Program Director, Nursing Science, and Associate Professor
Division of Nursing Science
Rula.Btoush@Rutgers.edu
Newark
ACK 260
(973) 353-5650
Specialty: Research, health disparities, health promotion, access to health care services
- Health Systems and Workforce Dynamics
- Population and Global Health
Education
- PhD (2004), Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY.
- MSN (1994), Georgetown University School of Nursing, Washington, DC.
- BSN (1992), Jordan University Faculty of Nursing, Amman, Jordan.
Research Interests
- Cervical cancer prevention and screening
- HPV vaccination
- Health disparities
- Access to health care services
- Community-based interventions
Professional Awards and Honors
Dec. 2018 Peer-To-Peer Blue Ribbon Award of The Brooklyn Hospital Center
May 2017 New Jersey Health Foundation’s Excellence in Teaching
May 2013 Foundation of the UMDNJ Excellence in Research Award
April 2012 Omicron Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, Global Health Services Award
April 2010 Omicron Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, Excellence in Scholarship Award
Research Activities / Grants:
2016-2018
Engaging Healthcare Providers to Reduce Disparities in HPV Vaccination among Adolescents in New Jersey.
Role: PI
Sponsor: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) (Amount: $50,000)
The purpose of the study is to examine provider-related barriers for HPV vaccine recommendation and develop strategies to engage HCPs in improving HPV vaccine uptake among adolescents in New Jersey
2016-ongoing
HPV Vaccine Initiation, Completion, and Dosing Intervals among Adolescents in New Jersey, using 2010-2013 and 2014-2017 data from the New Jersey Immunization Information System.
Role: PI
Sponsor: School of Nursing.
The purpose of this study is to examine the prevalence and correlates of HPV vaccination (initiation, completion, and dosing intervals) in New Jersey. The study also includes geographic mapping and identification of areas with significantly lower HPV vaccination.
2016-ongoing
Cancer Incidence and Patterns of Care among New Jersey Medicaid Patients.
Role: Co-PI (PI: Tsui)
Sponsor: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) (Amount: $50,000)
The goal of the proposed study is to develop a data infrastructure that will enable detailed study of care provided to New Jersey Medicaid beneficiaries with breast, colorectal, or invasive cervical cancer. The study links the New Jersey State Cancer Registry (NJSCR) data for breast, colorectal, and cervical cancer cases with Medicaid claims and encounter data for 2012-2014.
2014-2015
Initiation and Completion of HPV Vaccination among Male and Female Adolescents in Low-Income Areas.
Role: PI
Sponsor: New Jersey Health Foundation (Amount: $9,000).
The purpose of this study is to examine the prevalence and correlates (demographic and healthcare setting factors) associated with HPV vaccination among low-income, adolescents in the Greater Newark area of New Jersey.
2012-2014
Knowledge, Practices, and Attitudes about HPV Vaccination among Ethnically Diverse Hispanic Mothers and their Healthcare Providers
Role: PI
Sponsor: American Nurses Foundation (Amount: $24,980)
The purpose of this study is to examine knowledge, practices, and attitudes about HPV vaccination among diverse groups of Hispanic mothers, in low-income urban areas. The study also seeks the views of Hispanic mothers and their healthcare providers on barriers and facilitators for HPV vaccination initiation and completion.
2010-2012
Enhancing Living Donor Kidney Transplant Education (R39)
Role: Consultant (PI: Frances Weng)
Sponsor: HRSA
The purpose of this study is to identify transplant center-based interventions that will increase understanding of the opportunities for and process, risks, and benefits of living kidney donation, among a diverse cohort of kidney transplant candidates. My role included conducting, analyzing, and publishing the qualitative component of the study.
2009-2010
Addressing Cervical Cancer Disparities among Ethnically Diverse Black Women: Their Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs about HPV Vaccination and Cancer Screening.
Role: Co-PI (PI: Diane Brown)
Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation
This qualitative study examines knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs towards HPV vaccination as well as personal, cultural, and health systems factors which facilitate cervical cancer screening among an ethnically diverse group of low income Black women.
2007-2010
Health Issues Associated with Intimate Partner Violence among Minority Women
Role: PI
Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation
This qualitative study examines self-reported physical and mental health issues associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) among African American and Hispanic women.
