Sarah Beehler, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and BioBehavioral Health

Contact Info
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and BioBehavioral Health
PhD, University of Illinois—Chicago (Psychology), 2011
MA, University of Illinois-Chicago (Psychology), 2008
BA, University of Illinois-Chicago (Psychology), 2004
Summary
I am a community psychologist with interests in community-based approaches to promoting mental health. Current work focuses on multilevel community health interventions for veterans in rural areas. I am also an Affiliate Investigator at the Center for Healthcare Organization & Implementation Research (CHOIR) at VA Boston Healthcare System.
Research
Research Summary/Interests
Publications
- Beehler, S., Boulger, J., Carlson, S., & Onello, E. (manuscript under review). Teaching community health needs assessment to first year medical students: Enhancing clinical experience in rural communities
- Beehler, S., Marsella, S.A., Henderson, P.M., Resnick, S.G., & Meterko, M. Factors contributing to the effective functioning of veterans mental health councils. Psychological Services. In press.
- Gautam, R., Mawn, B., & Beehler, S. Bhutanese older adult refugees recently resettled in the United States: A better life with little sorrows. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. (Advance online publication 2017). 2019:29(2):165-171. doi:10.1177/1043659617696975.
- Trickett, E. J., & Beehler, S. Participatory action research and impact: An ecological ripples perspective. Educational Action Research. 2017:doi:10.1080/09650792.2017.1299025.
- Beehler, S., J. Ahern, B. Balmer, & J. Kuhlman. Military families’ perceptions of neighborhood characteristics impacting reintegration: Development of an aggregate measure. Military Behavioral Health. (Advance online publication 2016). 2017:5(1):43-50. doi:10.1080/21635781.2016.1243493.
- Beehler, S. Ripple effects of implementing evidence-based mental health interventions in a community-based social service organization. Journal of Community Psychology. 2016:44(8): 1070-1080.
- Allen, J., Mohatt, G.V., Beehler, S., & Rowe, H.L. (2014). People Awakening: Collaborative Research to Develop Cultural Strategies for Prevention in Community Intervention. American Journal of Community Psychology, 54, (1-2), 100-111. doi: 10.1007/s10464-014-9647-1.
- Beehler, S., Clark, J.A., & Eisen, S.V. (2014). Participant experiences in peer- and clinician-facilitated mental health recovery groups for veterans. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 47, 43-50. doi: 10.1037/prj0000048
- Trickett, E. J., & Beehler, S. (2013). The ecology of multilevel interventions to reduce social inequalities in health. American Behavioral Scientist, 57, 1227-1246. doi:10.1177/0002764213487342.
- Benzer, J. K., Beehler, S., Cramer, I. E., Mohr, D. C., Charns, M. P., & Burgess, J. F. (2013). Between and within-site variation in qualitative implementation research. Implementation Science, 8, doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-4.
- Benzer, J. K., Beehler, S., Miller, C. J., Burgess, J. F., Mohr, D. C., Sullivan, J. L., Meterko, M., & Cramer, I. E. (2012). Grounded theory of barriers and facilitators to mandated implementation of mental health care in the primary care setting. Depression Research and Treatment, doi:10.1155/2012/597157
- Beehler, S. (2012). Refining (not narrowing) notions of program sustainability. [Letter to the editor] American Journal of Public Health, 102, 1051-1052.
- Beehler, S., Birman, D., & Campbell, R. (2012). The effectiveness of Cultural Adjustment and Trauma Services (CATS): A comprehensive, school-based mental health intervention for immigrant youth. American Journal of Community Psychology, 50, 155-168. doi: 10.1007/s10464-011-9486-2
- Trickett, E.J., Beehler, S., Deutsch, C., Green, L.W., Hawe, P., McLeroy, K., Miller, R.L., Rapkin, B.D., Schensul, J.J., Schulz, A.J., & Trimble, J.E. (2011). Advancing the science of community-level interventions,American Journal of Public Health, 101, 1410-1419.
- Birman, D., Beehler, S., Harris, E.M., Everson, M.L., Batia, K., Liautaud, J., Frazier, S., Atkins, M., Blanton, S., Buwalda, J., Fogg, L., & Cappella, E. (2008). International Family, Adult, and Child Enhancement Services (FACES): A community-based comprehensive services model for refugee children in resettlement. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 78, 121-132.