nicaragua. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 38(10), 852-857. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2017.1346011

Alcala, H., Keim-Malpass, J., & Mitchell, E. (2017). Adverse childhood experiences and colorectal cancer screening: Do all adversities matter? Child Abuse and Neglect, 69, 145-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.04.026

Keim-Malpass, J., Mitchell, E. M., Sun, E., & Kennedy, C. (2017). Using Twitter to understand public perceptions regarding the #HPV vaccine: Opportunities for public health nurses to engage in social marketing. Public Health Nursing, 34(4), 316-323. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12318

Keim-Malpass, J., Mitchell, E. M., DeGuzman, P., Stoler, M., & Kennedy, C. (2017). Legislative activity related to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the United States (2006-2015): A cry for evidence-based policy. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 10, 29-32. https://doi.org/10.2147/rmhp.s128247

Alcala, H., Mitchell, E., & Keim-Malpass, J. (2017). Adverse childhood experiences and cervical cancer screening. Journal of Women’s Health, 26(1), 58-63. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2016.5823

Williams, JR, Halstead, V., Mitchell, EM. (2016). Two models for public health nursing clinical education. Public Health Nursing, 33(3), 249-255. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12256

Ortega, J., Mitchell, EM, Peragallo, N. (2016). Beyond borders: Global nursing education for the future. Nursing Education Perspectives, 37(4), 227-229. https://doi.org/10.5480/13-1296

Newlin Lew, K, Mitchell EM, McLean, Y. (2016). Diabetes prevention and management among minority ethnic groups in Nicaragua: Findings from Phase II of a community-based participatory study. Health Education Journal, 75(8), 939-949. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896916638701

Garcia, C., Lothamer, H., & Mitchell, E. M. (2016). Provider-identified barriers to cervical cancer screening and perceptions toward self-collection of human papillomavirus in Southwest Virginia. Public Health Nursing, 33(6), 539-546. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12285

DeGuzman, P. B., & Mitchell, E. M. (2016). Public health nurses in cancer care: Broadening the intersection. Public Health Nursing, 33(6), 481-482. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12296

Mitchell, E.M., Steeves, R., Dillingham, B. (2015). Cruise ships and bush medicine: Globalization on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua and effects on the health of Creole women. Public Health Nursing, 32(3), 237-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12127

Malhotra, K., Gonzalez-Guarda, R. M., & Mitchell, E, M. (2015). A review of teen dating violence prevention research: What about Hispanic youth? Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 16(4), 444-465. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838014537903

Mitchell, E.M., Steeves, R., Hauck, K. (2015). Exploring Creole Women’s Health Using Ethnography and Photovoice in Bluefields, Nicaragua. Global Health Promotion, 22(4), 29-38. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975914547545

Keim-Malpass, J., Mitchell, E.M., Camacho, T.F. (2015). HPV vaccination series completion and co-vaccination: Pairing vaccines may matter for adolescents. Vaccine, 33(43), 5729-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.09.077

Keim-Malpass, J., Mitchell, E.M., Blackhall, L., & DeGuzman, P.B. (2015). Evaluating stakeholder-identified barriers in accessing palliative care at an NCI-designated cancer center with a rural catchment area. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 18(7), 634-7. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2015.0032

Kavalieratos D, Mitchell EM, Carey TS, Dev S, Biddle AK, Reeve BB, Abernethy AP, Weinberger M. (2014). "Not the 'grim reaper service’”: An assessment of provider knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions regarding palliative care referral barriers in heart failure. Journal of the American Heart Association, 3(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.113.000544

Cianelli, R., Mitchell, E., Albuja, L., Wilkinson, C., Anglade, D., Chery, M., & Peragallo, N. (2014). Maternal – child health needs assessment in Haiti. International Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 4(5), 30-38.

Cianelli, R., Wilkinson, C., Mitchell, E., Anglade, D., Nicholas, G., Mitrani, V., Peragallo, N. (2013). Experiencias de formacion en salud mental entre trabajadores sanitarios Haitianos tras el terremoto de 2010. International Nursing Review en Espanol: Revista official del Consejo Internacional de Enfermeras, 60(4), 566-573. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12047

Cianelli, R., Wilkinson, C., Mitchell, E., Anglade, D., Guerda, N., Peragallo, N., & Mitrani, V. (2013). Mental health training experiences among Haitian healthcare workers post earthquake. International Nursing Review, 60(4), 528-535.

Kulbok, P., Mitchell, E., Glick, D., & Greiner, D. (2012). International nursing educational exchanges: A review of the literature. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 9(1), 7.

Mitchell, E., & Steeves, R. (2012). Exploring midwives practices on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. Hispanic Healthcare International, 10(1), 36-41.

Leffers, J. & Mitchell, E. (2011). Conceptual model for partnership and sustainability in global health. Public Health Nursing, 28(1), 91-102.

Greiner, D.S., Glick, D.F., Kulbok, P.A., & Mitchell, E.M. (2008). Rural health nursing research review: Global perspectives. Annual Review of Nursing Research, 26, 261-294.

Book Sections

Mitchell, E. M., & Stanhope, M. (2022). US and global health care. In M. Stanhope & J. Lancaster (Eds.), Foundations for population health in community-public health nursing (6th ed., pp. 37-57). Elsevier

Mitchell, E. (2020). Global health. In M. Stanhope & J. Lancaster (Eds.), Public health nursing (10th ed., pp. 62-90). Mosby Elsevier.

Upvall, M. J., Leffers, J. M. & Mitchell, E. M. (2014). “Introduction and Perspectives of Global health”. In 1st edition, Upvall & Leffers (editors). Global Health Nursing: Building and Sustaining Partnerships (pp. 1-18). Springer Publishing Company, LLC

Columns, Editorials and Op-Eds

Mitchell, E., & Kueter, C. (2025, February 5). HPV self-collection tests must be approved for use at home. Otherwise, what's the point? STAT News. Retrieved from https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/hpv-self-test-at-home-cervical-cancer-fda-uspstf/

Mitchell, E. (2020, May 22). Approve the at-home test that can provide early detection of cervical cancer: Column. STAT News. Retrieved from https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/22/cervical-cancer-home-collection-test-speed-early-detection/.