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Research Assistant Professor

Positions:

Research Assistant Professor, School of Public Health

Research Areas:

Community development, Needs assessment, Public health, Public health disparities, Community organization, Social sciences--Network analysis, Public health--Evaluation, Health planning

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hclark@tamhsc.edu

1 979 436-9363

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Heather Clark, DrPH

Research Areas:

Community development, Needs assessment, Public health, Public health disparities, Community organization, Social sciences--Network analysis, Public health--Evaluation, Health planning

overview

Dr. Heather Clark served as led the evaluation of the Center for Community Health Development while it was a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded Prevention Research Center, and spent a decade evaluating community capacity building efforts, assisting in conducting community health assessments, designing evaluations for community-based partnerships and public health programs, and served as evaluator and co-investigator on a variety of other research and contract projects. Her research interests include program evaluation, community organizing and capacity building, and the evaluation of community based partnerships, specifically the use of interorganizational network analysis to examine growth in the partnerships. She serves as Co-Principal Investigator on two state-wide evaluation projects and have been a co-investigator on numerous supplemental grants and contracts, including assessment, evaluation, and other public health projects.

education and training

D.P.H. in , Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2014
M.S. in Public Health, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2005
B.S. in Health, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 1995

selected publications

Academic Articles10

Stasi, S. M., Spengler, J. O., Maddock, J., McKyer, L., & Clark, H. (2019). Shared-Use Decisions Among Administrators of Physical Activity Facilities in Pasadena, TX. Health Promotion Practice. 21(6), 926-933.
Stasi, S., Spengler, J., Maddock, J., McKyer, L., & Clark, H. (2019). Increasing Access to Physical Activity Within Low Income and Diverse Communities: A Systematic Review. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH PROMOTION. 33(6), 933-940.
Honeycutt, S., Leeman, J., McCarthy, W. J., Bastani, R., Carter-Edwards, L., Clark, H., ... Kegler, M. (2015). Evaluating Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Interventions: Lessons Learned From CDC’s Prevention Research Centers. Preventing Chronic Disease. 12(10), e174.
Garney, W. R., Beaudoin, C. E., Clark, H. R., Drake, K. N., Wendel, M. L., McLeroy, K. R., ... Shaw, R. L. (2015). Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Disseminate a Mass Media Campaign Into Rural Communities. Journal of Health Communication. 20(7), 799-806.
Clark, H. R., Ramirez, A., Drake, K. N., Beaudoin, C. E., Garney, W. R., Wendel, M. L., ... Player, H. D. (2014). Utilization of an Interorganizational Network Analysis to Evaluate the Development of Community Capacity Among a Community–Academic Partnership. Progress in Community Health Partnerships Research Education and Action. 8(1), 7-8.

Chapters4

Pennel, C., Clark, H., & Rahn, R. (2015). Rural Health Education and Community-based Programs. Bolin, J. N., Bellamy, G., Ferdinand, A. O., Kash, B., & Helduser, J. W. (Eds.), RURAL HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020, Volume 2. (pp. 15-28). Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center.
Wendel, M. L., Alaniz, A., Kelly, B. N., Clark, H. R., Drake, K. N., Outley, C. W., ... Burdine, J. N. (2012). Capacity Building in Rural Communities. Crosby, R. A., Wendel, M. L., Vanderpool, R. C., & Casey, B. R. (Eds.), Rural Populations and Health Determinants, Disparities, and Solutions. (pp. 215-234). JOhn Wiley & Sons.
Burdine, J. N., Clark, H. R., Shea, L. J., Appiah, B., & Hollas, C. N. (2012). Health assessment in rural communities: a critical organizing and capacity-building tool. Crosby, R. A., Wendel, M. L., Vanderpool, R. C., & Casey, B. R. (Eds.), Rural Populations and Health Determinants, Disparities, and Solutions. (pp. 171-190). JOhn Wiley & Sons.
Clark, H., St. John, J. A., Stephenson, M. T., Johns, M., & Berkowitz, J. (2011). Implementing A second-hand smoke intervention in two Texas colonias: The case of Sabemos: Por respeto, no se fuma aqui.. Brann, M. (Eds.), Contemporary Case Studies in Health Communication Theoretical & Applied Approaches. (pp. 166-184). Kendall Hunt Publishing.

Conference Papers1

Matarrita-Cascante, D., Edwards, M., Outley, C. W., Clark, H. R., & Wu, Y. (2014). The Role of Community Nurture in Adolescent Interest in College Attendance. JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH. 54(2), s20-S20.