Faculty/Staff Robert M. Goodman, PhD, MPH, MA

Professor and Chair

Graduate School of Public Health
208 Parran Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261

Phone: 412-624-3100
Fax: 412-648-5975
E-mail: rmg16@pitt.edu

RESEARCH

My research interests are in the areas of community-based participatory research, evaluation research, social ecology intervention research, community capacity development, and qualitative methods.

TEACHING

I teach a course in community public health development. I have also taught courses in evaluation methods and social issues in public health.

SERVICE

Past President (1999), Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)

Cochair, SOPHE Research Committee (current)

Editorial Board Member, Health Promotion Practice, Health Education Research, Family & Community Health

Reviewer, Health Promotion Practice, Health Education and Behavior, American Journal of Community Psychology, Health Education Research, Family & Community Health

Member, Institute of Medicine; Study Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century, National Academy of Sciences (2001–02)

Member, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Advisory Committee on the Evaluation Framework for the Prevention Research Centers (2001–02)

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Chinman MJ, Wandersman A, Goodman R. “A Benefit and Cost Approach to Understanding Social Participation and Volunteerism in Multi-level Organizations.” In Omoto AM. & Oskamp S. (Eds.), Processes Of Community Change And Social Action: A volume in the Claremont Symposium On Applied Social Psychology Series. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc (2004).
  
• Wandersman, A., Goodman, R.M., Butterfoss, F.D.  “Understanding Coalitions and How They Operate.”  In Minkler, M. (Ed.), Community Organizing and Community Building For Health Education, 2nd Edition, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (2004).
  
• Yoo, S.Y., Weed, N.E., Lempa, M.L., Mbondo, M. Shada, R., Goodman, R.M. “Collaborative Community Empowerment: An Illustration of a Six-Step Process,” Health Promotion Practice, (2004).
  
• Dal Santo, J.A., Goodman, R.M., Glik, D., Jackson, K.  "Childhood Unintentional Injuries: Factors Predicting Injuries Among Pre-Schoolers,” Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 29 (4) 2004, 273-283.
  
• Windsor, R.E., Clark, N.A., Boyd, R., Goodman, R.M.  Evaluation of Health Promotion, Health Education and Disease Prevention Programs, 3rd Edition.  McGraw Hill (2003).
  
• Baker, E.A., Goodman, R.M.  “Community Assessment and Change: A Framework, Principles, Models, Methods, and Skills.” In D. Scutchfield and W. Keck (Eds.). Principles of Public Health Practice, 2nd Edition, Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Publishing Company, 2003, 177-189.
  
• Goodman, R.M., Seaver, M.R. Yoo, S.Y., Dibble, S., Shada, R., Sherman, B., Urmston, F., Milliken, N., Freund, K.  “A Qualitative Evaluation of the National Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health Program,” Women’s Health Issues, 12 (6), 2002, 291-308.
  
• Goodman, R.M., Wright, B.  “Social Ecology and Program Implementation: An Evolving Perspective.” G. Ma (Ed). Charles C. Thomas Publishers, 2002.
  
• Goodman, R.M., LiBurd, L.C., Green-Phillips, A.  “The Formation of a Complex Community Program for Diabetes Control: Lessons Learned From A Case Study of Project DIRECT,” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 7 (3), 2001, 19-29.
  
• Butterfoss, F.D., Wandersman, A., Goodman, R.M.  “Citizen Participation and Health: Toward a Psychology of Improving Health Through Individual, Organizational, and Community Involvement.”  In Baum, A., Revenson, T., Singer, J. (Eds.).  Handbook of Health Psychology, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2001, pp. 613-625.
  
• Altman, D.G. and Goodman, R.M.  ”Community intervention.”  In A. Baum, T.A. Revenson, & J.E. Singer (Eds), Handbook of Health Psychology (pp. 591-612). Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2001
  
• Goodman, R.M.  “Evaluation of Community-based Programs: An Alternative Perspective,”  In Schneiderman, N., et al., Integrating Behavioral and Social Sciences with Public Health, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2000
  
• Goodman, R.M.  “On Contemplation At 50: SOPHE Presidential Address,” Health Education and Behavior, 27 (4), 2000, 423-429.
  
• Goodman, R.M.  “Bridging the Gap In Effective Program Implementation,” Journal of Community Psychology, 28 (3), 2000 309-321.
  
• Schwartz, R., Goodman, R.M.  “Health Promotion Practice: Advancing the State of Health Promotion and Education Practice,” Health Promotion Practice, 1 (1), 2000, 5-9.