Christi A Patten

Biographic Data

ID208640
NAMEChristi A Patten
GIVEN NAMESChristi A
FAMILY NAMEPatten
SIGNATUREPATTEN C A
AFFILIATIONSMayo Clinic
ORCID0000-0002-7194-8160
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS40
TOTAL CITATIONS14
AUTHOR COUNT40
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1992
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Community-based participatory design of a decade

    Open AccessLaprincess C Brewer, Mathias Lalika et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    The FAITH! (Fostering African-American Improvement in Total Health) Cardiovascular Health and Wellness Program is more than a decade-long community-based participatory research initiative aimed at addressing cardiovascular health disparities among African-Americans in Minnesota. Founded in 2013, the program employs a culturally tailored, community-driven approach by partnering with African-American faith communities to promote cardiovascular heal…

  • Self-Efficacy Is Associated with Health Behaviors Related To Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Among Hispanic/Latinx and Somali Immigrants To the United States

    Open AccessBrianna Tranby, Irene G Sia et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2025

    Self-efficacy theory proposes that confidence to engage in a health behavior is associated with engaging in that specific behavior. Most research examining self-efficacy has been conducted with white young adult populations. This cross-sectional analysis examined the association of self-efficacy (i.e., confidence) for healthy eating and physical activity in two immigrant communities. At enrollment into the Healthy Immigrant Community study, a cli…

  • Modifiable Risk Factors in Transplant

    Shawna L Ehlers, Christi A Patten et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2025

    Objectives: Modifiable lifestyle factors are associated with morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) survivors. The aims of the study were to examine: (a) receipt of provider advice to change behaviors, (b) health behavior change, and (c) how modifiable lifestyle factors might cluster together. Methods: Patients within a large HSCT program completed a survey ( N =870) of lifestyle factors at pre-HSCT evaluation. The s…

  • Negative mood is associated with sociobehavioral factors contributing to cardiovascular risk in an immigrant population

    Open AccessBrianna Tranby, Irene G Sia et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    ClinicalTrials.gov registration: NCT05136339; April 23, 2022

  • Examination of Tobacco-Related Messaging and Tobacco Use over Time among U.S. Military Young Adults

    Kinsey Pebley, Xin-Qun Wang et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2023

    Background: People from minoritized populations have historically been targeted by tobacco companies. Little is known about exposure to tobacco-related messages among military personnel from disadvantaged backgrounds. Objectives: The current study aimed to examine exposure to tobacco-related messaging across many nicotine products and through a variety of mediums (i.e., family, friends, advertisements, event promotions, social media) among divers…

  • Comparison of Demographic and Clinical Features of Bipolar Disorder in Persons of African and European Ancestry

    Open AccessMonica Taylor-Desir, Monica J Taylor-Desir et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2023References: 34

  • Midwest rural‐urban disparities in use of patient online services for Covid‐19

    Open AccessMing Huang, Andrew Wen et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2022

    PURPOSE: Rural populations are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We characterized urban-rural disparities in patient portal messaging utilization for COVID-19, and, of those who used the portal during its early stage in the Midwest. METHODS: We collected over 1 million portal messages generated by midwestern Mayo Clinic patients from February to August 2020. We analyzed patient-generated messages (PGMs) on COVID-19 by urban-ru…

  • Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Viral Hepatitis Among Recent African Immigrants in the United States

    Open AccessEssa A Mohamed, Nasra H Giama et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2020

    Background: In the United States, hepatocellular carcinoma is the 9th leading cause of cancer mortality. Hepatocellular carcinoma disproportionately affects individuals of African ancestry with the rates being higher amongst individuals of foreign-born African ancestry. This study explored knowledge, attitudes and behaviors towards viral hepatitis transmission, screening, and vaccination among recent African immigrants in Minnesota and identify w…

  • Healthy eating in a Boys & Girls Club afterschool programme

    Open AccessTabetha A Brockman, Leslie Sim et al.ARTICLEHealth Education Journal2020

    Objective: To determine intervention needs and to gather stakeholder input regarding healthy eating promotion for youth members served at a Boys & Girls Club in Rochester, Minnesota. Design: Mixed-methods design informed by community-based participatory research principles. Setting and Method: Young people completed a dietary habits questionnaire and height and weight measure-ments. Focus groups gathered stakeholder – Boys & Girls Club members, s…

  • Healthy Pregnancies Project

    Open AccessChristi A Patten, Harry A Lando et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Substantial gaps remain in the evidence base for prenatal tobacco use interventions among Indigenous women. Using a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT), the Healthy Pregnancies Project evaluated a community-level intervention for Alaska Native (AN) women in rural western Alaska. Sixteen villages were randomly assigned to usual care (control, n = 8 villages) or usual care plus a community-level intervention delivered by local AN "Native Sist…

  • Club Fit

    Open AccessMark L Wieland, Bridget K Biggs et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Primary Prevention2020

  • Addressing Cardiovascular Health Disparities in Minnesota

    Open AccessChandrika Manjunath, Oluwatomilona I Ifelayo et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019

