Positions

Overview

  • Dr. Cindy Selleck’s career has centered on primary care and developing the workforce to meet the needs of our most diverse and underserved populations. She has led 45 grant funded projects to expand the number of health professionals who provide primary care, particularly in rural and inner-city underserved areas. Her deep commitment to diversity, the elimination of health disparities, and care of medically needy populations has led to the creation of innovative interprofessional programs at the local, state and national levels.
  • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title Altmetric
    2022 Use of a Screening Protocol to Identify Asymptomatic COVID-19 in a Free Community Health Clinic in Shelby County, Alabama, October 2020–February 2021Public Health Reports.  137:826-831. 2022
    2022 Rural, Underserved, and Minority Populations' Perceptions of COVID-19 Information, Testing, and Vaccination: Report from a Southern StatePopulation Health Management.  25:413-422. 2022
    2021 Food link: A partnership providing healthy foods to food insecure patientsProgress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action.  15:361-368. 2021
    2021 Integrating behavioral health into two primary care clinics serving vulnerable populationsJournal of Interprofessional Education and Practice.  24. 2021
    2021 A Primer on Mast Cell Activation Disease for the Nurse PractitionerJournal for Nurse Practitioners.  17:776-780. 2021
    2021 Identifying Veterans in Your Practice: What Clinicians Need to KnowJournal for Nurse Practitioners.  17:574-578. 2021
    2020 Sustainability of an Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Model for Population HealthNursing Administration Quarterly.  44:221-234. 2020
    2020 Development of an academic practice partnership to improve maternal child healthJournal of Professional Nursing.  36:116-122. 2020
    2020 Expanding Data Reporting Capacity of Free and Charitable Clinics: A Quality Improvement ProjectJournal of Doctoral Nursing Practice.  13:64-70. 2020
    2020 Addressing Intimate Partner Violence at a Safety-Net Clinic for AdultsJournal for Nurse Practitioners.  16:154-157. 2020
    2020 Partnering to educate nurses in long-term careJournal of Continuing Education in Nursing.  51:75-81. 2020
    2019 A Curriculum to Expand Rural Health Care AccessJournal for Nurse Practitioners.  15:e69-e72. 2019
    2019 Assessing Retention in a Free Diabetes ClinicJournal for Nurse Practitioners.  15:301-305.e1. 2019
    2019 Evaluating Patient Navigation to Improve First Appointment No-show Rates in Uninsured Patients with DiabetesJournal of Community Health Nursing.  36:11-18. 2019
    2019 Strengthening universal health: Development of a nursing and midwifery education quality improvement toolkit 2019
    2018 Meeting health care needs in rural Alabama: The power of partnershipsJournal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.  29:1177-1187. 2018
    2018 Improving Population Health among Uninsured Patients with DiabetesPopulation Health Management.  21:373-377. 2018
    2018 Prophylactic Antibiotic Administration in Vascular Interventional RadiologyJournal of Radiology Nursing.  37:77-84. 2018
    2018 Prophylactic Antibiotic Administration in Vascular Interventional RadiologyJournal of Radiology Nursing.  37:77-84. 2018
    2018 Designing large-scale improvement: Using an academic-practice partnership to enhance care transitionsJournal for Healthcare Quality.  40:318-325. 2018
    2018 Using data analytics as evidentiary support for financial outcome success in two nurse-led population based clinics.Journal for Healthcare Quality2018
    2017 Improving population health among uninsured patients with diabetesPopulation Health Management2017
    2017 Providing primary care using an interprofessional collaborative practice model: What clinicians have learnedJournal of Professional Nursing2017
    2017 Using data analytics as evidentiary support for financial outcome success in nurse-led population-based clinicsJournal for Healthcare Quality2017
    2017 Providing primary care using an interprofessional collaborative practice model: What clinicians have learnedJournal of Professional Nursing.  33:410-416. 2017
    2017 Cultural competence training for nurse practitioners: An intervention to increase culturally competent care. 2017
    2017 Using data analytics as evidentiary support for financial outcome success in nurse-led population-based clinicsJournal for Healthcare Quality.  39:391-396. 2017
    2016 The impact of smoking and smoking cessation on wound healing in spinal cord injured patients with pressure ulcers 2016
    2016 Parental smoking and children undergoing anesthesia: Is there a role for pediatric hospitals in smoking cessation?Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing.  21:170-177. 2016
    2016 The impact of smoking and smoking cessation on wound healing in spinal cord-injured patients with pressure injuries: A retrospective comparison cohort study 2016
    2016 Transforming veterans health care through academic-practice partnershipsNursing Outlook.  64:424-430. 2016
    2016 Implementation of a patient assistance program in a free clinic setting: A case reportJournal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved2016
