Biography

Prof. William Douglas Evans

The George Washington University, USA


Email: wdevans@gwu.edu


Qualifications

1991 Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Cognitive Science

1988 M.Sc., The Johns Hopkins University, Cognitive Science

1984 B.Sc., Reed College, Psychology/Philosophy


Publications (Selected)

  1. Jordan, E.T., Ray, E.M., Johnson, P., Evans. W.D. (In Press). Early Results: Text4baby Program Reaches the Intended Audience. Nursing for Women’s Health.
  2. Goodman, E., Evans, W.D., DiPietro, L., Miller, W. (In Press). Preliminary evidence for school-based physical activity policy needs in Washington, DC. Journal of Physical Activity and Health.
  3. Evans, W.D., Falconer, M.K., Khan, M., Ferris, C. (In Press). Efficacy of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Campaign Messages: Results from an Online Evaluation of the Florida Winds of Change Campaign. Journal of Health Communication.
  4. Palen, L.A., Ashley, O.S., Gard, J.C., Kan, M.L., Davis, K.C., Evans, W.D. (In Press). Effects of Media Campaign Messages Targeting Parents on Adolescent Sexual Beliefs: A Randomized Controlled Trial with a National Sample. Family and Community Health.
  5. Gard, J.C., Kan, M.L., Jones, S.B., Williams, J.C., Evans, W.D., Davis, K.C. (In Press). Organizational Use of a Media Campaign Booklet to Encourage Parent-Child Communication about Waiting to Have Sex Social Marketing Quarterly.
  6. Evans, W.D., Silber-Ashley, O., Davis, K.C., Snider, J. (In Press). Effects of a Mass Media Campaign on Parent-Child Sexual Communication. Journal of Health Communication.
  7. Evans, W.D. (2011). Review of Recent Health Communication and Social Marketing. Oxford Bibliographies Online.
  8. Evans, W.D., Longfield, K., Shekhar, N., Rabemanatsoa, A., Snider, J., Reerink, I. (2011). Social Marketing and Condom Promotion in Madagascar: A Case Study in Brand Equity Research. In Handbook of Global Health Communication, R. Obregon, and S. Waisboard (Eds.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  9. Abroms, L.C., Padmanabhan, N., Evans, W.D. (2011). Mobile Phones for Health Promotion. In Interactive Health Communication Applications: Promising Strategies for Health Behavior Change, S. Noar, and N.G. Harrington (Eds.). New York: Routledge.
  10. Evans, W.D. (2011). Changing Obesity Policies and Behavioral Risk Factors Through Social Marketing: Case Study of the Chicago 5-4-3-2-1 Go! Program. In Health Industry Communication: New Media, New Methods, New Messages, N. Hicks and C. Nichols (Eds.). Boston: Jones and Bartlett, Inc.
  11. Evans, W.D., Blitstein, J., Davis, K.C., Ulasevich, A. (2011). Mediators of Parent-Child Communication About Sexual Activity. American Journal of Health Behavior, 35(4): 428-437.
  12. Evans, W.D., Christoffel, K.K., Necheles, J., Becker, A.B., Snider, J. (2011). Outcomes of the 5-4-3-2-1 Go! Childhood Obesity Community Trial. American Journal of Health Behavior, 35(2): 189-198.
  13. Uhrig, J.D., Bann, C.M., Williams, P.N., and Evans, W.D. (2010). Social Networking Web Sites as a Platform for Disseminating Social Marketing Interventions: An Exploratory Pilot Study. Social Marketing Quarterly, 16(1): 2-20.
  14. Davis, K.C., Blitstein, J., Evans, W.D., Kamyab, K. (2010). Impact of a parent-child sexual communication campaign: results from a controlled efficacy trial of parents. BMC Reproductive Health, 7: 17. doi: 10.1186/1742–4755-7–17.
  15. Uhrig, J.D., Bann, C.M., Williams, P.N., Evans, W.D. (2010). Social Networking Web Sites: How Receptive Are Users to Accessing Information about HIV? Cases in Public Health Communication and Marketing, 4:69-86. Available from: www.casesjournal.org/volume4.
  16. Evans, W.D., Necheles, J., Becker, A.B., Christoffel, K.K., Snider, J. (2010). Social Marketing as a Childhood Obesity Prevention Strategy. Obesity, 18(S1): S23-S26.
  17. Evans, W.D., Davis, K.C., Silber Ashley, O., Blitstein, J., Koo, H., Zhang, Y. (2009). Efficacy of Abstinence Promotion Media Messages: Findings from an Online Randomized Trial. Journal of Adolescent Health, 45(4): 409-417.
  18. Melvin, C.L., Carey, T.S., Oldham, J.M., Williams Jr. J.W., Goodman, F., Linden, T.R., Evans, W.D., Kreps, G.L., Ranney, L.M., and Vanguard Communications. (2009). Marketing Off-Label Uses: Shady Practices Within a Gray Market. Psychiatric Times, 26(8): 1-4.
  19. Mobley, L., Kuo, M., Clayton, L. , and Evans, W.D. (2009). Mammography Facilities are Accessible, So Why is Utilization So Low? Cancer Causes and Control, 20(6): 1017-1025.
  20. Evans, W.D., Uhrig, J., Davis, K., McCormack, L. (2009). Efficacy Methods to Evaluate Health Communication and Marketing Campaigns. Journal of Health Communication, 14(3): 244-254.
  21. Evans, W.D., Blitstein, J., Lynch, C., de Villiers, A., Draper, C., Steyn, N., Lambert, V. (2009). Childhood Obesity Prevention in South Africa: Media, Social Influences, and Social Marketing Opportunities. Social Marketing Quarterly, 15(1): 22-48.
  22. Evans, W.D, and Hastings, G. (Eds.) (2008). Public Health Branding: Applying Marketing for Social Change. Oxford University Press. London, United Kingdom.
  23. Evans, W.D., Blitstein, J. Hersey, J. Renaud, J., and Yaroch, A. (2008). Systematic Review of Public Health Branding. Journal of Health Communication, 13(8): 351-360.



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