Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Deborah L Helitzer

Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, USA

Biography

Deborah Helitzer is a professor and dean of the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University. Her research has focused on health outcome improvements through interventions in communities and in clinical settings. She has collaborated with researchers studying diabetes, injury prevention, teen pregnancy prevention, cancer, and obesity prevention. Prior to joining ASU in August 2017, Helitzer was the Founding Dean of the College of Population Health at the University of New Mexico, where she led the development and implementation of the nation's first undergraduate degree in population health.

Publications

The Relationship between Self-Reported Adult Impact of Adverse Childhood Events and Health-Related Quality of Life

Childhood maltreatment has become a widespread public health problem that can have life-long impact, according to the National Center of Child Abuse and Neglect. The literature is replete with epidemiologic and co relational research about the relationship between adverse childhood events (ACE’s) and a wide range of negative health and mental... Read More»

David A Graeber, Deborah L Helitzer, Marianna La Noue and Jan Fawcett

Research Article: J Community Med Health Educ 2014, 4:267

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000267

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