Behavioral change & cultural influences; reducing disparities in cancer prevention, control and treatment, community-based participatory research, cancer survivorship issues, HCV prevention among adolescents and young adults.

Title:

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Behavioral/Health Disparities Scientist, Director, Outreach Research and Education Program, Cancer Center

Specialty:

Hematology and Oncology, Cancer, Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Education:

Walden University
Minneapolis, Minnesota
M.P.H. 2008

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Ph.D. 1987

Westmister College
Salt Lake City, Utah
B.S. 1983

University of Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska
M.A. 1983

Professional Memberships:

American Association of Public Health
Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education
Association for Women in Science
Fellow American Academy on Physician and Patient
Society for Public Health Education
Society of Behavioral Medicine
Society of Teachers for Family Medicine

Honors and Awards:

Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 2006-2010
21st Century Award for Achievement in Health Communication, The International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 2003

Select Recent Publications:

von Friederichs-Fitzwater M, Navarro L. A Value-Based approach to increase breast cancer screening and health-directed behaviors among American Indian women. Journal of Cancer Education, 20 April 2010.

von Friederichs-Fitzwater M, Meyers F, Miller C, & Lindsey LM. Comforting support of relational agents to young adults with cancer. Psycho-Oncology 17(3):S14-S15. 2008

Lindsey LLM, von Friederichs-Fitzwater M, Silk K, Prue C, & Hammer HC. Developing effective campaign messages to prevent neural tube defects: A qualitative assessment of women's reactions to advertising concepts. Journal of Health Communication 13(8), December 2008.

von Friederichs-Fitzwater, M. Addressing cultural and tribal issues in breast cancer. Journal of Cancer Education 21(Supp/2):33. 2006

Jerant AF, von Friederichs-Fitzwater MM, Moore M. (2005). Patients’ perceived barriers to active self-management of chronic conditions. Patient Education and Counseling, 57(3) 300-307.

von Friederichs-Fitzwater, M. and Gilgun, J. (2001). Relational control in physician-patient encounters, Special Issue: Health Communication Journal, 13(1).

von Friederichs-Fitzwater, M., Callahan, E.J., Flynn, N. and Williams, J. (1991). Relational control in physician/patient encounters. Health Communication Journal, 3(1), 17-36.

von Friederichs-Fitzwater, M. (1988). Review: Bridging the bereavement gap: A manual for the preparation and programming of hospice bereavement services. The Hospice Journal, 3(4), 103-107.

von Friederichs-Fitzwater, M. (1983). Understanding the hospital's impact on the patient and family. Hospice of Salt Lake Journal, March, 6-10. (Reprinted in several Utah publications.)

von Friederichs-Fitzwater, M. (1983). The role of communication in the mourning process. Hospice of Salt Lake Journal, 1-2.