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Overview

Laura A. Linnan is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on health professions, with significant contributions in subfields such as general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, clinical psychology, and radiological and ultrasound technology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • School Health and Nursing Education
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Employment and Welfare Studies

Frequent coauthors include Johna K. Register-Mihalik, Stephen W. Marshall, Melissa C. Kay, Megan N. Houston, and Heidi Hennink-Kaminski.

Major publication venues include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Journal of Athletic Training
  • Research in Sports Medicine

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Laura A. Linnan are:

  • Perceived social norms and concussion-disclosure behaviours among first-year NCAA student-athletes: implications for concussion prevention and education (2020, Research in Sports Medicine)
  • Factors and expectations influencing concussion disclosure within NCAA Division I athletes: A mixed methodological approach (2021, Journal of Sport and Health Science)
  • Results of caring and reaching for health (CARE): a cluster-randomized controlled trial assessing a worksite wellness intervention for child care staff (2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity)
  • Education and Training to Build Capacity in Total Worker Health® (2020, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
  • The El Valor de Nuestra Salud clustered randomized controlled trial store-based intervention to promote fruit and vegetable purchasing and consumption (2022, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity)

Laura A. Linnan has also contributed to book publications, including a 2022 edition titled Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity, 4th edition, published by Rutgers University Press.

Best Publications

  • How We Design Feasibility Studies

    Deborah J. Bowen;Matthew Kreuter;Bonnie Spring;Ludmila Cofta-Woerpel

  • Process evaluation for public health interventions and research

    Allan B. Steckler;Laura Linnan;Barbara A. Israel

  • Knowledge, attitude, and concussion-reporting behaviors among high school athletes: A preliminary study

    Johna K. Register-Mihalik;Kevin M. Guskiewicz;Tamara C. Valovich McLeod;Laura A. Linnan

  • Using organization theory to understand the determinants of effective implementation of worksite health promotion programs

    Bryan J Weiner;Megan A Lewis;Laura A Linnan

  • Evaluation of motivationally tailored vs. standard self-help physical activity interventions at the workplace.

    Bess H. Marcus;Karen M. Emmons;Laurey R. Simkin-Silverman;Laura A. Linnan

  • Stages of Change in Adopting Healthy Diets: Fat, Fiber, and Correlates of Nutrient Intake

    Karen Glanz;Ruth E. Patterson;Alan R. Kristal;Carlo C. DiClemente

  • Using Theory to Understand the Multiple Determinants of Low Participation in Worksite Health Promotion Programs

    Laura A. Linnan;Glorian Sorensen;Graham A. Colditz;Neil Klar

  • Using theory to understand high school aged athletes’ intentions to report sport-related concussion: Implications for concussion education initiatives

    Johna K Register-Mihalik;Laura A Linnan;Stephen W Marshall;Tamara C Valovich McLeod

  • DO PROCESSES OF CHANGE PREDICT SMOKING STAGE MOVEMENTS? A PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL

    Thaddeus A. Herzog;David B. Abrams;Karen M. Emmons;Laura A. Linnan

  • Promoting integrated approaches to reducing health inequities among low-income workers: Applying a social ecological framework

    Sherry L. Baron;Sharon Beard;Letitia K. Davis;Linda Delp

  • A pilot study testing the effect of different levels of financial incentives on weight loss among overweight employees.

    Eric A. Finkelstein;Laura A. Linnan;Deborah F. Tate;Ben E. Birken

  • The WORD (Wholeness, Oneness, Righteousness, Deliverance): A Faith-Based Weight-Loss Program Utilizing a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach

    Karen Hye Cheon Kim;Laura Linnan;Marci Kramish Campbell;Christine Brooks

  • Worksite-based research and initiatives to increase fruit and vegetable consumption.

    Glorian Sorensen;Laura Linnan;Mary Kay Hunt

  • Barriers to and Facilitators of Walking and Bicycling to School: Formative Results From the Non-Motorized Travel Study

    Kathryn N. Ahlport;Laura A Linnan;Amber Vaughn;Kelly R Evenson

  • Fidelity and its relationship to implementation effectiveness, adaptation, and dissemination

    Jennifer D. Allen;Rachel C. Shelton;Karen M. Emmons;Laura A. Linnan

  • Stages of change versus addiction: a replication and extension

    David B. Abrams;Thaddeus A. Herzog;Karen M. Emmons;Laura Linnan

  • A literature synthesis of health promotion research in salons and barbershops

    Laura A. Linnan;Heather D’Angelo;Cherise B. Harrington

  • After Hurricane Floyd Passed: Investigating the Social Determinants of Disaster Preparedness and Recovery

    Spencer Moore;Mark Daniel;Laura Linnan;Marci Campbell

  • Health promotion in smaller workplaces in the United States.

    Jeffrey R. Harris;Peggy A. Hannon;Shirley A.A. Beresford;Laura A. Linnan

  • Beauty Salons: A Promising Health Promotion Setting for Reaching and Promoting Health Among African American Women

    Laura A. Linnan;Yvonne Owens Ferguson

  • Do social influences contribute to occupational differences in quitting smoking and attitudes toward quitting

    Glorian Sorensen;Karen Emmons;Anne M. Stoddard;Laura Linnan

  • Preventing chronic disease in the workplace: a workshop report and recommendations

    Glorian Sorensen;Paul Landsbergis;Leslie Hammer;Benjamin C. Amick

Frequent Co-Authors

Dianne S. Ward
Dianne S. Ward University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul A. Estabrooks
Paul A. Estabrooks University of Nebraska Medical Center
Kurt M. Ribisl
Kurt M. Ribisl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Glorian Sorensen
Glorian Sorensen Harvard University
Bryan J. Weiner
Bryan J. Weiner University of Washington
Jennifer D. Allen
Jennifer D. Allen Tufts University
Allan Steckler
Allan Steckler University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Guadalupe X. Ayala
Guadalupe X. Ayala San Diego State University
Seth M. Noar
Seth M. Noar University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brenda M. DeVellis
Brenda M. DeVellis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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