Kelly McGlothen-Bell, PhD, RN, IBCLC

Peer-reviewed Articles (*indicates data-based) 

• McGlothen-Bell, K., Mathias, C., Jennison, T., Cleveland, L., (Under Development, 2023). The Maternal Opioid Overdose and Relapse Risk Assessment Tool: Development and Content Validation. Addiction. 

• McGlothen-Bell, K., Cleveland, L., McGrath, J.M. (Under Development, 2023) Maternal Perceptions of Infant Feeding Difficulties Among Infants with Prenatal Opioid Exposure. Advances in Neonatal Care. 

• McGlothen-Bell, K., Cartagnega, D., Cleveland, L., Spencer, B., Gill, S.L. (Under Development, 2023). A Socio-Ecological Examination of Breastfeeding Supports and Barriers Among Women with Opioid Use Disorders and their Support Systems. Nursing for Women’s Health. 

• McGlothen-Bell, K., Goodman, D., Mathias, C., Terplan, M., Epstein, K., Taylor, A., Cleveland, L. (Under Development, 2023). Scoping Review of Universal Screening Guidelines in Women with Substance Use Disorders. Health Affairs.  

• McGlothen-Bell, K., Cleveland, L., Taylor, A., Epstein, K., McGrath, J.M. (Under Development, 2023). Scoping Review of Eat, Sleep, Control Modalities for Infants with Prenatal Opioid Exposure. Advances in Neonatal Care. 

• *Crawford, A.D., Ricks, T., McGlothen-Bell, K., McGrath, J.M., Abbyad, C., Polinard, E., Cleveland, L. (Under Review, 2023). Conditions that Influence Coping Mechanisms in Women Impacted by Incarceration using the Vulnerability Framework. RINAH.   

• *McGlothen-Bell, K., Greene, M.Z., Hunt, G., Crawford, A.D. (Under Review, 2023). Who is women’s health for?: An Intersectional Examination of Gender-Inclusive Care. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecologic Neonatal Nursing.    

• *Crawford, A.D., McGlothen-Bell K., Testa, A., McGrath, J. & Cleveland, L. (Under Review, 2023). Exploration of the Effects of Incarceration on the Health of Latina Women and Their Children, Journal of Public Health Nursing.  

• *Cleveland, L.M., McGlothen-Bell, K., Choi, B. Gelfond, J., Scott, L.A., Bibriescas, N., Brownell, E.A., McGrath, J.M. (Under Review, 2023). Prenatal Opioid Exposure and Maternal-Infant Coregulation as an Indicator of Early Infant Neurodevelopment. Infant Mental Health Journal. 

• *Carder, E., Crawford, A.D., Lopez, E., & McGlothen-Bell, K. (Accepted, 2023). Doula Support and Pregnancy-Related Complications & Death among Childbearing Women in the United States: A Scoping Review. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health 

• *Danquah LE, Bass MB, McGlothen-Bell K. Trends in…The Importance of Amplifying Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academic Health Sciences Libraries. Med Ref Serv Q. 2023 Jan-Mar;42(1):59-68. doi: 10.1080/02763869.2023.2160137. PMID: 36862613. 

• *Mathias CW, Cavazos DM, McGlothen-Bell K, Crawford AD, Flowers-Joseph B, Wang Z, Cleveland LM. Opioid overdose prevention education in Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Harm Reduct J. 2023 Mar 24;20(1):37. doi: 10.1186/s12954-023-00769-y. PMID: 36964600; PMCID: PMC10037395. 

• *McGlothen-Bell K, Groer M, Brownell EA, Gregory KE, Crawford AD, Francis J, Lopez E, McGrath JM. A Scoping Review of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal and the Infant Gut Microbiome: Does Human Milk Optimize Infant Outcomes? Adv Neonatal Care. 2023 Jun 1;23(3):237-245. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000001056. Epub 2023 Mar 6. PMID: 36867674. 

