Degrees
- MPH Health Education and Behavioral Sciences
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- M.A. Anthropology
- University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
- The Cultural Politics of Health Education: West Nile Virus Prevention among the Northern Arapaho Tribe
- Ph.D. Epidemiology
- Universit of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Awards
- Best Paper Presentation
- Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, Madurai, India, Summer 2013
- HRSA Maternal and Child Health Training Grant Award
- MEZCOPH, Summer 2013
- Visiting Research Scholar
- Indira Gandhi Medical College, Summer 2013
- Critical Language Scholarship
- U.S. Department of State, Spring 2012
Interests
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Courses
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Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Gerald, J. K., Stroupe, N., McClure, L. A., Wheeler, L., & Gerald, L. B. (2012). Availability of Asthma Quick Relief Medication in Five Alabama School Systems. Pediatric allergy, immunology, and pulmonology, 25(1).More infoOBJECTIVES: This paper documents individual asthma action plan presence and quick relief medication (albuterol) availability for elementary students enrolled in five Alabama school systems. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Data were obtained during baseline data collection (fall 2005) of a school-based supervised asthma medication trial. All students attended 1 of 36 participating elementary schools across five school systems in Jefferson County, Alabama. In addition, they had to have physician-diagnosed asthma requiring daily controller medication. Each school system had its own superintendent and elected school board. Asthma action plan presence and albuterol availability was confirmed by study personnel. Asthma action plans had to contain daily and acute asthma management instructions. Predictors of asthma action plan presence and albuterol availability were also investigated. Associations between albuterol availability and self-reported characteristics including health care utilization prior to study enrollment and outcomes during the study baseline period were also investigated. RESULTS: Enrolled students had a mean (SD) age of 11.0 (2.1) years, 91% were African American, and 79% had moderate persistent asthma. No student had a complete asthma action plan on file and only 14% had albuterol physically available at school. Albuterol availability was not predicted by gender, race, insurance status, second-hand smoke exposure, need for pre-exercise albuterol, asthma severity, or self-reported health care utilization prior to study enrollment. Albuterol availability did not predict school absences, red/yellow peak flow recordings, or medication adherence during the study's baseline period. CONCLUSION: Despite policies permitting students to possess albuterol, few elementary students across five independent school systems in Alabama actually had it readily available at school.
Presentations
- Stroupe, N. R. (2013, July). The Use of Mosquito Coils to Prevent Dengue Fever: Helpful or Harmful?. 1st Annual Dengue Scenario in India. Madurai, India: Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (Indian Council for Medical Research).
- Stroupe, N. R., Attakai, A. -., Reinschmidt, K. M., Teufel-Shone, N. I., Drummond, R. L., & Whitewater, S. (2013, April). Importance of Culture and Resilience in American Indian Community-Based Public Health. MEZCOPH 3rd Annual Social Justice Symposium.
Poster Presentations
- Stroupe, N. R., Reinschmidt, K. M., Teufel-Shone, N. I., Attakai, A. -., & Drummond, R. L. (2013, December). AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES OF RESILIENCE AND PATHS TO WELLBEING. 6th Annual Health Disparities Institute (Caribbean Exploratory Research Center, CERC). St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands: Caribbean Exploratory Research Center.
