Marianne M. Hillemeier
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration
Contact Information
504S Ford Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-0873
Research Interests
Disparities in child and adolescent health; effects of context on health and health-related behavior; disparities in children's health care access and utilization; provider-family interaction in health care encounters; chronic conditions among children and adolescents including asthma and obesity
Teaching Interests
Child and adolescent health disparities; child and family health policy; public health
Publications
Hillemeier MM, Foster EM, Heinrichs B, Heier BJ, Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group (in press). Racial differences in parental reports of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder behaviors. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.
Hillemeier MM, Weisman CS, Chase GA, Dyer AM. (in press). Mental health status among rural women of reproductive age: findings from the Central Pennsylvania Womens Health Study (CePAWHS). American Journal of Public Health.
Weisman CS, Hillemeier MM, Chase GA, Misra DP, Chuang CH, Parrott R, Dyer A-M. (in press). Womens perceived control of their birth outcomes in the Central Pennsylvania Womens Health Study (CePAWHS): implications for the use of preconception care. Womens Health Issues.
Paul I, Lehmann EB, Suliman AK, Hillemeier MM. 2007. Perinatal disparities for black mothers and their newborns in Pennsylvania. Maternal and Child Health Journal, epub ahead of print, doi 10.1007/s10995-007-0280-6.
Hillemeier MM, Weisman CS, Chase GA, Dyer AM. Shaffer ML. 2007. Womens preconceptional health and use of health services: implications for preconception care. Health Services Research, epub ahead of print, doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00741.x.
Weisman CS, Grimley DM, Annang L, Hillemeier MM, Chase GA, Dyer AM. 2007. Vaginal douching and intimate partner violence: is there an association? Womens Health Issues, epub ahead of print, doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.05.002.
Hillemeier MM, Weisman CS, Chase GA, Dyer AM. 2007. Individual and community predictors of preterm birth and low birthweight along the rural-urban continuum in Central Pennsylvania. Journal of Rural Health 23(1):42-48.
Miller K, Yost B, Flaherty S, Hillemeier MM, Chase GA, Weisman CS, Dyer AM. 2007. Health status, health conditions, and health behaviors among Amish women: results from the Central Pennsylvania Womens Health Study (CePAWHS). Womens Health Issues 17(3):162-171.
Bai Y, Hillemeier MM, Lengerich EJ. 2007. Racial/ethnic disparities in symptom severity among children hospitalized with asthma. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 18:54-61.
Hillemeier MM, Gusic ME, Bai Y. 2006. Rural and urban children with asthma: are school health services meeting their needs? Pediatrics 118(3):1097-1103.
Weisman CS, Hillemeier MM, Chase GA et al. 2006. Preconceptional health: risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes by reproductive life stage in the Central Pennsylvania Womens Health Study (CePAWHS). Womens Health Issues 16:216-224.
Hillemeier MM,Gusic ME, Bai Y. 2006. Communication and education about asthma in rural and urban schools. Ambulatory Pediatrics 6(4):198-203.
Education
PhD 1998 Sociology/Population Studies, University of Michigan
MPH 1988 Maternal and Child Health, Harvard University
MSN 1982 Pediatric Nursing, Yale University
BS 1975 Nursing, University of Iowa