Cam Escoffery
Professor
Faculty, Behavioral/Social/Health Educ
Dr. Cam Escoffery is a Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at the Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. Escoffery is a health educator and behavioral scientist by training. She has a PhD in Health Promotion and Behavior with an emphasis in Instructional Technology. She has conducted research for over 25 years on health promotion, cancer prevention and control, health technology, implementation science and evaluation. She has served as PI on grants funded by the National Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Cancer Society and Healthcare Georgia Foundation. She has published widely on various topics in health promotion, dissemination and implementation science, and cancer control research. Currently, she is on the Editorial Board of several leading journals for health promotion including Health Promotion Practice, Health Education & Behavior, and American Journal of Health Behavior. Her implementation science work has been published in Translational Behavioral Medicine, Implementation Science, and Evaluation and Program Planning. She enjoys teaching community-engaged and health promotion skills-oriented courses and building capacity around implementation research in the school.
Research Projects (PI):
2019-2024 Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) Coordinating Center
2019-2024 Emory Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN)
2018-2023 SurvivorLink: Scalability of an Electronic Personal Health Record for Cancer Survivors and Caregivers at Pediatric Cancer Centers, National Cancer Institute (Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health R01)
2018-2019 Evaluating Education Tools to Support Pediatric Cancer Survivor Care, National Cancer Institute (Supplement)
2017-2018 Qualtiative Study of the 80% by 2018 Initative/National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT), American Cancer Society
Contact Information
Rollins School of Public Health , 1518 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta , GA
Phone: (404) 727-4701
Fax: (404)727-1369
Email: cescoff@emory.edu
Areas of Interest
- Adolescent Health/Child Health
- Behavior and Health
- Cancer Prevention
- Evaluation
- Health Education
Affiliations & Activities
American Public Health Association
Society for Public Health Education
Georgia Society for Public Health Education
American Evaluation Association
Society for Behavioral Medicine
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cam_Escoffery
NCBI Bibliography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1NIah8k8JVyAk/bibliography/48111174/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending
Publications
- Escoffery, C., Kegler, M.C., Reihman, K., Watson, L., Halpin, S., Preiss, S., Fisher-Bone, M., Rhiness, C., Wiggins, E. , 2019, Facilitators and barriers to HPV vaccine promotion among Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs): A consolidated framework for implementation research analysis, Preventing Chronic Disease, 16, 180406
- Escoffery, C., Lebow-Skelley, E, Udelson, H., Boing, E., Wood, R., Fernandez, M.E., Mullen, P.D. , 2018, A scoping study of frameworks for adapting public health evidence-based interventions, Translational Behavioral Medicine, 9, 1-10
- Escoffery, C., Lebow-Skelley, E. Haardoerfer, R., Boing, E., Udelson, H., Wood, R., Hartman, M., Fernandez, M.E., Mullen, P.D. , 2018, A systematic review of adapted evidence-based interventions globally, Implementation Science, 13, 25
- Escoffery, C., Bamps, Y., Thompson, N., LaFrance Jr., C., Stoll, S., Shegog, R., Buelow, J., Shafer, P., McGee, R., & Hatfield, K. , 2015, Factor Analyses of an Adult Epilepsy Self-Management Measurement Instrument (AESMMI), Epilepsy & Behavior, 50, 184-9
- Escoffery, C., Fernandez, M, Shuting, S., Vernon, S, Maxwell, A., Allen, J., Dwyer, A., Hannon, P., Kohn, M., &, DeGroff, A. , 2015, Patient navigation in a national Colorectal Cancer Control Screening Program, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, ,
- Escoffery, C., Rodgers, K., Kegler, M.C., Haardörfer, R., Howard, D., Liang, S., Pinsker, E. A , 2014, A systematic review of special events to promote breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening, BMC Public Health, 14:274, 14,
- Escoffery, C., Rodgers, K., Kegler, M.C., Haardörfer, R., Howard, D., Liang, S., Pinsker, E. A , 2014, Key informant interviews with coordinators of special events conducted to increase cancer screening in the United States, Health Education Research, 29, 730-739, ,
- Escoffery, C., Carlvalho, M., & Kegler, M.C, 2012, Evaluation of the Prevention Programs that Work curriculum to teach use of public health evidence to community practitioners, Health Promotion Practice, 13, 707-15
- Allen, JD, Coronado, GD, Williams, RS, Glenn, B, Escoffery, C, Fernandez, M, Tuff, RA, Wilson, KM, Mullen, PD, 2010, A systematic review of measures used in studies of human papillomavirus (HPV), Vaccine, ,
- Escoffery, C., Glanz, K., Hall, D., & Elliott, T. , 2009, A multi-method process evaluation of a skin cancer prevention diffusion study, Evaluation & the Health Professions, 32(2), 184-203, 32, 184-203
- Escoffery, C., Kegler, M.C., & Butler, S. , 2009, Formative research on creating smoke-free homes in rural communities, Health Education Research, 24, 76-86
- Escoffery, C., Glanz, K., Elliott, T., 2008, Process evaluation of the pool cool diffusion trial for skin cancer prevention across two years., Health Education Research, 23(4), 732-743
- Escoffery, C. DiIorio, C., Yeager, K. McCarty, F., Robinson, E., Reisinger, E., Henry, T., Koganti, A., 2007, Epilepsy Patients' Use of Computers and the Internet for Health Information, Epilepsy and Behavior, 12(1), 109-114
- Escoffery, C., Miner, K.R., Adame, D.D., Butler, S., McCormick, L., and Mendell, E., 2004, Internet use for health information among college students, Journal of American College Health, 53(4), 183-187
- Escoffery, C., McCormick, L., and Bateman, K. , 2003, Development and process evaluation of a web-based smoking cessation program for college smokers: Innovative tool for education., Patient Education & Counseling, 53, 217-225
- Alperin, M., and Escoffery, C. , 2003, Using Epi Info 2002: A step-by-step guide., ToucanEd Publications, CA, ,