E Rink

Biographic Data

ID16135
NAMEE Rink
GIVEN NAMESE
FAMILY NAMERink
SIGNATURERINK E
AFFILIATIONSMontana State University
ORCID0000-0002-5738-5496
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS35
TOTAL CITATIONS36
WORKS AS AUTHOR35
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • Strengthening networks in Arctic health research and education through mentorship and collaboration

    Open AccessChristine Ingemann, Gwen Healey Akearok et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026

    held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 26-28 May 2024. The meeting brought together 31 participants from across the Arctic, including Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers, students, and health professionals. The aim was to enhance collaboration among circumpolar health networks and to develop a mentorship program supporting young scholars. Sessions included mapping exercises, regional health updates, and discussions on ethics, education, collabor…

  • Experiences of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Two Rural Kenyan Communities

    Open AccessMolly Secor, Daniel M Nzengya et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Sexual…2026

    Objective Global adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) disparities persist despite international attention and guidelines to address them. Significant investments to address adolescent health have been made in Kenya using innovative approaches at the intersection of policy, community, and the healthcare sector. Despite these significant investments, Kenya continues to experience high rates of adolescent pregnancy. The aim of this study …

  • Condom use self-efficacy with Indigenous youth

    J Thiele, Paula Firemoon et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026

    Indigenous youth in the United States are at elevated risk of infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) compared to non-Indigenous youth populations. Condom use is an effective strategy to mitigate HIV and STI transmission, and condom use self-efficacy (CUSE) is a key focal point of sexual and reproductive health interventions for Indigenous youth. CUSE scales can be used to measure CUSE, b…

  • A qualitative study of ecological factors impacting American Indian adolescents living on the Fort Peck Reservation during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessE Rink, Olivia Johnson et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2026

    These findings support the importance of promoting family connectedness, parent/caregiver-adolescent communication, and the use of traditional American Indian healing practices to mitigate risk and promote health and wellness during future pandemics

  • Development context influences fertility and reproductive health decisions in Greenland amid economic and environmental change

    Open AccessMalory Peterson, Augustine Rosing et al.ARTICLEPopulation and Environment2025References: 56

    Greenland is experiencing profound effects of climate change that impact hunting and fishing economies and livelihoods for Kalaallit , the Inuit people of Greenland. While environmental change has indirectly influenced fertility outcomes in hunting-dependent communities of North Greenland, little is known about the role of climate change in shaping fertility decisions elsewhere in the country. Given existing fertility and reproductive health disp…

  • Policymaker and stakeholder perspectives on determinants of fertility decisions through changing environmental and economic conditions in Greenland

    Open AccessMalory Peterson, Augustine Rosing et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2025Cited by: 1References: 3

    This study explored linkages between natural resources and determinants of fertility decisions in Greenland. Interviews were conducted with 26 policymakers and key stakeholders in two communities about climate adaptation, hunting and fishing, economic development, and fertility and reproductive health. Participants link fertility outcomes to disparate community socioeconomic circumstances that affect individual access to education and financial m…

  • Caregiver-Youth Communication Patterns and Sexual and Reproductive Health Among American Indian Youth

    Open AccessJ Thiele, Olivia Williamson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2024

    Improving communication between American Indian caregivers and their youth has been suggested as an Indigenous-forward strategy to help alleviate the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) disparities faced by American Indian youth as a result of the legacy of colonial violence against American Indian communities. Studies with non-American Indian and American Indian populations suggest that effective communication about SRH between parents and yout…

  • Baseline results from NenŨnkUmbi/EdaHiYedo

    Open AccessE Rink, Mike Anastario et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescence2023

    We report on baseline findings from NenUnkUmbi/EdaHiYedo , a community based participatory research randomized controlled trial with American Indian adolescents to reduce sexual and reproductive health disparities. American Indian adolescents aged 13−19 years participated in a baseline survey that was administered in five schools. We used zero‐inflated negative binomial regression to evaluate how the count of protected sexual acts was associated …

