Publications and Presentations

The Gabby Team (Nireesha Sidduri, BS far left & Dr. Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon, ScD, ORT/L far right) presenting at the 2019 CityMatCH Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference in Providence, RI. 

2021:

Publications:
Gardiner P, Bickmore T, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Reichert M, Julce C, Sidduri N, Martin-Howard J, Woodhams E, Aryan J, Zhang Z, Fernandez J, Loafman M, Srinivasan J, Cabral H, Jack BW. Using Health Information Technology to Engage African American Women on Nutrition and Supplement Use During the Preconception Period. Frontiers of Endocrinology. 2021;11:1045.

Presentations:

Sidduri N, Julce C, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Walter AW, Kolli A, Verdieu A, et al. Tailoring a Select Bundle of ERIC Strategies to Implement the “Gabby” Health IT System at Community-Based Sites. Poster Presented at: AcademyHealth 14th Annual Dissemination and Implementation Conference: December 2021; Virtual Meeting.

Kolli A, Sidduri N, Julce C, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Walter AW, Jack BW. Exploratory Lessons Learned from Implementing a Preconception Health IT System at Community-Based Settings. Poster at the 2021 AMCHP Conference. Virtual.

2020:

Publications:
Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Woodall K, Pluviose-Philip J, Williams A, Sidduri N, Julce C, Walter AW, Jack BW. A Little Bird Tweeted Me: Using Social Media to Provide Equitable Access to Evidence-Based Health Initiatives. American Occupational Therapy Association Practice Journal. 2020.

Walter, AW, Julce, C, Sidduri, N, Yinusa-Nyahkoon, L, Howard, J, Reichert, M, Bickmore, T, Jack, BW. Study protocol for the implementation of the Gabby Preconception Care System- an evidence-based, health information technology intervention for Black and African American women. BMC Health Services Research. 2020.

Jack BW, Bickmore T, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Reichert M, Julce C, Sidduri N, et al. Improving the Health of Young African American Women in the Preconception Period Using Health Information Technology: A Randomized Controlled Trial. The Lancet Digital Health. 2020;2(9):E475-E85.

Walker R, Drakeley S, Julce C, Sidduri N, Bickmore T, Skouteris H, Jack B, Boyle J. Assessing the potential of a Virtual Patient Advocate to provide preconception care and health advice to women living in Australia. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2020 Apr 20; 1-9. PMID: 32308183

Presentations:
Walter AW, Julce C, Sidduri N, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Howard J, Reichert M, Bickmore T, Jack BW. Implementing a health information technology system to deliver preconception care to Black and African American women in community-based settings in the U.S.:A hybrid type II implementation-effectiveness cohort study. Poster Presentation at the 2020 AcademyHealth 13th Annual Dissemination and Implementation Conference. Virtual Meeting.

Yinusa-Nyahkoon, L., Smith, D., Schultheis, M., Julce, C., Walter, A.W., Howard, J., Sidduri, N., Bickmore, T., Jack, B.W. (2020, September). Implementing preconception care in Healthy Start programs using technology: What can we learn? Oral Presentation at the 2020 CityMatCH and MCH Epidemiology Conference. Virtual Meeting.

Jack, B.W., Julce, C., Sidduri, N., Walter, A.W., Yinusa-Nyahkoon, L, Howard, J., Bickmore, T. (2020, September). Connecting Healthy Start and Community Health Centers to “Gabby” to Deliver Preconception Care to Young African American/Black Women. Oral Presentation at the 2020 22nd Annual Virtual Low Birthweight Partnership Workshop Conference. Virtual Meeting.

Julce, C., Sidduri, N., Smith, D., Schultheis, M., Yinusa-Nyahkoon, L., Walter, A.W., Howard, J., Bickmore, T., Jack, B.W. (2020, August). Connecting Healthy Start and Community Health Centers to “Gabby” to Deliver Preconception Care to Young African American/Black Women. Oral Presentation at the 2020 AMCHP Conference. Virtual Meeting.

2019:

Bickmore T, Zhang Z, Reichert M, Julce C, Jack B. Promotion of Preconception Care among Adolescents and Young Adults by Conversational Agent. The Journal of Adolescent Health.  Published on 01 Jan 2019, doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.09.006

“The Gabby Preconception Care System for Young African American Women:  Health IT to Improve Perinatal Outcomes and Reduce Racial Disparities”.  Cook County Hospital Health System Chicago Illinois.

