Asheley Cockrell Skinner

Asheley Cockrell Skinner
Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences

Areas of expertise: Health Services Research, Implementation Science, Health Policy and Epidemiology

Asheley Cockrell Skinner, PhD, is a health services researcher focused on addressing a variety of population health issues, particularly those affecting children. She is currently an Associate Professor at Duke University, at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. She received her PhD in 2007 in Health Policy and Administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a nationally-known expert in childhood obesity, focusing on the measurement of obesity, the health consequences of obesity, and preventing stigma in obesity interventions and policy. She also has significant experience in the areas of child maltreatment, substance use and abuse among adolescents, and prescription drug misuse. In addition to her many roles in research, she is also a dedicated teacher, mentoring doctoral students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2017
Associate Professor in Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2018
Member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers 2016

Contact Information

2400 Pratt Street, Durham, NC 27705
asheley.skinner@duke.edu (919) 668-6360

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on Health Care Quality and Patient Outcomes, School Of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2007 - 2009
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2007
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor in Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2017
- Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2016 - 2017
Recognition
In the News
- FEB 26, 2018
  
  Newest Data Shows Childhood Obesity Continues to Increase
- JUN 23, 2017 Duke Health News
  
  Study Finds Children Carry Implicit Bias Towards Peers Who Are Overweight
- MAY 2, 2016 The Washington Post
  
  A widely held belief about childhood obesity that simply isn't true
- APR 27, 2016 NPR
  
  Plateau but no decline: Child obesity rates hold steady
- APR 26, 2016 Orlando Sentinel
  
  Child obesity has grown unabated since 1999, study finds
- APR 26, 2016
  
  Despite Efforts, Child Obesity Remains on the Rise
Research
Selected Grants
- Financial and Social Behavioral Economic Incentives to Increase Physical Activity in Adolescents and Young Adults for Cardiovascular Health awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
- Dissemination and Implementation Science in Cardiovascular Outcomes (DISCO) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
- CHS research resources for the cardiovascular health of older adults awarded by University of Washington 2016 - 2018
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Naumann, RB, Roberts, AW, Marshall, SW, and Skinner, AC. "Evaluation of a Medicaid Lock-in Program: Increased Use of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment but No Impact on Opioid Overdose Risk." Medical Care 57, no. 3 (March 2019): 213-217. Full Text
  - Frerichs, L, Smith, NR, Lyden, J, Gaskin, K, Skinner, A, and Armstrong, S. "Weight-related quality of life and temperament as predictors and moderators of outcomes among treatment-seeking, low-income, ethnically diverse children with obesity." Translational Behavioral Medicine (November 26, 2018). Full Text
  - Terrell, LG, Skinner, AC, and Narayan, AP. "Improving Timeliness of Medical Evaluations for Children Entering Foster Care." Pediatrics (November 16, 2018). Full Text