• *McGlothen-Bell, K., McGrath, J. M., Brownell, E. A., Shlafer, R. J., & Crawford, A. D. (2023). Applying a Reproductive Justice Lens to Enhance Research Engagement Among Systematically Underrepresented Childbearing Women. Nursing research, 72(2), 132–140. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000639 

• *Crawford, A. D., McGlothen-Bell, K., & Cleveland, L. M. (2022). "I did whatever they wanted me to do": a qualitative secondary analysis using reproductive justice to explore sexual violence among justice-involved Latina mothers. BMC public health, 22(1), 1453. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13865-8 

• McGlothen-Bell, K., De La Cruz, P., Flowers-Joseph, B., (2022). Infant and Family Centered Developmental Care – The Value of Systems Thinking. Neonatology Today 

• *Crawford, A. D., McGlothen-Bell, K., Marsh, L. N., & Cleveland, L. M. (2022). “We’re Still Human”: A Reproductive Justice Analysis of the Experiences of Criminalized Latina Mothers. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 1-20. 

• *McGlothen-Bell, K., Cleveland, L. M., Spencer, B., Crawford, A. D., & Gill, S. L. (2022). Intersectional stigma and infant feeding in childbearing women with opioid use disorder. Stigma and Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000399 

• McGlothen-Bell, K., Groer, M., Gregory, K., Brownell, E.A., Francis, J., Crawford, A.D., Lopez, E., McGrath, J.M., (Under review, 2022). A scoping review of neonatal opioid withdrawal and the infant gut microbiome: Does human milk optimize infant outcomes?, Under Review; PLOS One 
• Crawford, A. D., McGlothen-Bell, K. & Cleveland, L. (Under review, 2021). “I just did whatever they wanted me to do”: An examination of sexual violence in Latina mothers impacted by incarceration. Under review; BMC Public Health Journal  
• Crawford, A. D., McGlothen-Bell, K. Marsh, N., & Cleveland, L. (Under review, 2021). “We’re still human!”: The experiences of Latina mothers impacted by incarceration using Reproductive Justice, Under Review; Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Violence  
• McGlothen-Bell, K., Cleveland, L., Spencer, B., Crawford, A., Gill, S. (Under review, 2021). Intersectional Stigma and Infant Feeding in Childbearing Women with Opioid Use Disorder. Stigma and Health. 
• Crawford, A. D., McGlothen-Bell, K., Recto, P., McGrath, J. M., Scott, L., Brownell, E. A., & Cleveland, L. M. (2022). Stigmatization of Pregnant Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder. Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 3(1), 172–179. https://doi.org/10.1089/whr.2021.0112 
• Estrem, H. H., Park, J., Thoyre, S., McComish, C., & McGlothen-Bell, K. (2022). Mapping the Gaps: A Scoping Review of Research on Pediatric Feeding Disorder. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 
• Crawford, A. D., Darilek, U., McGlothen-Bell, K., Gill, S. L., Lopez, E., & Cleveland, L. (2022). Scoping Review of Microaggression as an Experience of Racism and Perinatal Health Outcomes. Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing: JOGNN, S0884-2175(21)00334-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2021.12.007 
• Chu, L., McGrath, J. M., Oiao, J., Brownell, E., Recto, P., Cleveland, L. M., Lopez, E., Gelfond, J., Crawford, A., & McGlothen-Bell, K. (2021). A Meta-Analysis of Breastfeeding Effects for Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Nursing research, 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000555. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000555 
• McGlothen-Bell K, Browne JV, Jaeger CB, Kenner C. Promoting Infant Mental Health in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit: Considerations in the Time of COVID-19. Adv Neonatal Care. 2021 Jun 1;21(3):169-170. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000883. PMID: 34010852. 
• *McGlothen-Bell K, Recto P, McGrath JM, Brownell E, Cleveland LM. Recovering Together: Mothers' Experiences Providing Skin-to-Skin Care for Their Infants With NAS. Adv Neonatal Care. 2021 Feb 1;21(1):16-22. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000819. PMID: 33350710. 
• *McGrath J.M., Bromiker R., Hanlon A., McGlothen-Bell K., Medoff-Cooper B. (2020, under review) Correlates and Trajectories of Preterm Infant Sucking Patterns and Sucking Organization at Term Age. (2020). Advances in Neonatal Care. 
• *Apanovitch AR, McGrath JM, McGlothen-Bell K, Briere CE. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Admission Temperatures of Infants 1500 g or More: The Cold Truth. Adv Neonatal Care. 2020 Aug 19;PubMed PMID: 32826410 
• *Recto P, McGlothen-Bell K, McGrath JM, Brownell E, Cleveland LM. The Role of Stigma in the Nursing Care of Families Impacted by Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Adv Neonatal Care. 2020 Oct;20(5):354-363. PubMed PMID: 32868585.  
• *McGlothen-Bell K, Cleveland LM, Recto P, Brownell E, McGrath J. Feeding Behaviors in Infants With Prenatal Opioid Exposure: An Integrative Review. Adv Neonatal Care. 2020 Oct;20(5):374-383. PubMed PMID: 32868587. 
• *Cleveland LM, McGlothen-Bell K, Scott LA, Recto P. A life-course theory exploration of opioid-related maternal mortality in the United States. Addiction. 2020 Apr 12;PubMed PMID: 32279394.  
• *Diallo AF, McGlothen-Bell K, Lucas R, Walsh S, Allen C, Henderson WA, Cong X, McGrath J. Feeding modes, duration, and diarrhea in infancy: Continued evidence of the protective effects of breastfeeding. Public Health Nurs. 2020 Mar;37(2):155-160. PubMed PMID: 31709650.  
• *McGlothen-Bell, K., Cleveland, L., & Pados, B. F. (2019). To Consent, or Not to Consent, That Is the Question. Advances in Neonatal Care, 19(5), 371–375. doi: 10.1097/anc.0000000000000651 
• *Pados, B. F., & McGlothen-Bell, K. (2019). Benefits of Infant Massage for Infants and Parents in the NICU. Nursing for Women’s Health, 23(3), 265-271. doi:10.1016/j.nwh.2019.03.004 
• *McGlothen, K., & Cleveland, L. (2018). The right to Mother’s milk: A call for social justice that encourages breastfeeding for women receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. Journal of Human Lactation, 0890334418789401. doi:10.1177/0890334418789401 
• *McGlothen, K., Cleveland, L., & Gill, S. (2018). “I’m doing the best that I can for her”: Infant-feeding decisions of mothers receiving medication-assisted treatment for an opioid use disorder. Journal of Human Lactation, 0890334417745521. 10.1177/0890334417745521   

