Gerald C. Hyner Department of Health & Kinesiology College of Health & Human Sciences The Lambert Building 800 West Stadium Avenue West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2046 e-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION 1979 PhD Penn State University 1972 BA St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania GENERAL INFORMATION PERSONAL Born February 08, 1950 in San Mateo, California APPOINTMENTS Professor, Purdue University, Department of Health & Kinesiology, 1997 to present. Director, Gerontology Program, a division of the Center on Aging and the Life Course, 1998 to 2009. Director, Masters in Public Health (MPH) Program. 2007 to 2009. Associate Professor (tenured), Purdue University, Department of Health & Kinesiology, 1987 to 1997. Chairman, Division of Health Promotion, Purdue University, Department of Health & Kinesiology, 1988 to 1990. Assistant Professor, Purdue University, Department of Health & Kinesiology, 1982 to 1987. Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University, School of Allied Health Professions, Department of Community Health Professions, Norfolk, VA, 1977 to 1982. RELATED OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE Clinical Health Educator/Director of Health Education, University of Pittsburgh, Brackenridge Hall Health Service, Pittsburgh, PA. 1976 to 1977. SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS (initial year) Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of N. America (1986) Eta Sigma Gamma, National Health Science Honorary (1983) Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society (1976) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (initial year) Board Member, International Health Evaluation & Promotion Association (2003) Gerontological Society of America (2003) President, Society of Prospective Medicine 1999-2001 American Public Health Association (1990) CERTIFICATIONS (initial year) Instructor-Trainer: Blood Pressure/Hypertension Detection Program, American Heart Association (1985) Instructor-Trainer: Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation, American Heart Association (1977) Instructor: Advanced First Aid & Emergency Care, American Red Cross (1976) Emergency Medical Technician, Pennsylvania (1976) OVERALL TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES Courses Recently Taught Undergraduate HK 44000 Human Diseases & Disorders (3 credits) HK 36600 Health Behavior (3 credits) HONR 499B Human Diseases (University Honors course, 3 credits) Graduate HK 62100 Seminar: Introduction to Public Health (3 credits) HK 57100 Health Counseling (3 credits) HK 67600 Foundations of Health Behavior (3 credits) HK 61000 Research Methods (3 credits) HK 67500 Design and Analysis of Health Promotion Interventions (3 credits) HK 56700 Epidemiology (3 credits) Awards Outstanding Graduate Faculty Teacher. Department of Health & Kinesiology. 2007-8 and 2014-15. RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP Major Emphasis Personalized health risk assessment (HRA) using computer-generated data-bases was first proposed by Lewis Robbins, MD as a noninvasive teaching tool in 1970. While HRA technology lacked a specific theoretical model for its effects on preventive health behaviors, it has been viewed as an important contributor to established theories of behavior such as the Health Belief Model (Rosenstock, 1974; Becker, 1974; Kirscht, 1974; Janz & Becker, 1984). The use of HRA technology contributed to an assessment of the "perceived susceptibility" dimension of the HBM and provided a framework for health promotion programs designed to overcome "perceived barriers" to healthy behavior, the most powerful of the HBM dimensions (Janz & Becker, 1974). In the past 40 years the commercial interest in HRA technology has proliferated in spite of the paucity of empirical evidence examining the benefits and potential side effects of the technique. My interest in the personalization of risk-reducing, health-promoting interventions merged with the developing field of computer-assisted instruction for health education applications. What may be unique about my work is the application of risk assessment technology to free-living and low-risk (symptom free) populations and later to older adults. The possibility that a noninvasive screening and assessment tool could be used as the rubric for comprehensive health education interventions has been the general focus of my interests since the late 1970's. The importance of such work has become even more relevant as technological advances in home screening and risk assessment have become widely available. Additionally, a risk assessment was required of all new Medicare patients as described in the Affordable Care Act. While blood glucose testing, blood pressure monitoring devices, home pregnancy tests, occult blood screens, serum total cholesterol determination, and recently, HIV antibody tests are convenient sources