Rahma S Mkuu, PhD
Assistant Professor
About Rahma S Mkuu
Dr. Mkuu is a health outcomes and chronic disease researcher in the Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics at the University of Florida. Dr. Mkuu’s work focuses on disentangling determinants of health outcomes and identifying evidenced-interventions and policies that improve the health of under-served populations.
Accomplishments
Distinguished Honor Graduate
2018
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College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University
Honor Graduate
2018
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Department of Health & Kinesiology, Texas A&M University
Highest Scoring Student Abstract
2017
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American Public Health Association, Women’s Caucus
Diversity Fellow
2015-2018
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Texas A&M University
Health Promotion Policy Fellow
2014-2015
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Arkansas Department of Health
Student of the Year Nominee
2012
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Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2024-2025
GMS6885 Translational Health Research Design
Research Profile
Areas of Interest
- Cancer
- Global Health
- HIV Prevention
- Hypertension
- Obesity prevention and treatment
- Program evaluation
- quality improvement
Publications
Academic Articles
2024
Acceptability of HPV self-collection: A qualitative study of Black women living with type II diabetes and social vulnerability.
Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology.
35
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jcte.2024.100331.
[PMID] 38444842.
2024
Call for Improved Fourth Trimester Care After Stillbirth.
Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN.
53(1):26-33
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jogn.2023.09.002.
[PMID] 37778394.
2024
Exploring Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management Practices Among African Americans in Rural Counties: A Qualitative Study.
The science of diabetes self-management and care.
50(6):444-455
[DOI] 10.1177/26350106241289098.
[PMID] 39466107.
2024
Navigating privacy and security in telemedicine for primary care.
The American journal of managed care.
30(6 Spec No.):SP459-SP463
[DOI] 10.37765/ajmc.2024.89553.
[PMID] 38820187.
2024
Participation in Tobacco Cessation Programs Among Medicaid Managed Care Enrollees in Florida
Healthcare.
12(22)
[DOI] 10.3390/healthcare12222319.
[PMID] 39595516.
2024
The 12th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research: Collaborating for Impact
JCO Global Oncology.
10(Supplement_1):1-3
[DOI] 10.1200/go-24-00270.
2024
“It was not normal, and I had to find a doctor and tell him.” Kenyan Women’s Response to Cervical Cancer Symptoms
Journal of Patient Experience.
11
[DOI] 10.1177/23743735241283200.
[PMID] 39574921.
2023
Disparities Contributing to Late-Stage Diagnosis of Lung, Colorectal, Breast, and Cervical Cancers: Rural and Urban Poverty in Florida.
Cancers.
15(21)
[DOI] 10.3390/cancers15215226.
[PMID] 37958400.
2023
Examining and Addressing Telemedicine Disparities Through the Lens of the Social Determinants of Health: A Qualitative Study of Patient and Provider During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
AMIA … Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium.
2023:1287-1296
[PMID] 38222380.
2023
Screening for cervical cancer among women with behavioral health conditions-A systematic review.
Preventive medicine reports.
34
[DOI] 10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102238.
[PMID] 37273521.
2023
The Association of Socioeconomic Vulnerability and Race and Ethnicity With Disease Burden Among Children in a Statewide Medicaid Population.
Academic pediatrics.
23(2):372-380
[DOI] 10.1016/j.acap.2022.09.011.
[PMID] 36122832.
2022
“I Said Maybe We Should Use a Condom, and Then that Just Went South”: Exploring Condomless Sex among Formerly Incarcerated Black Men in New York City, USA.
Journal of sex research.
59(5):662-670
[DOI] 10.1080/00224499.2021.2004083.
[PMID] 34854792.
2022
“I Struggle with Breast Cancer and I Struggle with God”: Insights from African American Breast Cancer Survivors.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities.
9(2):566-575
[DOI] 10.1007/s40615-021-00986-w.
[PMID] 33566333.
2022
Body Mass Index and Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening.
Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.).
3(1):508-514
[DOI] 10.1089/whr.2021.0062.
[PMID] 35651991.
2022
Clinicians’ perceptions of barriers to cervical cancer screening for women living with behavioral health conditions: a focus group study.
BMC cancer.
22(1)
[DOI] 10.1186/s12885-022-09350-5.
[PMID] 35264120.
2021
Do patients at high risk for Hepatitis C receive recommended testing? A retrospective cohort study of statewide Medicaid claims linked with OneFlorida clinical data
Medicine.
100(50)
[DOI] 10.1097/md.0000000000028316.
2021
Examining the Dietary Diversity of Children in Niger.
Nutrients.
13(9)
[DOI] 10.3390/nu13092961.
[PMID] 34578839.
2021
Identifying individuals with multiple non-communicable disease risk factors in Kenya: a latent class analysis.
Public health.
198:180-186
[DOI] 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.07.031.
[PMID] 34461453.
2021
Prevalence and factors associated with overweight and obesity in Kenya.