Non-Peer-reviewed Articles (i. e. editorials, news articles, etc.) 

• McGlothen-Bell, K. (2019). Together: Changing Your Community and the World...ILCA Annual Conference 18-21, July 2018, Portland, Oregon, United States. Journal of Human Lactation, 35(1), NP1-NP15. https://doi-.libproxy.uthscsa.edu/10.1177/0890334418810362.

Abstracts 

• *McGlothen-Bell, K. & McGrath, J.M. (Accepted, 2022). A Scoping Review of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and the Infant Gut Microbiome: How Human Milk May Optimize Infant Outcomes. Advances in Neonatal Care. 
• McGlothen, K., & Gill, S. (2017). Increasing Racial Equity/ Breastfeeding Beliefs and Attitudes among Black Americans. In P. Hall Smith, M. Labbok, & B. D. Chambers (Eds.), Breastfeeding, Social Justice, and Equity (pp. 79-86). Amarillo, TX: Praeclarus Press. 

Invited Podium Presentations (i. e. keynotes presentations) 

• 2022 Infertility and Pregnancy Loss in African American Women, 2022 My Sister’s Keeper, San Antonio, TX 
• 2022 The Importance of Respectful Maternity Care for Women with Opioid Use Disorders, 2022 NAS Symposium, Virtual Conference 
• 2022 The Importance of Respectful Maternity Care for Women with Opioid Use Disorders, 2022 NAS Symposium, Virtual Conference 
• 2022 Lactation and Substance Use Disorders, 2022 ACMT Annual Scientific Meeting & Symposium, Drug Science Meets Social Science - Substance Use, Pregnancy & the Baby, Virtual Conference 
• 2022 Moving Beyond Labels to Deliver the Best Care for Pregnant People, Newborns, and Families, March of Dimes, Invited Panel Member, Virtual 
• 2022 Respectful Maternity Care: Framework, Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline and Implementation Toolkit, Presented by AWHONN and sponsored by Huggies®.”  2022 Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Leadership Development Conference, Orlando, FA 
• 2021 “Be the Change You Want to See! Introducing the Respectful Maternity Care Framework and Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline Presented by AWHONN and sponsored by Huggies®.”  2021 Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Annual Conference, Virtual Conference 
• 2021 “Maternal Perceptions of Feeding Behaviors in Infants with Prenatal Opioid Exposure.” 2021 National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) Annual Conference, Virtual Conference 
• 2021, “Feeding Behaviors in the Opioid Exposed Infant.” GOLD Learning, Online Education 
• 2021, “Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Pregnant Women.” TxMOUD Community of Practice ECHO, San Antonio, TX 
• 2020, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Addressing Health Disparities.”  Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Texas Regional Conference, San Antonio, TX 
• 2020, “Empowering Breastfeeding in Women Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: A Call for Policy Change.” GOLD Learning, Online Education 

