Professional Background
Professor of Health Education and Adjunct Professor of Public Health in Sociomedical Sciences
Educational Background
B.S., State University of New York, Cortland; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois
Scholarly Interests
Health behavior, disease self-management, and health outcomes in chronic disease. Health education in schools and patient-care settings. Health promotion policy. Interdisciplinary applied behavioral research in clinical epidemiology and health services research. Public health education workforce development and capacity.
Selected Publications
Allegrante, J.P., Peterson, J.C., Boutin-Foster, C., Ogedegbe, G., & Charlson, M.E. (2008). Multiple health-risk behavior in a chronic disease population: What behaviors do people choose to change? Preventive Medicine, 46, 247-251.
Sigfusdottir, I.D., Kristjansson, A.L., & Allegrante, J.P. (2007). Health behaviour and academic achievement in Icelandic school children. Health Education Research, 22, 70-80.
Allegrante, J.P. (2006). In search of a new ethic for health promotion. Health Education & Behavior, 33, 305-307.
Marks, R., Allegrante, J.P., & Lorig, K. (2005). A review and synthesis of research evidence for self-efficacy-enhancing interventions for reducing chronic disability: Implications for health education practice (Parts I and II). Health Promotion Practice, 6, 37-43, 148-156.
Allegrante, J.P., Airhihenbuwa, C.O., Auld, M.E., Birch, D.A., Roe, K., & Smith, B.J. (2004). Toward a unified system of accreditation for professional preparation in health education: Final Report of the National Task Force on Accreditation in Health Education. Health Education & Behavior, 31, 668-683.
Ogedegbe, G., Mancuso , C.A. Charlson , M.E.
Blake, V.A., Allegrante, J.P., Robbins, L., Mancuso, C.A., Peterson, M.G.E., Esdaile, J.M., Paget, S.A., & Charlson, M.E. (2002). Racial differences in social network experience and perceptions of benefit of arthritis treatments among New York City Medicare beneficiaries with self-reported hip and knee pain. Arthritis & Rheumatism (Arthritis Care & Research), 47, 366-371.
Allegrante, J.P., Moon, R.W., Auld , M.E.
Charlson, M.E., & Allegrante, J.P. (2000). Disparities in the use of total joint arthroplasty. New England Journal of Medicine, 342, 1044-1045.
John P. Allegrante
Professor of Health Education
Adjunct Professor of Public Health in Sociomedical Sciences
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