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| Robert J McDermottSummaryAffiliation: University of South Florida Country: USA Publications
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Vigorous physical activity among tweens, VERB Summer Scorecard program, Lexington, Kentucky, 2004-2007Moya L Alfonso
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 8:A104. 2011..This study describes changes in vigorous physical activity during a 3-year period among children aged 9 to 13 years (tweens) in Lexington, Kentucky, following introduction of the VERB Summer Scorecard (VSS) intervention...
Formation and early history of the American Academy of Health BehaviorRobert J McDermott
Florida Prevention Research Center, Department of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida College of Public Health, 13201 Bruce B Downs Boulevard MDC 056 Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Am J Health Behav 34:563-72. 2010..To document the formation and early history of The American Academy of Health Behavior...- Inaugural Presentation of the Judy K. Black Early Career Research AwardRobert J McDermott
Health Education and Public Health, Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida College of Public Health, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Am J Health Behav 30:580-1. 2006 - Presentation of the second annual Judy K. Black Early Career Research AwardRobert J McDermott
Health Education and Public Health, Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:685-6. 2007 - Increasing physical activity in children 8 to 12 years old: experiences with VERB Summer ScorecardRobert J McDermott
Department of Community and Family Health, Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, FL 33612 3805, USA
Percept Mot Skills 111:240-8. 2010..after the intervention's first full-scale application. The program appeared to appeal more to girls than boys. Such results are encouraging for use in communities... - A community-school district-university partnership for assessing physical activity of tweensRobert J McDermott
Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida, College of Public Health, 13201 Bruce B Downs Blvd MDC 056, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 6:A15. 2009..Obesity among youth is related to a decline in physical activity, and data on physical activity levels among children in elementary and middle schools are limited... 
Promoting physical activity among youth through community-based prevention marketingCarol A Bryant
Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida College of Public Health, 13201 Bruce B Downs Blvd MDC 056, Tampa, FL 33612 3805, USA
J Sch Health 80:214-24. 2010..Based on the national VERB media campaign, the program offered opportunities for tweens to try new types of physical activity during the summer months...- Factors related to alcohol use among 6th through 10th graders: the Sarasota County Demonstration ProjectDanice K Eaton
Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida, College of Public Health, MDC 56, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612-3805, USA
J Sch Health 74:95-104. 2004.... - Community-based prevention marketing: organizing a community for health behavior interventionCarol A Bryant
Florida Prevention Research Center, USA
Health Promot Pract 8:154-63. 2007..Based on 6 years of experience with the "Believe in All Your Possibilities" program, lessons learned that have led to revision and improvement of the CBPM framework are described... - VERB summer scorecard: findings from a multi-level community-based physical activity intervention for tweensRita D DeBate
Florida Prevention Research Center, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, 13201 Bruce B Downs Blvd MDC 056, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Am J Community Psychol 44:363-73. 2009..These findings support the efficacy of multi-level interventions to create effective health behavior change, especially when linkages among community, media, schools, and the home are present... - Characteristics of 'tween' participants and non-participants in the VERB™ summer scorecard physical activity promotion programJen Nickelson
Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida College of Public Health, 13201 Bruce B Downs Boulevard MDC 056, Tampa, FL 33612 3805, USA
Health Educ Res 26:225-38. 2011..6%). A VSS-style program can be expected to be more effective with tweens who are younger, in a middle SES school, having high self-efficacy and high parental support for physical activity... - Assessing local capacity for health interventionMoya L Alfonso
Florida Prevention Research Center at the University of South Florida College of Public Health, 13201 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Eval Program Plann 31:145-59. 2008..This case study also explores how to use capacity assessment results to empower coalitions to serve as catalysts for development of local programs in other communities... - The psychosocial burden of HPV: a mixed-method study of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors among HPV+ womenEllen M Daley
Department of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
J Health Psychol 15:279-90. 2010..The promotion of the HPV vaccine should not obfuscate the psychosocial burden associated with an HPV diagnosis... - Cigarette use in 6th through 10th grade: the Sarasota County Demonstration ProjectLauren B Zapata
Research and Evaluation Unit, University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Tampa, FL 33612-3805, USA
Am J Health Behav 28:151-65. 2004..This study is unique in that it represents population-specific research in which community partners are using the findings to develop community-specific prevention marketing interventions... - Influences on human papillomavirus vaccination status among female college studentsEllen M Daley
Department of Community and Family Health College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 19:1885-91. 2010..The purpose of this study is to examine factors associated with HPV vaccination status among college women... - HPV knowledge among HPV+ womenEllen M Daley
Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Am J Health Behav 32:477-87. 2008..To assess knowledge and information seeking among women recently receiving an HPV+ diagnosis... - Utility of the physical activity resource assessment for child-centric physical activity intervention planning in two urban neighborhoodsRita D DeBate