  - "Skinner AC, Ravanbakht SN, Skelton JA, Perrin EM, Armstrong SC. Prevalence of Obesity and Severe Obesity in US Children, 1999-2016. Pediatrics. 2018;141(3):e20173459." Pediatrics 142, no. 3 (September 2018). Full Text
  - Makau-Barasa, LK, Greene, SB, Othieno-Abinya, NA, Wheeler, S, Skinner, A, and Bennett, AV. "Improving Access to Cancer Testing and Treatment in Kenya." Journal of Global Oncology 4 (September 2018): 1-8. Full Text
  - Armstrong, S, Wong, CA, Perrin, E, Page, S, Sibley, L, and Skinner, A. "Association of Physical Activity With Income, Race/Ethnicity, and Sex Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States: Findings From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2016." Jama Pediatrics 172, no. 8 (August 2018): 732-740. Full Text
  - Andrews, M, Sawyer, C, Frerichs, L, Skinner, AC, Hoffman, J, Gaskin, K, and Armstrong, S. "Feasibility of a Clinic-Community Partnership to Treat Childhood Obesity." Clinical Pediatrics 57, no. 7 (June 2018): 783-791. Full Text
  - Perrin, EM, O'Shea, TM, Skinner, AC, Bose, C, Allred, EN, Fichorova, RN, van der Burg, JW, and Leviton, A. "Elevations of inflammatory proteins in neonatal blood are associated with obesity and overweight among 2-year-old children born extremely premature." Pediatric Research 83, no. 6 (June 2018): 1110-1119. Full Text
  - Hinson, TD, Skinner, AC, Lich, KH, and Spatz, DL. "Factors That Influence Breastfeeding Initiation Among African American Women." Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing : Jognn 47, no. 3 (May 2018): 290-300. Full Text
  - Naumann, RB, Marshall, SW, Gottfredson, NC, Lund, JL, Ringwalt, CL, and Skinner, AC. "Trajectories of dispensed prescription opioids among beneficiaries enrolled in a Medicaid controlled substance "lock-in" program." Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety (April 26, 2018). Full Text
  - Antoon, JW, Peritz, DC, Parsons, MR, Skinner, AC, and Lohr, JA. "Etiology and Resource Use of Fever of Unknown Origin in Hospitalized Children." Hospital pediatrics 8, no. 3 (March 2018): 135-140. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, Ravanbakht, SN, Skelton, JA, Perrin, EM, and Armstrong, SC. "Prevalence of Obesity and Severe Obesity in US Children, 1999-2016." Pediatrics 141, no. 3 (March 2018). Full Text
  - Armstrong, SC, Puhl, R, Skinner, AC, and Kratka, A. "Person-first language in pediatric obesity research." Pediatric Obesity 13, no. 2 (February 2018): 130-null. (Letter) Full Text
  - Dubé, K, Dee, L, Evans, D, Sylla, L, Taylor, J, Brown, B, Miller, V, Corneli, A, Skinner, A, Greene, SB, Tucker, JD, and Rennie, S. "Perceptions of Equipoise, Risk-Benefit Ratios, and "Otherwise Healthy Volunteers" in the Context of Early-Phase HIV Cure Research in the United States: A Qualitative Inquiry." Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics : Jerhre 13, no. 1 (February 2018): 3-17. Full Text
  - Delaney, JA, Yin, X, Fontes, JD, Wallace, ER, Skinner, A, Wang, N, Hammill, BG, Benjamin, EJ, Curtis, LH, and Heckbert, SR. "Hospital and clinical care costs associated with atrial fibrillation for Medicare beneficiaries in the Cardiovascular Health Study and the Framingham Heart Study." SAGE open medicine 6 (January 2018): 2050312118759444-. Full Text
  - Dubé, K, Evans, D, Dee, L, Sylla, L, Taylor, J, Skinner, A, Weiner, BJ, Greene, SB, Rennie, S, and Tucker, JD. ""We Need to Deploy Them Very Thoughtfully and Carefully": Perceptions of Analytical Treatment Interruptions in HIV Cure Research in the United States-A Qualitative Inquiry." AIDS research and human retroviruses 34, no. 1 (January 2018): 67-79. Full Text
