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PhD: Dept. of Public Health, Temple University (Health Studies)
MSN: Rutgers University (Child and Family)
BSN: University of Pennsylvania
BA: Brown University (Political Science and American Civilizations)
Factors affecting the life prospects of youth living in distressed,
urban environments.
For more information about Dr. Atkins' research
and his full CV, please visit
http://surveys.rutgers.edu/facsurv/html/Robert_L._Atkins.html
2009 Greater Camden Partnership Hometown Hero Award
2009 Camden Star Awards Recipient
2008 Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholars Award
2008 Graduate Teaching Award-College of Nursing
2008 Hurdis Griffith Research Award
2007 Institute for Nursing: Men in Nursing Calendar nominee
2006 Concerned Black Nurses of Newark Outstanding Achievement
in Research Award
2006 Philadelphia 76ers Hometown Hero Award
2006 Campbell Soup Foundation: Hometown Heroes Award
2006 Rutgers African-American Alumni Alliance Hall of Fame Inductee
2006 Community Planning & Advocacy Council A. Sample Community
Advocacy Award
Atkins, R., Bluebond-Langner, M., Read,
N., Pittsley, J., & Hart,
D. (2010). Adolescents as health agents and consumers: Results
of a pilot study of the health and health-related behaviors
of adolescents living in a high-poverty, urban neighborhood. Journal
of Pediatric Nursing.
Atkins, R. & Matsuba, M.K. (2008).
The association of personality and the likelihood of serious
unintentional injury during childhood. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 23, 451-459.
Atkins, R. & Hart, D. (2008). The
under-controlled do it first: Childhood personality and sexual
debut. Research
in Nursing and Health, 31, 626-639.
Atkins, R. (2008). The association of childhood personality
on risky sexual behaviors during adolescence. Journal of
School Health, 78, 594-600.
Dr. Atkins’ research with nationally representative
longitudinal survey data and qualitative data collected in
Camden explores the effects of urban poverty on child and adolescent
health and development. Atkins’ current work explores
three questions about the health and development of youth living
in high-poverty neighborhoods: 1) What social and institutional
processes mediate the relationship of high-poverty neighborhoods
to the health and well-being of youth living in those neighborhoods?
2) How does childhood personality influence the emergence
of health-damaging behaviors in adolescence? 3) What do youth
in high-poverty neighborhoods do to promote, maintain, or restore
their own health?
Dr. Atkins is the co-founder and president of the Camden STARR
Program, a non-profit youth development program which seeks
to improve the life chances of youth living in Camden (see http://children.camden.rutgers.edu/STARR/index.htm).
Keynote or Plenary Address
Atkins, R. (October, 2007). Exposure to high-poverty, urban neighborhoods and
the health of children. Keynote Speaker. Second Annual Nursing Research Day.
College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, New Jersey.
Atkins, R. (May, 2010). Community Matters:
A guide for nurses working in the community. Minority
Nurse Leadership Institute. Rutgers University, College of
Nursing, Newark, NJ (invited)
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