Sidduri, N., Julce, C., Walter, A.W., Yinusa-Nyahkoon, L., Howard, J., Zhang, Z., Fernandez, J., Bickmore, T., & Jack, B. (2019, September). Implementation of a health information technology system for young black and African American women in a community-based clinical site.  Oral presentation at the annual CityMatCH Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference, Providence, RI.

Woodall, K., Pluviose-Philip, M.J., Yinusa-Nyahkoon, L., Julce, C., Sidduri, N., Fernandez, J., Zhang, Z., Walter, A.W., Howard, J., Bickmore, T., & Jack, B. (2019, September). The Gabby System: Moving towards improved preconception health through a web-based health promotion system.  Poster presentation at the annual CityMatCH Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference, Providence, RI.

Yinusa-Nyahkoon, L.S., Sidduri, N., Julce, C., Walter, A.W., Howard, J., Bickmore, T., & Jack, B. (2019, September). Can a web-based health information program facilitate engagement in preconception care?  Oral presentation at the annual CityMatCH Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference, Providence, RI.

2018:

“Using Gabby PCC HIT System in a 6 Country RCT of Preconception Healthy Diet, Exercise and Weight Loss” The Health in Preconception and Pregnancy (HIPP) Health Forum, Prato, Italy.  

Julce, C., Walter, A.W., Yinusa-Nyahkoon, L.S., Howard, J., Sidduri, N., Zhang, Z., Fernandez, J., Bickmore, T., & Jack, B. (2018, December). Implementation of a health information technology system for young black and African American women in a community-based clinical site. Poster presentation at the 11th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington D.C.

2016:

Rock N, Jack B, Bickmore,T, Damus K, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Gardiner P, Penti B, Semenya M, St. Fleur M, Alhelo H, Julce C, Adigun F, Jackson C. Assessing the Relationship between Social Support & Preconception Care (PCC) Risk Prevalence in young African-American Women. Presented at: APHA Annual Meeting and Expo: Oct 29, 2016- Nov 2, 2016; Denver, CO. 

Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Adigun F, Gardiner P, Damus K, Julce C, St. Fleur M, Semenya AM, Penti B, Woodhams E, Bickmore T, Jack B. Health Information Technology: Guidelines for Web-based Educational Programs Targeting Young, African American Women. Presented at: APHA Annual Meeting and Expo: Oct 29, 2016- Nov 2, 2016; Denver, CO. 

Semenya AM, Jack B, Bickmore T,  Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Julce C, Penti B, St. Fleur M, Damus K. Is Perceived Discrimination Associated with Preconception Health Risk Factors in Black Women? Presented at: APHA Annual Meeting and Expo: Oct 29, 2016- Nov 2, 2016; Denver, CO. 

St. Fleur M, Semenya AM, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Jack B,  Damus K,  Julce C, Martin, M. Mitigating Mental Health Preconception Risks for Black Women with the ‘Gabby System’. Presented at: APHA Annual Meeting and Expo: Oct 29, 2016- Nov 2, 2016; Denver, CO. 

Penti B, Jack B. The Impact of Health Literacy on Preconception Health and use of the Gabby Preconception Care System. Presented at: 49th STFM Annual Spring Conference: April 30, 2016- May 4, 2016; Minneapolis, MN.

Semenya AM, St. Fleur M, Damus K, Jack B, Bickmore T, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Penti B, Julce C. Is Perceived Discrimination Associated with Preconception Health Risk Factors in Black Women? Presented at: 49th STFM Annual Spring Conference; April 30, 2016- May 4, 2016; Minneapolis, MN.

St. Fleur M, Semenya AM, Damus K, Jack B, Bickmore T, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Penti B, Julce C. Mitigating Mental Health Preconception Risks for Black Women with the ‘Gabby System’. Presented at: 49th STFM Annual Spring Conference; April 30, 2016- May 4, 2016; Minneapolis, MN.

St. Fleur M, Damus K, Jack B. The Future of Preconception Care in the United States: Multigenerational Impact on Reproductive Outcomes. Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences. 2016 Jul 15: 1-5.

