Jennifer E Johnson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4419139 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer E Johnson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer E |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnson |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSON J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2540-7213 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Lifetime Exposure to Suicide and Current Use of Suicide Prevention Competencies Among Catholic Clergy in Nigeria
Despite the evidence of clergy encounters with both those at risk and survivors of suicide, research examining suicide exposure and the clergy’s use of suicide prevention competencies remains limited. We examined the associations between lifetime exposure to suicide (exposure to suicidal communication, direct exposure to suicide attempts/deaths, and indirect exposure to suicide attempts/deaths) and current use of suicide prevention competencies (…
Suicide Prevention Training Experiences, Needs and Perceptions among Catholic Clergy in Nigeria
Our study draws attention to an important but underexplored resource for suicide prevention in low-and middle-income countries: faith leaders, who function as highly accessible community leaders.By examining Nigerian clergy's training experiences, capacity needs, and perspectives on suicide prevention, we found strong willingness among clergy to support individuals at risk, despite limited formal training and low awareness of national suicide pre…
Perceived Comfort and Competence of Southeast Nigerian Clergy in Responding to Suicidal Crises
Suicide remains a critical global mental health challenge, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries where access to formal mental health services is limited. In such contexts, including sub-Saharan Africa, individuals in crisis often turn first to faith leaders. Clergy frequently encounter suicidal crises and serve as initial points of contact, yet there is little empirical evidence on their comfort or competence in respondin…
Highest Columbia‐Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C‐SSRS) Screener Item Endorsed by Individuals Who Attempted Suicide Within 30 Days of Pretrial Detention
OBJECTIVES: The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (Posner et al.; C-SSRS) is a widely used measure, both in research and clinical practice, for the detection of suicide risk. The current study examines responses to the C-SSRS by individuals who attempted suicide in the 30 days before pre-trial jail detention. METHODS: Data were analyzed from the Suicide Prevention Intervention for at-Risk Individuals in Transition (SPIRIT) trial, which was c…
Association of state postpartum depression legislation and maternal mortality in the United States
Objective: State legislation addressing postpartum depression varies widely across the U.S. and may play a critical role in shaping access to mental health care and supports that influence state level maternal mortality outcomes. This study examined the relationship between U.S. state legislation on postpartum depression (PPD) and state-level maternal mortality rates. Methods: Data from PPD-related legislation in 32 states were reviewed and were …
County Characteristics Associated with Implementation Strategies to Reform the Use of Jail for People with Behavioral Health Problems
Counties engage in various strategies to implement behavioral health services in jail and community settings. National initiatives to reduce the use of jail for those with mental illness emphasize four primary implementation strategies: relationship building among agencies, performance monitoring, integration of care across agencies, and consensus on common goals. Using survey data from 519 U.S. counties, this research employs hierarchical linear…
Results from a peer recovery coach-delivered future orientation intervention for returning citizens in substance use treatment
INTRODUCTION: Returning citizens with substance use disorders (SUD) make numerous decisions that involve engaging in behaviors with short-term, immediate rewards (i.e. the pleasurable effects of returning to use) relative to those with longer-term, but delayed, benefits (i.e. engaging in treatment), often in the context of resource-poor and unstable environments. Successful navigation of the reentry period may require making future-oriented decis…
Validation of self‐harm prediction models among formerly incarcerated individuals using health data
BACKGROUND: Individuals released from jail die by self‐harm at nearly nine times the rate of the general U.S. POPULATION: Most jails rely on traditional screening methods, such as brief self-report questionnaires, which are often inconsistently administered and have limited sensitivity and predictive accuracy. This highlights the urgent need for alternative self-harm risk identification methods during and after incarceration. OBJECTIVE: To evalua…
A Community Engaged Approach to the Development of the Social Determinants of Health Solutions Lab
SDOH are critical to the reduction and ultimate eradication of health disparities. Creating SDOH focused groups, initiatives, and events utilizing a community engaged approach is critical to building the governance, leadership and direction needed to establish a SDOH community agenda. Cross-disciplinary partnerships are essential to this work
The Who, What, and How of Interagency Criminal Justice–Behavioral Health Teams
Interagency teams are considered an evidence-based change practice, but there is a paucity of research examining them in criminal justice (CJ) and behavioral health (BH) reform contexts. This study draws on qualitative interviews ( n = 52) and survey data ( n = 791) from BH and CJ leaders across the United States to examine who is on them, what they do, and effective strategies for building and sustaining them. Findings indicated that CJ–BH inter…
