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My dissertation on Health Promotion Informatics

Title: A Conceptual Framework for the Design of a Model Health Promotion Informatic System for Improving the Health Status and Quality of Life of Americans

My dissertation was successully defended on October 16 at 10am. The final document was submitted to the College of Arts and Sciences on November 11.

I am convinced that health promoting technologies will play an enormous role in improving our health and quality of life in the 21st century.

While I'm certainly no Einstein, I'm smart enough to know that there will be tremendous advancements in the field of Health Promotion Informatics in the next decade. Below are links that are related to my dissertation, papers, coursework, and throughts. I put this site together as a collaborative resource to help practitioners, researchers, students, and others think about the problems, issues, barriers, and solutions to some of our most compelling health problems.I'd love to hear your thoughts, reactions, or comments. John (hooded on January 29, 2001) just practicing and then for real (as of January 29, 2001).

Dissertation Chapters - as webpages (in html) Note: This dissertation has been copyrighted

• Absract - for this study Posted: March 19, 2001.
• Chapter 1 - Introduction and Statement of Problem -Last updated December 20, 2000
• Chapter 2 - Literature Review - Last updated December 20, 2000.
• Chapter 3 - Methodology - Last updated December 20, 2000. I passed my proposal hearing on July 7, 2000.
• Chapter 4 - The Design Posted March 19, 2001.
  • SDLC - Step #1 - The Problem, Opportunities, and Objectives. Posted August 5, 2000.
  • SDLC - Step #2 - The System Requirements Posted August 5, 2000
  • SDLC - Step #3 - The System Needs Posted August 5, 2000
  • SDLC - Step #4 - Desinging the Recommended System Posted August 5, 2000
  • SDLC - Step #5 - Documentation of the System and Design Process Posted August 5, 2000

• Chapter 5 - Conclusions Posted: March 19, 2001
• Bibliography - A selected bibliography Posted: August 5, 2000
  • Annotated bibliography - with over 400 citations related to my studies. Last updated December 27, 1999.

• Appendices - documentation for the study as a PDF file.

My dissertation (as PDF files). .

• The Front Matter - Posted: December 20, 2000
• Chapters 1-5 - Posted: December 20, 2000
• The Appendices - Posted: December 20, 2000
• The Selected Bibliography - Posted: December 20, 2000

My Dissertation Committee- esteemed and profound professors who are demanding, immensely supportive, and humbling. They have pledged to get me through this process before they retire.

Chair - Dr. Frederic Jacobs - Professor School of Education

Dr. Robert Karch - Professor/Department Chair - Health Fitness

Dr. Michael McDonald - President Global Health Initiatives

Presentations, Articles, and Postings

• A Demonstration Study of the Comparative Effectiveness of an On-line Intervention for Changing Physical Activity Behavior Among an Adult Population - the first three chapters, a bunch of other developmental stuff, and links to other related papers.Last updated: November 29, 1999.
• An Assessment of the Computing Habits of Health Promotion Professionals - my masters thesis project in information systems. Updated: March 20, 2001.
• Health Technology Literacy - poster presentation for the Society for Public Health Education on November 14, 1998 (work in progress).
• Corporate Health Informatics - some thoughts, references, and websites that relate to health informatics in the corporate fitness and wellness in the workplace. September 11, 1998.
• Issues in Distance Education - an outline of issues, problems, barriers, and solutions for global distance education. Prepared for upcoming conference in Wales, England - September 7, 1998.
• Health Informatics: A Peek into the Future - a paper presented at the PanAmerican Institute of Physical Education in Maracaibo, Venezuela - August 6, 1998.
• An abstract and powerpoint presentation from the CAS Student Research Conference on Health Promotion Informatics (this is a large file 1.2Mb) February 14, 1997.

Papers from classes - see my papers, or my masters in information systems page.

If you're really intersted, you can see my resume and my vita too.