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Dr. Jay Carrington Chunn

Director/Principal Investigator

 

Dr. Chunn's BIO

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New theory and further development of theoretical notions on health behavioral change is very much needed. There is a major disconnect that exist between what people know and understand that will do them harm and resulting destructive behaviors in light of that knowledge. We witness the phenomenon of sexual and drug related behaviors with full knowledge that such behavior(s) will have a high probability of HIV infection. Similar disconnect(s) exist with smoking and tobacco related behaviors even with the Surgeon Generals' warning printed clearly- hazardous for your health and may cause lung cancer and related diseases. People continue to light-up even with this knowledge and there is increasing evidence of an increase in smoking rates of teens and young adults.

 

We feel that a major breakthrough has occurred with the acceptance for publication of the book edited and co-authored, The Health Behavioral Change Imperative: Theoretical, Educational and Practice With Diverse Populations (2002- Lippicott, Williams and Wilkens-Kluwer Academic Press). The book content deals with the disconnect, focused on cultural, social, ethnic, faith and other critical behavioral variables that contribute heavily to health outcomes. The further development of health behavioral change theory and related public health prevention practice is critical. This need is recognized given the prevalence of HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, violence and other preventable diseases. The up to ninety-eight per cent (98%) preventable disease rate among African Americans means that if the methodology was available regarding health behavioral change - prevention theory and related knowledge, morbidity and mortality rates could be significantly and effectively reduced.

 

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GOALS OF NATIONAL CENTER

 

The health behavioral change theory and related public health practice development is dependent on utilizing the best minds in social and behavioral science medicine-psychiatry, psychology, counseling and sociology of health within a "think tank" - brain-trust format. The colleagues that co-authored the book, The Health Behavioral Change Imperative, is the core group of theoreticians and practitioners best qualified to engage in the theory building, practice development and research needed to educate the current and next generation of public health and community health professionals. Further, the group will be augmented with a psycho-behavioral pharmacist, a sociology of health scientist, a cultural and health anthropologist and other cutting edge social-behavioral scientists both as members of the core group and as Associate Fellows on research and specific theory building and practice developmental projects.

 

The socio-behavioral scientists and health scientists discussed above are designated as Senior Fellows in the Center for Health Behavioral Change. Projects may include Senior Fellows and Associate Fellows in various combinations given the nature of theory development and/or research being undertaken. Hence the goals are as follows:

 

  1. To develop health behavioral change curricula materials including advanced learning modules, monographs, and occasional papers series for use by schools of public health, psychiatry, psychology departments and related disciplines.

  2. To identify the most pressing research needs regarding health behavioral change and commission research and also submit proposals to agencies (i.e., NIH, NIMH, HUS) and foundations (Kellogg, Robert Wood Johnson, Pew, i.e.) to conduct research in behavioral change areas. The research will be conducted under the leadership of the National Center for Health Behavioral Change.

  3. To develop training materials for practitioners of public health and related disciplines on cultural competence as practiced in cross-cultural behavioral change interventions in partnership with the Multicultural Task Force of the American Counseling Association and in partnership with NIH (presently under negotiation).

  4. To provide technical assistance to Schools of public health and related disciplines in developing Health Behavioral Change Curriculum and to integrate cultural competence content into their course work including epidemiology, bio-statistics, health policy, health education and other areas of the curriculum.

  5. To convene the best minds nationally in the health behavioral change field including psychiatry, psychology, social work, nursing, counseling, medical sociology, cultural and medical anthropology to further identify and advance theoretical notions and to develop health behavioral change theory. We will also validate theory through practice and basic research.

  6. To identify and further develop scholarship of application to foster community based public health practice within new practice constructs and to conduct practice focused research with the objective of validating community based public health practice. Emphases will be placed on disseminating findings through consultations, curriculum materials, monographs and through multimedia methodology including distance learning - web based programs, CD ROM's, video tapes and other readily accessible means.