  - Hoffman, J, Frerichs, L, Story, M, Jones, J, Gaskin, K, Apple, A, Skinner, A, and Armstrong, S. "An Integrated Clinic-Community Partnership for Child Obesity Treatment: A Randomized Pilot Trial." Pediatrics 141, no. 1 (January 2018). Full Text
  - Naumann, RB, Marshall, SW, Lund, JL, Gottfredson, NC, Ringwalt, CL, and Skinner, AC. "Evaluating short- and long-term impacts of a Medicaid "lock-in" program on opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions dispensed to beneficiaries." Drug and Alcohol Dependence 182 (January 2018): 112-119. Full Text
  - Dubé, K, Sylla, L, Dee, L, Taylor, J, Evans, D, Bruton, CD, Gilberston, A, Gralinski, L, Brown, B, Skinner, A, Weiner, BJ, Greene, SB, Corneli, A, Adimora, AA, Tucker, JD, and Rennie, S. "Research on HIV cure: Mapping the ethics landscape." Plos Medicine 14, no. 12 (December 8, 2017): e1002470-null. Full Text
  - Howard, JB, Skinner, AC, Ravanbakht, SN, Brown, JD, Perrin, AJ, Steiner, MJ, and Perrin, EM. "Obesogenic Behavior and Weight-Based Stigma in Popular Children's Movies, 2012 to 2015." Pediatrics 140, no. 6 (December 2017). Full Text
  - Brown, CL, Matherne, CE, Bulik, CM, Howard, JB, Ravanbakht, SN, Skinner, AC, Wood, CT, Bardone-Cone, AM, Brown, JD, Perrin, AJ, Levine, C, Steiner, MJ, and Perrin, EM. "Influence of product placement in children's movies on children's snack choices." Appetite 114 (July 2017): 118-124. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, Payne, K, Perrin, AJ, Panter, AT, Howard, JB, Bardone-Cone, A, Bulik, CM, Steiner, MJ, and Perrin, EM. "Implicit Weight Bias in Children Age 9 to 11 Years." Pediatrics 140, no. 1 (July 2017). Full Text
  - Flower, KB, Skinner, AC, Yin, HS, Rothman, RL, Sanders, LM, Delamater, A, and Perrin, EM. "Satisfaction With Communication in Primary Care for Spanish-Speaking and English-Speaking Parents." Academic Pediatrics 17, no. 4 (May 2017): 416-423. Full Text
  - Vander Schaaf, EB, Dellon, EP, Carr, RA, deJong, NA, Skinner, AC, and Steiner, MJ. "Perceptions of the medical home by parents of children with chronic illnesses." The American journal of managed care 23, no. 2 (February 2017): e70-e74.
  - Dubé, K, Taylor, J, Sylla, L, Evans, D, Dee, L, Burton, A, Willenberg, L, Rennie, S, Skinner, A, Tucker, JD, Weiner, BJ, and Greene, SB. "'Well, It's the Risk of the Unknown… Right?': A Qualitative Study of Perceived Risks and Benefits of HIV Cure Research in the United States." Plos One 12, no. 1 (January 25, 2017): e0170112-null. Full Text
  - Chung, AE, Skinner, AC, Hasty, SE, and Perrin, EM. "Tweeting to Health: A Novel mHealth Intervention Using Fitbits and Twitter to Foster Healthy Lifestyles." Clinical Pediatrics 56, no. 1 (January 2017): 26-32. Full Text
  - Dubé, K, Evans, D, Sylla, L, Taylor, J, Weiner, BJ, Skinner, A, Thirumurthy, H, Tucker, JD, Rennie, S, and Greene, SB. "Willingness to participate and take risks in HIV cure research: survey results from 400 people living with HIV in the US." Journal of virus eradication 3, no. 1 (January 2017): 40-50.e21.
  - Fry, MW, Skinner, AC, and Wheeler, SB. "Understanding the Relationship Between Male Gender Socialization and Gender-Based Violence Among Refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa." Trauma, violence & abuse (January 2017): 1524838017727009-. Full Text
  - Perrin, AJ, Caren, N, Skinner, AC, Odulana, A, and Perrin, EM. "The unbuilt environment: culture moderates the built environment for physical activity." BMC public health 16, no. 1 (December 5, 2016): 1227-. Full Text