  • Rationale, Design, and Methods for Nen Unkumbi/Edahiyedo (“We Are Here Now”)

    Open AccessE Rink, Paula Firemoon et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    American Indian (AI) youth in the United States experience disproportionate sexual and reproductive health (SRH) disparities relative to their non-Indigenous, white counterparts, including increased rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), earlier sexual debut, increased rates of teen birth, and reduced access to SRH services. Past research shows that to improve SRH outcomes for AI youth in reservation communities, interventions must addr…

  • Indigenous Engagement in Health Research in Circumpolar Countries

    Open AccessJosée G Lavoie, Jon Petter A Stoor et al.ARTICLEInternational Indigenous Policy…2022

    In this paper, we review existing ethical guidelines that support Circumpolar Indigenous Peoples’ engagement in health research. For this study, we collated national and regional ethical guidelines addressing health research engaging with Indigenous communities. Our study found that ethical guidelines addressing Indigenous engagement in health research have emerged in Canada and the U.S.A. Currently, there are no Indigenous-specific provisions in…

  • From Resilient to Thriving

    Open AccessKatie Cueva, E Rink et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2022

    In 2018 – 19, eight Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals from Canada, Greenland/Denmark, Sweden, and Alaska/United States came together to address research questions relevant to Arctic nations’ shared challenges and opportunities. Our work incorporated critical, community-based perspectives on Arctic health and well-being and promoted strengths-based approaches developed in partnership with Arctic communities. In this article we describe the…

  • A qualitative study of services accessibility for indigenous persons who use injection drugs across three communities in the United States

    Mike Anastario, Jessica Leston et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnicity in Substance…2022

    Aims: This study concerns the perspectives of Indigenous persons who use injection drugs (IPWIDs) and key stakeholders across multiple sectors regarding healthcare service and treatment accessibility in the United States. Methods: Sixty in-depth interviews were undertaken with selected participants (30 people who use injection drugs and 30 stakeholders) across three non-urban locations in the United States. An inductive analytic approach was used…

  • An ecological approach to understanding Women’s reproductive health and pregnancy decision making in Greenland

    Open AccessE Rink, Mike Anastario et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2022Cited by: 1References: 7

  • Adaptations Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic in a Community-Based Participatory Research Randomized Control Trial Examining Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes among American Indian Youth

    Open AccessE Rink, Olivia Johnson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Indian and Alaska Native…2022

    In this manuscript, we present changes in study design and analytical strategy due to the COVID-19 pandemic for Nen ŨnkUmbi/EdaHiYedo ("We Are Here Now," or NE). NE is a community-based participatory research multi-level randomized control trial using a stepped wedge design to address sexual and reproductive health disparities among American Indian youth. Adaptations in NE's research design, data collection, and analysis due to the COVID-19 pande…

  • The influence of kinship networks and family relationships on pregnancy dynamics in North Greenland

    Open AccessE Rink, Gitte Adler Reimer et al.ARTICLEElementa Science of the…2021

    The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of kinship networks and family relationships on pregnancy dynamics in a settlement in North Greenland. We utilized community-based participatory research framework using ecological systems theory to conduct semistructured interviews with 26 women and 17 men living in Kullorsuaq, Greenland. The extent to which Greenland’s cultural traditions related to naming and adoption practices, intergener…

  • Historical foundations and contemporary expressions of a right to health care in Circumpolar Indigenous contexts

    Open AccessJosée G Lavoie, Jon Petter A Stoor et al.ARTICLEElementa Science of the…2021

    Although numerous comparative Indigenous health policy analyses exist in the literature, to date, little attention has been paid to comparative analyses of Circumpolar health policy and the impact these policies may have on Indigenous peoples’ rights to health. In this article, we ground our discussion of Indigenous peoples’ right to access culturally appropriate and responsive health care within the context of the United Nations Declaration on t…

  • Where are the people? A scoping review on the use of the term “resilience” in Arctic health research and its relevance to community expressions of well-being

