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Enstad, Christopher J., BS
Former Research Project Manager
About
Research Interests Include:
Dental
Behavioral
Tobacco

Education:
BS, University of Minnesota

Joined the Institute:  1998
Publications While At HealthPartners
selected publications
Journal Article
  • Findings and future directions from a smoking cessation trial utilizing a clinical decision support tool. 
    Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice. 2022
  • Quantifying dental office-originating adverse events: the Dental Practice Study methods. 
    Journal of patient safety. 2021
  • Dental Decision Simulation (DDSim): development of a virtual training environment. 
    Journal of Dental Education. 2020
  • The Spanish language 5-item Oral Health Impact Profile. 
    International Dental Journal. 2020
  • Development, validity and reliability of the Orofacial Esthetic Scale - Spanish version
    2018
  • Reducing diabetes distress and improving self-management with mindfulness. 
    Social Work in Health Care. 2018
  • Dental hygienists' usage of tobacco-cessation decision support tools in practice: a qualitative study
    2015
  • Persistence of smoking-cessation decision support use in a dental practice. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2015
  • Integrating tobacco dependence counseling into electronic dental records: a multi-method approach. 
    Journal of Dental Education. 2014
  • Computer-assisted guidance for dental office tobacco-cessation counseling: a randomized controlled trial. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2013
  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction for family caregivers: a randomized controlled trial. 
    The Gerontologist. 2013
  • Recruiting and retaining family caregivers to a randomized controlled trial on mindfulness-based stress reduction. 
    Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2011
  • The effect of electronic health records on the use of clinical care guidelines for patients with medically complex conditions. 
    Journal of the American Dental Association. 2011
  • A randomized controlled trial of Telephone Counseling with smokeless tobacco users: the ChewFree Minnesota study. 
    Nicotine & tobacco research. 2008
  • Evaluating strategies and costs to recruit smokeless tobacco users. 
    Addictive Behaviors. 2007
  • Physician-patient interaction for smoking cessation medications: a dance of mutual accommodation?. 
    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2006
  • A randomized trial of telephone counseling with adult moist snuff users. 
    American Journal of Health Behavior. 2004
    • Conference Paper
  • Like pulling teeth: designing clinical decision support to improve tobacco cessation in dental practice [poster: Dental Health Services Research session]
    2019
    • Conference Poster
  • Usability evaluation of an evidence-based dental patient case simulator [poster]
    2016
  • Dental SimCare: building a simulation system to train dentists [poster]
    2013
  • Improving diabetes management with mindfulness-based stress reduction [poster]
    2013
  • Integrating medical and dental data to improve quality and safety of dental care [poster]
    2013
  • An innovative approach to improve hepatitis b screening rates in immigrant populations: the Global Health Wizard [poster]
    2012
  • Effectiveness of computer-assisted guidance for tobacco dependence in dental offices: a randomized clinical trial [poster]
    2011
  • Effectiveness of using e-health records to improve dental care for medically compromised patients [poster]
    2011
  • Will dental providers use a computer-assisted guidance tool to support tobacco interventions [poster]?
    2011
  • Comparative effectiveness of provider activation strategies using electronic health records to improve quality and safety of dental care for patients with medical conditions [poster]
    2010
  • MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction) for caregivers of people with dementia: the Balance Study [poster]
    2010
    • Abstract
  • Assessing challenges to implementing tobacco cessation guidelines in dental offices [abstract]. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2021
  • Implementation of an electronic dental record tool to increase referrals to a tobacco counseling quit line [abstract]. 
    Implementation science. 2015
  • Improving mental health and diabetes management with mindfulness-based stress reduction [abstract] [presentation]
    2014
  • Building a simulation system to train dentists to practice evidence-based dentistry [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2013
  • Impact of mind-body and education-based interventions on physiologic markers of chronic stress in family caregivers of dementia patients [abstract]. 
    Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2009
  • Recruitment and retention of caregivers for patients with dementia: the Balance Study [abstract]. 
    Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2009
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