David Jolly, DrPH, MSPH, MEd

Adjunct Assistant Professor Contact djolly@nccu.edu 919.530.7130 (tel) 919.530.7985 (fax) Assistant Professor Department of Health Education North Carolina Central University P.O. Box 19738 Durham, NC  27707 Link to CV Research Interests Recent research in HIV has focused on determining the effectiveness of an adaptation of Jeffery Kelley’s Popular Opinion Leader model as a strategy for reducing risky sexual behavior among male students at a historically black university and on identifying strategies to encourage black college-aged men who have sex with men to get tested for HIV and to help those who test positive get into and remain in HIV care.  Recent research in tobacco has focused on developing an experiential model of teaching health policy advocacy that involves students in planning and implementing an initiative to alter tobacco policy on the university campus. Research Classification Health Behavior Health Policy Minority Health and Eliminating Disparities Sexual Health, STIs, and HIV/AIDS Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Educational Background DrPH, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Health Behavior and Health Education, 1993 MSPH, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Health Administration, 1982 MEd, Tufts University Elementary Education, 1973

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