John P Allegrante
Biographic Data
| ID | 5148376 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John P Allegrante |
| GIVEN NAMES | John P |
| FAMILY NAME | Allegrante |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEGRANTE J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6281-3037 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Role of Social Networks, House Ballrooms, and Religion in HIV Prevention for Black Gay and Bisexual Men: A Scoping Review
Pubertal Development and the Onset of Substance Use Among Appalachian Youth: A Longitudinal Study
Objective: We investigated the links between pubertal timing and tempo and the onset of cannabis, alcohol, and tobacco use among middle schoolers in Appalachian communities. Methods: School surveys were administered to middle school students of the 6th grade and continuing through the spring of the 8th grade (n = 2,587; 49.4% boys), beginning in the fall at six-month intervals. Youth self-reported on their pubertal development and substance use. …
In Memoriam: Flora Bloom, M.A., M.S., Ed.D., CHES (1935–2025)
Development and Validation of a Stroke Literacy Assessment Test for Community Health Workers
Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly being required to perform complex health care activities, especially in community cardiovascular disease and stroke prevention. However, currently, there are no psychometrically validated instruments for assessing CHW competencies in these roles. This article describes the development and validation of the stroke literacy assessment test (SLAT)—pertaining to the Life’s Simple Seven (LS7) risk facto…
Behavioral Activation, Depression, and Promotion of Health Behaviors: A Scoping Review
Diverse approaches to the treatment of depressive disorders are necessary to improve evidence-based practice and maximize treatment outcomes. As a result, a range of behaviors and other factors associated with the onset and course of depressive disorders should be examined more comprehensively. Behavioral activation (BA) is a treatment approach to these disorders that can be tailored to address certain health behaviors within the context of depre…
The Icelandic Prevention Model Evaluation Framework and Implementation Integrity and Consistency Assessment
The Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM) follows a systematic but flexible process of community capacity building, data collection, analysis, dissemination, and community-engaged decision-making to guide the data-informed selection, prioritization, and implementation of intervention strategies in preventing adolescent substance use. This paper describes two new evaluation tools intended to assess the: 1) integrity of IPM implementation, and 2) unique…
In Memoriam: Edward J. Roccella, MPH, PhD (1944–2021)
James F. Fries, MD (1938–2021)
Normal, Illinois, the son of
Comment to Koning et al: Implementation of the Icelandic prevention model: a critical discussion of its worldwide transferability
The authors thank Koning et al. for their critical review of the Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM) and for highlighting its strengths. We would, however, like to respond to their criticisms.First, K
Investing in Public Health Infrastructure to Address the Complexities of Homelessness
Homelessness is now recognized as a significant public health problem in North America and throughout advanced economies of the world. The causes of homelessness are complex but the lack of affordable housing, unemployment, poverty, addiction, and mental illness all contribute to the risk for homelessness. We argue that homelessness is increasingly exacerbated by system-wide infrastructure failures occurring at the municipal, state, and federal g…
Population Health Status of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Trends and Implications for Public Health Policy
The Republic of Kazakhstan began undergoing a political, economic, and social transition after 1991. Population health was declared an important element and was backed with a substantial commitment by the central government to health policy. We examine key trends in the population health status of the Republic of Kazakhstan and seek to understand them in relation to the ongoing political, economic, and social changes in society and its aspiration…
Looking Back and Moving Forward: Sophe’s 70 Years of Contributions to Health Education
Founded in 1950, the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) provides leadership to the health education profession and promotes the health of all people through six strategic commitments: developing and promoting standards for professional preparation and credentialing of community and school health educators; stimulating research on the theory, practice, and teaching of health education; supporting elimination of health disparities and the …
Strengthening Comprehensive Sexuality Education Anew: A Commentary
Active and Passive Social Media Use and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depressed Mood Among Icelandic Adolescents
