Faculty Research Interests

Health Promotion faculty conduct research in a variety of areas.  Listed below are recent theses and dissertations that were completed by students.  Also listed are projects the faculty is conducting through sponsored and non-sponsored research.

Recent and Current Projects

• Cognitive-behavioral aspects of eating and weight status in young adults.

• The built environment and active commuting to school in Oxford, MS:  Comparing actual and perceived barriers.
• Differences in perceptions and reported drinking behavior of college students.
• Determinants of bone mineral density in African-American and Caucasian women.

• Social norms media campaign for walking and bicycling to Oxford Middle School.
• Stay Dry!   Mississippi Coalition of Partners in Prevention.

• Safe Routes to School, Oxford.
• Reducing harmful outcomes associated with alcohol misuse & abuse.
• Osteoporosis Knowledge, Health Beliefs and Bone Mineral Density in Men and Women Ages 35 to 50.
• Professional preparation of secondary health education teachers in Mississippi.
• Process evaluation and impact evaluation of a Social Cognitive Theory based intervention to increase the adoption of physical activity in breast cancer survivor.
• Attitudes toward cultural practices and sport participation of adolescent girls in Kenya.
• Perception of heart disease risk in comparison to actual risk in college females.
• Knowledge, perceptions, and behaviors of collegiate athletes and their risk for developing skin cancer.