Jack B, Damus K. Improving the Health of Generations: Moving Preconception Health from Theory to Action. Presented at: 3rd European Congress on Preconception Health and Care; February 18, 2016; Uppsala, Sweden.

Jack B, Damus K. Evidence-Based Internet Gabby Preconception Health System: An Innovative Conversational Agent, Web-Based Approach to Mitigate Risks before Pregnancy. Presented at: 3rd European Congress on Preconception Health and Care; February 18, 2016; Uppsala, Sweden.

2015:

Jack B, Bickmore T, Hempstead M, et al. Reducing Preconception Risks among African American Women with Conversational Agent Technology. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine: JABFM. 2015;28(4):441-451.

Martin SA, Harris K, Jack BW. The Health of Young African American Men [Viewpoint]. Journal of the American Medical Association: JAMA. 2015;313(14):1415–1416.

Bennett M, Hempstead M, Gardiner P, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Mitchell S, Jack B, Julce C, Adigun F. Designing Patient Engagement Interactions to Enhance Use of Preconception Care Technology System. Presented at: Integrative Medicine for the Underserved Conference at Tufts University; August 7, 2015; Boston, MA.

Hempstead, MB, Julce C, Mehta D, Jack B. The Gabby Preconception Care System. Presented at: Boston Public Health Commission, Health Baby Healthy Child; April 30, 2015; Boston, MA

Hempstead MB, Julce C, Jack B. The Gabby Preconception Care System [Webinar]. Presented to: Maternal and Infant Community Health Collaborative (MICHC); April 15, 2015

Jack B, Damus K, Hempstead MB, Julce C, Mehta Divya. The Gabby Preconception Care System [Webinar]; Presented to: National Healthy Start Association; March 31st, 2015.

Jack BW, Damus K, Hempstead MB, Julce C, Adigun F, Mehta D. Improving Perinatal Outcomes and Reducing Disparities: The Innovative Online Gabby Preconception System. Presented at: Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership; January 30, 2015; New York, NY.

Gardiner, P, McCue K, Shameki A, Sadikova K, Hempstead MB, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Schulman D, Mitchell SE, Damus K, Jack B, Bickmore T. Using an embodied conversational agent to discuss dietary supplement among young African American women. Presented at: Scripps Natural Supplement: An Evidence-Based Update; January 16-18, 2015; San Diego, CA.

2014:

Penti B, Jack B, et al.  Relationship between intimate partner violence and other preconception health risks in African American women. Poster presented at: National Institute Minority Health & Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference; December 2014; Washington, DC.

Yinusa-Nyahkoon LS, Adigun F, Gardiner P, Hempstead MB, Bickmore T, Damus K, Jack B. Preconception care health information technology for African-American women. Poster presented at: National Institute Minority Health & Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference; December 2014; Washington, DC.

Gardiner P, McCue K, Shameki A, Hempstead MB, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Schulman D, Mitchell SE, Damus K, Bickmore T, Jack B. Using an embodied conversational agent to Discuss nutrition among young African American women. Poster presented at: Integrative Medicine Research Forum, Harvard University; November 2014; Boston, MA.

Penti B, Jack B, et al. Relationship between intimate Partner Violence and Other Preconception Health Risks in African American Women. Presented at: Academy of Violence and Abuse, Annual Conference, October ’14, Salt Lake City, UT.

Hempstead MB, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Schulman D, Adigun F, Mehta D, Tran H, Imperato C, Mitchell SE, Gardiner P, Damus K, Bickmore T, Jack B. The “Gabby” preconception care (PCC) health information technology system: results from a randomized control trial. Poster presented at: CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference; September 2014; Phoenix, AZ.

Ren J, Bickmore T, Hempstead MB, Jack B. Birth control, drug abuse, or domestic violence? What health risk topics are women willing to discuss with a virtual agent? Presented at: Intelligent Virtual Agent Conference (IVA); August 2014; Boston, MA.

Damus K, Jack B, Hempstead M. The innovative Gabby preconception system.  Presented at: State Technical Assistance Session, Infant Mortality CoIIN Summit; July 2014; Washington, DC.

