Kristie Hadden

Associate Professor

UAMS primary University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: Oregon Health & Science University (2018); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2015–2018); Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2019)

Faculty Researcher

Medical Humanities and Bioethics, College of Medicine

14 h-index 63 pubs 812 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

ORCID Lab Website UAMS TRI Profile

OverviewAI-generated summary

Kristie Hadden's research centers on health literacy and its impact on health outcomes, with a focus on developing and testing interventions to improve these outcomes. As the director of the UAMS Center for Health Literacy, Hadden leads interprofessional research initiatives across multiple colleges, including Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Public Health, and Health Professions.

Her work has investigated the understandability and actionability of patient education materials, particularly in the context of cancer survivorship. Recent publications also explore the effectiveness of health literacy interventions in improving diabetes outcomes in rural family medicine settings and the feasibility of online modules for promoting cancer prevention measures. Hadden's scholarship also extends to the strategic planning and impact assessment of academic medical centers.

With an h-index of 14 and over 800 citations from 63 publications, Hadden actively collaborates with colleagues at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Stephanie M. Gardner, Jean C. McSweeney, Cam Patterson, and Pearman D. Parker.

Research Overview

I am faculty in the colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Public Health, and Health Professions. I am interested in interprofessional research that focuses on better understanding of how health literacy affects health outcomes and developing/testing interventions to improve those outcomes. I am also the director of the UAMS Center for Health Literacy healthliteracy.uams.edu .

Metrics

h-index: 14
Publications: 63
Citations: 812

Selected Publications

Executing a Strategic Plan and Demonstrating Impact: An Academic Medical Center’s Mid-Cycle Update (2025)

NEJM Catalyst DOI OpenAlex
Effectiveness of a health literacy intervention to improve diabetes outcomes in rural family medicine clinics: a randomized pragmatic trial (2024)

Health Literacy and Communication Open 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Unique Responsibilities and Challenges of the Lone Academic Medical Center (2024)

NEJM Catalyst 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Design and Impact of a Novel Rural Hospital Alliance (2024)

Southern Medical Journal 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
From Strategic Planning to Strategy Impact (2021)

NEJM Catalyst 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
What’s in Between the Lines: Assessing the Readability, Understandability, and Actionability in Breast Cancer Survivorship Print Materials (2021)

Journal of Cancer Education 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
55179 An assessment of understandability and actionability in breast cancer survivorship print materials (2021)

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Exploring Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes about Teen Pregnancy among Latino Parents in Arkansas (2020)

Southern Medical Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
4032 An exploration of the perceptions of young women with breast cancer with varying health literacy levels about the usefulness of cancer educational materials (2020)

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science DOI OpenAlex
The Effects of Self-Esteem, Coping, and Voice-Related Quality of Life on Communicative Participation Before and After BOTOX® Treatment for Spasmodic Dysphonia (2020)

Journal of Voice 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Accuracy of the Spinal Pain Diagram Is Influenced by Patient Health Literacy in Completion of the Scoliosis Research Society30 Questionnaire. (2020)

PubMed OpenAlex
Barriers and solutions to implementing a pragmatic diabetes education trial in rural primary care clinics (2020)

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Health Literacy Evaluation of Opioid Patient Education Materials for Orthopaedic Surgery. (2019)

PubMed 8 citations OpenAlex
Health Literacy 2.0: Integrating Patient Health Literacy Screening with Universal Precautions (2019)

HLRP Health Literacy Research and Practice 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
An Investigation of the Relationship between Adherence to Voice Therapy for Muscle Tension Dysphonia and Employment, Social Support, and Life Satisfaction (2019)

Journal of Voice 10 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Research Interests

health literacy; Advance Directives; Diabetes education; Informed consent; population health; health communication; patient engagement; strategy

Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile.

Data Coordinating and Operations Center for the ECHO IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network NIH Co-Investigator
Health Literacy and Emergency Preparedness Programs for Medicaid Recipients in Rural Arkansas US Department of Agriculture via University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service Principal Investigator
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH): 2017 - 2018 Supplement - Resubmission Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Co-Investigator
Family Based Diabetes Self-Management Education Outcomes In Comparison to Standard Diabetes Self Management Education- Resubmission Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Co-Investigator
How To Find Out About Your Health NIH/National Library of Medicine via University of North Texas Health Science Center Principal Investigator
PPHF 2014: Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) - financed in part by Prevention and Public Health Funding FOA DP14-1419PPHF14 Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Co-Investigator
Patient health literacy screening in Spanish: An Informatic Approach UAMS Intramural Grant (CTSA) Principal Investigator
Health Literacy Intervention to Improve Diabetes Outcomes among Rural Primary Care Patients NIH Principal Investigator