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  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Herbert H. Severson is affiliated with the Oregon Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and health professions, with noted expertise in several subfields including physiology, general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, applied psychology, and occupational therapy.

Their work covers multiple topics, such as smoking behavior and cessation, health literacy and information accessibility, behavioral health and interventions, occupational health and performance, agriculture and farm safety, osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, and knee injuries and reconstruction techniques.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Severson include Devon Noonan, Susan G. Silva, Laura J. Fish, Leigh Ann Simmons, and Kathryn I. Pollak.

Severson has published in various academic venues, with recurring contributions to:

  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Value in Health
  • Tobacco Prevention & Cessation

Notable papers by Severson include:

  • Stepped Exercise Program for Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis, 2020, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Feasibility of a text-based reduction intervention in helping rural and underserved smokeless tobacco users quit, 2020, Addictive Behaviors
  • Support for a nicotine reduction policy among participants enrolled in a 20-week trial of very low nicotine content cigarettes, 2020, Addictive Behaviors
  • CC4 COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF THE STEPPED EXERCISE PROGRAM FOR PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS (STEP-KOA) TRIAL, 2020, Value in Health
  • Randomized Controlled Trial of a Text-Based Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Intervention for Rural and Medically Underserved Communities, 2024, Nicotine & Tobacco Research

Severson's research contributions extend across multiple interdisciplinary fields, emphasizing behavioral and public health approaches to complex medical and social issues.

In recognition of their professional contributions, Severson was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1988.

Best Publications

  • A psychometric study of adolescent risk perception

    Alida Benthin;Paul Slovic;Herbert Severson

  • First Step to Success An Early Intervention Approach for Preventing School Antisocial Behavior

    Hill M. Walker;Kate Kavanagh;Bruce Stiller;Annemieke Golly

  • Proactive, Early Screening to Detect Behaviorally At-Risk Students: Issues, Approaches, Emerging Innovations, and Professional Practices.

    Herbert H. Severson;Hill M. Walker;Jennifer Hope-Doolittle;Thomas R. Kratochwill

  • Biochemical validation of smoking status: Pros, cons, and data from four low-intensity intervention trials

    Russell E. Glasgow;John P. Mullooly;Thomas M. Vogt;Victor J. Stevens

  • Making the most of a teachable moment: a smokeless-tobacco cessation intervention in the dental office.

    V J Stevens;H Severson;E Lichtenstein;S J Little

  • Take heart: results from the initial phase of a work-site wellness program.

    R E Glasgow;J R Terborg;J F Hollis;H H Severson

  • Systematic Screening for Behavior Disorders (SSBD) Further Validation, Replication, and Normative Data

    Hill M. Walker;Herbert H. Severson;Bonnie J. Todis;Alice E. Block-Pedego

  • Self-initiated quitting among adolescent smokers.

    Steve Sussman;Clyde W. Dent;Herbert Severson;Dee Burton

  • Reducing maternal smoking and relapse: long-term evaluation of a pediatric intervention.

    Herbert H. Severson;Judy A. Andrews;Edward Lichtenstein;Michael Wall

  • Pediatric office-based smoking intervention : impact on maternal smoking and relapse

    Michael A. Wall;Herbert H. Severson;Judy A. Andrews;Ed Lichtenstein

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of the First Step to Success Early Intervention: Demonstration of Program Efficacy Outcomes in a Diverse, Urban School District.

    Hill M. Walker;John R. Seeley;Jason Small;Herbert H. Severson

  • Defining Participant Exposure Measures in Web-Based Health Behavior Change Programs

    Brian G Danaher;Shawn M Boles;Laura Akers;Judith S Gordon

  • First Step to Success: Intervening at the point of school entry to prevent antisocial behavior patterns

    Hill M. Walker;Herbert H. Severson;Edward G. Feil;Bruce Stiller

  • Elementary School Age Children’s Future Intentions and Use of Substances

    Judy A. Andrews;Elizabeth Tildesley;Hyman Hops;Susan C. Duncan

  • Sampling bias due to consent procedures with adolescents

    Herbert H. Severson;Dennis V. Ary

  • Drug Abuse Prevention Programming: Do We Know What Content Works?.

    Stewart I. Donaldson;Steve Sussman;David P. MacKINNON;Herbert H. Severson

  • Oral spit tobacco: addiction, prevention and treatment

    Dorothy K. Hatsukami;Herbert H. Severson

  • Adolescent health-threatening and health-enhancing behaviors : a study of word association and imagery

    Alida Benthin;Paul Slovic;Patricia Moran;Herbert Severson

  • Do smoking prevention programs really work? Attrition and the internal and external validity of an evaluation of a refusal skills training program.

    Anthony Biglan;Herbert Severson;Dennis V. Ary;Carol Faller

  • Effect of immediate vs gradual reduction in nicotine content of cigarettes on biomarkers of smoke exposure a randomized clinical trial

    Dorothy K. Hatsukami;Xianghua Luo;Joni A. Jensen;Mustafa Al'Absi

  • Predictors of smoking during and after pregnancy: a survey of mothers of newborns.

    Herbert H. Severson;Judy A. Andrews;Edward Lichtenstein;Michael Wall

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward Lichtenstein
Edward Lichtenstein Oregon Research Institute
Judy A. Andrews
Judy A. Andrews Oregon Research Institute
Hill M. Walker
Hill M. Walker University of Oregon
John R. Seeley
John R. Seeley University of Oregon
Anthony Biglan
Anthony Biglan Oregon Research Institute
Dennis V. Ary
Dennis V. Ary Oregon Research Institute
Sarah E. Hampson
Sarah E. Hampson Oregon Research Institute
Paul Slovic
Paul Slovic University of Oregon
Steve Sussman
Steve Sussman University of Southern California
Clyde W. Dent
Clyde W. Dent University of Southern California

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