  - Murphy, LT, Skinner, AC, Check, J, Warner, DD, and Perrin, EM. "Parental Perceptions of Weight Status in Preterm Compared with Term Infants." American journal of perinatology 33, no. 14 (December 2016): 1371-1376. Full Text
  - Alexander, T, Blatt, J, Skinner, AC, Jhaveri, R, Jobson, M, and Freeman, K. "Outcome of Pediatric Gastroenterology Outpatients With Fever and Central Line." Pediatric Emergency Care 32, no. 11 (November 2016): 746-750. Full Text
  - Roberts, AW, Gellad, WF, and Skinner, AC. "Lock-In Programs and the Opioid Epidemic: A Call for Evidence." American Journal of Public Health 106, no. 11 (November 2016): 1918-1919. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, Ringwalt, C, Naumann, RB, Roberts, AW, Moss, LA, Sachdeva, N, Weaver, MA, and Farley, J. "Reducing Opioid Misuse: Evaluation of a Medicaid Controlled Substance Lock-In Program." The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society 17, no. 11 (November 2016): 1150-1155. Full Text
  - Armstrong, SC, and Skinner, AC. "Defining "Success" in Childhood Obesity Interventions in Primary Care." Pediatrics 138, no. 4 (October 2016). Full Text
  - Roberts, AW, Farley, JF, Holmes, GM, Oramasionwu, CU, Ringwalt, C, Sleath, B, and Skinner, AC. "Controlled Substance Lock-In Programs: Examining An Unintended Consequence Of A Prescription Drug Abuse Policy." Health Affairs (Project Hope) 35, no. 10 (October 2016): 1884-1892. Full Text
  - Brown, CL, Skinner, AC, Yin, HS, Rothman, RL, Sanders, LM, Delamater, AM, Ravanbakht, SN, and Perrin, EM. "Parental Perceptions of Weight During the First Year of Life." Academic pediatrics 16, no. 6 (August 2016): 558-564. Full Text
  - Wood, CT, Skinner, AC, Yin, HS, Rothman, RL, Sanders, LM, Delamater, AM, and Perrin, EM. "Bottle Size and Weight Gain in Formula-Fed Infants." Pediatrics 138, no. 1 (July 2016). Full Text
  - Freedman, DS, Lawman, HG, Pan, L, Skinner, AC, Allison, DB, McGuire, LC, and Blanck, HM. "The prevalence and validity of high, biologically implausible values of weight, height, and BMI among 8.8 million children." Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 24, no. 5 (May 2016): 1132-1139. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, Perrin, EM, and Skelton, JA. "Prevalence of obesity and severe obesity in US children, 1999-2014." Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 24, no. 5 (May 2016): 1116-1123. Full Text
  - Goldsby, TU, George, BJ, Yeager, VA, Sen, BP, Ferdinand, A, Sims, DMT, Manzella, B, Cockrell Skinner, A, Allison, DB, and Menachemi, N. "Urban Park Development and Pediatric Obesity Rates: A Quasi-Experiment Using Electronic Health Record Data." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, no. 4 (April 8, 2016): 411-null. Full Text
  - Cockrell Skinner, A, Goldsby, TU, and Allison, DB. "Regression to the Mean: A Commonly Overlooked and Misunderstood Factor Leading to Unjustified Conclusions in Pediatric Obesity Research." Childhood Obesity (Print) 12, no. 2 (April 2016): 155-158. Full Text
  - George, BJ, Beasley, TM, Brown, AW, Dawson, J, Dimova, R, Divers, J, Goldsby, TU, Heo, M, Kaiser, KA, Keith, SW, Kim, MY, Li, P, Mehta, T, Oakes, JM, Skinner, A, Stuart, E, and Allison, DB. "Common scientific and statistical errors in obesity research." Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 24, no. 4 (April 2016): 781-790. (Review) Full Text
  - Wood, CT, Skinner, AC, Yin, HS, Rothman, RL, Sanders, LM, Delamater, A, Ravanbakht, SN, and Perrin, EM. "Association Between Bottle Size and Formula Intake in 2-Month-Old Infants." Academic Pediatrics 16, no. 3 (April 2016): 254-259. Full Text
