Cheryl Merzel
Biographic Data
| ID | 3573047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cheryl Merzel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cheryl |
| FAMILY NAME | Merzel |
| SIGNATURE | MERZEL C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0752-9815 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Realizing Promising Educational Practices in Academic Public Health
This paper presents a conceptual framework and critical considerations for the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in academic public health. Academic education for public health has undergone significant transformation over the last two decades as the demand for responsive and innovative public health pedagogy and training for preparing graduates to deploy an increasing array of skills has grown. The authors suggest that the role of scho…
Using the Interactive Systems Framework to Support a Quality Improvement Approach to Dissemination of Evidence‐Based Strategies to Promote Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Dissemination efforts must optimize interventions for new settings and populations. As such, dissemination research should incorporate principles of quality improvement. Comprehensive Dynamic Trial (CDT) designs examine how information gained during dissemination may be used to modify interventions and improve performance. Although CDT may offer distinct advantages over static designs, organizing the many necessary roles and activities is a signi…
Identifying Women at-Risk for Smoking Resumption after Pregnancy
Check Out That Body
Making the Connections
Developing community capacity to improve health is a cornerstone of community‐based public health. The concept of community capacity reflects numerous facets and dimensions of community life and can have different meanings in different contexts. This paper explores how members of one community identify and interpret key aspects of their community's capacity to limit the availability and use of tobacco products. Particular attention is given to ex…
A Community-Based Intervention Designed to Increase Preventive Health Care Seeking Among Adolescents
Objectives. We evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention designed to increase preventive health care seeking among adolescents. Methods. Adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 21 years, recruited from community-based organizations in 2 different communities, were randomized into either a 3-session intervention or a control condition. We estimated outcomes from 3-month follow-up data using logistic and ordinary least squares regression. Resu…
Computer Access and Internet Use Among Urban Youths
This report presents data on computer access, Internet use, and factors associated with health information seeking on the Internet among a sample of youths aged 15 to 30 years in New York City. Findings from street intercept surveys indicate substantial computer access at home (62%) and frequent (everyday or a few times a week) Internet use (66%). Fifty-five percent of the sample reported seeking health information on the Internet, which was asso…
Merzel Responds
Reconsidering Community-Based Health Promotion
Contemporary public health emphasizes a community-based approach to health promotion and disease prevention. The evidence from the past 20 years indicates, however, that many community-based programs have had only modest impact, with the notable exception of a number of HIV prevention programs. To better understand the reasons for these outcomes, we conducted a systematic literature review of 32 community-based prevention programs. Reasons for po…
Access to Health Services in an Urban Community
Effect of an STD/HIV Behavioral Intervention on Women's Use of the Female Condom
Objectives. This study assessed the effectiveness of a sexually transmitted disease (STD)/HIV behavior change intervention in increasing women's use of the female condom. Methods. A total of 604 women at high risk for STDs and HIV in New York City, Baltimore, Md, and Seattle, Wash, enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of a small-group, skills-training intervention that included information and skills training in the use of the female condom.…
Health through three life stages
Drug Use Initiation among Urban Black Youth
Reconsidering Community-Based Health Promotion
Contemporary public health emphasizes a community-based approach to health promotion and disease prevention. The evidence from the past 20 years indicates, however, that many community-based programs have had only modest impact, with the notable exception of a number of HIV prevention programs. To better understand the reasons for these outcomes, we conducted a systematic literature review of 32 community-based prevention programs. Reasons for po…
Drug Use Initiation among Urban Black Youth
Using the Interactive Systems Framework to Support a Quality Improvement Approach to Dissemination of Evidence‐Based Strategies to Promote Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Dissemination efforts must optimize interventions for new settings and populations. As such, dissemination research should incorporate principles of quality improvement. Comprehensive Dynamic Trial (CDT) designs examine how information gained during dissemination may be used to modify interventions and improve performance. Although CDT may offer distinct advantages over static designs, organizing the many necessary roles and activities is a signi…
Effect of an STD/HIV Behavioral Intervention on Women's Use of the Female Condom
Objectives. This study assessed the effectiveness of a sexually transmitted disease (STD)/HIV behavior change intervention in increasing women's use of the female condom. Methods. A total of 604 women at high risk for STDs and HIV in New York City, Baltimore, Md, and Seattle, Wash, enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of a small-group, skills-training intervention that included information and skills training in the use of the female condom.…
