Dr. Patricia Dolan Mullen

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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
Health Promotion/Health Education
ProfessorAppointed: 1982
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research
Training DirectorAppointed: 1982
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Behavioral Science
Cancer Prevention
Adjunct ProfessorAppointed: 1982
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Mailing Address

7000 Fannin Street, UCT Suite 2522
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
P. O. Box 20036
Houston, Texas 77030-9960
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (713) 500-9658
Fax: (713) 500-9750
Patricia.D.Mullen@uth.tmc.edu

Qualifications

Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 1979.
DrPH, University of California, Berkeley, 1975.
MPH, University of California, Berkeley, 1971.
MLS, University of California, Berkeley, 1970.
A.B., University of California, Berkeley, English Literature, 1966.

Expertise and Research Interests

My current research interests include:
Health promotion in primary care
Self management education/chronic illness
Pregnancy
Smoking
Meta-analysis
Program evaluation
Family planning
HIV/STD prevention

Other Expertise

Aspen Systems Corporation
Review Panels & Advisory Committees (selected): Principal Consultant on meta-analysis of HIV/AIDS prevention trials (1996-present)
Recent Ad Hoc Review Panels:
Division of Research Support, NIH
National Cancer Institute
National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Program

- Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Task Force on Community Prevention Services (1996-2000);
Dutch Foundation for Women and Health Research: Conference Advisory Committee-Realizing Gender Sensitive Health Care (1996-1997)
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Ad Hoc working Group on Tobacco Dependence Treatment Policy (1996)
- Association for Reproductive Health Professionals: Chair, Scientific Review Committee for Continuing Education Monograph on Smoking and Reproductive Health (1996)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Working Group on Prenatal Smoking Cessation Measures (1995-96)
- American Cancer Society: Advisory Committee on Prenatal Smoking Cessation Program (1995-97)
- Agency for Health Care Policy Research: Smoking Cessation Clinical Practice Guideline Panel (1994-96)

Editorial Positions:
Editorial Board Member: BIRTH (1994- ), Patient Education and Counseling (1994- )
International Quarterly of Community Health Education (1983 - )
Health Education Quarterly (1984-86)

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Disease Prevention, Family Medicine, Health Care Planning or Policy, Health Promotion, Patient Care and Education, Pregnancy, Prenatal Care, Prenatal Factors, Public Health, Smoking Behavior.

Additional Terms:

Disease Prevention, Health Education, Health Promotion, Meta-analysis, Patient Education, Patient Self-help, Patient Self-management Education, Prenatal Care, Preventing Alcohol Exposed Pregnancies, Public Health Education, Smoking Cessation.

Memberships

American Evaluation Research Association
American Public Health Association
Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section
Society for Behavioral Medicine
Society for Public Health Education
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Honors and Awards

1997, Outstanding School of Public Health Faculty Award, School of Public Health
1996, Outstanding School of Public Health Faculty Award,
1993, Outstanding School of Public Health Faculty Award, School of Public Health
1992, Outstanding School of Public Health Faculty Award, School of Public Health
1989, Distinguished Career Award, Public Health Education Section, American Public Health Association
1981, Scholarship, Law and Economics Center
1978-1979, Cardiovascular Research Fellowship, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
1974, Outstanding Young Women of America,
1974, Health Policy Program Fellowship, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
1970-1974, Traineeship and Basic Research Support Grants, US Public Health Service
1966, Outstanding Senior Award, University of California at Berkley

Previous Positions

1996, Research Council, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
1984, Visiting Professor, University of Limburg
1982-1997, Deputy Director, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Center for Health Promotion, Research, and Development
Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Medical School, Family Practice and Community Medicine

