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Patrece L. Joseph, PhD

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Community Health Sciences

PhD, Tufts University

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ORCID : 0000-0002-7386-3304

Dr. Patrece Joseph is a community-engaged and mixed methods researcher with a background in adolescent health and development. While her previous research focused on reducing minoritized adolescents’ risks for adulthood chronic conditions by designing culturally and developmentally appropriate intervention and prevention programs, she has shifted to exploring the intersections of stress, community violence, trauma and health in low-income communities of color and among Black and Latinx youth. Her research interests include: (1) exploration of community trauma, structural racism, and substance use and psychological distress among Black and Latinx youth and adults exposed to community violence, (2) community-driven interventions that address community trauma, and (3) novel approaches in community-engaged research.

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Jay J, Joseph PL, Goldstick JE. Age-Specific Trends in Pediatric and Adult Firearm Homicide After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 May 01; 179(5):577-579.View Related Profiles.

Jay, Jonathan
Joseph, Patrece

PMID: 40126468

Joseph PL, Grossman S, Fulks L, Gradus JL, Ettinger de Cuba S. Invited commentary: "Neighborhood eviction trajectories and odds of moderate and serious psychological distress during pregnancy among African American women". Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 08; 194(4):921-924.View Related Profiles.

Gradus, Jaimie
Joseph, Patrece
Ettinger De Cuba, Stephanie

PMID: 39191525

Bo A, Martinez A, Zhou J, Bauer D, Joseph PL, Goings TC. Age patterns and predictors of cannabis initiation among biracial and monoracial U.S. youth. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2025 Mar 04; 51(2):225-236. PMID: 40019310

Fleary SA, Joseph PL, Rastogi S, Fenton T, Srivastava V. A Study on How Libraries Operate as Health Spaces in the United States. J Community Health. 2025 Apr; 50(2):317-334. PMID: 39489885

Joseph PL, Fleary SA. Designing Health Interventions to Meet the Needs and Experiences of Minoritized Adolescents: #DoubleTap4Health. Health Educ Behav. 2025 Apr; 52(2):166-178. PMID: 39480138

Joseph PL, Gonçalves C, Applewhite J, Fleary SA. Examining provider anticipatory guidance for adolescents' preventive health: A latent class approach. J Pediatr Nurs. 2024; 76:e117-e125. PMID: 38429211

Clark Goings T, Martinez A, Joseph PL, Goode R, Bauer D. Parenting, Peers, and Alcohol Use Initiation Among Black, White, and Black-White Adolescents: Evidence Using Discrete-Time Survival Analysis. J Psychoactive Drugs. 2025; 57(1):54-61. PMID: 38143324; PMCID: PMC11194302; DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2023.2297193;

Fleary SA, Gonçalves C, Joseph PL, Baker DM. Correction: Fleary et al. Census Tract Demographics Associated with Libraries' Social, Economic, and Health-Related Programming. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 6598. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jul 28; 20(15). PMID: 37569083; PMCID: PMC10418995; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20156471;

Joseph PL, Gonçalves C, Fleary SA. Psychosocial correlates in patterns of adolescent emotional eating and dietary consumption. PLoS One. 2023; 18(5):e0285446. PMID: 37224099; PMCID: PMC10208498; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285446;

Joseph PL, Applewhite J, Fleary SA. Housing and Food Insecurity, Health Literacy, and Maladaptive Coping Behaviors. Health Lit Res Pract. 2022 Oct; 6(4):e280-e289. PMID: 36350235; PMCID: PMC9640223; DOI: 10.3928/24748307-20221019-01;

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Fleary SA, Joseph PL, Gonçalves C, Somogie J, Angeles J. The Relationship Between Health Literacy and Mental Health Attitudes and Beliefs. Health Lit Res Pract. 2022 Oct; 6(4):e270-e279. PMID: 36350237; PMCID: PMC9640224; DOI: 10.3928/24748307-20221018-01;

Fleary SA, Joseph PL. Health literacy and health behaviors in parent-adolescent dyads: an actor-partner interdependence model approach. Psychol Health. 2024 Jun; 39(6):803-822. PMID: 36047615; PMCID: PMC10013691; DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2022.2117809;

Joseph PL. Managing health in inequitable contexts: Health capacities as integral to life course health development. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2022 Nov; 2022(185-186):145-168. PMID: 35653299

Fleary SA, Gonçalves C, Joseph PL, M Baker D. Census Tract Demographics Associated with Libraries' Social, Economic, and Health-Related Programming. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 28; 19(11). PMID: 35682183; PMCID: PMC9180538; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19116598;

