Shawnika Hull

Biographic Data

ID6063034
NAMEShawnika Hull
GIVEN NAMESShawnika
FAMILY NAMEHull
SIGNATUREHULL S
AFFILIATIONSRutgers, the State University of New Jersey
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Theory-Based Message Design for Recruitment of Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Groups Into Alzheimer’s-Focused Research Registries

    Open AccessAmy Bleakley, Erin K Maloney et al.ARTICLEHealth Education & Behavior2025

    Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-focused recruitment research registries can help identify eligible participants for AD studies, but registry participation is limited among racial and ethnic groups most at risk for AD. Using the Reasoned Action Approach (RAA), this study is part of a larger project to design theory-based persuasive recruitment messages that would encourage registry enrollment among underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. National surv…

  • Dialogue on difference

    Soroya Julian Mcfarlane, Carrie Leach et al.ARTICLECommunication Monographs2025References: 6

  • Predicting Breastfeeding Intentions

    Aubrey Van Kirk Villalobos, Monique Mitchell Turner et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2023

    Breastfeeding is a health promoting social behavior but statistics suggest a persistent disparity of lower rates among African American mothers. The Theory of Normative Social Behavior (TNSB) explains when and how norms influence behaviors, but has produced inconsistent results with respect to proposed moderators group identity and injunctive norms (IN), limiting its predictive value in diverse cultural groups. Cultural norms are one of many infl…

  • Stigmatizing Spaces and Places as Axes of Intersectional Stigma Among Sexual Minority Men in HIV Prevention Research

    Tamara Taggart, H Jonathon Rendina et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2022Cited by: 6References: 9

  • Breastfeeding in Context

    Open AccessAubrey Van Kirk Villalobos, Catasha Davis et al.ARTICLEHealth Education & Behavior2021

    The purpose of this study was to describe social norms and salient social identities related to breastfeeding intentions among African American mothers in Washington, D.C. Five focus groups were held with 30 mothers who gave birth to a child between 2016 and 2019. Two coders conducted pragmatic thematic analysis. This study demonstrated that women hold different identities relevant to making infant feeding decisions, with mother being primary and…

  • The pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) consciousness of black college women and the perceived hesitancy of public health institutions to curtail HIV in black women

    Open AccessR Chandler, Shawnika J Hull et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    This study has been registered under the ISRCTN Registry as of July 6, 2020. The trial registration number is ISRCTN14792715 . This study was retrospectively registered

  • Masks Are the New Condoms

    Shawnika J Hull, Shawnika Hull et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2020Cited by: 3References: 3

    Racism is a most persistent, pervasive and pernicious driver of health disparities in the U.S. (Institute of Medicine Committee on Capitalizing on Social Science and Behavioral Research to Improve

  • Differences in Medical Mistrust Between Black and White Women

    Open AccessMehrit Tekeste, Shawnika J Hull et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018

  • Social Media in the Sexual Lives of African American and Latino Youth

    Open AccessRobin Stevens, Jamie Dunaev et al.ARTICLEMedia and Communication2016

    There has been significant interest in the role of social media in the lives of adolescents, particularly as it relates to sexual risk. Researchers have focused on understanding usage behaviors, quantifying effects of social media exposure and activity, and using social media to intervene. Much of this work has focused on college students and non-minority youth. In this paper, we examine the growing body of literature around social media use amon…

  • Does Misery Love Company? Exploring the Therapeutic Effects of TV Viewing on Regretted Experiences

    Open AccessRobin L Nabi, Keli Finnerty et al.ARTICLEJournal of Communication2006

    Testing hypotheses derived from regret and mood management theories, this research explores how regretted experiences impact interest in viewing experience-relevant TV programming and such viewing’s effects on program enjoyment and felt regret. One hundred and forty-four participants, half of whom had been unfaithful in romantic relationships, were asked first to rate their interest in viewing a series of storylines and then to provide their reac…