Funding Received

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (SIP 21-04): Community Interventions in Non-medical Settings to Increase Informed Decision Making (IDM) for Prostate Cancer Screening., $1,000,000, 2004 to 2007.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (SIP 23-04): Evaluating the Effect of Professional Education on Provider Interventions for Informed Decision Making about Prostate, $1,400,000, 2004 to 2008.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (SIP 16-04): Latinos in Collaboration for Cancer Prevention and Control, $1,500,000, 2004 to 2009.
  • National Cancer Institute: A Mood Management Intervention for Pregnant Smokers, $1,600,000, 2003 to 2008.
  • National Cancer Institute (2R25/CA57712): Behavioral Science Education for Cancer Prevention and Control, $2,500,000, 2003 to 2008.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (SIP 16-04): Latinos in Collaboration for Cancer Prevention and Control, $750,000, 2002 to 2004.
  • National Cancer Institute: Smoking Relapse Prevention among Post-partum Women, $1,250,000, 2002 to 2006.
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: An Evidence-Based Medicine Approach to Counseling and Behavior Change Interventions in Clinical Care, $320,000, 2001 to 2003.
  • National Institute for Nursing Research: Nursing Smoking Cessation Intervention during Pregnancy, $1,170,000, 2001 to 2005.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U84/CCU614576): Preventing Alcohol-exposed Pregnancies, $1,150,000, 2000 to 2004.
  • National Cancer Institute (R03 CA84805): Motivational Enhancement Therapy for Pregnant Smokers, $300,000, 1999 to 2002.
  • National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01/AA12514): Preventing Alcohol-exposed Pregnancy after a Jail Term, $1,000,000, 1999 to 2004.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U48/CCU609653): Southwest Center for Prevention Research, $5,970,000, 1998 to 2003.
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Supplement for Enhanced Prenatal Case Management for Low Income Smokers, $35,000, 1997 to 1998.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U84/CCU614576): Preventing Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies, $640,910, 1997 to 2001.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U48/CCU609653 SIP25W): Ethnic Variations in Attitudes toward Hysterectomy, $229,340, 1997 to 2002.
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Subcontract, 1 R18 AI39782-C1A1): Stop Asthma: A Management Program for Minority Families, 1997 to 2003.
  • National Cancer Institute (5 R25/CA57712): Behavioral Science Education for Cancer Prevention and Control, $1,600,000, 1997 to 2003.
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Human Development/Office of Research on Women's Health: Health Promotion for Women with Physical Disabilities, $350,000, 1996 to 1999.
  • National Cancer Institute (1 KO7 CA68072-01A1): Preventive Oncology Academic Award, Adolescent Smoking Cessation, $437,419, 1996 to 2001.
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Enhanced Prenatal Case Management for Low Income Smokers, $244,241, 1995 to 1997.
  • The Commonwealth Fund: Mid-course Evaluation of the Commonwealth Fund's Women's Health Initiative, $19,300, 1995 to 1996.
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Development and Evaluation of Intermediate Outcomes for Smoking Cessation Interventions During Pregnancy, $293,000, 1994 to 1997.
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (3RO1-HL44898-0451): Research Supplement for a Minority Investigator to Sustaining Smoking Cessation Post¬partum, $10,940, 1993 to .
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CCU609653-D.2.A): Development of New Interventions for Smoking Cessation, Maintenance and Environmental Tobacco Smoke Protection of Low Income Women and Their Partners, $114,571, 1993 to 1996.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U48/CCU609653): Southwest Center for Prevention Research, $5,970,000, 1993 to 1998.
  • Kaiser Family Foundation; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: Case Studies of Foundation-initiated Programs in the South, $324,000, 1992 to 1994.
  • National Cancer Institute (5 R25 CA57712): Behavioral Science Education for Cancer Prevention and Control, $1,400,000, 1992 to 1997.
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (RO1-HL50815): Intensified Intervention for Resistant Pregnant Smokers, $413,570, 1992 to 1997.
  • Kaiser Family Foundation and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Development of a Protocol to Assess Foundation-Initiated Programs in the Southern States, $75,000, 1991 to 1992.
  • Maxicare Research and Education Foundation: Dissemination of Stop Smoking Program for Pregnant Women, $3,000, 1991 to 1992.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Southwest Center for Prevention Research (U48/CCU609653): Survey of Prenatal Smoking Cessation Counseling by Obstetric Care Providers, $17,332, 1990 to 1992.
  • National Cancer Institute (5UOI CA52939): Salud: Mexican-American Participation in the Prevention of Cancer, $3,000,000, 1990 to 1996.
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/Division of Lung Diseases (RO1-HL44898): Sustaining Women's Smoking Cessation Postpartum, $1,700,000, 1990 to 1997.
  • American Heart Association, Texas Affiliate (88G-258): Improving Disclosure of Smoking by pregnant Women, $44,359, 1988 to 1990.
  • National Center for Health Services Research (HS05959) and Kaiser Family Foundation: Meta-Analysis of Studies Evaluating Patient Education, $87,200, 1987 to 1989.
  • Veterans Administration Health Services Research Program (II R-84-117): Information Synthesis: Self-Care Education for Cardiovascular Disorders, $28,900, 1986 to .
  • National Cancer Institute (5T32 CA09542): Behavioral Science Training for Cancer Prevention and Control, $541,437, 1986 to 1992.
  • Arthritis Foundation: Meta-Analysis of Studies of Psycho-Educational Interventions for Arthritis Patients, $1,042, 1985 to .
  • National Center for Health Services Research (HRS 5RI8 H505128): Smoking Cessation and Pregnancy: A Self-Care Approach, $210,000, 1985 to 1989.
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HI07555-OIAI): Postdoctoral Training in Behavioral Research, $501,434, 1985 to 1990.
  • Arthritis Foundation: Study of the Adoption and Implementation of Innovative Programs by Arthritis Foundation Chapters, $7,500, 1984 to 1986.
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association: Meta-Analysis of Patient Drug Information and Education Literature, $10,000, 1983 to 1984.
  • Texas Medical Association: Survey of Health Promotion Counseling Practices and Beliefs among Primary Care Physicians in Texas, $2,500, 1982 to 1983.
  • WK Kellogg Foundation: Evaluation of Physician Education and Patient Education Protocols and Materials, $257,359, 1982 to 1987.