Preventive medicine reports.
22
[DOI] 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101340.
[PMID] 34113539.
2021
Urban rural differences in prevalence and risk factors of self-reported hypertension among Kenyan women: a population-based study
Journal of Human Hypertension.
35(10):912-920
[DOI] 10.1038/s41371-020-00435-x.
2020
A Qualitative Study of Pregnant Women’s Perspectives on Antibiotic Use for Mom and Child: Implications for Developing Tailored Health Education Interventions.
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland).
9(10)
[DOI] 10.3390/antibiotics9100704.
[PMID] 33076539.
2020
Improving medication adherence among drug-using HIV-infected formerly incarcerated individuals: A pilot test of two medication adherence interventions
Journal of Correctional Health Care.
26(1):42-54
[DOI] 10.1177/1078345819897634.
[PMID] 32003275.
2019
Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms and Missing Breast Cancer and Cervical Screening: Results From Brazos Valley Community Health Survey
Psychology Health & Medicine.
25(4):1-8
[DOI] 10.1080/13548506.2019.1668031.
[PMID] 31532238.
2019
Social determinants of hypertension and type-2 diabetes in Kenya: A latent class analysis of a nationally representative sample
PLOS ONE.
14(8)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0221257.
[PMID] 31425539.
2019
The Effects of Migration on the practice and Perception Female Genital Cutting (FGC) Among the Horn of Africa`s Immigrants in Melbourne Australia
AIMS public health.
6(1):67-78
[DOI] 10.3934/publichealth.2019.1.67.
[PMID] 30931343.
2019
Unrecorded alcohol in East Africa: A case study of Kenya
International Journal of Drug Policy.
63:12-17
[DOI] 10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.07.017.
2019
Until I get off Parole…then I can swim in it if I want to: facilitators and barriers of drug use among formerly incarcerated Black drug offenders
Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse.
18(1):3-22
[DOI] 10.1080/15332640.2017.1325810.
[PMID] 28665207.
2018
Children’s healthy eating habits and parents’ socio-demographic characteristics in rural Texas, USA
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2018
Examining characteristics of recorded and unrecorded alcohol consumers in Kenya
BMC Public Health.
18(1)
[DOI] 10.1186/s12889-018-5960-1.
[PMID] 30139353.
2018
Examining factors associated with unprotected sexual behavior among Black Americans post release from Incarceration in New York City
Journal of offender rehabilitation.
57(5):330-342
[DOI] 10.1080/10509674.2018.1487899.
[PMID] 31649474.
2018
Prevalence and predictors of overweight and obesity among Kenyan women. A nationwide study
Preventing Chronic Disease.
15
[DOI] 10.5888/pcd15.170401.
[PMID] 29679481.
2017
Associations between Parent-Child Decision Making on Food Choices and Children’s Fruits and Vegetable Consumption: a Study of Rural Low-Income Families
Health Behavior and Policy Review.
4(6):521-530
[DOI] 10.14485/HBPR.4.6.2.
2017
Examining Nutritional Adequacy and Dietary Diversity among Women in Niger
Maternal and Child Health Journal.
21(6):1408-1416
[DOI] 10.1007/s10995-016-2248-x.
[PMID] 28102502.
2017
Influence of Cancer Worry on Four Cancer Related Health Protective Behaviors among a Nationally Representative Sample: Implications for Health Promotion Efforts
Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education.
33(5):1002-1010
[DOI] 10.1007/s13187-017-1195-6.
[PMID] 28251521.
2017
The Effect of Cancer Information Seeking on Perceptions of Cancer Risks, Fatalism, and Worry Among a U.S. National Sample
American Journal of Health Education.
48(6):366-373
[DOI] 10.1080/19325037.2017.1358119.
2017
The Effect of Cancer Information Seeking on Perceptions of Cancer Risks, Fatalism, and Worry Among a U.S. National Sample
American Journal of Health Education.
48(6):366-373
[DOI] 10.1080/19325037.2017.1358119.
2017
The number of relatives and severity of Type 2 Diabetes of family members predict increased nutrition and physical activity behaviors
Frontiers in public health.
5
[DOI] 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00157.
[PMID] 28752087.
Grants
Sep 2024
ACTIVE
Preventing Cervical Cancer through HPV Self-collection and Patient Navigation among Women Living with Chronic Conditions and Social Vulnerability
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NCI
Sep 2022
ACTIVE
Phone Enabled Implementation of Cessation Support (PHOENICS)
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NCI
Jul 2021
– May 2024
Together: Transforming and Translating Discovery to Improve Health
Role: Project Manager
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NCATS
Education
PhD, Health Education
2018
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Texas A&M University
MPH, Master of Public Health
2014
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Columbia University
BS, Health Education and Behavior
2012
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University of Florida
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 294-8419
Emails:
- Business:
- rmkuu@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 100147
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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1889 Museum Rd, Suite 7000
GAINESVILLE FL 32611