Research

Overview

Dr. Averett’s scholarship and research interests include interprofessional education, social determinants of health, health communications, public health education and disease prevention, health-related behavior change, health system ethics, the impact of hospital ethics committees, training long-term care workers in communication and leadership skills, quality improvement methods in health care organizations and public health systems, and evaluation and survey research. Her work has been published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, American Journal of Health Behavior, Cancer Control, Journal of Environmental Health, Journal of Disability Policy Studies, and Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice. She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Health Administration Education and the Association of University Programs in Health Administration/Health Administration Press.