  - Forman-Hoffman, V, McClure, E, McKeeman, J, Wood, CT, Middleton, JC, Skinner, AC, Perrin, EM, and Viswanathan, M. "Screening for Major Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force." Annals of internal medicine 164, no. 5 (March 2016): 342-349. (Review) Full Text
  - Brown, CL, Skelton, JA, Perrin, EM, and Skinner, AC. "Behaviors and motivations for weight loss in children and adolescents." Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 24, no. 2 (February 2016): 446-452. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, Perrin, EM, and Skelton, JA. "Cardiometabolic Risks and Obesity in the Young." The New England journal of medicine 374, no. 6 (February 2016): 592-593. (Letter) Full Text
  - Wright, H, Skinner, AC, and Jhaveri, R. "Evaluating Guideline-Recommended Antibiotic Practices for Childhood Respiratory Infections: Is It Time to Consider Case-Based Formats?." Clinical pediatrics 55, no. 2 (February 2016): 118-121. Full Text
  - Griffin, A, Skinner, A, Thornhill, J, and Weinberger, M. "Patient Portals: Who uses them? What features do they use? And do they reduce hospital readmissions?." Applied Clinical Informatics 7, no. 2 (January 2016): 489-501. Full Text
  - Hamrick, HJ, Gable, EK, Freeman, EH, Dunn, LL, Zimmerman, SP, Rusin, MM, Linthavong, OR, Wright, ME, Moss, LA, and Skinner, AC. "Reasons for Refusal of Newborn Vitamin K Prophylaxis: Implications for Management and Education." Hospital Pediatrics 6, no. 1 (January 2016): 15-21. Full Text
  - Freedman, DS, Lawman, HG, Skinner, AC, McGuire, LC, Allison, DB, and Ogden, CL. "Validity of the WHO cutoffs for biologically implausible values of weight, height, and BMI in children and adolescents in NHANES from 1999 through 2012." The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 102, no. 5 (November 2015): 1000-1006. Full Text
  - Dubé, K, Ramirez, C, Handibode, J, Taylor, J, Skinner, A, Greene, S, and Tucker, JD. "Participation in HIV cure-related research: a scoping review of the proxy literature and implications for future research." Journal of Virus Eradication 1 (October 2015): 250-256.
  - Skinner, AC, Perrin, EM, Moss, LA, and Skelton, JA. "Cardiometabolic Risks and Severity of Obesity in Children and Young Adults." The New England Journal of Medicine 373, no. 14 (October 2015): 1307-1317. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, Heymsfield, SB, Pietrobelli, A, Faith, MS, and Allison, DB. "Ignoring regression to the mean leads to unsupported conclusion about obesity." The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 12 (May 7, 2015): 56-null. Full Text
  - Perrin, EM, Von Holle, A, Zerwas, S, Skinner, AC, Reba-Harrelson, L, Hamer, RM, Stoltenberg, C, Torgersen, L, Reichborn-Kjennerud, T, and Bulik, CM. "Weight-for-length trajectories in the first year of life in children of mothers with eating disorders in a large Norwegian Cohort." The International journal of eating disorders 48, no. 4 (May 2015): 406-414. Full Text
  - Ringwalt, C, Roberts, AW, Gugelmann, H, and Skinner, AC. "Racial disparities across provider specialties in opioid prescriptions dispensed to medicaid beneficiaries with chronic noncancer pain." Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.) 16, no. 4 (April 2015): 633-640. Full Text
  - Boyd, JP, Steiner, MJ, Skinner, AC, Coyne-Beasley, T, and Perrin, EM. "World peace, to be a millionaire, and hoop dreams: adolescent wishes on health screening surveys." North Carolina medical journal 76, no. 1 (January 2015): 9-12.
