Journal Publications

  • Strombotne KL, Li Y, Sadej I, Adams RS, Garrido MM. Veterans Crisis Line contacts after the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline rollout. Conditionally Accepted at American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

  • Strombotne KL, Lum J, Pizer SD, Figueroa SM, Frakt AB, & Conlin PR. Clinical effectiveness and cost-impact after two-years of a ketogenic diet and virtual coaching intervention for patients with diabetes. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. 2023 Dec 11.

  • Li SY, Barr KD, Garrido MM, Frakt AB, Strombotne KL. The Impact of STORM Mandated Case Review on Opioid Discontinuation among Long-term Opioid Users: A Stepped-wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Substance Abuse. 2023 Oct;44(40):292-300.

  • Palani S, Pizer SD, Avila CJ, Frakt AB, Strombotne KL, Garrido MM. A benchmarking approach for characterizing providers’ patterns of treating patients with substance use disorder. Healthcare Analytics. 2023 Nov 1;3:100134.

  • Garrido MM, Legler A, Strombotne KL, Frakt AB. Differences in adverse outcomes across race and ethnicity among Veterans with similar predicted risks of an overdose or suicide-related event. Pain Medicine. 2023 Sep 21:pnad129.

  • Tenso K, Strombotne KL, Feyman Y, Auty SG, Legler A, Griffith KN. Excess Mortality at Veterans Health Administration Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Medical Care. 2023 Jul 8;61(7):456-61.

  • Feyman Y, Avila CJ, Auty S, Mulugeta M, Strombotne KL, Legler A, Griffith K. Racial and ethnic disparities in excess mortality among US veterans during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Health Services Research. 2023 Jun;58(3):642-53.

  • Finkelstein EA, Chodavadia PA, Strombotne KL. A systematic review of the economic value proposition for commercially available nonsurgical weight‐loss interventions. Obesity. 2023 May 25.

  • Auty SG, Barr KD, Frakt AB, Garrido MM, Strombotne KL. Effect of a Veterans Health Administration mandate to case review patients with opioid prescriptions on mortality among patients with opioid use disorder: a secondary analysis of the STORM Randomized Control Trial. Addiction. 2023 May;118(5):870-9.

  • Feyman Y, Figueroa SM, Yuan Y, Price ME, Kabdiyeva A, Nebeker JR, Ward MC, Shafer PR, Pizer SD, Strombotne KL. Effect of mental health staffing inputs on suicide‐related events. Health Services Research. 2023 Apr;58(2):375-82.

  • Tenso K, Avila CJ, Garrido MM, Lauver MG, Reger M, Legler A, Strombotne KL. The Use of Crisis Line Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the Veterans Health Administration. 2023 Feb 10.

  • Strombotne KL, Legler A, Minegishi T, Trafton JA, Oliva EM, Lewis ET, Sohoni P, Garrido MM, Pizer SD, Frakt AB. Effect of a Predictive Analytics-Targeted Program in Patients on Opioids: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2023 Feb;38(2):375-81.

  • Rudel RK, Byhoff E, Strombotne KL, Drainoni ML, Greece JA. Healthcare-based food assistance programmes in the United States: a scoping review and typology. Journal of Nutritional Science. 2023:e128. [IF: 3.1]

  • Minegishi T, Garrido MM, Lewis ET, Oliva EM, Pizer SD, Strombotne KL, Trafton JA, Tenso K, Sohoni PS, Frakt AB. Randomized Policy Evaluation of the Veterans Health Administration Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM). Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2022 Nov;37(14):3746-50.

  • Garrido MM, Jones DK, Woodruff A, Strombotne KL, Palani S, Zahakos S, Adelberg M, Pizer SD, Frakt AB. Detecting fraud, waste, and abuse in substance use disorder treatment. Health Services Research. 2022 Oct;57(5):997-1000.

  • Reger MA, Lauver MG, Manchester C, Abraham TH, Landes SJ, Garrido MM, Griffin C, Woods JA, Strombotne KL, Hughes G. Development of the Veterans Crisis Line Caring Letters Suicide Prevention Intervention. Health Services Research. 2022 Jun;57:42-52.

  • Feyman Y, Auty SG, Tenso K, Strombotne KL, Legler A, Griffith KN. County-level impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on excess mortality among US Veterans: a population-based study. The Lancet Regional Health-Americas. 2022 Jan 1;5:100093.

