Michelle Johnson-Jennings
Biographic Data
| ID | 108073 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michelle Johnson-Jennings |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnson-Jennings |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSON-JENNINGS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Saskatchewan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0140-407X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A systematic scoping review for decolonial public and global health: Indigenous frameworks and models of wellbeing from Turtle Island and Moananuiākea
Background Equitable approaches to public and global health require grounding in diverse ontologies of wellbeing and decolonial theory. Indigenous wellbeing models and frameworks embed holistic values that support ecological thriving. In contrast, Western approaches often individualize and compartmentalize wellbeing, narrowing public and global health practice and contributing to persistent disparities. Despite the proliferation of Indigenous-dev…
Tradition Guides the Needle
Mary G. Jessome, Kimberly R. Huyser, Tom Einhorn, Tamara Chavez, Nicole Dawydiuk, Katherine A. Collins, and Michelle Johnson-Jennings on indigenous cultural practices and vaccine uptake
Weaving Webs of Resilience: A Stepped-Wedge RCT to Promote Indigenous Mental Health
Purpose This research tests the efficacy of the Weaving Healthy Families intervention on postintervention improvements for mental health among U.S. Indigenous adults. Method Community-based participatory research, the rigorous stepped-wedge trial design, along with multilevel longitudinal modeling through 12-month postintervention (i.e., pretest, posttest, and 6-, 9-, and 12-month follow up) were used to test our working hypotheses that the adapt…
Indigenous Motherwork in Crisis: Caregiving, Resistance, and Community Survival During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study describes the lived experiences of Indigenous mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on caregiving strategies, resilience, and leadership within their families and communities while navigating systemic gendered and racial inequalities. The COVID-19 pandemic amplified long-standing structural inequities, disproportionately impacting Indigenous communities. As primary caregivers and cultural stewards, Indigenous mothers faced int…
Codeveloping and implementing an Indigenous mentoring program for Native American faculty in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Understanding the Associations among Social Vulnerabilities, Indigenous Peoples, and Covid-19 Cases within Canadian Health Regions
Indigenous Peoples are at an increased risk for infectious disease, including COVID-19, due to the historically embedded deleterious social determinants of health. Furthermore, structural limitations in Canadian federal government data contribute to the lack of comparative rates of COVID-19 between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. To make visible Indigenous Peoples' experiences in the public health discourse in the midst of COVID-19, this pa…
Social determinants of obesity in American Indian and Alaska Native peoples aged ≥ 50 years
Objective: American Indian and Alaska Native peoples (AI/AN) have a disproportionately high rate of obesity, but little is known about the social determinants of obesity among older AI/AN. Thus, our study assessed social determinants of obesity in AI/AN aged ≥ 50 years. Design: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis using multivariate generalised linear mixed models to identify social determinants associated with the risk of being classified as …
Exploring personal, relational, and collective experiences and mentorship connections that enhance or inhibit professional development and career advancement of native American faculty in STEM fields:…
Little Earth Strong: A Community-Level, Culturally Appropriate Diabetes Prevention Pilot Targeting Urban American Indians
Findings included the project's feasibility, sustainability, and future needs. Lessons learned included the need the need to situate health interventions within Indigenous culture, engage multiple stakeholders, remain flexible and inclusive of all community members, address cultural concerns regarding biometric testing, and focus on specific ages and groups. The outcome variables included qualitative focus group data regarding feasibility and des…
Growing from Our Roots: Strategies for Developing Culturally Grounded Health Promotion Interventions in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Communities
Identifying needs and uses of digital Indigenous food knowledge and practices for an Indigenous Food Wisdom Repository
Indigenous food sovereignty and security are essential to Indigenous health and cultural perpetuity. Revitalization of traditional foodways can counteract the negative impacts of colonial food practices and policies on the health of Indigenous peoples. A mixed methods survey was conducted to describe the data needs of people working in Indigenous nutrition related fields. Results showed that nutrition education, academic scholarship, and communit…
The influence of undertreated chronic pain in a national survey: Prescription medication misuse among American indians, Asian Pacific Islanders, Blacks, Hispanics and whites
Our results indicate that undertreated chronic pain may drive rates of PDM among varying racial/ethnic groups. Providing equitable assessment and treatment of pain intensity remains critical. Additional research is needed to examine provider decision-making and unconscious bias, as well as patient health beliefs surrounding perceived need for prescription pain medications
Utilizing Webs to Share Ancestral and Intergenerational Teachings: The Process of Co-Building an Online Digital Repository in Partnership with Indigenous Communities
