Thesis Topics
Degree Program Details:
The thesis topics of Social and Behavioral Sciences students reflect a wide variety of interests. Below is a partial listing of previous thesis titles. Copies of these theses are be available in the Health Sciences library.
2009
Chami Arachchi
Stigma and discrimination experienced by women who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in West Bengal, India (thesis)
Chair: Bezruchka
Member: Spigner
2009
Emily Yette
Increased risk of substance use, abuse, and need for treatment among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in Washington State (thesis)
Chair: Maynard
Member: Spigner
2009
Francesca Holme
The Role of Diet in Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure in Children in the Lower Yakima Valley (thesis)
Chair: Thompson
Member: Coronado
2009
Mary Johnson
The effect of case-mix adjustment on patient experience measures and community health center performance (thesis)
Chair: Rodriguez
Member: Solorio
2009
Elizabeth Knaster
Risk factors for protection order failure (thesis)
Chair: Holt
Member: Grembowski
Member: Kernic
2009
Katherine Murray
Acceptability of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination among Latino Parents (thesis)
Chair: Coronado
Member: Taylor
2008
Gwen Ambler
Qualitative evaluation of a Planned Parenthood training for HIV testing and education (thesis)
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Downer
2008
Denise Albano
Cortisol response to a brief laboratory stressor in women at elevated risk for breast cancer (thesis)
Chair: McGregor
Member: Thompson
2008
Aimee Verrall
Social determinants of help-seeking behavior for hearing loss in older adults in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin (thesis)
Chair: Patrick
Member: Gates
2008
Allison Stover
Social Functioning Among Long-term Survivors of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (thesis)
Chair: Moinpour
Member: Syrjala
2008
Emily Firman
Connecting gender norms and sexual behavior among Indigenous people of the Peruvian jungle region: Culture, structure, and relationship (thesis)
Chair: Morrison
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Bezruchka
2008
Katarzyna Alderman
Analysis of communication behaviors between callers with llimited English proficiency (LEP) and 9-1-1 dispatchers (thesis)
Chair: Meischke
Member: Coronado
2008
Bonnie Burlingham
Women living in a Harm Reduction Housing Project: Who are they and why do they stay or leave housing? (thesis)
Chair: Spigner
Member: Marlatt
2007
Marleyse Borchard
Marital income inequality and depression in middle-aged women (thesis)
Chair: Cheadle
Member: Rose
2007
Sarah Burnett
Evaluation of a Life-Skills Based Education HIV/AIDS Education Program in Manzini, Swaziland (thesis)
Chair: Weaver
Member: Gugerty
2007
Diana Lowry
A Community-Based Participatory Feasibility Assessment of the South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency's Comprehensive Cancer Control Path-to-Follow Workshop (thesis)
Chair: Bowen
Member: Guthrie
Member: Moinpour
2007
Yan Guo
Overweight, smoking, and quality of life among adolescents in Washington State (thesis)
Chair: Patrick
Member: Topolski
2007
DeAnn Cromp
Barriers and facilitators to smoking cessation among homeless populations (thesis)
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Halperin
Member: Starks
2007
Aimee Spevak
Sexually Transmitted Infections in At-Risk Young Adults: Can mentoring make a difference? (thesis)
Chair: Manhart
Member: Hartfield
2007
Alison Pyle
Perinatal periods of risk among American Indian/Alaska Native and white populations in three Pacific Northwest states, 2000-2004: Evidence of population disparities (thesis)
Chair: Boutain
Member: Schiff
Member: Duran
2006
Sarah Pulliam
A client-centered program evaluation of an adult day health program for people living with AIDS (thesis)
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Shiu-Thornton
2006
Jennie Bowen
The association between travel distance and cardiac outcomes among veterans in the VHA system (thesis)
Chair: Sales
Member: Mayer
2006
Brooke Ike
Medical Interpreter Roles (thesis)
Chair: Shiu-Thornton
Member: Senturia
Member: Pierre-Louis
2006
Gina Keppel
