Mary Ellen Wewers, PhD
Health Behavior and Health Promotion
Phone: 292-3137
Email: wewers.1@osu.edu
1841 Neil Ave.
349 Cunz Hall
Columbus, OH, 43210
Current Studies
Background
Dr. Wewers' research specialty is tobacco cessation with special interests in underserved populations. She has conducted tobacco-related research since the mid-1980s. She served as a member of the Expert Panel for the USPHS Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence Clinical Practice Guideline.
Education
M.P.H., Public Health, Harvard University, 1999
Ph.D., Nursing, University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1986
M.S., Nursing, University of Arkansas, 1980
B.S.N., Nursing, Saint Louis University, 1972
R.N. Licensure: OH, AR, MO
Selected Publications
Kwong K., Ferketich, A.K., Shek, A., Tso, A., Wewers, M.E., Tsang, T. Development and evaluation of a physician-led smoking cessation intervention for low-income Chinese Americans. Journal of Smoking Cessation. 4: 2009. 92-98.
Browning K.K., Ferketich, A.K., Reynolds, N.R., Otterson, G.A., Wewers, M.E. A psychometric analysis of quality of life tools in lung cancer patients who smoke. Lung Cancer. 66: 2009. 134-139.
Wewers, M.E., Ferketich, A.K., Harness,J. Paskett, E.D. Effectiveness of a nurse-managed, lay-led tobacco cessation intervention among Ohio Appalachian women. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 18: 2009. 3451-3458.
Sarna, L., Bialous, S., Wells, M., Wewers, M.E., Froelicher, E. Nurses’ smoking cessation interventions: Reports from a national survey. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 14: 2009. 2066-2077.
Sarna, L., Bialosu, S.A., Rice, V., Wewers, M.E. Promoting tobacco dependence treatment in nursing education. Drug and Alcohol Review. 28:2009. 507-516.
Sarna, L., Bialous, S.A., Wewers, M.E., Froelicher, E., Wells, M., Kotlerman, J., Elashoff, D. Characteristics of nurses who used the Internet-based Nurses QuitNet for smoking cessation. Public Health Nursing. 26: 2009. 329-338.
Browning K.K., Wewers, M.E., Ferketich, A.K., Otterson, G.A., Reynolds, N.R. The self-regulation model of illness applied to smoking behavior in lung cancer. Cancer Nursing. 32: 2009. E15-E25.
Sarna, L., Bialous, S.A., Wells, M.J., Kotlerman, J., Froelicher, E.S., Wewers, M.E. Do you need to smoke to get a break? American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 37(2S): 2009. S165-S171.
Everhart J, Ferketich AK, Browning KK, and Wewers ME. Acculturation and misclassification of smoking among Hispanic men and women in the United States. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 11: 2009. 240-247.
Browning KK, Ferketich AK, Otterson GA, Reynolds NR, Wewers ME. The Self-Regulation Model of Illness applied to smoking behavior in lung cancer. Cancer Nursing. 32: 2009. E15-EE25.
Ferketich AK, Katz ML, Kauffman RM, Paskett ED, Lemeshow S, Westman JA, Clinton SK, Bloomfield CD, Wewers ME. (2008). Tobacco use among the Amish in Holmes county, Ohio. Journal of Rural Health. 24, 84-90.
Kauffman RM, Ferketich AK, Wee AG, Shultz JM, Kuun P, Wewers ME. (2008). Factors associated with smokeless tobacco cessation in an Appalachian population. Addictive Behaviors. 33, 821-830. PMID:18261859.
Browning, KK, Ferketich, AK, Salsberry, PJ, Wewers, ME. (2008). Socioeconomic disparity in provider delivered assistance to quit smoking. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 10, 55-61.
Ferketich AK, Pirie P, Wewers ME, Hardikar S. (2008). Women and tobacco harm reduction in Appalachia Ohio. Journal of Smoking Cessation. 3, 40-46.