Indigenous knowledge and wisdom continue to guide food and land practices, which may be key to lowering high rates of diabetes and obesity among Indigenous communities. The purpose of this paper is to describe how Indigenous, ancestral, and wise practices around food and land can best be reclaimed, revitalized, and reinvented through the use of an online digital platform. Key informant interviews and focus groups were conducted in order to identi…
Returning to Our Roots: Tribal Health and Wellness through Land-Based Healing
(1) Background: Settler colonialism has severely disrupted Indigenous ancestral ways of healing and being, contributing to an onslaught of health disparities. In particular, the United Houma Nation (UHN) has faced large land loss and trauma, dispossession, and marginalization. Given the paucity of research addressing health for Indigenous individuals living in Louisiana, this study sought to co-identify a United Houma Nation health framework, by …
Being on the walk put it somewhere in my body”: The meaning of place in health for Indigenous women
Relationship to place is integral to Indigenous health. A qualitative, secondary phenomenological analysis of in-depth interviews with four non-Choctaw Indigenous women participating in an outdoor, experiential tribally-specific Choctaw health leadership study uncovered culturally grounded narratives using thematic analysis as an analytic approach. Results revealed that physically being in historical trauma sites of other Indigenous groups involv…
And [They] Even Followed Her Into the Hospital: Primary Care Providers’ Attitudes Toward Referral for Traditional Healing Practices and Integrating Care for Indigenous Patients
Introduction/Importance: Given the promise of integrating traditional healing practices into primary care, we sought to examine the influence of primary care providers’ racial concordance and Indigenous patients’ ethnic salience on traditional healing treatment decisions. Method: Using a descriptive comparative design with an online clinical case vignette, we measured provider decision making via a 5-point Provider Acceptance of Traditional Heali…
Developing a Tribal Health Sovereignty Model for Obesity Prevention
By using a THS model, tribal communities can engage in identifying barriers and facilitators for health to lower childhood obesity
Mentoring the Mentors of Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Minorities Who are Conducting HIV Research: Beyond Cultural Competency
I'm stronger than I thought”: Native women reconnecting to body, health, and place
The healing relationship in Indigenous patients' pain care: Influences of racial concordance and patient ethnic salience on healthcare providers' pain assessment
Indigenous persons suffer from among the highest rates of chronic pain in the United States. Using a relationship-centered medical decision-making framework, this study sought to examine the influence of Indigenous racial concordance and patient ethnic salience on providers’ assessment of pain. From May to October 2010, pre-identified healthcare providers working exclusively with Indigenous patients in the United States were randomly assigned an …
Native American undergraduate students' persistence intentions: A psychosociocultural perspective
Attending to persistence intentions among Native American students enrolled in institutions of higher education is critical, given low retention rates. The purpose of the study was twofold: (a) we developed and examined the psychometric properties of a new measure, the Native American Collective Pursuits of Education (NACOPE), and (b) we explored persistence attitudes among 156 Native American students using Gloria and Rodriguez's (2000) psychoso…
General Strain Theory and Substance Use Among American Indian Adolescents
Despite the well-established finding that American Indian adolescents are at a greater risk of illicit substance use and abuse than the general population, few generalist explanations of deviance have been extended to American Indian substance use. Using a popular generalist explanation of deviance, General Strain Theory (GST), we explore the predictive utility of this model with a subsample of American Indian adolescents from Waves I and II of t…
Family structure and adolescent alcohol use problems: Extending popular explanations to American Indians
I'm stronger than I thought”: Native women reconnecting to body, health, and place
General Strain Theory and Substance Use Among American Indian Adolescents
Despite the well-established finding that American Indian adolescents are at a greater risk of illicit substance use and abuse than the general population, few generalist explanations of deviance have been extended to American Indian substance use. Using a popular generalist explanation of deviance, General Strain Theory (GST), we explore the predictive utility of this model with a subsample of American Indian adolescents from Waves I and II of t…
Developing a Tribal Health Sovereignty Model for Obesity Prevention
By using a THS model, tribal communities can engage in identifying barriers and facilitators for health to lower childhood obesity
Native American undergraduate students' persistence intentions: A psychosociocultural perspective
Attending to persistence intentions among Native American students enrolled in institutions of higher education is critical, given low retention rates. The purpose of the study was twofold: (a) we developed and examined the psychometric properties of a new measure, the Native American Collective Pursuits of Education (NACOPE), and (b) we explored persistence attitudes among 156 Native American students using Gloria and Rodriguez's (2000) psychoso…
Returning to Our Roots: Tribal Health and Wellness through Land-Based Healing