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Senior Fellows: National Center for Health Behavioral Change

 

1. Dr. Maurice Apprey
Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry University of
Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, VA
MA9H@virginia.edu
Ph. 434-243-6950
Fax 434-982-4073

2. Dr. Harold Aubrey
Statistics and Testing
Delaware State University
Dover, DE

DRHLA1@earthlink.net

Cell: 301-643-9567

Work: 302-857-6141

Fax 302-857-6142

 

3. Dr. Carl Bell
Psychiatrist
Chicago, IL

CarlCBell@POL.net

Ph.773-734-4033 ext.204

Fax 773-734-6447

Cell:(773)908-0076

 

4. Dr. Yvonne Bronner

Professor

School of Community

Health and Policy
Morgan State University

ybronner@moac.morgan.edu

Baltimore, MD 21251

Ph. 443-885-3238

Fax 443-885-8309

 

5. Ms. Tracee Bryant
Executive Director
Black Mental Health Alliance

733 West 40th St.

Suite 10

Baltimore, MD 21211

Traceebryant@aol.com

Ph. 410-338-2642

Fax 410-338-1771

Cell: 443-324-2167

 

6. Dr. Daniel Castro
Director of Residency Family

Practice
UCLA Harbor Medical Center
Los Angles, CA

dbcastro@ucla.edu

harborfp@aol.com

Ph. 310-534-6223

Ph. 310-534-6221

Fax 310-326-7205

7. Dr. Jay Carrington Chunn
Director & Principal Investigator –
National Center for Health

Behavioral Change Urban Medical

Institute/ Morgan State University
Professor of Social Work

2600 Liberty Heights Ave.

Baltimore, MD 21215

jaycchunn@yahoo.com

Ph. 410-383-5167

Fax 410-383-4110

8. Dr. Shawn Bediako
Professor

UMBC

Department of Psychology

1000 Hilltop Circle.

bediako@umbc.edu

Ph. (410)455-1055

 

9. *Dr. John Chissell
Alternative Medicine – Wellness,
Optimal Health
Positive Perceptions Group
Baltimore, MD

drjohnchissell@earthlink.net

Ph. 410-448-0116

Fax 410-448-1196

10. Dr. Gail Christopher
Vice President for Health

Programs

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Battle Creek, MI

gail.christopher@wkkf.org

Fax 301-248-0767

 

11. Dr. Ellarwee Gadsden
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Social Work
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
egadsden@aol.com
Ph. 443-885-3549

12. Dr. Stella Hargett
Professor
Department of Sociology
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
Evaluations561@aol.com
Ph. 443-885-3411

13. Dr. Kirk Henny
Center of Disease Control
1600 Clifton Road NE
Mailstop E-37
Atlanta, GA 30333
khenny@cdc.gov
Cell: 301-213-7275
Ph. 404-639-5383

14. Dr. Leroy Issacs
Professor
Anne Arundel Community College
Anne Arundel,MD
isaacisslr7@netzero.com
Ph. 410-440-7246

15. Dr. Roosevelt Jacobs
Professor/Director of Master of Public Health Program,LSU
Shreveport,LS
roosevelt@gmail.com
Cell: 310-413-2606

16.Dr.Fleda M. Jackson
President, MAJAICA, LLC
Psychologist/Anthropolist
Emory University School
Of Public Health
Atlanta,Ga 30311
Dfjack74@earthlink.net
Ph.(404)401-1445(cell)
Ph.(404)758-2336
Fax (404)753-2336

17. Dr. Lewis King
Executive Director
Fanon Research
Culver City, CA
Lewis.king@comcast.net
Ph. 310-668-4829
Ph. 323-291-9727
Fax 323-291-0247

18. Dr. Barbara Krimgold
Program Director
Center for the Advancement of
Health
Washington, DC
bKrimgold@cfah.org
Ph. 202-387-2829
Fax 202-387-2857

19. Mr. George Laney
Rehabilitation Counselor
Drug and Addictive Behavior
Baltimore, MD
Ph. 410-383-4447
Fax 410-383-4498

20. Dr. William Lawson
Professor & Chair of Psychiatry
Howard University
Hospital & Medical School
Washington D.C.
WBLawson@howard.edu
Ph. 202-865-6611
Ph. 202-865-1740
Fax 202-865-3068

21. Dr. Mercedes Martinez
Psychiatrist/Child Adolescent Adult
Clinical Director for Pediatric and
Adolesecent Day Hospital
Hartgrove Hospital
520 North Ridgeway
Chicago, IL 60651
reinaxochil@aol.com
Ph. 773-722-3113/2404 ext 200
Cell: 773-551-2724

