Deborah Bray Preston
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Professor Emerita

Contact Information

205E Health & Human Development East
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802-6509

(814) 861-4332

Fax: (814) 865-3779

dqp@psu.edu

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Rural Sociology, 1984
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Master of Science in Nursing, 1980
The Pennsylvania State University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 1967
The University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Diploma, 1960
The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Senior Matriculation, 1957
East York Collegiate Institute
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Honors

2002
Recipient of the Penn State Nursing Alumni Shirley Novosel Award for Outstanding Achievements in Nursing
1990-present
Who's Who in American Nursing

Publications

Preston, D. B., Young, E. W., Koch, P. B., & Forti, E. M. (1995). The Nurses' Attitudes About AIDS Scale (NAAS): Development and psychometric analysis. AIDS Education and Prevention, 7(5), 443-454

Preston, D. B. Elderly women and stress: The contextual effects of marriage. (1995). Health Care of Women International, 16(2), 149-165.

Preston, D.B., & Bucher, J. (1996) The effects of community change and network support on the health of the elderly. Public Health Nursing, 13(1), 72-79.

Young, E.W., Preston, D.B., & Forti, E.M. (1996) Rural nurses' use of Universal Precautions in relation to their perceived knowledge of their patients' HIV status. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 33, 240-258

Preston, D.B. (1996)Il nursing rurale. Mondo Infermieristico, 5, 3-4.

Preston, D.B. (1997). The effects of community differences on the health of the elderly. Quaderni Sommess, 1, 5-24.

Yoder, R.E., Preston, D.B. & Forti, E.M. (1997). Rural school nurses' attitudes about AIDS and homosexuality. Journal of School Health, 67(8), 120-138.

Preston, D.B. Forti, E.W., Kassab, C., & Koch, P.B. (2000). Personal and social determinants of rural nurses' willingness to care for persons with AIDS. Research in Nursing and Health, 23, 67-68.

O'Sullivan, S., Preston, D. B. (2000). Predictors of rural critical care nurses' willingness to care for people with AIDS. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 16, 181-190.

Budd, G.M., Preston, D.B. (2001) College student's altitudes and beliefs about the consequences of smoking: Development and normative scores of a new scale. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners . 13(9), 421-427.

Cain, R.E., Schulze, R.W., Preston, D.B. (2001) Developing a partnership for HIV primary prevention for men at high risk for HIV infection in rural communities. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. 8(2), 75-78.

Preston , D.B., D’Augelli, A.R., Cain, R.E., & Schulze, F.W. (2002). Issues in the development of HIV-preventive interventions for men who have sex with men (MSM) in rural areas. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 23(2), 119-214.

D’Augelli, A.R., Preston, D.B., Kassab, C.D., & Cain, R.E. (2002). Rural men who have sex with men: An exploratory study of sexual orientation sharacteristics and adjustment patterns. Journal of Rural Community Psychology, E5(2).

Preston , D.B., Forti, E.M., & Kassab, C.D. (2002). Profiles of Rural Nurses’ Use of Personal Protective Equipment: A Cluster Analysis. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 13(6), 34-45.

Penrod, J., Preston, D.B., Cain, R.E., Starks, M.T. (2003) A discussion of chain referral as a method of sampling hard-to-reach populations. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 14(2), 100-107.

Preston, D.B., D'Augelli, A.R., Kassab, C.D., Cain, R.E., Schulze, F.W., Starks, M.T. (2004) The influence of stigma on the sexual risk behavior of rural men who have sex with men. AIDS Education and Prevention, 16(4), 291-303.

Research

Foci

Research Projects

Principal Investigator: The Effects of Stigma on the Sexual Risk Behavior of Rural Men R01-MH 62981-01. Co-Principal Investigator: Anthony D'Augelli. Source of Funding: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 2001-2003 .

Co-Principal Investigator: Obtaining Care: Access to Health Care Services and the Use of Self-Care Practices among Poor Families in the Rural Northeast. Funded by the USDA, 1998.

Principal Investigator: Barriers to Accessing Health Care Services Among Rural Poor Families. Funded by the Penn State College of Health & Human Development, 1998.

Co-Investigator: Transitional Care of Frail Rural Elders. Funded by the NINR, 1997.

Principal Investigator: The Effect of Nurses' Attitudes About AIDS and Job Stress on Their Willingness to Care for People with AIDS and Their Use of Universal Precautions: A Rural Urban Comparison. Funded by USDA/NERCRD, 1993-1996.

Principal Investigator: Knowledge and Attitudes about AIDS in a Sample of Rural Nurses. Funded by USDA/NERCRD, 1989-1991.

Principal Investigator: The Effects of Community Context on Health Stress, Coping, and Social Support in a Sample of 900 Elderly. Funded by USDA/NERCRD, 1987-1989.

Service

2005
Co-Chair, North Central District AIDS Coalition
2002 to present
Member, PA Department of Health, HIV Prevention Community Planning Committee