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Zimmermann M, Greenberg L, Breland JY. Engagement and Use of a Blended mHealth Intervention for Health Behavior Change. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2023 May 22.
Gray KE, Hoerster KD, Spohr SA, Breland JY, Raffa SD. National Veterans Health Administration MOVE! Weight Management Program Participation During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preventing chronic disease. 2022 Mar 10; 19:E11.
Breland JY, Stanton MV. Anti-Black racism and behavioral medicine: confronting the past to envision the future. Translational behavioral medicine. 2022 Jan 18; 12(1).
Breland JY, Agha K, Mohankumar R. Adoption and Appropriateness of mHealth for Weight Management in the Real World: A Qualitative Investigation of Patient Perspectives. JMIR formative research. 2021 Dec 8; 5(12):e29916.
Kim B, Wilson SM, Mosher TM, Breland JY. Systematic Decision-Making for Using Technological Strategies to Implement Evidence-Based Interventions: An Illustrated Case Study. Frontiers in psychiatry. 2021 May 14; 12:640240.
Hayes JF, Hoggatt KJ, Breland JY. Mental Health Diagnostic Patterns in Behavioral Weight Loss Program Attendees. Military medicine. 2020 Aug 14; 185(7-8):e1263-e1270.
Breland JY, Joyce VR, Frayne SM, Phibbs C. Differences in body mass index based on self-reported versus measured data from women veterans. Obesity science & practice. 2020 Aug 1; 6(4):434-438.
Breland JY, Wong JJ, McAndrew LM. Are Common Sense Model constructs and self-efficacy simultaneously correlated with self-management behaviors and health outcomes: A systematic review. Health psychology open. 2020 Jan 23; 7(1):2055102919898846.
Breland JY, Stanton MV. Should we give up on motivational interviewing? Not so fast. Heart (British Cardiac Society). 2020 Mar 1; 106(6):409-410.
Sterling MR, EcheverrĂa SE, Commodore-Mensah Y, Breland JY, Nunez-Smith M. Health Equity and Implementation Science in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep-Related Research: Emerging Themes From the 2018 Saunders-Watkins Leadership Workshop. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes. 2019 Oct 1; 12(10):e005586.
Patel ML, Wakayama LN, Bass MB, Breland JY. Motivational interviewing in eHealth and telehealth interventions for weight loss: A systematic review. Preventive medicine. 2019 Sep 1; 126:105738.
Wong JJ, Hood KK, Breland JY. Correlates of health care use among White and minority men and women with diabetes: An NHANES study. Diabetes research and clinical practice. 2019 Apr 1; 150:122-128.
Mc Andrew L, Breland J, Hoerster K, Earnest D, Runnels T, Litke D. Listening to Patient and Clinician Voices in Order to be Heard: Reverse Translation in Action. [Abstract]. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. 2019 Mar 1; 53:S460.
O'Brien CW, Breland JY, Slightam C, Nevedal A, Zulman DM. Engaging high-risk patients in intensive care coordination programs: the engagement through CARInG framework. Translational behavioral medicine. 2018 May 23; 8(3):351-356.
Breland JY, Washington DL, Uchendu US. Chronic Health Conditions among Vulnerable Veterans: Current Research and Action. Focus on Health Equity and Action [Cyberseminar]. VA Health Services Research & Development. 2017 Jun 29.
Breland JY, Donalson R, Dinh J, Nevedal A, Maguen S. Women Veterans' Treatment Preferences for Disordered Eating. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2016 Jul 1; 26(4):429-36.
Breland JY, Asch SM, Slightam C, Wong A, Zulman DM. Key ingredients for implementing intensive outpatient programs within patient-centered medical homes: A literature review and qualitative analysis. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2016 Mar 1; 4(1):22-9.
Tanenbaum ML, Leventhal H, Breland JY, Yu J, Walker EA, Gonzalez JS. Successful self-management among non-insulin-treated adults with Type 2 diabetes: a self-regulation perspective. Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association. 2015 Nov 1; 32(11):1504-12.
Bi X, Breland JY, Moos RH, Cronkite RC. Longitudinal changes in somatic symptoms and family disagreements among depression and community groups: a 23-year study. BMC psychiatry. 2015 Oct 8; 15(1):240.
Breland JY, Mignogna J, Kiefer L, Marsh L. Models for treating depression in specialty medical settings: a narrative review. General hospital psychiatry. 2015 Jul 1; 37(4):315-22.
Breland JY, Wang M, Donalson R, Dinh J, Maguen S. Female Veterans' Beliefs about Treating Disordered Eating. Poster session presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2015 Apr 22; San Antonio, TX.
Breland JY, Yu J. Information about Men on Binge Eating Websites. Poster session presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2015 Apr 22; San Antonio, TX.
Breland JY, Greenbaum MA, Zulman DM, Rosen CS. The effect of medical comorbidities on male and female Veterans' use of psychotherapy for PTSD. Medical care. 2015 Apr 1; 53(4 Suppl 1):S120-7.
Breland JY, Asch SM, Slightam C, Zulman DM. Who should we hire? Key ingredients for implementing intensive management programs within patient-centered medical homes. Poster session presented at: National Institutes of Health / AcademyHealth Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation; 2014 Dec 8; Bethesda, MD.
Breland JY, Chee CP, Zulman DM. Racial Differences in Chronic Conditions and Sociodemographic Characteristics Among High-Utilizing Veterans. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. 2015 Jun 1; 2(2):167-75.
Bi X, Breland JY, Cronkite RC. Trajectories of Somatic Symptoms and Family Disagreements among Individuals Treated for Depression: A Parallel-Process Growth Mixture Model. Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2014 Jun 10; San Diego, CA.
Bi X, Breland JY, Cronkite RC. Parallel Trajectories of Somatic Symptoms and Family Disagreements among Clinical and Community Groups: A 23-Year Longitudinal Study. Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Gender and Health Interest Group Annual Meeting; 2014 Jun 7; San Diego, CA.
Breland JY, Yeh VM, Yu J. Adherence to evidence-based guidelines among diabetes self-management apps. Translational behavioral medicine. 2013 Sep 1; 3(3):277-86.
Breland JY, McAndrew LM, Burns E, Leventhal EA, Leventhal H. Using the Common Sense Model of Self-regulation to review the effects of self-monitoring of blood glucose on glycemic control for non-insulin-treated adults with type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes educator. 2013 Jul 1; 39(4):541-59.