Kenneth R McLeroy
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5544638 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Kenneth R McLeroy |
| PRENOMES | Kenneth R |
| SOBRENOME | McLeroy |
| ASSINATURA | MCLEROY K R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Texas A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8901-6409 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 27 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 106 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1984 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Interorganizational network findings from a nationwide cardiovascular disease prevention initiative
Evaluation of Community-Based Policy, Systems, and Environment Interventions Targeting the Vending Machines
The American Heart Association conducted policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) focused interventions to increase healthy vending in 8 communities. PSE interventions were assessed using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey Vending Assessment to see changes in the food environment. Baseline and follow-up assessments were conducted with 3 settings and a total of 19 machines. PSE changes resulted in increased availability of healthy options a…
Using a Community Health Development Framework to Increase Community Capacity
The Physical Activity and Community Engagement Project utilized a comparative case study to understand how a theoretical framework called community health development (CHD) influences community capacity. Three rural communities (cases) developed interventions using a CHD framework. Researchers collected qualitative evidence measuring capacity and the CHD process for more than 3 years. Patterns identified seven capacity constructs relevant to CHD,…
Ottawa Statement from the Sparking Solutions Summit on Population Health Intervention Research
Replication Typology and Guidelines for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives
An introduction is presented in which the authors discuss the supplemental issue of the journal which examines the replication typology and guidelines for adolescent pregnancy prevention programs in America, as well as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Adolescent Health
Upending the Social Ecological Model to Guide Health Promotion Efforts Toward Policy and Environmental Change
Efforts to change policies and the environments in which people live, work, and play have gained increasing attention over the past several decades. Yet health promotion frameworks that illustrate the complex processes that produce health-enhancing structural changes are limited. Building on the experiences of health educators, community activists, and community-based researchers described in this supplement and elsewhere, as well as several poli…
Nonprofit Hospitals’ Approach to Community Health Needs Assessment
Objectives. We sought a better understanding of how nonprofit hospitals are fulfilling the community health needs assessment (CHNA) provision of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to conduct CHNAs and develop CHNA and implementation strategies reports. Methods. Through an Internet search of an estimated 179 nonprofit hospitals in Texas conducted between December 1, 2013, and January 5, 2014, we identified and reviewed 95 CHNA and…
Behavioral and technological interventions targeting glycemic control in a racially/ethnically diverse population
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01221090
Reporting Guidelines and the American Journal of Public Health ’s Adoption of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Widespread recognition of the need to improve the science of published research, as well as the moral and ethical reasons for adequately reporting study results, has spurred recent interest in strengthening journal research reporting through the use of reporting guidelines. Reporting guidelines also provide information for readers to judge study quality. American Journal of Public Health previously adopted the Consolidated Standards of Reporting …
Conversations on Public Health
Advancing the Science of Community-Level Interventions
Community interventions are complex social processes that need to move beyond single interventions and outcomes at individual levels of short-term change. A scientific paradigm is emerging that supports collaborative, multilevel, culturally situated community interventions aimed at creating sustainable community-level impact. This paradigm is rooted in a deep history of ecological and collaborative thinking across public health, psychology, anthr…
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
Parental communication and youth sexual behaviour
The role of parental communication and instruction concerning sexual behaviour were studied in a community‐based sample of 1083 youth aged 13–17 (mean age of 15 years; 51% girls, 49% White). The Youth Asset Survey was administered along with items measuring demographics and youth risk behaviours. After controlling for demographic factors, multivariate analysis revealed that youth were much less likely to have initiated sexual intercourse if their…
Fiction of Fidelity
This issue of the Journal highlights a group of articles published in Framing Health Matters that contributes to our understanding of sexual life from a sociocultural perspective. Using a qualitative approach each examines the sociocultural and economic context of a particular country and reveals how the context contributes to HIV transmission. Based on the findings the authors further suggest potential intervention strategies. Although 3 of the …
Thinking of Systems
Framing Health Matters
Health in Rural America
Historically, public health has been viewed through a variety of lenses. One lens focuses on the contrast between the science and the practice of public health.1 Another focuses on individual versus social responsibility for health.2 A third lens visualizes the contrast between an emphasis on disease categories and an emphasis on functional communities.3 A fourth focuses attention on the distinction between market forces and social justice.4 Of p…
Essential Tensions in the Journal
The last few years have been a time of enormous activity for the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the Journal. APHA has endured political and fiscal adversity, adopted a global public health mission, worked through staff departures and subsequent hires, and embraced a change in leadership with the appointment of Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, as its newest executive director. The Journal has revamped its design to include more compel…
The Potential Protective Effect of Youth Assets on Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use
Objectives. We examined the association between adolescent alcohol and drug use and 9 youth assets in a low-income, inner-city population. Methods. An in-person survey of 1350 adolescents and parents assessed youth assets and risk behaviors. We analyzed data with χ 2 tests and logistic regression analyses. Results. When we controlled for appropriate variables, there were significant positive relationships between several youth assets and nonuse o…
