Health Behavior Research | Research

The research activities of the Division are diverse and include:

• Community-based interventions for health risk reduction activities, such as smoking cessation
• Management of chronic diseases including asthma, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes
• Psychosocial aspects of cancer: supportive counseling and the patient's experience of cancer
• Geographic information analyses related to cancer prevention and control
• The complex relationships among type and source of social support with health care, disease prevention, and adjustment to disease
• Gerontology, successful aging, and health promotion among older adults
• Instrument development and validation, including factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and cluster analysis
• Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change - the "Stages of Change" Model
• Motivation and motivation enhancement relating to recommended health practices and disease self-management
• Evaluation of medical-school curricula and community-based, health-education programs
• Women's health issues
• Women's education and professional status in science and medicine from historical and contemporary perspectives
• Career-choice decision-making