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Recent PhDs Granted in the Department of Public Health

This page lists dissertations from recent years and will be updated periodically. For further information, please visit Dissertations Abstract International

Training and assessing physician assistants for cultural competence: A pilot investigation examining the implementation of a curriculum, the use of standardized patients and trained observers (read abstract)
by Castillo, Marne, PhD
Chair: Thomas Gordon, PhD, 2006

An examination of the quality of the 2003 birth certificate data in Pennsylvania (read abstract)
by Foley, Margaret M., PhD
Chair: Thomas Gordon, PhD, 2005

The relationships between patient and provider expectations of asthma management and their effects on asthma control (read abstract)
by Boxer, Bruce Alan, PhD
Chair: Jay Segal, PhD, 2005

The application of a worksite health communication model to employee participation and selected chronic disease risk and educational factors in a casino-based worksite health-management program (read abstract)
by Pasqualoni, Therese Catherine, PhD
Chair: Jay Segal, PhD, 2004

Perinatal and infancy factors associated with personality functioning during early childhood (read abstract)
by Atkins, Robert L., PhD
Chair: Thomas Gordon, PhD, 2004

Development of a public health assessment tool to prevent Lyme disease: Tool construction and validation (read abstract)
by Garvin, Jennifer Hornung, PhD
Chair: Thomas Gordon, PhD, 2004

Is there a need for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) education? Comparing the views of students and faculty in various health care professions (read abstract)
by Peoples-Lee, Debbera, PhD
Chair: Thomas Gordon, PhD, 2004

Attitudes and beliefs about alcohol and alcohol consumption among African-American women of childbearing age (read abstract)
by Abara, Rosalind Chiaka, PhD
Chair: Grace Ma, PhD 2004

Assessing the appropriateness of the health belief model for teaching an art health and safety program to undergraduate art students
by Carofiglio, Carol A., PhD (read abstract)
Chair: Clara Haignere, PhD, 2004

An exploratory study of the relationship of self-esteem, social anxiety, campus connection, and campus involvement to alcohol use by college athletes (read abstract)
by Brenner, James W., PhD
Chair: Patricia Legos, PhD, 2004

Sudden infant death syndrome: Urban parents' perceptions of risk reduction messages and the use of a risk behavior diagnosis scale (read abstract)
by Esposito, Linda M., PhD
Chair: Grace Ma, PhD, 2003

Exposure assessment of butyltin manufacturing workers based on concurrent environmental and biological monitoring (read abstract)
by Boraiko, Carol E., PhD
Chair: Robert Patterson, PhD, 2003

Harnessing flow cytometry for the rapid enumeration and viability assessment of airborne bacteria (read abstract)
by Leonard, R. Thomas, PhD
Chair: Robert Patterson, PhD, 2003

A phenomenological description of youth firearm carrying (read abstract)
by Black, Sara Ann, PhD
Chair: Alice Hausman, PhD, 2002

An exploratory study of therapeutic and personal factors related to women participating in outpatient substance abuse programs (read abstract)
by Holbeck, Janice A., PhD
Chair: Jay Segal, PhD, 2002

Exploring the pathway out of homelessness: Social support and social network differences in homeless shelter compared to transitional housing residents (read abstract)
by Miller, Kathleen Swenson, PhD
Chair: Grace Ma, PhD, 2002

Relationship between Internet use, patient task behavior and self-efficacy among recently diagnosed cancer patients who contact the Cancer Information Service (read abstract)
by Bass, Sarah Bauerle, PhD
Chair: Sheryl Ruzek, 2001

The relationship between perceived self-efficacy and retention of new hospice volunteers (read abstract)
by Erb, Joann Marie Kelly, PhD
Chair: Patricia Legos, PhD, 2001

Reducing food insecurity among low-income pregnant women by providing community-based food resource information (read abstract)
by Feder, Linda R., PhD
Chair: Clara Haignere, PhD, 2001

A fall risk reduction intervention for community-dwelling older adults (read abstract)
by Hakim, Renee M., PhD
Chair: Jay Segal, PhD, 2001

Stages of change correlates for chemical abusers in out-patient treatment (read abstract)
by Katlin, Evette Nan, PhD
Chair: Clara Haignere, PhD, 2001

A study of physicians' experiences of addiction, treatment, and recovery (read abstract)
by Lee, Rorie , PhD
Chair: Grace Ma, PhD, 2001

Predictors of advance directive discussion practices: A survey of Ohio registered nurses (read abstract)
by Lipson, Amy R., PhD
Chair: Alice Hausman, PhD, 2001

Social, economic, health, and health care factors related to the use of zidovudine in HIV-infected pregnant women who deliver live births (Immune deficiency) (read abstract)
by Abatemarco, Diane Joyce, PhD
Chair: Alice Hausman, PhD, 2000

Balance and bias of the Internet: A qualitative study of a purposive sample for breast cancer health information web sites (read abstract)
by Becker, Julie Ann, PhD
Chair: Sheryl Ruzek, PhD, 2000

The relationship between the perceptions of innovation attributes and organizational factors among medical staff and implementation of a smoking cessation program in primary care medical practices (read abstract)
by Benincasa, Theresa A., PhD
Chair: Alice Hausman, PhD, 2000

The role of multilevel socioeconomic factors on physical activity and diet among Black women (read abstract)
by Caron, Colleen, PhD
Chair: Patricia Legos, PhD, 2000

An investigation of behavioral factors related to successful adherence of tuberculosis patients to directly observed therapy (read abstract)
by Hodge, Robert Randolph, PhD
Chair: Jay Segal, PhD, 2000

Pneumococcal vaccination policies and practices in Pennsylvania nursing homes (Long-term care) (read abstract)
by Jessop, Amy Beth, PhD
Chair: Alice Hausman, PhD, 2000

Tobacco use among adolescents in Philadelphia: Availability, perceived consequences, and peer provision (read abstract)
by Shive, Steven Earl, PhD
Chair: Grace Ma, PhD, 2000