  - Hobbs, CB, Skinner, AC, Burks, AW, and Vickery, BP. "Food allergies affect growth in children." The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice 3, no. 1 (January 2015): 133-4.e1. (Letter) Full Text
  - Turner, RW, Perrin, EM, Coyne-Beasley, T, Peterson, CJ, and Skinner, AC. "Reported Sports Participation, Race, Sex, Ethnicity, and Obesity in US Adolescents From NHANES Physical Activity (PAQ_D)." Global Pediatric Health 2 (January 2015): 2333794X15577944-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Werth, SR, Sachdeva, N, Roberts, AW, Garrettson, M, Ringwalt, C, Moss, LA, Pikoulas, T, and Skinner, AC. "North Carolina Medicaid recipient management lock-in program: the pharmacist's perspective." Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy 20, no. 11 (November 2014): 1122-1129. Full Text
  - Zerwas, SC, Von Holle, A, Perrin, EM, Cockrell Skinner, A, Reba-Harrelson, L, Hamer, RM, Stoltenberg, C, Torgersen, L, Reichborn-Kjennerud, T, and Bulik, CM. "Gestational and postpartum weight change patterns in mothers with eating disorders." European Eating Disorders Review : the Journal of the Eating Disorders Association 22, no. 6 (November 2014): 397-404. Full Text
  - Chung, AE, Skinner, AC, Maslow, GR, Halpern, CT, and Perrin, EM. "Sex differences in adult outcomes by changes in weight status from adolescence to adulthood: results from Add Health." Academic pediatrics 14, no. 5 (September 2014): 448-455. Full Text
  - Ringwalt, C, Gugelmann, H, Garrettson, M, Dasgupta, N, Chung, AE, Proescholdbell, SK, and Skinner, AC. "Differential prescribing of opioid analgesics according to physician specialty for Medicaid patients with chronic noncancer pain diagnoses." Pain Research & Management 19, no. 4 (July 2014): 179-185. Full Text
  - Throop, EM, Skinner, AC, Perrin, AJ, Steiner, MJ, Odulana, A, and Perrin, EM. "Pass the popcorn: "obesogenic" behaviors and stigma in children's movies." Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 22, no. 7 (July 2014): 1694-1700. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, and Skelton, JA. "Prevalence and trends in obesity and severe obesity among children in the United States, 1999-2012." Jama Pediatrics 168, no. 6 (June 2014): 561-566. Full Text
  - Roberts, AW, and Skinner, AC. "Assessing the present state and potential of Medicaid controlled substance lock-in programs." Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy 20, no. 5 (May 2014): 439-46c. (Review) Full Text
  - Perrin, EM, Rothman, RL, Sanders, LM, Skinner, AC, Eden, SK, Shintani, A, Throop, EM, and Yin, HS. "Racial and ethnic differences associated with feeding- and activity-related behaviors in infants." Pediatrics 133, no. 4 (April 2014): e857-e867. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, Hasty, SE, Turner, RW, Dreibelbis, M, and Lohr, JA. "Is bigger really better? Obesity among high school football players, player position, and team success." Clinical pediatrics 52, no. 10 (October 2013): 922-928. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Skinner, AC. "The love song of the headless fatty and other observations." JAMA pediatrics 167, no. 9 (September 2013): 790-791. Full Text
  - Chung, AE, Perrin, EM, and Skinner, AC. "Accuracy of child and adolescent weight perceptions and their relationships to dieting and exercise behaviors: a NHANES study." Academic pediatrics 13, no. 4 (July 2013): 371-378. Full Text
  - Cockrell Skinner, A, and Foster, EM. "Systems science and childhood obesity: a systematic review and new directions." Journal of Obesity 2013 (January 2013): 129193-null. (Review) Full Text
  - Perrin, EM, and Skinner, AC. "The importance of screening for healthy weight and recommending healthy lifestyles in pediatric patients." North Carolina medical journal 74, no. 1 (January 2013): 34-38.
  - Skinner, AC, Miles, D, Perrin, EM, Coyne-Beasley, T, and Ford, C. "Source of parental reports of child height and weight during phone interviews and influence on obesity prevalence estimates among children aged 3-17 years." Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 128, no. 1 (January 2013): 46-53. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, Miles, D, Perrin, EM, Coyne-Beasley, T, and Ford, C. "Source of parental reports of child height and weight during phone interviews and influence on obesity prevalence estimates among children aged 3-17 years." Public Health Reports 128, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 8-null.
