FACULTY

Jay Maddock , PhD
Director, Asia-Pacific Center for Public Health and Population Research

Dr. Jay Maddock's research interests include reducing cancer morbidity and mortality through increasing an understanding of the process of health behavior change. This includes examining the effects and relationships of individual, social and environmental factors on health-related behavior. Other interests include incorporating innovative information technologies into health promotion, evaluating community-based interventions, and examining the effects of structural and environmental change on health. Dr. Maddock's current research focuses on the evaluation of the State's Tobacco Settlement, the Healthy Hawaiei Initiative. This program includes coordinated school programs, public and professional education, and community-based grants to reduce tobacco use, increasing physical activity, and improve nutrition.
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