Melissa Lewis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3602432 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Lewis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Lewis |
| SIGNATURE | LEWIS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6999-5865 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Understand the Way We Walk Our Life”: Indigenous Patients’ Experiences and Recommendations for Healthcare in the United States
Participants in this study highlighted that biased care results in poor quality of healthcare delivery and that there are actionable steps that providers and systems of healthcare can take to reduce bias within healthcare systems. The provision of culturally congruent care is imperative in improving the health and well-being of Indigenous communities
Someday, I'll be an ancestor: ” Understanding indigenous intergenerational connectedness through qualitative research to inform measure development
Intergenerational connectedness broadly encompasses relations among humans, lands, and all living and spiritual beings, and functions as an important part of Indigenous well‐being. Many public health campaigns and interventions aim to promote connectedness to support holistic wellness and reduce health inequities. Currently, however, there are no measurement tools to assess intergenerational connectedness to support culturally grounded research a…
Development of the Indigenous Health Toolkit
Indigenous patients frequently experience bias and racism in society and within medical encounters. Biased health care relates to delayed and worsened health care, as well as worse health outcomes. Evidence exists that training can reduce bias and improve care. However, no recommendations or requirements around Indigenous health education exist. Therefore, a team of 7 experts was formed to create a training guide called the Indigenous Health Tool…
Visioning an Effective Health Encounter: Indigenous Healthcare Experiences and Recommendations for Health Professionals
With some of the largest proportions of health disparities and bias experiences in the US, it is critical that healthcare delivered to Indigenous patients incorporate culturally safe care to regain dignity and improve health outcomes for this population
Effects of a Decolonizing Training on Mental Health Professionals' Indigenous Knowledge and Beliefs and Ethnocultural Empathy
Indigenous communities suffer from the highest rates of mental health disparities of any ethnic group in the United States, as well as experience significant amounts of historical and contemporary trauma including violence, racism, and childhood abuse. Unfortunately, the mental health workforce is unprepared to effectively work with this population due to the influence of stereotypes, bias, and lack of training. A 90-minute training for mental he…
The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data
Influential psychological theories hypothesize that people consume alcohol in response to the experience of both negative and positive emotions. Despite two decades of daily diary and ecological momentary assessment research, it remains unclear whether people consume more alcohol on days they experience higher negative and positive affect in everyday life. In this preregistered meta-analysis, we synthesized the evidence for these daily associatio…
The Health Effects of a Cherokee Grounded Culture and Leadership Program
This is one of the first quantitative studies to demonstrate the profound effects that cultural learning and connection have on the health and well-being of Indigenous people and practices. It also demonstrates the specificity and effectiveness of a program created by and for tribal citizens. Future programs with Indigenous populations should work to center cultural connection and ensure that programs are created and directed by tribal community …
Stress and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk for Indigenous Populations throughout the Lifespan
There is increasing evidence that cultural connection and enculturation are protective factors for cardiometabolic disease, and may be galvanized through Indigenous-led training, research, and policy change
Tribally specific cultural learning: The Remember the Removal program
Remember the Removal is a program for Cherokee youth and young adults which aims to increase Cherokee knowledge, culture, and language by retracing the Trail of Tears. This study evaluated the Cherokee values that were gained and how the participants learned and applied traditional Cherokee values through the program. This is significant because cultural knowledge and connection are important developmental aspects for Indigenous youth and can als…
ASTHO President’s Challenge: Core Principles for Building Community Resilience
Evaluation of a Native Youth Leadership Program Grounded in Cherokee Culture: The Remember the Removal Program
Indigenous youth suffer from high rates of comorbid mental and physical health disease. The purpose of this research was to evaluate an existing intervention aimed at empowering Indigenous youth, using a qualitative, community-based participatory research method. We completed focus groups with 23 program participants, and analysis revealed positive improvements in physical, emotional, social, and cultural domains. Participants noted that key soci…
Decolonizing Mental Health Services for Indigenous Clients: A Training Program for Mental Health Professionals
