Susan J. Zahner, DrPH, MPH, RN

Title: Associate Professor
Phone: (608) 263-5282
E-mail: sjzahner@wisc.edu
Support Staff: Kathie Ludwig
Office Address:

H6/246 CSC
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-2455

Education:

Description of Research Focus:

Local public health system performance; public health performance measurement; public health nursing practice improvement; public health workforce development; evaluation of continuing education approaches for public health nursing preceptors.

Teaching/Course Responsibilities:
(excluding independent study courses)

Honors and Awards/Professional Service:

Representative Publications:

Zahner, S.J. (2006). Partnerships for learning population-based public health nursing: Web-delivered continuing education for public health nurse preceptors. Public Health Nursing 23(6): 538-545.

Zahner, SJ, Block, DE. (2006). The road to population health: Using healthy people 2010 in nursing education. Journal of Nursing Education. 45(3):105-108.

Zahner, S.J., Gredig, Q.B. (2005). Public health nursing practice change and recommendations for improvement. Public Health Nursing 22(5): 422-428.

Zahner, S.J., Gredig, Q.B. (2005). Improving public health nursing education: Recommendations of local public health nurses. Public Health Nursing 22(5): 445-450.

Zahner, S.J., Kaiser, B., Kapelke-Dale, J. (2005).  Local partnerships for community assessment and planning. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 11(5): 460-464.

Zahner, SJ. (2005). Local public health system partnerships. Public Health Reports 120(1): 76-83.

Zahner, SJ, Corrado, SM. (2004) Local health department partnerships with faith-based organizations. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 10(3): 258-265.

Zahner, S. J., & Vandermause, R. (2003). Local health department performance: Compliance with state statutes and rules. Journal of Public Health Management and Practic, 9(1), 25-34.