Dr. Michelle Johnson-Jennings
Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
Professor, School of Social Work
Education
PhD Counseling Psychology/Integrated Primary Care Psychology, University of Wisconsin (Madison), 2010
EdM Contemporary Native Issues, Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University, 1999
BS/BA Education, Native American Studies, University of Oklahoma, 1998
Academic Programs and Affiliations
Recent Publications (PubMed)
Social determinants of obesity in American Indian and Alaska Native peoples aged ≥ 50 years.
Goins RT, Conway C, Reid M, Jiang L, Chang J, Huyser KR, Brega AG, Steiner JF, Fyfe-Johnson AL, Johnson-Jennings M, Hiratsuka V, Manson SM, O’Connell J. Social determinants of obesity in American Indian and Alaska Native peoples aged ≥ 50 years. Public He
Increasing Prevalence and Stable Incidence Rates of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Among First Nations: Population-Based Evidence From a Western Canadian Province.
Peña-Sánchez JN, Osei JA, Marques Santos JD, Jennings D, Andkhoie M, Brass C, Bukassa-Kazadi G, Lu X, Johnson-Jennings M, Porter L, Porter R, Quintin CL, Sanderson R, Teucher U, Fowler S. Increasing Prevalence and Stable Incidence Rates of Inflammatory Bo
Little Earth Strong: A Community-Level, Culturally Appropriate Diabetes Prevention Pilot Targeting Urban American Indians.
Johnson-Jennings M, Punjabi A, Paul K, Jones J, Jennings D. Little Earth Strong: A Community-Level, Culturally Appropriate Diabetes Prevention Pilot Targeting Urban American Indians. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2021;15(1):3-14. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2021.
The influence of undertreated chronic pain in a national survey: Prescription medication misuse among American indians, Asian Pacific Islanders, Blacks, Hispanics and whites.
Johnson-Jennings M, Duran B, Hakes J, Paffrath A, Little MM. The influence of undertreated chronic pain in a national survey: Prescription medication misuse among American indians, Asian Pacific Islanders, Blacks, Hispanics and whites. SSM Popul Health. 2
“Being on the Walk Put It Somewhere in My Body”: The Meaning of Place in Health for Indigenous Women.
Fernandez AR, Evans-Campbell T, Johnson-Jennings M, Beltran RE, Schultz K, Stroud S, Walters KL. “Being on the Walk Put It Somewhere in My Body”: The Meaning of Place in Health for Indigenous Women. J Ethn Cult Divers Soc Work. 2021;30(1):122-137. doi: 10
Formative Research and Cultural Tailoring of a Substance Abuse Prevention Program for American Indian Youth: Findings From the Intertribal Talking Circle Intervention.
Baldwin JA, Lowe J, Brooks J, Charbonneau-Dahlen BK, Lawrence G, Johnson-Jennings M, Padgett G, Kelley M, Camplain C. Formative Research and Cultural Tailoring of a Substance Abuse Prevention Program for American Indian Youth: Findings From the Intertriba
Identifying Perspectives About Health to Orient Obesity Intervention Among Urban, Transitionally Housed Indigenous Children.
Jennings DR, Paul K, Little MM, Olson D, Johnson-Jennings MD. Identifying Perspectives About Health to Orient Obesity Intervention Among Urban, Transitionally Housed Indigenous Children. Qual Health Res. 2020 May;30(6):894-905. doi: 10.1177/10497323199001
Growing from Our Roots: Strategies for Developing Culturally Grounded Health Promotion Interventions in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Communities.
Walters KL, Johnson-Jennings M, Stroud S, Rasmus S, Charles B, John S, Allen J, Kaholokula JK, Look MA, de Silva M, Lowe J, Baldwin JA, Lawrence G, Brooks J, Noonan CW, Belcourt A, Quintana E, Semmens EO, Boulafentis J. Growing from Our Roots: Strategies
Ode’imin Giizis: Proposing and Piloting Gardening as an Indigenous Childhood Health Intervention.
Johnson-Jennings M, Paul K, Olson D, LaBeau M, Jennings D. Ode’imin Giizis: Proposing and Piloting Gardening as an Indigenous Childhood Health Intervention. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2020;31(2):871-888. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2020.0066.
Developing a Tribal Health Sovereignty Model for Obesity Prevention.
Jennings D, Little MM, Johnson-Jennings M. Developing a Tribal Health Sovereignty Model for Obesity Prevention. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2018;12(3):353-362. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2018.0059.