  • Strombotne KL, Lum J, Ndugga NJ, Utech AE, Pizer SD, Frakt AB, Conlin PR. Effectiveness of a ketogenic diet and virtual coaching intervention for patients with diabetes: A difference‐in‐differences analysis. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. 2021 Dec;23(12):2643-50.

  • Strombotne KL, Sindelar J, Buckell J. Who, me? Optimism bias about US teenagers’ ability to quit vaping. Addiction. 2021 Nov 1;116(11):3180-7.

  • Strombotne KL, Buckell J, Sindelar JL. Do JUUL and e-cigarette flavours change risk perceptions of adolescents? Evidence from a national survey. Tobacco Control. 2021 Mar 1;30(2):199-205.

  • Yan LD, Ali MK, Strombotne KL. Impact of expanded Medicaid eligibility on the diabetes continuum of care among low-income adults: a difference-in-differences analysis. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2021 Feb 1;60(2):189-97.

  • Strombotne KL, Fletcher JM, Schlesinger MJ. Peer effects of obesity on child body composition. Economics & Human Biology. 2019 Aug 1;34:49-57.

  • Huang AR, Strombotne KL, Horner EM, Lapham SJ. Adolescent cognitive aptitudes and later-in-life Alzheimer disease and related disorders. JAMA Network Open. 2018 Sep 7;1(5):e181726-.

  • Finkelstein EA, Li W, Melo G, Strombotne KL, Zhen C. Identifying the effect of shelf nutrition labels on consumer purchases: results of a natural experiment and consumer survey. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2018 Apr 1;107(4):647-51.

  • Horner EM, Strombotne KL, Huang AR, Lapham SJ. Investigating the early life determinants of type-II diabetes using a project talent-Medicare linked data-set. SSM-Population Health. 2017 Dec 1;3:692-9.

  • Finkelstein EA, Strombotne KL, Zhen C, Epstein LH. Food prices and obesity: a review. Advances in nutrition. 2014 Nov;5(6):818-21.

  • Sindelar JL, Strombotne KL. Is research in substance abuse undervalued? Addiction. 2014 Jan;109(1):3-4.

  • Finkelstein EA, Strombotne KL, Chan NL, Krieger J. Mandatory menu labeling in one fast-food chain in King County, Washington. American journal of preventive medicine. 2011 Feb 1;40(2):122-7.

  • Finkelstein EA, Strombotne KL, Popkin BM. The costs of obesity and implications for policymakers. Choices. 2010 Sep 1;25(3).

  • Finkelstein EA, Strombotne KL. The economics of obesity. The American journal of clinical nutrition. 2010 May 1;91(5):1520S-4S.

Book Chapters

  • Strombotne KL. The economics of obesity. In: Rycroft RS, editor. The American Middle Class: An Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO; 2017. ISBN-10: 161069757X.

Selected Policy Briefs and Technical Reports

  • Emmitt C, Avila CJ, Frakt AF, Strombotne KL. Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM). Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center; 2022 Oct.

  • Finkelstein EA, Strombotne KL, Rudel R, Chodavadia PA, Maitin-Shepard M, Simms Hodges S. Expanding Access to Obesity Treatments for Older Adults. Prepared for the Bipartisan Policy Center; 2022 Feb.

  • Strombotne KL, Lipson SK, Eisenberg D. A Framework for Valuing Investments in Computer-Based Mental Health Programming. Prepared for EVERFI; 2021 Aug.

  • Strombotne KL, Lipson SK, Eisenberg D. A Framework for Valuing Investments in Prescription Drug Misuse Prevention Education in Youth. Prepared for EVERFI; 2021 Aug.

  • Williams JC, Strombotne KL, Gard J, Finkelstein EA, Ashley OS. Evaluation of the Safe Dates dating abuse prevention program: Prevalence of dating abuse behaviors baseline summary report. Prepared for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2009 Jun.

  • Brown DS, Strombotne KL, Finkelstein EA. Using NSCAW and Medicaid data to estimate the medical costs of child maltreatment. Prepared for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2009 Feb.

  • Khavjou OA, Strombotne KL, Finkelstein EA. Start-up and implementation costs of the WISEWOMAN program: Results from seven standard programs. Prepared for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2008 Dec.