Faculty

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Janice F. Bell
Assistant Professor
PhD  
University of Washington, 2005
Health Services Research
MPH  
University of Washington, 2001
Health Services, Maternal and Child Health
MN  
University of Washington, 2001
Community Health Nursing
BScN  
University of Toronto (Canada), 1984

Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
  -  Maternal and Child Health Track, (MPH program)
  -  PhD program in Health Services
Contact Information
(office)  F-351-E
Health Sciences Building
1959 NE Pacific St.
Box:  357230
Seattle, WA 98195-7660
(voice)  206-685-4979
jfbell@u.washington.edu
Teaching Interests
Maternal and child health, data management and analysis, community needs assessment
Research Interests

Child health services research, maternal and child health, mental health, obesity, social determinants, medical geography, health disparities

External Funding (sampling of current and past involvement)
Maternal & Child Health Long Term Training
Health Resources Services Administration
PI:   Huebner           Dates:    06/2005 - 05/2010
The goals of this program are to train leaders in public health aspects of maternal and child health (MCH); to offer consultation and technical assistance to public health agencies; to conduct research related to MCH services and prevention; and to build awareness of MCH issues.

Exposure to Stress as a Mediator of Disparities in Childhood Obesity
Health Resources Services Administration
PI:   Bell           Dates:    07/2008 - 06/2009
The goal of this project is to test associations between exposure to acute and chronic stress in early childhood and the development of obesity.

The Economics of Mental Health Disparities
National Institutes of Health
PI:   Zimmerman           Dates:    12/2002 - 05/2008
This research proposes to explore the causality of the positive association between socio-economic status and good mental health.


Selected Publications

Zimmerman FJ, Bell JF. Only Commercial Television Viewing is
Associated with Obesity in Children, forthcoming American Journal of
Public Health.

Bell JF, Wilson JS, Liu GC. Neighborhood greenness and 2-year changes
in body mass index of children and youth. Am J Prev Med. Dec
2008;35(6):547-553.

Bell JF, Zimmerman FJ, Diehr PK. Maternal Work Attributes and Birth
Outcome Disparities. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2008,
12(4):415-26. Epub 2007 Aug 15, 2007.

Bell JF, Zimmerman FJ, Mayer JD, Almgren GR, Huebner CE. Associations
between Residential Segregation and Smoking during Pregnancy among
Urban African-American Women. Journal of Urban Health. 2007,
84:372-88.

Bell JF, Zimmerman FJ, Almgren GR, Mayer JD, Huebner CE. Birth
Outcomes among Urban African-American Women: A Multilevel Analysis of
the Role of Residential Segregation. Social Science and Medicine.
2006, 63: 3030-3045.