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Evaluation of a school-based participatory intervention to improve school environments using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research by Wilhelm, April K, Schwedhelm, Maria, Bigelow, Martha, Bates, Nicole, Hang, Mikow, Ortega, Luis, Pergament, Shannon, Allen, Michele L

“…Abstract Background Participatory research offers a promising approach to addressing health inequities and improving the social determinants of health for…”
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Mexican Heritage Families in Transition and Youth Smoking Initiation by Allen, Michele L., M.D., M.S

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Concept Mapping as an Approach to Facilitate Participatory Intervention Building by L Allen, Michele, Schaleben-Boateng, Dane, Davey, Cynthia S, Hang, Mikow, Pergament, Shannon

“…A challenge to addressing community-defined need through community-based participatory intervention building is ensuring that all collaborators' opinions are…”
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The Relationship Between Spanish Language Use and Substance Use Behaviors Among Latino Youth: A Social Network Approach by Allen, Michele L., M.D., M.S, Elliott, Marc N., Ph.D, Fuligni, Andrew J., Ph.D, Morales, Leo S., M.D., Ph.D, Hambarsoomian, Katrin, M.S, Schuster, Mark A., M.D., Ph.D

“…Abstract Purpose Greater acculturation is associated with higher rates of substance use among Latino adolescents, but the reasons are poorly understood. One…”
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Effective Parenting Interventions to Reduce Youth Substance Use: A Systematic Review by Allen, Michele L, Garcia-Huidobro, Diego, Porta, Carolyn, Curran, Dorothy, Patel, Roma, Miller, Jonathan, Borowsky, Iris

“…Parenting interventions may prevent adolescent substance use; however, questions remain regarding the effectiveness of interventions across substances and…”
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Assessing Multicultural Parenting Values and Practices in Prevention Programs for Latino Youth by Ghaffar Ali Hurtado, Julie M. Fife, Maria V. Svetaz, Michele L. Allen

“…As communities become increasingly diverse, it is important to consider how cultural navigation interacts with adolescent development. We examined immigrant…”
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Admissions from COVID-19: Determining the Impact of Neighborhood Deprivation and Primary Language by Ingraham, Nicholas E., Purcell, Laura N., Karam, Basil S., Dudley, R. Adams, Usher, Michael G., Warlick, Christopher A., Allen, Michele L., Melton, Genevieve B., Charles, Anthony, Tignanelli, Christopher J.

“…Background Despite past and ongoing efforts to achieve health equity in the USA, racial and ethnic disparities persist and appear to be exacerbated by…”
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Immigrant family skills-building to prevent tobacco use in Latino youth: study protocol for a community-based participatory randomized controlled trial by Allen, Michele L, Garcia-Huidobro, Diego, Hurtado, G Ali, Allen, Rose, Davey, Cynthia S, Forster, Jean L, Hurtado, Monica, Lopez-Petrovich, Katia, Marczak, Mary, Reynoso, Ursula, Trebs, Laura, Svetaz, María Veronica

“…Despite declines over recent years, youth tobacco and other substance use rates remain high. Latino youth are at equal or increased risk for lifetime tobacco,…”
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Key Informant Perspectives on Somali Adolescent Tobacco Use: Contextualizing Influences and Prevention Opportunities by Wilhelm, April K., Pratt, Rebekah J., Allen, Michele L.

“…Introduction Somali American adolescent tobacco use has increased over the past decade amid a high prevalence of tobacco use among Somali American adults…”
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Asian American adolescent e-cigarette use and associated protective factors: Heterogeneity in a statewide sample by Wilhelm, April K., Hammett, Patrick, Fu, Steven S., Eisenberg, Marla E., Pratt, Rebekah J., Allen, Michele L.

“…•Disaggregating e-cigarette use by Asian ethnicity shows significant heterogeneity.•Asian adolescents with more developmental assets are less likely to use…”
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School Connectedness and Adolescent E-cigarette Susceptibility in an Urban Sample of Middle and High School Students by Wilhelm, April K., Evans, Michael D., Xiong, Zong, Ortega, Luis, Vock, David M., Maruyama, Geoffrey, Allen, Michele L.

“…Adolescent school connectedness generally protects from risk behaviors such as tobacco use; however, its relationship to e-cigarette use is unclear. This study…”
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Different perceptual worlds: Parent and youth perspectives on parenting outcome trajectories from a Latino family‐based program by Hurtado Choque, Ghaffar Ali, Kim, HaeDong, Epstein, Norman B., Garcia‐Huidobro, Diego, Svetaz, Maria Veronica, Allen, Michele L.

“…Discrepancies between parent and youth perceptions of their relationship are a common aspect of generational acculturation gaps influencing immigrant families…”
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Belonging to Three Worlds: Somali Adolescent-Parent Relationships in the United States and Implications for Tobacco Prevention by Wilhelm, April K, Allen, Michele L, Pratt, Rebekah J

“…Immigrant family relationships help to buffer the adolescent adoption of health risk behaviors but can be strained by post-immigration structural and cultural…”
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For Whom Do Parenting Interventions to Prevent Adolescent Substance Use Work? by Garcia-Huidobro, Diego, Doty, Jennifer L., Davis, Laurel, Borowsky, Iris W., Allen, Michele L.

“…Adolescent substance use continues to be a significant public health problem. Parent training interventions are effective preventive strategies to reduce youth…”
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Patterns of Tobacco Use and Related Protective Factors Among Somali Youth in the United States by Wilhelm, April K., Parks, Michael J., Eisenberg, Marla E., Allen, Michele L.

“…Anti-smoking norms and educational aspirations are established tobacco prevention targets for general United States (U.S.) adolescent populations but…”
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The Economic Benefits of Reducing Racial Disparities in Health: The Case of Minnesota by Nanney, Marilyn S, Myers, Jr, Samuel L, Xu, Man, Kent, Kateryna, Durfee, Thomas, Allen, Michele L

“…This paper estimates the benefits of eliminating racial disparities in mortality rates and work weeks lost due to illness. Using data from the American…”
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What is sustainable participatory research? Insights from a school-university partnership by Schwedhelm, Maria Cecilia, Wilhelm, April K., Bigelow, Martha, Bates, Nicole, Vibar, Teresa M., Ortega, Luis, Allen, Michele L.

“…A growing number of researchers are employing participatory research approaches to address social determinants of health. Despite evidence supporting…”
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Expanding Family Medicine Scholarship to All Faculty: The Minnesota Model for Harmonizing Clinical Care, Education, and Research Missions by Berge, Jerica M., Peek, Charles, Pacala, James T., Adam, Patricia, Prasad, Shailendra, Finstead, Deborah, Windenburg, Denise, Bengtson, Jill, Loth, Katie A., Allen, Michele L., Buffington, Angela

“…BACKGROUNDThe Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota engaged in a 5-year transformation to expand research and…”
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Reconciling research and community priorities in participatory trials: application to Padres Informados/Jovenes Preparados by Allen, Michele L, Garcia-Huidobro, Diego, Bastian, Tiana, Hurtado, G Ali, Linares, Roxana, Svetaz, María Veronica

“…Participatory research (PR) trials aim to achieve the dual, and at times competing, demands of producing an intervention and research process that address…”
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Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors across six African Immigrant Groups in Minnesota by Sewali, Barrett, Harcourt, Nonyelum, Everson-Rose, Susan A, Leduc, Robert E, Osman, Sirad, Allen, Michele L, Okuyemi, Kolawole S

“…Although African immigrants represent a large and growing segment of the U.S. population, there are little or no data available on the prevalence of…”
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