Donald Isaac Wagner

Dr Wagner is the Professor of Health Promotion and Director of the Center for Prevention Studies at the University of Cincinnati. He is the former Director of the Ohio Prevention and Education Resource Center (OPERC), a statewide training, technical assistance and educational materials clearinghouse. Also, he was the founding Director of the Preventive Care Learning Center at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine where he held a joint academic appointment in Family Medicine. Recently, Dr. Wagner received a distinguished alumni award from Indiana University and the Ohio Society of Public Health Education Contributions to Health Education Award. In addition, Dr. Wagner is a former Kellogg/ Partners of the Americas Fellow in International Development and he is the past Chair of the International Board of Directors of Partners of the Americas, a Washington, DC based international development organization. He was named the Senior Adviser for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention to the Brazilian Ministry of Health in 1990. Also, he has served as a consultant on health promotion for the World Bank. His work in stress management, child health, youth development and international development have been the focus of more than 100 presentations before national and international professional societies. His special interests are in the areas of stress management, youth development, family based prevention, social marketing and drug education. In this context, he has served as a consultant to a variety of health programs in schools, governmental health units, hospitals, managed care systems and occupational health settings.

2006 -To Present Reviewer, Journal of School Health, American School Health Association,

2006 -To Present Member, Community Health Promotion Committee, Northern Kentucky District Board of Health,

2005 -To Present Member, Dean's Associates, School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Indiana University,

2005 -To Present Chair, By-Laws Committee, Partners of the Americas, Washington, DC

Grant: #9908028CPREVP069227 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-2005 -06-30-2007 Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services A Model Drug Abuse Education Awareness Program Role:PI $235,663.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio

Grant: #9908028CPREV-P079227 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-2006 -06-30-2007 Administration for Children and Families A Model Drug Abuse Education Awareness Project Role:PI $235,663.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #99-08028-CPREV-P-04- Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-2003 -06-30-2004 Administration for Children and Families A Model Drug Abuse Awareness Education Program Role:PI $235,663.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #OSP04130 Investigators:Hedrick, Bonnie; Wagner, Donald 07-01-2003 -06-30-2004 Department of Education Ohio Prevention and Education Resource Center - Federal FY04 Role:Collaborator $632,000.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #OSP04131 Investigators:Hedrick, Bonnie; Wagner, Donald 07-01-2003 -06-30-2004 Department of Education Ohio Prevention and Education Resource Center - Federal FY04 Title IV Funds Role:Collaborator $240,000.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #OSP04133 Investigators:Hedrick, Bonnie; Wagner, Donald 07-01-2003 -06-30-2004 Ohio Department of Education Ohio Prevention and Education Resource Center - State FY04 Role:Collaborator $224,500.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio

Grant: #9908028CPREVP059227 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-2004 -06-30-2005 Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services A Model Drug Abuse Awareness Education Program Role:PI $235,663.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio

Grant: #CPREV-P-01-1 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 05-01-2001 -09-30-2001 Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Head Start Distance Education Prevention Project Role:PI $139,003.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio

Grant: #99-08028-00-CPREV Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-2001 -06-30-2002 Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Head Start Distance Education Prevention Project Role:PI $110,663.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio

Grant: #CPREV-P-03-9227 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-2002 -06-30-2003 Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services A Model Drug Abuse Education Awareness Project Role:PI $235,663.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio

Grant: #OR-RC 00-NCE Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-1999 -09-30-2000 Department of Education Safe, Drug-Free Schools and Communities Discretionary Grant Role:PI $310,000.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #ODE 06297 OR RC 00 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-1999 -09-30-2000 Ohio Department of Education Safe Schools Center (State Funds) Role:PI $250,000.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio

Grant: #062927 DR SP 00P Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-1999 -09-30-2000 Department of Education Safe Schools Center (Federal Funds) Role:PI $250,000.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #99802800CPREVP019227 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-2000 -06-30-2001 Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration A Model Drug Abuse Awareness Education Program Role:PI $125,000.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #HB 282, Line 431 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-2000 -06-30-2001 Ohio Department of Education Safe Schools Center Role:PI $250,000.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio

