Lindsey M King

Lindsey M King, PhD, MPH, CHES, CCRP, CTTS

Clinical Associate Professor & Program Director

Department: College of Public Health and Health Professions Dean's Office
Business Phone: (352) 273-6064
Business Email: linking@ufl.edu

About Lindsey M King

Lindsey King, PhD, MPH, CHES®, CCRP, CTTS (she/her) is a clinical associate professor of public health in the Department of Health Services Research, Management & Policy and the Dean’s Office at the University of Florida (UF) College of Public Health and Health Professions. She serves as program director of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) program and program director of the PhD in public health (SBS concentration). She also serves as chair and program chair of the American Public Health Association Family Violence Prevention Caucus (APHA FVPC). She previously served as the Master of Public Health (MPH) concentration coordinator for the SBS (campus and online) and public health practice (online) concentrations. Dr. King received her PhD in public health (SBS) from UF, her MPH from the University of South Florida (USF), and her Bachelor of Arts from UF. Dr. King has also served as a tobacco cessation facilitator through the Northeast Florida Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and Gulfcoast North AHEC. Dr. King’s background includes research in behavioral oncology, clinical, epidemiology, and community-based participatory research (CBPR) to address disparities in maternal and child health (MCH), adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma-informed public health community initiatives, violence prevention, and sexual health. Dr. King’s primary interests include community-engaged research to identify strengths of communities and eliminate health disparities in underserved populations including racial and ethnic minority populations and sexual and gender minority populations.

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Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2019-2025
PHC6410 Psychological, Behavioral, and Social Issues in Public Health
2020-2021
PHC6601 Seminar in Contemporary Public Health Issues
2020-2021
PHC6946 Public Health Internship
2019-2023
PHC4101 Public Health Concepts
2020-2023
PHC6941 MPH Applied Practice Experience
2020-2022,2024-2025
PHC6917 Supervised Research Project
2017,2020-2025
PHC6405 Theoretical Foundations of Public Health
2016-2017,2020-2023
PHC6404 Gender, Sexuality, and Health
2020,2023-2024
PHC6534 Trauma Informed Approaches for Individuals, Communities, and Public Health
2019
PHC6937 Special Topics in Public Health
2019
HSC4930 Special Topics
2018,2021-2022
PHC6700 Social and Behavioral Research Methods
2022
PHC6905 Independent Study
2022-2024
PHC7979 Advanced Research
2023-2025
PHC7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
2023-2025
PHC6945 Public Health Practicum
2024-2025
PHC6940 Master of Public Health Capstone

Board Certifications

  • Certified Clinical Research Professional
    Society of Clinical Research Associates
  • Certified Health Education Specialist
    National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
  • Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist
    Florida Certification Board

