SCPPRN Journal Articles & Published Abstracts

Journal Articles

1.  Darden P. Practice-Based Research: A Necessary Intersection Between Academics and Practice. The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association. August 2008;104:125-128.

2.   Hletko PJ, Basco WT, Jr. Making the Most of Data Collection: Lessons from a Practice-Based Research Network. The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association. August 2008;104:132-133.

3.   Hocevar S, Kennedy S, Darden P, Reigart J. Headache in Children. The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association. August 2008;104:137-139.

4.   Lemon H, Darden P. Measuring Practice Immunization Rates Quickly and Accurately in the Era of HIPAA: Validation of the Quick Count Method in Practice Settings. The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association. August 2008;104:140-143.

5.   Moskow A, Hulsey T, Reigart J. Developmental Screening. The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association. August 2008;104:134-136.

6.   Reigart J, Darden P. The South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network (SCPPRN). The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association. August 2008;104:129-131.

7.   Basco WT, Jr., Hletko PJ, West L, Darden PM. Determining the proportion of children too heavy for age appropriate car seats in a practice-based research network. Clinical Pediatrics. (Originally published online, July 22, 2008 at http://cpj.sagepub.com/cgi/rapidpdf/0009922808321676v1.) In Print, January 2009;48:37-43.

8.   Roberts J.R., Kennedy S.A., Basco, W.T., Darden, P.M. Prevalence of Obesity in Children: Comparing Children from the South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network to a National Sample. Clinical Pediatrics August 2010: 49(8); 750-755.

9.   McElligott, J.T., Roberts, J.R., O’Brien, E.S., Freeland, K.D., Kolasa M.S., Stevenson, J., Darden, P.M. “Improving Immunization Rates at 18 Months of Age: A Modeling Study from the South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network (SCPPRN)”. Public Health Reports Jul-Aug 2011: 126 Supplement 2:33-8.

10.  Roberts, J.R, Freeland, K.D., Kolasa, M.S., McElligott, J.T., Darden, P.M. “Do immunization procedures match provider perception? A study from the South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network (SCPPRN). Quality in Primary Care 2011, 19(3):147-154.

11.  McElligott, J.T., Roberts, J.R., Varadi, E.A., O’Brien, E.S., Freeland, K.D., Basco, W.T. “Variation in Fruit Juice Consumption Among Infants and Toddlers: Associations with WIC Participation. Southern Medical Journal, July 2012: 105(5):774-775.

12.  Darden, P.M., Thompson, D.M. Roberts, J.R., Hale, J.J., Pope, C., Naifeh, M. Jacobson, R.M. “Reasons for not vaccinating adolescents: National immunization survey of teens, 2008-2010. Pediatrics 2013; 131(4):645-51.

15.  Mennito S, Hletko P, Ebeling M, Amann L, Roberts J.  Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease in a Rural Community: Are they ready to transition to adulthood? South Med J. 2014:107:578-582.

16.  Andrews AL, Russell WS, Titus MO, Braden JJ, Word C, Cochran C, Adams S, Roberts JR. Quality Improvement Methods Improve Inhaled Corticosteroid Prescribing in the Emergency Department.  Journal of Asthma. 2014: 51(7):737-42.

17.  Naifeh MM, Roberts JR, Margolis B, Thompson DM, Rogacki B, Jacobson RM, Darden PM. Adolescent Vaccination in Oklahoma: A Work in Progress. Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association.  2014;107(9-10):510-6.

18.  Roberts JR, Basco WT, Hulsey TC, Ebeling MD, O’Brien E, Alberg AJ.  Prevalence of Parental Smoking and Predictors of Cessation: A Study in the South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network. Clinical Pediatrics 2014; 54(9):847-852. pii: 0009922814563270.

19.  Roberts JR, Thompson D, Hale JJ, Jacobson RM, Opel DJ, Darden PM.  Vaccine Hesitancy among Parents of Adolescents and its Association with Vaccine Uptake. Vaccine 2015 (March):30;33(14):1748-55.  doi: 0.1016/j.vaccine.2015.01.068.

