Allan Steckler
Biographic Data
| ID | 3575483 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allan Steckler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allan |
| FAMILY NAME | Steckler |
| SIGNATURE | STECKLER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Engaging Key Stakeholders to Assess and Improve the Professional Preparation of MPH Health Educators
Objectives. We described the process of engaging key stakeholders in a systematic review of requirements for a master of public health (MPH) degree within the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, and summarized resulting changes. Methods. A benchmarking study of 11 peer institutions was completed. Key stakeholders (i.e., current students, alumni, faculty, staff, …
Ways of healthy aging
This ethnographic study was conducted to explore ways of healthy aging and the influence of culture on health-related behaviors in a rural community in Northern Thailand. In-depth interviews, focus group discussions, participant observations and field notes were used to understand the lives of seven healthy Thai older adults aged 75 years and over. Data were collected from March 2007 to February 2008, with ongoing ethnographic analysis involving …
Parent communication about sexual issues with adolescents in Vietnam
This qualitative study examines parent–adolescent communication on sexual topics in Thai Binh province, Vietnam. Data were collected from 45 in-depth interviews and seven focus groups with parents and adolescents of high school age. Results indicate that parents were apprehensive when it comes to sexual communication. Parents warned their children about AIDS or becoming pregnant at a young age, and provided moral advice on male–female sexual rela…
The Importance of External Validity
How are research results translated to public health practice? What is the responsibility of researchers, funding agencies, and journals in facilitating the use of research results in public health programs or policies? We address selected aspects of these questions and announce a new emphasis of the Journal on external validity for appropriate manuscripts
Hallfors and Steckler Respond
We appreciate Rotheram-Borus’s interest in our study and her letter. We agree that interventions often need to be reconsidered when they do not fit the context for which they were developed. We conducted a feasibility test of a screening instrument for suicide that was specifically developed for high school students in the school setting. It should be noted that we did not develop the screening instrument and that we were testing it within a rand…
Feasibility of Screening Adolescents for Suicide Risk in “Real-World” High School Settings
Objectives. We evaluated the feasibility of a population-based approach to preventing adolescent suicide. Methods. A total of 1323 students in 10 high schools completed the Suicide Risk Screen. Screening results, student follow-up, staff feedback, and school responses were assessed. Results. Overall, 29% of the participants were rated as at risk of suicide. As a result of this overwhelming percentage, school staffs chose to discontinue the screen…
Adoption of health education-tobacco use prevention curricula in North Carolina school districts
Parham, Deborah L. PhD; Goodman, Robert M. PhD; Steckler, Allan DrPH; Schmid, Judith MS; Koch, Gary PhD Author Information
Toward Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Both the qualitative and quantitative paradigms have weaknesses which, to a certain extent, are compensated for by the strengths of the other. As indicated in this article, the strengths of quantitative methods are that they produce factual, reliable outcome data that are usually generalizable to some larger population. The strengths of qualitative methods are that they generate rich, detailed, valid process data that usually leave the study part…
A model for the institutionalization of health promotion programs
1Research Assistant Professor 2Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, The School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The importance of school district policies in the dissemination of tobacco use curricula in North Carolina schools
Steckler, Allan DrPH; McLeroy, Kenneth R. PhD; Goodman, Robert M. PhD, MPH; Smith, Dennis PhD; Dawson, Leonard MSPH; Howell, Keith PhD Author Information
From activated patient to pacified activist
An Ecological Perspective on Health Promotion Programs
During the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in societal interest in preventing disability and death in the United States by changing individual behaviors linked to the risk of contracting chronic diseases. This renewed interest in health pro motion and disease prevention has not been without its critics. Some critics have accused proponents of life-style interventions of promoting a victim-blaming ideology by neglecting the import…
How to keep your mandated citizen board out of your hair and off your back
How to keep your mandated citizen board out of your hair and off your back: a guide for executive directors. A B Steckler, and W T HerzogCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.69.8.809 Published Online: October 07, 2011
The relationship between oral contraceptives and adolescent sexual behavior
The relationship between taking oral contraceptives by adolescents and their subsequent sexual behavior was examined. Subjects were 192 females who attended a youth medical clinic in Los Angeles for the purpose of obtaining oral contraceptives. Ninety‐six subjects had been using oral contraceptives for 6–8 months (After Group) and 96 were just beginning to use (Before Group). Data were collected on the variables of: frequency of sexual intercours…
The Importance of External Validity
How are research results translated to public health practice? What is the responsibility of researchers, funding agencies, and journals in facilitating the use of research results in public health programs or policies? We address selected aspects of these questions and announce a new emphasis of the Journal on external validity for appropriate manuscripts
From activated patient to pacified activist
Feasibility of Screening Adolescents for Suicide Risk in “Real-World” High School Settings
Objectives. We evaluated the feasibility of a population-based approach to preventing adolescent suicide. Methods. A total of 1323 students in 10 high schools completed the Suicide Risk Screen. Screening results, student follow-up, staff feedback, and school responses were assessed. Results. Overall, 29% of the participants were rated as at risk of suicide. As a result of this overwhelming percentage, school staffs chose to discontinue the screen…