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-5986-954X

Publications

Academic Articles
2024
(133) SELF-REPORTED EFFICACY OF PELVIC FLOOR PHYSICAL THERAPY AS A TREATMENT FOR PUDENDAL NEURALGIA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 21(Supplement_5) [DOI] 10.1093/jsxmed/qdae054.127.
2024
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy is Self-Reported as a Minimally Effective, and Sometimes Harmful, Treatment for Pudendal Neuralgia: A Cross-Sectional Study
International Journal of Sexual Health. 36(4):1-9 [DOI] 10.1080/19317611.2024.2397124. [PMID] 39552618.
2024
Strategies and Interventions Used to Prevent Violence Against Sex Workers in the United States: A Scoping Review Using the Social-Ecological Model.
Trauma, violence & abuse. 25(3):2436-2451 [DOI] 10.1177/15248380231214786. [PMID] 38054440.
2024
The Life Course Perspective on Older Adults’ Health Trajectories: Risk and Protective Factors.
Community Health Equity Research & Policy. [DOI] 10.1177/2752535X241273820. [PMID] 39235954.
2023
(081) The Psychosocial Barriers Associated with Vulvodynia and Vestibulodynia
The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 20(Supplement_2) [DOI] 10.1093/jsxmed/qdad061.077.
2022
The Impact of State Policy on Adverse Teen Sexual Health Outcomes in the United States: A Scoping Review
Sexuality Research and Social Policy. [DOI] 10.1007/s13178-022-00770-3.
2022
What does community resilience mean in the context of trauma-informed communities? A scoping review
Journal of Community Pschology. 50(8):3325-3353 [DOI] 10.1002/jcop.22839.
2021
Implementation of a teacher‐led mindfulness program in a low‐income pre‐ and early‐elementary school as part of a trauma‐responsive, resilience‐building community initiative
Journal of Community Psychology. 49(6):1943-1964 [DOI] 10.1002/jcop.22557.
2021
Organizational partnerships for a trauma-informed community: A community-wide social network study.
Journal of community psychology. [DOI] 10.1002/jcop.22645.
2020
Maternal Cotinine Levels and Red Blood Cell Folate Concentrations in the Periconceptual Period.
Southern medical journal. 113(4):156-163 [DOI] 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001083. [PMID] 32239227.
2020
Phenotypes of fetal macrosomia and risk of stillbirth among term deliveries over the previous four decades.
Birth (Berkeley, Calif.). 47(2):202-210 [DOI] 10.1111/birt.12479. [PMID] 31925852.
2020
Protective Factors Using the Life Course Perspective in Maternal and Child Health.
Engage!. 1(3):69-86 [PMID] 33880449.
2020
Racism, Psycho-Social Stress, and Health-related Quality of Life.
International journal of MCH and AIDS. 9(1):73-76 [DOI] 10.21106/ijma.339. [PMID] 32123630.
2020
Trends in the incidence of fetal macrosomia and its phenotypes in the United States, 1971-2017.
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics. 301(2):415-426 [DOI] 10.1007/s00404-019-05400-9. [PMID] 31811414.
2019
Comparing Folic Acid Dosage Strengths to Prevent Reduction in Fetal Size Among Pregnant Women Who Smoked Cigarettes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA pediatrics. 173(5):493-494 [DOI] 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.0112. [PMID] 30882856.
2018
Effects of Maternal Carbohydrate and Fat Intake on Fetal Telomere Length.
Southern medical journal. 111(10):591-596 [DOI] 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000871. [PMID] 30285264.
2017
Evidence of altered brain regulatory gene expression in tobacco-exposed fetuses
Journal of Perinatal Medicine. 45(9) [DOI] 10.1515/jpm-2016-0279.
2017
Exploring the Life Course Perspective in Maternal and Child Health through Community-Based Participatory Focus Groups: Social Risks Assessment.
Journal of health disparities research and practice. 10(1):143-166 [PMID] 29780663.
2016
A positive association between umbilical cord RBC folate and fetal TL at birth supports a potential for fetal reprogramming.
Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.). 36(7):703-9 [DOI] 10.1016/j.nutres.2016.01.009. [PMID] 27269132.
2016
Association Between Maternal-Perceived Psychological Stress and Fetal Telomere Length.
Southern medical journal. 109(12):767-772 [PMID] 27911970.
2016
Homocysteine Levels Are not Related to Telomere Length in Cord Blood Leukocytes of Newborns.
American journal of perinatology. 33(6):552-9 [DOI] 10.1055/s-0035-1570318. [PMID] 26692203.
2016
Usability of Low-Cost Android Data Collection System for Community-Based Participatory Research
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2015
Adverse childhood experiences and health-related quality of life in adulthood: revelations from a community needs assessment.
Health and quality of life outcomes. 13 [DOI] 10.1186/s12955-015-0323-4. [PMID] 26260580.
2015
Association between maternal symptoms of sleep disordered breathing and fetal telomere length
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2015
Community-based decision making and priority setting using the R software: the community priority index.
