Britni L. Ayers

Federal Grant PI

Assistant Professor

UAMS

15 h-index 54 pubs 564 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

ORCID Lab Website Research Group UAMS TRI Profile

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Britni L. Ayers' research focuses on understanding and addressing health disparities, particularly among Pacific Islander populations. Her work investigates the perspectives of both mothers and healthcare providers regarding barriers to prenatal care, with a specific emphasis on structural and socio-cultural factors affecting Marshallese women.

Ayers is the Principal Investigator on a $229,500 grant from the NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research aimed at exploring the preliminary efficacy of Centering Pregnancy with Care Navigation to reduce maternal health disparities among Marshallese women. She has also led studies examining family model diabetes self-management education and support within faith-based organizations in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and investigated Marshallese infant feeding beliefs and experiences in the United States through a mixed-methods longitudinal study.

Her scholarship includes five publications and a total of 22 citations, with an h-index of 2. Ayers collaborates with researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Cari A. Bogulski, Dinesh Edem, and Jonell Hudson, as well as Sheldon Riklon from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

h-index: 15
Publications: 54
Citations: 564

Positions

Assistant Professor 2024–present

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing Institutional directory

Selected Publications

Diet quality of Marshallese mothers of young children in Northwest Arkansas: an exploratory study (2025)

Public Health Nutrition DOI OpenAlex
Gestational weight gain and increased risk of cesarean delivery across body mass index categories (2025)

AJOG Global Reports 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Family model diabetes self-management education and support in faith-based organizations in the Republic of the Marshall Islands: A study protocol (2024)

Contemporary Clinical Trials DOI OpenAlex
Exploring the Experiences of Community-Based Doulas That Serve Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Clients in Arkansas (2024)

Women s Reproductive Health 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Assessing the acceptability of a culturally adapted group‐based pediatric intervention, Kokajjiriri, for Marshallese mothers and infants to improve nutrition and prevent childhood obesity (2024)

Child Care Health and Development 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Breastfeeding Intentions among Pregnant Women Enrolled in a Healthy Start Program in Arkansas (2024)

Maternal and Child Health Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Assessing the acceptability and implementation feasibility of a culturally adapted parenting intervention for Marshallese mothers: A study protocol (2023)

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Association Between Mental Health Conditions at the Hospitalization for Birth and Postpartum Hospital Readmission (2023)

Journal of Women s Health 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
Informal and formal financial assistance to rural women during cancer treatment (2023)

SSM - Qualitative Research in Health 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Exploring the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a culturally adapted group prenatal program, CenteringPregnancy, to reduce maternal and infant health disparities among Marshallese Pacific Islanders: A study protocol (2023)

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Application Status Among Women Enrolled in a Healthy Start Program in Arkansas for the Special Nutrition Program for Women and Children (2023)

Journal of Community Health 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
“It was kind of a nightmare, it really was:” financial toxicity among rural women cancer survivors (2023)

Journal of Cancer Survivorship 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Marshallese Mothers’ and Marshallese Maternal Healthcare Providers’ Perspectives on Contraceptive Use and Reproductive Life Planning Practices and Influences (2023)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
“Life is hard”: How the COVID-19 pandemic affected daily stressors of women (2022)

Dialogues in Health 21 citations DOI OpenAlex
Dietary Practices during Pregnancy in a Marshallese Community: A Mixed Methods Analysis (2022)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 1 $229,500 total

NIH Contact PI Sep 2022 - Jul 2025

Exploring the Preliminary Efficacy of Centering Pregnancy with Care Navigation to Reduce Maternal Health Disparities among Marshallese Women

National Institute of Nursing Research $229,500 R21

Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile. Federal awards with verified records are shown above.

Determine the Preliminary Effectiveness of Mobile CenteringPregnancy to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes of Marshallese in Arkansas NIH/Nat. Inst. of General Medical Sciences via Arkansas Children's Research Institute
Evaluation of the feasibility and effectiveness of Family DSMES in RMI UAMS Internal Research Awards
Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention NIH
Obesity in the Hispanic population, focus on Young Children NIH/Nat. Inst. of General Medical Sciences via Arkansas Children's Research Institute