SUZANNE DUKE School Health Program in Exercise Science

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS:

"The Role of Perceived Self Efficacy and Health Locus of Control in the Premenstrual Syndrome" Fourth Annual Conference of the Woman Researcher, Kalamazoo, MI, 1986.

"An Assessment of Public Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Cancer"  Annual Conference of the Ohio Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Akron, OH 1986.

"A Study of Attitudes Toward Leisure Among Cancer Patients" Annual Conference of the Ohio Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Akron, OH, 1986.

"An Overview of Some Findings from a Survey on Public Perceptions of Cancer Control"  Annual Meeting of North Central Sociological Association, Cincinnati, OH, 1987.

"Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Mammography in Women Over Forty"  Annual Conference of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, Boston, MA, 1988.

"A Field based Formative Evaluation of a Low Income Prenatal Nutrition Program in Rural Mississippi"  Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York City, 1990.

"The Diffusion of Cancer Prevention Education Through Predominantly Black Churches in Rural Alabama" Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York City, 1990.

"A Study of Factors Influencing BSE and Mammography in Economically Disadvantaged Black Women" Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York City, 1990.

"Cancer Anxiety and Attitudes Toward Mammography among Screening Attendees, Non-Attenders and Women Never Invited"  Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York City, 1990.

"Developing a Self Help Intervention to Prevent Drinking Among Pregnant Low DES Women, Mid-Year Conference of the Society of Public Health Educators, Long Beach, CA 1991.

"An Application of the PRECEDE-PROCEED Framework in the Development of Intervention Strategies for DES Exposure." Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, 1995.

"The Effects of Barriers to Health Care in Women Exposed to DES." Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, 1995.

"Awareness of DES in a General Population." Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, New York, NY, 1996.

"Physicians' Understanding of DES Risk and treatment for DES Exposure." Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, New York, NY, 1996.

"A Focus Group Study of Consumer Concerns Related to DES Exposure." Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, New York, NY, 1996.

"Participatory Evaluation as a Prelude to Service Innovation." Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, Chicago, IL, 1999.

JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

Slenker (now Duke), S, Price, JH, Roberts S and Jurs, SG. "Joggers versus Non-Exercisers: An Analysis of Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs"  Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport  55(4): 371-78, 1984.

Slenker (now Duke), S, Cobau, CD and Lind, DA. "Improving Procedural compliance of physicians and Nurses in a Cancer Care Program"  Journal of Medical Education  60:845-54, 1985.

Slenker (now Duke), SE, Price, JH and O'Connell, JK. "Health Locus of Control in Joggers and Non-Exercisers"  Perceptual and Motor Skills  61:323-28. 1985.

Slenker (now Duke), SE and Spreitzer, EE. "Public Perceptions and Behaviors regarding Cancer Control"  Journal of Cancer Education  3(3): 171-80, 1988.

Slenker (now Duke), SE and Wright, JA.  "Physician Attitudes Concerning Screening Mammography"  Ohio Medicine  84(6): 476-481, 1988.

Slenker (now Duke), SE and Grant, MA.  "Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge about Mammography in Women Over Forty"  Journal of Cancer Education  4(1): 61-67, 1989.

Gram, IT, Lund, E and Slenker (now Duke), SE. "Quality of Life Following a False Positive Mammogram"  British Journal of Cancer  62:1018-22, 1990.

Gram, IT and Slenker (now Duke), SE. "Cancer Anxiety and Attitudes Toward Mammography Among Screening Attenders, Non-Attenders and Women Never Invited" American Journal of Public Health  82(2):249-52, 1992.

Price, JH, Desmond, SM Slenker (now Duke), SE, Smith, RN, and Stewart, PW. "A Study of Breast Cancer Detection Practices and Beliefs in Black women attending Public Health Clinics"  Journal of Community Health  17(4): 191-204,  19 92.

S.S. Duke,  K. A. Gordon, K. D. Reynolds, and I. T. Green. "A Study of Breast Cancer Detection Practices and Beliefs in Black Women Attending Public Health Clinics." Health Education Research 93:3 (1994): 331-342.

S. S. Duke, S.A. McGraw, N.E. Avis. "Exposure to DES: Design of a Multi-Level Community Intervention." Health Promotion Practice  1( 2): 188-195 , 2000.

SS Duke, SA McGraw, NE Avis, "Exposure to DES: Implications for Practitioners." Psycho-Oncology IN PRESS

WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP:

"Developing Lead Exposure Intervention Strategies Using the Precede-Proceed Model." Connecticut State Department of Health, June 4, 1996.

"Adolescent Risks and Strategies." Connecticut State Department of Education, April 26, 1999.

RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED SINCE SPRING 1997:

Co-Investigator: The DES Awareness Project.  (National Cancer Institute: $1.2 Million, 1993-1996.

Principal Investigator:  Sub-contract to evaluate American Cancer Society & American Heart Association Programming in CT.  (Waterbury, CT Foundation: $3700, 1997-1998)

Principal Investigator:  A Focus Group Study of ATOD Prevention Education in CT.  (CT Dept. of Ed.: $10,000, 1998-2000)

Co-Investigator:  Evaluation of the Safe Schools, Healthy Student Initiative for Waterbury, CT. (U.S. Dept. of Ed.: $450,000, 1999-2002)

RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL (use keywords):

School Health Education, Public Health, Educational Intervention, Program Evaluation

CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Listed in Grants (Above)
 

MASTER'S THESES ADVISEMENT:

Binge Drinking Among College Athletes and Non-Athletes
An Analysis of Ten Years of Prevalence Surveys of Hospital Acquired Infections at YNHH
A Study of the Self Reported Patterns of Exercise and Fatigue Among Cancer Patients
A Focus Group Study of Childhood Immunization Practices Among Low Income Mothers
Development of a Grantsmanship Curriculum for Minority Health Agencies
A Study of Attitudes and Beliefs about Smoking Among Nurses
Evaluation of a Worksite Ergonomics Program
 

DISSERTATION TITLE:

An Investigation of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Among Joggers and Non-Exercisers

INSTITUTION GRANTING PH.D.:

University of Toledo