Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology

March 23, 2007

Implementing and Evaluating Health Behavior Interventions

Lessons from an Emergent Area in Health Psychology—
Organ Donation

On any given day, a myriad of health interventions are being implemented across the nation.  All of these interventions are implemented with good intentions.  Unfortunately, good intentions are not enough if a health intervention is to be truly effective.

The 24th Annual Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology will address the psychology of health behavior as seen in the case of organ donation interventions.  Specifically, scholars from across the nation will come together to discuss the most effective ways to create and implement behavioral health interventions. They will discuss cross-contextual applied psychology, using organ donation as the point of reference. This symposium will examine the challenges inherent in implementing psychology research in applied settings such as schools, worksites, the media, and local communities. This topic will be addressed from a number of perspectives including theory application, pragmatic issues in implementing interventions, challenges in executing community-based assessment, and managing successful working relationships between academics and community organizations. Interventions focusing on organ donation will be common theme of the day. All presentations, however, will be useful for any researcher or practitioner who is seeking to create, implement, and/or improve a health intervention or program. Organ donation is an exciting new area of inquiry. Studies from the past decade will be presented.

A sample ad from a recent New Mexico-based organ donation campaign designed by conference organizers Drs. Alvaro and Siegel.  Follow this link to watch a television promotion  from the same campaign.

 Streaming video of all talks is available by links in the conference schedule below.

Who should attend?

The Applied Psychology Social Symposium will be useful for anyone interested in real-world issues regarding the conduct of applied social psychology research.  This will include researchers interested in changing health behaviors, as well as researchers and practitioners interested in implementing community-based interventions addressing organ donation or other health behaviors.

This will be an excellent opportunity to see applied psychology in action, equally rewarding for researchers, faculty members, and students of psychology, as well as for health behavior professionals.

Location

Albrecht Auditorium

The John Stauffer Hall of Learning
Claremont Graduate University
925 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711

The Symposium on Applied Social Psychology is hosted on the Claremont Graduate University campus in beautiful Claremont, Southern California.

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Talk Videos

 

9:00 – 9:10		Eusebio Alvaro & Jason Siegel	Introduction
9:15 - 9:35		Stuart Oskamp	Applying Psychology to Health Issues: Not Last Decade’s Approach
9:40 – 10:00		Mary Ganikos	Funding research that makes a difference: Lessons from a behavioral science program for organ donation research
10:05 – 10:25		Kimberly Downing	First Person Consent Ohio Donor Registry: Applying Theory and Research to a Statewide Intervention to Increase Organ Donor Registration
10:25 – 10:45			Break
10:45 – 11:05		Diane Dodd-McCue	Behavioral research in hospital settings: The Family Communication Coordinator (FCC) Protocol and Research Applications in Organ Donation
11:10 – 11:30		Nancy Fahrenwald	Intervention research with American Indian, Alaska Native and other First Nation Peoples: An Organ and Tissue Donation Exemplar
11:35 – 11:55		Tom Feeley	School-based health interventions: A multi-campus classroom intervention to promote organ donation
12:00 – 12:20		Michael Quinn	Workplace interventions: Real-world challenges and practical solutions to program design and evaluation
12:20 – 1:30			Lunch
1:30 – 1:40		Eusebio Alvaro & Jason Siegel	Introduction
1:45 –2:05		Sara Pace Jones & Dave Bosch	Researchers are from Mars; Community Organizations are From Venus: Lessons learned when research design meets the road
2:10 – 2:30		Robert Fischer	Evaluating the Effects of Community-Based Health Interventions: Seeking Impact and Saving Lives Via Organ and Tissue Donation Promotion Efforts
2:35 – 2:55		Jackson Barnette	Measurement issues and methods in field based research and evaluation
3:00 – 3:20		Anita Pomerantz	Studying interpersonal conversations about health: The case of family discussions of organ and tissue donation
3:20 - 3:40			Break
3:45 – 4:00		Eusebio Alvaro & Jason Siegel	Synthesis: Applying Health Behavior Theory
4:15 – 5:15			Reception

Speaker Bios

Follow the links to read more about our speakers.

	Eusebio M. Alvaro, PhD, MPH Research Faculty School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences Claremont Graduate University
	J. Jackson (Jack) Barnette, PhD Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Professor, Department of Biostatistics School of Public Health University of Alabama at Birmingham
	David Bosch, BA Director of Communications Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network President of the Board of Directors Donate Life America
	Diane Dodd-McCue, DBA Associate Professor School of Allied Health Professions Virginia Commonwealth University
	Kimberly Downing, PhD Associate Director Institute for Policy Research University of Cincinnati
	Nancy L. Fahrenwald, PhD, RN Associate Professor Coordinator of Nursing Research South Dakota State University
	Thomas Hugh Feeley, PhD Research Associate Professor Department of Communication School of Informatics, SUNY - Buffalo
	Robert Fischer, PhD, MPP Research Associate Professor Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Case Western Reserve University
	Mary Ganikos, PhD Chief, Public & Professional Education Branch Health Resources and Services Administration
	Stuart Oskamp, PhD Professor Emeritus School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences Claremont Graduate University
	Sara Pace Jones, BA Director Donor Program Development Donor Network of Arizona
	Anita Pomerantz, PhD Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Department of Communication, SUNY- Albany
	Michael Quinn, PhD Assistant Professor School of Medicine, University of Chicago
	Jason T. Siegel, PhD Research Faculty School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences Claremont Graduate University

For additional information, call the Claremont Graduate University Psychology Department at (909) 607-9016 or e-mail paul.thomas@cgu.edu.