Shelly Campo

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University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Community and Behavioral Health
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2008
University of Iowa
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Communiction Studies
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2008

Mailing Address

E237 General Hospital
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (319) 384-5393
Fax: (319) 335-9200
shelly-campo@uiowa.edu
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/cbh/faculty/campo.html

Qualifications

Ph.D., Michigan State University, Communication, 1999.
M.A., Ohio State University, Sociology, 1994.
B.S., Cornell University, Communication, 1990.

Expertise and Research Interests

My research interests include persuasion/social influence, health communication, and campaigns.

I'm currently working on projects involving alcohol/binge drinking and smoking. I have also worked recently with issues involving sexually transmitted infections and lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender health. My projects usually focus on prevention and health promotion, but I have conducted research in end of life care for cancer patients and organizational issues surrounding HIV/AIDS outreach and prevention efforts.

Other Expertise

I have served as author or co-author of the following book chapters.
  • Kaplowitz SA, Osuch JA, Safron D, Campo S. Physician communication with seriously ill cancer patients: Results of a physician survey. In: End of Life Issues: Interdisciplinary and multidimensional perspectives. B deVries, New York: Springer, 1999.
  • Campo S, Frazer MS."I'm glad you feel comfortable enough to tell me that": Action research for better health care for women who partner with women. In: L Frey , K Carragee (Eds), Communication and activism: Communication for social change. (vol 1, pp 355-84). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Alcohol or Alcoholism, Communications, Community Health, Disease Prevention, Gay or Lesbian Studies, Health Promotion, HIV Prevention, Minority Health, Plant Sciences, Preventive Medicine, Public Health, Smoking Behavior, Sociology.

Additional Terms:

Communication.

Memberships

American Public Health Association
International Communication Association
National Communication Association
Society for Public Health Education

Honors and Awards

2006, Bronze Award for Excellence in Public Health Comunication, Iowa Department of Public Health's Colorectal Cancer Screening Campaign, National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC)
2003-2004, College of Public Health-Carver College of Medicine New Investigator Research Award, College of Public Health, University of Iowa
2002, Young Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University
2002, Top 3 Paper Award, National Communication Association, Health Communication Division
2000, Article of the Year Award, Agricultural Communicators in Education's Journal of Applied Communications
1999, Dissertation Completion Fellowship, The Graduate School, Michigan State University
1996-1997, Outstanding Graduate Instructor, International Communication Association, Instructional and Development Communication Division
1996, College of Communication Arts and Sciences Nominee, Excellence in Teaching Citation for Graduate Students, Michigan State University
1990, Gamma Sigma Delta, National Academic Honor Society for Students in Agriculture
1989, Quill and Dagger Society, Cornell University's Leadership Honor Society

Previous Positions

2003-2008, Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Community & Behavioral Health
2003-2006, Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Communication Studies
2000-2002, Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Agriculture and Life Sciences, Communication
1998-1999, Evaluation Specialist, Michigan State University, Center for Evaluative Studies, Agriculture & Natural Resources Education and Communication Systems
1997-1999, Research Assistant and Collaborator, Michigan State University, College of Social Science, Sociology
1994-1997, Research Assistant, Michigan State University, College of Communication Arts & Sciences, Communication
1992-1994, Research Associate, Ohio State University, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Sociology
1992-1992, Research Assistant, University of Rhode Island, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, Plant Sciences
1991-1992, Survey Research Assistant, University of Rhode Island, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, Plant Sciences
1990-1991, Survey Consultant, Cornell University, University Career Center
1990-1990, Research Assistant, Cornell University, Agriculture and Life Sciences, Communication

Funding Received

  • Anonymous Foundation: Iowa Initiative to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy - PI (subcontract), $193,585, 2007 to 2007.
  • American Legacy Foundation: Building an LGTB-sensitive model for smoking cessation services - PI, $92,499, 2007 to 2008.
  • Iowa Department of Public Health: State of Iowa's Tobacco Quitline Programs and Services - Co-I, $370,660, 2007 to 2007.
  • Iowa Department of Public Health: A Colorectal Cancer Social Marketing Campaign for Rural Iowans - PI, $89,362, 2006 to 2007.
  • Canada Council for the Arts: Improving the health of the rural upper Midwest through community partnerships - Co-Investigator, $288,888, 2005 to 2006.
  • Iowa Department of Health and Human Serivices: Best Practices in Adult and Child Smoking Cessation - Co-Investigator, , 2005 to 2006.
  • Iowa Department of Public Health: Colorectal Cancer Screening Campaign Effectiveness in Rural Populations, $97,447, 2005 to 2005.
  • Iowa Department of Public Health/CDC: Developing and Evaluating Colorectal Cancer Screening Campaigns for Rural Audiences, $94,663, 2005 to 2006.
  • Iowa Department of Public Health/CDC: State of Iowa's Tobacco Quitline Programs and Services, $424,997, 2005 to 2006.
  • Iowa Department of Public Health/CDC: Assessing health care providers' knowledge of Quitline Iowa and smoking cessation recommendations to patients - Co-Investigator, $30,000, 2005 to 2006.
  • Iowa Department of Public Health: Colorectal Cancer Awareness Campaign, Screen for Life: Testing Message Appropriateness for Rural Iowa - PI, $20,755, 2004 to 2004.
  • University of Iowa College of Public Health/College of Medicine: Determining Community Leaders' Understandings of College Drinking and its Negative Consequences: A Step Toward Mobilizing the Community for Change - PI, $9,994.49, 2004 to 2004.
  • IDPH/CDC: Tobacco Cessation Interventions in Iowa: Experimental Smoking among Youth, Fax Referral, and American Indian Outreach - Investigator, $124,997, 2004 to 2005.
  • IDPH: Colorectal Cancer Screening Campaign Effectiveness in Rural Populations - PI, $97,447, 2004 to 2005.
  • CDC: Improving the health of the rural upper Midwest through community partnerships - Co-Investigator, $557,689, 2003 to 2004.
  • USDA: Active Publics, Persuasion and Social Problems - PI, $66,000, 2000 to 2002.

