Peer-Reviewed Publications 

  PUBLISHED

1.     Formagini, T., Rodriguez, D., Rezwan A., O’Brien, M.J., Ng, B.P. (2024) Social vulnerability and National Diabetes Prevention Program recognition status [In press: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.08.018]

2.     Formagini, T., Rodriguez, D., Dias, J., Brooks, J.V. (2024) Reassessing established assumptions of dietary habits in the U.S. in the context of migration and acculturation: a qualitative study of Latino immigrants. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Apr 26:1-11.

3.     Formagini, T., Brooks, J.V., Roberts A., Bullard, K.M., Zhang Y., Saelee, R., O’Brien, M.J. (2023) Prediabetes prevalence and awareness by race, ethnicity, and educational attainment among U.S. adults. Frontiers in Public Health, 11:1277657.

4.     Formagini, T., Teruel-Camargo, J., Perales Purshalt J., Dress B.M., Fracachán M., Ramirez M. (2023) A culturally and linguistically adapted text-message Diabetes Prevention Program for Latinos: feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness. Translational Behavioral Medicine. Sep 16:ibad053.

5. Formagini, T., Saint Onge, J.M, O’Brien, M.J., Ramírez, M., Brooks, J.V. (2023) The experience of Spanish-speaking Latinos in maintaining dietary and physical activity changes after the National Diabetes Prevention Program. American Journal of Health Education. Apr 3:1-9.

6. Wallace, A., Ogungbe, O., Sattler, E., Aidoo, E.L.P, Allen, T.S., Bernard, L., Chen, Y., Du, S., Formagini. T. et al. (2023) Highlights from the American Heart Association’s EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2023. Journal of the American Heart Association. e029894

7. Cruvinel, E., Formagini, T., Ervilha, R.R., Amaral, L., Richter, K., Colugnati, F., Ronzani, T.M. (2022) Association between tobacco and alcohol use among hospital inpatients. Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas). Jun 10;39.

8. Formagini, T., Brooks, J.V., Jacobson L., Roberts A.W. (2021) Reimbursement policies for Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP): Implications for racial and ethnic health disparities. Kansas Journal of Medicine, 14, 234-237.

9. Formagini, T., Poague, C., O’Neal, A., Brooks, J.V. (2021) “When I heard the word palliative:” Obscuring and clarifying factors impacting the stigma around palliative care referral in oncology. JCO Oncology Practice, Jul: OP-21.

10.  Brooks, J.V., Poague, C., Formagini, T., Roberts, A.W., Sinclair, C.T., Keirns, C.C. (2020) Palliative care's role managing cancer pain during the opioid crisis: A Qualitative study of patients, caregivers, and clinicians. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 60(6), 1127-1135.

11.  Brooks, J.V., Poague, C., Formagini, T., Sinclair, C.T., Nelson-Brantley, H.V. (2020) The role of a symptom assessment tool in shaping patient-physician communication in palliative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 59(1), 30-38.

12.  Cupertino, A.P., Cartujano-Barrera, F., Colugnati, F.A.B., Formagini, T., de Siqueira Galil, A.G., Banhato, E.F.C., ... Richter, K.P. (2020) Web-based decision-making tool for smoking cessation (Pare de fumar conosco) among patients with chronic conditions in Brazil: one-arm feasibility study. BMJ Health and Care Informatics, 27(1).

13.  Cupertino, A.P., Cartujano-Barrera, F., Perales, J., Formagini, T., Rodriguez-Bolanos, R., Ellerbeck, E.F., ...  Reynales-Shigematsu, L.M. (2019) “Vive Sin Tabaco…¡ Decídete!” Feasibility and acceptability of an e-Health smoking cessation informed decision-making tool integrated in primary healthcare in Mexico. Telemedicine and e-Health, 25(5), 425-431.

14.  Machado, N.M., Richter, K.P., Formagini, T.D.B., Ronzani, T.M. (2018) A qualitative review of tobacco research related to public and structural stigma. Stigma and Health, 3(4), 395.

15.  Formagini, T.D.B., Gomide, H.P., Perales, J., Colugnati, F.A.B. (2017) Prevalence and correlates of light and non-daily smoking in Brazil: Results from a nationwide representative survey. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 178, 15-19.

16.  Formagini, T.D.B., Ervilha, R.E., Machado, N.M., Andrade, B.A.B., Gomide, H.G., Ronzani, T.M. (2017) Review of smartphone applications for smoking cessation available in Portuguese. Reports in Public Health, Brazil.

17.  Ervilha, R.R., de Andrade, B.A.B., Gomide, H.P., Machado, N.M., Formagini, T.D.B., Ronzani, T. M. (2017) Use of text messages for smoking cessation: A systematic review. Psicologia em Estudo, Brazil. [Study in Portuguese]

18.  Barros, V.V., Kozasa, E.H., Formagini, T.D.B., Pereira, L.H., Ronzani, T.M. (2015) Smokers show lower levels of psychological well-being and mindfulness than non-smokers. PloS One, 10(8), e0135377.

19.  Formagini, T.D.B., Machado, N.M., Richter, K.P., Ronzani, T.M. (2015) Smoking cessation intervention in light and intermittent smokers: a systematic review. Psicologia em Estudo, Brazil. [Study in Portuguese]

UNDER REVIEW

1.     Formagini, T., Gonzalez, C., Dias, J., Arredondo, A., Hekler, E., O’Brien, M.J. Advancing type 2 diabetes prevention through text-messaging interventions: A narrative review. [Invited manuscript. In Review: Current Diabetes Report]

2.     Naqvi, J., Formagini, T., Larsen, B., Allison, M. Racial/ethnic differences in the link between social support and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). [Revise & Resubmit: BMC Public Health]

3.     Baranowski, T., Jimenez-Garcia, J. A., Musaad, S. M. A., Formagini, T., Thompson, D. Representation bias: A recruitment perspective [In Review: American Journal of Preventive Medicine].

4.     Yeary K., Allen, J., Arredondo, E., Formagini T., et al. Cancer interventions with faith-based organizations: A scoping review. [In Review: Health Education & Behavior]

5.     Formagini, T., Behar, A., Schneider, J., Torres, M., Telles, V. M., Marquez, B., Roesch, S., Ayala, G. X., Baranowski, T., Arredondo, E. The association between father support and daughter physical activity: insights from a study involving U.S. Latina pre-peens. [In Review: American Journal of Health Promotion]

Other Publications 

REPORTS

2.     Formagini, T., Ekladious, S. Effectiveness of the Devereux Delta Treatment for Children and Adolescents Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation: 2019-2021 Report. (2022)Report developed for Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Florida.

3.     Brooks, J.V, Pothapragada, T., Formagini, T. (2018). Client and Caregiver Experiences with the KC CARE Community Health Worker Program: A Qualitative Focus Group Study. Report Prepared for the Healthcare Foundation of Greater Kansas City (now Health Forward Foundation).

BOOK CHAPTER

4. Ronzani, T.M., Costa, P.H., Cruvinel, E., Formagini, T.D. B, Medeiros, A. (2016) Integration of the care to drug users in health policy and social care: considerations from the psychosocial model of analysis and intervention, in "Vulnerabilities and Drug Use." CRR-UFMG. Book chapter. [Published in Portuguese]