How to keep your mandated citizen board out of your hair and off your back
How to keep your mandated citizen board out of your hair and off your back: a guide for executive directors. A B Steckler, and W T HerzogCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.69.8.809 Published Online: October 07, 2011
The relationship between oral contraceptives and adolescent sexual behavior
The relationship between taking oral contraceptives by adolescents and their subsequent sexual behavior was examined. Subjects were 192 females who attended a youth medical clinic in Los Angeles for the purpose of obtaining oral contraceptives. Ninety‐six subjects had been using oral contraceptives for 6–8 months (After Group) and 96 were just beginning to use (Before Group). Data were collected on the variables of: frequency of sexual intercours…
The relationship between oral contraceptives and adolescent sexual behavior
The relationship between taking oral contraceptives by adolescents and their subsequent sexual behavior was examined. Subjects were 192 females who attended a youth medical clinic in Los Angeles for the purpose of obtaining oral contraceptives. Ninety‐six subjects had been using oral contraceptives for 6–8 months (After Group) and 96 were just beginning to use (Before Group). Data were collected on the variables of: frequency of sexual intercours…
How to keep your mandated citizen board out of your hair and off your back
How to keep your mandated citizen board out of your hair and off your back: a guide for executive directors. A B Steckler, and W T HerzogCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.69.8.809 Published Online: October 07, 2011
An Ecological Perspective on Health Promotion Programs
During the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in societal interest in preventing disability and death in the United States by changing individual behaviors linked to the risk of contracting chronic diseases. This renewed interest in health pro motion and disease prevention has not been without its critics. Some critics have accused proponents of life-style interventions of promoting a victim-blaming ideology by neglecting the import…
A model for the institutionalization of health promotion programs
1Research Assistant Professor 2Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, The School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The importance of school district policies in the dissemination of tobacco use curricula in North Carolina schools
Steckler, Allan DrPH; McLeroy, Kenneth R. PhD; Goodman, Robert M. PhD, MPH; Smith, Dennis PhD; Dawson, Leonard MSPH; Howell, Keith PhD Author Information
From activated patient to pacified activist
Toward Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Both the qualitative and quantitative paradigms have weaknesses which, to a certain extent, are compensated for by the strengths of the other. As indicated in this article, the strengths of quantitative methods are that they produce factual, reliable outcome data that are usually generalizable to some larger population. The strengths of qualitative methods are that they generate rich, detailed, valid process data that usually leave the study part…
Adoption of health education-tobacco use prevention curricula in North Carolina school districts
Parham, Deborah L. PhD; Goodman, Robert M. PhD; Steckler, Allan DrPH; Schmid, Judith MS; Koch, Gary PhD Author Information
Hallfors and Steckler Respond
We appreciate Rotheram-Borus’s interest in our study and her letter. We agree that interventions often need to be reconsidered when they do not fit the context for which they were developed. We conducted a feasibility test of a screening instrument for suicide that was specifically developed for high school students in the school setting. It should be noted that we did not develop the screening instrument and that we were testing it within a rand…
Feasibility of Screening Adolescents for Suicide Risk in “Real-World” High School Settings
Objectives. We evaluated the feasibility of a population-based approach to preventing adolescent suicide. Methods. A total of 1323 students in 10 high schools completed the Suicide Risk Screen. Screening results, student follow-up, staff feedback, and school responses were assessed. Results. Overall, 29% of the participants were rated as at risk of suicide. As a result of this overwhelming percentage, school staffs chose to discontinue the screen…
The Importance of External Validity
How are research results translated to public health practice? What is the responsibility of researchers, funding agencies, and journals in facilitating the use of research results in public health programs or policies? We address selected aspects of these questions and announce a new emphasis of the Journal on external validity for appropriate manuscripts
Ways of healthy aging
This ethnographic study was conducted to explore ways of healthy aging and the influence of culture on health-related behaviors in a rural community in Northern Thailand. In-depth interviews, focus group discussions, participant observations and field notes were used to understand the lives of seven healthy Thai older adults aged 75 years and over. Data were collected from March 2007 to February 2008, with ongoing ethnographic analysis involving …
Parent communication about sexual issues with adolescents in Vietnam
This qualitative study examines parent–adolescent communication on sexual topics in Thai Binh province, Vietnam. Data were collected from 45 in-depth interviews and seven focus groups with parents and adolescents of high school age. Results indicate that parents were apprehensive when it comes to sexual communication. Parents warned their children about AIDS or becoming pregnant at a young age, and provided moral advice on male–female sexual rela…
Engaging Key Stakeholders to Assess and Improve the Professional Preparation of MPH Health Educators
Objectives. We described the process of engaging key stakeholders in a systematic review of requirements for a master of public health (MPH) degree within the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, and summarized resulting changes. Methods. A benchmarking study of 11 peer institutions was completed. Key stakeholders (i.e., current students, alumni, faculty, staff, …
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