(1) Background: Settler colonialism has severely disrupted Indigenous ancestral ways of healing and being, contributing to an onslaught of health disparities. In particular, the United Houma Nation (UHN) has faced large land loss and trauma, dispossession, and marginalization. Given the paucity of research addressing health for Indigenous individuals living in Louisiana, this study sought to co-identify a United Houma Nation health framework, by …
Being on the walk put it somewhere in my body”: The meaning of place in health for Indigenous women
Relationship to place is integral to Indigenous health. A qualitative, secondary phenomenological analysis of in-depth interviews with four non-Choctaw Indigenous women participating in an outdoor, experiential tribally-specific Choctaw health leadership study uncovered culturally grounded narratives using thematic analysis as an analytic approach. Results revealed that physically being in historical trauma sites of other Indigenous groups involv…
Family structure and adolescent alcohol use problems: Extending popular explanations to American Indians
Exploring personal, relational, and collective experiences and mentorship connections that enhance or inhibit professional development and career advancement of native American faculty in STEM fields:…
Little Earth Strong: A Community-Level, Culturally Appropriate Diabetes Prevention Pilot Targeting Urban American Indians
Findings included the project's feasibility, sustainability, and future needs. Lessons learned included the need the need to situate health interventions within Indigenous culture, engage multiple stakeholders, remain flexible and inclusive of all community members, address cultural concerns regarding biometric testing, and focus on specific ages and groups. The outcome variables included qualitative focus group data regarding feasibility and des…
Native American undergraduate students' persistence intentions: A psychosociocultural perspective
Attending to persistence intentions among Native American students enrolled in institutions of higher education is critical, given low retention rates. The purpose of the study was twofold: (a) we developed and examined the psychometric properties of a new measure, the Native American Collective Pursuits of Education (NACOPE), and (b) we explored persistence attitudes among 156 Native American students using Gloria and Rodriguez's (2000) psychoso…
General Strain Theory and Substance Use Among American Indian Adolescents
Despite the well-established finding that American Indian adolescents are at a greater risk of illicit substance use and abuse than the general population, few generalist explanations of deviance have been extended to American Indian substance use. Using a popular generalist explanation of deviance, General Strain Theory (GST), we explore the predictive utility of this model with a subsample of American Indian adolescents from Waves I and II of t…
Family structure and adolescent alcohol use problems: Extending popular explanations to American Indians
The healing relationship in Indigenous patients' pain care: Influences of racial concordance and patient ethnic salience on healthcare providers' pain assessment
Indigenous persons suffer from among the highest rates of chronic pain in the United States. Using a relationship-centered medical decision-making framework, this study sought to examine the influence of Indigenous racial concordance and patient ethnic salience on providers’ assessment of pain. From May to October 2010, pre-identified healthcare providers working exclusively with Indigenous patients in the United States were randomly assigned an …
Mentoring the Mentors of Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Minorities Who are Conducting HIV Research: Beyond Cultural Competency
I'm stronger than I thought”: Native women reconnecting to body, health, and place
And [They] Even Followed Her Into the Hospital: Primary Care Providers’ Attitudes Toward Referral for Traditional Healing Practices and Integrating Care for Indigenous Patients
Introduction/Importance: Given the promise of integrating traditional healing practices into primary care, we sought to examine the influence of primary care providers’ racial concordance and Indigenous patients’ ethnic salience on traditional healing treatment decisions. Method: Using a descriptive comparative design with an online clinical case vignette, we measured provider decision making via a 5-point Provider Acceptance of Traditional Heali…
Developing a Tribal Health Sovereignty Model for Obesity Prevention
By using a THS model, tribal communities can engage in identifying barriers and facilitators for health to lower childhood obesity
Growing from Our Roots: Strategies for Developing Culturally Grounded Health Promotion Interventions in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Communities
Identifying needs and uses of digital Indigenous food knowledge and practices for an Indigenous Food Wisdom Repository
Indigenous food sovereignty and security are essential to Indigenous health and cultural perpetuity. Revitalization of traditional foodways can counteract the negative impacts of colonial food practices and policies on the health of Indigenous peoples. A mixed methods survey was conducted to describe the data needs of people working in Indigenous nutrition related fields. Results showed that nutrition education, academic scholarship, and communit…
The influence of undertreated chronic pain in a national survey: Prescription medication misuse among American indians, Asian Pacific Islanders, Blacks, Hispanics and whites
Our results indicate that undertreated chronic pain may drive rates of PDM among varying racial/ethnic groups. Providing equitable assessment and treatment of pain intensity remains critical. Additional research is needed to examine provider decision-making and unconscious bias, as well as patient health beliefs surrounding perceived need for prescription pain medications