of personal health information, my research seeks ways of insuring that effective behavioral responses to accurate information can be facilitated and maintained. An article (2005) in the Methods of Information in Medicine proposed a framework for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of screening and risk-reduction interventions. Such a methodology was needed if the diverse applications of risk appraisal technology were to be rigorously evaluated and compared. In 1999, I was a co-editor of The Handbook of Health Assessment Tools, and author of three of its chapters. My research, teaching and service have been defined by a search for effective means of translating risk prognosticators into effective methodologies for preventive health behavior. The HRA offered a unique opportunity for testing established dimensions of historical and contemporary models of health behavior. My contributions to research teams has been primarily in the development of research protocols and original instruments designed to assess physical and behavioral risk indicators. My funded research into the effects of computerized health appraisals in elderly subjects has demonstrated the usefulness of HRA in an age group that had not been previously examined. My interest in HRA and related technologies led to my election to the Board of Directors of the Society of Prospective Medicine in 1995 and I assumed the Presidency of SPM in 1999 for a two year term of office. PUBLICATIONS Selected Sampling of Refereed Articles *principal author(s), +former graduate student(s) +Simpson, V., Hyner, G. & Anderson, J. (2013) Lifestyle behavior change and repeat HRA participation: A structural equation modeling approach. American Journal of Health Promotion. 28:2, 128-135. +Wright, T. & Hyner, G. (2011). Older adult participation in health promotion programs: Perspectives of facility administrators. Educational Gerontology. 37:12, 1030-1039. +Wright, T. & Hyner, G. (2009). Principal barriers to health promotion program participation by older adults. American Journal of Health Studies. 24(1), 215-222. +Hancher-Rauch, H. & Hyner, G. (2005). Are regular exercisers encouraged by their spouses? American Journal of Health Studies. 20(1), 2-6. Hyner, G. (2005). A procedural model for planning and evaluating behavioral interventions. Methods of Information in Medicine . 44, 299-302. +Petri, C. & Hyner, G. (1996). The effects of affective versus informative computer-assisted HIV/AIDS instruction. Journal of Wellness Perspectives, 12(1), 29-34. Hyner, G. (1995). Strategy for planning and evaluating health risk appraisal and screening interventions. Journal of Health Education, 26, 345-352. +Fox, C., Harper, A., Hyner, G., & Lyle, R. (1994) Loneliness, emotional repression, marital quality and major life events in women who develop breast cancer. Journal of Community Health, 19, 467-482. +Schmidt, W.*, Hyner, G.*, Lyle, R.*, Corrigan, D., Bottoms, G., & Melby. C.* (1994). The effects of aerobic and anaerobic exercise conditioning on resting metabolic rate and the thermic effect of a meal. International Journal of Sport Nutrition, 4, 335-346. Hyner, G.*, +Stonecipher, L.,* & Savage, M. (1993). The effects of varied health risk appraisal feedback and a control on young subjects. Journal of Wellness Perspectives, 9, 13- 22. +Stonecipher, L., & Hyner, G. (1993). Health practices before and after a work-site health screening. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 35, 297-306. +Stonecipher, L., & Hyner, G. (1993). The effects of a comprehensive HRA, basic screening and interpretation session on employee health practices. American Journal of Health Promotion, 7, 167-169. Melby, C.*, Goldflies, D.*, & Hyner, G. (1991). Blood pressure and anthropometric differences in regularly exercising and nonexercising black adults. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, A13 (6&7), 1233-1248. +Sciacca, J.*, Melby, C.*, Hyner, G.*, Brown, A., & Femea, P. (1991). Body mass index and perceived weight status in young adults. Journal of Community Health, 16, 159- 168. Melby, C.*, +Goldflies, D., Hyner, G., & Lyle, R. (1989). Relation between vegetarian/nonvegetarian diets and blood pressure in black and white adults. American Journal of Public Health, 79, 1283-1288. Hyner, G.*, Melby, C.*, Petosa, R., Seehafer, R., & Black, D. (1988). A preferred target population for comprehensive health promotion. International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 8, 249-261. Lyle, R.*, Melby, C., & Hyner, G. (1988). Differences between blood pressure responders and nonresponders to oral calcium supplementation. American Journal Clinical Nutrition, 47, 1030-1035. Melby, C., Lyle, R., & Hyner, G. (1988). Beyond blood pressure screening: A rationale for promoting the primary prevention of hypertension. American Journal of Health Promotion, 3, 5-11. Hyner, G.*, +Petri, C., Melby, C., Duda, J., +Huddy, C. (1987). The effects of