Faculty Profiles

Bai, J., Koszalinski, R., Brooks, K., Smith, L., Pickett, S., & Garcia, T. J. (2024). Perception of scholarly collaboration and its influencing factors among doctoral-prepared and -preparing nurses: A regional nursing society-based survey. Journal of Professional Nursing, 60, 71–78. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2025.07.005

Garcia, T. J., Bai, J., Shen, N., Smith, L., & Koszalinski, R. S. (2024). PhD-DNP collaboration: An integrative review of scholarly partnerships in nursing. Research in Nursing and Health, 1–22. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22423

Garcia, T. J., Baldwin, S. A., De La Rosa, D. C., Ajisafe, T., Vela, N., Cazares, B., & McIntyre, J. (2021). Latino grandparent opportunity to influence family health behaviors and childhood obesity: The “Healthy Us Grandparent Study” (HUGS). Families, Systems & Health, 39(3), 413–425. https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000634

Thornberry, A., Garcia, T. J., Peck, J., & Sefcik, E. (2021). Occupational health nurses’ self-efficacy in implementing smoking cessation interventions for workers: A manufacturing company quality improvement project. Workplace Health & Safety. https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799211022991

Hughes, A. K., Keys, Y. K., Peck, J. L., & Garcia, T. J. (2021). Reducing nurse practitioner turnover in home based primary care: A Department of Veterans Affairs quality improvement project. Home Healthcare Now, 39(6), 327–335. https://doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0000000000001014

Babalola, O. M., Garcia, T. J., Sefcik, E. F., & Peck, J. L. (2021). Improving diabetes education in Mexican American older adults. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 32(6), 799–809. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659621994664

Thornberry, A., Garcia, T. J., Peck, J., & Sefcik, E. (2020). Occupational health nurses’ self-efficacy in smoking cessation interventions: An integrative review of the literature. Workplace Health & Safety, 20(10), 533–543. https://doi.org/10.1177/2165079920925106

Ajisafe, T., Gilson, A., Garcia, T. J., & DeAnda, N. (2020). Obesity, but not overweight, is associated with plantar light touch sensation in children aged 8-16 years: a cross-sectional study. Obesity Science & Practice, 6(1), 107–116. https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.387

Ajisafe, T., Garcia, T. J., & Fanchiang, H.-C. (2018). Musculoskeletal fitness measures are not created equal: An assessment of school children in Corpus Christi, Texas. Frontiers in Public Health, 6(142). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00142

Brown, S. A., Garcia, A. A., Brown, A., Becker, B. J., Conn, V. S., Ramirez, G., … Cuevas, H. E. (2016). Biobehavioral determinants of glycemic control in type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Patient Education and Counseling, 99, 1558–1567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2016.03.020

Garcia, T. J., Harrison, T. C., & Goodwin, J. S. (2015). Nursing home stakeholder views of resident involvement in medical care decisions. Qualitative Health Research, 26(5), 712–728. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732315573206

Sumlin, L. L., Garcia, T. J., Brown, S. A., Winter, M. A., Garcia, A. A., Brown, A., … Cuevas, H. E. (2014). Depression and adherence to lifestyle changes in type 2 diabetes: A systematic review. The Diabetes Educator, 40(6), 731–744. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145721714538925

Brown, S. A., Martin, E. E., Garcia, T. J., Winter, M. A., Garcia, A. A., Brown, A., … Sumlin, L. L. (2013). Managing complex research datasets using electronic tools: A meta-analysis exemplar. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 31(6), 257–265. https://doi.org/10.1097/NXN.0b013e318295e69c

Garcia, T. J., & Brown, S. A. (2011). Diabetes management in the nursing home:  A systematic review of the literature. The Diabetes Educator, 37(2), 167–187. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145721710395330