Publications

  • Mullen PD, Cummins AG, Velasquez MM, Von Sternberg K, Carvajal R, Jails as Important But Constrained Venues for Addressing Women's Health, Family and Community Health, 26(2), 157-68, 2003
  • Bakker MJ, Mullen PD, de Vries H, van Breukelen G, Feasibility of implementation of a Dutch smoking cessation and relapse prevention protocol for pregnant women, Patient Education and Counseling, 49(1), 35-43, January 2003
  • McFarlane J, Hughes R, Nosek M, Groff J, Swedlend N, Mullen PD, Abuse assessment screen-disability (AAS-D): Measuring frequency, type, and perpetrator of abuse towards women with physical disabilities, Journal of Women's Health and Gender-based Medicine, 10(8), 86, 2002
  • Groff JY, Mullen PD, Byrd T, Shelton AJ, Lees E, Goode J, Decision making, beliefs, and attitudes toward hysterectomy: a focus group study with medically underserved women in Texas., Journal of Women's Health and Gender-based Medicine, 9 Suppl 2, S39-50, 2000 Abstract
  • Mullen PD, van den Borne HW, Breemhaar B, Implementing a surgery-patient education program as a routine practice: A study conducted by two Dutch hospitals, Patient Education and Counseling, 41, 223-234, 2000
  • Panel, Staff and Consortium Representatives, A Clinical Practice Guideline for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, JAMA, 283, 3244-3254, 2000
  • Dolan-Mullen P, DiClemente CC, Velasquez MM, Groff JY, Timpson SC, Carbonari JP, Nicol L, Enhanced prenatal case management for low income smokers, Tobacco Control, 9(Supp 3:iii), 75-77, 2000
  • Ershoff DH, Solomon LJ, Dolan-Mullen P, Predictors of intentions to stop smoking early in prenatal care, Tobacco Control, 9(Supp 3:iii), 41-45, 2000
  • Velasquez MM, Hecht J, Quinn VP, Emmons K, DiClemente CC, Dolan-Mullen P, Application of motivational interviewing to prenatal smoking cessaton: Training and implementation issues, Tobacco Control, 9(Supp 3:iii), 36-40, 2000
  • DiClemente CC, Dolan-Mullen P, Windsor RA, Whiteside HP, Goldenberg RL, The process of preganancy smoking cessaton: Implications for interventions, Tobacco Control, 9(Supp 3:iii), 16-21, 2000
  • Melvin CL, Dolan-Mullen P, Windsor RA, Whiteside HP, Goldenberg RL, Recommended cessation counseling for pregnant women who smoke: A review of the evidence, Tobacco Control, 9(Supp 3:iii), 80-84, 2000
  • Benowitz NL, Dempsey DA, Goldenberg RL, Hughes JR, Dolan-Mullen P, et al, The use of pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation during pregnancy, Tobacco Control, 9(Supp 3:iii), 91-94, 2000
  • Briss PA, Zaza S, Pappaioanou M, Fielding J, Wright-DeAguero LK, Truman BI, Hopkins DP, Mullen PD, Thompson RS, Woolf SH, et al, Developing an evidence-based Guide to Community Preventive Services - Methods, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Supp: 35-43, 2000
  • Goldenberg RL, Mullen PD, Smoking during pregnancy, Contemporary OB-GYN, 34-44, 2000
  • Stotts AL, DiClemente CC, Carbonari JP, Mullen PD, Postpartum return to smoking: Staging a 'suspended' behavior, Health Psychology, 324-332, 2000
  • Pollak KI, Carbonari JP, DiClemente CC, Niemann YF, Mullen PD, Causal relationships of processes of change and decisional balance: stage-specific models for smoking., Addict Behav, 23(4), 437-48, July 1998 Abstract
  • Mullen P D, Pollak K I, Titus J P, Sockrider M M, Moy J G, Prenatal smoking cessation counseling by Texas obstetricians., Birth, 25(1), 25-31, March 1998 Abstract
  • Groff J Y, Mullen P D, Mongoven M, Burau K, Prenatal weight gain patterns and infant birthweight associated with maternal smoking., Birth, 24(4), 234-9, December 1997 Abstract
  • Mullen P D, Simons-Morton D G, Ramirez G, Frankowski R F, Green L W, Mains D A, A meta-analysis of trials evaluating patient education and counseling for three groups of preventive health behaviors., Patient Education and Counseling, 32(3), 157-73, November 1997 Abstract
  • Mullen P D, Compliance becomes concordance [editorial; comment] [see comments], Bmj (clinical Research ed.), 314(7082), 691-2, 8 Mar 1997 Abstract
  • Hudmon K S, Mullen P D, Nicol L, Hammond S K, Sockrider M M, Sajak T, Thompson J, Telephone-guided placement and removal of nicotine monitors for the assessment of passive exposure to environmental tobacco smoke., Toxicology and Industrial Health, 13(1), 73-80, January 1997 Abstract
