Jerica Berge, PhD, MPH, LMFT

Publications

• Kracht CL, Berge JM, LeBlanc M, Newton RL Jr, Rhodes RE, Bolamperti G, Snodgrass M, Redman LM. A Home-Based Intervention to Improve Adherence to the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines in Young Children: Protocol for a Mobile App-Based Randomized Control Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. In press Jan 29;15:e75621. PubMed PMID: 41610419
• Zak-Hunter L, Okitondo C, Tate A, Mulhern K, Brustad A, Miller L, Berge JM. Associations between Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences, Stressful Life Events, and Child Behavioral Outcomes in Racially/Ethnically Diverse Families. J Immigr Minor Health. 2025 Nov 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 41275051
• Berge JM, Hazzard VM, Aqeel M, Miller L, Brandenburg D. The influence of family weight talk on health and well-being from childhood to adulthood. Fam Relat. 2025 Oct;74(4):2117-2130. PubMed PMID: 40995423
• Hazzard VM, Rodriguez M, Neumark-Sztainer D, Berge JM, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Laska MN. "Fulfilling the hunger": A qualitative study to understand the etiology of binge eating in adolescents experiencing food insecurity. Appetite. In Press Jan 1;216:108315. PubMed PMID: 40972966
• Danner C, Freeman K, Carlin C, Berge JM, Brandenburg D. Promoting Healthy Habits in Well-Child Visits: Advancing Weight-Neutral Health Promotion in Diverse Pediatric Populations. Am J Lifestyle Med. 2025 Aug 26;:15598276251370251. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 40881262
• Childress S, Shrestha N, Russ S, Berge J, Roy K, Lewin A, Perez-Brena N, Feinberg M, Halfon N. A qualitative study of adaptation challenges of Ukrainian refugees in the United States. Child Youth Serv Rev. 2025 Feb;169. PubMed PMID: 40836953
• Childress S, Shrestha N, Russ S, Berge J, Lewin A, Roy K, Perez-Brena N, Feinberg M, Halfon N. A Scoping Review of Acculturation Challenges of Immigrants From the Former Soviet Union in the United States From a Life Course Perspective. Fam Soc. 2025 Feb 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 40842932
• Berge, J.M., Mohamed, K., Childress, S., Roy, K., Russ, S. (2025). Fathering, Family Meals, and Child Health and Wellbeing. Family Relations, ePub ahead of print.
• Trejo, A., Noser, A., Tate., A., Berge, JM. (2025). The Role of Discrimination, Childhood Maltreatment, and Social Determinants of Health in Adult BIPOC Pain Disparities. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Apr 26. doi: 10.1007/s40615-025-02422-9,
• Kracht CL, Tate A, De Brito JN, Trofholz A, & Berge JM (2025). Association between parental stress, coping, mood, and subsequent child physical activity and screen-time: an ecological momentary assessment study. BMC Public Health. 2025 Feb 22;25(1):729. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21738-z.
• Tschida, L,. De Brito, J., Sapkota, S., Fertig, A., Trofholz, A., Berge, J.M. (2025). Social Determinants of Health and Parent and Child Physical Activity: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Exploration among Socioeconomically and Racially and Ethnically Diverse Families. American Journal of Health Promotion, ePub ahead of print.
• Weiss-Laxer, N., Platt, R., Crandall, A., Berge, J., Wahler, A., Russ, S.A., & Kuo, D. (2025). Provider, staff, and parent perspectives on the feasibility, utility and implementation of the Family Health Scale in primary care pediatrics. Families, Systems, & Health. PMCID: PMC Journal – In Process. Impact Factor: 1.2 (2023)
• Hersch, D., Loth, K.A., Adam, P., Peek, C.J., Wilhelm, A., Bengtson, J., Pacala, J., Berge, J.M. (2025). Increasing Family Medicine Research Capacity at the University of Minnesota: Publication Trends and Research Culture. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 37(6), 1047-1054. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240059R1
• McIntosh, D., Tate, A., Trofholz, A.C., Berge, J.M. (2024). Exploration of witnessing community violence and recent death on child behavioral outcomes. Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, ePub ahead of print.
