CBHS 6644: Social Determinants of American Indian and Alaska Native Health
PBHL 2001: Introduction to Public Health
Research
American Diabetes Association, Adapting Delivery of the Stopping Gestational Diabetes in Daughters and Mothers (SGDM) Intervention to Facilitate Broader Translation and Engagement among American Indian Female Adolescents and Young Adults. July 2023-June 2026. Role: PI.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Diabetes Translation Research. August 2021-July 2026. Role: MPI.
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Colorado Resource Center for Tribal Epidemiology Centers. July 2022-March 2027. Role: Technical Assistance Provider.
Health Resources & Services Administration, Advancing Oral Health Equity through the Cavity Free Care Network. July 2024-June 2028. Role: Co-Investigator, Oral Health Literacy & Organizational Health Literacy Expert.
CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, From Trauma to Distrust to Fear and Anxiety: Why American Indian Communities Don’t Visit the Dentist. March 2024-March 2025. Role: Co-Investigator.
Publications and Presentations
Brega AG, Hamer MK, Albright K, Brach C, Saliba D, Abbey D, & Gritz RM (2019). Organizational health literacy: Quality improvement measures with expert consensus. Health Literacy Research and Practice, 3(2), e127-e146. PubMed PMCID: PMC6610031
Brega AG, Johnson RL, Schmiege SJ, Wilson AR, Jiang L, & Albino J (2021). Pathways through which health literacy is linked to parental oral health behavior in an American Indian tribe. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 55(11), 1144-1155. PubMed PMCID: PMC8557384
Schmiege SJ, Jiang L, Albino J, Johnson RL, Wilson AR, & Brega AG (2023). Patterns of change in parental health literacy in relation to children’s oral health. Health Literacy Research and Practice, 7(2), e89-e98. PubMed PMCID: PMC10169466
Stotz SA, Moore KR, McNulty M, Begay K, Scarton L, Jiang L, Adedoyin I, & Brega AG (2023). Evaluation of a synchronous, online diabetes nutrition education program for American Indians and Alaska Natives with type 2 diabetes: Facilitators and participants’ experiences. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 55, 114-124. PubMed PMID: 36764793
Brega AG, Stotz SA, Moore KR, McNulty MC, & Jiang L (2024). Reliability and validity of diabetes nutrition self-efficacy and behavior measures for the “What Can I Eat” diabetes nutrition education program for American Indian and Alaska Native adults with type 2 diabetes. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In press. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2024.05.004. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38735529