RESEARCH

My program of research is inspired by my commitment to equity and anti-racist work that aims to mitigate and eliminate the health disparities associated with racial inequities and injustices. My work will continue to build an anti-racist narrative that empowers effective policy solutions and healthcare practice innovations. My research has received NIH grant funding and has had national recognition.

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publications

Fashaw-Walters, S., Rahman, M., Gee, G., Mor, V., White, M., & Thomas, K. (2021). Out of Reach: Inequities In the Use Of High-Quality Home Health Agencies. Health Affairs. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01408

Shippee, T. P., Fabius, C. D., Fashaw-Walters, S., Bowblis, J. R., Nkimbeng, M., Bucy, T. I., . . . Travers, J. L. (2021). Evidence for Action: Addressing Systemic Racism Across Long-Term Services and Supports. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.12.018

Rivera-Hernandez, M., Kumar, A., Roy, I., Fashaw-Walters, S., & Baldwin, J. A. (2021). Quality of Care and Outcomes Among a Diverse Group of Long-Term Care Residents With Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. Journal of Aging and Health. doi: 10.1177/08982643211043319

Fashaw-Walters, S., McCreedy, E., Bynum, J. P., Thomas, K., Shireman, T. (2021). Disproportionate Increases in Schizophrenia Diagnoses among Black Nursing Home Residents with ADRD. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17464

Gerlach, L. B., Fashaw, S., Strominger, J., Ogarek, J., Zullo, A. R., Daiello, L., Teno, J., Shireman, T. I., Bynum, J. P. W. Trends in antipsychotic prescribing among long‐term care residents receiving hospice care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2021 April; 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17172

Berry, S. D., Johnson, K. S., Myles,L., Herndon, L., Fashaw, S., Gifford, D. Lessons learned from frontline skilled nursing facility staff regarding COVID‐19 vaccine hesitancy. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2021 March; 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17136

Cornell, P., Zhang, W., Smith, L., Fashaw, S, Thomas, KS. Developments in the Market for Assisted Living: Residential Care Availability in 2017. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2020 November; 21(11):1718-1723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.08.011

Rivera-Hernandez, M., Fabius, C., Fashaw, S., Downer,B., Kumar,A., Panagiotou, O., Epstein-Lubow, G. Quality of Post-Acute Care in Skilled Nursing Facilities That Disproportionately Serve Hispanics With Dementia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2020 Jul 31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.06.030

Fashaw, S., Chisholm, L., Mor, V., Meyers, D.J., Liu, X., Gammonley, D., Thomas, K.S. Inappropriate Antipsychotic Use: The Impact of Nursing Home Socioeconomic and Racial Composition. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2020 March; 68(3):630-636

Fashaw, S., Thomas, K.S., McCreedy, E., Mor, V., Thirty-Year Trends in Nursing Home Composition and Quality Since the Passage of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act. J Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2020 Feb 2; 21(7):233-239.

Thomas KS, Durfey SNM, Gadbois EA, Meyers DJ, Brazier JF, McCreedy EM, Fashaw S, Wetle T. Perspectives of Medicare Advantage Plan Representatives on Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Response to the CHRONIC Care Act. JAMA Network Open. 2019 Jul 3;2(7):e196923. PMID:31298711.

Samuel, C., Pinheiro, L., Reeder-Hayes, K., Walker, J., Corbie-Smith, G., Fashaw, S., Woods-Giscombe, C., Wheeler, S. (November 2016). To Be Young, Black, and Living with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review of Health-Related Quality of Life in Young Black Breast Cancer Survivor. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Journal. DOI:10.1007/s10549-016-3963-0

dr. Shekinah A. Fashaw-Walters is a health services researcher whose program of research focuses on understanding the inequities in aging while elucidating and explicitly naming racism as a fundamental determinant of health inequities within long-term care. Her research is inspired and guided by her commitment to anti-racist work that moves beyond the classroom.

Values

Scholarly anti-racist research that empowers effective policy solutions and healthcare practice innovations.
Facilitating a learning environment that welcomes every student and encourages their desire to know more.
Advocating for the voices that have been silenced by systems of oppression, so that we as a society can thrive.