20.  Roberts JR, Newman N, McCurdy LE, Chang JS, Salas MA, Eskridge B, De Ybarrondo L, Sandel M, Mazur L, Karr CJ. Integrating Environmental Management of Asthma into Pediatric Health Care: What Worked and What Still Needs Improvement? Clinical Pediatrics 2015: In Press, DOI: 10.1177/0009922815621033.

21.  Jacobson RM, Rogacki B, Thompson DM, Roberts JR, Margolis B, Darden, PM. Vaccination Rates among Adolescents in Minnesota as Compared with the United States. Minnesota Medicine November/December 2015: 38-43.

22.  Roberts JR, Naifeh M, Jacobson RM, Hinton E, O’Brien ES, Rogacki B, Thompson D, Margolis B, Darden PM. Adolescent Vaccination Performance in South Carolina Compared to the United States. Journal South Carolina Medical Association 2016: 111(4):117-121.

23.  Pope CA, Escobar-Gomez M, Davis BH, Roberts JR, O’Brien ES, Hinton E, Darden PM. The challenge of tetradic relationships in medically interpreted pediatric primary care visits: A descriptive study of communication practices. Patient Education and Counseling 2016,99(4):542-48

24.  MacGeorge CA, McElligott JT, Basco WT, Carter E, Morella K, Roberts JR. Evaluating Caregiver perceptions of Safety and Efficacy of the Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Medications. J. South Carolina Med Assoc 2017:112(3)256-261.

25.  Roberts JR, Morella K, Dawley EH, Madden CA, Jacobson RA, Pope C, davis B, Thompson D, O’Brien ES and Darden PM. Direct-to-Adolescent Text Messaging for Vaccine Reminders: What Will Parents Permit? Vaccine 2018;36(20): 2788-2793. doi.org/10.16/j.vaccine.2018.03.088.

26.  SanGiovanni C, Morella K, Roberts J. Primary Care Providers Welcome Smartphone Apps that Assist in Pediatric Weight Management. Clin Pediatr 2019 Jun;58(6):665-670. doi: 10.1177/0009922819832642. PMID: 30813759

27.  Eichinger JK, Goodloe JB, Lin JJ, Greenhouse A, Rao MV, Friedman RJ, Roberts JR.  Pitch Count Adherence and Injury Assessment of Youth Baseball in South Carolina. J Orthopedics 2020 Feb 5;21:62-68.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2020.01.049  2020 Sep-Oct.PMID: 32123489

28.  Alexandria C. Caldwella, DO, MPH, Christi A. Madden a, MPA, David M. Thompsonb, PhD, M. Connor Garbea, MPH, James R. Robertsc, MD, Robert M. Jacobson d, MD, and Paul M. Dardena, MD. The Impact of Provider Recommendation on Adolescent Vaccine Coverage. Human Vaccines 2020: In Press. PMID: 33074774 DOI:10.1080/21645515.2020.1817713

29.  SanGiovanni C, Morella K, Roberts J. Primary Care Providers Welcome Smartphone Apps that Assist in Pediatric Weight Management. Clin Pediatr 2019 Jun; 58(6):665-670. doi: 10.1177/0009922819832642. PMID: 30813759

30.  Roberts JR, Dawley E, Garbe MC, Cooper MT, O’Brien E, Madden C, and Darden PM.  A Survey of office practice: parents, front office staff, nurses and clinicians hold disparate views on adolescent vaccines. Vaccine 2020 Dec 14;38(52):8326-8333. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.11.014. Epub 2020 Nov 15.

31.  Lukenbill, T., San Giovanni, C., Simpson, A., Chew, M., Basco, W., & Roberts, JR.  Assessing anthropometric and laboratory outcomes of a paediatric telehealth weight management program.  J Telemed Telecare 2021 Feb 9;1357633X20986022. doi:10.1177/1357633X20986022.  Online ahead of print.