Fleary SA, Joseph PL, Dimaano P, Dougherty A. It’s just the fact it’s against us: The role of social determinants of health in young children’s caregivers’ preventive health behaviors. Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion. 2022; 3(3):300-326. View Publication

Fleary SA, Joseph P, Zhang E, Freund K. Disparities in Adolescents' Obesogenic Behaviors, 2005-2017. Am J Health Behav. 2021 Jul 26; 45(4):677-694. PMID: 34340735; DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.45.4.7;

Joseph P, Fleary SA. "The Way you Interpret Health": Adolescent Definitions and Perceptions of Health Literacy. J Sch Health. 2021 Aug; 91(8):599-607. PMID: 34145584; DOI: 10.1111/josh.13050;

Joseph P, Fleary SA. "The way you interpret health”: How adolescents define health literacy. Journal of School Health. 2021; 91(8). View Publication

Volpe VV, Willis HA, Joseph P, Tynes BM. Liberatory Media Literacy as Protective Against Posttraumatic Stress for Emerging Adults of Color. J Trauma Stress. 2021 Oct; 34(5):1045-1055. PMID: 33340155; DOI: 10.1002/jts.22640;

Fleary SA, Joseph P. Adolescents' Health Literacy and Decision-making: A Qualitative Study. Am J Health Behav. 2020 Jul 01; 44(4):392-408. PMID: 32553022; PMCID: PMC8191815; DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.44.4.3;

Fleary SA, Joseph P, Chang H. Corrigendum to "Applying the information-motivation-behavioral skills model to explain adolescents' fruits and vegetables consumption" [Appetite 147 (2020) 104546]. Appetite. 2020 Jul 01; 150:104674. PMID: 32199635; DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2020.104674;

Fleary SA, Joseph P, Chang H. Applying the information-motivation-behavioral skills model to explain adolescents' fruits and vegetables consumption. Appetite. 2020 Apr 01; 147:104546. PMID: 31809812; PMCID: PMC6957757; DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2019.104546;

Fleary SA, Paasche-Orlow MK, Joseph P, Freund KM. The Relationship Between Health Literacy, Cancer Prevention Beliefs, and Cancer Prevention Behaviors. J Cancer Educ. 2019 Oct; 34(5):958-965.View Related Profiles.

Paasche-Orlow, Michael
Joseph, Patrece

PMID: 30022378; PMCID: PMC6339599; DOI: 10.1007/s13187-018-1400-2;

Fleary SA, Joseph P, Zhang E, Quirion C. "They give you back that dignity”: understanding the intangible resources that make a transitional house a home for homeless families. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless. 2019; 28(1):72-84. View Publication

Fleary SA, Joseph P, Pappagianopoulos JE. Adolescent health literacy and health behaviors: A systematic review. J Adolesc. 2018 Jan; 62:116-127. PMID: 29179126; DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.11.010;

Zaff JF, Aasland K, McDermott E, Carvalho A, Joseph P, Pufall EJ. Exploring positive youth development among young people who leave high school without graduating: A focus on social and emotional competencies. Qualitative Psychology. 2016; 3(1):26-45. View Publication

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 26 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2022

Bar chart showing 26 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2022

Year	Publications
2016	1
2017	1
2019	3
2020	3
2021	3
2022	6
2023	3
2024	3
2025	3

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2021 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Carolina Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity

2021 Tufts University: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education Award

2021 Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study & Human Development, Tufts University: PhD Research Practice Integration Award

2020 Society of Behavioral Medicine: 2020 Distinguished Student Award: Travel Scholarship

2019 Center for Empowered Learning and Development with Technology, University of Southern California: Development with Media and Technology Fellow

2019-2020 Tufts University: Graduate Institute for Teaching Fellowship

2019 Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study & Human Development, Tufts University: Child Development in the 21st Century Conference Attendance Award

2019 Society for Prevention Research: Minority Student Travel Award

2018 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office of Minority Health Youth Health Equity Model of Practice Fellowship

2018 Ford Foundation: Honorable Mention Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

2018-2019 Tufts University: Graduate Student Travel Grant

2017-2018 Tufts University: Dean’s Arts and Humanities Fellowship

2017 Society for Prevention Research: Student Travel Award

2017 Tufts University: Graduate Student Travel Grant

2015 Alpha Kappa Alpha: Educational Foundation Scholarship

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