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1445
National Ranking
690

Overview

Steven H. Kelder is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Infectious Diseases, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, and Clinical Psychology.

Their work covers a range of important public health topics. Key areas of research include:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction

Steven H. Kelder has contributed multiple research articles to scientific journals. Some of the recent publications are:

  • "A Middle School Program to Prevent E-Cigarette Use: A Pilot Study of "CATCH My Breath"" (2020) published in Public Health Reports
  • "Dissemination of CATCH My Breath, a middle school E-Cigarette prevention program" (2020) published in Addictive Behaviors

Their research has also been published frequently in venues such as:

  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Preventive Medicine Reports
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Steven H. Kelder collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Dale S. Mantey
  • Onyinye Omega-Njemnobi
  • Michael D. Swartz
  • Stacia M. DeSantis
  • Ashraf Yaseen

The combination of their research interests and collaborations reflects a comprehensive approach toward public health challenges, particularly related to tobacco use prevention and infectious disease outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Longitudinal tracking of adolescent smoking, physical activity, and food choice behaviors

    Steven H Kelder;Cheryl L Perry;K. I. Klepp;L. L. Lytle

  • Outcomes of a Field Trial to Improve Children's Dietary Patterns and Physical Activity: The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH)

    Russell V. Luepker;Cheryl L Perry;Sonja M. McKinlay;Philip R. Nader

  • Prevalence and impact of dysmenorrhea on Hispanic female adolescents.

    Chantay Banikarim;Mariam R. Chacko;Steven H Kelder

  • Three-Year Maintenance of Improved Diet and Physical Activity: The CATCH Cohort

    Philip R. Nader;Elaine J. Stone;Leslie A. Lytle;Cheryl L. Perry

  • School Physical Education: Effect of the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health

    Thomas L. McKenzie;Thomas L. McKenzie;Philip R. Nader;Patricia K. Strikmiller;Minhua Yang

  • Predictors of weight change over two years among a population of working adults - The Healthy Worker Project

    S. A. French;R. W. Jeffery;J. L. Forster;P. G. McGovern

  • Communitywide smoking prevention : long-term outcomes of the Minnesota heart health program and the class of 1989 study

    Cheryl L Perry;Steven H Kelder;D. M. Murray;K. I. Klepp

  • Designing Effective Nutrition Interventions for Adolescents

    Deanna M Hoelscher;Alexandra E Evans;Guy S. Parcel;Steven H Kelder

  • Reproducibility and validity of the secondary level School-Based Nutrition Monitoring student questionnaire

    Deanna M Hoelscher;R.Sue Day;Steven H Kelder;Jerri L Ward

  • The CATCH Kids Club: a pilot after-school study for improving elementary students’ nutrition and physical activity

    Steven H Kelder;Deanna M Hoelscher;Cristina S. Barroso;Joey L. Walker

  • The healthy worker project: A work-site intervention for weight control and smoking cessation

    R W Jeffery;J L Forster;S A French;S H Kelder

  • Social support, physical activity and sedentary behavior among 6th-grade girls: a cross-sectional study

    Andrew E Springer;Steven H Kelder;Deanna M Hoelscher

  • School-based health education programs can be maintained over time: results from the CATCH Institutionalization study

    Deanna M Hoelscher;Henry A Feldman;Carolyn C Johnson;Leslie A Lytle

  • Parental Influences on Students’ Aggressive Behaviors and Weapon Carrying

    Pamela Orpinas;Nancy Murray;Steven H Kelder

  • Associations of Physical Fitness and Academic Performance among Schoolchildren.

    Duncan P. Van Dusen;Steven H. Kelder;Harold W. Kohl;Nalini Ranjit

  • Reductions in Child Obesity Among Disadvantaged School Children With Community Involvement: The Travis County CATCH Trial

    Deanna M. Hoelscher;Andrew E. Springer;Nalini Ranjit;Cheryl L. Perry

  • Measuring the Prevalence of Overweight in Texas Schoolchildren

    Deanna M. Hoelscher;R. Sue Day;Eun Sul Lee;Ralph F. Frankowski

  • Evidence-based approaches to dissemination and diffusion of physical activity interventions

    Neville Owen;Karen Glanz;James F. Sallis;Steven H. Kelder;Steven H. Kelder

  • Healthy passages. A multilevel, multimethod longitudinal study of adolescent health.

    Michael Windle;Jo Anne Grunbaum;Marc N. Elliott;Susan R. Tortolero

  • Depression and Substance Use in Minority Middle-School Students

    Steven H. Kelder;Nancy G. Murray;Pamela Orpinas;Alexander Prokhorov

Frequent Co-Authors

Deanna M. Hoelscher
Deanna M. Hoelscher The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Cheryl L. Perry
Cheryl L. Perry The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Nalini Ranjit
Nalini Ranjit The University of Texas Health Science Center
Alexander V. Prokhorov
Alexander V. Prokhorov The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Susan R. Tortolero
Susan R. Tortolero The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Guy S. Parcel
Guy S. Parcel The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Alfred L. McAlister
Alfred L. McAlister The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Carolyn C. Johnson
Carolyn C. Johnson Tulane University
Christine Markham
Christine Markham The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Thomas L. McKenzie
Thomas L. McKenzie San Diego State University

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