    Despite its rank as the fourth healthiest state in the United States, Minnesota has clear cardiovascular disease disparities between African-Americans and whites. Culturally-tailored interventions implemented using community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles have been vital to improving health and wellness among African-Americans. This paper delineates the establishment, impact, and lessons learned from the formation of a community s…

  • Postpartum Tobacco Use and Perceived Stress among Alaska Native Women

    Open AccessChristi A Patten, Kathryn R Koller et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019

    Prior research explored reasons for tobacco use among pregnant Alaska Native (AN) women but did not address the postpartum period. This study followed up with AN women one to three years postpartum who had participated in a prenatal smoking cessation intervention study (Motivate Alaska Women (MAW) Phase 3) and had consented to be re-contacted for future studies. Of 47 eligible women, 32 (68%) participated. A semi-structured phone interview was co…

  • Preventing cardiovascular disease

    Open AccessLaprincess C Brewer, Eleshia J Morrison et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2019References: 22

    Striking cardiovascular health disparities exist among African-Americans in Minnesota compared to Whites; however, community-based interventions to address cardiovascular disease risk are lacking. This study explored participant perceptions of a culturally tailored, cardiovascular disease prevention program developed using a community-based participatory research process. Research participation perceptions, program benefits, and program satisfact…

  • Skill sets for family members and friends to help motivate a smoker to seek treatment

    Tabetha A Brockman, Christi A Patten et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2018

    Translation of effective behavioral interventions is a key challenge for the addictions treatment field. With the goal of disseminating an effective behavioral intervention to practice, this narrative study describes tobacco cessation coaches' skills sets and provides an illustrative case study of a 1-session phone intervention between a coach and a concerned family member who wants to help their smoker quit. Delivered through a quitline by quitl…

  • Adapting a Cancer Literacy Measure for Use Among Navajo Women

    Open AccessKathleen J Yost, Mark Bauer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2017

    Purpose: The authors designed a community-based participatory research study to develop and test a family-based behavioral intervention to improve cancer literacy and promote mammography among Navajo women. Method: Using data from focus groups and discussions with a community advisory committee, they adapted an existing questionnaire to assess cancer knowledge, barriers to mammography, and cancer beliefs for use among Navajo women. Questions meas…

  • Relationship Between Negative Mood and Health Behaviors in an Immigrant and Refugee Population

    Open AccessEleshia J P Morrison, Matthew M Clark et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2016

  • Relationship of autonomy social support to quitting motivation in diverse smokers

    Christi A Patten, Kathy Goggin et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2016

    Support from family and friends may promote autonomous reasons to quit among diverse smokers. Research is needed to assess the role of social support in the pre-quitting phases among racial and socio-economically diverse populations

  • Perceived risks and reasons to smoke cigarettes during pregnancy among Alaska native women

    Carrie Bronars, Christi A Patten et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2016References: 1

    Results from this work may be helpful in advancing research by identifying targets for intervention specific to Alaska Native women receiving prenatal care in Anchorage, Alaska

  • Diabetes Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors Among Somali and Latino Immigrants

    Open AccessJane W Njeru, Christine M Formea et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2015

  • Stories for change

    Open AccessJane W Njeru, Christi A Patten et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    This report is on a systematic, participatory process for the successful development of a diabetes storytelling intervention for Somali and Latino adults. Processes and products from this work may inform the work of other CBPR partnerships

  • Beyond Health Equity

    Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, Michael Peercy et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2015Cited by: 6References: 23

    AffiliationsValarie Blue Bird Jernigan and Alicia L. Salvatore are with the College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Tulsa. Michael Peercy and Bobby Saunkeah are with the Health Services Division, Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, Ada. Dannielle Branam and David Wharton are with the Health Services Division, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Talihina. Marilyn Winkleby is with the Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford…

  • Perspectives on Physical Activity Among Immigrants and Refugees to a Small Urban Community in Minnesota

    Open AccessMark L Wieland, Kristina Tiedje et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2013

  • Process of counseling support persons to promote smoker treatment utilization

    Tabetha A Brockman, Christi A Patten et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2012

    This qualitative study describes the process of providing a telephone intervention for adult non-smoking support persons to motivate and encourage a smoker to call the QUITPLAN Helpline. The intervention consisted of written materials and three consecutive, weekly, 15–30 min telephone sessions. Themes, issues, and concerns were summarized using content analysis. Participants were 212 support persons (94% female, 93% Caucasian) who completed at le…

  • Development of a tobacco cessation intervention for Alaska Native youth

    Christi A Patten, Oluwole Fadahunsi et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2012

    Tobacco cessation treatments have not been evaluated among Alaska Native (AN) adolescents. This pilot study evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of a targeted cessation intervention developed for AN youth. Intervention components were informed by prior focus groups assessing treatment preferences among AN youth, a social cognitive theoretical framework and feedback obtained from a teen advisory group. The intervention consisted of a weeken…