22. Dr. Elaine McDowell
Former, National President
General Service Board
Alcoholics Anonymous
6631 Hunters Wood Circle
Catonsville, MD
Elainemcdowell1@verizon.net
Ph. 410-744-0086
Fax 410-744-4318

23. Dr. Anna McPhatter
Chairperson and Professor
Social Work Department
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
anna.mcphatter@morgan.edu
Ph. 443-885-3537
Fax 443-885-8241

24. Dr. Rolande Murray
Coppin State University
Chairperson,Rehab
Counseling Department
Assistant Professor
Baltimore, MD
rmurray@coppin.edu
Ph. 410-951-3509
Fax 410-951-3511

25. Dr. Wade Nobles
Psychologist, Professor
San Francisco State
San Francisco, CA
wnblkstd@sfsu.edu
Ph. 415-338-6806
Fax 415-338-1739

26. Dr. Lucy C. Norville Perez
President & CEO, the Cave Institute
Past President, National Medical
Association
6419 Dahlonega Road - Suite 300
DrlucyPerez@verizon.net
Ph. 301-229-5473
Fax 301-229-4963

27. Dr. Carrol Perrino
Associate Professor
Psychology Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
cperrino@moac.morgan.edu
Ph. 443-885-3906
Fax 443-885-8239

28. Ms. Erma Perry
G. Morgan & Associates
Founder / CEO
Assistant to Jill Carter
Maryland House of Delegates
3501 Ellamont Road
Batimore, MD. 21215
edperry2@verizon.net
Ph. 410-664-1138
Fax 410-367-4580

30. Dr. Annelle Primm
Director of Minority & National
Affairs
American Psychiatric Assoc.
Arlington, VA
annellprimm@aol.com
Ph. 703-907-8540
Pager: 888-415-4530

31. Dr. Dinker Raval
Professor Marketing
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
dinker.ravel@morgan.edu
Ph. 443-885-3517
Fax 443-885-8252

32. Dr. Raquel Soto
Assistant Professor
Family Practice
UCLA
drrsoto@aol.com
Ph.(310)257-4989
Ph.(310)501-2610

33. Prof. Bala Subramanian
Associate Professor, Marketing
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
bala.subramian@morgan.edu
Ph. 443-885-3641
Fax 443-885-8285

34. Dr. Derald Wing Sue
Professor – Counseling Psychology
Columbia University Teachers
College
New York, NY
DW2020@columbia.edu
Ph. 212-678-8165

35. Ms.Ama Saran
Ph.D Student
Social Work Department
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD 21215
amasaran@yahoo.com
Ph. (202)657-3858

36. Ms. Christine Smith
Special Assistant/Program
Manager National Center for
Health Behavioral Change
2600 Liberty Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21251
csphpmd@yahoo.com
Ph. 347233-1777

37. Dr. Kim Sydnor
Assistant Professor
School of Community
Health & Policy
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
ksydnor@hsph.edu
Ph. 410-653-8033

38. Dr. Rena Boss Victoria
Associate Professor
Public Health
Bowie State University
Bowie, MD
drbossvictoria@aol.com
Ph. 443-885-4042
Fax 443-885-8317

39. Dr. Rueben C. Warren
Associate Director of Justice &
Stewardship
Interdenominational Theological
Center
Atlanta, GA
rwarren@ITC.edu
Ph. 404-527-7744
Fax 404-614-6369

40. Mr. John Milton Wesley
Social Marketing Specialist
5231 Thunder Hill Road
Columbia, MD 21045
johnmiltonwesley@aol.com
Ph.410-740-2080
Fax 410-455-6023

41. Dr. Ray Winbush
Director of Institute of Urban
Research
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
rwinbush@usit.net
Ph. 443-885-3004
Fax 443-8858274

42. Dr. Gwendolyn Prater
Dean
College of Public Service
Jackson State University
350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.
Suite 301
Jackson, MS 39213-7681
gwendolyn.s.prater@jsums.edu
Ph. 601-432-6808
Fax 601-432-6703

43. Dr. T Alex Washington
Associate Professor, Director,
Research Center
California State University
School of Social Work Long Beach,CA
talexwashigton@aol.com
Ph. 562-951-4000