  • Byrd T L, Mullen P D, Selwyn B J, Lorimor R, Initiation of prenatal care by low-income Hispanic women in Houston., Public Health Reports, 111(6), 536-40, November 1996 Abstract
  • Stotts A L, DiClemente C C, Carbonari J P, Mullen P D, Pregnancy smoking cessation: a case of mistaken identity., Addictive Behaviors, 21(4), 459-71, July 1996 Abstract
  • Breemhaar B, van den Borne H W, Mullen P D, Inadequacies of surgical patient education., Patient Education and Counseling, 28(1), 31-44, June 1996 Abstract
  • Mullen P D, Evans D, Forster J, Gottlieb N H, Kreuter M, Moon R, O'Rourke T, Strecher V J, Settings as an important dimension in health education/promotion policy, programs, and research., Health Education Quarterly, 22(3), 329-45, August 1995 Abstract
  • Ershoff D H, Quinn V P, Mullen P D, Relapse prevention among women who stop smoking early in pregnancy: a randomized clinical trial of a self-help intervention., American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 11(3), 178-84, May 1995 Abstract
  • Clasen C M, Vernon S W, Mullen P D, Jackson G L, A survey of physician beliefs and self-reported practices concerning screening for early detection of cancer., Social Science and Medicine, 39(6), 841-9, September 1994 Abstract
  • Dolan-Mullen P., Ramirez G., Groff J.Y., A meta-anaysis of randomized trials of prenatal smoking cessation interventions, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 171(5), 1328-1334, 1994
  • Borgers R, Mullen P D, Meertens R, Rijken M, Eussen G, Plagge I, Visser A P, Blijham G H, The information-seeking behavior of cancer outpatients: a description of the situation., Patient Education and Counseling, 22(1), 35-46, November 1993 Abstract
  • Simons-Morton D G, Mullen P D, Mains D A, Tabak E R, Green L W, Characteristics of controlled studies of patient education and counseling for preventive health behaviors., Patient Education and Counseling, 19(2), 175-204, April 1992 Abstract
  • Mullen P D, Mains D A, Velez R, A meta-analysis of controlled trials of cardiac patient education., Patient Education and Counseling, 19(2), 143-62, April 1992 Abstract
  • Mullen P D, Carbonari J P, Glenday M C, Identifying pregnant women who drink alcoholic beverages., American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 165(5 Pt 1), 1429-30, November 1991 Abstract
  • Mullen P D, Carbonari J P, Tabak E R, Glenday M C, Improving disclosure of smoking by pregnant women., American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 165(2), 409-13, August 1991 Abstract
  • Mullen P D, Ito J R, Carbonari J P, DiClemente C C, Assessing the congruence between physician behavior and expert opinion in smoking cessation counseling., Addictive Behaviors, 16(5), 203-10, 1991 Abstract
  • Quinn V P, Mullen P D, Ershoff D H, Women who stop smoking spontaneously prior to prenatal care and predictors of relapse before delivery., Addictive Behaviors, 16(1-2), 29-40, 1991 Abstract
  • Mullen P D, Quinn V P, Ershoff D H, Maintenance of nonsmoking postpartum by women who stopped smoking during pregnancy., American Journal of Public Health, 80(8), 992-4, August 1990 Abstract
  • Lairson D R, Herd J A, Mullen P D, Aday L A, Yang M C, Identifying families at high risk of cardiovascular disease: alternative work site approaches., Journal of Occupational Medicine, 32(7), 586-93, July 1990 Abstract
  • Ershoff D H, Quinn V P, Mullen P D, Lairson D R, Pregnancy and medical cost outcomes of a self-help prenatal smoking cessation program in a HMO., Public Health Reports, 105(4), 340-7, July 1990 Abstract
  • Mullen P D, Holcomb J D, Selected predictors of health promotion counseling by three groups of allied health professionals., American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 6(3), 153-60, May 1990 Abstract
  • Mullen, P.D., Quinn V.P., Ershoff D.H., Maintenance of nonsmoking postpartum by women who stopped during pregnancy, American Journal of Public Health, 80(8), 992-994, 1990
  • Yoon G Y, Kapadia A S, Canfield M A, Moffitt K B, Mullen P D, Cardiovascular mortality trends in Harris County, Texas: 1980 to 1986., Texas Medicine, 85(10), 27-31, October 1989 Abstract

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