Kauffman RM, Ferketich AK, Wewers ME. (2008). Tobacco policy in American prisons. Tobacco Control. 17, 357-360.
Sarna, L, Bialous S, Jun HJ, Wewers ME, Cooley ME, Feskanich D. (In Press). Trends in smoking status in the Nurses’ Health Study (1976-2003). Nursing Research.
Sarna L, Bialou, SA, Wewers ME, Froelicher E, Wells M, Kotlerman J, Elashoff D. (In Press). Characteristics of nurses who used the Internet-based Nurses QuitNet® for smoking cessation. Public Health Nursing.
Everhart, J., Ferketich, A.K., Browning, K.K., Wewers, M.E. (In Press). Acculturation and misclassification of smoking among Hispanic men and women in the United States. Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
Andrews J, Felton G, Wewers ME, Tingen M, Waller J. (2007). The effect of a multi-component smoking cessation intervention in African American women residing in public housing. Research in Nursing & Health. 30, 45-60.
Harwood, G.A., Salsberry, P., Ferketich, A.K., Wewers, M.E. (2007). Cigarette smoking, socioeconomic status, and psychosocial factors: Examining a conceptual framework. Public Health Nursing. 24, 361-371.
Katz ML, Wewers ME, Single N, Paskett ED. (2007). Key informants’ perspectives prior to beginning a cervical cancer study in Ohio Appalachia. Qualitative Health Research. 17, 131-141.
French GM, Groner JA, Wewers ME, Ahijevych K. (2007). Staying smoke free: An intervention to prevent postpartum relapse. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 9, 663-670.
Sarna L, Bialous SA, Wewers ME, Froelicher ES, Wells M, Balbach ED. (2007). Web log analysis of the first two years of the Tobacco Free Nurses website. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics. http://eaa-knowledge.com/ojni/ni/11_3/sarna.htm
Ferketich AF, Wee A, Shultz J, Wewers ME. (In Press). A measure of nicotine dependence for smokeless tobacco users. Addictive Behaviors.
Browning, KK, Ferketich, AK, Salsberry, PJ, Wewers, ME. (In Press). Socioeconomic disparity in provider delivered assistance to quit smoking. Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
Ferketich AK, Katz ML, Kauffman RM, Paskett ED, Lemeshow S, Westman JA, Clinton SK, Bloomfield CD, Wewers ME. (In Press). Tobacco use among the Amish in Holmes county, Ohio. Journal of Rural Health
Ferketich AK, Wee AG, Shultz J, Wewers ME. (In Press). Smokeless tobacco use and salivary cotinine concentration. Addictive Behaviors.
Ferketich AK, Pirie P, Wewers ME, Hardikar S. (In Press). Women and tobacco harm reduction in Appalachia Ohio. Journal of Smoking Cessation.
Wewers ME, Katz M, Fickle D, Paskett ED. (2006). Risky behaviors among Ohio Appalachian adults. Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy. serial online Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/oct/06_0032.htm.
Ferketich AF, Khan Y, Wewers ME. (2006). Are physicians asking about tobacco use and assisting with cessation? Results from the 2001-2004 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). Preventive Medicine. 43, 472-476.
Wewers ME, Sarna L, Rice V. (2006). Nursing research and treatment of tobacco dependence: State of the science, Nursing Research, 55 (4 Suppl) S11-15.
Sarna L, Danao LL, Chan S, Shin SR, Baldago LA, Endo E, Minigishi H, Wewers ME. (2006). Tobacco control curricula content in baccalaureate nursing programs in four Asian nations. Nursing Outlook, 54, 334-344.
Peck R & Wewers ME. (2006). The cost-effectiveness of ASSIST. In National Cancer Institute. Evaluating ASSIST: A Blueprint for Understanding State-Level Tobacco Control. Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph No. 17. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, NIH Pub. No. 06-6058. pp. 305-324.
