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HPELS Faculty & Staff Diane E.Depken, Ed.D.

 

Chair & Associate Professor
Division of Health Promotion & Education

School of Health, Physical Education and
Leisure Services

 

Address:
203 Wellness/Recreation Center

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0241

 

Office: 223 WRC

Phone: (319) 273-7287

Email: diane.depken@uni.edu

Biography

Dr. Depken currently serves as the Chair and Coordinator of the Division of health Promotion and Education.

Education

Dr. Depken recieved her doctoral degree from Temple University in the area of Women's Health/Health Promotion. She also completed post-graduate work in epidemiology at the University of Buffalo.

Courses Taught

410:145 Evaluation of Health Promotion Programs

410:128 Selected Topics in Women's Health

410:152 Introduction to Women's Health

440:010 Personal Wellness

Research Interests

Violence Prevention Program Evaluation.

Philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of approaches to women's health.

Substainability, environmental health, and potential linkages in health promotion/women's health programs.

Sexual coercion and eating disorders.


Current research interest involve body image and determininants of body dissatisfaction.  Dr. Depken is also involved in a multi-year evaluation of a Environmental Technology Education Programs at Tribal Colleges.


Tribal Fellows Institutes.

Selected Publications

Depken, D., Kaplan, L. & Zeman, C. (pending) Relational Determinants of Body Image and Body Dissatisfaction in College Women: A Retrospective Examination.


Zeman, C., B. Byrd, A. Sinca, M. Vlad, D. Depken, (2005). Health Promotion Theory, Praxis, and Needs in Transylvania, Romania , The International Electronic Journal of Health Education , January 1, pg. 36-47.


Depken, D.E.. (2004). FIPSE/Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnership Year Five Evaluation Report of FIPSE/LAAP Funded Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute Environmental Technology-OnLine Distance Training Modules. Submitted to: The Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education/Learning Anytime Anywhere Program.


Depken, D.E.. (2003). FIPSE/Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnership Year Four External Evaluation Report of FIPSE/LAAP Funded Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute Environmental Technology-OnLine Distance Training Modules. Submitted to: The Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education/Learning Anytime Anywhere Program.


Zeman, C.L., D.E. Depken, and D.S. Senchina. (2003 ) Keys to Roma Health Issues: Poverty, Culture, and Ethnic Oppression: A Review of Literature and Discussion. Ethnicity and Health. 8 (3)


Zeman, C.L., Depken, D., and Trumbull, J. (2003). A Benchmarking Health and Safety Study of a Cross Section of the Recycling Industry in Iowa, Proceedings of 8th Annual Solid Waste Association of Americas Trends and Challenges Conference, June, 2003.


Depken, D., Zeman, C.L., Kabat-Lensch, E., and Brown, E. (2002). The Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center, Summer Fellows Institute. Journal of Environmental Education, 33(2) 13-17.


Zeman, C.L., Depken, D.E., and Rich, M. L., (2002). Review of the Research and Related Literature Impinging upon Composting and Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Warming. Compost Science and Utilization. Winter, 2002 10(1) 72-86


Zeman, C.L., Depken, D.E., and Trumbell, J. (2002). Materials Exchange Relationships as a Component of Eco-Industrial Development. Proceedings of the 13th Annual Waste Reduction, Recycling & Composting Symposium of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), February 25th - March 2nd, 2002, 49-55.


Zeman, C.L. and D.E. Depken. (2001). Environmental Health Research and Student Training Project, Transylvania, Romania. International Journal Of Global Health, 1(2) 29-34


Depken, D. and Zeman, C. L., (2001). Cultural Competence in Epidemiological Field Work with Cultures in Flux: Romania. International Journal of Global Health 1:1 16-27.


Depken, Diane & Zeman, Catherine (2000). Cultural Competence in Epidemiological Field Work with Cultures in Flux: Romania. International Journal of Global Health, 1 (1) 16-27.


Yehieli, M., Depken, D. (1998) Aids in Rural Populations. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.


Depken, Diane, & Zelasko, Chester (1996). Exercise During Pregnancy: Concerns for Fitness Professionals. Strength & Conditioning Journal, 10:43-51