Peer Reviewed Podium Presentations  

• 2018, “Ain’t I a mother:” Infant feeding in mothers participating in methadone maintenance treatment.” American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA 
• 2018, “Infant feeding experiences of mothers receiving medication assisted treatment for an opioid use disorder.” 2018 International Lactation Consultant Association Conference, Portland, Oregon 
• 2018, “Adolescent Alcohol Use.” 8th Annual Voelcker Biosciences Teacher Academy (VBTA) Spring Conference, San Antonio, TX 
• 2017, “Improving nursing care and outcomes for mother-infant dyads impacted by opioid use disorders.” Sigma Theta Tau International's 28th International Nursing Research Congress, Dublin, Ireland 
• 2017, “I’m doing the best that I can for her: Infant feeding experiences of mothers receiving medication assisted treatment (MAT) for an opioid use disorder (OUD).” Postpartum Support International Conference, Philadelphia, PA. 
• 2017, “Mothers and infants impacted by the opioid epidemic: A call for social justice.” Take Root conference, Norman, OK 
• 2016, “Therapeutic techniques for reducing stress and improving attachment in opioid dependent mother-infant dyads.” International Zero to Three Conference, New Orleans, LA 
• 2016, “I’m doing the best that I can for her: Infant feeding decision-making in opioid dependent mothers.” Breastfeeding and Feminism Conference, Durham, NC 

Peer Reviewed Poster Presentations  

• 2022 “Infant and Family Centered Developmental Care (IFCDC): Standards, Competencies, and Best Practices.” National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) 38th Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV 

  2022 “Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and the Infant Gut Microbiome: Does Human Milk Hold the Key?” National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) 38th Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV  

• 2020, “Feeding Behaviors in Infants with Prenatal Opioid Exposure: An Integrated Review of the Literature.” 13th Biennial Conference of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Advocacy and Policy, Chiang Mai, Thailand (Meeting not held) 
• 2020, “Ethical Issues in Informed Consent for the Use of Donor Human Milk in the NICU.” 13th Biennial Conference of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Advocacy and Policy, Chiang Mai, Thailand [meeting not held] 
• 2020, “An Investigation of Breastfeeding Policies for Women Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders.” 2020 Human Milk Banking Association of North America Conference, Austin, TX. April 2020 [meeting not held] 
• 2019, “An Integrated Review of Feeding Behaviors in Infants with Prenatal Opioid Exposure.” 2019 Advanced Methods Conference: The Expanding Science of Sensor Technology in Research, Washington, D.C 
• 2019, “Infant feeding experiences of mothers receiving medication assisted treatment for an opioid use disorder.” 2019 National Association of Neonatal Nurses Conference, Savannah, GA 
• 2019, “The Impact of Prenatal Opioid Exposure on the Mother-Infant Dyad.” 2019 Zero to Three Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 
• 2017, “I’m doing the best that I can for her: Infant feeding decision-making in mothers impacted by opioid use disorders.” Association for Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN), New Orleans, LA 
• 2017, “Infant feeding decision-making in mothers receiving medication assisted treatment for an opioid use disorder.” Behavior, Biology, and Chemistry Conference, San Antonio, TX 
• 2016, “Infant feeding decisions among mothers receiving medication assisted treatment (MAT).” National Perinatal Association Annual Conference, Houston, TX 
• 2016, “Infant feeding experiences among mothers enrolled in a methadone treatment program: An exploratory, sequential mixed methods study- the initial qualitative phase.” Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA) Conference, San Antonio, TX 

Practice Briefs 

• Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (2023). Breastfeeding Recommendations for People Who Use Substances: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 16. McGlothen-Bell, K., Cleveland, L.M., Crawford, A.D. (contributors), Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN, 52(1), e1–e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2022.08.003 

• An official practice brief from the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. (2023). Management of Newborns with In Utero Substance Exposure: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 18. McGlothen-Bell, K., Cleveland, L.M., Flowers-Joseph, B. Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing: JOGNN, S0884-2175(22)00389-6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2022.12.005 

• Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (2022). Respectful Maternity Care Framework and Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline. McGlothen-Bell, K., Burnett, S., Davis, N. (contributors). Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing: JOGNN, 51(2), e3–e54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2022.01.001