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Nola J. Pender, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor Emerita
The Lakelands
22838 Harbour Lane
Plainfield, IL 60544
npender@umich.edu

My research focuses on developing interventions to increase physical activity in pre-teen and teenage girls. I focus on tailored interventions that can be administered via the computer or the Web and personalized to individual girls. These interventions can be administered in school-based clinics or primary care settings.

Education
PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1969
MA, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1964
BS, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1962

Research Interests

Exercise adherence in adolescents and young adults
Interventions to promote physical activity among youth Testing the Health Promotion Model in Intervention Studies

Research Instruments
Psychometric Properties of Instruments
Publications

Health Promoting Lifestyle II (Adult Version)

To obtain the HPLP II and related information:

1. Go to:  http://unmc.edu/nursing
2. Click on Faculty and Staff
3. Click on Faculty under Faculty and Staff on next screen
4. Scroll down faculty list to Susan Noble Walker
5. Click on her name (Walker)
6. Click on Downloads
   

Latest Edition of Health Promotion Text
Pender, N. J., Murdaugh, C., & Parsons, M.A. (2006). Health Promotion in Nursing Practice, 5^th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall Health, Inc.

Honorary Degree
Hon. Doctor of Science, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1992

For more information, view: my Bio-sketch, Frequently Asked Questions About the Health Promotion Model and My Professional Work and Career, Health Promotion Model , and Health Promotion Model (HPM) Assumptions and Theoretical Propositions.