Grant: #ODADAS FY 01 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-2000 -06-30-2002 Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration Ohio Prevention and Education Resource Center Role:PI $347,000.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #062927 DR-SP-01P Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-2000 -06-30-2002 Department of Education Ohio Prevention and Education Resource Center Role:PI $380,000.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #05 X 9087 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 01-01-2000 -12-31-2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Education Teachers Workshop Role:PI $16,500.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #99-3051-00-CPREV Investigators:Wagner, Donald 12-01-2000 -06-30-2001 Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration Ohio Prevention and Education Resource Center Mentoring Program Role:PI $25,000.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #CPREV-P-02-9227 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-2001 -06-30-2002 Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration A Model Drug Abuse Education Awareness Program Role:PI $125,000.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #OSP001173 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 04-01-2001 -06-30-2001 Ohio Department of Education Fatherhood Clearinghouse Resource Center Role:PI $294,864.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio

Grant: #OSP99101 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-1998 -09-30-1999 Department of Education Safe, Drug-Free Schools and Communities Discretionary Grant - FY99 Role:PI $282,440.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #OSP98102 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-1998 -09-30-1999 Department of Education Safe, Drug-Free Schools and Communities Discretionary Grant - FY99 Role:PI $370,000.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #95 x 9037 Investigators:Wagner, Donald 01-01-1999 -12-31-1999 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Education Teacher Workshops Role:PI $16,500.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #99-31703-02-02-CPREV Investigators:Wagner, Donald 07-01-1999 -06-30-2000 Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration A Model Drug Abuse Education Awareness Program: The Young Child Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Prevention Program Role:PI $125,000.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #99-8028-ORN-P-08-0801 Investigators:Hedrick, Bonnie; Wagner, Donald 07-01-2007 -06-30-2008 Department of Education Ohio Resource Network for Safe & Drug Free Schools & Communities Role:Collaborator $824,000.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #99-8028-CPREV-P-08-9227 Investigators:Elgas, Peggy; King, Keith; Wagner, Donald 07-01-2007 -06-30-2008 Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services A Model Drug Abuse Education Awareness Project Role:PI $235,663.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio

Grant: #CSEE Investigators:Hedrick, Bonnie; King, Keith; Wagner, Donald 12-01-2007 -06-30-2009 Ohio Department of Education Ohio Safe and Drug Free Schools Role:Collaborator $456,450.00 Closed Level:State of Ohio

Peer Reviewed Publications

Rojas-Guyler,L.; Wagner,D. (2006. ) Skills, attitudes, and expectations of health educators about Hispanic cultural competency professional development .American Journal of Health Studies, ,

Guyler,L.; Cottrell,R.; Wagner,D. (2006. ) The second national survey of U.S. internship standards in health education professional preparation: 15 years later .American Journal of Health Education, ,

Sharma,M.; Wagner,D.I.; Wilkerson,J. (2005. ) Predicting childhood obesity prevention behaviors using social cognitive theory .International Quarterly of Community Health Education, , 24(3) ,191 -203

Li,Y.; Cottrell,R.R.; Wagner,D.I.; Ban,M. (2004. ) Needs and preferences regarding sex education among Chinese college students: a preliminary study .International Family Planning Perspectives, , 30(3) ,128 -133

King,K.A.; Wagner,D.I. (2003. ) Parents' reported needs in preventing their children from engaging in alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use .American Editions - Drugs, Society, and Behavior, , 182 -188

King,K.A.; Wagner,D.I.; Hedrick,B. (2002. ) Parents' reported needs in preventing their children from using alcohol, tobacco and other drug use .American Journal of Health Education, , 33(2) ,67 -73

King,K.; Wagner,D.; Hedrick,B. (2001. ) Safe and drug free school coordinators' perceived needs in preventing drug use and violence among youth .Journal of School Health, , 71(6) ,236 -241

Wilson,B.R.; Wagner,D. (1997. ) Developing organizational health in the worksite .Journal of Health Studies, , 13 ,105 -109

Wagner,D.I.; Ejalali,C.; Wilson,B.R.A. (1996. ) Youth perceptions of heart health education: utilizing the application of focus groups .Journal of Health Education, , 27(5) ,24 -26

Cedergan, A.; King, K.; Wagner, D. & Wegley, S. (2007. ) Social benefits of chair volleyball .Activities, Adaptation and Aging, , 31 (4 ) ,23-36

Book Chapter

Zins,J.; Wagner,D.I. (1997 ) Children's needs II: development, problems and alternatives Health Promotion .Washington, DC, National Association of School Psychology

Invited Presentations

Wagner, D., King, K., & Jenkins, D. (04-2007. ) College females' sexual knowledge, beliefs and behaviors related to the prevention of human papillomavirus .American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Baltimore.

