My research interests are in the development and evaluation of community and clinic-based programs that address health behavior problems affecting women and children, primarily among low-income families in urban areas. The application of behavioral sciences to childhood injury control and domestic violence prevention programs, and the relationship between violence and HIV risk are areas of special focus.

Current research focuses on the use of computers for patient and public safety education; community interventions to improve home safety; translation research to disseminate proven injury prevention interventions; the impact of housing conditions on child safety; and stage tailored clinical interventions for survivors of domestic violence living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS.

Health Behavior Change, Health Policy, Intervention Research, Health Education, Health Promotion, Injury Prevention, Child/Maternal Health, HIV/AIDS, Women's Health, Domestic Violence

Home Safety Research Award from the Home Safety Council, 2008

Elected Fellow, American Academy of Health Behavior, 2005

Certificate of Nomination, Margaret Bright Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Health Policy and Management, 2004

Distinguished Career Award, American Public Health Association, Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section, 2002

Early Career Award, American Public Health Association, Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section, 1990.

Delta Omega, National Honorary Public Health Society, Alpha Chapter, 1989.

Sigma Xi, Honorary Scientific Research Society, Johns Hopkins University Chapter, 1989.

Laughon K, Gielen AC, Campbell JC, Burke J, McDonnell KA, O’Campo P. The relationships among sexually transmitted infection, depression and lifetime violence in a sample of predominantly African-American women, Research in Nursing and Health, 30(4), 413-428, 2007.

Smith KC, Cho J, Gielen AC, Vernick JS. Newspaper Coverage of Residential Fires: An Opportunity for Prevention Communication, Injury Prevention, 13; 110-114, 2007.

Stone KE, Eastman EM, Gielen AC, Squires B, Hicks G, Kaplin D, Serwint JR. Home Safety in Inner Cities: Prevalence and Feasibility of Home Safety-Product Use in Inner-City Housing, Pediatrics, e346-e353, 2007.

Gielen AC, Trifiletti L, McDonald EM, Shields W, Wang MC, Cheng YJ, Weaver N, Walker A. Using A Computer Kiosk to Promote Child Safety: Results of a Randomized, Controlled Trial in an Urban Pediatric Emergency Department, Pediatrics. 120; 330-339, 2007.

Bergen G, Frattaroli S, Ballesteros MF, Ta VM, Beach C, Gielen AC. The Implementation and Utility of Fire Incident Reporting Systems: The Delaware Experience, Journal of Community Health, Original Paper, December 12, 2007.

Ta VM, Juon HS, Gielen AC, Steinwachs D, Duggan A. Disparities in Use of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services by Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Women, Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, July 24, 2007.

Yonas M, O’Campo P, Burke JG, Gielen AC. Neighborhood-level Factors and Youth Violence: Giving Voice to the Perceptions of Prominent Neighborhood Individuals, Health Education and Behavior, 34(4): 669-685, 2007.

Gielen AC, Ghandour RM, Burke JG, Mahoney P, McDonnell KA, O’Campo P, HIV/AIDS and intimate partner violence: Intersecting women’s health issues in the United States, Trauma, Violence and Abuse, invited paper, Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 8(2): 178-198, 2007.

Martin JB, Green LW, Gielen AC. Potential Lessons from Public Health and Health Promotion for the Prevention of Child Abuse, The Health Families America Initiative, 205-222, 2007.

Gielen AC, Sleet D, DiClemente R (Editors), Injury and Violence Prevention: Behavioral Science Theories, Methods, and Applications, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2006.

Trifiletti LB, Shields WC, McDonald EM, Walker AR, Gielen AC. Development of Injury Prevention Materials for People with Low Literacy Skills, Patient Education and Counseling, 64(1-3): 119-27, May, 2006.

Trifiletti LB, Shields W, McDonald, E, Reynaud, F, Gielen AC. Tipping the Scales: Overweight Children and Car Safety Seats, Pediatrics, 117 (4): 1197-1202, 2006.

