Ellen Childs

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ellen Childs is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen Childs has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Epidemiology and 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Ellen Childs's work include HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (13 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (7 papers) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (6 papers). Ellen Childs is often cited by papers focused on HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (13 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (7 papers) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (6 papers). Ellen Childs collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Ellen Childs's co-authors include Angela R. Bazzi, Katie B. Biello, Peter Salhaney, Dea L. Biancarelli, Alberto Edeza, Matthew J. Mimiaga, Jessica L. Collett, Mari‐Lynn Drainoni, Richard Saitz and Pablo K. Valente and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal of General Internal Medicine and The American Journal of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Ellen Childs

34 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Strategies used by people who inject drugs to avoid stigma in healthcare settings

2019 354 citations Dea L. Biancarelli, Katie B. Biello et al. Drug and Alcohol Dependence profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ellen Childs United States	15	638	379	326	264	261	36	1.1k
Teerada Sripaipan United States	20	669 1.0×	577 1.5×	144 0.4×	288 1.1×	242 0.9×	61	1.0k
Abby E. Rudolph United States	19	731 1.1×	518 1.4×	263 0.8×	282 1.1×	188 0.7×	78	1.1k
Dea L. Biancarelli United States	16	799 1.3×	460 1.2×	314 1.0×	275 1.0×	206 0.8×	24	1.1k
Vu Minh Quan United States	24	1.1k 1.7×	913 2.4×	209 0.6×	365 1.4×	334 1.3×	64	1.5k
Robert Power United Kingdom	22	656 1.0×	438 1.2×	272 0.8×	653 2.5×	295 1.1×	68	1.4k
Azar Kariminia Australia	19	589 0.9×	492 1.3×	433 1.3×	395 1.5×	405 1.6×	60	1.6k
Jerel M. Ezell United States	15	445 0.7×	119 0.3×	345 1.1×	261 1.0×	141 0.5×	61	1.1k
Joanne Otis Canada	21	494 0.8×	650 1.7×	126 0.4×	456 1.7×	258 1.0×	96	1.2k
Suzan M. Walters United States	22	997 1.6×	471 1.2×	589 1.8×	347 1.3×	332 1.3×	60	1.4k
Roberta Scheinmann United States	17	427 0.7×	238 0.6×	301 0.9×	353 1.3×	132 0.5×	33	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ellen Childs

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Childs, Ellen, et al.. (2025). Facilitating best clinical practice in domestic violence work with hospital social workers. Social Work in Health Care. 64(1-3). 18–33.

Childs, Ellen, et al.. (2023). Retaining Faculty from Underrepresented Groups in Academic Medicine: Results from a Needs Assessment. Southern Medical Journal. 116(2). 157–161. 8 indexed citations

Childs, Ellen, et al.. (2021). MCR: Open-Source Software to Automate Compilation of Health Study Report-Back. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(11). 6104–6104. 5 indexed citations

Childs, Ellen, et al.. (2021). Medical Student Leadership in the Student Oncology Society: Evaluation of a Student-Run Interest Group. Journal of Cancer Education. 37(6). 1629–1633. 4 indexed citations

Ogden, Shannon N., Miriam Harris, Ellen Childs, et al.. (2021). “You need money to get high, and that's the easiest and fastest way:” A typology of sex work and health behaviours among people who inject drugs. International Journal of Drug Policy. 96. 103285–103285. 7 indexed citations

Childs, Ellen, et al.. (2021). How to Launch and Continually Enhance an Effective Medical Campus Faculty Development Program: Steps for Implementation and Lessons Learned. Journal of Healthcare Leadership. Volume 13. 147–156. 5 indexed citations

Childs, Ellen, Laura Corlin, Ellen C. Caniglia, et al.. (2021). Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards causal directed acyclic graphs: a qualitative research project. European Journal of Epidemiology. 36(7). 659–667. 6 indexed citations

Valente, Pablo K., Angela R. Bazzi, Ellen Childs, et al.. (2020). Patterns, contexts, and motivations for polysubstance use among people who inject drugs in non-urban settings in the U.S. Northeast. International Journal of Drug Policy. 85. 102934–102934. 33 indexed citations

Taylor, Jessica L., Ellen Childs, Pablo K. Valente, et al.. (2020). “Health Is on the Back Burner:” Multilevel Barriers and Facilitators to Primary Care Among People Who Inject Drugs. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 36(1). 129–137. 77 indexed citations

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Biello, Katie B., Peter Salhaney, Pablo K. Valente, et al.. (2020). Ecological momentary assessment of daily drug use and harm reduction service utilization among people who inject drugs in non-urban areas: A concurrent mixed-method feasibility study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 214. 108167–108167. 7 indexed citations

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Childs, Ellen, Katie B. Biello, Pablo K. Valente, et al.. (2020). Implementing harm reduction in non-urban communities affected by opioids and polysubstance use: A qualitative study exploring challenges and mitigating strategies. International Journal of Drug Policy. 90. 103080–103080. 47 indexed citations

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Rajabiun, Serena, et al.. (2020). Unmet Needs Among Out of Care and Recently Diagnosed Women of Color With HIV: Opportunities for Focused Interventions. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 28(2). 135–142. 2 indexed citations

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Barlam, Tamar F., Ellen Childs, Kathryn Jones, et al.. (2020). Perspectives of Physician and Pharmacist Stewards on Successful Antibiotic Stewardship Program Implementation: A Qualitative Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 7(7). ofaa229–ofaa229. 27 indexed citations

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Drainoni, Mari‐Lynn, Ellen Childs, Katie B. Biello, et al.. (2019). “We don't get much of a voice about anything”: perspectives on photovoice among people who inject drugs. Harm Reduction Journal. 16(1). 61–61. 15 indexed citations

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Biancarelli, Dea L., Katie B. Biello, Ellen Childs, et al.. (2019). Strategies used by people who inject drugs to avoid stigma in healthcare settings. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 198. 80–86. 354 indexed citations breakdown →

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Childs, Ellen, Sabrina A. Assoumou, Katie B. Biello, et al.. (2019). Evidence-based and guideline-concurrent responses to narratives deferring HCV treatment among people who inject drugs. Harm Reduction Journal. 16(1). 14–14. 16 indexed citations

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Bazzi, Angela R., Dea L. Biancarelli, Ellen Childs, et al.. (2018). Limited Knowledge and Mixed Interest in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention Among People Who Inject Drugs. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 32(12). 529–537. 91 indexed citations

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Biello, Katie B., Angela R. Bazzi, Matthew J. Mimiaga, et al.. (2018). Perspectives on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) utilization and related intervention needs among people who inject drugs. Harm Reduction Journal. 15(1). 55–55. 104 indexed citations

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Childs, Ellen & Lindsay Demers. (2018). Qualitative Coding Boot Camp: An Intensive Training and Overview for Clinicians, Educators, and Administrators. MedEdPORTAL. 14. 10769–10769. 5 indexed citations

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Collett, Jessica L. & Ellen Childs. (2009). Does Major Matter? Considering the Implications of Collecting Vignette Data from Our Students.. 14(7). 104–121. 5 indexed citations

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