Recent Publications:

Ridner, S. L., Topp, R. V., & Frost, K. L. (2007). Methodological issues in identifying sexuality for research. American Journal of Men’s Health. 1(1), 97-90.

Walker, K. L., Ridner, S. L., & Hahn, E. J. (2007). Exploratory study of young adults perceptions of tobacco use and tobacco marketing. International Journal of Intercultural Communication Studies. 16(1), 7-13.

Staten, R. R., Noland, M., Rayens, M. K., Hahn, E. J., Ridner, S. L., & Dignan, M. (2007). Social influences on cigarette initiation among college students. American Journal of Health Behaviors, 31(4).

Staten, R. R., & Ridner, S. L. (2007). College students’ perspective on smoking cessation: “If the message doesn’t speak to me, I don’t hear it.” Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 28(1), 101-115.

Ridner, S. L., Frost, K., & LaJoie, A. S. (2006). Health information and risk behaviors among gay, lesbian, and bisexual college students. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 18(8), 374-378.

Ridner, S. L., Hahn, E. J., Staten, R. R., & Miller, K. (2006). Attitudes toward secondhand smoke among college students. Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research, 7(1). Online: http://snrs.org/publications/journal.html

Recent Presentations:

Ridner, S. L., Walker, K. L., & Hahn, E. J. Tobacco marketing among college students: The experience from two cities. Southern Nursing Research Society, Galveston, TX, February 2007.

Ridner, S. L., Hahn, E. J., Staten, R. R., & Miller, K. Attitudes toward secondhand smoke among college students. Southern Nursing Research Society, Memphis, TN, February 2006 and Kentucky Public Health Association, Louisville, KY, March 2006.

LaJoie, A. S., & Ridner, S. L. Health information and its impact on the health of college students. Kentucky Public Health Association, Louisville, KY, March 2006.