Jennifer Moss, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Jennifer Moss, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Scientific Program:Cancer Control
Clinical Trials
Increasing cancer screening among female patients at PSH St. Joseph s residency clinic: Offering a self-sampling option in clinic
A mixed-methods implementation evaluation of a pilot study to increase self-sampling for cancer screening: Interviews with previous study participants
Recent Publications
2026
Zhang, X, Linn, BK & Moss, JL 2026, 'A Multilevel Analysis of Social Environmental Factors Related to Substance Use, Tobacco Use, and Binge Drinking Behaviors Among Older Adults', American Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol. 70, no. 1, 108115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2025.108115
Werts-Pelter, SJ, Smith, C, Baker, S, Patterson, CG, Stout, N, Moss, J, Calo, WA, Doerksen, S & Schmitz, K 2026, 'Associations of Obesity with Function and Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Rural Advanced Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Nurse AMIE Randomized Controlled Trial', Cancers, vol. 18, no. 1, 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers18010006
2025
Moss, JL, Bernacchi, VE, Entenman, J, Costigan, H, Stuckey, HL & Ruffin, MT 2025, 'Follow-Up After Receiving Abnormal Results From Self-Sampled Colorectal and Cervical Cancer Screening Tests Among Underserved Patients', Cancer medicine, vol. 14, no. 19, e71283. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.71283
Pillay, T, Ray, MN, Bascom, R & Moss, JL 2025, 'Increasing Residential Radon Testing Through Outreach to Families of Newborn Children in Pennsylvania: Evaluation of Intervention Outcomes, 2002–2023', AJPM Focus, vol. 4, no. 4, 100372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2025.100372
Bernacchi, V, Hirko, K, Boakye, EA, Tam, S, Lucas, T & Moss, JL 2025, 'Lung cancer disparities in rural, persistent poverty counties: a secondary data analysis', BMC Public Health, vol. 25, no. 1, 878. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22134-3
Moss, JL, Pinto, CN & Shen, C 2025, 'Prevalence of cancer risk behaviors by county-level persistent poverty', Cancer Epidemiology, vol. 94, 102735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2024.102735
2024
Moss, JL, Bernacchi, V & Kitt-Lewis, E 2024, 'Active social engagement and health among older adults: assessing differences by cancer survivorship status', Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, vol. 22, no. 1, 67. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-024-02281-8
McDougall, JA, Hastert, TA, Teteh, DK, Rogers, CR, Moss, JL, Ochoa-Dominguez, CY, Chebli, P, Sutton, AL, Qin, B, Warner, ET & Xiong, S 2024, 'Addressing Social Risks to Accelerate Health Equity in Cancer Prevention and Control', Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 337-340. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-23-1212
Hearn, M, Pinto, C & Moss, JL 2024, 'Evaluating the Connection Between Rural Travel Time and Health: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Older Adults Living in the Northeast United States', Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, vol. 15. https://doi.org/10.1177/21501319241266114
Aruma, JF, Hearn, M, Bernacchi, V & Moss, JL 2024, 'Examining the roles of travel distance, medical mistrust, and cancer fatalism in the uptake of clinical cancer prevention among women in rural and urban US communities: A secondary data analysis', Preventive Medicine Reports, vol. 38, 102611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2024.102611
Wong, A, Morgis, R, Entenman, J, Ramirez, SI, Hays, AL, Wright, TS, Scartozzi, CM, Ruffin, MT & Moss, JL 2024, 'Exploratory Analysis of Concordance Between Clinician-Collected and Self-Sampled Human Papillomavirus Tests in a Small Cohort of Average- and High-Risk Patients', Women's Health Reports, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 259-266. https://doi.org/10.1089/whr.2024.0004
Moss, JL, Ledford, SG, Bernacchi, V & Shen, C 2024, 'Hospital- and county-level characteristics explain geographic variability in prices of cancer-related procedures: Implications for policy and interventions', Cancer medicine, vol. 13, no. 1, e6792. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.6792
Moss, JL, Geyer, NR & Lengerich, EJ 2024, 'Patterns of Cancer-Related Healthcare Access across Pennsylvania: Analysis of Novel Census Tract-Level Indicators of Persistent Poverty', Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. OF1-OF8. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-23-1255
Calatayud, BM & Moss, JL 2024, 'Rural/Urban differences in uptake of preventive healthcare services: Variability in observed relationships across measures of rurality', Journal of Public Health Research, vol. 13, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.1177/22799036241238670
