Teaching Information
Teaching Interests
- Research Methods
- Community Health
- Healthcare Disparities
- Leadership in Nursing
- Palliative Care
Research Information
Research Interests
- End of Life Decision-Making
- Hospice & Palliative Care
- Healthcare Disparities
- Caregivers of Patients with Chronic Illness
- Community Based Participatory Research
Research Projects
- End-of-Life Decision-Making Among Patients with Advanced Stage Cancer and Their Caregivers Role: Principal Investigator (2018 – 2020).
- Individuals living with Alzheimer's and Dementia Related Disorders Who Reside in Care Facilities – Understanding their Caregiver’s Unmet Needs. Role: Principal Investigator (2024). Funded by The Prentiss Foundation.
- A Culturally Centered Complicated Grief Group Therapy Intervention. Role: Principal Investigator (2023-2024). Funded by The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation.
- Investigating Provider-Patient Communication Regarding Clinical Trial
Discussions in Patients with Solid Tumor Cancer Role: Principal Investigator (2024-2026). Funded by NCI.
Awards and Honors
Publications
Behavioral Interventions for Managing Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men: A Literature Review from 2018 to 2024. S Aaron, S DeSimio, AY Zhang. Andrology - Open Access 13 (317)
Aaron, S. P., Waters, A., Tolentino, A., Rascon, A., Phan, C., Chen, E., Travers, J., Jones, M. G., Kent-Marvick, J., & Thomas Hebdon, M. (n.d.). Complex identities, intersectionality and research approaches in millennial family caregivers in the United States. Journal of Advanced Nursing, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15452
Aaron SP, Musacchio C, Douglas SL. Understanding Factors That Predict Advance Directive Completion. Palliative medicine reports. 2022 September; 3(1):220-224. doi: https://doi.org/10.1089/pmr.2021.0073
Aaron, S. P., Gazaway, S. B., Harrell, E. R., & Elk, R. (2021). Disparities and Racism Experienced Among Older African Americans Nearing End of Life. Current Geriatrics Reports, 10(4), 157–166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13670-021-00366-6
Harper, S., & Douglas, S. L. (2017). How Race Can Influence Care Goals and Treatment Decisions in Advanced Cancer. Oncology Nursing News, 11(7), www.oncnursingnews.com/view/how-race-can-influence-care-goals-and-treatment-decisions-in-advanced-cancer.
Moss, K. O., Douglas, S. L., Lipson, A. R., Blackstone, E., Williams, D., Aaron, S., & Wills, C. E. (2021). Understanding of Health-related Decision-making Terminology Among Cancer Caregivers. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 43(7), 649–659. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945920965238
Voss, J., Kennely, I. L., Aaron, S., Kabot, S., & Meier, M. (2020). Teaching Strategy 26. Innovative Strategies in Teaching Nursing: Exemplars of Optimal Learning Outcomes, 183.
Thomas Hebdon, M. C., Jones, M., Neller, S., Kent-Marvick, J., Thomas, M., Stewart, E., Aaron, S., Wilson, C., Peterson, N., & Ellington, L. (2022). Stress and Supportive Care Needs of Millennial Caregivers: A Qualitative Analysis. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 44(3), 205–213. https://doi.org/10.1177/01939459211056689
Blanchette, J. E., Aaron, S. P., Allen, N. A., & Litchman, M. L. (2022). Equity in the Provision of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support. Diabetes Spectrum, 35(3), 284–294. https://doi.org/10.2337/dsi22-0005
Okang, E. N., Aaron, S., Supiano, K., & Osman, A. (2022). Aging Services Workers in the Pandemic: Voiced Experience of Senior Center Staff and Case Workers. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 8, 23337214221116470. https://doi.org/10.1177/23337214221116470