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Maren J Coffman

School of Nursing
chronic disease
health care access
health literacy
Latino health
self-management
Related People
Dorothy Smith-Ruiz
Jan Warren-Findlow
Sarah B Laditka
Research Interest: Population Health, Health Disparities
Teaching Specialty: Nursing Research, Health Disparities,
Education: PhD Nursing, University of Connecticut; MSN, Syracuse University; BSN, Weber State University.
Certification: Registered Nurse, Certified Nurse Educator
Practice Area: Community and Public Health
Biosketch: Dr. Maren Coffman is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research interests include population health, health promotion, and access to health care. Dr. Coffman has extensive experience working in the Latino community and is fluent in Spanish. She has been awarded internal and external research grants including the American Nurses Foundation Presidential Scholar award. In 2009, she was one of 15 nurse educators from around the country to receive a three-year $350,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar award. Dr. Coffman was a co-investigator on a 5-year National Institutes of Health funded study to examine social determinants of health in the Latino community.
Dr. Coffman is passionate about international education and has developed and led numerous study abroad programs to destinations including Mexico, Costa Rica, and Cuba. Dr. Coffman is a Certified Nurse Educator and enjoys mentoring students, and teaching health disparities and research methods courses. Dr. Coffman provides faculty leadership to the Academy for Population Health Innovation, a partnership between UNC Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Public Health (aphi.uncc.edu).

Recent Publications:

Dulin, M. F., Tapp, H., Smith, H. A., Urquieta de Hernandez, B., Coffman, M. J., Ludden, T., Sorenson, J. & Furuseth, O. J. (2012). A trans-disciplinary approach to the evaluation of social determinants of health in a Hispanic population. BMC Public Health, 11(12), 769.

Coffman, M. J., Ferguson, B. L., Steinman, L., Talbot, L. A., & Dunbar-Jacob, J. (2013). A health education pilot for Latina women with diabetes. Clinical Nursing Research, 22(1), 70-81.

Coffman, M. J., Goodman, J., Thomas, T. L., & Roberson, D. (2013). The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars Program: An opportunity for junior nurse faculty. Nursing Outlook, 61(1), 25-30.

Racine, E. F., Coffman, M. J., Chrimes, D. A., & Laditka, S. B. (2013). Evaluation of the Latino Food and Fun curriculum for low-income Latina mothers and their children: A pilot study. Hispanic Health Care International, 11(1), 31-37.

Coffman, M. J., Burfield, A. H., Neese, J. B., Ledesma-Delgado, M. E., & Campos-Zermeño, M. L. (2013). Providing cultural experiences through two-way international exchange. Journal of Nursing Education, 52(4), 238-240.

Hickey, K. T., Hodges, E. A., Thomas, T. L., Coffman, M. J., Taylor-Piliae, R. E., Johnson-Mallard, V. M., … Casida, J. M. (2014). Initial evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars program. Nursing Outlook, 62(6), 394-401. 

Mueffelmann, R. E., Racine, E. F., Warren-Findlow, J., & Coffman, M. J. (2015). Perceived infant feeding preferences of significant family members and mother’s intention to exclusively breastfeed. Journal of Human Lactation, 31(3), 479-489.

Nnebe-Agumadu, U., Racine, E., Laditka, S., & Coffman, M. J. (2016). Associations between perceived value of exclusive breastfeeding among pregnant women in the United States and exclusive breastfeeding to three and six months postpartum: A prospective study. International Breastfeeding Journal, 11(8), 1-10.

Coffman, M. J., Reeve, C. L., Butler, S., Keeling, M., & Talbot, L. A. (2016). Accuracy of the Yamax CW-701 Pedometer for measuring steps in controlled and free-living conditions. Digital Health, 2, 1-7.   

Platonova, E. R., Warren-Findlow, J., Saunders, W. J., Hutchison, J. A., & Coffman, M. J. (2016). Hispanics’ satisfaction with free clinic providers: An analysis of patient-centered medical home characteristics. Journal of Community Health, 41(6), 1290-1297.

Warren-Findlow, J. Coffman, M. J. & Karp, C. (2017). Translation of a Measure to Assess Hypertension Self-Care Activities Among Hispanics. Ethnicity and Health, 17, 1-13.

Coffman, M. J., Hernandez, B. U., Smith, H. A., McWilliams, A., Taylor, Y. J, Tapp, H., … Dulin, M. (2017). Using CBPR to increase access to health care services in suburban Latino neighborhoods. Hispanic Health Care International. 15(3), 1-10.  

Hutchinson, J., Thompson, M. E., Troyer, J., Elnitsky, C., Coffman, M. J. & Thomas, M. L. (2018). The effect of North Carolina free clinics on hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions among the uninsured. BMC Health Services Research, 18(1), 280.

Bennett, J. M., Marino, J. S., Peck, B., Roos, L. G., Joseph, K. M., Carter, L. B., … Coffman, M. J.  (in press). Smokers display reduced glucocorticoid sensitivity prior to symptomatic chronic disease development. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

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