Department of Community and Family Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, 13201 Bruce B Downs Blvd, MDC Box 56, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
J Community Health 36:132-40. 2011..Whereas the PARA can be a useful needs assessment and program planning tool for community-based PA programs, supplementing PARA data with community-based input may reduce contextual error in program development... - Waterpipe (hookah) tobacco smoking among youthMary P Martinasek
Department of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida, College of Public Health MDC 056, Tampa, FL, USA
Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care 41:34-57. 2011..Public health authorities should monitor waterpipe tobacco use carefully. Finally, pediatricians and other healthcare providers should discourage experimentation and continued use among their adolescent patients... - Social marketing: an underutilized tool for promoting adolescent healthCarol A Bryant
Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Department of Community and Family Health, 13201 Bruce B Downs, Blvd MDC 056, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Adolesc Med State Art Rev 22:387-401, x. 2011.... - Using social marketing to understand the family dinner with working mothersMary P Martinasek
Department of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, Florida, 33612, USA
Ecol Food Nutr 49:431-51. 2010..Interventions developed to increase family dinner frequency should emphasize the perceived value while decreasing the costs/barriers... - Dietary and physical activity behaviors of middle school youth: the youth physical activity and nutrition surveyLauren B Zapata
Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida College of Public Health, 13201 Bruce B Downs Blvd MDC 056, Tampa, FL 33612 3805, USA
J Sch Health 78:9-18; quiz 65-7. 2008..Declining physical activity and poor nutrition contribute to this epidemic. The purpose of this study was to obtain data on middle school students' physical activity and nutrition knowledge and practices... - Preventing eye injuries among citrus harvesters: the community health worker modelPaul F Monaghan
Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, 33612, USA
Am J Public Health 101:2269-74. 2011..We focused on adoption of worker-tested safety glasses with and without the presence and activities of trained peer-worker role models on harvesting crews... - Conducting web-based survey research: a lesson in internet designsEllen M Daley
Department of Community and Family Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Am J Health Behav 27:116-24. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Online instrumentation used in survey research is both practical and desirable. Future refinements are necessary, but improved designs can emanate from this particular effort... - The shifting sands for applicants to maternal and child health training programsKaren M Perrin
Department of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Matern Child Health J 7:261-5. 2003.... - Our proud heritage in school healthRobert J McDermott
Dept. of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida College of Public Health, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612-3805, USA
J Sch Health 72:429-31. 2002 - ViewPoint: human or interpersonal side of researchRobert J McDermott
University of South Florida College of Public Health, USA
Am J Health Behav 28:87-96. 2004 - Women's reactions to HPV diagnosis: insights from in-depth interviewsKaren Kay M Perrin
College of Public Health, University of South Florida, 13201 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612 3805, USA
Women Health 43:93-110. 2006..Health care providers can be important in treating the emotional elements associated with diagnosis as well as the condition itself... - Awareness of prostate cancer screening tests among African American men in underserved neighborhoods: need for community outreachClement K Gwede
Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Research Faculty, Tampa, USA
J Oncol Manag 11:36-41. 2002 - Condom use history as a determinant of university students' condom evaluative indexRobert J McDermott
University of South Florida, Florida Prevention Research Center, USA
Psychol Rep 94:889-93. 2004.... - Estimating maternal mortality in Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican RepublicWayne W Westhoff
Department of Global Health, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Matern Child Health J 13:707-14. 2009..The purpose of this study was to measure maternal mortality by using a sibling survivorship survey and by recording and tracking death certificates... - The HPV vaccine: framing the arguments FOR and AGAINST mandatory vaccination of all middle school girlsCheryl A Vamos
Department of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida College of Public Health, 13201 Bruce B Downs Blvd MDC 056, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
J Sch Health 78:302-9. 2008..Proposals for routine and mandatory HPV vaccination of girls have become sources of controversy for parents of school-aged youth, legislators, members of the medical community, and the public at large... - Is adolescent sibling violence a precursor to college dating violence?Virginia J Noland
University of Florida, College of Health and Human Performance, Department of Health Science Education, P O Box 118210, FLG 5, Gainesville, FL 32611 8210, USA
Am J Health Behav 28:S13-23. 2004..To determine whether experiencing sibling violence in adolescence is a significant predictor for later dating violence. The influence of parent-to-child and parent-to-parent violence is also explored... - Evaluation of the Florida coordinated school health program pilot schools projectRobert M Weiler
Dept of Health Science Education, University of Florida, PO Box 118210, Gainesville, FL 32611 8210, USA
J Sch Health 73:3-8. 2003..Future projects should include robust measurement and evaluation designs, thereby producing conclusive evidence about the influence of a coordinated school health program on such outcomes... - American Academy of Health Behavior: a journey and an adventure--incoming presidential addressRobert J McDermott
American Academy of Health Behavior
Am J Health Behav 27:S273-6. 2003 - State of the Academy presidential address 4th scientific conference - Sedona, AZRobert J McDermott
Am J Health Behav 28:551-5. 2004..This state of the Academy address was presented at the opening ceremonies of the fourth annual scientific meeting of the American Academy of Health Behavior by the outgoing president of the Academy, February 29, 2004...