Nancy K. Janz, Ph.D.

Professor and Associate Chair, Health Behavior & Health Education

Associate Director, Center for Managing Chronic Disease

2830 SPH I
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029

(734) 763-9939; Fax: (734) 763-7379

E-mail: nkjanz@umich.edu

Website(s): Center for Managing Chronic Disease

Professional Summary

Nancy K. Janz is currently an Professor in the department of Health Behavior & Health Education. Dr. Janz has considerable experience in the examination of psychosocial factors that influence preventive and disease management behavior including breast self-exam, mammography, and colorectal screening. She was the Co-PI on a population-based study of the attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of approximately 400 men and women regarding colorectal screening in Genesee County, Michigan. She has written about the use of the Health Belief Model in understanding adherence to cancer screening, diabetes and cardiovascular disease regimens. Dr. Janz has also been involved in the design and evaluation of theory-driven interventions to change health behaviors. In two separate studies Dr. Janz utilized the HBM to inform interventions aimed at increasing regular mammography among older women. In addition, a major area of her scholarly work has involved the impact of disease and treatment on health-related quality of life. For the last eight years Dr. Janz has been the Principal Investigator of the Quality of Life Section of a multi-center, randomized, controlled clinical trial designed to compare medical therapy versus surgical therapy as the initial treatment of open-angle glaucoma. She also has been the Co-PI on a series of studies funded by NHLBI to evaluate the impact of a disease-management education program on the quality of life of older women and heart disease. More recently, she has extended her work to breast cancer with two research efforts examining the role of decision-making and treatment choice on quality of life, and a theory-driven intervention for breast cancer survivors.

Courses Taught

HBEHED686: Theory-driven Interventions Targeting Individual Behavior Change

Education

Ph.D., Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, 1986
M.S., Nursing, University of Michigan, 1972
B.S., Nursing, University of Michigan, 1969

Professional Affiliations

American Nurses Association
American Public Health Association
Society for Public Health Education