Ken Resnicow, Ph.D.

Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education

3867 SPH I
109 South Observatory
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029

(734) 647-0212

E-mail: kresnic@umich.edu

Courses Taught

HBEHED668: Health Communications for Public Health    Syllabus (PDF)
HBEHED671: Motivational Interviewing in Public Health    Syllabus (PDF)

Education

Ph.D., Health Psychology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Ferkauf Graduate School, 1985
B.A., Psychology and Philosophy, Yeshiva College, 1980

Research Interest & Projects

Research interests include: the design and evaluation of health promotion programs for special populations, particularly cardiovascular and cancer prevention interventions for African Americans; understanding the relationship between ethnicity and health behaviors; school-based health promotion programs; substance use prevention and harm reduction and motivational interviewing for chronic disease prevention.

Current studies include: Health Body Healthy Spirit, an NHLBI funded intervention to increase physical activity, fruits, and vegetables among African Americans recruited through Black churches using motivational interviewing; GO GIRLS, an NHLBI funded study to develop an obesity prevention program for overweight African American females; Body and Soul, an NIH/ACS collaboration to disseminate proven cancer control interventions using lay health advisors; and a FOGARTY/NIH study to develop smoking prevention programs for South African Youth.

Selected Publications

Resnicow, K., McCarty, F., & Baranowski, T. (2003). Are precontemplators less likely to change their dietary behavior? A prospective analysis. Health Education Research, 18, 693-705.

Resnicow, K., DiIorio, C., Soet, J. E., Borrelli, B., Ernst, D., & Hecht, J. (2002). Motivational Interviewing in Health Promotion: It sounds like something is changing. Health Psychology, 21, 444-451.

Resnicow, K., DiIorio, C., Blisset, D., Braithwaite, R. L., Perisamy, S., & Rahotep, S. (2002). Healthy Body/Healthy Spirit: A church-based nutrition and physical activity intervention. Health Education Research, 17, 562-573.

Resnicow, K., Jackson, A., Wang, T., Dudley, W., & Baranowski, T. (2001). A Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake through Black Churches: Results of the Eat for Life. American Journal of Public Health, 91, 1686-1693.

Resnicow, K., Vaughan, R. D., Cohen, M. I., & Braithwaite, R. L. (2001). High Risk Youth Interventions: Challenges and Solutions for Evaluators. Journal of Primary Prevention, 21(3), 399-415.

Professional Affiliations

American Psychological Association
Society of Behavioral Medicine (Fellow)