• Childress, S., Shrestha, N., Russ, S., Berge, J.M., Roy, K., Lewin, A., Perez-Brena, N., Feinberg, N., Halfon, N. (2024). A Qualitative Study of Adaptation Challenges of Ukrainian Refugees in the United States. Children and Youth Services Review, ePub ahead of print
• Sanchez, J., Trofholz A, Berge JM. (2024). Best Practices and Recommendations for Research Using Virtual Real-Time Data Collection: Protocol for Virtual Data Collection Studies. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 May 14;13:e53790. doi: 10.2196/53790. PMID: 38743477
• Peek CJ, Allen M, Loth KA, Harper PG, Martin C, Pacala JT, Buffington A, Berge JM. Harmonizing the Tripartite Mission in Academic Family Medicine: A Longitudinal Case Example. Ann Fam Med. 2024 May-Jun;22(3):237-243. PubMed PMID: 38806264
• Berge JM, Hazzard VM, Arlinghaus KR, Larson N, Hahn SL, Neumark-Sztainer D. Do parents engage in weight- and health-focused conversations with their emerging adult children and are there cross-sectional associations with weight and well-being outcomes?. Prev Med. 2024 Sep;186:108066. PubMed PMID: 39004315
• Carr CP, Tate AD, Trofholz A, de Brito JN, Trejo AN, Troy MF, Berge JM, Kunin-Batson A. Associations Between Neighborhood Racialized Economic Segregation with Cardiometabolic Health and Cortisol in a Racially/Ethnically Diverse Sample of Children from Minneapolis-St. Paul. Health Equity. 2024;8(1):355-359. PubMed PMID: 39011073
• Buchanan GJR, Berge JM, F Piehler T. Integrated behavioral health implementation and chronic disease management inequities: an exploratory study of statewide data. BMC Prim Care. 2024 Aug 14;25(1):302. PubMed PMID: 39143518
• de Brito JN, Friedman JK, Johnson ST, Berge JM, Mason SM. Exploring the associations of food and financial insecurity and food assistance with breastfeeding practices among first-time mothers. Public Health Nutr. 2024 Sep 6;27(1):e160. PubMed PMID: 39238065
• Hazzard VM, Kunin-Batson AS, Trofholz AC, Noser AE, de Brito JN, Pitera RT, Berge JM. Food assistance use barriers, facilitators, and recommendations: insights from a qualitative study of racially and ethnically diverse parents. J Nutr Sci. 2024;13:e86. PubMed PMID: 39703901
• Williams YA, Fertig AR, Trofholz AC, Kunin-Batson A, Berge JM. Community and household-level incarceration and its association with mental health in a racially/ethnically diverse sample of families. Soc Sci Med. 2024 Jul;352:117000. PubMed PMID: 38815283
• Tate AD, Fertig AR, de Brito JN, Ellis ÉM, Carr CP, Trofholz A, Berge JM. Momentary Factors and Study Characteristics Associated With Participant Burden and Protocol Adherence: Ecological Momentary Assessment. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Apr 24;8:e49512. PubMed PMID: 38656787
• Hochgraf AK, Berge JM, Lanza ST. Age-varying associations between attempts to change weight and suicidal ideation among adolescents in the United States. Prev Med. 2024 May;182:107946. PubMed PMID: 38574970
• Berge JM, Hazzard VM, Trofholz A, Hochgraf A, Zak-Hunter L, Miller L. Reported Intergenerational Transmission of Parent Weight Talk and Links with Child Health and Wellbeing. J Pediatr. 2024 Jul;270:114012. PubMed PMID: 38494088
• Berge JM, Doherty WJ, Klemenhagen KC, Hersch D, Mendenhall TJ, Danner C. A descriptive examination of international family/shared meals: Prevalence, meal types, media at meals, and emotional well-being. Fam Syst Health. 2024 Dec;42(4):525-537. PubMed PMID: 38451708
• Bidopia T, Fertig AR, Burke NL, Loth KA, Trofholz AC, Berge JM. Understanding the relationships between acculturation, food insecurity, and food parenting practices among socioeconomically/racially diverse parents. Appetite. 2024 May 1;196:107292. PubMed PMID: 38447643
• Hochgraf AK, Tate AD, Loth KA, Berge JM. Spillover from parent stress to family meals among diverse families: An ecological momentary assessment study. J Fam Psychol. 2024 Jun;38(4):595-605. PubMed PMID: 38358718
• Bensignor MO, Freese RL, Sherwood NE, Berge JM, Kunin-Batson A, Veblen-Mortenson S, French SA. The Relationship between Household SNAP Participation, Parent Feeding Styles, and Child Eating Behaviors. J Hunger Environ Nutr. 2024;19(1):23-37. PubMed PMID: 38174344
• Berge, J.M., Hazzard, V., Aqeel, M., Miller, L., Brandenburg, D. (2024). The Influence of Family Weight Talk on Health and Wellbeing from Childhood to Adulthood. Family Relations, ePub ahead of print.
• Tate AD, Trofholz A, Youngblood A, Goldschmidt AB, Berge JM. Association between parental resource depletion and parent use of specific food parenting practices: An ecological momentary assessment study. Appetite. 2024 Aug 1;199:107368. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107368. Epub 2024 Apr 20.
• Weiss-Laxer, N., Platt, R., Crandall, A., Berge, J., Wahler, A., Russ, S.A., & Kuo, D. (2024). Provider, staff, and parent perspectives on the feasibility, utility and implementation of the Family Health Scale in primary care pediatrics. Families, Systems, & Health. ePub ahead of print.
• McIntosh, D., Georgopoulos, C., Fertig, A.R., Troholz, A.C., Berge, J.M. (in press). Is our neighborhood safe? Exploring the role of adverse neighborhood conditions on parent-child health outcomes. Health and Place Journal, ePub ahead of print.
• Murray, K., Trofholz, A.C., Pitera, R., Back. J., Fertig, A.R., Kunin-Batson, A., Berge, J.M. (2024). Diverse parents’ perception of the impact of COVID-19 on their families’ experience of food security. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, ePub ahead of print.
• Childress, S., Russ, S., Feinberg, N., Berge, J.M., Lewin, A., Roy, K., Perez-Brena, N., Halfon, N. (in press). A review of acculturation challenges of immigrants from the former Soviet Union in the United States from a Life Course perspective. Families in Society
• Warman, M., Gonzalez-Fisher, R., Barrientos Ortiz, C., Berge, J.M., Fernald, D., Fort, M.P., Giano, Z., Moore, S.L., Tamez, M., Zittleman, L., and Nease, D. (2026). Transcreating Approaches to Addressing Disproportionate Impacts on Health in Colorado Communities: The Colorado Community Engagement Alliance Multi-Year Study. Frontiers in Public Health, ePub ahead of print.
• Zhou, H., Tate, A., Sapkota, S., Ruzicka, E., Berge, J.M. (2026). Intergenerational Pathways Between Parental Experiences of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Child Mental Health: Potential Intervention Points Through Partner Relationships. Child Abuse and Neglect, ePub ahead of print.