Culturally appropriate mental health services are essential for Indigenous people who suffer the greatest mental health disparities of any ethnic group in the U.S. However, few mental health professionals receive training to work with this population. To fill this gap, a 90‐minute training was created to increase knowledge of and empathy for Indigenous people and culture and therefore, improve mental health services for Indigenous patients. This …
Hunting with lead ammunition is not sustainable: European perspectives
Much evidence demonstrates the adverse effects of lead ammunition on wildlife, their habitats and human health, and confirms that the use of such ammunition has no place within sustainable hunting. We identify the provisions that define sustainable hunting according to European law and international treaties, together with their guidance documents. We accept the substantial evidence for lead's actual and potential effects on wildlife, habitats an…
Integrated Care with Indigenous Populations: A Systematic Review of the Literature
INTRODUCTION: The integration of behavioral health into medical care is related to positive results including improved patient health outcomes, provider satisfaction, and cost-offset. Indigenous people suffer from the highest health disparities in the nation and disproportionately experience barriers to health care; yet it is unknown if integrated care is effective for this population. METHODS: A systematic literature review was completed on the …
Reporting for Double Duty: A Dyadic Perspective on the Biopsychosocial Health of Dual Military Air Force Couples
His and Hers: The Interface of Military Couples’ Biological, Psychological, and Relational Health
Understanding college student spring break drinking: Demographic considerations, perceived norms and travel characteristics
Research has documented normative perceptions of others' alcohol use and how these related to increased rates of drinking and related problems among college students. Recently, research has expanded this concept to specific events (21st birthday drinking and tailgating). No studies to date examine the construct of normative perceptions of alcohol use for spring break (SB). SB is a known time of risk for increased alcohol use, and understanding wh…
Health Dynamics of Military and Veteran Couples: A Biopsychorelational Overview
Paternal Relationship Quality as a Protective Factor: Preventing Alcohol Use Among African American Adolescents
This study examines the effects of father involvement on alcohol consumption in African American adolescents. A representative sample of 1,027 students was selected from a national longitudinal study of adolescents in grades 7 through 12. Family structure and relationship quality were examined for three groups of fathers: nonresidential fathers, residential fathers, and father figures. The study explores the extent to which a father's presence an…
Infant temperament and the brainstem auditory evoked response in later childhood
Brainstem auditory evoked responses (BAERs) were evaluated on 10-12-year-old children (N = 56) who had been classified as high or low reactive to unfamiliar stimuli at 4 months of age. BAER measurement was selected because high reactive infants tend to become inhibited or fearful young children, and adult introverts have a faster latency to wave V of the BAER than do extroverts. Children previously classified as high reactive at 4 months had larg…
Hunting with lead ammunition is not sustainable: European perspectives
Much evidence demonstrates the adverse effects of lead ammunition on wildlife, their habitats and human health, and confirms that the use of such ammunition has no place within sustainable hunting. We identify the provisions that define sustainable hunting according to European law and international treaties, together with their guidance documents. We accept the substantial evidence for lead's actual and potential effects on wildlife, habitats an…
Decolonizing Mental Health Services for Indigenous Clients: A Training Program for Mental Health Professionals
Culturally appropriate mental health services are essential for Indigenous people who suffer the greatest mental health disparities of any ethnic group in the U.S. However, few mental health professionals receive training to work with this population. To fill this gap, a 90‐minute training was created to increase knowledge of and empathy for Indigenous people and culture and therefore, improve mental health services for Indigenous patients. This …
The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data
Influential psychological theories hypothesize that people consume alcohol in response to the experience of both negative and positive emotions. Despite two decades of daily diary and ecological momentary assessment research, it remains unclear whether people consume more alcohol on days they experience higher negative and positive affect in everyday life. In this preregistered meta-analysis, we synthesized the evidence for these daily associatio…
Paternal Relationship Quality as a Protective Factor: Preventing Alcohol Use Among African American Adolescents
This study examines the effects of father involvement on alcohol consumption in African American adolescents. A representative sample of 1,027 students was selected from a national longitudinal study of adolescents in grades 7 through 12. Family structure and relationship quality were examined for three groups of fathers: nonresidential fathers, residential fathers, and father figures. The study explores the extent to which a father's presence an…
