Professional Memberships
- American Public Health Association
- SHAPE America (Society for Health and Physical Educators)
Courses Taught
- HLTH 311: Health Promotion Methods Global Setting
- HLTH 444: Principles of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
- HLTH 488: Chronic & Infectious Diseases
- HLTH 498: Public Health Senior Seminar
- HLTH 620: Introduction to Global Health
- HLTH 624: Sanitation in Developing Countries
Research Interests
- Dr. Lennon has had a long-standing interest in non-formal health education/health promotion strategies – with emphasis on health educational games for more than two decades.
- Health survey research
- School health and environmental action plans
Theory Interests
- Social Cognitive Theory
- Health Belief Model
Content Areas of Research Interest
- Vector-borne diseases, especially dengue fever
- Environmental issues such as mold and radon
- Facts for Life material (child health-related issues for global settings)
- Vaccine-preventable diseases
Select Publications
- Lennon, J.L., and Seitz, CM (in press). Reading levels of selected USA Federal Government dengue webpages. Dengue Bulletin.
- Lennon, J.L. (2013). Dengue game debriefing by Health promotion students. Dengue Bulletin, 37(3), 203-210.
- Lennon, J.L. (2010). Debriefing a Health-Related Educational game: A case study. Simulation & Gaming, 41(3), 390-399. (DOI: 10.1177/1046878109332810).
- Lennon, J.L. & Coombs, D.W. (2007). The utility of a board game for dengue hemorrhagic fever health education. Health Education, 107 (3), 290-306.
- Lennon, J.L. (2007). Perceived self-efficacy to plan and execute an environmental action plan for dengue control among Filipino university students. Dengue Bulletin, 31, 160-165.
- Lennon, J.L. (2006). Debriefings of web-based malaria games. Simulation & Gaming: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 37, 350-356.
- Lennon, J.L. & Coombs, D.W. (2006). Child invented health education games: A case study for dengue fever. Simulation & Gaming: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 37, 88-97.
- Lennon, J.L. & Coombs, D.W. (2005). The dengue game debriefing study. Simulation & Gaming: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theory, Practice, and Research, 36, 499-517.
- Lennon, J.L. (2005). The use of the health belief model in dengue health education. Dengue Bulletin, 29, 217-219.
- Lennon, J.L. (2004). Students’ perceptions about mosquito larval control in a dengue-endemic Philippine city. Dengue Bulletin, 28, 196-206.
- Lennon, J.L. & Diputado, B.V. (1995). A descriptive epidemiology of Parkinson’s disease and environmental exposure in Negros Oriental, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Internal Medicine, 33 (6), 205-209.
- Lennon, J.L. & Florendo, T.E. (1995). Reproductive health and AIDS awareness in Filipino university students through the use of LePSA and Facts for Life. Philippine Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 19 (1), 43-47.
- Lennon, J.L., Coombs, D.W. (1992). A Community-Based intervention for childhood diarrhea control (letter). Journal of Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 10, 35-36
- Lennon, J.L., Black, F.L. (1986). Maternally derived measles immunity in the era of vaccine-protected mothers. Journal of Pediatrics, 108, 671-676.