Adolescent use of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat has increased dramatically over the last decade and now pervades their everyday social lives. Active and passive social media use may impact emotional health differently, but little is known about whether and to what extent either type of social media use influences emotional distress among young people. We analyzed population survey data collected from Icelandic a…
Toward a Common Agenda for the Public and Private Sectors to Advance Digital Health Communication
Toward a Common Agenda for the Public and Private Sectors to Advance Digital Health Communication Lorien C. Abroms ScD, MA, John P. Allegrante PhD, M. Elaine Auld MPH, MCHES(R), Robert S. Gold PhD, DrPH, William T. Riley PhD, and Joseph Smyser PhD, MSPH Affiliation Lorien C. Abroms is with the Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. John P. Allegran…
Funding for Gun Violence Research Is Key to the Health and Safety of the Nation
Sport Participation and Academic Achievement: A Longitudinal Study
Sport participation is positively related to academic achievement but the relationship diverges when students are compared across sex and by parental education. These findings suggest that the relation ship between sport participation and academic achievement may be influenced by SES and is related to sex
Stress and adolescent well-being: The need for an interdisciplinary framework
Stress and strain among adolescents have been investigated and discussed largely within three separate disciplines: mental health, where the focus has been on the negative effects of stress on emotional health; criminology, where the emphasis has been on the effects of strain on delinquency; and biology, where the focus has been to understand the effects of stress on physiology. Recently, scholars have called for increased multilevel developmenta…
Ottawa Statement from the Sparking Solutions Summit on Population Health Intervention Research: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 25, 2016
Patient-centered Medical Home, Make Room for Your New Neighbor: The Person-centered Wellness HomeTM
Mielenz, Thelma J. PhD*; Allegrante, John P. PhD†,‡; Rowe, John W. MD§,∥ Author Information
The Perceived Parental Support (PPS) Scale: Validity and Reliability in the 2006 Youth in Europe Substance Use Prevention Survey
Trends in Body Mass Index among Icelandic Adolescents and Young Adults from 1992 to 2007
Trends in body mass index (BMI) among 51,889 14- to 20-year-old Icelandic adolescents and young adults were examined using data from cross-sectional population surveys conducted from 1992 to 2007. Prevalence of overweight increased for both genders in all age groups, except for 14- and 20-year-old girls. Obesity prevalence increased among boys in all age groups, except for 16-year-olds, and among 15- and 20-year-old girls. The largest increase in…
Substance use prevention for adolescents: The Icelandic Model
Data from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs have shown that adolescent substance use is a growing problem in western and particularly Eastern European countries. This paper describes the development, implementation and results of the Icelandic Model of Adolescent Substance Use Prevention. The Icelandic Model is a theoretically grounded, evidence-based approach to community adolescent substance use prevention that has g…
Social correlates of cigarette smoking among Icelandic adolescents: A population-based cross-sectional study
We conclude that multiple social factors are related to adolescent smoking. Parents and other primary preventive agents need to be informed about the complicated nature of the adolescent social world in order to maximize their impact
Mayhew Derryberry: Pioneer of Health Education
Effects of Immigration on Selected Health Risk Behaviors of Black College Students
The authors administered the National College Health Risk Behavior Survey to 1,219 college students who were attending a historically Black college located in New York City. They assessed the US-born Black students and Black students who emigrated to the United States for differences in risky sexual behaviors, risky dietary behaviors, and physical inactivity. They used bivariate and multiple regression analyses to analyze the data and observed si…
Continuing-Education Needs of the Currently Employed Public Health Education Workforce
Objectives. This study examined the continuing-education needs of the currently employed public health education workforce. Methods. A national consensus panel of leading health educators from public health agencies, academic institutions, and professional organizations was convened to examine the forces creating the context for the work of public health educators and the competencies they need to practice effectively. Results. Advocacy; business…
The President's Committee on Health Education: A 20-year retrospective on its politics and policy impact
The President's Committee on Health Education was created by Richard M. Nixon in September 1971 and submitted its final report in September 1973. The committee resulted from the convergence of (1) a perceived national domestic policy need in response to escalating medical costs, (2) Nixon's personal and political ambitions, and (3) the dynamic political context of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Its work led to both private and public initiatives…