32.  San Giovanni C, Dawley E, Pope C, Steffen M, Roberts JR. The Doctor Will "Friend" You Now: A Qualitative Study on Adolescents' Preferences for Weight Management App Features. South Med J 2021 Jul;114(7):373-379. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001273.

33.  Brown J, Turley C, Jain R, O'Brien E, Arthur N, Malhotra N, Hunt K, Armstrong B, Roberts JR. Primary Care Counseling of Parents Regarding Childhood Screen Media Use. Clinical Pediatrics. 2023 Mar;62(3):198-208. doi: 10.1177/00099228221118147. Epub 2022 Aug 17.

34.  Roberts JR, Chervinskiy SK, McCulloh R, Snowden J, Darden P, Phan TL, Dawley E, Reynolds V, Lim CS, Pyles L, Hubberd D, Baldner J, Lawrence L, and Davis AM. Conducting a Pediatric Randomized Clinical Trial During a Pandemic: A Shift to Virtual Procedures. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science2022:6(1);e115e115 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2022.453

35.  Darden PM, Davis AM, Lee J, Bimali M, Simon AE, Atz A, Lim CS, Phan TL, Roberts JR, McCulloh R, Pyles L, Shaffer M, Snowden J. Active versus Traditional Methods in Recruiting Children for a Clinical Trial in Rural Primary Care Clinics: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. Accepted for publication JAMA Network Open, JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Nov; 5(11): e2244040. Published online 2022 Nov 29. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4404

Published Abstracts

1.     Kennedy S, Roberts JR, Basco WT, Darden PM. Prevalence of Overweight in a sample of South Carolina Children: Comparison to a National Sample. Presented at the Southern Regional Meeting, New Orleans, La. Feb 22, 2008. J Invest Med 2008;56:429.

2.     Roberts JR, Freeland KD, McElligott JT, O’Brien E, Darden PM. Immunization Procedures in Pediatric Practices: A Study from the South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network (SCPPRN). Presented at the Southern Societies Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2009. J Invest Med 2009;57:334.

3.     McElligott JT, O’Brien ES, Roberts JR, Darden PM. Catch-Up Immunizations at 18 Months of Age: Implications for Individual Practices. A Study from the South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network (SCPPRN). Southern Societies Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2009. J Invest Med 2009;57:236. Also presented at 2010 National Immunization Conference, Atlanta, GA.

4.     Roberts JR, Freeland KD, McElligott JT, O’Brien E, Kolasa M, Sperry J, Darden PM. Immunization Procedures in Pediatric Practices: A Study from the South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network (SCPPRN). Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 2009.

5.     Roberts J, Kolasa M, Freeland K, Hletko P, O’Brien E, Darden P. How well do Practices Incorporate QI Procedures for Vaccine Delivery? A Study from the South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network. Presented at the 2010 National Immunization Conference, Atlanta, GA.

6.     Roberts JR, Hulsey TC, Alberg AJ, Obrien ES, Freeland KD, Basco WT.  The Prevalence of Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Parental Predictors of Smoking Cessation in the South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network (SCPPRN).   Presented at the AHRQ Practice Based Research Network Meeting, Bethesda, MD, June 2010.

7.     Roberts, JR,  Varadi E, McElligott JT, Obrien ES, Freeland KD, Basco WT. Variation in Fruit Juice Consumption Among Infants and Toddlers: A Study from the South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network.  Presented at the AHRQ Practice Based Research Network Meeting, Bethesda, MD, June 2010.

8.     Roberts JR, Hulsey TC, Basco Jr, WT, O’Brien, B, Alberg AJ. Prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure and predictors of smoking cessation in the South Carolina Pediatric Practice Based Research Network. Presented at the Southern Societies Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2011. J Invest Med 2011;59:473A.

9.     Roberts JR, McElligott JT, Freeland KD, Ang SC, O’Brien ES, Darden PM. Can We Improve Immunization Delivery in Pediatric Practices? A Study from the South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network. Presented at the Southern Societies Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2011. J Invest Med 2011;59:474-5A.

