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Djin Tay, PhD

Languages spoken: Mandarin Chinese

Dr. Tay is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the College of Nursing. Dr Tay's primary research interest is to address the goal of patient-centered, family oriented care by optimizing patients and their families' medical decision making during serious illness. Specifically, Dr. Tay is interested to examine how patient and family factors influence medical decisions and the spillover effects of these decisions throughout the trajectory of illness and bereavement. Dr. Tay's research spans qualitative, mixed methods, and quantitative approaches, and her past and ongoing research includes intervention development, community-based participatory research, dyadic studies, and population-level datasets.

Research Statement

Dr. Tay is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the College of Nursing. Dr Tay's primary research interest is to address the goal of patient-centered, family oriented care by optimizing patients and their families' medical decision making during serious illness. Specifically, Dr. Tay is interested to examine how patient and family factors influence medical decisions and the spillover effects of these decisions throughout the trajectory of illness and bereavement. Dr. Tay's research spans qualitative, mixed methods, and quantitative approaches, and her past and ongoing research includes intervention development, community-based participatory research, dyadic studies, and population-level datasets.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Rutkoski H, Tay DL, Dixon BL, Pinzon LM, Mooney R, Winkler JR, Kepka D (2019). A Multi-state Evaluation of Oral Health Students' Knowledge of Human Papillomavirus-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer and HPV Vaccination. J Cancer Educ, 35(5), 1017-1025. (Read full article)
  2. Dingley, C. E., Clayton, M., Lai, D., Doyon, K., Reblin, M., & Ellington, L (2016). Caregiver activation and home hospice nurse communication in advanced cancer care. Cancer Nurs, 40(5), E38-50.
  3. Guo JW, Tay DL, Litchman ML (2019). Hashtags and heroes: perceptions of nursing on Twitter following a high profile nurse arrest. J Prof Nurs, 35(5), 398-404. (Read full article)
  4. Lai D, Bodson J, Davis FA, Lee D, Tavake-Pasi F, Napia E, Villalta J, Mukundente V, Mooney R, Coulter H, Stark LA, Sanchez-Birkhead AC, Kepka D (2017). Diverse Families' Experiences with HPV Vaccine Information Sources: A Community-Based Participatory Approach. J Community Health, 42(2), 400-412. (Read full article)
  5. Warner, E. L., Lai, D., Carbajal-Salisbury, S., Garza, L., Bodson, J., Mooney, K., & Kepka, D (2015). Latino parents' perceptions of the HPV vaccine for sons and daughters. J Community Health, 40(3), 387-94.
  6. Cloyes KG, Tay DL, Iacob E, Jones M, Reblin M, Ellington L (2020). Hospice interdisciplinary team providers' attitudes toward sexual and gender minority patients and caregivers.(Epub ahead of print). Patient Educ Couns. (Read full article)
  7. Lai D, Ding Q, Bodson J, Warner EL, Kepka D (2016). Factors Associated with Increased HPV Vaccine Use in Rural-Frontier U.S. States. Public Health Nurs, 33(4), 283-94. (Read full article)
  8. Kepka D, Bodson J, Lai D, Sanchez-Birkhead AC, Davis FA, Lee D, Tavake-Pasi F, Napia E, Villalta J, Mukundente V, Mooney R, Coulter H, Stark LA (2018). Diverse caregivers' HPV vaccine-related awareness and knowledge. Ethn Health, 26(6), 1-16. (Read full article)
  9. Tay DL, Ellington L, Towsley GL, Supiano K, Berg CA (2020). Evaluation of a Collaborative Advance Care Planning Intervention among Older Adult Home Health Patients and Their Caregivers. J Palliat Med, 23(9), 1214-1222. (Read full article)
  10. Warner EL, Bodson J, Mooney R, Lai D, Samadder NJ, Kepka D (2018). Latinas' Colorectal Cancer Screening Knowledge, Barriers to Receipt, and Feasibility of Home-Based Fecal Immunochemical Testing. J Immigr Minor Health, 20(4), 981-990. (Read full article)
  11. Lai D, Bodson J, Warner EL, Ayres S, Mooney R, Kepka D (2017). Younger Age and Health Beliefs Associated with Being Overdue for Pap Testing among Utah Latinas who were Non-Adherent to Cancer Screening Guidelines. J Immigr Minor Health, 19(5), 1088-1099. (Read full article)
  12. Lai D, Cloyes KG, Clayton MF, Doyon K, Reblin M, Beck AC, Ellington L (2018). WE'RE THE EYES AND THE EARS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A VOICE: PERSPECTIVES OF HOSPICE AIDES. J Hosp Palliat Nurs, 20(1), 47-54. (Read full article)
  13. Harris KL, Tay D, Kaiser D, Praag A, Rutkoski H, Dixon BL, Pinzon LM, Winkler JR, Kepka D (2020). The perspectives, barriers, and willingness of Utah dentists to engage in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine practices. Hum Vaccin Immunother, 16(2), 436-444. (Read full article)
  14. Kepka D, Rutkoski H, Pappas L, Tay DL, Winkler JR, Dixon B, Velazquez A, Pinzon LM (2019). US oral health students' willingness to train and administer the HPV vaccine in dental practices. Prev Med Rep, 15, 100957. (Read full article)
  15. Kepka D, Bodson J, Lai D, Sanchez-Birkhead A, Villalta J, Mukundente V, Tavake-Pasi F, Davis FA, Lee D, Napia E, Mooney R, Coulter H, Stark LA (2018). Factors Associated with Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among Diverse Adolescents in a Region with Low Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Rates. Health Equity, 2(1), 223-232. (Read full article)
  16. Chen, H.C., McAdams-Jones, Tay, D. L., & Packer, J.M. (2012). The impact of service-learning on students’ cultural competence. Teach Learn Nurs, 7(2), 67-73.
  17. Whitehead P. (10/06/2021). A scoping review of nurse-led advance care planning. Nurs Outlook, 70, 96-118. (Read full article)
  18. Lin, J. (10/29/2021). Intergenerational decision making: The role of family relationships in medical decision making. Med Decis Making, 6.
  19. Tay DL, Ornstein KA, Meeks H, Utz RL (08/27/2021). Evaluation of Family Characteristics and Multiple Hospitalizations at the End of Life: Evidence from the Utah Population Database. J Palliat Med, 25(3), 376-387. (Read full article)
  20. Guo J.W. (06/16/2021). Patterns of stress and support in social support networks of in-home hospice cancer family caregivers. J Soc Pers Relat, 38, 3121-3141. (Read full article)
  21. Tay, D. L. (09/01/2021). Emotional expression in conversations about advance care planning among older adult home health patients and their caregivers. Patient Educ Couns.
  22. Kristensen, (2021). Reconstructing family networks of decedents: A nationwide register-based study. Palliative medicine, 35, 1652-1662.
  23. Tay, D. L (2021). `I feel all alone out here¿: Analysis of audio diaries of bereaved hospice family caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of hospice and palliative nursing,
  24. Warner EL, Lai D, Carbajal-Salisbury S, Garza L, Bodson J, Mooney K, Kepka (2015). Latino Parents' Perceptions of the HPV Vaccine for Sons and Daughters. Journal of community health, 40, 387-94. (Read full article)
  25. Tay D.L (2021). What contextual factors account for anxiety and depressed mood in hospice family caregivers?. Psycho-oncology, 31, 316-325. (Read full article)