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Overview

John G. Oetzel is affiliated with the University of Waikato in New Zealand, focusing primarily on health professions research. Their work addresses diverse aspects of community health, mental health, aging, health disparities, and Indigenous health issues. The scope of their scholarship concentrates on health policy implementation science and the processes and outcomes of community-engaged research.

The scientist has contributed notably to several specialized topics, including:

  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Community Health and Development
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights

Their main fields of study reflect a concentration on health professions, with subfields involving clinical psychology, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, and public health, environmental and occupational health. A high volume of publications falls under general health professions.

John G. Oetzel frequently publishes in several venues, especially those geared toward community psychology and public health. The main publication venues include:

  • American Journal of Community Psychology
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Health Education & Behavior
  • BMC Geriatrics
  • Implementation Science Communications

Their recent papers reflect a focus on community-based participatory research and equity-centered community-engaged research practices. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Engage for Equity: A Long-Term Study of Community-Based Participatory Research and Community-Engaged Research Practices and Outcomes," 2020, Health Education & Behavior
  • "Partnerships, Processes, and Outcomes: A Health Equity-Focused Scoping Meta-Review of Community-Engaged Scholarship," 2020, Annual Review of Public Health
  • "Engage for Equity: The Role of Trust and Synergy in Community-Based Participatory Research," 2020, Health Education & Behavior
  • "Scales of Practices and Outcomes for Community-Engaged Research," 2021, American Journal of Community Psychology
  • "Exploring theoretical mechanisms of community-engaged research: a multilevel cross-sectional national study of structural and relational practices in community-academic partnerships," 2022, International Journal for Equity in Health

Collaboration has been a significant part of their work, frequently coauthoring with Mary Simpson, Sophie Nock, Rangimahora Reddy, Nina Wallerstein, and Shannon Sanchez-Youngman. The frequency of these collaborations ranges from 8 to 17 joint publications with each coauthor.

Best Publications

  • Managing Intercultural Conflict Effectively

    Stella Ting-Toomey;John G. Oetzel

  • Face Concerns in Interpersonal Conflict A Cross-Cultural Empirical Test of the Face Negotiation Theory

    John G. Oetzel;Stella Ting-Toomey

  • Ethnic/cultural identity salience and conflict styles in four US ethnic groups

    Stella Ting-Toomey;Kimberlie K Yee-Jung;Robin B Shapiro;Wintilo Garcia

  • Face and facework in conflict: a cross-cultural comparison of China, Germany, Japan, and the United States

    John Oetzel;Stella Ting-Toomey;Tomoko Masumoto;Yumiko Yokochi

  • Individualism and collectivism: Harry C. Triandis Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995, 259 pp., $18.95

    John G. Oetzel

  • Engage for Equity: A Long-Term Study of Community-Based Participatory Research and Community-Engaged Research Practices and Outcomes:

    Nina Wallerstein;John G Oetzel;Shannon Sanchez-Youngman;Blake Boursaw

  • Exploring the dimensions of organizational assimilation: Creating and validating a measure

    Karen Kroman Myers;John G. Oetzel

  • Process and outcome constructs for evaluating community-based participatory research projects: a matrix of existing measures

    Jennifer A. Sandoval;Julie Lucero;John Oetzel;Magdalena Avila

  • Self‐construal types and conflict management styles

    Stella Ting‐Toomey;John G. Oetzel;Kimberlie Yee‐Jung

  • Development of a Mixed Methods Investigation of Process and Outcomes of Community-Based Participatory Research

    Julie Lucero;Nina Wallerstein;Bonnie Duran;Margarita Alegria

  • The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Communication: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice

    John G. Oetzel;Stella Ting-Toomey;Bibiana Arcos;Phola Mabizela

  • Explaining Individual Communication Processes in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Groups through Individualism-Collectivism and Self-Construal.

    John G. Oetzel

  • The effects of self‐construals and ethnicity on self‐reported conflict styles

    John G. Oetzel

  • A typology of facework behaviors in conflicts with best friends and relative strangers

    John G. Oetzel;Stella Ting‐Toomey;Yumiko Yokochi;Tomoko Masumoto

  • Employee mistreatment and muted voices in the culturally diverse workplace

    Mary M. Meares;John G. Oetzel;Annette Torres;Denise Derkacs

  • Evaluating community-based participatory research to improve community-partnered science and community health.

    Sarah Hicks;Bonnie Duran;Nina Wallerstein;Magdalena Avila

  • Self-Construals, Communication Processes, and Group Outcomes in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Groups

    John G. Oetzel

  • Intimate partner violence in American Indian and/or Alaska Native communities: a social ecological framework of determinants and interventions.

    John Oetzel;Bonnie Duran

  • Partnerships, Processes, and Outcomes: A Health Equity-Focused Scoping Meta-Review of Community-Engaged Scholarship

    Kasim Ortiz;Jacob Nash;Logan Shea;John Oetzel

  • Opposite Ends of the Same Stick? Multi-Method Test of the Dimensionality of Individualism and Collectivism

    Vas Taras;Riikka Sarala;Paul Muchinsky;Markus Kemmelmeier

  • Community-Based Participatory Research for Health: Advancing Social and Health Equity

    Bonnie Duran;Nina Wallerstein;John Oetzel

  • Impact of Participatory Health Research: A Test of the Community-Based Participatory Research Conceptual Model.

    John G. Oetzel;Nina Wallerstein;Bonnie Duran;Shannon Sanchez-Youngman

Frequent Co-Authors

Nina Wallerstein
Nina Wallerstein University of New Mexico
Stella Ting-Toomey
Stella Ting-Toomey California State University, Fullerton
Spero M. Manson
Spero M. Manson University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Barbara A. Israel
Barbara A. Israel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mohan J. Dutta
Mohan J. Dutta Massey University
Amy J. Schulz
Amy J. Schulz University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Janette Beals
Janette Beals University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Markus Kemmelmeier
Markus Kemmelmeier University of Nevada Reno
Seth J. Schwartz
Seth J. Schwartz The University of Texas at Austin
Wendi L. Gardner
Wendi L. Gardner Northwestern University

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