Faculty
Allen D. Cheadle
Research Professor
To be effective, health programs must have a strong connection to the communities they are designed to serve. So even though it is often difficult, we should pursue a community-based approach to public health.
PhD
University of California (Berkeley), 1987
Economics
Economics
BA
Pomona College, 1978
Economics
Economics
Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
- Social and Behavioral Sciences Track, (MPH program)
- PhD program in Health Services
Allen Cheadle was trained as an economist but has focused most of his research on program evaluations and developing methods of evaluating community-based health-promotion programs. He has worked on the evaluation of several community-based programs in the Western US, including, the Kaiser Family Foundation Community Health Promotion Grants program, and the Minority Youth Health Project in Seattle. he is currently leading the evaluation of Kaiser Permanente Community Health Initiatives. He has evaluated a number of community-based organizations in Seattle, including: International District Housing Alliance, Seattle Youth Involvement Network, and Fremont Public Association. He was the lead for the Community Research Center, a CDC-funded project to assist community-based organizations in grant-writing and evaluation.
Contact Information
(office) Suite 200Health Promotion Research Center
1107 NE 45th. St.
Box: 354804
Seattle, WA 98105
(voice) 206-543-3736
cheadle@u.washington.edu
Teaching Interests
Methods of applied data analysis- HSERV 525
Advanced Health Services Research Methods III
Research Interests
Community-based program evaluation
Projects
Southeast Senior Physical Activity Network (SESPAN)
The SESPAN project is using a community organizing strategy to increase physical activity among older adults in Southeast Seattle. A half-time community organizer is networking and forming partnerships with community organizations such as senior housing buildings, Seattle Parks and Recreation, SE Seattle Senior Center, and ethnic community associations. Over 320 contacts were made with 75 organizations during the first year and a half of the project. This networking among organizations led to the creation of a number of potentially sustainable walking and exercise programs that are reaching previously underserved communities within Southeast Seattle. In addition, a major community event led to the establishment of a health coalition that has the potential to continue to generate new broad-based programs and larger scale environmental changes.
http://depts.washington.edu/hprc/projects/
http://depts.washington.edu/hprc/projects/
External Funding (sampling of current and past involvement)
Health Promotion Research Center
Centers for Disease ControlPI: Harris Dates: 09/2004 - 09/2009
The Health Promotion Research Center improves health by conducting high quality prevention research that empasizes healthy aging and can be incorporated into community practice.
Special Interest Project Competitive Supplements
Centers for Disease ControlPI: Harris Dates: 09/2007 - 09/2009
The Health Promotion Research Center is one of the CDC-funded Prevention Research centers in the US. This proposal is in response to the CDC's annual Special Interest Project RFA related to the Prevention Research Centers.
UW Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Training
National Institutes of HealthPI: Deyo Dates: 09/2004 - 07/2009
The goal of the Multidisciplinary Clinical research Career Development Program at the University of Washington is to train investigators and provide them with the methodological knowledge to conduct rigorous clinical research.
Evaluation of Washington Wellness Works
WA State Health Care AuthorityPI: Cheadle Dates: 02/2007 - 03/2009
The Health Promotion Research Center will contract with the WA State Health Care Authority to evaluate Washington Wellness Works, a state employee health promotion program.
California Health Improvement Initiative
Group Health CoopPI: Cheadle Dates: 07/2002 - 06/2008
This project is an evaluation of the California Health Improvement Initiative which involves a partnership between ten communities and the California Wellness foundation aimed toward health improvement goals established in the project prospectus.
SIP 05-04 Establishment of a Physical Activity Policy Research Network
Centers for Disease ControlPI: Doescher Dates: 09/2004 - 09/2007
The HPRC Physical Activity Policy Research Network (PAPN) is a collaborative group that works locally and nationally to understand policies related to physical activity in communities.
REACH 2010 Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health
Seattle-King County Department of HealthPI: Cheadle Dates: 09/2004 - 09/2007
The goal is to provide ongoing evaluation services for REACH Coalition activities, including survey development, analysis and reporting, and key informant interviews.
SIP 18 - Auditing Communities for Walk Ability and Bike Ability
Centers for Disease ControlPI: LoGerfo Dates: 09/2001 - 09/2004
The goal of this HPRC project is to produce an approach to environmental auditing for use in communities seeking to increase levels of leisure- and transportation-related biking and walking.
Measuring Community Accessibility for People with Disabilities
Centers for Disease ControlPI: Kinne Dates: 09/2000 - 03/2004
The major goal of this project is to develop, test, and disseminate reproducible, valid and generalizable contextual measurement instruments that identify and assess important community factors affecting accessibility for persons with disabilities.
SIP 20-99 Urban Research Center (Seattle Partners for Health Communities)
Centers for Disease ControlPI: LoGerfo Dates: 09/1999 - 09/2003
The major goal of this project is to improve the health of urban, marginalized Seattle residents by conducting community-based collaborative research. The focus of this research is to define and affect social determinants of health.
Effectiveness of Treatment Strategies for Low Back Pain (Year 3 of 4)
AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityPI: Deyo Dates: 08/1994 - 08/1998
Compare long-term functional and work-related outcomes of alternative surgical and non-surgical treatments and to assess the impact of back pain guidelines and health reform efforts on regional and national trends in back surgery rates, re-operation rates, spinal fusion rates, and non-surgical hospitalization rates.
Dissertation, Thesis and Capstone Committees (recent graduates)
2007
Chair, thesis committee for Marleyse Borchard
Marital income inequality and depression in middle-aged women
2007
Chair, dissertation committee for Domin Chan
Depression and comorbid PTSD in veterans: Evaluation of collaborative care programs and impact on utilization and costs
2007
Member, dissertation committee for Jeanne Sears
Nurse practitioners as attending providers in the workers' compensation system: policy evaluation of recent legislation in Washington State
2006
Chair, thesis committee for Lesley Steinman
An outcome evaluation of the REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Communty Health) coalition of Seattle and King County
2006
Chair, thesis committee for Jeffery St De Lore
HIV disclosure and subsequent sexual behaviors among men who have sex with men who meet online
2004
Chair, thesis committee for William Cann
Household income and relative risk of unintentional drowning death: Washington State, 1989-2001
