Developing Health Promotion Programs

David J. Anspaugh is Professor and Chair of the Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science Department at Tri-State University in Angola, Indiana. He received his B.S. from Albion College, his M.S. from Eastern Michigan University, his P.E.D. from Indiana University, and his Ed.D. from the University of Tennessee. He is the author a new text on health promotion, published by McGraw-Hill. He has received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Memphis and the Distinguished Advising Award from University College of the University of Memphis. He is a Southern District AAHPERD scholar and an AAHE fellow. He has served as President of SDAAHPERD, the AAHE Board of Directors, and the National Commission for Health Education. He has received the Robert H. Kirk Distinguished Doctoral Alumni Award from the University of Tennessee.

Mark Dignan is Chair of the Center for Community Science at the AMC Cancer Research Center. He received his B.U.S. in chemistry from the University of New Mexico, his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Utah and his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee all in health education. In addition, he has an M.P.H. from the University of North Carolina in biostatistics. Dr. Dignan has taught numerous health courses at Denver University, Wake Forest University, the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Community Medicine, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm Sweden, and the Universities of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Greensboro. He is the Research Editor for Health Values: Health Behavior, Education and Promotion and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Cancer Education.

Dr. Anspaugh is Research Coordinator at Life Quest Incorporated. She received both her B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Memphis and her Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi. She also a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Memphis.