Evaluation of a Native Youth Leadership Program Grounded in Cherokee Culture: The Remember the Removal Program
Indigenous youth suffer from high rates of comorbid mental and physical health disease. The purpose of this research was to evaluate an existing intervention aimed at empowering Indigenous youth, using a qualitative, community-based participatory research method. We completed focus groups with 23 program participants, and analysis revealed positive improvements in physical, emotional, social, and cultural domains. Participants noted that key soci…
His and Hers: The Interface of Military Couples’ Biological, Psychological, and Relational Health
Infant temperament and the brainstem auditory evoked response in later childhood
Brainstem auditory evoked responses (BAERs) were evaluated on 10-12-year-old children (N = 56) who had been classified as high or low reactive to unfamiliar stimuli at 4 months of age. BAER measurement was selected because high reactive infants tend to become inhibited or fearful young children, and adult introverts have a faster latency to wave V of the BAER than do extroverts. Children previously classified as high reactive at 4 months had larg…
Someday, I'll be an ancestor: ” Understanding indigenous intergenerational connectedness through qualitative research to inform measure development
Intergenerational connectedness broadly encompasses relations among humans, lands, and all living and spiritual beings, and functions as an important part of Indigenous well‐being. Many public health campaigns and interventions aim to promote connectedness to support holistic wellness and reduce health inequities. Currently, however, there are no measurement tools to assess intergenerational connectedness to support culturally grounded research a…
Reporting for Double Duty: A Dyadic Perspective on the Biopsychosocial Health of Dual Military Air Force Couples
Health Dynamics of Military and Veteran Couples: A Biopsychorelational Overview
Infant temperament and the brainstem auditory evoked response in later childhood
Brainstem auditory evoked responses (BAERs) were evaluated on 10-12-year-old children (N = 56) who had been classified as high or low reactive to unfamiliar stimuli at 4 months of age. BAER measurement was selected because high reactive infants tend to become inhibited or fearful young children, and adult introverts have a faster latency to wave V of the BAER than do extroverts. Children previously classified as high reactive at 4 months had larg…
Paternal Relationship Quality as a Protective Factor: Preventing Alcohol Use Among African American Adolescents
This study examines the effects of father involvement on alcohol consumption in African American adolescents. A representative sample of 1,027 students was selected from a national longitudinal study of adolescents in grades 7 through 12. Family structure and relationship quality were examined for three groups of fathers: nonresidential fathers, residential fathers, and father figures. The study explores the extent to which a father's presence an…
Health Dynamics of Military and Veteran Couples: A Biopsychorelational Overview
Understanding college student spring break drinking: Demographic considerations, perceived norms and travel characteristics
Research has documented normative perceptions of others' alcohol use and how these related to increased rates of drinking and related problems among college students. Recently, research has expanded this concept to specific events (21st birthday drinking and tailgating). No studies to date examine the construct of normative perceptions of alcohol use for spring break (SB). SB is a known time of risk for increased alcohol use, and understanding wh…
Reporting for Double Duty: A Dyadic Perspective on the Biopsychosocial Health of Dual Military Air Force Couples
His and Hers: The Interface of Military Couples’ Biological, Psychological, and Relational Health
Integrated Care with Indigenous Populations: A Systematic Review of the Literature
INTRODUCTION: The integration of behavioral health into medical care is related to positive results including improved patient health outcomes, provider satisfaction, and cost-offset. Indigenous people suffer from the highest health disparities in the nation and disproportionately experience barriers to health care; yet it is unknown if integrated care is effective for this population. METHODS: A systematic literature review was completed on the …
Decolonizing Mental Health Services for Indigenous Clients: A Training Program for Mental Health Professionals
Culturally appropriate mental health services are essential for Indigenous people who suffer the greatest mental health disparities of any ethnic group in the U.S. However, few mental health professionals receive training to work with this population. To fill this gap, a 90‐minute training was created to increase knowledge of and empathy for Indigenous people and culture and therefore, improve mental health services for Indigenous patients. This …
Hunting with lead ammunition is not sustainable: European perspectives
Much evidence demonstrates the adverse effects of lead ammunition on wildlife, their habitats and human health, and confirms that the use of such ammunition has no place within sustainable hunting. We identify the provisions that define sustainable hunting according to European law and international treaties, together with their guidance documents. We accept the substantial evidence for lead's actual and potential effects on wildlife, habitats an…
