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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2025
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Lynda Riklon

Researcher

UAMS

Unknown Researcher

2 h-index 4 pubs 7 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

  • Community Health Workers
  • Humans
  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Arkansas
  • Certification
  • Program Development
  • Informed Consent
  • Language
  • United States
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

OverviewAI-generated summary

Lynda Riklon is a researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences who focuses on community health and the development of health workforces. Her work has explored multicomponent informed consent processes with Marshallese participants and the newborn screening experiences of this population in Northwest Arkansas. She is the PI on a $641,647 grant from the NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to evaluate the effectiveness of a diabetes self-management education and support program in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Riklon's research has involved collaborations with other researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Rachel S. Purvis and Cari A. Bogulski, as well as Britni L. Ayers and Sheldon Riklon from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Her publication record includes work on developing a sustainable community health workforce in Arkansas and addressing informed consent challenges with specific populations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 2
  • Publications: 4
  • Citations: 7

Selected Publications

  • Developing a Sustainable Community Health Workforce in Arkansas (2025)
    Journal of Primary Care & Community Health 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Multicomponent Informed Consent with Marshallese Participants (2021)
    Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Determinants of Diet Quality in a Pacific Islander Community (2020)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 1 $641,647 total

NIH Contact PI Feb 2022 - Jan 2027

Evaluation of the effectiveness of Ajjmuurur Baamḷe DSMES in the RMI

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases $641,647 R01

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20 Collaborators 4 Institutions 1 Country

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