Knowledge Center
Center publications reflect the highest standards in public health research and scholarship. Our faculty, staff and community partners submit papers to competitive journals that are thought leaders in their field. These are then rigorously reviewed by peer experts prior to approval and publishing. All publications that incorporate data specific to tribal nations are reviewed and approved first by a Tribal Internal Review Board (IRB).
Patterns of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Mental Health Outcomes among American Indian Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
12/01/2021
Jessica Elm, Dane Hautala, Teresa Abrahamson-Richards, & Melissa Walls
Child Abuse & Neglect
Focus area(s):
Diabetes & Obesity Prevention
Sustaining suicide prevention prgrams in American Indian and Alasa Native communities and Tribal health centers
11/29/2021
Haroz, E. E., Wexler, L., Manson, S.M., Cwik, M., O’Keefe, V., Allen, J., Rasmus, S. Buchwald, D., & Barlow, A.
Implementation Research and Practice
Focus area(s):
Suicide Prevention
Community Perspectives on Contagion and Social Influences on Suicide within the White Mountain Apache Tribe
11/26/2021
Cwik, M, Doty, SB*, Hinton, A, Goklish, N, Ivanich, J*, Hill, K*, Lee, A, Tingey, L, Craig, M.
Quilitative Health Research
Focus area(s):
Suicide Prevention
Reaching those at highest suicide risk using machine learning approaches with Native American communities
11/06/2021
Haroz, EE, Walsh, CG, Goklish, N, Cwik, M, O’Keefe, V, and Barlow, A.
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Focus area(s):
Suicide Prevention
Safety and efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 vaccine through 6 months
11/04/2021
Thomas SJ, Moreira ED Jr, Kitchin N, Absalon J, Gurtman A, Lockhart S, Perez JL, Pérez Marc G, Polack FP, Zerbini C, Bailey R, Swanson KA, Xu X, Roychoudhury S, Koury K, Bouguermouh S, Kalina WV, Cooper D, Frenck RW Jr, Hammitt LL, Türeci Ö, Nell H, Schaefer A, Ünal S, Yang Q, Liberator P, Tresnan DB, Mather S, Dormitzer PR, Şahin U, Gruber WC, Jansen KU; C4591001 Clinical Trial Group.
N Engl J Med
Focus area(s):
COVID-19 Response & Prevention
Effectiveness of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in preventing COVID-19-associated outpatient visits and hospitalizations among American Indian and Alaska Native persons, January–November, 2021: a case-control analysis using surveillance data
11/01/2021
Lutz CS, Hartman RM, Vigil DE, Britton A, Burrage AB, Campbell AP, Close RM, Desnoyers C, Dobson J, Garcia S, Halasa N, Honie E, Kobayashi M, McMorrow M, Mostafa HH, Parker D, Pohl K, Prill MM, Richards J, Roesller KC, Sutcliffe CG, Taylor K, Swango-Wilson A, Va P, Verani JR, Singleton RJ, Hammitt LL.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Focus area(s):
COVID-19 Response & Prevention
Spiritual Connectedness through Prayer as a Mediator of the Relationship between Indigenous Language Use and Positive Mental Health
10/31/2021
*Miigis Gonzalez, Kelley Sittner, Jessica Saniguq Ullrich, & Melissa Walls
Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
Focus area(s):
Cultural Strengths
Mental Health Promotion
A longitudinal study of the stress of poor glucose control and diabetes distress
09/26/2021
*Christina Marengo, Benjamin Aronson, Kelley Sittner, & Melissa Walls
Journal of Health Psychology
Focus area(s):
Diabetes & Obesity Prevention
Suicide and the opioid overdose crisis among American Indian and Alaska Natives: a storm on two fronts demanding swift action, The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
09/03/2021
Ivanich, J.D.,* Weckstein, J., Nestadt, P.S., Cwik, M., Walls, M., Haroz, E. E., O’Keefe, V.M., Goklish, N., & Barlow, A.
The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Focus area(s):
Suicide Prevention
Impacts of the Respecting the Circle of Life Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program on Risk and Protective Factors for Early Substance Use Among Native American Youth
09/01/2021
L Tingey, R Chambers, H Patel, S Littlepage, S Lee, A Lee, L Melgar, A Slimp, S Rosensotck
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Focus area(s):
Sexual & Reproductive Health