Kelly A Hirko

Biographic Data

ID6165858
NAMEKelly A Hirko
GIVEN NAMESKelly A
FAMILY NAMEHirko
SIGNATUREHIRKO K A
AFFILIATIONSMichigan State University
ORCID0000-0002-0050-655X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Barriers and Facilitators to Telehealth in Underserved Rural Communities

    Open AccessJulia Terhune, Bree Holtz et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2026

  • Challenges Associated With Rural‐Urban Stratification for Generalizing Birth Outcomes

    Open AccessDaniel Beene, Debra MacKenzie et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2026

    PURPOSE: Efforts to generalize findings from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort across rural and urban areas are challenged by limitations in both sample composition and the classification schemes used to define place. We evaluated how rural-urban stratification affects the interpretation and generalizability of preterm birth (PTB) prevalence proportions in the ECHO Cohort compared to national benchmarks. METHODS:…

  • A descriptive examination of rurality in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Cohort

    Open AccessLacey A Mccormack, Debra MacKenzie et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2025

    PURPOSE: The Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort has enrolled over 60,000 children to examine how early environmental factors (broadly defined) are associated with key child health outcomes. The ECHO Cohort may be well-positioned to contribute to our understanding of rural environments and contexts, which has implications for rural health disparities research. The present study examined the outcome of child obesity to …

  • Associations between childhood socioeconomic characteristics, race, and risk of adverse childhood experiences in a population-based sample of US-born non-Hispanic Black and White women

    Open AccessLydia Marcus, Lydia Marcus Post et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    US-born NHB and NHW girls residing in poorer neighborhoods or households had a similarly substantially elevated burden of ACEs, indicating childhood poverty is a crucial determinant of ACE risk, independent of race

  • Lung cancer disparities in rural, persistent poverty counties

    Open AccessVeronica Bernacchi, Kelly Hirko et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Smoking, lung cancer incidence, and lung cancer mortality are highest in counties that are both rural and persistent poverty, suggesting an urgent need to develop targeted lung cancer interventions in these communities

  • Exploratory analysis of electronic patient-reported outcomes collection

    Open AccessEric Adjei Boakye, Mrudula Nair et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2025

    This is a cross-sectional analysis of the associations between sociodemographic and clinical factors with two electronic patient reported outcome measures completion modalities. The results indicate that about half of patients completed online and half completed in-clinic, with males, Blacks, patients who were divorced/separated/widowed, had Medicare insurance and saw a medical oncologist completing electronic patient reported outcome measures in…

  • Is BMI a Useful Indicator of Prenatal Health Among Black American Women

    Open AccessKate Keenan, Alison E Hipwell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2024References: 35

  • Implementation of Physical Activity Programs for Rural Cancer Survivors

    Open AccessKelly A Hirko, Joan M Dorn et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Physical activity after cancer diagnosis has been consistently associated with improvements in quality of life and prognosis. However, few cancer survivors meet physical activity recommendations, and adherence is even lower among those living in rural settings. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate the implementation of a clinic-based physical activity program for cancer survivors at a rural community oncology setting. We a…

  • Telehealth in response to the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessKelly A Hirko, Jean M Kerver et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Medical…2020

    Telehealth programs have long held promise for addressing rural health disparities perpetuated by inadequate healthcare access. The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and accompanying social distancing measures have hastened the implementation of telehealth programs in hospital systems around the globe. Here, we provide specific examples of telehealth efforts that have been implemented in a large rural healthcare system in response to t…

  • Socioeconomic position and markers of adiposity among female teachers in Mexico

    Kelly A Hirko, Martin Lajous et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2017Cited by: 2References: 32

    Background Occupation is often used as an indicator of socioeconomic position (SEP) in epidemiological studies, although it is unclear whether variation in SEP within a single occupational group is associated with health outcomes, including adiposity measures. Methods We created a multidimensional SEP index using principal component analysis based on self-reported data from 36 704 female teachers in Mexico from 2008 to 2011. Multivariable Poisson…

  • Cancer Incidence Among Arab Americans in California, Detroit, and New Jersey Seer Registries

    Rachel S Bergmans, Rachel Bergmans et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2014Cited by: 3References: 15

    Objectives. We calculated cancer incidence for Arab Americans in California; Detroit, Michigan; and New Jersey, and compared rates with non-Hispanic, non-Arab Whites (NHNAWs); Blacks; and Hispanics. Methods. We conducted a study using population-based data. We linked new cancers diagnosed in 2000 from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) to an Arab surname database. We used standard SEER definitions and methodology for c…