Health through three life stages
A Community-Based Intervention Designed to Increase Preventive Health Care Seeking Among Adolescents
Objectives. We evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention designed to increase preventive health care seeking among adolescents. Methods. Adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 21 years, recruited from community-based organizations in 2 different communities, were randomized into either a 3-session intervention or a control condition. We estimated outcomes from 3-month follow-up data using logistic and ordinary least squares regression. Resu…
Making the Connections
Developing community capacity to improve health is a cornerstone of community‐based public health. The concept of community capacity reflects numerous facets and dimensions of community life and can have different meanings in different contexts. This paper explores how members of one community identify and interpret key aspects of their community's capacity to limit the availability and use of tobacco products. Particular attention is given to ex…
Computer Access and Internet Use Among Urban Youths
This report presents data on computer access, Internet use, and factors associated with health information seeking on the Internet among a sample of youths aged 15 to 30 years in New York City. Findings from street intercept surveys indicate substantial computer access at home (62%) and frequent (everyday or a few times a week) Internet use (66%). Fifty-five percent of the sample reported seeking health information on the Internet, which was asso…
Drug Use Initiation among Urban Black Youth
Health through three life stages
Access to Health Services in an Urban Community
Effect of an STD/HIV Behavioral Intervention on Women's Use of the Female Condom
Objectives. This study assessed the effectiveness of a sexually transmitted disease (STD)/HIV behavior change intervention in increasing women's use of the female condom. Methods. A total of 604 women at high risk for STDs and HIV in New York City, Baltimore, Md, and Seattle, Wash, enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of a small-group, skills-training intervention that included information and skills training in the use of the female condom.…
Merzel Responds
Reconsidering Community-Based Health Promotion
Contemporary public health emphasizes a community-based approach to health promotion and disease prevention. The evidence from the past 20 years indicates, however, that many community-based programs have had only modest impact, with the notable exception of a number of HIV prevention programs. To better understand the reasons for these outcomes, we conducted a systematic literature review of 32 community-based prevention programs. Reasons for po…
Computer Access and Internet Use Among Urban Youths
This report presents data on computer access, Internet use, and factors associated with health information seeking on the Internet among a sample of youths aged 15 to 30 years in New York City. Findings from street intercept surveys indicate substantial computer access at home (62%) and frequent (everyday or a few times a week) Internet use (66%). Fifty-five percent of the sample reported seeking health information on the Internet, which was asso…
A Community-Based Intervention Designed to Increase Preventive Health Care Seeking Among Adolescents
Objectives. We evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention designed to increase preventive health care seeking among adolescents. Methods. Adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 21 years, recruited from community-based organizations in 2 different communities, were randomized into either a 3-session intervention or a control condition. We estimated outcomes from 3-month follow-up data using logistic and ordinary least squares regression. Resu…
Check Out That Body
Making the Connections
Developing community capacity to improve health is a cornerstone of community‐based public health. The concept of community capacity reflects numerous facets and dimensions of community life and can have different meanings in different contexts. This paper explores how members of one community identify and interpret key aspects of their community's capacity to limit the availability and use of tobacco products. Particular attention is given to ex…
Identifying Women at-Risk for Smoking Resumption after Pregnancy
Using the Interactive Systems Framework to Support a Quality Improvement Approach to Dissemination of Evidence‐Based Strategies to Promote Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Dissemination efforts must optimize interventions for new settings and populations. As such, dissemination research should incorporate principles of quality improvement. Comprehensive Dynamic Trial (CDT) designs examine how information gained during dissemination may be used to modify interventions and improve performance. Although CDT may offer distinct advantages over static designs, organizing the many necessary roles and activities is a signi…
Realizing Promising Educational Practices in Academic Public Health
This paper presents a conceptual framework and critical considerations for the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in academic public health. Academic education for public health has undergone significant transformation over the last two decades as the demand for responsive and innovative public health pedagogy and training for preparing graduates to deploy an increasing array of skills has grown. The authors suggest that the role of scho…
Medicine (11 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Public health (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)