Funding for Gun Violence Research Is Key to the Health and Safety of the Nation
Ottawa Statement from the Sparking Solutions Summit on Population Health Intervention Research: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 25, 2016
The Perceived Parental Support (PPS) Scale: Validity and Reliability in the 2006 Youth in Europe Substance Use Prevention Survey
Should we educate for motorcycle safety helmet use
Should we educate for motorcycle safety helmet use? J P AllegranteCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.71.8.859 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Adolescents' Self-Reports of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Marijuana use: Examining the Comparability of Video Tape, Cartoon and Verbal Bogus-Pipeline Procedures
Recent studies of smoking prevention have utilized procedures designed to motivate adolescents to provide truthful self-reports by convincing them that their smoking status can be verified by an independent (“bogus”) measure. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of three “bogus-pipeline” procedures hypothesized to increase the validity of self-reported cigarette smoking among 646 seventh graders from two suburban New York City schools. A…
Challenges in Developing Health Promotion Services for the Chronically Ill
A health promotion perspective and the involvement of voluntary agencies are both becoming increasingly important in the development of services for the chronically ill. A multidisciplinary model of health promotion for this population is presented that highlights the importance of self-care education and the contributions of social workers, health educators, and other community health professionals in the development and delivery of such a progr…
The President's Committee on Health Education: A 20-year retrospective on its politics and policy impact
The President's Committee on Health Education was created by Richard M. Nixon in September 1971 and submitted its final report in September 1973. The committee resulted from the convergence of (1) a perceived national domestic policy need in response to escalating medical costs, (2) Nixon's personal and political ambitions, and (3) the dynamic political context of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Its work led to both private and public initiatives…
The President's Committee on Health Education: 4. Guinta and Allegrante Respond to Carlyon and Pollock
The President's Committee on Health Education 4. Guinta and Allegrante Respond to Carlyon and Pollock Marguerite A. Guinta, and John P. Allegrante CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.6.909-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
The President's Committee on Health Education: 2. Guinta and Allegrante Respond to Ogden
The President's Committee on Health Education 2. Guinta and Allegrante Respond to Ogden Marguerite A. Guinta, and John P. Allegrante CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.6.908-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Continuing-Education Needs of the Currently Employed Public Health Education Workforce
Objectives. This study examined the continuing-education needs of the currently employed public health education workforce. Methods. A national consensus panel of leading health educators from public health agencies, academic institutions, and professional organizations was convened to examine the forces creating the context for the work of public health educators and the competencies they need to practice effectively. Results. Advocacy; business…
Allegrante Et Al. Respond
We thank Ellery for her comments on our article. Nineteen of the 25 members of our consensus panel were currently-employed public health educators in local, state, and federal health agencies. We agree that the issue of responsibility for the continuing education needs of health educators is an important one. As we pointed out, it will require both cooperation and investments on the part of professional associations, universities, government, and…
Effects of Immigration on Selected Health Risk Behaviors of Black College Students
The authors administered the National College Health Risk Behavior Survey to 1,219 college students who were attending a historically Black college located in New York City. They assessed the US-born Black students and Black students who emigrated to the United States for differences in risky sexual behaviors, risky dietary behaviors, and physical inactivity. They used bivariate and multiple regression analyses to analyze the data and observed si…
Mayhew Derryberry: Pioneer of Health Education
Substance use prevention for adolescents: The Icelandic Model
Data from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs have shown that adolescent substance use is a growing problem in western and particularly Eastern European countries. This paper describes the development, implementation and results of the Icelandic Model of Adolescent Substance Use Prevention. The Icelandic Model is a theoretically grounded, evidence-based approach to community adolescent substance use prevention that has g…