Publications

  • Campo S (2007) A review of Lederman and Stewart's Changing the culture of college drinking: A socially situated health communication campaign, J Health Commun, 12, 417-20
  • Campo S, Mastin T (2007) Placing the burden on the individual: Overweight and obesity in African American and mainstream women's magazines, Health Comm, 22 (3), 229-40
  • Levinson A, Campo S, Gascoigne J, Jolly O, Zakharyan A, vu Tran Z (2007) Smoking, but not smokers - self-labeling among college students who smoke cigarettes, Nicotine Tob Res, 9, 845-52
  • Banerjee S, Campo S, Greene K (2007) Fact or wishful thinking? Biased expectations in "I think I look better when I'm tanned", Am J Health Behav
  • Campo S, Frazer MS (2007) In L Frey & K Carragee (eds.), Communication and activism: Communication for social change, Vol. 1, I'm glad you feel comfortable enough to tell me that, Cresskill, NJ, Hampton, 355-84 pages
  • Mastin T, Campo S, Askelson A (2007) In HD Davies, H Fitzgerald & V Missouli (eds.), Obesity, You are what you consume: The role of media in obesity, Westport, CT, Praeger Publishing, forthcoming pages
  • Campo S, Cameron K, Differential effects of exposure to social norms campaigns: a cause for concern, Health Commun, 19(3), 209-19, 2006
  • Mastin T, Campo S (2006) Conflicting messages: Overweight and obesity advertisements and articles in Black magazines, Howard J Commun, 17, 265-85
  • Frerichs L, Andsager JL, Campo S, Aquilino ML, Dyer C (2006) Framing breastfeeding and formula-feeding messages in popular US magazines, Women Health, 44 (1), 95-118
  • Cameron K, Campo S (2006) Stepping back from social norms campaigns: Comparing normative influences to other predictors of health behaviors, Health Commun, 20 (3), 277-88
  • Campo S, Poulos G, Sipple JW, Prevalence and Profiling: Hazing Among College Students and Points of Intervention, American Journal of Health Behavior, 29(2), 137-49, Mar 2005
  • Mastin T, Campo S, Frazer MS (2005) In black and white: Mainstream and specialized newspaper coverage of slavery reparations, Howard J Commun, 16, 201-23
  • Campo S, Cameron KA, Brossard D, Frazer S, Social Norms and Expectancy Violation Theories: Assessing the Effectiveness of Health Communication Campaigns, Communication Monographs, 71(4), 448-70, Dec 2004
  • Campo S, Mastin T, Frazer MS, Predicting and explaining public opinion regarding US slavery reparations, Howard J Comm, 15, 115-30, 2004
  • Kaplowitz S, Campo S, Drinking, alcohol policy, and attitudes toward a riot, Journal of College Student Development, 45, 501-16, 2004
  • Campo S, Brossard D, Frazer MS, Marchell T, Lewis D, Talbot J, Are social norms campaigns really magic bullets? Assessing the effects of students' misperceptions on drinking behavior, Health Communication, 15(4), 481-97, 2003 Abstract
  • Cameron K, Campo S, Brossard D (2003) Advocating for controversial issues: The effects of activism on compliance-gaining strategy selection, Commun Studies, 54, 265-281
  • Kaplowitz SA, Campo S, Chiu WT (2002) Cancer patients' desires for communication of prognosis information, Health Commun, 14 (2), 221-41
  • Boster FJ, Cameron K, Campo S, Liu W, McKeon J, Baker E, Ah Yun JK, The persuasive effects of statistical evidence in the presence of exemplars, Communication Studies, 51, 296-306, 2000
  • Suvedi M, Lapinski MK, Campo S, Farmers' perspectives of Michigan State University Extension: Trends and lessons from 1996 and 1999, Journal of Extension, 38, 2000
  • Suvedi M, Campo S, Lapinski MK, Michigan farmers' information seeking behaviors and perspectives on the delivery of information, Journal of Applied Communications, 83, 33-50, 1999
  • Dearing JW, Rogers EM, Meyer G, Casey MK, Rao N, Campo S, Henderson GM, Social marketing and diffusion-based strategies for communicating with unique populations: HIV prevention in San Francisco, Journal of Health Communication, 1(4), 343-63, 1996 Abstract
  • Rogers E, Dearing J, Rao N, Campo S, Meyer G, Betts G, Casey M, Communication and community in a city under siege: The IAD empidemic in San Francisco, Communication Research, 22(6), 664-678, 1995
  • Alm SR, Yeh T, Campo ML, Dawson CG, Jenkins EB, Simeoni AE, Modified trap designs and heights for increased capture of Japanese beetle adults (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), Journal of Economic Entomology, 87(3), 775-780, 1994

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