Strengthening community services to keep individuals with mental illness out of jail
Spirituality and Well-Being
BACKGROUND: Spirituality is important for the well-being of marginalized women, offering strength amid adversity. However, even when women from poverty-stricken communities draw resilience from spirituality, they often continue to exhibit poorer health outcomes compared to dominant groups. OBJECTIVES: The Flint Women's Study was conducted to understand the needs, strengths, hopes, and solutions of women in Flint. This sub-study aims to 1) explore…
Spirituality and Well-Being
Exploring County-Level Resources Influencing Evidence-Based Practices and Treatment Uptake in Behavioral Health Settings
Evidence-Based Practices and Treatments (EBPTs) are recommended to improve outcomes for individuals with behavioral health disorders and the service delivery system. However, costs associated with EBPTs are frequently cited as a barrier to implementation and sustainability. This study examines the relationship between existing and new resources and the availability of different types of EBPTs for individuals involved with criminal-legal systems (…
Implementing Reform
To reduce the overrepresentation of people with behavioral health conditions in jails, jurisdictions have implemented evidence-based programs/policies (EBPPs) and treatments (EBTs). Using survey data from 519 U.S. counties, the present study classifies and evaluates the impact of strategies used to implement EBPPs and EBTs. Exploratory factor analysis identified four implementation approaches (i.e., clusters of strategies) which counties utilize …
Impact of County-level health infrastructure on participation in a reform effort to reduce the use of jail for individuals with mental health disorders
Virtual Reality Job Interview Training for Adults Receiving Prison-Based Employment Services
Returning citizens struggle to obtain employment after release from prison and navigating job interviews is a critical barrier they encounter. Implementing evidence-based interview training is a major gap in prison-based vocational services. We conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the feasibility and initial effectiveness of Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT) within two prisons. Forty-four male returning citizens…
A multi-level intervention to reduce the stigma of substance use and criminal involvement
Advancing Equity Through Centering Societal Values to Operationalize Racism as a Public Health Crisis
Background: The past two decades have been marked by increased efforts to advance equity in various disciplines, including social sciences, public health, environmental health, and medicine. In 2020, a national movement of municipalities declared racism a public health crisis. These efforts have coincided and likely shaped a growing sphere of federal and philanthropic funding for health equity, which frequently calls for practical interventions t…
We bounce back from the worst of the worst
Economically disadvantaged communities experience disproportionate health and social challenges relative to more affluent areas. This study describes ways women support and give back to their community in a minority-majority community experiencing social, economic and health challenges. We conducted qualitative interviews with 100 women and human service providers serving women in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. Using methods aligned with commun…
Developing and maintaining intergenerational relationships in an economically vulnerable community
Few studies describe how community disadvantage impacts intergenerational relationships. Using interviews with women and service providers (n = 100), we explored benefits and challenges of intergenerational relationships in Flint, Michigan, an economically vulnerable community. Women valued relationships that increased social connections and generativity; however, few community resources promoted such relationships. Intergenerational relationship…
Belonging to Something Greater Than Self
Women served their community in many roles. However, despite some societal progress, women continue to be underpaid and their contributions undervalued. Rectifying these inequities might contribute to better addressing the needs of women
Belonging to Something Greater Than Self
Belonging to Something Greater Than Self: Flint Women Giving Back to the Community Maji Hailemariam, PhD, Tatiana Elisa Bustos, PhD, Julia W. Felton, PhD, Kent Key, PhD, DeOnica Greer, Bernadel L. Jefferson, Raven Miller, Fallon Richie, Monicia Summers, DPM, Jonne McCoy White, DrPH, and Jennifer E. Johnson, PhD What Is the Purpose of This Study? • Having meaning in life promotes happiness and wellbeing across the lifespan. • A large (n = 100) com…
Stressful life events among incarcerated women and men
The Flint women’s study
Teenage pregnancy can have adverse social and health outcomes, and rates are high in Flint, Michigan as compared to the rest of the state and the USA. It is important to understand contributing factors to adolescent pregnancy to be able to better address this issue. This study examined qualitative data from interviews with 100 community members who participated in the Flint Women's Study, a study designed to better understand the hopes, dreams an…
Credit Where Credit Is Due
Response effort processes are as important for long-term health outcomes as response effort content
Community-Based Participatory Qualitative Research for Women
Efforts to benefit women should ensure their representation in every step of the process
Exploring County-Level Resources Influencing Evidence-Based Practices and Treatment Uptake in Behavioral Health Settings