ASTHO President’s Challenge: Core Principles for Building Community Resilience
Evaluation of a Native Youth Leadership Program Grounded in Cherokee Culture: The Remember the Removal Program
Indigenous youth suffer from high rates of comorbid mental and physical health disease. The purpose of this research was to evaluate an existing intervention aimed at empowering Indigenous youth, using a qualitative, community-based participatory research method. We completed focus groups with 23 program participants, and analysis revealed positive improvements in physical, emotional, social, and cultural domains. Participants noted that key soci…
Tribally specific cultural learning: The Remember the Removal program
Remember the Removal is a program for Cherokee youth and young adults which aims to increase Cherokee knowledge, culture, and language by retracing the Trail of Tears. This study evaluated the Cherokee values that were gained and how the participants learned and applied traditional Cherokee values through the program. This is significant because cultural knowledge and connection are important developmental aspects for Indigenous youth and can als…
Stress and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk for Indigenous Populations throughout the Lifespan
There is increasing evidence that cultural connection and enculturation are protective factors for cardiometabolic disease, and may be galvanized through Indigenous-led training, research, and policy change
The Health Effects of a Cherokee Grounded Culture and Leadership Program
This is one of the first quantitative studies to demonstrate the profound effects that cultural learning and connection have on the health and well-being of Indigenous people and practices. It also demonstrates the specificity and effectiveness of a program created by and for tribal citizens. Future programs with Indigenous populations should work to center cultural connection and ensure that programs are created and directed by tribal community …
Visioning an Effective Health Encounter: Indigenous Healthcare Experiences and Recommendations for Health Professionals
With some of the largest proportions of health disparities and bias experiences in the US, it is critical that healthcare delivered to Indigenous patients incorporate culturally safe care to regain dignity and improve health outcomes for this population
Effects of a Decolonizing Training on Mental Health Professionals' Indigenous Knowledge and Beliefs and Ethnocultural Empathy
Indigenous communities suffer from the highest rates of mental health disparities of any ethnic group in the United States, as well as experience significant amounts of historical and contemporary trauma including violence, racism, and childhood abuse. Unfortunately, the mental health workforce is unprepared to effectively work with this population due to the influence of stereotypes, bias, and lack of training. A 90-minute training for mental he…
The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data
Influential psychological theories hypothesize that people consume alcohol in response to the experience of both negative and positive emotions. Despite two decades of daily diary and ecological momentary assessment research, it remains unclear whether people consume more alcohol on days they experience higher negative and positive affect in everyday life. In this preregistered meta-analysis, we synthesized the evidence for these daily associatio…
Development of the Indigenous Health Toolkit
Indigenous patients frequently experience bias and racism in society and within medical encounters. Biased health care relates to delayed and worsened health care, as well as worse health outcomes. Evidence exists that training can reduce bias and improve care. However, no recommendations or requirements around Indigenous health education exist. Therefore, a team of 7 experts was formed to create a training guide called the Indigenous Health Tool…
Understand the Way We Walk Our Life”: Indigenous Patients’ Experiences and Recommendations for Healthcare in the United States
Participants in this study highlighted that biased care results in poor quality of healthcare delivery and that there are actionable steps that providers and systems of healthcare can take to reduce bias within healthcare systems. The provision of culturally congruent care is imperative in improving the health and well-being of Indigenous communities
Someday, I'll be an ancestor: ” Understanding indigenous intergenerational connectedness through qualitative research to inform measure development
Intergenerational connectedness broadly encompasses relations among humans, lands, and all living and spiritual beings, and functions as an important part of Indigenous well‐being. Many public health campaigns and interventions aim to promote connectedness to support holistic wellness and reduce health inequities. Currently, however, there are no measurement tools to assess intergenerational connectedness to support culturally grounded research a…
Psychology (17 works) · Medicine (16 works) · Indigenous (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (8 works) · Mental health (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Environmental health (7 works)