
Positions
- Teaching Professor, Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance
- Contact Info
- 252-328-0026
Karen Vail-Smith
Affiliation
Publications
selected publications
presentations
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presentation
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What Emerging Adults Identify As Important Components of Sexual Satisfaction and Why Public Health Educators Need To Know.
, American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo 2023 - What ECU Undergraduates Identify As the Components of Great Sex, National Public Health Week 2023
- Safe Zone Training, Safe Zone Training for Health Sciences Faculty/Staff 2022
- Why Should Public Health Students Study Abroad?, Public Health Seminar Series 2022
- Effective Strategies to Improve Testing Rates for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) among College Students, 2019 Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Grantee Conference 2019
- Promoting college sexual health through a multicomponent intervention, Public Health Leaders Conference 2019
- Promoting college sexual health through a multicomponent intervention, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting 2018
- Using academic research to: (1) Build capacity through training future professionals and (2) Advocate for macro-level community interventions to address substance abuse, Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Annual Meeting 2017
- A Primer on Gender, Gender Identity and Orientation, Science Webinar Week: Learning Makes Us 2017
- Understanding GLBT Issues in the Classroom, NC Family Institute 2017
- Using Academic Research to: (1) Build Capacity through Training Future Professionals and (2) Advocate for Macro-Level Community Intervention to Address Substance Abuse, Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Annual Conference 2016
- Patterns of Medical and Non-Medical Drug Use Among College Students: Implications for Policy Change and Health Promotion Programming, American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB) Scientific Conference 2014
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, ECU New Faculty Orientation 2008
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Research
principal investigator on
- Teaching Grant awarded by ECU Faculty Senate 2014
- Dr. Paul Joannides Lecture awarded by ECU Co-Curricular Grant 2013
- Teaching Grant awarded by ECU Faculty Senate 2010
- Teaching Grant awarded by ECU Faculty Senate 2008
- Teaching Grant awarded by ECU Faculty Senate 2003
- Teaching Grant awarded by ECU Faculty Senate 2000
- smARTS ("Success and Motivation Through the Arts") Alliance awarded by Z Smith Reynolds Foundation 1998
- smARTS Strings awarded by James J. and Mamie Richardson Perkins Trust 1996 - 1997
- Healthy Me Program awarded by Met Life 1987
co-principal investigator on
- PREPare for Success 2019-2020 awarded by NC DHHS Division of Public Health (DPH) 2019 - 2020
- PREPare for Success 2018 awarded by NC DHHS Division of Public Health (DPH) 2018 - 2019
- An After-School Activity Program (ASAP) for Overweight Children awarded by Pitt County Health Department 2000 - 2012
- East Carolina Musical Arts Education Foundation awarded by Perkins and Wells Charitable Trust 2009
- HIV Prevention Policy and Program Improvement Initiative awarded by N.C. Department of Public Instruction 2008
- Using Continuous Quality Improvement Teams in a Clinical Setting (Living Well Program) awarded by Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust 1999 - 2002
- Using Continuous Quality Improvement Teams in a Clinical Setting awarded by Kate B. Reynolds Health Care Trust 1998
- smARTS Alliance awarded by Z Smith Reynolds Foundation 1997
- Health Education Modules awarded by Eastern AHEC 1996
- Project Heart awarded by GOV-Department of Education (DE) 1994
- Project Connections awarded by GOV-Department of Education (DE) 1992
- Project SIDE awarded by GOV-Department of Education (DE) 1990
- Adventures in Health awarded by Perkins Foundation 1988
- Student Community Service Project awarded by ACTION 1988
- Adventures in Health Center Development Grant awarded by Z Smith Reynolds Foundation 1987
- Health Museum Exhibits awarded by Janirve Foundation 1987
- School and Community Health Education Program awarded by Z Smith Reynolds Foundation 1987
- Emergency Medicine Awareness for Kids awarded by American College of Emergency Physicians 1985