Faculty & Staff

Clara Haignere, PhD, MPH, CHES
Associate Professor

Dr. Haignere is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and author of numerous articles, reports, and educational materials specializing in adolescent health, HIV/AIDS and sexuality education, international health, and health education theory. Her publications include articles in such prestigious journals as Journal of the American Medical Association, AIDS Education and Prevention, International Journal of Health Studies, Journal of School Health, Health Education Research, and Journal of Health Education and Behavior. Biannually she conducts the Youth Health Behavior Survey for the School District of Philadelphia and she has developed health educational materials including an HIV/AIDS video and curriculum for homeless youth. She serves as grant reviewer for the National Institute of Health and reviewer for the Journal of Health Behavior, Family Planning Perspective, Health Promotion Practice, and the American Journal of Public Health. Although she has recently become well known for her analysis of Sexual Abstinence User-Failure rates, she also enjoys offering students international public health experience through the Temple Summer Abroad Program to Costa Rica that she developed in 2001. Dr. Haignere loves teaching whether it is her large undergraduate International Health Course or her graduate course in Health Behavior.

Education:

University of Denver, MA, Ph.D.

Columbia University, MPH

research interests:

Adolescent Health/HIV/AIDS

Health Behavior Theories

International Public Health

Costa Rican Summer Abroad Program

Selected Publications

Haignere, CS. (2001) Disease-Specific Sexual Abstinence User Rates: The Role of Science in Policy Making. Commentary for Health Education and Behavior. Volume 28/Number 1 February 2001.

Haignere CS, Gold R, Maskovsky J, Ambrosini J, Rogers C, Gollub E. (2000) High-risk adolescents and female condoms: knowledge, attitudes, and use patterns. Journal of Adolescent Health. 26:392-398; June, 2000.

Haignere CS. (1999) Closing the ecological gap: The public-private dilemma. Health Education Research: Theory and Practice, 14(4):507-518, 1999.

Haignere CS., Gold, R. and McDaniel, H. (1999) Adolescent use of condoms and abstinence: Are we sure we are teaching what is safe? Health Education and Behavior. 26( 1) : 43-54, 1999.