Computational and mathematical methods in medicine. 2015 [DOI] 10.1155/2015/347501. [PMID] 25815045.
2015
Impact of intrauterine tobacco exposure on fetal telomere length
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 212(2):205.e1-205.e8 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.08.026.
2015
Socio-ecological Model as a Framework for Overcoming Barriers and Challenges in Randomized Control Trials in Minority and Underserved Communities.
International journal of MCH and AIDS. 3(1):85-95 [PMID] 27621990.
2009
Attitudes of high-risk women toward preimplantation genetic diagnosis
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2009
Conflict between values and technology: perceptions of preimplantation genetic diagnosis among women at increased risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
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2009
Impact of physicians’ personal discomfort and patient prognosis on discussion of fertility preservation with young cancer patients
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2008
Barriers to fertility preservation among pediatric oncologists.
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2008
Institutional availability of fertility preservation.
Clinical pediatrics. 47(3):302-5 [PMID] 18057149.
2008
Oncology nurses’ perceptions of barriers to discussion of fertility preservation with patients with cancer.
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2008
Oncology social workers’ perceptions of barriers to discussing fertility preservation with cancer patients
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2008
Trends in clinical practice and nurses’ attitudes about fertility preservation for pediatric patients with cancer.
Oncology nursing forum. 35(2):249-55 [DOI] 10.1188/08.ONF.249-255. [PMID] 18321837.
2007
Discussion of fertility preservation with newly diagnosed patients: oncologists’ views.
Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice. 1(2):146-55 [DOI] 10.1007/s11764-007-0019-9. [PMID] 18648955.
2007
Pediatric oncology nurses’ attitudes related to discussing fertility preservation with pediatric cancer patients and their families.
Journal of pediatric oncology nursing : official journal of the Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses. 24(5):255-63 [PMID] 17827491.
Presentations
2022-11-08
Transforming a trauma-informed, resilience-building public health course for MPH students.
National / Refereed. Poster. Boston, MA
2022-11-08
Strategies and interventions used to prevent violence against sex workers within the social-ecological model: A scoping review.
National / Refereed. Lecture. Boston, MA
2022-11-06
State-level sex education policy: Assessing association with teen birth and chlamydia by race in the U.S.
National / Refereed. Lecture. Boston, MA
2023-02-09
A scoping review of the prevention of violence against sex workers in the United States.
Regional / Refereed. Poster. Gainesville, Florida.
2023-11-12
What does a transformed world without violence against sex workers look like and how do we get there?”: A qualitative analysis of sex worker organizations’ discussions of violence and resistance on Twitter
National / Refereed. Poster. Atlanta, GA
2023-11-12
State level sex education policy: Assessing behavioral outcomes by sexual orientation
National / Refereed. Lecture. Atlanta, GA
2024-10-27
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) 15 and early childhood: A study of ACEs training effectiveness on early childhood educators & professionals
National / Refereed. Poster. Minneapolis, MN
2023-11-12
Sexual violence service providers’ perceptions of sex work and readiness to respond to sex workers: A qualitative study
National / Refereed. Poster. Atlanta, GA
2024-10-27
Self-managed abortion; Safe and supported: A training evaluation
National / Refereed. Poster. Minneapolis, MN
2024-10-27
Development of a community-based, trauma-informed, and resilience-building MPH course to address adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and reduce gaps in maternal and child health curricula
National / Refereed. Poster. Minneapolis, MN
2024-10-27
Improving student confidence with engaging in productive discourse on controversial public health topics
National / Refereed. Lecture. Minneapolis, MN
2024-11-12
Thriving Beyond Adversity: Evaluating Care Leaver Outcomes from a Family-Based Orphan Care Program in Ethiopia
National / Refereed. Poster. Bellevue, WA

Grants

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Training MCH Graduate Students in Community-based, Trauma-informed and Resilience-based Public Health Curriculum
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM via ASSOC OF TEACHERS OF MATERNAL & CHILD HE

Education

Doctor of Philosophy
2018 · University of Florida
Master of Public Health
2006 · University of South Florida

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-6064
Emails:
Business:
linking@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100185
1225 CENTER DR
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
1225 CENTER DR
GAINESVILLE FL 32610