10.  Roland VA, McElligott JT, Greenhouse D, LeMay JR, Roberts JR. Do physicians follow the AAP Guidelines on the Diagnosis of ADHD? Oral Presentation at the Southern Societies Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2012. J Invest Med 2012;60:319-320A.

11.  Roberts JR, Hale JJ, Thompson DM, Darden PM. Vaccine hesitancy among parents of teens. Oral Presentation at the Southern Societies Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2013. J Invest Med 2013;61:453.

12.  Naifeh M, Roberts J, Hale J, O’Brien E, and Darden P. Variations in adolescent vaccination rates by practice in South Carolina and Oklahoma. Poster Presentation at the Southern Societies Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2013. J Invest Med 2013;61:387.

13.  Darden P , Naifeh M, Roberts J, Hale J, O’Brien E, and Jacobson RM. Variations in adolescent vaccination rates by practice in South Carolina and Oklahoma. Poster Presentation at the National Practice Based Research Network Conference, Bethesda MD, June 18, 2013.

14.  Roberts JR, Hale JJ, Thompson DM, Jacobson RM, and Darden PM.  Vaccine Hesitancy among Parents of Adolescents: A Study from SCPPRN and OCHRN.  Poster Presentation at the National Practice Based Research Network Conference, Bethesda MD, June 18, 2013.

15.  Roberts JR, Hale JJ, Thompson DM, Pope, C, Jacobson RM, and Darden PM. How Often do Adolescents Receive HPV Vaccine on a Time?   A Study from SCPPRN and OCHRN. Poster Presentation at the National Practice Based Research Network Conference, Bethesda MD, June 18, 2013.

16.  Roberts JR, Hale JJ, Jacobson R, Pope C, Thompson D, Darden P.  Attitudes towards HPV Vaccine: Differences among Parents of Male and Female Adolescents.  Oral presentation at the Southern Societies Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2014. J Invest Med 2014;62:516.

17.  MacGeorge C, Carter E, McElligott J, Basco WT, Hinton E, and Roberts JR.  Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Medications: How Many Parents Give Them To Their Children? Poster presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies May 2014 Vancouver BC.

18.  Pope C, Roberts JR, Darden PM. Pediatricians and Communication Skills: Promoting the Adolescent's Journey Towards Autonomy. Platform presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies May 2014 Vancouver BC.

19.  Roberts JR, Jacobson R, O’Brien E, Pope C, Thompson D, Hinton E, Margolis B, Darden P.  Attitudes Toward HPV Vaccine and Vaccination Status: Differences Between Parents of Male and Female Adolescents. Presentation at the National Practice Based Research Network Conference, Bethesda MD, June 30, 2014.

20.  Roberts JR,  Naifeh M, Rogacki B, Thompson D, Jacobson RM, Margolis B, Darden PM.  Comparing adolescent vaccination rates and provider recommendations between South Carolina and the United States. Southern Societies Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2015. J Invest Med 2015;63:42.

21.  MacGeorge C, McElligott J, Carter E, Basco W, Roberts JR. Parental perceptions of safety, efficacy and level of confusion regarding over the counter cough and cold medications. Presented at the Southern Regional Meetings, New Orleans, LA February 27, 2015. J Invest Med 2015;63:337.

22.  Roberts JR, Hinton E, Morella K, Madden C, Jacobson RM, Davis B, Pope C, Darden PM. Vaccine Reminder Messages: Parental Preference for Type of Reminder and Direct-to-Adolescent Messaging. Poster Presentation Pediatric Academic Societies, San Diego CA, April 2015.

23.  Darden PM, Pope C, Davis B, Madden C, Turner CD, Hinton E, Obrien E,  Roberts JR, Thompson DM, Rogacki B, Jacobson RM. HPV Vaccine and Provider Recommendation: What Does That Mean? Poster Presentation Pediatric Academic Societies, San Diego CA, April 2015.

24.  MacGeorge C, McElligott J, Basco W, Carter E, Ebeling M, Hinton E, Morella K, Roberts JR. Evaluating Parental Perceptions of Safety, Efficacy and Confusion Regarding Over the Counter Cough and Cold Medications.  Poster Presentation Pediatric Academic Societies, San Diego CA, April 2015.

