Tai J Mendenhall
Biographic Data
| ID | 117658 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tai J Mendenhall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tai J |
| FAMILY NAME | Mendenhall |
| SIGNATURE | MENDENHALL T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8457-0400 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Examining the Role of Family Members in Perinatal Interventions Targeting Postpartum Depression
Extant literature exploring postpartum depression (PPD) primarily focuses on individual risk factors, individual psychotherapy treatment, and psychotropic care. Recent work has started to recognize the importance of including partners and family members in maternal mental health care to improve outcomes. The authors critically examined 12 articles to understand the theoretical foundations, methodologies, and effects of varying levels of family in…
How Do I Tell My Children I Have Cancer?” Disclosing a Cancer Diagnosis to School-Aged Children
An Examination of the Lived Experiences of College Student Mentors and Their Experiences of Flourishing in a Youth Mentoring Program
This study examined college students' perceptions about whether volunteering as a youth mentor impacts their experience of flourishing. The aim was to examine how specific experiences in the mentoring program (e.g., relationships with staff and peers, belonging to an organization, and skill development) may lead to flourishing. This study was conducted using a phenomenological study design and was guided by the broaden‐and‐build theory of positiv…
Providers working with parents who are diagnosed with cancer
Religion and Sexuality
Clinical Work with Female Torture Survivors
How to do research with Native communities
Native scholars are advocating for decolonized research that integrates western methods with Indigenous worldviews and epistemologies. The study presented here was conducted in the Midwestern USA with six graduate students, four recent alumni, and three community Elders with experience in health research. Our goal was to learn from their experiences in scholarship so as to inform future teachers and trainees. An iterative thematic analysis reveal…
A three-arm randomized controlled trial using ecological momentary intervention, community health workers, and video feedback at family meals to improve child cardiovascular health
This trial is registered in clinicaltrials.gov (Trial ID: NCT02669797). Date recorded 5/02/22
Community-based participatory research with Indigenous youth
Community-based participatory research has gained traction as an innovative approach to research with underserved communities. Community-based participatory research with Indigenous youth, however, is less common. The purpose of this critical review is to explore the conduct of community-based participatory research with Indigenous youth over the past 20 years. Eighteen studies met inclusion criteria; they were evaluated for their respective use …
Introduction to the Special Issue Health Care for All
Identification of resiliency processes in dual-trauma couples
Results promote a balanced conceptualization (i.e., inclusion of both adaptive and maladaptive interactions) of couples affected by trauma exposure. Implications for clinical treatment and several areas for future research are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Walking-the-Walk
A phenomenological study of clinicians’ perspectives on barriers to rural mental health care
Call to Action
Medical Family Therapy
Advancing Medical Family Therapy Through Research
The Family Education Diabetes Series
Community-based participatory research has shown great promise as a mutually engaging and respectful way to partner contemporary biomedical knowledge with the lived experience, wisdom, and customs of American Indian people. Designed and implemented through this approach, our Family Education Diabetes Series (FEDS) has evidenced pilot and longitudinal physiological data supporting its effectiveness. However, the multifaceted nature of the program …
The Santa Project (Students Against Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction)
Students Against Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction (SANTA) is an action research project that engages local medical and mental health providers in partnership with students, teachers, and administrators in the Minneapolis/St Paul Job Corps community to reduce on-campus smoking. In this article, we describe how the initiative has endeavored to better understand the causes of students’ smoking behaviors; changed the campus environment in ways facilita…
Partners in Diabetes
Diabetes is a growing problem that threatens both individual health and health care systems throughout the industrialized world. This study analyzes the process and evolution of a collaborative project dealing with diabetes and employing action research methodology and the Citizen Health Care model. Partners in Diabetes (PID) was created through a democratic process among patients, families and providers in a primary care setting in the United St…
Contact in Adoption
Contact in adoption is a complex issue that adoption professionals frequently negotiate. Today most adoption placements include an initial plan for contact that in many instances changes over time. By understanding contact as an issue that presents itself over the course of an adopted person's lifetime, the complexities it brings to the adoption experience can be seen. Gretchen Miller Wrobel, Harold D Grotevant, Jerica Berge, Tai Mendenhall and R…
Partners in Diabetes
Diabetes is a growing problem that threatens both individual health and health care systems throughout the industrialized world. This study analyzes the process and evolution of a collaborative project dealing with diabetes and employing action research methodology and the Citizen Health Care model. Partners in Diabetes (PID) was created through a democratic process among patients, families and providers in a primary care setting in the United St…
Contact in Adoption
Contact in adoption is a complex issue that adoption professionals frequently negotiate. Today most adoption placements include an initial plan for contact that in many instances changes over time. By understanding contact as an issue that presents itself over the course of an adopted person's lifetime, the complexities it brings to the adoption experience can be seen. Gretchen Miller Wrobel, Harold D Grotevant, Jerica Berge, Tai Mendenhall and R…
The Family Education Diabetes Series
