Publications
Clennin MN, Dowda M, Kenison K, Leake LW, Shirley WL, Russell R. (2025). Geographic variation in cardiorespiratory fitness among South Carolina students: Examining contributions of community, school, and individual factors. J Public Health Manage Pract. doi:10.1097/PHH.0000000000002162
Leake L, McClam M, Howell A. et al. Impacts of farm to school on children's perception of food. Food Nutr. Health 2, 10 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44403-025-00020-5
McClam M, Workman L, Walker T, Dias E, Craig D, Padilla J. et al. (2025). Measurement development: Qualitative perspectives of federally qualified health centers on positively skewed assessment scores of organizational readiness for implementation. BMC Health Serv Res, 25(36) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-12149-8
McClam M, Crouch M, Browder J, Workman L. (2024). Assessing leadership in a US home visiting programme. Journal of Family and Child Health, 1(4) 172-184. https://doi.org/10.12968/jfch.2024.1.4.172
Workman L, Taylor D, Austin M, McClam M, Gillam P, Dockery J. (2024). The development and early success of the South Carolina two-generation community of practice to support family-serving professionals. Fam Syst Health, 10.1037/fsh0000906. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000906
DiPiro N, Murday D, Krause J. Prevention quality indicators and preventable hospital use among adults with traumatic spinal cord injury. BMC Proceedings. 2024;18(8):17.
DiPiro ND, Murday D, Krause JS. Differences in personal characteristics and health outcomes between ambulatory and non-ambulatory adults with traumatic spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med. Published online October 11, 2023. doi:10.1080/10790268.2023.2234726
McClam M, Workman L, Dias EM, et al. Using cognitive interviews to improve a measure of organizational readiness for implementation. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023;23(1):93. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-09005-y
.DiPiro N, Murday D, Krause J. Prevention quality indicators and preventable hospital use among adults with traumatic spinal cord injury. BMC Proceedings. 2024;18(8):17.
DiPiro ND, Murday D, Krause JS. Differences in personal characteristics and health outcomes between ambulatory and non-ambulatory adults with traumatic spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med. Published online October 11, 2023. doi:10.1080/10790268.2023.2234726
McClam M, Workman L, Dias EM, et al. Using cognitive interviews to improve a measure of organizational readiness for implementation. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023;23(1):93. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-09005-y
Featured Work
Assessing the Impacts of Green Heart Project’s Farm to School Program [Infographic]
South Carolina MIECHV Coordinated State Evaluation Implementation Quality Measure [Example Report]
The South Carolina Poverty Study [Poster]
Building Capacity for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Federally Qualified Health Centers [Poster]
In the News
Staff Spotlight on CARE’s Director, Pamela Gillam
Staff Spotlight on CARE’s Business Manager, Catrina Plyler
Staff Spotlight on CARE's Graduate Research Assistant, Lauren McAbee
Presentations
Parkinson A, Workman L, McClam M, Shealy K, Wingo D. Advancing Health Equity through Community Engagement: Insights into the Needs and Strengths of Maternal and Child Health Efforts in South Carolina. 2025 James E. Clyburn Health Equity Lecture. 2025. [Poster]
Rawlinson K, Pope H, Smithwick J, Covington-Kolb S, Christian E. Beyond listening: Community health workers’ (CHWs) and clients’ perspectives on communication strategies that increase
trust and comfort levels. Minneapolis, MN. Speaker presentation for the American Public Health Association 152nd Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN. October 30, 2024.
McClam M, Workman L, Walker TJ, Craig D, Dias E, Lamont A, et al. Assessing organizational readiness: Understanding optimistic bias in reporting readiness for implementation of evidence-based colorectal cancer screening interventions. Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Arlington, VA. December 8-11, 2024. [Poster]
Walker TJ, Green S, Workman L, Chuang RJ, Padilla J, Craig D, et al. Adapting the R=MC2 measure of organizational readiness for implementation in schools. Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Arlington, VA. December 9, 2024. [Poster]
Craig DW, Hunyadi J, Walker TJ, Workman L, McClam M., Padilla J, Lamont A, Diamond P, Wandersman A, and Fernandez ME. Using a novel, multi-method approach to evaluate the quality of self-reported survey data in organizational readiness research. Presented at American Public Health Association; October 30, 2024; Minneapolis, MN.
Schreiber K, Leake L, McClam M, Howell A. Evaluating the impact of an environmental health science-based farm to school program. Presented at South Carolina Public Health Association Annual Conference; March 25, 2024; Myrtle Beach, SC.
DiPiro N, Murday D, Krause JS. Prevention quality indicators and preventable hospital use among adults with traumatic spinal cord injury. Poster presented at 5th National Big Data Health Science Conference; February 3, 2024; Columbia, SC.
Pope H. Implementation of Community Health Worker Programs (CHW): A Qualitative Analysis of Barriers, Facilitators, and Impacts. Presented at the 2022-2023 NC and SC Health Systems CHW Community of Practice supported by The Duke Endowment; April 24, 2023; Virtual.
Pope H. Multiple stakeholders’ perceptions of the implementation of community health worker (CHW) programs. Presented at the Southeastern CHW Networking Summit; September 15, 2023; Charlotte, NC.
Pope H. Public Health Dental Prevention Program: A (Preliminary) Qualitative Analysis of Challenges, Facilitators, and Recommendations. Presented at the PHDPP Provider Annual Meeting supported by the Department of Health and Environmental Control, Division of Oral Health; July 25, 2023; Virtual.
Pope H. Medical-Dental Integration (MDI) Program: A (Preliminary) Analysis of Successes and Challenges. Presented at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Site Visit at the Division of Oral Health, Department of Health and Environmental Control; August 2023; Columbia, SC.
McClam M, Workman L, Walker T, Craig D, Dias E, Gibson R, Dockery J, Lamont A, Wandersman A, and Fernandez M. Building capacity for colorectal cancer screening in federally qualified health centers: Practical perspectives on reporting organizational readiness assessment data. Poster presented at Dissemination and Implementation Conference; December 10-13, 2023; Washington, DC.
Dias E, McClam M, Craig D, Workman L, Padilla J, Walker TJ, Fernandez ME. Staff perspectives on the usability of readiness reports to improve the implementation of colorectal cancer screening interventions in federally qualified health centers. Presented at Implementation Research Scientific Conference; 2023; Bilbao, Spain.