25.  Roberts JR, Hinton E, Morella K, Madden C, Obrien E, Jacobson RM, Davis B, Pope C, Darden PM. Vaccine Reminder Messages and Direct-to-Adolescent Messaging: Does Gender Matter? Poster presentation, NAPCRG PBRN meeting, June 2015, Bethesda, MD.

26.  Darden PM, Madden E, Roberts JR, Hinton E, Obrien E, Davis B, Pope C, Jacobson RM. Clinician Recommendations for Adolescent Vaccines; Differences and Similarities. Poster presentation, NAPCRG PBRN meeting, June 2015, Bethesda, MD.

27.  HPV: Why is it Important? South Carolina chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics HPV QI Collaborative. Charleston, SC September 2015.

28.  Roberts JR, Rao M, O’Brien ES, Greenhouse A, Dawley E, Eichinger J.  Arm pain among South Carolina youth baseball players. J Invest Med 2018;66:381. Presented at the Southern Regional Meetings, Feb 2018, New Orleans, LA.

29.  Roberts JR, Darden PM, Dawley EH, Madden C, Garbe MC, O’Brien E, Townsend MC. The Importance of the Entire Office in Delivery of Adolescent Vaccines: A project of South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network (SCPPRN) and the Oklahoma Child Health Research Network (OCHRN).  Presented at the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Practice Based Research Network Meeting, Bethesda MD, June 2018.

30.  Roberts JR, Darden PM, Dawley EH, Madden C, Garbe MC, O’Brien E, Townsend MC. The Importance of the Entire Office in Delivery of Adolescent Vaccines: Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Baltimore MD, 2019.

31.  Roberts JR, Brown J, Renaud S, Arthur N, Malhotra N, Turley, C. Pediatric Pediatricians’ Knowledge of Digital Media Use in the Home: The Forward Families Study. Presented at the Southern Regional Meetings, New Orleans, LA Feb 2020.

32.  Brown J, Roberts JR, S Renaud, Arthur N Malhotra N, Turley, C. Pediatric Providers’ Outlooks on Childhood Digital Media Use: The Forward Families Study. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Philadelphia, PA, 2020.

33.  Turley CB, Roberts R, Brown J, Malhotra N, Arthur N, Balance J, Jain R. Parental Perspectives on Child Digital Media Use. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Philadelphia, PA, 2020.

34.  Turley C, Roberts JR, Brown J, N Malhotra N, Arthur N, Balance J, Jain R. Child Digital Media Use: Parent Reported Management Strategies, Outcomes and Efficacy. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Philadelphia, PA, 2020.

35.  Lukenbill, Timothy; SanGiovanni, Christine; Chew, Marshall; Simpson, Annie N.; Carter, Janet; Roberts, James R. Telehealth as an alternative to in-person visits for pediatric weight management: evaluating anthropometric and laboratory results. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Philadelphia, PA, 2020.

36.  Darden, Paul M, Dawley Erin H, Madden, Christi A, Garbe, Michael C, O'Brien, Elizabeth, Roberts, James R. Receipt of HPV Vaccine is Associated with Provider Recommendation for Other Adolescent Vaccines: A project of South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network (SCPPRN) and Oklahoma Child Health Research Network (OCHRN). Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Philadelphia, PA, 2020.

37.  Roberts JR, Chervinskiy S, McColloh R, Snowden J, Darden P, Phan T, Dawley E, Reynolds V, Lim C, Pyles L, Hubberd D, Baldner J, Lawrence L, Davis A. Conducting a Pediatric Randomized Clinical Trial During a Pandemic: A Shift to Virtual Procedures. Presented at the Southern regional meetings, New Orleans LA, February 2022

38.  San Giovanni C, Eneli I, Nichols M, Simpson A, Johnson J, Dawley E, Roberts JR. Health Chat: Underserved Adolescent Patients Communicating with their Providers via Mobile Health for Weight Management. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Denver CO 2