Moss, JL, Entenman, J, Stoltzfus, K, Liao, J, Onega, T, Reiter, PL, Klesges, LM, Garrow, G & Ruffin, MT 2024, 'Self-sampling tools to increase cancer screening among underserved patients: a pilot randomized controlled trial', JNCI Cancer Spectrum, vol. 8, no. 1, pkad103. https://doi.org/10.1093/jncics/pkad103
2023
Moss, JL, Stoltzfus, KC, Popalis, ML, Calo, WA & Kraschnewski, JL 2023, 'Assessing the use of constructs from the consolidated framework for implementation research in U.S. rural cancer screening promotion programs: a systematic search and scoping review', BMC health services research, vol. 23, no. 1, 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08976-2
Ledford, SG, Moss, JL, Alles, S, Wang, M, Kessler, FC, Marks, B, Soliman, AS, Joshi, MD & Lengerich, EJ 2023, 'Behaviors and Advocacy Related to COVID-19 among Cancer Patients: The Health Belief Model and Opportunities for Messaging and Education', Journal of Cancer Education, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 1690-1696. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-023-02323-7
Gilkey, MB, Heisler-MacKinnon, J, Boynton, MH, Calo, WA, Moss, JL & Brewer, NT 2023, 'Impact of Brief Quality Improvement Coaching on Adolescent HPV Vaccination Coverage: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial', Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 957-962. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0866
Calo, WA, Shah, PD, Fogel, BN, Ruffin IV, MT, Moss, JL, Hausman, BL, Segel, JE, Francis, E, Schaefer, E, Bufalini, CM, Johnston, N, Hogentogler, E & Kraschnewski, JL 2023, 'Increasing the adoption of evidence-based communication practices for HPV vaccination in primary care clinics: The HPV ECHO study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial', Contemporary Clinical Trials, vol. 131, 107266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2023.107266
Ledford, SG, Kessler, F, Moss, JL, Wang, M & Lengerich, EJ 2023, 'The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cancer Mortality in Pennsylvania: A Retrospective Study with Geospatial Analysis', Cancers, vol. 15, no. 19, 4788. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15194788
Moss, JL, Hearn, M, Cuffee, YL, Wardecker, BM, Kitt-Lewis, E & Pinto, CN 2023, 'The role of social cohesion in explaining rural/urban differences in healthcare access and health status among older adults in the mid-Atlantic United States', Preventive Medicine, vol. 173, 107588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107588
Sood, R, Entenman, J, Kitt-Lewis, E, Lennon, RP, Pinto, CN & Moss, JL 2024, 'We are all in this together: Rurality, Social cohesion, and COVID-19 prevention behaviors', Journal of Rural Health, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 154-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12781
2022
Ssentongo, P, McCall-Hosenfeld, JS, Calo, WA, Moss, J, Lengerich, EJ, Chinchilli, VM & Ba, DM 2022, 'Association of human papillomavirus vaccination with cervical cancer screening: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Medicine (United States), vol. 101, no. 28, e29329. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000029329
Moss, JL, Pinto, CN, Srinivasan, S, Cronin, KA & Croyle, RT 2022, 'Enduring Cancer Disparities by Persistent Poverty, Rurality, and Race: 1990-1992 to 2014-2018', Journal of the National Cancer Institute, vol. 114, no. 6, pp. 829-836. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djac038
Popalis, ML, Ramirez, SI, Leach, KM, Granzow, ME, Stoltzfus, KC & Moss, JL 2022, 'Improving cervical cancer screening rates: a scoping review of resources and interventions', Cancer Causes and Control, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 1325-1333. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-022-01618-2
Shen, C & Moss, JL 2022, 'Large variations in hospital pricing for standard procedures revealed', BMC Research Notes, vol. 15, no. 1, 129. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-022-06014-2
Moss, JL, Leach, K, Stoltzfus, KC, Granzow, M, Reiter, PL, Onega, T, Klesges, LM & Ruffin, MT 2022, 'Multilevel Associations with Cancer Screening Among Women in Rural, Segregated Communities Within the Northeastern USA: a Mixed-Methods Study', Journal of Cancer Education, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 1982-1992. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-021-02069-0
Wood, J, Stoltzfus, KC, Popalis, M & Moss, JL 2022, 'Perspectives on Self-Sampling for Cancer Screening From Staff at Federally Qualified Health Centers in Rural and Segregated Counties: A Preliminary Qualitative Study', Cancer Control, vol. 29. https://doi.org/10.1177/10732748221102819
Shen, C, Kwon, M, Moss, JL, Schaefer, E, Zhou, S, Dodge, D & Ruffin, MT 2022, 'Utilization of Mammography During the Last Year of Life Among Older Breast Cancer Survivors', Journal of Women's Health, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 941-948. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2021.0517