April Ballard

545 total citations
28 papers, 307 citations indexed

About

April Ballard is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, April Ballard has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 307 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Epidemiology, 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 11 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in April Ballard's work include HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (13 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (9 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (7 papers). April Ballard is often cited by papers focused on HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (13 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (9 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (7 papers). April Ballard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ecuador and South Africa. April Ballard's co-authors include April M. Young, Hannah L. F. Cooper, Umedjon Ibragimov, David H. Cloud, Bethany A. Caruso, Rebecca Dillingham, Patricia R. Freeman, Ian W. Holloway, Regine Haardöerfer and Regine Haardörfer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

April Ballard

24 papers receiving 298 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
April Ballard United States	10	149	140	85	74	61	28	307
Bavon Mupenda United States	9	71 0.5×	99 0.7×	181 2.1×	151 2.0×	38 0.6×	19	339
Deborah L. Jones United States	13	76 0.5×	67 0.5×	211 2.5×	163 2.2×	61 1.0×	24	326
Iuri Costa Leite Brazil	8	169 1.1×	88 0.6×	92 1.1×	85 1.1×	33 0.5×	13	309
Motlatso Mlambo South Africa	11	95 0.6×	68 0.5×	208 2.4×	182 2.5×	39 0.6×	31	322
Priya Lall United Kingdom	8	66 0.4×	88 0.6×	133 1.6×	116 1.6×	36 0.6×	16	293
Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed Afghanistan	12	88 0.6×	96 0.7×	48 0.6×	33 0.4×	23 0.4×	37	287
Nils Kaehler Thailand	12	47 0.3×	77 0.6×	56 0.7×	214 2.9×	36 0.6×	13	399
Len Tarivonda Vanuatu	10	72 0.5×	93 0.7×	61 0.7×	19 0.3×	34 0.6×	31	295
Wilton Pérez Sweden	9	102 0.7×	163 1.2×	65 0.8×	88 1.2×	20 0.3×	21	311
Nanor Minoyan Canada	10	199 1.3×	116 0.8×	75 0.9×	44 0.6×	21 0.3×	22	303

Countries citing papers authored by April Ballard

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of April Ballard

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Nicolette A., Caitlin Hemlock, April Ballard, et al.. (2025). Environmental exposures associated with the gut microbiome and resistome of pregnant women and children in Northwest Ecuador. Nature Communications. 17(1). 15–15.

Caruso, Bethany A., April Ballard, Sheela Sinharoy, et al.. (2024). Systematic re-review of WASH trials to assess women’s engagement in intervention delivery and research activities. Nature Water. 2(9). 827–836. 5 indexed citations

Ballard, April, Regine Haardörfer, Matthew C. Freeman, et al.. (2024). The development and validation of a survey to measure fecal-oral child exposure to zoonotic enteropathogens: The FECEZ Enteropathogens Index. PLOS Global Public Health. 4(9). e0002690–e0002690. 2 indexed citations

Ballard, April, Regine Haardörfer, Matthew C. Freeman, et al.. (2024). Multilevel factors drive child exposure to enteric pathogens in animal feces: A qualitative study in northwestern coastal Ecuador. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(9). e0003604–e0003604.

Ballard, April, Heidi M. Crane, Judith Feinberg, et al.. (2024). Rural houselessness among people who use drugs in the United States: Results from the National Rural Opioid Initiative. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 266. 112498–112498.

Zhou, Nicolette A., Caitlin Hemlock, Molly K. Miller-Petrie, et al.. (2024). Environmental Exposures Associated with Enteropathogen Infection in Six-Month-Old Children Enrolled in the ECoMiD Cohort along a Rural–Urban Gradient in Northern Ecuador. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(1). 103–118. 3 indexed citations

Ballard, April, Judith Feinberg, Peter D. Friedmann, et al.. (2023). Houselessness and syringe service program utilization among people who inject drugs in eight rural areas across the USA: a cross-sectional analysis. Harm Reduction Journal. 20(1). 157–157. 8 indexed citations

Ballard, April, et al.. (2023). Latent Class Analysis of Online Platforms for Partner-Seeking and Sexual Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men from Central Kentucky. AIDS and Behavior. 28(3). 1015–1028. 4 indexed citations

Ballard, April, et al.. (2023). Measurement in the study of human exposure to animal feces: A systematic review and audit. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 249. 114146–114146. 7 indexed citations

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Ballard, April, Hannah L. F. Cooper, April M. Young, & Bethany A. Caruso. (2022). ‘You feel how you look’: Exploring the impacts of unmet water, sanitation, and hygiene needs among rural people experiencing homelessness and their intersection with drug use. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(5). e0000019–e0000019. 17 indexed citations

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Cooper, Hannah L. F., et al.. (2022). A qualitative study on pharmacy policies toward over-the-counter syringe sales in a rural epicenter of US drug-related epidemics. Harm Reduction Journal. 19(1). 1–1. 15 indexed citations

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Ibragimov, Umedjon, et al.. (2021). Factors that influence enrollment in syringe services programs in rural areas: a qualitative study among program clients in Appalachian Kentucky. Harm Reduction Journal. 18(1). 68–68. 27 indexed citations

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Young, April M., April Ballard, & Hannah L. F. Cooper. (2020). Novel Recruitment Methods for Research Among Young Adults in Rural Areas Who Use Opioids: Cookouts, Coupons, and Community-Based Staff. Public Health Reports. 135(6). 746–755. 15 indexed citations

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Cloud, David H., et al.. (2019). People, places, and stigma: A qualitative study exploring the overdose risk environment in rural Kentucky. International Journal of Drug Policy. 85. 102588–102588. 52 indexed citations

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Ballard, April, Hannah L. F. Cooper, & April M. Young. (2019). Web-Based Eligibility Quizzes to Verify Opioid Use and County Residence Among Rural Young Adults: Eligibility Screening Results from a Feasibility Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 8(6). e12984–e12984. 7 indexed citations

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Ballard, April, et al.. (2019). Fraud Detection Protocol for Web-Based Research Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Development and Descriptive Evaluation. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 5(1). e12344–e12344. 72 indexed citations

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Cooper, Hannah L. F., Natalie Crawford, Regine Haardörfer, et al.. (2019). Using Web-Based Pin-Drop Maps to Capture Activity Spaces Among Young Adults Who Use Drugs in Rural Areas: Cross-Sectional Survey. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 5(4). e13593–e13593. 7 indexed citations

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Crawford, Natalie D., Regine Haardöerfer, Hannah L. F. Cooper, et al.. (2019). Characterizing the Rural Opioid Use Environment in Kentucky Using Google Earth: Virtual Audit. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 21(10). e14923–e14923. 2 indexed citations

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Redko, Cristina, Pascal Bessong, Max Luna, et al.. (2017). Exploring the Significance of Bidirectional Learning for Global Health Education. Annals of Global Health. 82(6). 955–955. 15 indexed citations

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Lorntz, Breyette, Rebecca Dillingham, Jane Kelly, et al.. (2008). A Trans-University Center for Global Health. Academic Medicine. 83(2). 165–172. 16 indexed citations

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