    2016 The implementation of a patient assistance program in a free clinic setting: A case reportJournal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.  27:1183-1191. 2016
    2016 Parental smoking and children undergoing general anesthesia: Is there a role for pediatric hospitals in smoking cessation?Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing2016
    2016 Transforming veterans health care through academic-practice partnershipsNursing Outlook2016
    2015 Veteran competencies for undergraduate nursing educationAdvances in Nursing Science2015
    2015 Implementation of an electronic health records system within an interprofessional model of careJournal of Interprofessional Care.  29:551-554. 2015
    2015 Caring for America's Veterans: The power of academic-practice partnershipNursing Administration Quarterly.  39:263-271. 2015
    2015 Evaluation of team-based care in an urban free clinic settingNursing Administration Quarterly.  39:254-262. 2015
    2015 AHECs and VA Medical Centers partner to improve the mental health of Veterans and their families 2015
    2015 Implementation of an EMR within an interprofessional model of careJournal of Interprofessional Care2015
    2015 Partnership to Improve Quality Care for Veterans: The VA Nursing AcademyJournal of Professional Nursing.  31:57-63. 2015
    2015 Partnership to improve quality care for Veterans: The VA Nursing AcademyJournal of Professional Nursing2015
    2015 Veteran competencies for undergraduate nursing educationAdvances in Nursing Science.  38:306-316. 2015
    2013 Equipping the Workforce to Care for the Needs of Veterans and Their FamiliesNurse Leader2013
    2013 Equipping the nursing workforce to care for the unique needs of veterans and their familiesNurse Leader.  11:45-48. 2013
    2011 USF's pre-medical summer enrichment program: Collaborating to recruit a diverse physician workforce 2011
    2005 Genital herpes, social stigma and transmission rates: A cross-national study. International Herpes Management Forum AbstractsHerpes : the journal of the IHMF2005
    2005 Stigma, shame, and genital herpes: Results from Italy, France, the United Kingdom and the United States. International Herpes Management Forum AbstractsHerpes : the journal of the IHMF2005
    2002 Emergency contraceptionMedical Forum Monthly.  13:27-30. 2002
    2002 Empiric treatment of minimally abnormal Papanicolaou smears with 0.75% metronidazole vaginal gel 2002
    2002 Treatment of minimally abnormal Papanicolaou smears with metronidazole vaginal gelFamily Medicine2002
    2000 Bacterial Vaginosis.Current Infectious Disease Reports.  2:14-17. 2000
    1999 Perinatal substance abuse education: A review of existing curriculaSubstance Abuse.  20:17-31. 1999
    1999 Perinatal substance abuse education: A review of existing curriculaSubstance Abuse.  20:17-31. 1999
    1998 Knowledge and attitudes of registered nurses toward perinatal substance abuse.Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing.  27:70-77. 1998
    1997 Identifying and Treating Bacterial VaginosisAmerican Journal of Nursing.  97. 1997
    1996 The role of midlevel providers in cancer screeningMedical Clinics of North America.  80:135-144. 1996
    1994 Survey and Analysis of Post‐master's Nurse Practitioner Educational ProgramsJournal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.  6:479-483. 1994
    1993 Guest editors for December, 1993 issue: A primary care approach to substance abuseNurse practitioner forum1993
    1993 Perinatal substance abuse: assessment and management of the pregnant woman and her children.Nurse practitioner forum.  4:216-223. 1993
    1993 A primary care approach to substance abuseNurse practitioner forum1993
    1992 Review of sibling abuse: Hidden physical, emotional, and sexual traumaJournal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing1992
    1992 The community health clinical nurse specialist and family nurse practitioner in primary and ambulatory care 1992
    1990 Women's health in the workplace 1990
    1989 Cardiac disease and the family: Impact, assessment and implicationsJournal of Cardiovascular Nursing.  3:23-32. 1989
    1989 Cardiac disease and the family: Impact, assessment and implicationsJournal of Cardiovascular Nursing.  3:23-32. 1989
    1989 Health promotion at the workplaceWorkplace Health and Safety.  37:412-422. 1989
    1989 Review of handbook of clinical preventionFamily and Community Health1989
    1989 Review of telephone triage and managementFamily and Community Health1989
    1988 Occupational Health Hazards for Nurses: InfectionJournal of Nursing Scholarship.  20:48-53. 1988
    1988 Occupational Health Hazards for Nurses–Part IIJournal of Nursing Scholarship.  20:162-168. 1988
    1988 The community health nurse as family nurse practitioner in primary/ambulatory care 1988
    1986 Occupational eye injuries 1986
    1984 The community health nurse as family nurse practitioner 1984
    1983 Pediatric allergic rhinitis and asthma 1983
    1978 Primary nurse in a hematology unit. The realities of primary nurse care: Risk, roles research 1978
    1978 Primary nursing in a hematology unit. 1978

    Research Overview

  • Primary care and chronic disease management, including the importance of tobacco cessation treatment; interprofessional education; health disparities; medically underserved and vulnerable populations; social justice issues; Veteran's health and Veteran's issues.
  • Full Name

  • Cynthia Selleck