Linda Bearinger

Linda H. Bearinger, PhD, MS, RN, FAAN Professor Director of Center for Adolescent Nursing Telephone Number: 612-624-5157 612-624-3938 FAX Number: 612-626-3467 E-mail Address: beari001@umn.edu Office Location: 6-193 Weaver-Densford Hall

Co-operative Membership:
Population Health and Systems

Mailing Address:
School of Nursing
University of Minnesota
5-140 Weaver-Densford Hall
308 Harvard Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Educational Background:

BSN., Nursing, St. Olaf College
MS, Community Health Nursing, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
Adolescent Health Post-Graduate Fellowship, Adolescent Health Program, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Minnesota
PhD, Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota
 

Teaching Areas:

Adolescent health
Maternal child health in public health
Grantwriting
Public speaking
Research development and implementation

Research Interests:

Specialty areas are health promotion and youth development with vulnerable adolescents, focused on sexual behavior, substance abuse and violence involvement; youth development for American Indian children and adolescents. (Recent grants and selected publications are listed below.)

Research and Education Grants:

Title of Project: Healthy Youth Development-Prevention Research Center
Funding Agency: CDC
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 10/09-9/14

Title of Project: Center for Adolescent Nursing
Funding Agency: DHHS/HRSA/Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Role: Director
Project Dates: 07/08-06/13

Title of Project: Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH)
Funding Agency: DHHS/HRSA/Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 07/07-6/12

Title of Project: Prime Time: Health Promotion for Multiple Risk Behaviors
Funding Agency: NINR, R01
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 6/06-3/11

Title of Project: Center for Health Trajectory Research
Funding Agency: NIH/NINR (P20)
Role: Dissemination Core Director (2005-2008)
Project Dates: 6/22/2005-4/30/2010

Title of Project: Career Advancement Program for Clinical Research Scholars (CAPS) K12
Funding Agency: NIH-K12
Role:
Project Dates: 1/05-12/09

Title of Project: Adolescent Health Protection Research Training
Funding Agency: DHHS/CDC, T01
Role: Program Director
Project Dates: 09/04-09/10

Title of Project: Center for Adolescent Nursing
Funding Agency: DHHS/HRSA/Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Role: Director
Project Dates: 07/03-06/08

Title of Project: Bisexual Youth in Risk and Resilience Studies
Funding Agency: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Health, R01
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 9/1/01-8/31/04

Title of Project: STD/Pregnancy Protection - Sexually Active Adolescents
Funding Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, R01 HD36868-03
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 8/15/99-7/31/02

Title of Project: Protecting Urban American Indian Adolescent from Violence
Funding Agency: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Health, R03
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 12/01/99-11/30/01

Title of Project: Community-University Partnership to Prevent Violence Among Youth
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Special Interest Project #22, #U48/CCU513331
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 10/99-9/00

Title of Project: National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Research & Training Center
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 10/99-9/04

Title of Project: Adolescent Violence
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, R01
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 10/1/98-9/30/99

Title of Project: Center for Adolescent Nursing Leadership
Funding Agency: MCJ-279185, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA, DHHS
Role: Director
Project Dates: 7/1/98-6/30/03

Title of Project: Adolescent Health Training Program
Funding Agency: #5-T71-MC-00006-22, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA, DHHS
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 7/97-6/02

Selected Publications:

Bernat DH, Harpin SB, Eisenberg ME, Bearinger LH, Resnick MD. (available online 2009). Parental
Support for the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine.  Journal of Adolescent Health.

Eisenberg ME, Bernat DH, Bearinger, LH, Resnick MD. (2009). Condom provision and education in Minnesota public schools: A Telephone survey of parents. Journal School of Health. 79, 416-424. 

Saewyc EM, Homma Y, Skay C, Bearinger LH, Resnick MD, Reis, E. (2009). Protective factors in the lives of bisexual adolescents in North America. American Journal of Public Health, 99(1), 110-117.

Garcia C, Skay C, Sieving R, Naughton S, and Bearinger LH. (2008). Family and racial factors associated with suicide and emotional distress among Latino students. Journal of School Health, 78(9), 487-495.

Pettingell S, Bearinger LH, Resnick MD, Skay CL, Potthoff SJ, Eichhorn J. (2008). Protecting urban American Indian young people from suicide. American Journal of Health Behavior, 32(5), 465-76.

Eisenberg ME, Bernat DH, Bearinger LH, Resnick MD. (2008). Support for comprehensive sexuality education: Perspectives from parents of school-age youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 42(2), 352-9.

Saewyc EM, Skay CL, Hinds P, Pettingell S, Bearinger LH, Resnick MD, Reis E (2007). Suicidal ideation and attempts in North American school-based surveys: Are bisexual youth at increasing risk? Journal of LGBT Health Research., 3(2), 25-36.

Garcia, CM, Duckett LJ, Saewyc EM, Bearinger LH. (2007). Perceptions of health among immigrant Latino adolescent from Mexico. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 25(2), 81-91.

Bearinger LH, Sieving RE, Ferguson BJ, Sharma V (2007). Global perspectives on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents: Patterns, prevention, and potential. Lancet, 369(9568), 1220-31.

Sieving RE, Bearinger LH, Resnick MD, Pettingell S, Skay CL. (2007). Adolescent dual method contraceptive use: Relevant attitudes, normative beliefs, and self-efficacy. Journal of Adolescent Health, 40(275e) 15-22.

Saewyc EM, Bearinger LH, McMahon G, Evans T. (2006).  A national needs assessment of nurses providing health care to adolescents. Journal of Professional Nursing, 22(5), 304-313.

Eisenberg ME, Sieving RE, Bearinger LH, Swain C, Resnick MD. (2006). Parents communication with adolescents about sexual behavior: A missed opportunity for prevention Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 35(6), 893-902.

Center Memberships:

Center for Adolescent Nursing
Center for Child and Family Health Promotion Research