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John P. Allegrante

John P. Allegrante

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
68
Citations
15877
World Ranking
862
National Ranking
412

Overview

John P. Allegrante is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, notably Medicine, Psychology, and Health Professions. Within these areas, prominent subfields of their work include General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Applied Psychology, and Health.

Their scholarly output reflects a focus on topics such as Health Policy Implementation Science, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet, Digital Mental Health Interventions, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, and Community Health and Development.

John P. Allegrante has contributed to numerous academic journals and publication venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Health Education & Behavior
  • Health Promotion Practice
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • American Journal of Health Promotion
  • Innovation in Aging

Their recent papers, reflecting current themes in mental health and public health, include:

  • Depressive symptoms, mental wellbeing, and substance use among adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal, population-based study (2021, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • Substance Use Among Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Systematic Review (2022, Current Psychiatry Reports)
  • Adolescent well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Are girls struggling more than boys? (2021, JCPP Advances)
  • Longitudinal association between social media use and psychological distress among adolescents (2020, Preventive Medicine)
  • Preventing COVID-19 and Its Sequela: "There Is No Magic Bullet... It's Just Behaviors" (2020, American Journal of Preventive Medicine)

John P. Allegrante has also contributed to book publications, including "Anxiety Culture," published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2024.

Frequent collaborators include Álfgeir L. Kristjánsson, Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir, Ingibjörg Eva Þórisdóttir, Bryndís Björk Ásgeirsdóttir, and Thorhildur Halldorsdottir.

Best Publications

  • A Review and Synthesis of Research Evidence for Self-Efficacy-Enhancing Interventions for Reducing Chronic Disability: Implications for Health Education Practice (Part I)

    Ray Marks;John P. Allegrante;Kate Lorig

  • Supervised fitness walking in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. A randomized, controlled trial.

    Kovar Pa;Allegrante Jp;MacKenzie Cr;Peterson Mg

  • Interventions to Support Behavioral Self-Management of Chronic Diseases

    John P. Allegrante;Martin T. Wells;Janey C. Peterson

  • Hip fractures among the elderly: causes, consequences and control.

    Ray Marks;John P Allegrante;John P Allegrante;C Ronald MacKenzie;C Ronald MacKenzie;Joseph M Lane

  • Theory-comparison and multiple-behavior research: common themes advancing health behavior research

    Claudio R. Nigg;John P. Allegrante;Marcia Ory

  • Health Behavior and Academic Achievement Among Adolescents: The Relative Contribution of Dietary Habits, Physical Activity, Body Mass Index, and Self-Esteem

    Alfgeir Logi Kristjánsson;Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir;John P Allegrante

  • Health behaviour and academic achievement in Icelandic school children

    Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir;Alfgeir Logi Kristjánsson;John P Allegrante

  • Development and evaluation of a medication adherence self-efficacy scale in hypertensive African-American patients.

    Gbenga Ogedegbe;Carol A Mancuso;Carol A Mancuso;John P Allegrante;Mary E Charlson

  • Active and Passive Social Media Use and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depressed Mood Among Icelandic Adolescents.

    Ingibjorg Eva Thorisdottir;Rannveig Sigurvinsdottir;Bryndis Bjork Asgeirsdottir;John P. Allegrante

  • Grounding a new information technology implementation framework in behavioral science: a systematic analysis of the literature on IT use

    Rita Kukafka;Stephen B. Johnson;Allison Linfante;John P. Allegrante

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of Positive-Affect Intervention and Medication Adherence in Hypertensive African Americans

    Gbenga O. Ogedegbe;Carla Boutin-Foster;Martin T. Wells;John P. Allegrante

  • Depressive symptoms, mental wellbeing, and substance use among adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland: a longitudinal, population-based study.

    Ingibjorg Eva Thorisdottir;Bryndis Bjork Asgeirsdottir;Alfgeir Logi Kristjansson;Alfgeir Logi Kristjansson;Heiddis Bjork Valdimarsdottir;Heiddis Bjork Valdimarsdottir

  • A practice-based trial of motivational interviewing and adherence in hypertensive African Americans.

    Gbenga Ogedegbe;William Chaplin;Antoinette Schoenthaler;David Statman

  • Provider communication effects medication adherence in hypertensive African Americans

    Antoinette Schoenthaler;William F. Chaplin;John P. Allegrante;Senaida Fernandez

  • The Galway Consensus Conference: international collaboration on the development of core competencies for health promotion and health education.

    Margaret M. Barry;John P. Allegrante;Marie-Claude Lamarre;M. Elaine Auld

  • Substance Use Among Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Systematic Review

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  • Relationship between physical activity and general mental health

    Yeon Soo Kim;Yoon Soo Park;John P. Allegrante;Ray Marks

  • Barriers and facilitators of medication adherence in hypertensive African Americans: a qualitative study.

    Gbenga Ogedegbe;Melanie Harrison;Laura Robbins;Carol A Mancuso

  • A randomized controlled trial of positive-affect induction to promote physical activity after percutaneous coronary intervention.

    Janey C. Peterson;Mary E. Charlson;Zachary Hoffman;Martin T. Wells

  • Substance use prevention for adolescents: the Icelandic Model.

    Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir;Thorolfur Thorlindsson;Alfgeir Logi Kristjánsson;Kathleen M Roe

  • Predictors of Adherence to Statins for Primary Prevention

    Devin M. Mann;John P. Allegrante;Sundar Natarajan;Ethan A. Halm

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfgeir L. Kristjansson
Alfgeir L. Kristjansson West Virginia University
Inga Dora Sigfusdottir
Inga Dora Sigfusdottir Reykjavík University
Ásgeir R. Helgason
Ásgeir R. Helgason Karolinska Institute
Jared B. Jobe
Jared B. Jobe National Institutes of Health
Martin T. Wells
Martin T. Wells Cornell University
Margaret M. Barry
Margaret M. Barry University of Galway
Alice M. Isen
Alice M. Isen Cornell University
David A. Sleet
David A. Sleet Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Collins O. Airhihenbuwa
Collins O. Airhihenbuwa Saint Louis University
Lawrence W. Green
Lawrence W. Green University of California, San Francisco

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