Evidence-Based Practices and Treatments (EBPTs) are recommended to improve outcomes for individuals with behavioral health disorders and the service delivery system. However, costs associated with EBPTs are frequently cited as a barrier to implementation and sustainability. This study examines the relationship between existing and new resources and the availability of different types of EBPTs for individuals involved with criminal-legal systems (…
We bounce back from the worst of the worst
Economically disadvantaged communities experience disproportionate health and social challenges relative to more affluent areas. This study describes ways women support and give back to their community in a minority-majority community experiencing social, economic and health challenges. We conducted qualitative interviews with 100 women and human service providers serving women in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. Using methods aligned with commun…
Belonging to Something Greater Than Self
Women served their community in many roles. However, despite some societal progress, women continue to be underpaid and their contributions undervalued. Rectifying these inequities might contribute to better addressing the needs of women
Suitability of the multidimensional scale of perceived social support as a measure of functional social support among incarcerated adults with major depressive disorder
The multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS) is a 12‐item measure of functional social support (SS); however, the psychometric properties of the MSPSS have not been evaluated in prisoners. We used measures of known‐groups validity, convergent and discriminant validity, internal consistency reliability and factor structure to assess the suitability of the MSPSS for measuring SS among 184 individuals in prison in the U.S., who wer…
Trauma, Power, and Intimate Relationships Among Women in Prison
The present study, which included four focus groups of women ( n = 21) in four New England prisons, aimed to understand how power impacted women's relationships, exposure to violence, and health. Women described power in three ways: (a) power as control over their sexuality and their sexual partners, (b) power emerging from emotional strength, and (c) power referring to a process of empowerment. Women's perceptions and experiences of power were i…
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Parole Officer–parolee Relationships and HIV Risk Behaviors during Community Supervision
Effects of incarceration on risky Sex
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) risk and interpersonal violence are interconnected public health problems facing incarcerated women. Prison may provide an opportune time to conduct HIV prevention activities with high-risk women. This study used qualitative analysis to explore how incarceration affected women’s experiences of and thoughts about sex and sex risk. Twenty-one incarcerated women who had engaged in unprotected sex with a male in the…
Associations between past trauma, current social support, and loneliness in incarcerated populations
Prisoners are a vulnerable population with higher rates of trauma than community populations. Social support is important for both in–prison adjustment and post-release community re-entry. Loneliness, a related construct to social support, has been found to be associated with elevated rates of suicidal ideation and behavior, depression, and hopelessness in incarcerated populations. This study explored the relationship of past physical, sexual, an…
Social Support Network Characteristics of Incarcerated Women with Co-Occurring Major Depressive and Substance Use Disorders
The nature of social support available to incarcerated women is not well-understood, particularly among women at high risk of negative outcomes, including women dually diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder and a Substance Use Disorder (MDD-SUD). Descriptive statistics and paired-tests were conducted on 60 incarcerated MDD-SUD women receiving in-prison substance use and depression treatments to characterize the women's social networks, includin…
Feasibility of a Supportive Other Intervention for Opiate-Dependent Patients Entering Inpatient Detoxification
Involvement of supportive others (SOs; defined as patient's most important person) in substance use treatment is widely accepted as a valuable addition, but is not routinely implemented during inpatient detoxification for opioid use disorders. The current study explores the feasibility of a brief SO intervention for individuals detoxing from opioids. Data regarding ability to identify an SO, the nature of the SO relationship, and willingness to i…
Enrolling in Clinical Research While Incarcerated
As a 2006 Institute of Medicine report highlights, surprisingly little empirical attention has been paid to how prisoners arrive at decisions to participate in modern research. With our study, we aimed to fill this gap by identifying a more comprehensive range of factors as reported by prisoners themselves during semistructured interviews. Our participants described a diverse range of motives, both favoring and opposing their eventual decision to…
How qualitative methods contribute to intervention adaptation
This paper describes how to use qualitative data for adapting an existing behavioral intervention to a new population using a specific illustration-the adaptation of the Women's CoOp HIV intervention to the needs of women prisoners who have experienced interpersonal violence. We describe and illustrate how we conducted each step in the adaptation process, including (1) choosing a well-matched intervention to adapt, (2) setting specific goals for …
Credit Where Credit Is Due
Response effort processes are as important for long-term health outcomes as response effort content
Risk factors for self-stigma among incarcerated women with alcohol use disorder