Community-based participatory research has shown great promise as a mutually engaging and respectful way to partner contemporary biomedical knowledge with the lived experience, wisdom, and customs of American Indian people. Designed and implemented through this approach, our Family Education Diabetes Series (FEDS) has evidenced pilot and longitudinal physiological data supporting its effectiveness. However, the multifaceted nature of the program …
The Santa Project (Students Against Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction)
Students Against Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction (SANTA) is an action research project that engages local medical and mental health providers in partnership with students, teachers, and administrators in the Minneapolis/St Paul Job Corps community to reduce on-campus smoking. In this article, we describe how the initiative has endeavored to better understand the causes of students’ smoking behaviors; changed the campus environment in ways facilita…
Walking-the-Walk
Call to Action
Advancing Medical Family Therapy Through Research
Contact in Adoption
Contact in adoption is a complex issue that adoption professionals frequently negotiate. Today most adoption placements include an initial plan for contact that in many instances changes over time. By understanding contact as an issue that presents itself over the course of an adopted person's lifetime, the complexities it brings to the adoption experience can be seen. Gretchen Miller Wrobel, Harold D Grotevant, Jerica Berge, Tai Mendenhall and R…
Partners in Diabetes
Diabetes is a growing problem that threatens both individual health and health care systems throughout the industrialized world. This study analyzes the process and evolution of a collaborative project dealing with diabetes and employing action research methodology and the Citizen Health Care model. Partners in Diabetes (PID) was created through a democratic process among patients, families and providers in a primary care setting in the United St…
The Santa Project (Students Against Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction)
Students Against Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction (SANTA) is an action research project that engages local medical and mental health providers in partnership with students, teachers, and administrators in the Minneapolis/St Paul Job Corps community to reduce on-campus smoking. In this article, we describe how the initiative has endeavored to better understand the causes of students’ smoking behaviors; changed the campus environment in ways facilita…
Medical Family Therapy
Advancing Medical Family Therapy Through Research
The Family Education Diabetes Series
Community-based participatory research has shown great promise as a mutually engaging and respectful way to partner contemporary biomedical knowledge with the lived experience, wisdom, and customs of American Indian people. Designed and implemented through this approach, our Family Education Diabetes Series (FEDS) has evidenced pilot and longitudinal physiological data supporting its effectiveness. However, the multifaceted nature of the program …
Call to Action
A phenomenological study of clinicians’ perspectives on barriers to rural mental health care
Identification of resiliency processes in dual-trauma couples
Results promote a balanced conceptualization (i.e., inclusion of both adaptive and maladaptive interactions) of couples affected by trauma exposure. Implications for clinical treatment and several areas for future research are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Walking-the-Walk
Community-based participatory research with Indigenous youth
Community-based participatory research has gained traction as an innovative approach to research with underserved communities. Community-based participatory research with Indigenous youth, however, is less common. The purpose of this critical review is to explore the conduct of community-based participatory research with Indigenous youth over the past 20 years. Eighteen studies met inclusion criteria; they were evaluated for their respective use …
Introduction to the Special Issue Health Care for All
How to do research with Native communities
Native scholars are advocating for decolonized research that integrates western methods with Indigenous worldviews and epistemologies. The study presented here was conducted in the Midwestern USA with six graduate students, four recent alumni, and three community Elders with experience in health research. Our goal was to learn from their experiences in scholarship so as to inform future teachers and trainees. An iterative thematic analysis reveal…
A three-arm randomized controlled trial using ecological momentary intervention, community health workers, and video feedback at family meals to improve child cardiovascular health
This trial is registered in clinicaltrials.gov (Trial ID: NCT02669797). Date recorded 5/02/22
Providers working with parents who are diagnosed with cancer
Religion and Sexuality
Clinical Work with Female Torture Survivors
How Do I Tell My Children I Have Cancer?” Disclosing a Cancer Diagnosis to School-Aged Children
An Examination of the Lived Experiences of College Student Mentors and Their Experiences of Flourishing in a Youth Mentoring Program
This study examined college students' perceptions about whether volunteering as a youth mentor impacts their experience of flourishing. The aim was to examine how specific experiences in the mentoring program (e.g., relationships with staff and peers, belonging to an organization, and skill development) may lead to flourishing. This study was conducted using a phenomenological study design and was guided by the broaden‐and‐build theory of positiv…
Examining the Role of Family Members in Perinatal Interventions Targeting Postpartum Depression
Extant literature exploring postpartum depression (PPD) primarily focuses on individual risk factors, individual psychotherapy treatment, and psychotropic care. Recent work has started to recognize the importance of including partners and family members in maternal mental health care to improve outcomes. The authors critically examined 12 articles to understand the theoretical foundations, methodologies, and effects of varying levels of family in…
Psychology (17 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Qualitative research (9 works) · Social science (8 works) · Medical education (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Health care (6 works)