Christina Bliss Barsness

Background: Somali American individuals have lower cervical cancer screening rates than the U.S. general population. Offering HPV self-sampling in primary care clinics could increase screening rates in Somali American individuals...

Nutrition promotion programs may have varying effects and influence health disparities. SuperShelf promotes healthy choices in food pantries through inventory changes and nudge implementation (e.g., choice architecture). This secondary analysis...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) self-collect shows promise to increase cervical cancer screening rates in underscreened populations, such as Somali patients, but little is known about how to integrate such an approach...

Background: Interventions in food pantry settings have the potential to improve health among clients at risk of diet-related disease. Purpose: This study evaluates whether a cluster-randomized, behavioral intervention in food...

The charitable food system is rapidly evolving. Interventions that target the food pantry environment and use behavioral economics are in high demand, but can be difficult to implement in a...

Background: Food pantry clients are at a high risk for diet-related chronic disease and suboptimal diet. Relatively little research has examined diet quality measures in choice-based food pantries where clients...

Introduction: Food pantries serve households in need, including many with a family member with a diet-related chronic disease, yet data on client priorities to inform hunger relief practices are lacking....