Wagner, D. (12-2006. ) Family based prevention: Parent stress management education .Ohio Prevention and Education Conference, Columbus, OH.

Wagner, D., King, K., & Vidourek, R. (11-2006. ) Parent perceived needs for ATOD information .Ohio Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Columbus, OH.

Wagner, D., & King, K. (09-2006. ) A collaborative model for developing family based prevention .20th Annual Children's Network Conference, Ontario, CA.

Wagner, D., & King, K. (08-2006. ) A distance learning project for health education staff training .National Association of Health Education Centers, Nashville.

King, K., Wagner, D., & Hedrick, B. (05-2006. ) Building and sustaining community coalitions: Lessons learned from the Ohio Bridgebuilders Project .Society of Public Health Education, Las Vegas, CA.

Guyler, G., & Wagner, D. (05-2006. ) Latino cultural competence among health educators: Professional preparation implications .Society of Public Health Education, Las Vegas, CA.

Wagner, D. I. (04-2006. ) Oral health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of college students .Presented at the American Association for Health Education, Salt Lake City, UT.

Rojas-Guyler, L., Cottrell, R. R., & Wagner, D. L. (04-2006. ) Internship standards in health education professional preparation .Paper presented at the American Association for Health Education, Salt Lake City, UT.

Wagner, D. I. (03-2006. ) Family stress management skills .Presented at the 12th Annual Parenting and Family Education Conference, Vancouver, WA.

Sharma, M., & Wagner, D. I. (2006. ) Developing and testing an instrument to evaluate childhood obesity prevention interventions based on social cognitive theory .Proceedings of the American Public Health Association's Annual Meeting, USA.

Wagner, D. I. (12-2005. ) Managing ADHD in the classroom: Staff training project via distance education .Presented at the Velma Schmidt Conference on Early Childhood Education, Denton, TX.

Wagner, D. I. (12-2005. ) Family based prevention: Parent stress management skills .Presented at the Ohio Assn. of Health, P.E., and Recreation, Columbus, OH.

Wagner, D. I., & Sharma, M. (10-2005. ) Utilizing social cognitive theory to design childhood obesity prevention interventions .Presentation at the American School Health Association's 79th Annual Meeting, Burbank, CA.

Wagner, D. I. (09-2005. ) Disrupting the cycle of risk: A family based resiliency program for young children .Presented at the 19th Annual Children's Network Conference, Ontario, Canada.

Wagner, D (06-2005. ) Engaging foster parents in authoritative parenting techniques .Paper presented at the meeting of building on family strengths national conference, Portland, Oregon.

Wagner, D (04-2005. ) Strengthening families: stress management skills .Paper presented at the meeting of PRIDE Youth Programs World Drug Prevention Conference, Cincinnati, OH.

Wagner, D (04-2005. ) Teaching parents prevention activities .Paper presented at the meeting of American Association for Health Education, Chicago, IL.

Sharma, M., Wagner, D. I., & Wilkerson, J. (2005. ) Predicting childhood obesity prevention behaviors using social cognitive theory .Published abstract in the Proceedings of the American Public Health Association's Annual Meeting, USA, 133, Session 3346,

Wagner, D. (12-2004. ) Family based prevention training via a distance education delivery system for early childhood staff development .Paper presented at the meeting of Velma Schmidt Conference on Early Childhood Education, Denton, TX.

Wagner, D (12-2004. ) What works: Preventing eating disorders with athletes and students .Paper presented at the meeting of Ohio Ass. Of Health, P.E., and Recreation, Columbus, OH.

