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Janette Beals is affiliated with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences and health professions, with a particular focus on health disparities and outcomes among diverse populations.

Their work includes an emphasis on topics such as:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Food security and health in diverse populations
  • Primary care and health outcomes
  • Racial and ethnic identity research
  • Migration, health, and trauma

Beals has contributed to several subfields, including health, general health professions, sociology and political science, and clinical psychology, indicating a multidisciplinary approach to their research.

Two recent publications illustrate the scope of Beals's research interests:

  • "Rural and Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Veteran Health Disparities: a Population-Based Study", published in 2020 in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • "Health outcomes in a national sample of American Indian and Alaska Native adults: Differences between multiple-race and single-race subgroups", published in 2020 in PLoS ONE

Beals often collaborates with other scholars in related fields. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Carol E. Kaufman
  • Nancy L. Asdigian
  • Ursula Running Bear
  • Spero M. Manson
  • Nancy Dailey

Their research outputs have appeared in venues that focus on racial and ethnic health disparities, including the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities and PLoS ONE. This demonstrates an ongoing engagement with journals that address public health and social determinants of health issues.

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of Mental Disorders and Utilization of Mental Health Services in Two American Indian Reservation Populations: Mental Health Disparities in a National Context

    Janette Beals;Douglas K. Novins;Nancy R. Whitesell;Paul Spicer

  • Prevalence of DSM-IV Disorders and Attendant Help-Seeking in 2 American Indian Reservation Populations

    Janette Beals;Spero M. Manson;Nancy R. Whitesell;Paul Spicer

  • Social Epidemiology of Trauma Among 2 American Indian Reservation Populations

    Spero M. Manson;Janette Beals;Suzell A. Klein;Calvin D. Croy

  • Linking empirically based theory and evaluation: the Family Bereavement Program.

    Irwin N. Sandler;Stephen G. West;Louise Baca;David R. Pillow

  • Spirituality and attempted suicide among American Indians

    Eva Marie Garroutte;Jack Goldberg;Janette Beals;Richard Herrell

  • Cultural specificity and comparison in psychiatric epidemiology: walking the tightrope in American Indian research.

    Janette Beals;Spero M. Manson;Christina M. Mitchell;Paul Spicer

  • Epidemiology and Etiology of Substance Use among American Indians and Alaska Natives: Risk, Protection, and Implications for Prevention

    Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell;Janette Beals;Cecelia Big Crow;Christina M. Mitchell

  • The Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among American Indian Vietnam Veterans: Disparities and Context

    Janette Beals;Spero M. Manson;James H. Shore;Matthew Friedman

  • Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program Into American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: Results from the Special Diabetes Program for Indians Diabetes Prevention demonstration project

    Luohua Jiang;Spero M. Manson;Janette Beals;William G. Henderson

  • Psychiatric Disorder Among American Indian Adolescents: Prevalence in Northern Plains Youth

    Janette Beals;Joan Piasecki;Scott Nelson;Monica Jones

  • Risk status of adolescent children of problem-drinking parents.

    Mark W. Roosa;Irwin N. Sandler;Janette Beals;Jerome L. Short

  • Use of traditional health practices among Native Americans in a primary care setting.

    Dedra Buchwald;Janette Beals;Spero M. Manson

  • Suicide prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native communities: a critical review of programs.

    Denise L. Middlebrook;Pamela L. LeMaster;Janette Beals;Douglas K. Novins

  • The utility of the Kessler Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K6) in Two American Indian communities

    Christina M. Mitchell;Janette Beals

  • Wounded spirits, ailing hearts: PTSD and related disorders among American Indians.

    Spero Manson;Janette Beals;Theresa O'Nell;Joan Piasecki

  • Prevalence of Common Psychiatric Disorders Among American Indian Adolescent Detainees

    Christine Wilson Duclos;Janette Beals;Douglas K. Novins;Cheryl Martin

  • Measurement issues in family assessment: the case of the Family Environment Scale

    Mark W. Roosa;Janette Beals

  • The Prevalence of DSM-III-R Alcohol Dependence in Two American Indian Populations

    Paul Spicer;Janette Beals;Calvin D. Croy;Christina M. Mitchell

  • Factors Associated with Suicide Ideation among American Indian Adolescents: Does Culture Matter?

    Douglas K. Novins;Janette Beals;Robert E. Roberts;Spero M. Manson

  • Racial disparities in alcohol use: comparison of 2 American Indian reservation populations with national data.

    Janette Beals;Paul Spicer;Christina M. Mitchell;Douglas K. Novins

  • Diagnostic Reliability of Telepsychiatry in American Indian Veterans

    M.P.H. Jay H. Shore;Daniel Savin;Heather Orton;Jan Beals

  • Use of biomedical services and traditional healing options among American Indians: sociodemographic correlates, spirituality, and ethnic identity.

    Douglas K. Novins;Janette Beals;Laurie A. Moore;Paul Spicer

Frequent Co-Authors

Spero M. Manson
Spero M. Manson University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Christina M. Mitchell
Christina M. Mitchell University of Colorado Denver
Paul Spicer
Paul Spicer University of Oklahoma
Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell
Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
R. Jay Turner
R. Jay Turner Florida State University
Barbara V. Howard
Barbara V. Howard MedStar Health
David B. Arciniegas
David B. Arciniegas University of Colorado Denver
Mark W. Roosa
Mark W. Roosa Arizona State University
Deborah S. Hasin
Deborah S. Hasin Columbia University
John G. Oetzel
John G. Oetzel University of Waikato

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