Morgan State University
Public Health Program
DrPH Interns

44. Mr. Solomon Agbor
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
sagbor@hotmail.com
Ph. 202-390-0149
Fax 410-383-4110

45. Ms. Edna Green
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
ebgreen4@comcast.net
Ph. 443-690-5115
Fax 410-383-4110

46. Dr. Ava Joubert
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
centerofpromise1@yahoo.com
Ph. 301-873-3765
Fax 410-383-4110

47. Mr. Curtis Obike
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
obico@starpower.net
Ph. 410-370-0409
Fax 410-383-4110
* Deceased

 

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MAJOR PROGRAM FEATURES

 

The director/principal investigator has convened the best minds nationally in health behavioral change theory building, practice and research/ publication and appoints them as Senior Fellows in the National Center for Health Behavioral Change. It is the responsibility of the Senior Fellows to carry out the work of implementing the six (6) goals identified above. The Senior Fellows were selected specifically with competence in the areas that goal attainment will demand. Hence, they have demonstrated their ability in practice, consultation, professional development, research and publication. The ability to deliver the goals in which they hold relevant experience, academic preparation and competence will be determined and their contract with the Nation Center for Health Behavioral Change will be based on the above.

 

The Senior Fellows are convened as a group a minimum of four (4) times a year to further the objectives of this national center. We will communicate by videoconferences, chat-room meetings, computer-generated video communication and by other means. The senior fellow group will be divided as to their specialties in relation to goals, one (1) through six (6) above. A goal-objective chairperson will be designated in each goal area to provide additional innovative leadership to insure collective goal obtainment. These six (6) chairpersons and the director/principal investigator will make up an executive group to oversee the overall work and goal attainment being accomplished within the specified time frames.

 

We are identifying Associate Fellows that will assist in goal obtainment who will bring specific expertise. They will function as project directors and leaders of specific goal obtainments. The Senior and Associate Fellows will be from multiple disciplines in health and behavioral sciences and emphasis will be placed on team work and interdisciplinary collaboration. This author brings extensive experience in producing excellent products and outcomes working with professionals representing disciplines in medicine, psychiatry, psychology, social work, counseling, public health, pharmacy, sociology and other behavioral science disciplines.

 

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Demand for Deliverables Identified in Goals

 

The pandemic we face in HIV/AIDS and STD's as well as the critically high prevalence rates that exist in cardiovascular disease, cancer, strokes, violence (school and youth violence) and other critical areas demand solutions. As stated previously my survey research with highly trained and community based practitioners revealed that from ninety (90) to ninety-eight per cent (98%) of the morbidity and mortality from the above disease entities is preventable! This reality therefore sends a strong and fervent plea for primary prevention curriculum, training of public health personnel. Some public health programs have observed and contacted me regarding community-based curriculum suitable to prepare practitioners for practice in the inner cities of America. Drew University in Los Angeles, for example; we are currently assisting in starting their community based MPH and potentially a Dr.PH program.

 

The twenty-seven (27) accredited schools of public health in our survey in 1996 stated that they did not teach community based practice at the doctorate level. Agencies and institutions that serve low-income minority - people of color and low-income persons of all races are seeking help due to the high patient loads and caseloads they carry. Without prevention practitioners that can emphasize and educate communities on wellness and prevention programs the heavy patient loads will eventually bankrupt the managed care system. Additionally, the sicker patients will not be accepted (preexisting conditions) and will add to the tax burden with uncompensated care at urban hospital centers. Hence, the morbidity and mortality rates that grow out of this reality become even more unacceptable because the vast majority of the diseases are preventable.

 

Cultural competence is a critical need for public health practitioners. How can anyone plan prevention programs, social marketing and/or awareness campaigns without full knowledge of the culture, values, health attitudes, health behaviors and related variables? It simply cannot be effectively done without cultural competence. Therefore, to lower the extremely high prevalence rates of preventable disease, we must move quickly to prepare cross-cultural competence in public health which lags behind all behavioral sciences and human service disciplines in this area such as psychiatry, psychology, social work and nursing.

 

The training materials, monographs and all other materials are in demand. These materials are not available or made accessible for schools and programs in public health. The related research will further develop the science needed to energize more health behavioral change theory building. We also, with more research, will be able to design and test for efficacy practice sets and modalities that will be most productive as we further redefine public health practice.

 

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