Research Program: Prevention & Etiology
Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health

harwood@epi.umn.edu
612-626-1824 — office

Research Interests

Social epidemiology, environmental and social risk factors for cancer. Data collection methodologies, health program and policy evaluation.

Selected Publications

Wagenaar AC, Harwood EM, Toomey T, Denk C and Zander K. Public opinion on alcohol policies in the United States: Results from a national survey. Journal of Public Health Policy, 21(3): 303-327, 2000.

Wagenaar AC, Denk C, Hannan P, Chen H and Harwood EM. Liability of commercial and social hosts for alcohol-related injuries: A national survey of accountability norms and judgments. Public Opinion Quarterly, 65(3): 344-368, 2001.

Latimer WW, Harwood EM, Newcomb MD, Wagenaar AC. Sociodemographic and individual predictors of alcohol policy attitudes: results from a US probability sample. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2001 Apr; 25(4):549-56.

Mosher JF, Toomey TL, Good C, Harwood E, Wagenaar AC. State laws mandating or promoting training programs for alcohol servers and establishment managers: an assessment of statutory and administrative procedures. J Public Health Policy. 2002; 23(1):90-113.

Terry-McElrath Y, Harwood EM, Wagenaar AC, Slater S, Chaloupka FJ, Brewer RD and Naimi JS. Point-of-purchase alcohol marketing and promotion by store type--United States, 2000-2001. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 52(14): 310-313, 2003.

Latimer WW, Harwood EM, Newcomb MD, Wagenaar AC. Measuring public opinion on alcohol policy: a factor analytic study of a US probability sample. Addict Behav. 2003 Mar; 28(2):301-13.

Harwood EM, Erickson DJ, Fabian LE, Jones-Webb R, Slater S, Chaloupka FJ. Effects of communities, neighborhoods and stores on retail pricing and promotion of beer. J Stud Alcohol. 2003 Sep; 64(5):720-6.

Harwood EM, Bernat DH, Lenk KM, Vasquez MJ and Wagenaar AC. Public opinion in Puerto Rico on alcohol policies. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 26(4): 426-445, 2004.

Jones-Webb R, Fabian L, Harwood EM, Toomey TL and Wagenaar AC. Fatal injuries associated with alcohol use among youth and adults: Implications for youth alcohol policy. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 14(1): 41-60, 2004.

Terry-McElrath YM, McBride DC, Ruel E, Harwood EM, Vanderwaal CJ, Chaloupka FJ. Which substance and what community: Differences in juvenile disposition severity, Crime & Delinquency,51(4):548-572, 2005.

Wagenaar AC, Harwood EM, Silianoff C, Toomey TL. Measuring public policy: The case of beer keg registration laws. Evaluation and Program Planning, 28(4):359-367, 2005.

Harwood EM, Witson JC, Fan DP, Wagenaar AC. Media advocacy and underage drinking policies: a study of Louisiana news media from 1994 through 2003. Health Promot Pract. 2005 Jul; 6(3):246-57.

Wagenaar AC, Erickson DJ, Harwood EM, O'Malley PM. Effects of state coalitions to reduce underage drinking: A national evaluation. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2006; 31(4): 307-315.

Houle C, Harwood E, Watkins A, Baum KD. What women want from their physicians: A qualitative analysis. J Women's Health 2007; 16(4):543-550.

Hirsch AT, Murphy TP, Lovell MB, Twillman G, Treat-Jacobson D, Harwood EM, Mohler ER, Creager MA, Hobson RW, Robertson RM, Howard WJ, Schroeder P, Criqui MH. Gaps in public knowledge of peripheral arterial disease: The first national PAD public awareness survey. Circulation, 2007;116:2086-2094.