2007-2010
Attitudes of Palestinian men and women toward wife abuse, criminalization of physical violence, and seeking help from social workers, police, and court.
Role: Co-investigator (PI: Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia)
Sponsor: UMDNJ School of Nursing
This study examines views of 625 Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip toward wife abuse and their attitudes toward criminalizing wife abuse and toward seeking help from social workers and legal services.
2005-2007
Attitudes of Jordanian Men and Women about Wife Abuse.
Role: Co-investigator (PI: Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia)
Sponsor: UMDNJ School of Nursing
This study examined the attitudes of 260 Jordanian men and women toward wife abuse, perceived causes, and preferred methods for coping as well as attitudes toward seeking help from family, community figures, social services, and legal system.
2003-2004
Utilization Patterns of Emergency Department Services by Victims of Intimate Partner Violence (Doctoral Dissertation).
Program: Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY.
Role: PI
Sponsor: American Association of University Women
This study examined utilization of emergency department services among visits assigned ICD codes related to intimate partner violence, using secondary data analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS).
Publications:
Btoush R, Haj-Yahia MM, Elias H. Attitudes of
Palestinian Women and Men toward Police Intervention in Cases of Wife
Assault. Manuscript under Review.
Btoush R, Brown D, Tsui J, Toler L, Bucalo J.
Knowledge and Attitudes towards HPV Vaccination among Latina Mothers in
an Urban, Low-Income Area. Health Equity. (In Revision).
Hindin P, Btoush R, Carmody D. History of
Childhood Abuse and Risk for Cervical Cancer among Women in Low-Income
Areas. J Womens Health. 2018. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2018.6926.
Haj-Yahia MM, Btoush R. Attitudes of
Palestinians toward Social Work Interventions in Cases of Wife Assault.
Violence Against Women. 2018; 24(5):603-626. doi:
10.1177/1077801217708886.
Hindin P, Btoush R, Brown DR, Munet-Vilaro F.
Intimate partner violence and risk for cervical cancer. Journal of
Family Violence. 2015; 30 (8): 1031-1043; DOI
10.1007/s10896-015-9733-7.
Btoush R, Brown DR, Fogarty S, Carmody D.
Initiation of HPV vaccination among female and male adolescents in
low-income urban areas. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;
105(11): 2388-96. PMID: 25973828; DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302584
Wilson R, Brown DR, Carmody D, Fogarty S. HPV
vaccination completion and compliance with recommended dosing intervals
among female and male adolescents in an inner-city community health
center. Journal of Community Health, 40(3): 395-403, 2015, DOI:
10.1007/s10900-014-9950-7.
Boothe MAS, Wilson R, Lassiter, TE, Holland, B. Sexual behaviors and teen dating violence among Black, Hispanic, and White female adolescents. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 23(10): 1072-1089, 2014.
Healy-Rodriguez MA, Freer C, Pontiggia L, Wilson R, Metraux S, Lord L. Impact of a logistics manager program on admitted patient boarders within an emergency department. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 40(2):138-145, 2014.
Wilson R, Brown DR, Boothe MAS, Harris, C. Knowledge and acceptability of the HPV vaccine among ethnically diverse Black women. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 14(6), 2012.
Wilson R, Brown DR, Boothe MAS, Weng, FL. Improving the delivery of patient education about kidney transplant in a transplant center. Progress in Transplantation,22(4): 403-412, 2012.
Haj-Yahia MM, Wilson R, Naqvi SA. Justification, perception of severity and harm, and criminalization of wife abuse in the Palestinian society. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27 (10): 1932-1958, 2012.
Brown DR, Wilson R, Boothe M, Harris, C.
Cervical cancer screening among an ethnically diverse black population:
Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices. Journal of the National
Medical Association, 103(8): 719-728, 2011.
Clark C, Everson-Rose S, Suglia S, Btoush R,
Alonso A, Haj-Yahia M. The Association between exposure to political
violence and intimate partner violence in a context of political
occupation. The Lancet. 2010; 375 (9711): 310–16.
Btoush R, Campbell JC, Ethical Conduct in Intimate Partner Violence Research: Challenges and Strategies. Nursing Outlook. 2009; 57 (4): 210-216.
Btoush R, Campbell JC, Gebbie KM. Care provided
in visits coded for intimate partner violence in a national Survey of
emergency departments. Women’s Health Issues. 2009; 19 (4): 253-262.
