Dr. Caile E. Spear joined the Department of Kinesiology at Boise State University in 1996 to supervise the Health Promotion program. She has a B.S. in Community Health Education from Texas Woman's University, and an M.S. in Corporate Health Promotion and a Ph.D. in Health Science, both from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville. Her research interests include abstinence-based sexuality education, asset development in youth, community based participatory research, service-learning, and health promotion. She has published in the American Journal of Health Behavior, American Journal of Health Education and American Journal of Health Studies. Dr. Spear is actively involved in service and service-learning with the Health Promotion majors, where they work in the community providing health education, and each fall the seniors put on the REACH Health Fair for Boise State University and the surrounding community. In 2012, Dr. Spear was named a fellow and became president of the American Association for Health Education (AAHE).
Articles
American Association for Health Education (AAHE) 2011 Membership Survey: Summary of Findings (with Elizabeth H. Chaney, Enmanuel Chavarria, Michael L. Stellefson, and David A. Birch), American Journal of Health Education (2012)
The American Association for Health Education (AAHE), a national health education organization with the mission...
Stop the Tears of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (with Jane M. Shimon and Terry-Ann Gibson), American Journal of Health Education (2009)
By participating in this Stop the Tears teaching strategy, students will be able to: (1)...
Higher, Faster, Stronger, Drunker? (with Lynda B. Ransdell, Kathy Hildebrand, and Shelley Lucas), Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (2007)
In light of the increasing number of girls participating in sports, the pressures associated with...
Addressing Health Education Responsibilities and Competencies Through Service Learning (with Kathleen J. Young), Californian Journal of Health Promotion (2005)
It is in the best interest of all academic preparation programs in the health professions...
An Evaluation of an Abstinence Education Curriculum Series: Sex Can Wait (with G. Denny, M. Young, and S. Rausch), American Journal of Health Behavior (2002)
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of an abstinence education curriculum series on student outcomes. METHODS:...
Contributions to Books
Increasing Cultural Competency Through Refugee Focused Service-Learning Projects: Bringing the World Home (with Aileen Hale), Quick Hits for Service-Learning: Successful Strategies by Award-Winning Teachers (2010)
Living and working in an increasingly globalized society, university students in the United States need...
The Student Perspective (with Srijana Bajracharya), Service Learning in Health Education (1999)
Students too often learn material from a textbook and lectures with the intent of regurgitation...
Presentations
Correlates of Stress in College Students Using the ACHA Sample (with Yong Gao and Lynda Ransdell), American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (2011)
Our Freshman Year-Faculty and Residence Life Cognitions, Ruminations and Angst about Living on Campus (with Melissa Wintrow and Sondra Miller), Living-Learning Programs Conference, Association of College and University Housing Officials-International (2008)
The Boise State University Residential College Program was founded in 2004, and is comprised of...