Li, Y., Cottrell, R.R., Wagner, D.I., & Ban, D.I. (11-2004. ) Preliminary study of needs and preferences for sexuality education among Chinese college students .Presented at The American Public Health Association National Convention, Washington, DC.

Wagner, D (10-2004. ) Perceived closeness to important others and student involvement in alcohol and other drug use .Paper presented at the meeting of American School Health Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

King, K. A., & Wagner, D. I. (05-2004. ) Youth suicide prevention: A family-based approach .Paper presented at the Building on Family Strengths Annual Conference, Portland, OR.

Wagner, D. I. (05-2004. ) The role of social service staff in the delivery of pre-K alcohol and drug prevention programs .Paper presented at the Building on Family Strengths National Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Wagner, D. I., & King, K. A. (10-2003. ) Family-based substance abuse prevention in a pre-K setting: Implications for school nurses .Paper presented at the 77th Annual American School Health Association Conference, El Paso, TX.

Wagner, D. I., & King, K. A. (09-2003. ) A distance education model for the delivery of family-based prevention training .Paper presented at the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention - Center for the Application of Prevention Training 4th Annual Technology and Prevention Conference, Bloomington, MN.

Wagner, D. (04-2002. ) Family-based prevention via distance education .Paper presented at the International Drug Prevention Conference, Cincinnati, OH.

Wagner, D. (04-2002. ) Conducting family-based prevention training .Paper presented at the American Association for Health Education, San Diego, CA.

Wagner, Donald (04-2001. ) Outcome evaluation: Methods and procedures for ATOD programs .Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Statewide Directors Meeting, Columbus, OH.

Wagner, Donald (04-2001. ) Developing the resilient child: Appropriate prevention programming for young children .Ohio Association for the Development of Young Children, Columbus, OH.

Wagner, Donald (03-2001. ) Evaluation findings of Ohio prevention programming with head start and preschool settings .American Association of Health Education, Cincinnati, OH.

Wagner, Donald (03-2001. ) Family-based prevention approaches for parents of young children .Pride International Conference, Louisville, KY.

Wagner, Donald (03-2001. ) Using focus groups to assess the needs of ATOD programs .Pride International Conference, Louisville, KY.

Wagner, Donald (09-2000. ) Ohio head start prevention project: Effective strategies for increasing the involvement of parents in prevention programs .The World Federation of Public Health Associations International Conference, Beijing, China.

Wagner, D.; King, K. & Ickes, M. (2007. ) A collaborative approach for developing school-community partnerships in health education .Ohio Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Columbus, OH.

King, K.; Vidourek, R. & Wagner, D. (2007. ) The power of positive connections: How to protect youth from violence, suicide and drug use .Ohio Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Columbus, OH.

Ickes, M. & Wagner, D. (2007. ) Classroom applications fo best practices in obesity prevention .Ohio Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Columbus, OH.

Wagner, D. (2007. ) Family based prevention: Parent stress management education .Ohio Prevention and Education COnference, COlumbus, OH.

Wagner, D. & King, K.A. (2007. ) The role of social service staff in the delivery of a pre-K alcohol and drug prevention distance education program .Building on Family Strencgths National Conference, Portland, OR.

King, K.; Wagner, D. & Schiesler, N. (2007. ) Coalition development and substance abuse prevention: The research behind the Ohio Bridgebuilders Project .National Prevention Network Prevention Researhc Conference, Portland, OR.

King, K. Vidourek, R. & Wagner, D. (2007. ) Preventing youth substance abuse: Moving family-based research into practice .National Prevention Network Prevention Research Conference, Portland, OR.

King, K.; Vidourek, R. & Wagner, D. (2007. ) Effect of High School Suicide Prevention Education on Students' Knowledge and Confidence in Referring Suicidal Peers for Help .American School Health Association , Honolulu, HI.

King, K. & Wagner, D. (2007. ) Building school-community connections that decrease adolescent drug use .American School Health Association, Honolulu, HI.

Guyler, G.; Dixon, S. & Wagner, D. (2007. ) Relationships between HIV Knowledge, Perceived Threat, HIV Risk Behaviors, HIV testing History, and Prior Sexuality Education among College Students in an Urban University .Mid Year AAHE Conference, Atlanta, GA.