Penti B, Jack B, et al.  Relationship between intimate partner violence and other preconception health risks in African American women.  Presentation at: Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Annual Conference; May 2014; San Antonio, TX.

Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Hempstead MB, Jack B.  Innovative Technology for Preconception Care. Every Woman Southeast Regional Webinar. May 21, 2014.

Ren J, Schulman D, Jack B, Bickmore T. Supporting longitudinal change in many health behaviors. Presented at: ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI); April 2014; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Hempstead MB, Harris K. (2014, March) The “Gabby” system: an update & ideas for future research for men. Presented at: National Healthy Start Association’s 15th Annual Spring Conference; March 2014; Washington, DC.

Mitchell SE, Hempstead MB, Bickmore T, Jack B.  The Gabby preconception care system to improve adolescent health in India. Presented at: World Health Organization sponsored presentation for National Adolescent Health Technical Consultation to Medical Ministry of India; January 2014; New Delhi, India.

2011 – 2013:

Jack B. Preconception health: its essential value to women’s health.  Presented at: Transforming Care Through Disruptive Design. Centering Healthcare Institute 4th National Conference; October 2013; Washington, DC.

Jack B. Reaching women through health information technology: the Gabby preconception care system. Agency for Health Research and Quality sponsored National Web Conference on the Innovative Use of Technology to Enable Behavioral Changes in Hard-to-Reach Patients; September 2013.

Jack B. Invited Panel: Can technology-consumer interaction improve health behaviors? Association of Health Care Journalists; March 2013; Boston, MA.

Jack B. Reaching women through health information technology: the Gabby preconception care system. National webinar sponsored by the American Journal of Health Promotion and the CDC’s National Initiative on Preconception Health and Health Care; January 2013.

Gardiner P, Hempstead M, Ring L, Bickmore T, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Tran H, Paasche-Orlow M, Damus K, Jack B.  Reaching women through health information technology: the gabby preconception care system. American Journal of Health Promotion. 2013:27(3 Suppl):eS11-20.

 Yinusa-Nyahkoon LS, Jack B, et al.  An on-line preconception care educational program for young African American women. Presented at: 139th APHA Annual Meeting; October-November 2012; Washington, DC.

Imperato C, Hempstead M, Schulman D, Kopy M, Tran H, Yinusa-Nyahkoon LS, Paasche-Orlow M, Bickmore T, Damus K, Jack B. Incorporating motivational interviewing into virtual contraceptive counseling.  Poster presented at: American Public Health Association; October 2012; San Francisco, CA.

Jack B. The goals and contents of preconception care: an update for the 2nd European preconception health and care congress. Presented at: 2nd European Preconception Health and Care Congress; October 2012; Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Jack B, Hempstead MB. Reaching women through health information technology: the Gabby preconception care system. Presented at: 2nd European Preconception Health and Care Congress; October 2012; Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Mitchell S, Imperato C, Schulman D, Hempstead MB, Tran H, Kopy M, Bickmore T, Paasche-Orlow M, Brian Jack B. Developing Virtual Patient Advocate Technology for Shared Decision Making. Poster presented at: Society of Medical Decision Making; October 2012; Phoenix, AZ.

Yinusa-Nyahkoon LS, Cuoco MB. Development of a preconception care health information technology system for young African American Women. Presented at: Boston University Department of Family Medicine Grand Rounds; September 2011; Boston, MA.

Yinusa-Nyahkoon LS, Damus K, Passche-Orlow M, Ciancio A, Jack B. Prorama educational pela internet para cuidados pre-concepcionais para mulhreres Afro-Americanas. Presented at: 2011 Congresso Brasileiro de Medicina de Familia e Comunidade e 4 Encontro Luso-Brasilerio de Medicina Geral, Familiar e Comunitaria; June 2011; Brasilia, Brazil.

Jack B. Reaching women through health information technology: the Gabby preconception care system (plenary). Presented at: 3rd National Summit on Preconception Health and Health Care; June 2011; Tampa, FL.

Yinusa-Nyahkoon LS, Cuoco MB, Ring L, Bickmore T, Paasche-Orlow M, Damus K, Jack B. Internet-based preconception care: the perspective of young African American females. Paper presented at: 3rd National Summit on Preconception Health and Health Care; June 2011; Tampa, FL.