Faculty/Staff Diane J. Abatemarco, PhD
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Public Health
215 Parran Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: (412) 383-9629
Fax: (412) 624-3792
E-mail: dja17@pitt.edu
My research interests include evaluation, prevention science, behavioral epidemiology, and Global Health. Currently, with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation of the American Academy of Pediatrics, I am conducting a scientific evaluation to determine the outcomes of an intervention to help pediatricians prevent child abuse and neglect. The research is based on complexity science and includes quantitative and qualitative methods. I have published a paper on a study of HIV infected pregnant women to determine their rates of treatment and to identify factors predictive of treatment. My Global health interests include a project in Croatia. I’ve traveled extensively to Croatia to implement and evaluate an adolescent alcohol prevention intervention in the city of Split, Croatia. I have also spent time in the Dominican Republic with Medical and Graduate Students from the U.S. where we worked in Haitian refugee communities providing food, medical care and health education. My other research interest includes the measurement of stress and socioeconomic factors as they effect pregnancy outcomes. Most recently I have become a co-investigator of the National Children's Study. All of my interests are grounded in a commitment to work within the framework of community participation and the elimination of disparities whether on the local, state, national or international level.
TEACHING
I teach courses on evaluation research for doctoral students, health program evaluation, maternal child health, and global health.
SERVICE
Among my current service activities are my membership on the NIH Agency for Healthcare Quality Research Study Section. Additionally, I am an executive board member of the Association of Teachers of Maternal Child Health an active member of APHA. On the University level I am a member of the BCHS Doctoral and Master's Curriculum Committees. Previously I have sat on a University’s Institution Review Board, Chair’s Advisory Committee, and the School's Assessment Committee. I have a strong commitment to my local community in Pittsburgh and am a member and executive board member of several community organizations.
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Abatemarco DJ, Catov J, Delnevo CD, Costa S and Hausman AJ. Factors related to zidovudine receipt among HIV (In press 8/08, Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved)
- Abatemarco DJ, Kairys S, Gubernick R, Kairys J. Expanding the Pediatrician’s Black Bag: A Psychosocial Care Improvement Model. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 2008; 34 (2):106-115.
- Abatemarco DJ, Steinberg M, Delnevo C. Midwifes and tobacco counseling practices. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, 2007; 52 (5):451-457.
- West, B. Abatemarco, DJ. Results of an International Public Health Partnership Focusing on Adolescent Alcohol Prevention in Split, Croatia. (In press, Journal of Drug Education, 2008.)
- Steinberg MB, Nanavati K, Delnevo CD, Abatemarco DJ. Predictors of Self-reported Discussion of Cessation Medications by Physicians in New Jersey. Addictive Behaviors 2007; 32(12); 3045-53.)
- Garza M A, Abatemarco DJ, Gizzi C, Abegglen L, Johnson-Conley C. Transforming the Cross-Cultural Collaborative of Pierce County through Assessment Capacity Building. (Under review, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 4/08.)
- Catov JM, Abatemarco DJ, Markovic N, Roberts, M. Anxiety, Optimism and Smoking Related to Gestational Age and Infant Birth Weight. (Under Review, International Journal of Community Epidemiology).