  - Skinner, AC, Steiner, MJ, and Perrin, EM. "Self-reported energy intake by age in overweight and healthy-weight children in NHANES, 2001-2008." Pediatrics 130, no. 4 (October 2012): e936-e942. Full Text
  - Bradford, K, Kihlstrom, M, Pointer, I, Skinner, AC, Slivka, P, and Perrin, EM. "Parental attitudes toward obesity and overweight screening and communication for hospitalized children." Hospital Pediatrics 2, no. 3 (July 2012): 126-132. Full Text
  - Perrin, EM, Skinner, AC, and Steiner, MJ. "Parental recall of doctor communication of weight status: national trends from 1999 through 2008." Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 166, no. 4 (April 2012): 317-322. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, Steiner, MJ, Chung, AE, and Perrin, EM. "Cholesterol curves to identify population norms by age and sex in healthy weight children." Clinical Pediatrics 51, no. 3 (March 2012): 233-237. Full Text
  - Chung, AE, Skinner, AC, Steiner, MJ, and Perrin, EM. "Physical activity and BMI in a nationally representative sample of children and adolescents." Clinical Pediatrics 51, no. 2 (February 2012): 122-129. Full Text
  - Sleath, B, Blalock, SJ, Stone, JL, Skinner, AC, Covert, D, Muir, K, and Robin, AL. "Validation of a short version of the glaucoma medication self-efficacy questionnaire." The British journal of ophthalmology 96, no. 2 (February 2012): 258-262. Full Text
  - Sleath, B, Blalock, SJ, Covert, D, Skinner, AC, Muir, KW, and Robin, AL. "Patient race, reported problems in using glaucoma medications, and adherence." ISRN ophthalmology 2012 (January 2012): 902819-. Full Text
  - Sleath, B, Blalock, S, Covert, D, Stone, JL, Skinner, AC, Muir, K, and Robin, AL. "The relationship between glaucoma medication adherence, eye drop technique, and visual field defect severity." Ophthalmology 118, no. 12 (December 2011): 2398-2402. Full Text
  - Jacobson Vann, JC, Finkle, J, Ammerman, A, Wegner, S, Skinner, AC, Benjamin, JT, and Perrin, EM. "Use of a tool to determine perceived barriers to children's healthy eating and physical activity and relationships to health behaviors." Journal of pediatric nursing 26, no. 5 (October 2011): 404-415. Full Text
  - Steiner, MJ, Skinner, AC, and Perrin, EM. "Fasting might not be necessary before lipid screening: a nationally representative cross-sectional study." Pediatrics 128, no. 3 (September 2011): 463-470. Full Text
  - Key-Solle, M, Paulk, E, Bradford, K, Skinner, AC, Lewis, MC, and Shomaker, K. "Improving the quality of discharge communication with an educational intervention." Pediatrics 126, no. 4 (October 2010): 734-739. Full Text
  - Cockrell Skinner, A, Perrin, EM, and Steiner, MJ. "Healthy for now? A cross-sectional study of the comorbidities in obese preschool children in the United States." Clinical Pediatrics 49, no. 7 (July 2010): 648-655. Full Text
  - Perrin, EM, Jacobson Vann, JC, Benjamin, JT, Skinner, AC, Wegner, S, and Ammerman, AS. "Use of a pediatrician toolkit to address parental perception of children's weight status, nutrition, and activity behaviors." Academic pediatrics 10, no. 4 (July 2010): 274-281. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, Steiner, MJ, Henderson, FW, and Perrin, EM. "Multiple markers of inflammation and weight status: cross-sectional analyses throughout childhood." Pediatrics 125, no. 4 (April 2010): e801-e809. Full Text
  - Mayer, ML, and Skinner, AC. "Influence of changes in supply on the distribution of pediatric subspecialty care." Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 163, no. 12 (December 2009): 1087-1091. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, Mayer, ML, Flower, K, Perrin, EM, and Weinberger, M. "Using BMI to determine cardiovascular risk in childhood: how do the BMI cutoffs fare?." Pediatrics 124, no. 5 (November 2009): e905-e912. Full Text
  - Mayer, ML, Skinner, AC, and Freed, GL. "Interspecialty differences in the care of children with chronic or serious acute conditions: a review of the literature." The Journal of pediatrics 154, no. 2 (February 2009): 164-168. (Review) Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, Mayer, ML, Flower, K, and Weinberger, M. "Health status and health care expenditures in a nationally representative sample: how do overweight and healthy-weight children compare?." Pediatrics 121, no. 2 (February 2008): e269-e277. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, Weinberger, M, Mulvaney, S, Schlundt, D, and Rothman, RL. "Accuracy of perceptions of overweight and relation to self-care behaviors among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents." Diabetes Care 31, no. 2 (February 2008): 227-229. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, and Mayer, ML. "Effects of insurance status on children's access to specialty care: a systematic review of the literature." Bmc Health Services Research 7 (November 28, 2007): 194-null. (Review) Full Text
  - Freeman, VA, Walsh, J, Rudolf, M, Slifkin, RT, and Skinner, AC. "Intensive care in critical access hospitals." The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association 23, no. 2 (January 2007): 116-123. Full Text
  - Hobbs, SH, Brooks, EF, Wang, V, and Skinner, AC. "Developing practitioner leaders in a distance education doctoral program: challenges and opportunities." The Journal of health administration education 24, no. 3 (2007): 283-300.
