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Department of Health, Safety, and Environmental Health Sciences

Welcome:

 

 

Dr. Yasenka  Peterson
Associate Professor

ice  : Arena  B-77
Phone : 812-237-3075
E-Mail : ypeterson@.indstate.edu
 

 

 

Education
Experience
Courses
Research
Publications
Awards


Education :

Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University, Health Education (Community Health)

 Experience :

Associate Professor, Community Health Promotion

Program Coordinator, Community Health Promotion

Department of Health, Safety, and Environmental Health Sciences

 

Health Education Supervisor, Louisiana State University Medical Center

 

Assistant Professor,

Southeastern Louisiana University

 

Assistant Professor,

Lynchburg College

Courses :

Educational Methods for Health and Safety

Cooperative Practice

Health Promotion Planning

Health Program Evaluation

Senior Seminar

Internship

Research :

Tobacco, Marijuana and HIV.

Publications :

 Peterson, Y (2003) The Marijuana Perception Inventory: Ten Years Later. Submitted to Indiana AHPERD Journal, 32(1), 24-28

 Peterson, Y. & Gabany, S. (2001) The Health Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale Applied to Elementary Student Teachers. Indiana AHPERD Journal, 30(3), 15-18

 

Peterson, Y & Gabany, S (2001) Applying the NIMH Multi-Site Condom use self-efficacy Scale to College Students. American Journal of Health Studies, 17(1), 15-19

 

Peterson, Y (Spring 2001) Applying the College Health Risk Behavior to Rural Campuses. The Health Educator, 9-14

 

Clark, R.A., Niccolai, L., Kissinger, P.J., Peterson, Y., Bouvier, V. (1999) Ethnic differences in body image, attitudes and perceptions among women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Journal of American Dietetic Association, 735-737

 Presentations :

 Tobacco Education Strategies: What Works or Not!

Peterson, Y.

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, April 2005

 

Results of a Web-based Tobacco Survey among College Students

Peterson, Y. & Gabany, S.

Accepted to the American College Health Association, June 2004

 

“Physicians’ and Dentists’ Attitudes Toward HIV Position Women”

Peterson, Y. & Gabany, S.

American Public Health Association, November 12, 2002

 

“Identifying and Eliminating Disparities Related to Tobacco Use”

Peterson, Y

Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, Summer 2002

 

“The Marijuana Perception Inventory: Ten Years Later”

Peterson, Y & Gabany, S.

The US Department of Education’s 15th Annual National meeting on Alcohol, Other Drugs, Violence Prevention in Higher Education, Fall 2001

 

“The Incidence of Substance Abuse at a Midwestern University”

Peterson, Y.

The US Department of Education’s 14th Annual National Meeting on Alcohol, Other Drugs, Violence Prevention in Higher Education, Fall 2000.

 

“Information Technology Literacy Update”

Presenters: Information Technology Literacy Committee Members

Winterfest 2000 Conference, Indiana State University, Spring 2000.


             

Awards :          

Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers


Grants :

CTL Project Reach - $750.00

 Susan G. Komen Foundation, Breast Cancer Prevention Awareness Program - $1,239.00

 

Eta Sigma Travel Grant - $300.00

 

Indiana Society for Public Health Education, Health Fair – World AIDS Day - $900.00

 

Vigo County AIDS Task Force, HIV/AIDS Instruction - $500.00

 

Indiana Partnership for Statewide Education, Web-Based Health Promotion Planning   Education Modules $37,781.00

 

Chances for Indiana Youth/ITPC, Higher Education Communities of Excellence - $10,000.00. March 2002

 

Smokefree Indiana, Campus Free - $17,500.00

 

Chances for Indiana Youth/ITPC, Higher Education Communities of Excellence - $10,000.00. March 2003

 

Smokefree Indiana, Campus Free II - $1,400.00. December 2003

 

Chances for Indiana Youth/ITPC, Higher Education Communities of Excellence III - $17,000.00. December 2003