William Sorensen
Dept Health & Kinesiology
University of Texas Tyler
903-566-7032
william_sorensen@uttyler.edu
Qualifications:
2003 UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, LA; PhD in Health Education; Dissertation: Using mixed methodology to assess high risk sexual behavior and adult stage among Bolivian truck drivers.
1994 TULANE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL of PUBLIC HEALTH & TROPICAL MEDICINE, New Orleans, LA; MSPH in Biostatistics/Epidemiology
1988 TEACHERS COLLEGE of COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NY, NY; MA in Science Education
1982 ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Santa Fe, NM; BA in Liberal Arts; major in philosophy, minor in mathematics
Past Employment:
2002-2004:
Senior epidemiologist, Foodborne diseases, City of Houston Health Department,
Houston TX
1996-1999:
Regional HIV/AIDS epidemiologist, Louisiana Office of Public Health, New
Orleans LA
1994-1999:
Data management coordinator, HIV/AIDS surveillance, Louisiana Office of
Public Health, New Orleans LA
Publications:
Sorensen
W., Anderson P., Speaker R., Menacho S. & Vilches. JE. Heterosexual
STI/HIV risk assessment among east Bolivian truck drivers using mixed
methodology. International Electronic Journal of Health Education. Submitted.
Sorensen
W., Anderson, P., Speaker R. & Vilches JE. Assessment of condom use
among Bolivian truck drivers through the lens of social cognitive theory.
Health Promotion International. Submitted.
Anderson
P. & Sorensen W. Drinking more than normal in order to make it easier
to have sex with someone: A race, gender, class analysis. Journal
of Race, Gender, and Class. Submitted.
Sorensen
W., Lopez L. & Anderson P. (2001). Latino AIDS immigrants in the Western
Gulf states: A different population and a need for innovative prevention
strategies. Journal of Health and Social Policy, 13(1), 1-19.
Anderson
P., Sorensen W. (1999). Male and female differences in reports of women’s
heterosexual aggression, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 28(3), 243-253.
Sorensen
W., Park H. & Corson K. (1999). The relationship between educational
background and decline to death in a sample of Louisiana male AIDS cases,
International Journal of STD & AIDS, 10, 195-198.
Welch
K., Mock N., Sorensen B. & Netrebenko O. (1996). Health and nutrition
in children under 2 years of age in three areas of the Russian Federation.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 74(6), 605-612.
Current
Research (last updated June 2006):
Prevalence and intensity of
geohelminth infections in school children from the Izabal region, Guatemala.
Observations of health organization interaction in developing Latin American contexts.
Psychosocial developmental factors relating to obesity among northeast Texas adolescents.
Designing cultural competency workshops for health professionals dealing with Diabetes patients.