    Open AccessKatie Cueva, Gwen Healey Akearok et al.ARTICLEElementa Science of the…2021

    In the field of Arctic health, “resilience” is a concept used to describe the capacity to recover from adversities. The term is widely used in Arctic policy contexts; however, Arctic peoples and communities question whether “resilience” is an appropriate term to describe the human dimensions of health and well-being in the Arctic as it is currently applied. A scoping review of peer-reviewed and gray literature was conducted. We used searchable da…

  • Indigenous standpoint theory as a theoretical framework for decolonizing social science health research with American Indian communities

    Open AccessG R Cox, Paula Firemoon et al.ARTICLEAlterNative An International…2021

    Theoretical frameworks rooted in Western knowledge claims utilized for public health research in the social sciences are not inclusive of American Indian communities. Developed by Indigenous researchers, Indigenous standpoint theory builds from and moves beyond Western theoretical frameworks. We argue that using Indigenous standpoint theory in partnership with American Indian communities works to decolonize research related to American Indian hea…

  • The effects of foods available through the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) on inflammation response, appetite and energy intake

    Open AccessMelinda Smith, Melinda A Smith et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To compare the effects of a typical Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) diet with an FDPIR diet that meets Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) on inflammation response, appetite and energy intake on a combination of American Indian (AI) and non-AI individuals. Design: A within-subjects, randomised, crossover design was used to compare two dietary conditions: (1) a FDPIR diet that met DGA and (2) a FDPIR diet tha…

  • Ethical considerations for community-based participatory research with Sami communities in North Finland

    Open AccessHeidi Eriksen, Arja Rautio et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2021Cited by: 5References: 23

  • Narrative frames as choice over structure of American Indian sexual and reproductive health consequences of historical trauma

    Open AccessG R Cox, Mike Anastario et al.ARTICLESociology of Health & Illness2021Cited by: 2References: 14

    Emerging evidence suggests that the historical trauma associated with settler colonialism affects the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of American Indian (AI) communities today. This article examines how one AI community narratively frames the influence of historical trauma within the context of community‐based participatory research (CBPR) and the implications of this framing for health behaviours, internalized oppression, SRH outcomes, and …

  • More-Than-Human Intimacies and Traditional Knowledge among Hunting Families in Northwest Greenland

    Mike Anastario, Michael Anastario et al.ARTICLEArctic Anthropology2021Cited by: 1

    Michael Anastario, Elizabeth Rink, Gitte Adler Reimer and Malory Peterson Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, AHC5, 11200 SW 8th St., Miami, FL 33174, USA; manastar{at}fiu.edu 312 Herrick Hall, Department of Health and Human Development, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59715, USA; elizabeth.rink{at}montana.edu Ilisimatusarfik, Grønlands Universitet, University of Greenland, 3900 Nuuk, Gre…

  • The development and testing of a multi-level, multi-component pilot intervention to reduce sexual and reproductive health disparities in a tribal community

    E Rink, Mike Anastario et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnic & Cultural…2020References: 2

    This manuscript presents the results from a multi- level, multi-component pilot intervention designed to reduce sexual and reproductive health (SRH) among American Indian (AI) youth living on a reservation in the Northwestern United States. Our theoretical framework included community based participatory research (CBPR) and Ecological Systems Theory (EST). The pilot intervention was a school-based curriculum for youth and parents and a cultural m…

  • Interviews with American Indian and Alaska Native People Who Inject Drugs

    Open AccessJessica Leston, Carolyn Crisp et al.ARTICLEAmerican Indian and Alaska Native…2020

    This project gathered opinions, attitudes, and beliefs from American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people who inject drugs (PWID). The primary objective of this study was to build formative knowledge around AI/AN PWID to help define and develop health care services and strategies by better understanding existing services, barriers, and challenges to seeking care. A total of 32 semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted. AI/AN PWID repo…

  • Sexual risk behaviors and the legacy of colonial violence among Northern plains American Indian youth

    Open AccessMike Anastario, Paula Firemoon et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2020Cited by: 4References: 37