  - Skinner, AC, and Slifkin, RT. "Rural/urban differences in barriers to and burden of care for children with special health care needs." The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association 23, no. 2 (January 2007): 150-157. Full Text
  - Skinner, AC, Slifkin, RT, and Mayer, ML. "The effect of rural residence on dental unmet need for children with special health care needs." The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association 22, no. 1 (January 2006): 36-42. Full Text
  - Mayer, ML, Slifkin, RT, and Skinner, AC. "The effects of rural residence and other social vulnerabilities on subjective measures of unmet need." Medical care research and review : MCRR 62, no. 5 (October 2005): 617-628. Full Text
  - Mayer, ML, and Skinner, AC. "Too many, too few, too concentrated? A review of the pediatric subspecialty workforce literature." Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 158, no. 12 (December 2004): 1158-1165. (Review) Full Text
  - Dusing, SC, Skinner, AC, and Mayer, ML. "Unmet need for therapy services, assistive devices, and related services: data from the national survey of children with special health care needs." Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association 4, no. 5 (September 2004): 448-454. Full Text
  - Mayer, ML, Slifkin, RT, and Skinner, AC. "Addressing disparity in treatment received - Reply." PEDIATRICS 114, no. 2 (August 2004). Link to Item
  - Mayer, ML, Skinner, AC, Slifkin, RT, and National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs, . "Unmet need for routine and specialty care: data from the National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs." Pediatrics 113, no. 2 (February 2004): e109-e115. Full Text
  - Williams, ES, and Skinner, AC. "Outcomes of physician job satisfaction: a narrative review, implications, and directions for future research." Health Care Management Review 28, no. 2 (April 2003): 119-139. (Review) Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Wong, C, Greeno, J, Perrin, E, Peterson, E, Chung, R, and Skinner, A. "SEX, DRUGS & READY TO ROLL: YOUNG ADULT PATIENT-REPORTED HEALTH OUTCOMES & BEHAVIORS." February 2018. Link to Item
  - Wong, CA, Greeno, J, Perrin, E, Peterson, E, Chung, R, and Skinner, A. "YOUNG AND NOT SO INVINCIBLE: HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND PATIENT-REPORTED HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS." February 2018. Link to Item
  - Evans, D, Taylor, J, Sylla, L, Garner, S, Weiner, B, Skinner, A, Greene, S, Rennie, S, and Dube, K. "Treatment interruptions in HIV cure studies in the United States: perceptions, motivations and ethical considerations from potential HIV-positive volunteers." July 2016. Link to Item
  - Christian, RB, Skinner, AC, Moran, K, Farley, JF, Mckee, J, Pfeiffenberg, T, Trygstad, T, Wegner, S, and Sheitman, BC. "Obesity and Metabolic Abnormalities in Antipsychotic Exposed Youth." : WILEY-BLACKWELL, October 1, 2013. Link to Item
  - Chung, AE, Maslow, GR, Skinner, AC, Halpern, CT, and Perrin, EM. "SOCIAL, VOCATIONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF OBESITY IN ADULTHOOD." May 2011. Link to Item
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