Overview
Dr. Chesser is a Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Wichita State University. She holds a doctorate in health communications. Her primary research interests are health communication, health literacy, health equity, and older adults. She has taught multiple communications courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels including Health Communications, Health Communications for Older Adults, Social Marketing, Organizational Communications, Global Public Health Communications, and Introduction to Communications. She also serves on the Advisory Board for the regional Health Literacy Network and is the U.S. Health Literacy Region 7 coordinator.
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Dr. Chesser enjoys conducting research involving Health Literacy and Older Adults, Attitudes and Knowledge of Older Adults, and Mental Health Literacy and Women.
Dr. Chesser enjoys teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Graduate Studies including:
- Women and Aging
- Health Communications and Aging
- Public Health and Aging
- Advanced Public Health and Aging
- Practicum
- Psychology of Aging
Selected Publications:
- Keene Woods, N., Burkhart, K., Peterson, E., Hansford, H., Medina, M., Reyes, J. and Chesser, A. Validation of Electronically Administered Three-Question Health Literacy Screener and STOFHLA in Identifying Limited Health Literacy. Kansas Nurse. 2023:1(3); 20-23.
- Keene Woods, N., Ali, U., Medina, M., Reyes, J., & Chesser, A. Health Literacy, Health Outcomes and Equity: A Trend Analysis Based on a Population Survey. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. 2023;14. doi:10.1177/21501319231156132
- Showstack R, Keene Woods N, Duque S, Lopez A, Chesser A. Lifting the Voices of Spanish-speaking Kansans: A Community-engaged Approach to Health Equity. Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication. 2021: https://doi.org/10.1515/multi-2021-0082
- Vargas I, Keene Woods N, Bennett C, Pulari J, McCray Miller M, Chesser A. The Women’s Health Network: A evaluation of a community-based initiative. Journal of Family Medicine and Disease Prevention.2021:7:136. https://doi:10.23937/2469-5793/1510136
- Chesser A, Green J, Norton M, Rogers N. Assessment of Student Knowledge and Opinions of Older Adults and Aging: A pilot study. Journal of Family Medicine and Disease Prevention.2021:7:140. https://doi.org/10.23937/2469-5793/1510140
- Chesser A, Keene Woods N, Bowen A, Vargas IL & Hawley S. Mental Health Literacy and Women: A systematic review. Kansas Nurse Journal.2021:96:1:6-19.
- Chesser was proud to be the P.I. for the Women's Health Network funded by the Patient Centered Research Institute (PCORI).
- She was a Co-Investigator for the Planning for a Center of Health Equity in Kansas also funded by PCORI.