Phone: (602) 496-0792
Fax: (602) 496-0886
E-mail: Mary.Mays@asu.edu
Address:
College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation
Arizona State University
500 N 3rd Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004-0698
Education
- PhD - University of Oklahoma, OK
Experimental Psychology, 1977 - MS - University of Oklahoma, OK
Experimental Psychology, 1975 - BA - Trinity University
Psychology, Cum Laude, 1973
Recent Publications
- Melnyk, B.M., Fineout-Overholt, E., & Mays, M.Z. (in press). The evidence-based practice beliefs and implementation scales: Psychometric properties of two new instruments. Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing.
- Gance-Cleveland, B., Mays, M.Z., & Steffen, A. (2008). Association of adolescent physical and emotional health with perceived severity of parental substance abuse. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 13(1):15-25.
- Campbell, J., Mays, M.Z., Yuan, N.P., & Muramoto M.L. (2007). Who are health influencers? Characterizing a sample of tobacco cessation interveners. American Journal of Health Behavior, 31(2):181-192.
- Keim, S., Mays, M.Z., Parks, P., Pytlak, E., Harris, R.M., & Kent, M.A. (2006). Estimating the incidence of heat-related deaths among immigrants in Pima County, Arizona. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 8(2):185-191.
- Weiss, B.D., Mays, M.Z., Martz, W., Castro, K.M., DeWalt, D.A., Pignone, M.P., Mockbee, J., & Hale, F. (2005). Quick assessment of literacy in primary care: The newest vital sign. Annals of Family Medicine, 3(6):514-522.
Current/Recent Grants and Projects
- Spanish Translation and Validation of Sleep Measures (Co-Investigator, Biostatistician). Funded by National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Heath and Development, 4/1/07 – 3/31/09 (R03HD051678, $148,000).
- PLAY! Parents Lead Active Youth (Co-Investigator, Biostatistician). Funded by National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 6/1/07 – 4/30/09 (R15DK074428, $440,000)
- Nurses to Nurses: Improving RN Retention and Patient Care (Co-Investigator, Biostatistician). Funded by Health Resources Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, 7/1/2006 – 6/30/2011 (D11HP07364, $1,346,240)
- Reducing Health Disparities in an American Indian Tribe of Arizona (Co-Investigator, Biostatistician). Funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, 9/27/05 – 6/30/08 (R24MD001688, $1,200,000).
