LINDA BOECKNER, PhD
Professor
Panhandle Research and Extension Center
4502 Ave I PHREC
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69361-4939
(308) 632-1256

Biography

Dr. Boeckner is currently involved in developing nutrition education and health programs to address Nebraska adults though the extension education system. This responsibility encompasses projects to increase fruit and vegetable intake in young adults, improve health behaviors related to healthy eating and physical activity in midlife to older rural women, as well as to address issues related to an aging Nebraska population. Focus groups across the state in 2002 have identified these major themes related to aging issues: financial security, health care access and healthy quality of life, social and family relationships across generations, and aging friendly communities that address services, transportation and housing infrastructure. Work with the mid to older adult women is being done in the context of the health promotion model with a focus on behaviors related to eating and physical activity. An emerging interest centers on factors that are creating an obesigenic environment in our schools and communities.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Esters, O. N., Boeckner, L. S., Hubert, M., Horacek, T., Kritsch, K. R., Oakland, M. J., et al. (in press). Educational telephone calls reach young adults for cost-effective promotion of eating behavior change. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

Heidal, K. B., Lewis, N. M., Evans, S. M., & Boeckner, L. (2007). Nutrition education intervention increases total ω-3 fatty acid intakes in heart patients living in the Midwest. Nutrition Research, 27, 33-37.

Nitzke, S., Kritsch, K., Boeckner, L., Greene, G., Hoerr, S., Horacek, T., et al. (2007). A stage-tailored multi-modal intervention increases fruit and vegetable intakes of low-income young adults. American Journal of Health Promotion, 22, 6-14.

Boeckner, L. S., Pullen, C. H., Walker, S. N., Oberdorfer, M. K & Hageman, P. A. (2007). Eating behaviors of rural midlife to older women in midwestern United States. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 107, 306-310.

Boeckner, L. S., Pullen, C. H., Walker, S. N., & Hageman, P. A. (2006). Differences in eating and activity behaviors, health history, and biomarkers among normal weight, overweight and obese rural midwestern Hispanic women. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 106, 1870-1874.

Walker, S. N., Pullen, C. H., Hertzog, M., Boeckner, L., & Hageman, P. A. (2006). Determinants of older rural women's activity and eating. Western Journal of Nursing Research 28, 449-474.

Hageman, P. A., Walker, S. N., Pullen, C. H., Boeckner, L. S., & Oberdorfer, M. K. (2005). Physical activity and fitness among midlife and older rural women. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 13, 327-342.

Pullen, C. H., Walker, S. N., Hageman, P. A., Boeckner, L. S., & Oberdorfer, M. K. (2005). Differences in eating and activity markers among normal weight, overweight, and obese rural women. Women's Health Issues 15, 209-215.

Ruud, J. S., Betts, N. M., Kritsch, K, Nitzke, S., Lohse, B., & Boeckner, L. (2005). Acceptability of stage-tailored newsletters about fruits and vegetables by young adults. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 105, 174-178.

Nitzke, S., Kritsch, K., Lohse, B., Horacek, T., White, A., Greene, G., Georgiou, C., Betts, N., & Boeckner, L. (2004). Extension and research professionals join forces to address a critical nutrition issue. Journal of Extension 42, 1-7. Available at http://www.joe.org/joe/2004october/iw1.shtml

Boeckner, L. S., Pullen, C. H., Walker, S. N., Abbott, G. W., & Block, T. (2002). Use and reliability of the World Wide Web version of the Block Health Habits and History Questionnaire with older rural women. Journal of Nutrition Education, 34, s20-s24.

 

Research Projects
ABCs for Good Health Intervention Curriculum for EWM/Wise Woman Program
Nebraska Health and Human Service System Office of Women's Health
Role: Co-PI	2004

Aging Issues Workshops
University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension
Role: PI	2004

Determinants and Disease Risk Profiles of Normal, Overweight, and Obese Hispanic Women in Rural Nebraska
Tobacco Settlement Funds Minority Health Grant
Role: Co-PI	2003-2004

A Stage-based Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intakes of Young Adults
USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service/Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (IFAFS)
Role: Co-PI	2001-2005

Promoting Healthy Eating and Activity in Rural Women
NIH Nursing Research Study Section
Role: Co-PI	2001-2005