Craig Becker

Publications

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- Perceived Health Interests of College Students. Journal of American College Health. 73. 2025
- Development and field test of the Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale - short form (SWPS-SF) in U.S. college students. Global health promotion. 2022
- Contributing Factors to Academic Performance for Students with Disabilities. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability. 34:65-75. 2021
- Initial Assessment of a 7-item Well-being Scale (SWPS-SF) among a sample of college students. American Journal of Health Education. 52:226-232. 2021
- Limited improvements in health behaviors suggest need to review approaches to health promotion: a repeated, cross- sectional study. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2020
- Pilot Assessment of the Scholar Checklist: A Tool for Early Childhood Health & Education. American Journal of Health Studies. 35:219-225. 2020
- Planting a Tree Model for Public Health: Shifting the Paradigm Toward Chronic Wellness. American Journal of Health Education. 2019
- A 14-year longitudinal study of the impact of clean indoor air legislation on state smoking prevalence, USA, 1997-2010. Preventive Medicine. 2017
- Going on Offense to Enable Health Promotion Gains. American Journal of Health Promotion. 31:451-453. 2017
- Adapting & Using Quality Management Methods to Improve Health Promotion. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. 11:222-228. 2015
- The Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale for Older Adults (SWPS-OA). American Journal of Health Education. 46:293-300. 2015
- Process Measures: A Leadership Tool for Management. TQM Journal. 26:50-62. 2014
- Test-retest reliability of the Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale (SWPS). Health Education Research. 73:101-108. 2014
- It's Time to Make the Profession of Health about Health. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 41:1-3. 2013
- Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale: Validation of the Arabic Version. American Journal of Health Education. 44:229-234. 2013
- Update on Validity of Required Competencies for Worksite Health Professionals. American Journal of Health Education. 44:67-73. 2013
- Health-Related Services Provided by Public Health Educators. Health Promotion Practice. 12:723-733. 2011
- Validity Evidence for the Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale (SWPS). American Journal of Health Behavior. 33:455-465. 2009
- What Helps Students Thrive? An Investigation of Student Engagement and Student Performance. Recreational Sports Journal. 33:139-149. 2009
- Why be Smoke-Free? A Qualitative Study of Smoke-Free Restaurant Owners and Manager Opinions. Health Promotion Practice. 11:89-94. 2009
- Development and Preliminary Evaluation of the Validity and Reliability of a Positive Health Scale. American Journal of Health Education. 39:34-41. 2008
- Evaluation of the Reliability and Validity of an Adult Version of the Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale (SWPS). American Journal of Health Education. 39:322-328. 2008
- Assessing Perceived Health and Associated Health Promoting Behaviors: An Investigation of Methods used to Assess Health Status. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 37:227-242. 2007
- Linking lessons to professional applications: A technique to improve student preparation and engagement with subject materials. American Journal of Health Education. 36:51-53. 2005
- Health Promoting Behaviors of Older Americans versus Young and Middle Aged Adults. Educational Gerontology. 30:835-844. 2004
- Important Competencies for Future Health and Wellness Professionals: An Investigation of Employer Desired Skills. American Journal of Health Education. 35:228-233. 2004

Service

professional service activities

Academic Integration Working Group - App Energy Summit I co-chaired and then will chair the Academic Integration Working Group at the App Energy Summit beginning in 2023. 2022 - 2024
Journal of American College Health I reveiwed, # JACH-2024-08-0514 titled "Health Regulatory Focus and College Student Outcomes Following Healthcare Visits" for the Journal of American College Health. 2024
TQM I reviewed a journal article for TQM.
TQM-05-2024-0193
To examine the Impact of Deming awards on the financial performance of Indian award winning companies. 2023
Heart to Heart Conference Planning Committee Work to plan and implement programs and marketing for conference functions to be handled by Heart to Heart Committee. 2017
National Wellness Association Work as Trustee to advise and consult about issues associated with the National Wellness Association development and conference 2017
Conference Review Committee Review proposals for conference presentations 2017

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