{"id":77,"date":"2016-06-07T11:49:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T18:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/physh1\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:56:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:56:39","slug":"kelly-rice-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hhp\/kelly-rice-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly McNeil, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Professor<br>krice@eou.edu <br>Field House 214<br>541-962-3413<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hhp\/files\/2016\/06\/Kelly-Rice3-297x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hhp\/files\/2016\/06\/Kelly-Rice3-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>PH.D. in Health Promotion:\u00a0Oregon State University<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MS in Health and Exercise Science: University of Oklahoma<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BS in Health and Human Performance: University of Montana<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Kelly McNeil is a Professor and the primary advisor for the Community Health concentration in the Health and Human Performance Department. She teaches courses that prepare students with a comprehensive understanding of public health practices, including needs assessments, program planning and implementation, and evaluation methods. Her teaching emphasizes the use of behavior change theory to improve both individual and community health outcomes.<br>Dr. McNeil brings professional experience as both a public health practitioner and researcher. Her work focuses on community-based participatory approaches that support diverse populations, with a strong emphasis on utilizing the natural environment for health promotion. She leads and evaluates community-wide interventions designed to encourage healthy and safe behaviors.<br>One of her signature initiatives is the <strong>Get Outside After School Activity Program (GO-ASAP)<\/strong>, which promotes social connectedness, self-efficacy, and connection to nature among adolescents. In addition to her academic work, she is an avalanche forecaster and instructor, and a program evaluator dedicated to assessing the effectiveness of public health programs.<br>Her current research focuses on integrating public health theory and practices into avalanche education and safety messaging. She is particularly interested in evaluating the effectiveness of avalanche education programs, applying behavior change theory to understand the adoption of avalanche safety behaviors, and analyzing trends in avalanche safety practices over time.\u00a0<br>Dr. McNeil is passionate about outdoor recreation. She enjoys skiing, snowmobiling, mountain biking, running, rock climbing, mountaineering, hiking, and just about any activity that gets her outside with her dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Courses Taught<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HHP 350 Behavior Change Theory<br>CH 351 Intro to Community Health<br>CH 412 Program Planning<br>CH 413 Program Evaluation<br>EXS 452 Physical Activity Epidemiology<br>CH 422 Gerontology and Aging<br>CH 423 Aging and Society<br>CH 250 Personal Skills for Healthy Living<br>CH 289 Health and Fitness<br>CH 198 Outdoor Lifestyle Physical Activity<br>ED 506 Special Independent Study<br>ED 510 Certified Health Education Specialist Preparation<br>ED 510 Health Education Program Planning<br>ED 510 Health Education Program Evaluation<br>ED 510 Ethics of Health Education and Promotion<br>ED 510 Grant Writing for Health Education and Promotion<br>ED 510 Disease Prevention<br>ED 510 Advanced Behavior Change Theory<br>ED 510 Foundations of Health Behavior and Health Education<br>ED 510 Health education and Promotion Directed Readings<br>ED 518 Research Proposal<br>ED 519 Research Completion<br>HHP 495 and 496 Capstone<br>HWS 522 Health Promotion in Schools<br>HWS 523 Adolescent Health<br>OUT 409 Internship Outdoor Recreation Leadership<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professorkrice@eou.edu Field House 214541-962-3413 Dr. Kelly McNeil is a Professor and the primary advisor for the Community Health concentration in the Health and Human Performance Department. 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