Young adult depression and college enrollment status (thesis)
Chair: Patrick
Member: Kinne
2006
Moira Mar-Tang
An Exploratory Study on a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program (MBSR) on the Quality of Life (thesis)
Chair: Spigner
Member: Marlatt
2006
Thuy Vu
Impact Evaluation of a Month-Long Direct-to-Consumer Colon Cancer Awareness Month Campaign (thesis)
Chair: Bowen
Member: Meischke
2006
Ian Maki
For better or for worse: Societal health and same-sex marriage bans (thesis)
Chair: Lafferty
Member: Patrick
Member: Fitzpatrick
2006
Yingying Zhou
Impact evaluation for China Youth Reproductive Health Project-- The effects of the life-planning skills training program. (thesis)
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Mercer
2006
Lesley Steinman
An outcome evaluation of the REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Communty Health) coalition of Seattle and King County (thesis)
Chair: Cheadle
Member: Chrisman
2006
Latonya Trotter
The socioeconomic status and adiposity relationship: Does it depend on race/ethnicity or SES measure? (thesis)
Chair: Bowen
Member: Beresford
2006
Margaret Brawley
The Relationship Between Gender Norms and Expectations and the Sexual Practices of Ugandan Men (thesis)
Chair: Downer
Member: Meischke
2006
Jeffery St De Lore
HIV disclosure and subsequent sexual behaviors among men who have sex with men who meet online (thesis)
Chair: Cheadle
Member: Goldbaum
2006
Amy Adelberger
Migration trends and factors among Caribbean nurses between 1995 and 2005 in the context of a high migration region: why is the Bahamas different? (thesis)
Chair: Hagopian
Member: Sales
2006
Christoph Hanssmann
A community-based program evaluation of Verbena Health's community competency trainings (thesis)
Chair: Shiu-Thornton
Member: Bowen
2005
Beatriz Carlini
The tobacco industry's response to the COMMIT trial : an analysis of legacy tobacco documents (thesis)
Chair: Patrick
Member: Halperin
2005
Gwyneth Moya
Subsequent alcohol and/or drug exposed births in the Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) (thesis)
Chair: Spigner
Member: Fitzpatrick
2005
Edwin Orellana
Behavioral and attitudinal risk factors for family violence in Lima, Peru (thesis)
Chair: Shiu-Thornton
Member: Harachi
2005
Marla Russo
Under the covers: A content analysis of sex and birth control in Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Seventeen magazines (thesis)
Chair: Meischke
Member: Seifer
Member: Downer
2005
Allison Bailey
Access to medical care in Eastern Pierce County, Washington (thesis)
Chair: Thompson
Member: Meischke
2005
Nadia Solehdin
Acculturation, health concerns, perceptions of HIV among Indian and Pakastani immigrant women (thesis)
Chair: Senturia
Member: Shiu-Thornton
2005
Sarah Dominis
Ten-to fourteen-year-olds' perceptions of sex and abstinence (thesis)
Chair: Senturia
Member: Meischke
2005
Hwa-Sun Diaz
The integrative approach to breast cancer treatment: A qualitative exploration at the Seattle Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center (thesis)
Chair: Thompson
Member: Shiu-Thornton
2005
Laura McKinstry
Telephone notification of HIV test results: Impact in King County, Washington (thesis)
Chair: Goldbaum
Member: Meischke
2005
Christine Rutherford-Stuart
A qualitative study of occupational stress among HIV test counselors (thesis)
Chair: Shiu-Thornton
Member: Senturia
2005
Michael Sanchez
Factors influencing prostate cancer screening decisions among African-American men (thesis)
Chair: Bowen
Member: Spigner
2005
Daniel Taber
Psychosocial determinants of exercise among college students: Improving the application of social cognitive theory (thesis)
Chair: Maciejewski
Member: Meischke
2005
Lindsay White
Neurasthenia in a nationally representative sample of Asian Americans (thesis)
Chair: Maynard
Member: Takeuchi
2004
Lauren Hutchens
An analysis of the bullying prevention programs and practices of Washington State school districts (thesis)
Chair: Meischke
2004
Maile Taualii
Utilization of Urban Indian Health Programs (thesis)
Chair: Oberle
Member: Grembowski
2004
Antoinette Angulo
Condom preferences among young, heterosexual women in Lima, Peru (thesis)
Chair: Meischke
Member: Gonzales
2004
William Cann
