Johanne Eliacin, PhD, HSPP

Contact : jeliacin@iu.edu

Initiatives

Research Scientist, William M. Tierney Center for Health Services Research, Regenstrief Institute
Core Investigator, VA Health Systems Research Center for Health Information and Communication
Research Scientist, National Center for PTSD, Women’s Health Sciences Division, VA Boston Healthcare System
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry, IU School of Medicine

Dr. Johanne Eliacin’s research focuses on advancing understanding of sociocultural determinants of mental health and illness and reducing healthcare disparities through innovative processes and technologies that facilitate patient-centered care and effective patient-provider communication.

Her research interests include health care disparities, intervention development, implementation science, and patient-provider communication. Dr. Eliacin obtained her doctoral degree in clinical psychology and psychological anthropology from the University of Chicago and completed her clinical postdoctoral residency at Cornell University.

Dr. Eliacin is a graduate of the Implementation Research Institute at Washington University in St. Louis. She was a VA Health Systems Research career development awardee, a NIMHD Translational Health Disparities Scholar, a NIH-funded fellow at the John Hopkins University Mixed Methods Research Training Program for Health Sciences, and Academy of Communication in Healthcare Putnam Scholar.

Featured Projects

Improving patient-provider communication to reduce mental health disparities (PARTNER-MH)

(CDA – VA HSR&D)

Role: Principal Investigator

Adaptation/testing of a peer-led patient navigation program for minority Veterans in VA outpatient mental health clinics.

Community Outreach, Peer Navigation, and Social Engagement to Enhance Connections and Reduce Isolation (COPE-CI)

(VA HSR&D)

Role: Principal Investigator

Pilot test and refine COPE-CI Intervention.

Developing a Healthcare System and Community-Based Intervention to Address Social Isolation (CADRE)

(Regenstrief Institute)

Role: Principal Investigator

Develop a healthcare system and community-based social isolation reduction program.

COVID-19 Impact on Pain management: Highlighting, Explaining, and Realigning services study (CIPHER)

(IIR – VA HSR&D)

Role: Co-Investigator

Evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on the delivery of VA Chronic pain care and how these changes may affect existing pain disparities among Veterans

Highlighted Publications

Sept 18, 2023

Findings from a peer-facilitated intervention to reduce social isolation among veterans: A mixed-methods, pilot feasibility study

Publication: Journal of General Internal Medicine

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08387-x

Authors: Eliacin J, Patterson S, Mendez D, Burgess D, Morgan TH, Borden MY, Slaven JE, Matthias MS

April-June 2023

Barriers and facilitators to participating in Alzheimer's disease biomarker research in black and white older adults

Publication: Alzheimer's and dementia (NY)

DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12399

Authors: Eliacin J, Polsinelli AJ, Epperson F, Gao S, Van Heiden S, Westmoreland G, Richards R, Richards M, Campbell C, Hendrie H, Risacher SL, Saykin AJ, Wang S

May 2, 2023

Outcomes of a peer-led navigation program, PARTNER-MH, for racially minoritized Veterans receiving mental health services: a pilot randomized controlled trial to assess feasibility and acceptability

Publication: Translational Behavioral Medicine

DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibad027

Authors: Eliacin J, Patterson S, Mendez D, Burgess D., Morgan TH, Borden MY, Slaven JE, Matthias MS

May 12, 2020

Pre-implementation Evaluation of PARTNER-MH: A Mental Healthcare Disparity Intervention for Minority Veterans in the VHA

Publication: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

DOI: 10.1007/s10488-020-01048-9

Authors: Eliacin J, Matthias MS, Burgess DJ, Patterson S, Damush T, Pratt-Chapman M, McGovern M, Chinman M, Talib T, O'Connor C, Rollins A

Sep 2020

Veterans' perceptions of racial bias in VA mental healthcare and their impacts on patient engagement and patient-provider communication

Publication: Patient Education and Counseling

DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.03.017

Authors: Eliacin J, Matthias MS, Cunningham B, Burgess DJ

Aug 23, 2019

Veterans Affairs Providers' Beliefs About the Contributors to and Responsibility for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Care Disparities

Publication: Health Equity

DOI: 10.1089/heq.2019.0018

Authors: Eliacin J, Cunningham B, Partin MR, Gravely A, Taylor BC, Gordon HS, Saha S, Burgess DJ

Jan 20, 2021

Patients' and caregivers' perspectives on healthcare navigation in Central Indiana, USA after brain injury

Publication: Health and Social Care in the Community

DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13275

Authors: Eliacin J, Fortney SK, Rattray NA, Kean J

Dec 5, 2020

Characterizing health care utilization following hospitalization for a traumatic brain injury: a retrospective cohort study

Publication: Brain Injury

DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2020.1861650

Authors: Eliacin J, Yang Z, Kean J, Dixon BE

Aug 11,2017

Access to health services for moderate to severe TBI in Indiana: patient and caregiver perspectives

Publication: Brain Injury

DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2018.1499964

Authors: Eliacin J, Fortney S, Rattray NA, Kean J

Feb 10, 2017

Social capital and burnout among mental healthcare providers

Publication: Journal of Mental Health

DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2017.1417570

Authors: liacin J, Flanagan M, Monroe-DeVita M, Wasmuth S, Salyers MP, Rollins AL

Dec 1, 2016

The Relationship Between Race, Patient Activation, and Working Alliance: Implications for Patient Engagement in Mental Health Care

Publication: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

DOI: 10.1007/s10488-016-0779-5

Authors: Eliacin J, Coffing JM, Matthias MS, Burgess DJ, Bair MJ, Rollins AL

Apr 2016

Engaging African-American Veterans in Mental Health Care: Patients' Perspectives

Publication: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000479

Authors: Eliacin J, Rollins AL, Burgess DJ, Salyers MP, Matthias MS

Oct 2016

Patient activation and visit preparation in African American veterans receiving mental health care

Publication: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000086

Authors: Eliacin J, Rollins AL, Burgess DJ, Salyers MP, Matthias MS

Apr 1, 2016

Comparative Effectiveness of a Burnout Reduction Intervention for Behavioral Health Providers

Publication: Psychiatric Services

DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201500220

Authors: Rollins AL, Kukla M, Morse G, Davis L, Leiter M, Monroe-DeVita M, Flanagan ME, Russ A, Wasmuth S, Eliacin J, Collins L, Salyers MP

Feb 3, 2014

Factors influencing patients' preferences and perceived involvement in shared decision-making in mental health care

Publication: Journal of Mental Health

doi: 10.3109/09638237.2014.954695

Authors: Eliacin J, Salyers MP, Kukla M, Matthias MS

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