Utilizing Webs to Share Ancestral and Intergenerational Teachings: The Process of Co-Building an Online Digital Repository in Partnership with Indigenous Communities
Indigenous knowledge and wisdom continue to guide food and land practices, which may be key to lowering high rates of diabetes and obesity among Indigenous communities. The purpose of this paper is to describe how Indigenous, ancestral, and wise practices around food and land can best be reclaimed, revitalized, and reinvented through the use of an online digital platform. Key informant interviews and focus groups were conducted in order to identi…
Returning to Our Roots: Tribal Health and Wellness through Land-Based Healing
(1) Background: Settler colonialism has severely disrupted Indigenous ancestral ways of healing and being, contributing to an onslaught of health disparities. In particular, the United Houma Nation (UHN) has faced large land loss and trauma, dispossession, and marginalization. Given the paucity of research addressing health for Indigenous individuals living in Louisiana, this study sought to co-identify a United Houma Nation health framework, by …
Being on the walk put it somewhere in my body”: The meaning of place in health for Indigenous women
Relationship to place is integral to Indigenous health. A qualitative, secondary phenomenological analysis of in-depth interviews with four non-Choctaw Indigenous women participating in an outdoor, experiential tribally-specific Choctaw health leadership study uncovered culturally grounded narratives using thematic analysis as an analytic approach. Results revealed that physically being in historical trauma sites of other Indigenous groups involv…
Little Earth Strong: A Community-Level, Culturally Appropriate Diabetes Prevention Pilot Targeting Urban American Indians
Findings included the project's feasibility, sustainability, and future needs. Lessons learned included the need the need to situate health interventions within Indigenous culture, engage multiple stakeholders, remain flexible and inclusive of all community members, address cultural concerns regarding biometric testing, and focus on specific ages and groups. The outcome variables included qualitative focus group data regarding feasibility and des…
Understanding the Associations among Social Vulnerabilities, Indigenous Peoples, and Covid-19 Cases within Canadian Health Regions
Indigenous Peoples are at an increased risk for infectious disease, including COVID-19, due to the historically embedded deleterious social determinants of health. Furthermore, structural limitations in Canadian federal government data contribute to the lack of comparative rates of COVID-19 between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. To make visible Indigenous Peoples' experiences in the public health discourse in the midst of COVID-19, this pa…
Social determinants of obesity in American Indian and Alaska Native peoples aged ≥ 50 years
Objective: American Indian and Alaska Native peoples (AI/AN) have a disproportionately high rate of obesity, but little is known about the social determinants of obesity among older AI/AN. Thus, our study assessed social determinants of obesity in AI/AN aged ≥ 50 years. Design: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis using multivariate generalised linear mixed models to identify social determinants associated with the risk of being classified as …
Exploring personal, relational, and collective experiences and mentorship connections that enhance or inhibit professional development and career advancement of native American faculty in STEM fields:…
Codeveloping and implementing an Indigenous mentoring program for Native American faculty in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Indigenous Motherwork in Crisis: Caregiving, Resistance, and Community Survival During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study describes the lived experiences of Indigenous mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on caregiving strategies, resilience, and leadership within their families and communities while navigating systemic gendered and racial inequalities. The COVID-19 pandemic amplified long-standing structural inequities, disproportionately impacting Indigenous communities. As primary caregivers and cultural stewards, Indigenous mothers faced int…
A systematic scoping review for decolonial public and global health: Indigenous frameworks and models of wellbeing from Turtle Island and Moananuiākea
Background Equitable approaches to public and global health require grounding in diverse ontologies of wellbeing and decolonial theory. Indigenous wellbeing models and frameworks embed holistic values that support ecological thriving. In contrast, Western approaches often individualize and compartmentalize wellbeing, narrowing public and global health practice and contributing to persistent disparities. Despite the proliferation of Indigenous-dev…
Tradition Guides the Needle
Mary G. Jessome, Kimberly R. Huyser, Tom Einhorn, Tamara Chavez, Nicole Dawydiuk, Katherine A. Collins, and Michelle Johnson-Jennings on indigenous cultural practices and vaccine uptake
Weaving Webs of Resilience: A Stepped-Wedge RCT to Promote Indigenous Mental Health
Purpose This research tests the efficacy of the Weaving Healthy Families intervention on postintervention improvements for mental health among U.S. Indigenous adults. Method Community-based participatory research, the rigorous stepped-wedge trial design, along with multilevel longitudinal modeling through 12-month postintervention (i.e., pretest, posttest, and 6-, 9-, and 12-month follow up) were used to test our working hypotheses that the adapt…
Sociology (16 works) · Indigenous (15 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Community Health and Development (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Public health (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works)