Household income and relative risk of unintentional drowning death: Washington State, 1989-2001 (thesis)
Chair: Cheadle
Member: Cummings
2004
Catherine Christensen
Exploring communication in colorectal cancer families as a predictor of screening and channel for assistance (thesis)
Chair: Bowen
Member: Meischke
2004
Zandra Lee
Key predictive factors associated with condom use with clients among female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya (thesis)
Chair: Downer
Member: Meischke
2004
Suepattra May
Breast cancer screening knowledge, attitudes, and practices among healthcare practitioners in Senegal, West Africa (thesis)
Chair: Urban
Member: Muecke
2004
Michael Underhill
Process evaluation for the MSM HIV/STD Prevention Task Force 2002 media (thesis)
Chair: Meischke
Member: Klawitter
2004
Jessica Young
A process evaluation of the teen health center at Ballard High School (thesis)
Chair: Senturia
Member: Grembowski
2003
Catherine Gould
Lack of association between income distribution and health among Washington state counties (thesis)
Chair: Bezruchka
Member: Nicola
2003
Gwendolyn Lapham
Women living with HIV/AIDS, mental illness and substance abuse: an evaluation of HIV transmission risk practices (thesis)
Chair: Meischke
Member: Uldall
2003
Veena Arani
The feasibility of shared decision making to improve asthma outcomes (thesis)
Chair: Sullivan
Member: Spigner
2003
Ryan Deibert
Increased access to unrestricted pharmacy sales of syringes in Seattle & King County, Washington: Structural and individual-level changes, 1996 versus 2003 (thesis)
Chair: Goldbaum
Member: Spigner
2003
Wendi Johnson
HIV medication adherence checklist (thesis)
Chair: Lalonde
Member: Downer
2003
Carolina Mejia
Acceptability of the female condom among female sex workers in three regions in Peru. (thesis)
Chair: Patrick
Member: Gonzales
2002
Jennifer Kauper-Brown
How participatory action research contributes to systems change : a qualitative case study (thesis)
Chair: Senturia
Member: Thompson
2002
Jennifer Finkle-Weaver
The challenges of doing outcome evaluation in small community-based health programs : a case study of the Powerful Voices' young women's support project (thesis)
Chair: Cheadle
Member: Sohng
Member: Spigner
2002
Diane Oakes
Raised in different places: intergenerational relationships of immigrants and refugees in three Seattle communities (thesis)
Chair: Spigner
Member: Cheadle
2002
Christopher Saleeba
Process evaluation of QuitTobacco.org : a smoking cessation web site (thesis)
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Thompson
2002
Tara McPartland
Perceived threat and knowledge of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in college-aged men: Assessing their relationship to reported intentions for behavior change (thesis)
Chair: Meischke
Member: Koutsky
2002
Larkin Strong
Sociodemographic predictors of knowledge and attitudes about cancer screening in Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites in rural Washington (thesis)
Chair: Thompson
Member: Meischke
2002
Brittany Chang
Child passenger safety: Potential impact of the Washington State Booster Seat Law on childcare centers (thesis)
Chair: Rivara
Member: Bell
Member: Ebel
2002
Sharon Garrett
Help-seeking for substance use problems among homeless adolescents in Seattle, WA (thesis)
Chair: Lalonde
Member: Brewer
Member: Peterson
2002
Gary Chovnick
A process evaluation of the American Cancer Society's Speak Out! youth initiative (thesis)
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Downer
2002
Erik Janson
Transgender men and their gender identity: experiences and access to health services (thesis)
Chair: Bezruchka
Member: Schroeder
2002
David Reyes
Disclosing a positive HIV diagnosis : experiences of young adult men who have sex with men (thesis)
Chair: Schroeder
Member: Spigner
2001
Elizabeth Hawkins
Alcohol problems among urban American Indian youth : the relationship between cultural identification and alcohol expectancies (thesis)
Chair: Patrick
Member: Marlatt
2001
Juanita Heimann
Self-reported occupational pesticide exposure among farmworkers in the lower Yakima Valley of Washington State (thesis)
Chair: Thompson
Member: Salazar
2001
Genevieve Herreria