Social correlates of cigarette smoking among Icelandic adolescents: A population-based cross-sectional study
We conclude that multiple social factors are related to adolescent smoking. Parents and other primary preventive agents need to be informed about the complicated nature of the adolescent social world in order to maximize their impact
Trends in Body Mass Index among Icelandic Adolescents and Young Adults from 1992 to 2007
Trends in body mass index (BMI) among 51,889 14- to 20-year-old Icelandic adolescents and young adults were examined using data from cross-sectional population surveys conducted from 1992 to 2007. Prevalence of overweight increased for both genders in all age groups, except for 14- and 20-year-old girls. Obesity prevalence increased among boys in all age groups, except for 16-year-olds, and among 15- and 20-year-old girls. The largest increase in…
The Perceived Parental Support (PPS) Scale: Validity and Reliability in the 2006 Youth in Europe Substance Use Prevention Survey
Stress and adolescent well-being: The need for an interdisciplinary framework
Stress and strain among adolescents have been investigated and discussed largely within three separate disciplines: mental health, where the focus has been on the negative effects of stress on emotional health; criminology, where the emphasis has been on the effects of strain on delinquency; and biology, where the focus has been to understand the effects of stress on physiology. Recently, scholars have called for increased multilevel developmenta…
Ottawa Statement from the Sparking Solutions Summit on Population Health Intervention Research: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 25, 2016
Patient-centered Medical Home, Make Room for Your New Neighbor: The Person-centered Wellness HomeTM
Mielenz, Thelma J. PhD*; Allegrante, John P. PhD†,‡; Rowe, John W. MD§,∥ Author Information
Sport Participation and Academic Achievement: A Longitudinal Study
Sport participation is positively related to academic achievement but the relationship diverges when students are compared across sex and by parental education. These findings suggest that the relation ship between sport participation and academic achievement may be influenced by SES and is related to sex
Funding for Gun Violence Research Is Key to the Health and Safety of the Nation
Active and Passive Social Media Use and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depressed Mood Among Icelandic Adolescents
Adolescent use of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat has increased dramatically over the last decade and now pervades their everyday social lives. Active and passive social media use may impact emotional health differently, but little is known about whether and to what extent either type of social media use influences emotional distress among young people. We analyzed population survey data collected from Icelandic a…
Toward a Common Agenda for the Public and Private Sectors to Advance Digital Health Communication
Toward a Common Agenda for the Public and Private Sectors to Advance Digital Health Communication Lorien C. Abroms ScD, MA, John P. Allegrante PhD, M. Elaine Auld MPH, MCHES(R), Robert S. Gold PhD, DrPH, William T. Riley PhD, and Joseph Smyser PhD, MSPH Affiliation Lorien C. Abroms is with the Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. John P. Allegran…
Looking Back and Moving Forward: Sophe’s 70 Years of Contributions to Health Education
Founded in 1950, the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) provides leadership to the health education profession and promotes the health of all people through six strategic commitments: developing and promoting standards for professional preparation and credentialing of community and school health educators; stimulating research on the theory, practice, and teaching of health education; supporting elimination of health disparities and the …
Strengthening Comprehensive Sexuality Education Anew: A Commentary
Comment to Koning et al: Implementation of the Icelandic prevention model: a critical discussion of its worldwide transferability
The authors thank Koning et al. for their critical review of the Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM) and for highlighting its strengths. We would, however, like to respond to their criticisms.First, K
Investing in Public Health Infrastructure to Address the Complexities of Homelessness
Homelessness is now recognized as a significant public health problem in North America and throughout advanced economies of the world. The causes of homelessness are complex but the lack of affordable housing, unemployment, poverty, addiction, and mental illness all contribute to the risk for homelessness. We argue that homelessness is increasingly exacerbated by system-wide infrastructure failures occurring at the municipal, state, and federal g…
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