Melissa Ryan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3613422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Ryan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Ryan |
| SIGNATURE | RYAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-4659-7905 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Factors Associated with Trust and Likelihood of Participation in Pandemic-Related Clinical Trials Among Blacks in the U.S. Deep South
Recruitment for clinical trials among Black populations in the U.S. Deep South is challenging due to general distrust of medical research. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this phenomenon at a time when distrust of the medical community was high. This study evaluated the likelihood of participation in a COVID-19 clinical trial among Black residents in urban and rural counties in the State of Alabama. From 3 counties, 296 participants were querie…
Development and Implementation of Informational Toolkits to Address Inequities in Covid-19 Testing
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected African American communities. Informational toolkits have emerged as a strategy to address such inequities. Community-driven approaches to toolkit design may enhance their relevance and impact in underserved communities. Methods: Using a human-centered design approach, we developed COVID-19 testing toolkits tailored to health care, faith-based, and public housing settings in rural and …
Overcoming Research Mistrust in African American Communities by Engaging Community Members as Research Team Members
Objectives: We aimed to understand factors surrounding COVID-19 testing in vulnerable urban and rural African American communities in Alabama, which are characterized by mistrust in medical research. Methods: To address widespread mistrust, we trained lay community members as research coordinators (Community Engagement Coordinators-CECs) and employed them for study recruitment and data collection. We then explored their experiences through group …
Adaption and validation of scales to measure Covid-19 stigma attitudes and perceptions
Stark racial and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 case rates manifested across the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic and were also observed in rates of COVID-19 testing. Targeted testing of populations at greatest risk for COVID-19, while effective in containing the spread of COVID-19, could propagate stigma and discrimination, especially when directed toward already marginalized communities. As is known from other health areas, stigmatizati…
Partnering With Churches to Address Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake in Trustworthy Contexts
The Black church has long been seen as a crucial partner in addressing public health issues. This paper describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a community-engaged church intervention addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in underserved Black communities in Jefferson County, Alabama. We partnered with churches to implement and evaluate the intervention between March and June of 2022 and found that our church partners were cap…
Dangerous Refuge
This essay looks at Richard Wright’s “Big Boy Leaves Home” as a story about swimming—that is, about a natural world claimed as white property and marked “No Trespassing”—finding in Wright’s swimming hole an oblique echo of other bodies of water segregated by violence, from Lake Michigan to municipal pools
The Enclosure of America
Research Article| June 01 2003 The Enclosure of America: Civilization and Confinement in Willa Cather's O Pioneers! Melissa Ryan Melissa Ryan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Literature (2003) 75 (2): 275–303. https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-75-2-275 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Per…
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The Enclosure of America
Research Article| June 01 2003 The Enclosure of America: Civilization and Confinement in Willa Cather's O Pioneers! Melissa Ryan Melissa Ryan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Literature (2003) 75 (2): 275–303. https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-75-2-275 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Per…
Dangerous Refuge
This essay looks at Richard Wright’s “Big Boy Leaves Home” as a story about swimming—that is, about a natural world claimed as white property and marked “No Trespassing”—finding in Wright’s swimming hole an oblique echo of other bodies of water segregated by violence, from Lake Michigan to municipal pools
Overcoming Research Mistrust in African American Communities by Engaging Community Members as Research Team Members
Objectives: We aimed to understand factors surrounding COVID-19 testing in vulnerable urban and rural African American communities in Alabama, which are characterized by mistrust in medical research. Methods: To address widespread mistrust, we trained lay community members as research coordinators (Community Engagement Coordinators-CECs) and employed them for study recruitment and data collection. We then explored their experiences through group …
Adaption and validation of scales to measure Covid-19 stigma attitudes and perceptions
Stark racial and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 case rates manifested across the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic and were also observed in rates of COVID-19 testing. Targeted testing of populations at greatest risk for COVID-19, while effective in containing the spread of COVID-19, could propagate stigma and discrimination, especially when directed toward already marginalized communities. As is known from other health areas, stigmatizati…
Partnering With Churches to Address Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake in Trustworthy Contexts
The Black church has long been seen as a crucial partner in addressing public health issues. This paper describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a community-engaged church intervention addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in underserved Black communities in Jefferson County, Alabama. We partnered with churches to implement and evaluate the intervention between March and June of 2022 and found that our church partners were cap…
Development and Implementation of Informational Toolkits to Address Inequities in Covid-19 Testing
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected African American communities. Informational toolkits have emerged as a strategy to address such inequities. Community-driven approaches to toolkit design may enhance their relevance and impact in underserved communities. Methods: Using a human-centered design approach, we developed COVID-19 testing toolkits tailored to health care, faith-based, and public housing settings in rural and …
Factors Associated with Trust and Likelihood of Participation in Pandemic-Related Clinical Trials Among Blacks in the U.S. Deep South
Recruitment for clinical trials among Black populations in the U.S. Deep South is challenging due to general distrust of medical research. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this phenomenon at a time when distrust of the medical community was high. This study evaluated the likelihood of participation in a COVID-19 clinical trial among Black residents in urban and rural counties in the State of Alabama. From 3 counties, 296 participants were querie…
Computer Science (3 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (2 works) · Ethics in Clinical Research (2 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)