Terry A Badger, PhD, RN, FAPOS, FAAN
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
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Behavioral Measurement and Interventions Shared Resource
Biography
Terry Badger earned her BSN and MSN from Arizona State University and PhD from University of Texas at Austin. She is a board certified psychiatric mental health advanced practice nurse. Currently, she is the Eleanor Bauwens Endowed Chair, Professor and Chair of the Community and Systems Science Division in the College of Nursing. She also holds an appointment as a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine. Terry is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the University of Arizona Cancer Center.
Cancer Focus
My Symptoms, Health, Innovation, Equity (SHINE) research team investigates symptom management interventions to decrease psychological distress and improve quality of life for cancer survivors and their informal caregivers (family members). Over the last decade, I have focused on testing telephone delivered interventions with English-speaking and Spanish-speaking cancer survivors with breast and/or prostate cancer and their caregivers. My current symptom management and supportive care research includes survivors with solid tumors who are currently in or just completing cancer treatment and their caregivers.
Selected Publications
T. A. Badger, Sikorskii, A., Segrin, C., and Given, C. W., “Supportive health education reduces health care utilization and costs in Latinas with breast cancer and their caregivers.”, Support Care Cancer, 2020. PMID: 32613374
T. A. Badger, Segrin, C., Sikorskii, A., Pasvogel, A., Weihs, K., López, A. María, and Chalasani, P., “Randomized controlled trial of supportive care interventions to manage psychological distress and symptoms in Latinas with breast cancer and their informal caregivers.”, Psychol Health, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 87-106, 2020. PMID: 31189338
T. Badger, Segrin, C., Swiatkowski, P., McNelis, M., Weihs, K., and López, A. María, “Why Latinas With Breast Cancer Select Specific Informal Caregivers to Participate With Them in Psychosocial Interventions.”, J Transcult Nurs, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 391-397, 2017. PMID: 27352794
C. Segrin and Badger, T. A., “Psychological and physical distress are interdependent in breast cancer survivors and their partners.”, Psychol Health Med, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 716-23, 2014. PMID: 24383980
T. Badger, Segrin, C., Pasvogel, A., and López, A. María, “The effect of psychosocial interventions delivered by telephone and videophone on quality of life in early-stage breast cancer survivors and their supportive partners.”, J Telemed Telecare, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 260-5, 2013. PMID: 24163235