Health Promotion and Behavior

Dionne C. Godette

Assistant Professor
dgodette@uga.edu

300 River Road
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-6522
706.542.4370 (voice)
706.542.4956 (fax)

Educational Background

• M.S., Johns Hopkins University
• Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Research Interests

Disparities in Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Outcomes
Dr. Godette’s research seeks to increase our understanding of the etiology of health disparities experienced by U.S.-based minority populations throughout the life course. Her interest in disparities has focused on investigations of the etiology, prevention, and treatment of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) abuse and dependence.

Adolescent and Young Adulthood Populations
Her research currently focuses on the period of the life course between adolescence (age 12 – 17) through young adulthood (age 18 - 30). Her work seeks to investigate the role this period has in determining health and health behaviors later in the life course.

Social Determinants of Health
Her research also focuses on understanding social determinants that serve as health risk or resilience for U.S.-based minority populations. These determinants include but are not limited to: social capital, socioeconomic status, nativity, discrimination, neighborhoods and gender. Her research is based on the premise that individual determinants, social interactions and the context in which both are embedded impact individual and population health and health behaviors throughout the life course. Thus, her work seeks to increase our understanding of how the interplay between multiple levels of the socio-ecological framework influence health and health behaviors throughout the life course.

Professional Affiliations

• American Public Health Association
• Society for Prevention Research