Community-Based Interventions
The article Reconsidering Community-Based Health Promotion: Promise, Performance, and Potential by Merzel and D’Afflitti1 in this issue of the Journal makes a valuable contribution to the literature on community approaches to health promotion. The breadth of studies covered in this review article, combined with the prominence the Journal is giving to the subject in this issue, suggests how far the field has come in its understanding of the links …
McLeroy Et Al. Respond
We wish to thank Rabin for observing that “[h]ealthy aging begins with the fetus, not the adult.” Clearly, community-based public health programs must take into account health and health-related issues throughout the life span and focus on strengthening communities to support the health of all age groups. We will respond to several inferences that might be drawn from Rabin’s letter. First is the implication that health comes from participating in…
Identifying and Defining the Dimensions of Community Capacity to Provide a Basis for Measurement
Although community capacity is a central concern of community development experts, the concept requires clarification. Because of the potential importance of community capacity to health promotion, the Division of Chronic Disease Control and Community Intervention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), convened a symposium in December 1995 with the hope that a consensus might emerge regarding the dimensions that are integral to commun…
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…
The role of a summer institute in the diffusion of comprehensive school health
1Associate Professor Department of Public Health Education University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina 2Instructor Department of Public Health Education University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina 3Assistant Professor Department of Public Health Education University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina 4Assistant Professor Department of Health Promotion and Education School…
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
Advancing the Science of Community-Level Interventions
Community interventions are complex social processes that need to move beyond single interventions and outcomes at individual levels of short-term change. A scientific paradigm is emerging that supports collaborative, multilevel, culturally situated community interventions aimed at creating sustainable community-level impact. This paradigm is rooted in a deep history of ecological and collaborative thinking across public health, psychology, anthr…
Community-Based Interventions
The article Reconsidering Community-Based Health Promotion: Promise, Performance, and Potential by Merzel and D’Afflitti1 in this issue of the Journal makes a valuable contribution to the literature on community approaches to health promotion. The breadth of studies covered in this review article, combined with the prominence the Journal is giving to the subject in this issue, suggests how far the field has come in its understanding of the links …
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
The Potential Protective Effect of Youth Assets on Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use
Objectives. We examined the association between adolescent alcohol and drug use and 9 youth assets in a low-income, inner-city population. Methods. An in-person survey of 1350 adolescents and parents assessed youth assets and risk behaviors. We analyzed data with χ 2 tests and logistic regression analyses. Results. When we controlled for appropriate variables, there were significant positive relationships between several youth assets and nonuse o…
Nonprofit Hospitals’ Approach to Community Health Needs Assessment
Objectives. We sought a better understanding of how nonprofit hospitals are fulfilling the community health needs assessment (CHNA) provision of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to conduct CHNAs and develop CHNA and implementation strategies reports. Methods. Through an Internet search of an estimated 179 nonprofit hospitals in Texas conducted between December 1, 2013, and January 5, 2014, we identified and reviewed 95 CHNA and…
Health in Rural America
Historically, public health has been viewed through a variety of lenses. One lens focuses on the contrast between the science and the practice of public health.1 Another focuses on individual versus social responsibility for health.2 A third lens visualizes the contrast between an emphasis on disease categories and an emphasis on functional communities.3 A fourth focuses attention on the distinction between market forces and social justice.4 Of p…
Thinking of Systems
Ottawa Statement from the Sparking Solutions Summit on Population Health Intervention Research
Framing Health Matters
Essential Tensions in the Journal
The last few years have been a time of enormous activity for the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the Journal. APHA has endured political and fiscal adversity, adopted a global public health mission, worked through staff departures and subsequent hires, and embraced a change in leadership with the appointment of Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, as its newest executive director. The Journal has revamped its design to include more compel…
Social Support and Physical Recovery in a Stroke Population
Previous studies of the relationship between social support and physical health status have indicated that social support has a positive effect on morbidity, mortality, and recovery from chronic disease. However, the previous studies have differed in their definitions of the construct, with most studies measuring only one aspect of social support - usually emotional support. This longitudinal study of 393 stroke cases found that different types o…
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…
The role of a summer institute in the diffusion of comprehensive school health
1Associate Professor Department of Public Health Education University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina 2Instructor Department of Public Health Education University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina 3Assistant Professor Department of Public Health Education University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina 4Assistant Professor Department of Health Promotion and Education School…
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
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…
Identifying and Defining the Dimensions of Community Capacity to Provide a Basis for Measurement
Although community capacity is a central concern of community development experts, the concept requires clarification. Because of the potential importance of community capacity to health promotion, the Division of Chronic Disease Control and Community Intervention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), convened a symposium in December 1995 with the hope that a consensus might emerge regarding the dimensions that are integral to commun…