Risk and protective factors influencing past month tobacco use among Filipino American youth : is acculturation a risk or a protective factor? (thesis)
Chair: Spigner
Member: Grembowski
2001
Jennifer Hrachovec
Clinical outcomes and cost-impact of a pharmacist-managed anticoagulation service compared to usual medical care (thesis)
Chair: Sullivan
Member: Psaty
Member: Smith
2001
Michael Kirshner
Examining the effects of targeted message on health plan choice. (thesis)
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Yun
2001
David Lee
An examination of social and behavioral factors potentially affecting black men's ability to adhere to HAART (thesis)
Chair: Senturia
Member: Ryan
2001
Carolyn Stemshorn
No glove, no love: messages about contraception in teen movies (thesis)
Chair: Meischke
Member: Downer
2000
Emily Bourcier
Assessment of strategies used by primary food preparers to influence healthy eating, and the relationship to fruit, vegetable, and fat consumption by family members (thesis)
Chair: Bowen
Member: Meischke
2000
Huyen Do
Cervical cancer screening among Chinese immigrants in Seattle, Washington (thesis)
Chair: Taylor
Member: Yasui
Member: Spigner
Member: Jackson
2000
Lisa Lopez
Motives for initiating smoking cessation : a comparison of high-acculturated Hispanics, low-acculturated Hispanics, and non-Hispanic whites (thesis)
Chair: Thompson
Member: Grembowski
2000
Nazleen Patel-Ejarque
Client satisfaction: an evaluation of the African American Elders Project (thesis)
Member: Spigner
Member: Grembowski
Member: Collier
2000
Letitia Reason
Female genital cutting among the Kassena-Nankana of Northern Ghana: the relationship between education and perceptions of health risk (thesis)
Chair: Senturia
Member: Mock
Member: Leonetti
1999
Christina An
The impact of home follow-up visits on health care utilization and charges among medicaid newborns (thesis)
Chair: Patrick
Member: Temple
Member: Grembowski
1999
Molly Bradshaw
Comparing urgent and less-urgent use of an emergency medical system : characteristics of E-911 medical calls within the King County EMS system (thesis)
Chair: Meischke
Member: Cheadle
1999
Sophie Godley
Facing the challenges of teen pregnancy prevention with high risk girls: a qualitative study of the Spokane Regional Health District's Your Choice, Not Chance program (thesis)
Chair: Spigner
Member: Senturia
1999
India Ornelas
Predictors of condom use among sexually active adolescents (thesis)
Chair: Meischke
Member: Goldbaum
1999
Anne Saulovich
An evaluation of the American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Action Alert Network (thesis)
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Thompson
1999
Kristine Wong
A community-based health survey in South Seattle, Washington : assessment of concerns, perceived risks, and knowledge about environmental pollution (thesis)
Chair: Spigner
Member: Koenig
1998
Mary Anderson
Utilizing the health belief model to predict medication adherence in adolescents with asthma (thesis)
Chair: Meischke
Member: Grembowski
1998
Gregory Breeden
Mood disorders and length of hospital stay in adult AIDS patients (thesis)
Chair: McCann
Member: Cheadle
1998
Wesley Hanson
The utilization of a behavioral questionnaire for dental caries risk assessment (thesis)
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Morrison
1998
Jennifer Rasmussen
The design, implementation and evaluation of an educational workbook for primary care patients with depression (thesis)
Chair: Hedrick
Member: Von Korff
1998
Donald Sloma
Teen pregnancy and public health (thesis)
Chair: Bell
Member: Watts
1998
Christine Winters
Characteristics of people seeking alternative health care (thesis)
Chair: Cherkin
Member: Curry
1997
Amy Bonomi
Validation of the United States' version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) instrument (1997) (thesis)
Chair: Patrick
Member: Moinpour
1997
Ellen Copas
Cambodian refugee women's postpartum practices and culturally-defined illness : synthesizing interpretive and critical perspectives (thesis)
Chair: Spigner
1997
Suzanne Gillette
Women and homeless persons : an HIV/AIDS prevention education needs assessment (thesis)
Chair: Hedrick
Member: Lalonde
1997
Ann Glusker
Patterns and determinants of fetal, neonatal and infant deaths in Washington State (thesis)
