Andrea Gielen | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Health Behavior Change; Health Policy; Intervention Research; Health Education; Health Promotion; Health Communication; Injury Prevention; Child/Maternal Health; Domestic Violence; Sexual Violence; Prevention Research; Evaluation

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Andrea Gielen

Experiences & Accomplishments

Education

ScD

Johns Hopkins University

1989

ScM

JHU

1979

Overview

My research interests are in the development and evaluation of community and clinic-based health promotion programs for women and children, primarily with low-income families in urban areas. The application of behavioral sciences to preventing childhood injury and violence against women is my specialty area. Injury problems of particular interest are those related to the home (fires, burns, infant safe sleep), substance use (opioid poisoning), and motor vehicles (occupant, bicycles, pedestrians). Current research focuses on using mobile apps to communicate effective injury prevention messages as part of a comprehensive program; creating new pill dispensers to prevent diversion of prescription medications; identifying effective sexual assault prevention programming on college campuses; and conducting intervention trials that promote infant safe sleep practices, informed decision making about opioid prescribing, and home and motor vehicle safety for children.

Honors & Awards

Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award, CDC Foundation, 2015 Distinguished Career Award, American Public Health Association, ICEHS Section, 2015 American Public Health Association, Award for Excellence, 2013 American Academy of Health Behavior, 2012 Research Laureate Named one of“20 for 20” Distinguished Leaders in Injury Prevention by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012 Faculty Senate President, 2010 Society for Advancement of Injury and Violence Research (SAVIR) President, 2010 Environmental Justice Partnership, Award in Recognition of Addressing Environmental Health Concerns in Urban Communities, 2009 Home Safety Research Award from the Home Safety Council, 2008 Distinguished Career Award, American Public Health Association, PHEHP Section, 2002 Early Career Award, American Public Health Association, PHEHP Section, 1990. Delta Omega, National Honorary Public Health Society, Alpha Chapter, 1989. Sigma Xi, Honorary Scientific Research Society, Johns Hopkins University Chapter, 1989.

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Recent publications (out of > 200)

Gielen AC, Frattaroli S, Pollack KM, Peek-Asa C, Yang JG. How the science of injury prevention contributes to advancing home fire safety in the USA: successes and opportunities. Inj Prev. 2018 Feb 26. pii: injuryprev-2017-042356. doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042356. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29483239.
Gielen AC, Bishai DM, Omaki E, Shields WC, McDonald EM, Rizutti NC, Case J, Stevens MW, Aitken ME, Results of an RCT in Two Pediatric Emergency Departments to Evaluate the Efficacy of an m-Health Educational App on Car Seat Use. Am J Prev Med, 2018, April 9 [Epub ahead of print].
Nesoff ED, Pollack Porter KM, Bailey M, Gielen AC. Knowledge and Beliefs About Pedestrian Safety in an Urban Community: Implications for Promoting Safe Walking. J Community Health. 2019 Feb;44(1):103-111. doi:10.1007/s10900-018-0559-0. PubMed PMID: 30043196.
Mahoney, P, Gielen, A, Bailey, M, Gabel, C. Applying the Haddon Matrix to Evaluate Sexual Assault Interventions on College Campuses. J Am Coll Health, 2019; (25):1-8.
Frattaroli S, Pollack Porter K, Omaki E, Vernick JS, Gielen AC. Creating and Disseminating a Resource for State Policy Makers About Injury and Violence Prevention: A Case Example of Translating Research to Policy. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2019 Jul 24. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001012. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31348150.

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Projects

Evaluation of Constellation Energy Children's Safety Center

Case Study of Pennsylvania Fire Prevention

Dissemination Research in Child Safety

Community Partnerships for Child Safety

Evaluating a Web-Based Child Passenger Safety Program: Safety in Seconds v2.0

A Study of Community Risk Reduction (CRR) Home Visiting Programs in the U.S.

Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy

Housing Characteristics and Child Injury Risks: A New Tool for Researchers and Policy Makers

An Academic Partnership to Enhance Pediatric Injury Prevention

Health Literacy and Child Injury Prevention

Center for Injury Research and Policy

Promoting Safety in the Baltimore Region: Expanding the Impact of the Johns Hopkins CARES Mobile Safety Center

National Fire Protection Association Safety Messaging Project

Data-Driven Capacity Building for the Baltimore City Fire Department

Community Based Participatory Research in Child Safety

Community Traffic Safety Programs Development and Evaluation

University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute, NCRR ARRA Supplement: Community Engagement

Active Living in Deisgn: Promoting Safety Supplement

Residential Sprinkler Technology: A Survey of U.S. Homeowners

Jamaica Road Traffic Safety

Infant Safe Sleep Intervention Trial

Injury Control Research Center

Ensuring Child Safety in For-Hire Rideshare Vehicles

Mind Your Meds Monday

Contract with National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention

A New m-Health Tool for Injury Prevention Anticipatory Guidance of Parents with Infants,

Child Injury Prevention

Seniors on the MOVE – A Feasibility Study