Community-Based Interventions
The article Reconsidering Community-Based Health Promotion: Promise, Performance, and Potential by Merzel and D’Afflitti1 in this issue of the Journal makes a valuable contribution to the literature on community approaches to health promotion. The breadth of studies covered in this review article, combined with the prominence the Journal is giving to the subject in this issue, suggests how far the field has come in its understanding of the links …
McLeroy Et Al. Respond
We wish to thank Rabin for observing that “[h]ealthy aging begins with the fetus, not the adult.” Clearly, community-based public health programs must take into account health and health-related issues throughout the life span and focus on strengthening communities to support the health of all age groups. We will respond to several inferences that might be drawn from Rabin’s letter. First is the implication that health comes from participating in…
Health in Rural America
Historically, public health has been viewed through a variety of lenses. One lens focuses on the contrast between the science and the practice of public health.1 Another focuses on individual versus social responsibility for health.2 A third lens visualizes the contrast between an emphasis on disease categories and an emphasis on functional communities.3 A fourth focuses attention on the distinction between market forces and social justice.4 Of p…
Essential Tensions in the Journal
The last few years have been a time of enormous activity for the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the Journal. APHA has endured political and fiscal adversity, adopted a global public health mission, worked through staff departures and subsequent hires, and embraced a change in leadership with the appointment of Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, as its newest executive director. The Journal has revamped its design to include more compel…
The Potential Protective Effect of Youth Assets on Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use
Objectives. We examined the association between adolescent alcohol and drug use and 9 youth assets in a low-income, inner-city population. Methods. An in-person survey of 1350 adolescents and parents assessed youth assets and risk behaviors. We analyzed data with χ 2 tests and logistic regression analyses. Results. When we controlled for appropriate variables, there were significant positive relationships between several youth assets and nonuse o…
Thinking of Systems
Framing Health Matters
Parental communication and youth sexual behaviour
The role of parental communication and instruction concerning sexual behaviour were studied in a community‐based sample of 1083 youth aged 13–17 (mean age of 15 years; 51% girls, 49% White). The Youth Asset Survey was administered along with items measuring demographics and youth risk behaviours. After controlling for demographic factors, multivariate analysis revealed that youth were much less likely to have initiated sexual intercourse if their…
Fiction of Fidelity
This issue of the Journal highlights a group of articles published in Framing Health Matters that contributes to our understanding of sexual life from a sociocultural perspective. Using a qualitative approach each examines the sociocultural and economic context of a particular country and reveals how the context contributes to HIV transmission. Based on the findings the authors further suggest potential intervention strategies. Although 3 of the …
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
Conversations on Public Health
Advancing the Science of Community-Level Interventions
Community interventions are complex social processes that need to move beyond single interventions and outcomes at individual levels of short-term change. A scientific paradigm is emerging that supports collaborative, multilevel, culturally situated community interventions aimed at creating sustainable community-level impact. This paradigm is rooted in a deep history of ecological and collaborative thinking across public health, psychology, anthr…
Reporting Guidelines and the American Journal of Public Health ’s Adoption of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Widespread recognition of the need to improve the science of published research, as well as the moral and ethical reasons for adequately reporting study results, has spurred recent interest in strengthening journal research reporting through the use of reporting guidelines. Reporting guidelines also provide information for readers to judge study quality. American Journal of Public Health previously adopted the Consolidated Standards of Reporting …
Behavioral and technological interventions targeting glycemic control in a racially/ethnically diverse population
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01221090
Upending the Social Ecological Model to Guide Health Promotion Efforts Toward Policy and Environmental Change
Efforts to change policies and the environments in which people live, work, and play have gained increasing attention over the past several decades. Yet health promotion frameworks that illustrate the complex processes that produce health-enhancing structural changes are limited. Building on the experiences of health educators, community activists, and community-based researchers described in this supplement and elsewhere, as well as several poli…
Nonprofit Hospitals’ Approach to Community Health Needs Assessment
Objectives. We sought a better understanding of how nonprofit hospitals are fulfilling the community health needs assessment (CHNA) provision of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to conduct CHNAs and develop CHNA and implementation strategies reports. Methods. Through an Internet search of an estimated 179 nonprofit hospitals in Texas conducted between December 1, 2013, and January 5, 2014, we identified and reviewed 95 CHNA and…
Using a Community Health Development Framework to Increase Community Capacity
The Physical Activity and Community Engagement Project utilized a comparative case study to understand how a theoretical framework called community health development (CHD) influences community capacity. Three rural communities (cases) developed interventions using a CHD framework. Researchers collected qualitative evidence measuring capacity and the CHD process for more than 3 years. Patterns identified seven capacity constructs relevant to CHD,…
Ottawa Statement from the Sparking Solutions Summit on Population Health Intervention Research
Replication Typology and Guidelines for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives
An introduction is presented in which the authors discuss the supplemental issue of the journal which examines the replication typology and guidelines for adolescent pregnancy prevention programs in America, as well as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Adolescent Health
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