Chair: Hale
Member: Grembowski
1997
Kristen Bush
A three question screen for recent heavy or problem drinking in a primary care population (thesis)
Chair: Curry
Member: Kivlahan
Member: Bradley
1997
Anna Mastroianni
Implementation of a federal policy mandate: the NIH training requirement for research ethics (thesis)
Chair: Pearlman
Member: Jonsen
1997
Shelly McKeirnan
Self-efficacy and adherence in a dietary intervention to lower plasma cholesterol (thesis)
Chair: McCann
Member: Kinne
Member: Graham
1997
Kristen Reed
Evaluating prevention programs with the results mapping evaluation tool : a case study of a youth substance abuse prevention program (thesis)
Chair: Cheadle
Member: Thompson
1997
Sheryl Vick
A process evaluation of an outpatient diabetes education program (thesis)
Chair: Spigner
Member: Collins
1996
Juliana Cyril
Risk of injury among children with chronic conditions and disabilities (thesis)
Chair: Richardson
Member: Jaffe
1996
Kristin LaCroix
'Whatever will be, will be': determinants of cancer fatalism among older low income women in Washington State (thesis)
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Allen-Barash
1996
Uyen Ly
Domestic violence and Asian/Pacific Islander Americans: health services provision in King County (thesis)
Chair: Spigner
Member: Shiu-Thornton
1996
Judy Schaefer
Self-management of chronic illness (thesis)
Chair: Kinne
Member: Von Korff
1996
Ellen Smolker Lopez
The impact of partner's smoking status on the pregnant woman's motivation to quit smoking, and her perception of social support from her partner (thesis)
Chair: Curry
Member: McBride
1996
Jon Hussey
Homicide, suicide, and accident mortality among children and young adults : the role of race, education, and family disruption (thesis)
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Almgren
1996
Louise Warren
Diffusion and adoption of the internet for teaching elementary school health (thesis)
Chair: Meischke
Member: Collins
1995
Anne Esacove
Frozen in the headlights : Women's responses to unwanted sexual attention (thesis)
Chair: Bell
Member: Lowenberg
1995
Grace Gu
Factors related to prenatal care services utilization in Luoping, Yunnan, China (thesis)
Chair: Kinne
Member: Lavely
1995
Nicole Sadow-Hasenberg
Veterans with multiple sclerosis in Washington State : Differences among users and non-users of the VA system (thesis)
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Bird
1995
Michelle Willix
In-service training: depression in nursing home residents (thesis)
Chair: Hedrick
Member: Hoeyman
1994
Malka Appelbaum-Maizel
Popular discourse on the body : post-modern concerns about the biomedical model (thesis)
Chair: Patrick
Member: Rhodes
Member: Chrisman
1994
Eric Johnson
The cost-effectiveness of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the management of osteoarthritis : a retrospective cohort study in a health maintenance organization (thesis)
Chair: Stergachis
Member: Lessler
Member: Sullivan
1994
Margaret Terp
Oral hygiene care for institutionalized people with mental retardation/developmental disabilities : a proposed research protocol and feasibility survey (thesis)
Chair: Durham
Member: Grembowski
1993
Susan Brandzel
Socioeconomic and psycho-social determinants influencing adolescent utilization of a new school-based clinic (thesis)
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Meischke
1993
Steven Preston
Lower extremity ulcers, amputation and inpatient mortality in hospitalized persons with diabetes : national population risk factors and associations (thesis)
Chair: Reiber
Member: Koepsell
1993
Mary Southgate
A study of prenatal care and low birth weight among migrant and seasonal farm workers in Oregon (thesis)
Chair: Thompson
Member: Grembowski
Member: Hickok
1992
Viktor Bovbjerg
Spouse support and dietary modification among hypercholesterolemic men (thesis)
Chair: Patrick
Member: Psaty
Member: McCann
1991
John Britt
Participation in a counselor-initiated telephone intervention among non self-selected smokers (thesis)
Chair: Curry
Member: Murphy
1991
Kyoko Awamura
Dental fear and caries of Japanese children living in the United States (thesis)
Chair: Grembowski
Member: Weinstein
Member: Domoto