Btoush R, Haj-Yahia MM. Attitudes of Jordanian society toward wife abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2008; 23 (11): 1531-1554.
Btoush R, Campbell JC, Gebbie KM.
Characteristics of coded intimate partner violence victims and the
health care delivery system in a national survey of emergency
departments. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2008; 34(5): 419-27.
Merrill J, Btoush R, Gupta M, Gebbie K. A history of public health workforce enumeration. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2003; 9(6): 459-470.
Gebbie K, Merrill J, Hwang I, Gupta M, Btoush R, Wagner M. Identifying individual competency in emergency areas of practice: An applied approach. Qualitative Health Research. 2002; 12(7): 990-999.
Abstracts:
Btoush R, Tsui J, Hudson S, Carmody D. The work
environment and healthcare provider recommendation of the HPV vaccine.
Oral presentation at Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) 2019
Conference on Creating Healthy Work Environments, Feb. 22-24, 2019, in
New Orleans, LA.
Hindin P, Btoush R. Examining the Association
between Intimate Partner Violence and Risk for Cervical Cancer in Urban
Minority Women. Poster presentation at the 60th Annual Meeting of the
American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), July 1, 2015, in National
Harbor, MD.
Btoush R, Brown D, Munet-Vilaro F, Bucalo J.
Latina Mothers Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding HPV Vaccination for
Their Children. Oral presentation at the 60th Annual Meeting of the
American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), July 1, 2015, in National
Harbor, MD.
Hindin P, Btoush R. The association between
exposure to intimate partner violence and having an abnormal Pap test
and HPV infections among women in a low-income, urban area. Oral
presentation at the 26th International Nursing Research Congress of the
Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), July
27, 2015, in San Juan, PR.
Btoush R, Brown DR, Munet-Vilaro F, Bucalo J.
Knowledge and attitudes towards HPV vaccination among Latina mothers in
an urban, low-income area. Poster presentation at the 26th
International Nursing Research Congress of the Honor Society of
Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), July 24, 2015, in San
Juan, PR.
Btoush R, Brown D, Carmody D, Bucalo J.
Correlates of HPV vaccine initiation, completion, and dosing intervals
among female and male adolescents in inner-city community health
centers for 2011-2013. Oral presentation at the 26th International
Nursing Research Congress of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta
Tau International (STTI), July 24, 2015, in San Juan, PR.
Venkateswaran N, Hindin P, Wilson R. Intimate
partner violence (IPV) and risk for cervical cancer in low-income, urban
areas. Poster Presentation at the 2014 Annual Retreat on Cancer
Research, Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ
(May 21, 2014).
Bucalo J, Wilson R, Brown DR. Knowledge and
attitudes about HPV vaccination among Hispanic mothers. Poster
Presentation at the 2014 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research, Rutgers –
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ (May 21, 2014).
Hindin P, Wilson R, Brown DR, Munet-Vilaro F. A
comprehensive model for intimate partner violence and cervical cancer.
Poster presentation at NIH/NIMH’s 2014 International Symposium on
Minority Health and Health Disparities, Dec. 1, 2014, in Washington,
DC.
Wilson RM, Brown DR; Carmody DP.
HPV vaccine completion and dosing intervals among low-income
adolescents. Poster presentation at NIH/NIMH’s 2014 International
Symposium on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Dec. 2, 2014, in
Washington, DC.
Wilson, RM, Brown, DR, Munet-Vilaro, F, Bucalo
J. Knowledge and attitudes among Latina mothers about HPV vaccination.
Poster presentation at NIH/NIMH’s 2014 International Symposium on
Minority Health and Health Disparities, Dec. 2, 2014, in Washington, DC.
Hindin, P, Wilson RM, Venkateswaran N. Examining
the association between intimate partner violence and risk for
cervical cancer in low-income women in urban areas. Poster presentation
at NIH/NIMH’s 2014 International Symposium on Minority Health and
Health Disparities, Dec. 2, 2014, in Washington, DC.
Wilson, RM, Brown, DR, Carmody, DP. Prevalence
and correlates of HPV vaccine initiation among low-income adolescents.
Poster presentation at NIH/NIMH’s 2014 International Symposium on
Minority Health and Health Disparities, Dec. 1, 2014, in Washington, DC.
