Faculty Profile

Ruth "Topsy" Staten, Ph.D., R.N., C.S.

Associate Professor
Faculty Status: Graduate (Associate)
Education: Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1996
Interests: Substance abuse in college students
Phone: (859) 323-8055
E-mail: rrstat00@uky.edu

Research Links for Ruth Staten

Ruth Staten received both her Master of Science in Nursing and her Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Kentucky.

Her research focuses on health behaviors of college students and student athletes, with an emphasis on the prevention of substance abuse, particularly tobacco and alcohol.

Staten serves on the steering committee for the University's Campus-Community Coalition on Reduction of High-Risk Drinking Among College Students and the Mayor's Alliance on Substance Abuse. In 2005 she received the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Media Award for her “Keep it Real” campaign, which targeted underage drinking; in 2007 she was named Psychiatric Nurse of the Year by the Kentucky chapter of that organization. She currently serves as an elected officer on the APNA Board of Directors.

Staten teaches Family Health Promotion and Communication in the undergraduate program.

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Recent Publications

Staten, R.R., Noland, M., Rayens, M.K., Hahn, E.J., Dignan, M., Ridner, L. (In press). Social influences on cigarette initiation and use among college students, American Journal of Health Behavior.

Ridner, S.L., Hahn, E.J., Staten, R., & Miller, K. (2006). Attitudes toward secondhand smoke among college students. Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research, 7(1), 1-14.

Staten, R., Hamera, E., Hillyer, D., Hanrahan, N., Phoenix, B., Limandri, B., Rice, M., Weeks, S., & Farley-Toombs, C. (2005) Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses: 2005 Legislative Update. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 11(5), 371-380.

Staten, R., Miller, K., Noland, M., & Rayens, M.K. (2005). College students’ physical activity: Application of an ecological perspective. American Journal of Health Studies, 20(1), 58-65.

Miller, K., Staten, R., Rayens, M.K., & Noland, M. (2005). Levels and characteristics of physical activity among a college student cohort. American Journal of Health Education, 36, 215-220.

Research

	Trends in Tobacco Use in Undergraduate College Students
	Testing the Efficacy of a Smoking Cessation Program for College Students

News Stories:

	Smoking cessation classes offered to help those with resolution to kick habit
	Students beware the world of alcoholism

Read about Staten's research (pp. 24-25)

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