Viktor E. Bovbjerg, Ph.D., MPH

Viktor E. Bovbjerg, Ph.D., MPH

Professor
viktor.bovbjerg@oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-3838

Milam Hall

Milam Hall 133

2520 SW Campus Way

2520 SW Campus Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
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Public Health 101

Viktor E. Bovbjerg, Ph.D., MPH

Public health crosses many spheres, from ethics to politics to commerce. Viktor Bovbjerg discusses the basic elements of public health that influence our lives, our environment and response in times of crisis. What is epidemiology and why is it being highlighted today by public officials and in the media? What is health policy and how does it directly influence our lives? Learn key concepts and frameworks for what public health is and how it works.

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Publications

2009

Journal Article

A. M. Wolf, Siadaty, M. S., Crowther, J. Q., Nadler, J. L., Wagner, D. L., Cavalieri, S. L., Elward, K. S., and Bovbjerg, V. E., “Impact of lifestyle intervention on lost productivity and disability: improving control with activity and nutrition.”, Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 139-45, 2009.

2008

Book Chapter

B. S. McCann and Bovbjerg, V. E., “Promoting dietary change”, in The handbook of health behavior change, 3rdrd ed., New York: Springer, 2008, pp. 219-233.
V. E. Bovbjerg, “The epidemiology of obesity: Causal roots”, in Obesity: Causes, mechanisms, prevention, and treatment, Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 2008, pp. 19-72.

Journal Article

W. R. Smith, Penberthy, L. T., Bovbjerg, V. E., McClish, D. K., Roberts, J. D., Dahman, B., Aisiku, I. P., Levenson, J. L., and Roseff, S. D., “Daily assessment of pain in adults with sickle cell disease.”, Annals of internal medicine, vol. 148, no. 2, pp. 94-101, 2008.
K. L. Hullfish, Bovbjerg, V. E., Gurka, M. J., and Steers, W. D., “Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of women with pelvic floor dysfunction: patient centered goals at 1 year.”, The Journal of urology, vol. 179, no. 6, pp. 2280-5; discussion 2285, 2008.
P. A. Kulbok, Rhee, H., Botchwey, N., Hinton, I., Bovbjerg, V. E., and Anderson, N. Lois Ruth, “Factors influencing adolescents' decision not to smoke.”, Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.), vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 505-15, 2008.
J. L. Levenson, McClish, D. K., Dahman, B. A., Bovbjerg, V. E., Citero, Vde A., Penberthy, L. T., Aisiku, I. P., Roberts, J. D., Roseff, S. D., and Smith, W. R., “Depression and anxiety in adults with sickle cell disease: the PiSCES project.”, Psychosomatic medicine, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 192-6, 2008.

2005

Journal Article

M. G. Huerta, Roemmich, J. N., Bovbjerg, M. L., Bovbjerg, V. E., Weltman, A. L., Holmes, V. F., Patrie, J. T., Rogol, A. D., and Nadler, J. L., “Magnesium deficiency is associated with insulin resistance in obese children.”, Diabetes Care, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1175-81, 2005.

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