Alana Steffen

Biographic Data

ID6079890
NAMEAlana Steffen
GIVEN NAMESAlana
FAMILY NAMESteffen
SIGNATURESTEFFEN A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Illinois Chicago
ORCID0000-0003-4292-6138
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT16
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Prison-based HIV partner notification in Indonesia

    Open AccessGabriel J Culbert, Agung Waluyo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    With HIV Assisted Partner Notification (APN), individuals with HIV voluntarily name and authorize trained health care workers to inform their at-risk partner of possible exposure to the virus without disclosing the identity of who had named them. Although APN is safe and effective in increasing HIV partner notification and testing, its successful implementation in prison settings to assist incarcerated people with HIV (IPWH) to inform their pre-i…

  • Association between Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) and long-term Covid-19 symptoms

    Open AccessSafa Elkefi, Alana Steffen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Study findings contribute to the extensive literature demonstrating the negative health consequences of childhood adversities. More adverse events resulted in more risk to experience long term COVID-19 symptoms. Additional research is needed to better understand and intervene in the biological vulnerabilities associated with childhood adversities

  • Poor Sleep Environment and Increased Insulin Resistance in Black/African American Pregnant Women

    Open AccessGhada Abu Irsheed, Alana Steffen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2025References: 2

    Data were drawn from a registered lifestyle counseling trial (NCT05234125)

  • Exploring Preventive Health Care Utilization Among Black/African American Men

    Open AccessHarrell Jordan, Rohan D Jeremiah et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Men s Health2024

    Black/African American (BAA) men have the lowest life expectancy among other major demographic groups in the United States, with BAA male mortality rates 40% higher than their White male counterparts. Despite known benefits of preventive health care utilization, BAA men are 43% more likely to use the emergency department for usual care. Many intersecting factors like medical mistrust and religion have been identified as common barriers BAA men fa…

  • Associations in Cigarette Smoking and Health Conditions by Race/Ethnicity Among a Diverse Sample of Patients Receiving Treatment in a Federally Qualified Health Care Setting in Chicago

    Open AccessLarisa Burke, Alana Steffen et al.ARTICLEHealth Equity2023

    Purpose: To examine the association of cigarette use and smoking-related health conditions by race/ethnicity among diverse and low-income patients at a federally qualified health center (FQHC). Methods: =51,670). Smoking categories included everyday/heavy smoker, someday/light smoker, former smoker, or never smoker. Results: Current and former smoking rates were 20.1% and 15.2%, respectively. Males, Black, White, non-partnered, older, and Medicai…

  • The Use of Navigators to Increase Patient Portal Enrollment among Patients in a Federally Qualified Health Care System

    Alicia K Matthews, Alana Steffen et al.ARTICLEEthnicity & Disease2023

    Study results suggest that using patient navigators is feasible and beneficial for increasing patient enrollment in the Federally Qualified Health Centers context. However, patient-, clinic-, and system-level factors were identified as barriers and should be addressed in future research studies

  • MiQuit

    Alicia K Matthews, Alana Steffen et al.ARTICLEEthnicity & Disease2023

    This study will provide a new cost-effective and efficient model to link low-income smokers to state tobacco quitlines. Message delivery via patient health portals has important implications for addressing other tobacco-related morbidities

  • Exploring HIV stigma among future healthcare providers in Indonesia

    Agung Waluyo, Muchtaruddin Mansyur et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2022

    Future healthcare professionals are an important group for interventions to eliminate HIV stigma in the health workforce. Researchers examined HIV stigma and its relationship with healthcare discipline, HIV knowledge, and religiosity among nursing, medical, and midwifery students (N = 505) in three regions of Indonesia. In a multivariable linear model, higher HIV stigma was associated with male sex, lower levels of income and HIV knowledge, and h…

  • A Study Protocol for Increasing Access to Smoking Cessation Treatments for Low-Income Minority Smokers

    Open AccessAlicia K Matthews, Karriem S Watson et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Background: Smoking rates among low-income patients are double those of the general population. Access to health care is an essential social determinant of health. Federally qualified health care centers (FQHC) are government-supported and community-based centers to increase access to health care for non-insured and underinsured patients. However, barriers to implementation impact adherence and sustainability of evidence-based smoking cessation w…

  • Sleep disturbance, associated symptoms, and quality of life in adults living with HIV in Jakarta, Indonesia

    Hening Pujasari, Judith A Levy et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2021

    < 0.05). After adjusting for sex, education, drug-use severity, and ART adherence, QoL was negatively associated with fatigue, insomnia, and pharmacological treatment with methadone. Along with other known symptoms of HIV, sleep problems and their complications are important to clinically address and research more fully to assure satisfying QoL among PLWH

  • The influence of identity on the prevalence and persistence of disordered eating and weight control behaviors in Mexican American college women

    Open AccessKaren F Stein, Karen Stein et al.ARTICLEAppetite2019Cited by: 2References: 88

  • Self-schema as a non-drinker

    Open AccessChia-Kuei Lee, Karen F Stein et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2018

    Alcohol use is considered less acceptable for women than men in the Mexican culture. However, recent studies of Mexican-American (MA) women show that prevalence and rates of alcohol use are escalating, particularly in those with high acculturation to Western standards. Building on recent studies that demonstrated that drinking-related identities (self-schemas) are important predictors of alcohol use in college populations, this secondary data ana…

  • Patterns in Faculty Learning Management System Use

    Open AccessSzymon Machajewski, Alana Steffen et al.ARTICLETechTrends2018References: 1

  • A Randomized Trial of Tailored Skin Cancer Prevention Messages for Adults

    Karen Glanz, Elinor R Schoenfeld et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2010References: 26

    Objectives. We evaluated the impact of a mailed, tailored intervention on skin cancer prevention and skin self-examination behaviors of adults at moderate and high risk for skin cancer. Methods. Adults at moderate and high risk for skin cancer were recruited in primary health care settings in Honolulu, HI, and Long Island, NY. After completing a baseline survey, participants were randomized to 2 groups. The treatment group received tailored mater…

  • Tobacco Use among Native Hawaiian Middle School Students

    Karen Glanz, Marjorie K Mau et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2007Cited by: 2References: 3

    Additional research is needed to understand what aspects of ethnic identity are associated with smoking behavior among Native Hawaiian youth. The strong influence of peer and parental smoking suggests the need for interventions that support the creation of social environments that discourage tobacco use

  • Recruitment Approaches for Family Studies

    Sara Chandros Hull, Karen Glanz et al.ARTICLEIRB Ethics and Human Research2004

    Sara Chandros Hull, Karen Glanz, Alana Steffen, Benjamin S. Wilfond, Recruitment Approaches for Family Studies: Attitudes of Index Patients and Their Relatives, IRB: Ethics & Human Research, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Jul. - Aug., 2004), pp. 12-18