J. DeWitt Webster
Assistant Professor
Unit:
Dept. of Global and Community Health
Mail Stop: 5B7
Office Location: Robinson B426
Phone: 703-993-9709
Email: jwebste5@gmu.edu
Dr. Webster is an assistant professor in the Department of Global and Community Health. He teaches courses in Community Health and Health Behavior. His research addresses culture and identity in the context of health behavior; program planning, implementation, and evaluation; and health promotion initiatives through community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches. He has collaborated with UNAIDS, USAID, Africare, international foundations, federal and state ministries of health and NGOs on efforts around HIV/AIDS prevention and care, maternal and child health, and cancer prevention in Nigeria, South Africa and the United States. Dr. Webster earned his PhD in Biobehavioral Health from the Pennsylvania State University and his MPH in Community Health Education from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. He also completed post doctoral training in CBPR at the University of Michigan School of Public Health through the W.K. Kellogg Community Health Scholar Program.
Recent Publications:
Kannan, S., Webster, D., Sparks, A., Acker, C., Tropiano, E.T., Scherer, H., Moton, E.G. and Turner, T. (2006). Using a cultural framework to assess the nutrition influences in relation to birth outcomes among African American women of childbearing age: Application of the PEN-3 theoretical model. Health Promotion and Practice, Epub.
Book Chapters
Airhihenbuwa, C.O., Jack Jr., L., Webster, J.D. (2004). Community Capacity and Health Intervention Research in Communities of Color in Race and Research: Perspectives on Minority Participation in Health Studies. Eds B.. Beech, V. Setlwo, & M.F. Roohani. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
Airhihenbuwa C.O., Webster J.D., Oladosun-Okoror T. (2004) Transforming Structural Barriers To Improve The Health Of African Americans. The Praeger Handbook of Black American Health (2nd Edition): Policies and Issues Behind Disparities in Health. Ed. I. Livingston. Praeger.