Libby A. Richards
- Professor of Nursing
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Pillars of Interdisciplinary Research Excellence
Social Contexts and Policy for Optimal Aging; Enhancing Biological and Physical Function in Later Life
Education
PhD - Purdue University - Health Promotion - 2012
Teaching Interests
Population Health
Selected Grants
2022 - Indiana Center for Translational Sciences Institute
Selected Publications
Mason, M., Franks, M., Richards, E., & August, K. (In press). Individual’s experiences of care partner involvement in heart disease management. Families, Systems, & Health.
Franks, M., Mason, M., August, K., Sherlow, W., Harber, M., Riggin, K. & Richards, E. (In press). In this together: Care partner’s assistance to female patients managing heart disease. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.
Amireault, S., Banda, J., Muller, K., Richards, E., & Rietdyk, S. (in press). Do falling frequency and neighborhood environment jointly influence physical activity behavior in midlife and older adults? A longitudinal investigation. Journal of Aging and Health.
Sauerteig-Rolston, M., Thomas, P., Bauldry, S., Richards, E., & Ferraro, K. (in press). Are relationship patterns between parents and adult children associated with ADL disability risk in later life? Journal of Aging and Health.
Richards, E., Christ, L., Rietdyk, S., Teas, E., & Franks, M. (In press). Association of physical activity and gait speed: Does context matter? American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.
Forster, A., Richards, E., Franks, M., Foli, K., & Hass, Z. (2024). Positive affect and physical activity associations in women and their spouses. Western Journal of Nursing Research.46(4): 278-287.
Lin, L., Gou, J., Gelfand, S., Bhadra, A., Delp, E., Richards, E., Hennessy, E., & Eicher-Miller, H. (2024). Temporal dietary pattern cluster membership varied on weekdays and weekends, but both linked to health. Journal of Nutrition. 154(2): 722-733.
McConnell, L., Richards, E., Gallegos, J., & Tashjian-Gibbs, M. (2023). Improving primary care provider prediabetes patient education through use of an educational tool. Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 19(10).
Lin, L., Guo, J., Li, Y., Gelfand, S., Delp, E., Bhadra, A., Richards, E., Hennessy, E., & Eicher-Miller, H. (2023). Temporal patterns of diet and physical activity and of diet alone have more numerous relationships with health and disease status indicators compared to temporal patterns of physical activity alone. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 123(12): 1729-1748.
Gou, J., Aqell, M., Lin, L., Gelfand, S., Eicher-Miller, H., Bhadra, A., Hennessy, E., Richards, E., & Delp, E. (2023). Cluster analysis to find temporal physical activity patterns among U.S. adults. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics.