Debbie Rich

Assistant Professor

Debbie Rich smiling at the camera

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Debbie is an Assistant Professor of public health in the Department of Health Sciences, and public health course liaison in the College in the High School program at Central Washington University. She completed a Master of Science degree in Public Health Leadership degree at the Jiann Ping Hsu School of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA. Debbie has an extensive background in marketing and communication within community healthcare, project management, and small group education/facilitation.

Education & Certifications

Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA.

  • Master's of Public Health

Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA. 

  • B.S. Public Health with Population Health Specialization

Courses taught at CWU

Undergraduate courses

  • PUBH 184: General Education - Public Health
  • PUBH 209: Consumer Health
  • PUBH 230: Public and Community Health
  • PUBH 240: Writing in Health Sciences
  • PUBH 351: Community Building Strategies
  • PUBH 375: Theories of Health Behavior
  • PUBH 421: Maternal Child Health
  • PUBH 424: Maternal Child Health
  • PUBH 489: Academic Service Learning

Graduate courses: 

  • PUBH 521: Maternal Child Health

Research Interests

  • Diabetes Prevention
  • Health education/behavioral intervention programming
  • Rural health access
  • Public health workforce capacity

Selected Publications

Mace Firebaugh, Wojtyna, A., Rich, D., & Beeson, T. (2022). Examining self-efficacy and COVID-19 disease prevention behaviors among socially vulnerable populations. Journal of Community Psychology. 

Mace Firebaugh, Beeson, T., Rich, D., Barrios, Y. V., & Wojtyna, A. (2022). A 2-year follow up on pm2.5 exposure and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. Environmental Smoke, 5(2), 19-23.

Beeson, T., Claridge, A., Wojtyna, A., Rich, D., Minks, G., & Larson, A. (2021). Pregnancy and Childbirth expectations during COVID-19 in a convenience sample of women in the United States. Journal of Patient Experience. 

Rich, D. J. (2021). Clinical test versus self-test for prediabetes: Outcomes in diabetes prevention based on mode of diagnosis. All Master's Theses1510. 

 

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FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Contact

Health Sciences 302J