IAN NEWMAN, PhD
Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
232 Teachers College Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0345
(402) 472-3844

Biography

Ian Newman began his teaching career as an instructor of cultural anthropology. He had an academic appointment at the University of Tennessee and did a post-doctoral program at the Harvard School of Public Health. He then joined the staff of the World Health Organization's South East Asia Regional Office in New Delhi, India as a health education specialist. In 1974 he joined the faculty of the University of Nebraska Medical Center and later moved to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus.

Dr. Newman has presented short courses and been the featured conference speaker in China, Thailand, England, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, France, Sweden, Norway, Finland, The Philippines, Taiwan, Canada, Slovakia, and Austria. For the past 10 years he has been actively involved in teaching and research projects in China and Thailand. Current interests include human behavior that effects health. This includes the school link: health problems that interfere with learning and school attendance, development and evaluation of school-based programs that are designed to reduce behaviors that compromise health, issues of adolescent health, developing instruments to measure outcome expectancies, self-efficacy, and other factors that predict and influence behaviors related to health.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Newman, I. M., Shell, D. F., Li, T. D., & Innadda, S. (in press). Buddhism and adolescent alcohol use in Thailand. Substance Use and Misuse, 41.

Zhang, Y., & Newman, I. M. (2006). [Application of social cognitive theory in health education for obesity control in children]. Zhongguo Jiankang Jiaoyu [China Journal of Health Education], 22, 469-471.

Newman, I. M., Shell, D. F., Major, L. J., & Workman, T. A. (2006). Use of policy, education, and enforcement to reduce binge drinking among university students: The NU Directions project. International Journal of Drug Policy, 17, 339-349.

Newman, I. M., Qian, L., Shell, D. F., Qu, M., & Zhang, Y. (2006). [Development of Chinese adolescent alcohol expectancy questionnaire]. Zhongguo Xingwei Yixue Kexue [Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medical Science], 15(3 March), 274-276.

Newman, I. M., Shell, D. F., Qu, M., Xue, J. P., & Maas, M. R. (2006). Adolescent alcohol use: Mixed methods research approach. Journal of Guangxi University for Nationalities [China], 28, 21-28.

Mohammed, H. R. A., Newman, I. M., & Tayeh, R. (2006). Sheesha smoking among a sample of future teachers in Kuwait. Kuwait Medical Journal, 38, 107-113.

Xue, J. P., Newman, I. M., Shell, D. F., & Fang, X. Y. (2005). Cultural orientation and Chinese adolescent drinking. Zhongguo Xing Wei Yi Xue Zazhi [Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medical Science], 14, 71-72.

Newman, I. M., Xue, J. P., & Zhang, Y. (2005). Yong jian kang xin nian mo shi she ji jian kang jiao yu xiang mu [Health education project designed by Health Belief Model]. Zhongguo Jiankang Jiaoyu [Chinese Journal of Health Education], 21, 793-794.

Newman, I. M., Shell, D. F., Innadda, S., & Li, T. D. (2005). Alcohol expectancies among a sample of Thai high school students. Thai Journal of Public Health, 35, 87-97.

Newman, I. M., Qu, M., & Zhang, Y. (2005). Jie guo qi wang li lun zai jian kang jiao yu zhong de ying yong [Application of outcome expectancy theory in health education] [Invited]. Zhongguo Jiankang Jiaoyu [Chinese Journal of Health Education], 21(5, May), 341-343.

Newman, I. M., & Kanjanawong, S. (2005). Using photography to cross generational, linguistic, and cultural barriers to develop useful survey instruments. Health Promotion Practice, 6, 53-56.

Newman, I. M., & Shell, D. F. (2005). Smokeless tobacco expectancies among a sample of rural adolescents. American Journal of Health Behavior, 29, 127-136.

Newman, I. M., Xue, J. P., & Fang, X. Y. (2004). Beijing shi gao zhong sheng yin jiu xing wei ji qi ying xiang yin su [Alcohol use and its risk factors among high school students in Beijing]. Zhong Guo Xue Xiao Wei Sheng [Chinese Journal of School Health], 25, 385-386.

Newman, I. M., Qian, L., & Xue, J. P. (2004). Da xue sheng yin jiu diao cha: Diao cha wen ti gui fan de bi yao xing [College student alcohol surveys: The need for uniform questions]. Zhongguo Yaowu Lanyong Fangzhi Zazhi [Chinese Journal of Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment], 10, 272-275.

Berning, J. M., Adams, K. J., Stamford, B. A., Newman, I. M., & Maud, P. J. (2004). Prevalence and perceived prevalence of anabolic steroid use among college-aged students [Abstract]. Medicine Science Sports and Exercise, 36, S2377.

Newman, I. M. (2002). Cultural aspects of drinking patterns and alcohol controls in China. The Globe, 1, 18-21.

Shell, D. F., Newman, I. M., & Qu, M. (2002). Alcohol expectancies among high school students in China [abstract]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 26, 426.

Newman, I. M., & Breetzke-Augustin, M. L. (2003). Health education: New opportunities for pediatric practice. Contemporary Pediatrics, 20, 81-94.

Newman, I. M. (2004). Globalization and Alcohol. Executive Journal, 24, 54-56.

Berning, J. M., Adams, K. J., Stamford, B. A., Newman, I. M., & Maud, P. J. (2004). Prevalence and perceived prevalence of anabolic steroid use among college-aged students [abstract]. Medicine Science Sports and Exercise, 36, S2377.

Book Chapters

Newman, I. M., Qu, M., Shell, D. F., Li, Y. C., & Gao, F. F. (2001). Alcohol expectancies among adolescents in Inner Mongolia. In A. Jones & B. V. Lundquist (Eds.), Challenges for public health at the dawn of the 21st century: Selected proceedings from the Ninth International Congress, World Federation of Public Health Associations, (pp. 2-6). September 2000, Beijing, China. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.