Community and population health

About

We work with communities to research health needs and implement solutions.

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Faculty Position
  • Hooker, Stephanie A., PhD, MPH, MS, Research Investigator 2019 -
  • Kottke, Thomas E., MD, MSPH, FACC, FAHA, Senior Research Investigator 2004 -
  • Westgard, Bjorn C., MD, MA, Research Investigator

    • Publications While At HealthPartners

    selected publications

    Journal Article
  • 'Do they care?': a qualitative examination of patient perspectives on primary care clinician communication related to opioids in the USA. 
    BMJ open. 2025
  • Applying self-determination theory to internalized weight stigma and mental health correlates among young and middle adult women: a structural equation model. 
  • COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake among firefighters: an application of the Health Belief Model. 
    Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2025
    Article has an altmetric score of 1
  • Clinical decision support to improve primary care obesity management in adults with diabetes: clinic-randomized study design. 
    Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2025
  • Effort during ethanol breath testing impacts correlation with serum ethanol concentration. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2025
    • Editorial Article
  • Stable housing, stable lives [editorial]
    2025
  • Introducing the Lifestyle Health Index in the American Nations [editorial]. 
    Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention.  44. 2024
  • Failing cardiovascular health: a population code blue [editorial]. 
  • Gun laws: enough is enough [editorial]
    2021
  • Heart disease and stroke: down, but not out [editorial]. 
    Lancet Reg Health Eur.  7. 2021
    • Chapter
  • Case study: the power of community in population health: PowerUp for kids. 
    Population health: creating a culture of wellness. 2015
  • Causation of common cardiovascular problems. 
    AMA guides to the evaluation of diseases and injury causation. 2013
  • Health promotion in health systems. 
    Lifestyle medicine. 2013
    • Conference Poster
  • Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among firefighters: application of the Health Belief Model [poster]
    2023
  • A randomized controlled trial of emergency department dental care vouchers to improve care and reduce return visits [poster]
    2017
  • How should we evaluate cardiac risk in the older asymptomatic scuba diver [poster]?
    2017
  • Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the prevention of arterial gas embolism in food grade hydrogen peroxide ingestion [poster]
    2017
  • Iatrogenic arterial gas embolism case series treated with hyperbaric oxygen [poster]
    2017
    • Report
  • Identifying patient-centered outcomes for digital care for chronic conditions - final Engagement report
    2024
  • New summary measures of population health and well-being for implementation by health plans and accountable care organizations
    2016
  • A nationwide framework for surveillance of cardiovascular and chronic lung diseases
    2011
  • Healthy lifestyles [health care guideline]
    2011
  • Lipid management in adults [health care guideline]
    2009
    • Review
  • Evidence to support health system prioritization of health behaviors in the COVID-19 era [review]. 
    Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2024
  • The Lifestyle Health Index in the context of COVID-19 mortality and vaccination in the United States: a syndemic not to be repeated [review]. 
  • America's racial reckoning within perinatal communication: a rapid review using sociotechnical systems theory to compare publications before and after 2020 [review]. 
  • Economics of team-based care for blood pressure control: updated Community Guide Systematic Review [review]. 
  • Pharmacist interventions for medication adherence: Community Guide economic reviews for cardiovascular disease [review]. 
    • Policy Briefs
  • Health and well-being
    2018
    • Abstract
  • Using implementation science to identify clinician-reported barriers to discussing safe fish consumption during routine prenatal care [abstract]. 
  • Rethinking the standard of care for patients with central retinal artery occlusion [abstract]. 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2017
  • Implementation of an electronic dental record tool to increase referrals to a tobacco counseling quit line [abstract]. 
    Implementation science. 2015
  • Association of missed outpatient appointments and emergency department visits and inpatient admissions [abstract]. 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2014
  • Healthy food availability is associated with neighborhood incidence of emergency department visits for diet-related illnesses [abstract]. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2014
    • Audio-Visual Document
  • Preventing heart disease
    2014
    • Webpage
  • Include exercise in your weight loss plans
    2023
    • Working Paper
  • Philanthropy and beyond: creating shared value to promote well-being for individuals in their communities [discussion paper]
    2017
    Article has an altmetric score of 2
  • Well-being in all policies: promoting cross-sectoral collaboration to improve people's lives [discussion paper]

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