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Stefan Keller, PhD Associate Professor, Social & Behavioral Health Sciences 1960 East West Road, Biomed D104C Honolulu, HI 96822 email: kellers@hawaii.edu phone: (808) 956-4553 fax: (808) 956-5818

Academic Degrees
PhD University of Marburg (Germany)
MA (Diploma), University of Marburg (Germany)

Dr. Keller's research interests include the mechanism of individual health behavior change and their relationship to social and ecological variables. Influencing all of these variables is seen as essential for achieving physical, psychological/mental and social well-being. Previous research has been conducted in the general population, in work places, communities and medical settings. Behavior areas included smoking cessation and smoking policy attitudes, dietary change, exercise, back pain prevention, stress management, oral hygiene behavior, organ donation and others. Future research will be aiming at identifying and addressing the needs of Hawaiian communities, at cross-cultural comparisons of behavior change mechanisms, and at improving current models of behavior change. Behavior areas of interest currently focus on stress management, smoking, back pain prevention and exercise.

Courses Taught
PH 623 Social Science and Public Health
PH 750 Health Behavior Change
PH 702 Research Methods in Health Promotion
PH 701 Health Communication
PH 797S Stress and Stress Management in Public Health

Selected Publications
Keller, S., Maddock, J. E., Hannoever, W., Thyrian, J. R., & Basler, H.-D. (in press). Multiple health risk behaviors in German first-year university students. Preventive Medicine.

Leonhardt, C., Keller, S., Chenot. J.F., Luckmann, J., Basler, H.D., Wegscheider, K., Baum, E., Donner-Banzhoff, N., Pfingsten, M., Hildebrandt, J., Kochen, M.M., Becker, A. (in press). TTM-based motivational counselling does not increase physical activty of low back pain patients in a primary care setting – a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Patient Education and Counseling.
Keller, S., Maddock, J. E., Laforge, R. G., Velicer, W. F., & Basler, H.-D. (2007). Binge drinking and health behavior in medical students. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 505-515.

Velicer, W.F., Keller, S., Friedman, R.H., Fava, J.L., Gulliver, S.B., Ward, R.M., & et al. (2005). Comparing Participants and Non-participants Recruited for an Effectiveness Study of Nicotine Replacement Therapy. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 29 (3), 181-191.

Keller, S. & Velicer, W.F. (Eds.). (2004). Research on the Transtheoretical Model: Where are we now, where are we going? Lengerich: Pabst Publishers.
Keller, S., Herda, C., Ridder, K. & Basler, H.-D. (2001). Readiness to adopt adequate postural habits – An application of the Transtheoretical Model in the context of back pain prevention. Patient Education and Counseling, 42, 175-184 .

Keller, S. & Basler, H.-D. (2001). Implications of structural deficits for Patient Education in Germany. Patient Education & Counseling, 44, 35-41.