PUBLICATIONS:

1. Sullivan C, Vick JB, Decosimo K, Grubber J, Coffman CJ, Bruening R, Sperber N, Tucker M, Dadolf J, Boucher N, Wang V, Allen KD, Hastings SN, Van Houtven CH, Shepherd-Banigan M. "I've been doing this for years": the COVID-19 pandemic and family caregiver isolation and loneliness. Frontiers in aging. 2024 May 31; 5:1376103. [view]
2. Van Houtven CH, Coffman CJ, Decosimo K, Grubber JM, Dadolf J, Sullivan C, Tucker M, Bruening R, Sperber NR, Stechuchak KM, Shepherd-Banigan M, Boucher N, Ma JE, Kaufman BG, Colón-Emeric CS, Jackson GL, Damush TM, Christensen L, Wang V, Allen KD, Hastings SN. A stepped wedge cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a multisite family caregiver skills training program. Health services research. 2024 Dec 1; 59(6):e14326. [view]
3. Blok AC, Drake C, Decosimo K, Zullig LL, Hughes JM, Sperber NR, Kota S, Franzosa E, Coffman CJ, Shepherd-Banigan M, Chadduck T, Allen KD, Hastings SN, Van Houtven CH. Adaptations and early adoption of a family caregiver intervention in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A multimethod pragmatic approach for national scaling. Health services research. 2024 Dec 1; 59 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):e14360. [view]
4. 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. [view]
5. 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. [view]
6. 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. [view]
7. Vick JB, Golden BP, Cantrell S, Harris-Gersten ML, Selmanoff MR, Hastings SN, Oyesanya TO, Goldstein KM, Van Houtven C. Family Involvement in the Care of Hospitalized Older Adults: Protocol for a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis. JMIR research protocols. 2024 May 10; 13:e53255. [view]
8. 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. [view]
9. Van Houtven CH, Decosimo K, Drake C, Bruening R, Sperber NR, Dadolf J, Tucker M, Coffman CJ, Grubber JM, Stechuchak KM, Kota S, Christensen L, Colón-Emeric C, Jackson GL, Franzosa E, Zullig LL, Allen KD, Hastings SN, Wang V. Implementation outcomes from a multi-site stepped wedge cluster randomized family caregiver skills training trial. Health services research. 2024 Aug 8. [view]
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. [view]
11. 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. [view]
12. 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. [view]
13. Van Houtven CH, Stechuchak KM, Dennis PA, Decosimo K, Whitfield CL, Sperber NR, Hastings SN, Shepherd-Banigan M, Kaufman BG, Smith VA. Is more care recipient time at home also a family caregiver-centered quality of life measure? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024 Aug 13. [view]
14. 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. [view]
15. 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. [view]
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. [view]
17. 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. [view]
18. 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. [view]
19. 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. [view]
20. 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. [view]
21. Hughes JM, Choate AL, Meyer C, Kappler CB, Wang V, Allen KD, Van Houtven CH, Hastings SN, Zullig LL. Site-initiated adaptations in the implementation of an evidence-based inpatient walking program. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024 Jul 29. [view]
22. 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. [view]
23. Jacobs JC, Greene L, Rao M, Smith VA, Van Houtven CH, Maciejewski ML, Zulman DM. The association between social risks and days at home for older veterans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024 Oct 1; 72(10):3035-3045. [view]
24. 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. [view]