Hindin, P, Wilson, RM, Brown, DR, Munet-Vilaro,
F. A comprehensive model for intimate partner violence and cervical
cancer. Poster presentation at NIH/NIMH’s 2014 International Symposium
on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Dec. 1, 2014, in Washington,
DC.
Bucalo J, Wilson R, Brown D. Knowledge and
attitudes about HPV vaccination among Hispanic mothers. Poster
Presentation at the 2014 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research, Rutgers –
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ (May 21, 2014).
Venkateswaran N, Hindin P, Wilson R. Intimate partner violence
(IPV) and risk for cervical cancer in low-income, urban areas. Poster
Presentation at the 2014 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research, Rutgers –
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ (May 21, 2014).
Boothe, MAS, Wilson R, Lassiter, T. Sexual
behaviors and teen dating violence among Black, Hispanic, and White
female adolescents. Podium presentation at the American Public Health
Association (APHA) 141st Annual Meeting, Boston, MA (Nov. 5, 2013).
Lassiter, T, Wilson R, Boothe, MAS. Exposure to
dating/sexual violence and substance abuse among Black, Hispanic, and
White adolescent females. Poster presentation at the American Public
Health Association (APHA) 141st Annual Meeting, Boston, MA (Nov. 6,
2013).
Wilson R, Brown DR, Fogarty S. Initiation and
Completion of HPV Vaccination among Adolescents in Low-Income Urban
Areas. Poster presentation the 40th Annual Conference of the American
Academy of Nursing (AAN), Washington, DC (Oct. 17, 2013).
Wilson R, Brown, DR, Calder, D. An Integrative
Conceptual Model for the Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence
(IPV) and Health Disparities. Poster presentation at the 2012 NIH/NIMHD
Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities, National
Harbor, MD (Dec. 17, 2012).
Wilson R, Campbell JC, Brown DR, Boothe MAS.
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) among African American and Hispanic
Women: Physical and Mental Health, Social Wellbeing, and Use of
Healthcare Services. Poster presentation at the 2012 NIH/NIMHD Summit
on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities, National Harbor, MD
(Dec. 17, 2012).
Boothe M, Wilson R, & Lassiter T. (April
2012). Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Risk Behaviors: An Analysis of
the 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. 2012 NJ Public Health Symposium.
Wilson R, Brown DR, Boothe MAS, & Weng, FL.
Improving the delivery of patient education about kidney transplant in a
clinical setting. Oral presentation at the 2012 State of the Science
Congress on Nursing Research, Washington, DC (Sept. 14, 2012)
Wilson R, Campbell JC, Brown DR, & Boothe
MAS. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) among African American and
Hispanic Women: Physical Health, Mental Health, and Social Wellbeing.
Oral presentation at the 1st Urban Systems Conference: Urban Change
through Education, Health, and Environment, Newark, NJ (June 8, 2012).
Wilson R, Brown DR, Boothe MAS, & Harris CE.
A Qualitative Study of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Ethnically
Diverse Black Women toward HPV Vaccination. Oral Presentation at the
2012 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, Piscataway, NJ (May 24, 2012).
Wilson R, Brown DR, Boothe MAS, & Harris CE.
Cervical cancer disparities: Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and
practices of ethnically diverse Black women. Oral presentation at the
139th American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting,
Washington, DC (Nov. 1, 2011)
Brown DR, Wilson R, Boothe MAS, & Harris CE.
HPV vaccine acceptability among ethnically diverse Black women. Oral
presentation at the 139th American Public Health Association (APHA)
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (Oct. 31, 2011).
Brown DR, Wilson R, Boothe MAS, & Harris CE.
Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices about Cervical Cancer
Screening among Ethnically Diverse Black Women. Oral presentation at
the 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Black Sociologists,
Las Vegas, NV (Aug. 18, 2011).
Wilson R, Brown DR, Boothe MAS, & Harris CE.
Cervical cancer screening: Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and
practices among ethnically diverse Black women. Oral presentation at the
2011 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, Piscataway, NJ (May 26, 2011).
Brown DR, Wilson R, Boothe MAS, & Harris CE.
HPV vaccine acceptability: Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and
practices among ethnically diverse Black women. Poster presentation at
the 2011 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, Piscataway, NJ (May 26, 2011).