Full Time Faculty
Educational Background:
Ph.D, Health Behavior/Health Education and Sociology (combined degree), University of Michigan
Research Interests:
Health disparities
Social determinants of health
Community-based prevention research
Applied research methodology and evaluation research
Diffusion of innovation
Selected Publications:
* indicates co-author was a student
† indicates co-author is a community partner
Bryant, C.A., McCormack Brown, K.R., McDermott, R.J., Forthofer, M.S., Bumpus, E.C.†, Calkins, S.†, & Zapata, L.B.* (in press). Community-based prevention marketing: A framework for facilitating health behavior change. Health Promotion Practice.
Schneider, M.*, & Forthofer, M.S. (2005). Associations of psychosocial resources with the stress of infertility treatment. Health and Social Work, 30(3), 183-191.
Lipien, L.*, & Forthofer, M.S. (2004). An event history analysis of recurrent child maltreatmentreports in Florida. Child Abuse & Neglect, 28(9), 947-966.
Zapata, L.B.*, Forthofer, M.S., Eaton, D.K.*, McCormack Brown, K., Bryant, C.A., Reynolds, S.T.†,& McDermott, R.J. (2004). Cigarette use in 6th-10th grade youth: The Sarasota County Demonstration Project. American Journal of Health Behavior, 74, 95-104.
Eaton, Danice K.*, Forthofer, M.S., Zapata, L.B.*, McCormack Brown, K., Bryant, C.A., & McDermott, R.J. (2004). Correlates of Alcohol Use Among 6th through 10th Grade Students in Sarasota County, Florida: The Sarasota Demonstration Project. Journal of School Health, 28, 151-165.
McCormack Brown, K.R., McDermott, R.J., Bryant, C.A., & Forthofer, M.S. (2003). Youth ascommunity researchers: The Sarasota County Demonstration Project. Community Youth Development Journal, 4(3).
Forthofer, Melinda S. (2003). The Status of Mixed Methods in the Health Sciences. Contributed chapter in A. Tashakkori and C. Teddlie (Eds.), Handbook of Mixed Methods in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Sage Publications, Inc.
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Curriculum Vitae (in Adobe Acrobat)