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a highly stigmatized condition, often associated with negative stereotypes such as being morally weak, incompetent, unpredictable, and aggressive. People with AUD are at risk of experiencing self-stigma, a social-cognitive experience in which people think others hold negative stereotypes about them, expect to be treated unfairly, and/or believe that negative stereotypes are personally accurate. Women in the criminal …
Trauma, Power, and Intimate Relationships Among Women in Prison
The present study, which included four focus groups of women ( n = 21) in four New England prisons, aimed to understand how power impacted women's relationships, exposure to violence, and health. Women described power in three ways: (a) power as control over their sexuality and their sexual partners, (b) power emerging from emotional strength, and (c) power referring to a process of empowerment. Women's perceptions and experiences of power were i…
Intersectionality, special populations, needs and suggestions
Efforts directed towards improving women's health and wellbeing should include perspectives and suggestions of diverse groups of women from the community. Acting on suggestions that emanate from the community's lived experiences may reduce inequalities in health and wellbeing
Community-Based Participatory Qualitative Research for Women
Efforts to benefit women should ensure their representation in every step of the process
Suitability of the multidimensional scale of perceived social support as a measure of functional social support among incarcerated adults with major depressive disorder
The multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS) is a 12‐item measure of functional social support (SS); however, the psychometric properties of the MSPSS have not been evaluated in prisoners. We used measures of known‐groups validity, convergent and discriminant validity, internal consistency reliability and factor structure to assess the suitability of the MSPSS for measuring SS among 184 individuals in prison in the U.S., who wer…
Stressful life events among incarcerated women and men
The Flint women’s study
Teenage pregnancy can have adverse social and health outcomes, and rates are high in Flint, Michigan as compared to the rest of the state and the USA. It is important to understand contributing factors to adolescent pregnancy to be able to better address this issue. This study examined qualitative data from interviews with 100 community members who participated in the Flint Women's Study, a study designed to better understand the hopes, dreams an…
Developing and maintaining intergenerational relationships in an economically vulnerable community
Few studies describe how community disadvantage impacts intergenerational relationships. Using interviews with women and service providers (n = 100), we explored benefits and challenges of intergenerational relationships in Flint, Michigan, an economically vulnerable community. Women valued relationships that increased social connections and generativity; however, few community resources promoted such relationships. Intergenerational relationship…
Belonging to Something Greater Than Self
Women served their community in many roles. However, despite some societal progress, women continue to be underpaid and their contributions undervalued. Rectifying these inequities might contribute to better addressing the needs of women
Belonging to Something Greater Than Self
Belonging to Something Greater Than Self: Flint Women Giving Back to the Community Maji Hailemariam, PhD, Tatiana Elisa Bustos, PhD, Julia W. Felton, PhD, Kent Key, PhD, DeOnica Greer, Bernadel L. Jefferson, Raven Miller, Fallon Richie, Monicia Summers, DPM, Jonne McCoy White, DrPH, and Jennifer E. Johnson, PhD What Is the Purpose of This Study? • Having meaning in life promotes happiness and wellbeing across the lifespan. • A large (n = 100) com…
Impact of County-level health infrastructure on participation in a reform effort to reduce the use of jail for individuals with mental health disorders
Virtual Reality Job Interview Training for Adults Receiving Prison-Based Employment Services
Returning citizens struggle to obtain employment after release from prison and navigating job interviews is a critical barrier they encounter. Implementing evidence-based interview training is a major gap in prison-based vocational services. We conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the feasibility and initial effectiveness of Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT) within two prisons. Forty-four male returning citizens…
A multi-level intervention to reduce the stigma of substance use and criminal involvement
Advancing Equity Through Centering Societal Values to Operationalize Racism as a Public Health Crisis
Background: The past two decades have been marked by increased efforts to advance equity in various disciplines, including social sciences, public health, environmental health, and medicine. In 2020, a national movement of municipalities declared racism a public health crisis. These efforts have coincided and likely shaped a growing sphere of federal and philanthropic funding for health equity, which frequently calls for practical interventions t…
We bounce back from the worst of the worst
Economically disadvantaged communities experience disproportionate health and social challenges relative to more affluent areas. This study describes ways women support and give back to their community in a minority-majority community experiencing social, economic and health challenges. We conducted qualitative interviews with 100 women and human service providers serving women in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. Using methods aligned with commun…
Psychology (22 works) · Medicine (20 works) · Political science (12 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Mental health (8 works) · Criminology (7 works) · Environmental health (7 works)