Jones AS, Dieneman J, Schollenberger J, Kub J, O’Campo P, Gielen AC, Campbell JC. Long-term costs of intimate partner violence in a sample of female HMO enrollees, Women’s Health Issues, 16(5): 252-61, 2006.

Gielen AC, Campbell J, Garza MA, O’Campo P, Dienemann J, Ku J, Snow-Jones A, Lloyd DW. Domestic Violence in the Military: Women’s Policy Preferences and Beliefs Concerning Routine Screening and Mandatory Reporting, Military Medicine, 171(8): 729-735, August, 2006.

McDonald EM, Solomon BS, Shields WC, Serwint JR, Wang M-C, Gielen AC. Do Urban Parents’ Interests in Safety Topics Match Their Children’s Injury Risks? Health Promotion Practice, 7(4):1-8, October, 2006.

Ta VM, Frattaroli S, Bergen G, Gielen AC. Evaluated Community Fire Safety Interventions in the United States: A Review of Current Literature, Journal of Community Health, 31(3):176-197, June 2006.

Frattaroli S, DeFrancesco S, Gielen AC, Bishai DM, Guyer B. Local stakeholders’ perspective on improving the urban environment to reduce child pedestrian injury: implementing effective public health interventions at the local level, J Public Health Policy, 27(4):376-388, 2006.

O’Campo P, Kub J, Woods A, Garza M, Campbell J, Snow-Jones A, Gielen AC, Dienemann J. Depression, PTSD and Co-morbidity related to intimate partner violence in civilian and military women, Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 6:99-110, 2006.

Gielen AC, McDonnell KA, O’Campo P, Burke JG. Suicide Risk and Mental Health Indicators: Do they Differ by Abuse and HIV Status? Women’s Health Issues, 15(2):89-95, 2005.

Trifiletti LB, Gielen AC, Sleet DA, Hopkins KH. Behavioral Theories: Are They Used in Unintentional Injury Prevention Research?, Health Education Research, 20(3): 298-307, 2005.

Yonas M, O’Campo P, Burke JG, Peak G, Gielen AC. Urban Youth Violence: Do Definitions and Reasons for Violence Vary by Gender? Journal of Urban Health, 82(4):543-551, 2005.

O’Campo P, Burke JG, Peak G, McDonnell K, Gielen AC. Uncovering the Neighborhood Influences on Intimate Partner Violence Using Concept Mapping, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 59:603-08, 2005.

Burke JG, Thieman LK, Gielen AC, O’Campo P, McDonnell KA. Intimate partner violence, substance abuse and HIV Among Low-Income Women: Taking a Closer Look, Violence Against Women, 11(9):1140-1161, 2005.

McDonald EM, Solomon B, Shields W, Serwint JR, Jacobsen H, Weaver NL, Kreuter M,Gielen AC. Evaluation of kiosk-based tailoring to promote household safety behaviors in an urban pediatric primary care practice, Patient Education and Counseling, 58:168-181, 2005.

McDonnell KA, Gielen AC, O’Campo P, Burke J. Abuse, HIV Status and Health Related Quality of Life Among a Sample of HIV Positive and HIV Negative Low Income Women, Quality of Life Research, 14(4):945-957, 2005.

Burke JG, O’Campo P, Peak G, Gielen AC, McDonnell K, Trochim W. An Introduction to Concept Mapping as a Participatory Public Health Research Methodology, Qualitative Health Research, 15(10):1392-410, 2005.

Burke JG, Denison JA, Gielen AC, McDonnell KA, O’Campo P, What helps women end Intimate partner violence? An application of the Transtheoretical Model, American Journal of Health Behavior, 28(2):122-33, 2004.

Gielen AC, DeFrancesco S, Bishai D, Mahoney P, Ho S, Guyer B. Child Pedestrians: The role of parental beliefs and practices in promoting safe walking in urban neighbor¬hoods, J Urban Health, 81(4):545-55, 2004.

Cabral RJ, Cotton D, Semaan S, Gielen AC, Application of the transtheoretical model for HIV prevention in facility-based and a community-level behavioral intervention research study, Health Promotion Practice, 5(2):199-207, 2004.