Mark S. Kaplan, Dr.P.H.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL B.A. 1975 Sociology
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ M.S.W. 1977 Social Work
University of California, Berkeley, CA M.P.H. 1978 Behavioral Sciences
University of California, Berkeley, CA Dr.P.H. 1984 Behavioral Sciences
Professional Experience
1976-77 Consultant, Arizona Department of Health Services, Division of Behavioral Health Services
1979-85 Research Specialist, Mental Health and Social Welfare Research Group, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley
1985-87 Assistant Professor, Department of School and Community Health, University of Oregon
1988 Consultant, Eugene Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon: Making Risky Decisions
1988-90 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California
1990-97 Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1992-97 Chair, Mental Health Specialization, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1997- Associate Professor, School of Community Health, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University
1999- Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Oregon Health Sciences University
1997-03 Associate Professor, School of Community Health, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University
2003 - Professor, School of Community Health, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University
2002 - Editorial Board Member and Book Review Editor, International Journal of Men's Health
2004 Member, NIMH/NIH Special Emphasis Panel
2004 Visiting Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Community Medicine, University of Ottawa
Honors and Awards
1977-79 National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Pre-Doctoral Research Traineeship
1977-81 United States Public Health Service National Research Service Award
1984 American Association for the Advancement of Science (Pacific Division) Award for Excellence for the best paper presented at the 65th Annual meeting, on the program of the Section L, History of Science, by a recent recipient of the doctoral degree.
1998- Member, Strategic Planning Committee, American Association of Suicidology
1999 Fellow, NIMH Summer Research Institute in Geriatric Psychiatry
2004 J. William Fulbright Scholar, to Canada
Grants
Adamek, M.E. & Kaplan, M.S. The Management of Elderly Suicide: A National Survey of Attitudes, Knowledge, and Current Practice, Retirement Research Foundation, 1994-95.
Berenbaum, H., Kaplan, M.S., & Rappaport, J. Meyer Mental Health Center Closure Impact Study, Illinois Department of Mental Health, 1995-96.
Kaplan, M.S. & Adamek, M.E. Health Care Professionals' Management of Elderly Suicide: A Survey of Attitudes, Knowledge, and Practices, Retirement Research Foundation,1995-97.
Kaplan, M.S. Elder Firearm Suicide: Regional Variations and Patterns of Gun Ownership, The Joyce Foundation, 1996-97.
Kaplan, M.S. (P.I.), McFarland, B.H., & Newsom, J.T. (Co-Is), Depression and Health Behavior in Late Life, National Institute of Mental Health (grant # MH59719), 1999-2001.
Kaplan, M.S. Psychosocial Correlates of Health Behavior in Late Life: A Longitudinal Study, The Collins Medical Trust, 2000-2001.
Kaplan, M.S. Psychosocial Determinants of Healthy Aging: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Canadian NPHS, Canadian Government Faculty Research Grant, 2001.
McFarland, B.H., Kaplan, M.S., Newsom, J.T., & Walker, R.D. Longitudinal Study of Alcohol Use and Medical Care Utilization Among Older Adults, Alcoholic Beverage Medical Resaarch Foundation, 2002-04.
Kaplan, M.S. Analysis of Obesity Among Persons Age 50+, Northwest Health Foundation, 2003.
Kaplan, M.S. Aging, Health Behavior and Quality of Life: Analysis of the Canadian National Population Health Survey, Canadian Government Faculty Research Grant, 2003-05.
Kaplan, M.S. (P.I.), McFarland, B.H. & Newsom, J.T. (Co-IS), Short and Long Term Suicide Risk Factors: NHIS-NDI Analysis, National Institute of Mental Health (grant #MH070520), 2004-06.
Selected Publications
Kaplan, M. S. and Marks, G. (1990). Adverse Effects of Acculturation: Psychological Distress Among Mexican American Young Adults. Social Science and Medicine, 31, 1313-1319.
Kaplan, M.S., Adamek, M.E., and Johnson, S., (1994). Trends in Firearm Suicide Among Older American Males: 1979-1988. The Gerontologist, 34, 59-65.
Kaplan, M.S. and Marks, G. (1995). Appraisal of Health Risks: The Roles of Masculinity, Femininity and Sex. Sociology of Health and Illness, 17, 206-221.
Kaplan, M.S. (1995). The Feminization of the AIDS Epidemic. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 22, 5-21.
Adamek, M.E. & Kaplan, M.S. (1996). Firearm Suicides Among Older Men. Psychiatric Services (formerly Hospital & Community Psychiatry), 47, 304-306.
Adamek, M.E. & Kaplan, M.S. (1996). The Growing Use of Firearm by Suicidal Older Women, 1979-1992: A Research Note. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 26, 71-78. Both authors contributed equally.
Kaplan, M.S., Adamek, M.E., & Geling, O. (1996). Sociodemographic Predictors of Firearm Suicide Among Older White Males. The Gerontologist, 36, 530-533.
Adamek, M.E. & Kaplan, M.S. (1996). Managing Elder Suicide: A Profile of American and Canadian Crisis Prevention Centers. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 26, 122-131. Both authors contributed equally.
Kaplan, M.S. & Sasser, J.E. (1996). Women Behind Bars: Trends and Policy Issues. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 23, 43-56.
Kaplan, M. S. & Weiler, R.E. (1997). Social Patterns of Smoking Behavior: Trends and Practice Implications. Health and Social Work, 22, 47-52.
Kaplan, M.S., Marks, G., & Mertens, S.B. (1997). Distress and coping among women with HIV infection: Preliminary findings from a multiethnic sample. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 67, 80-91.
Kaplan, M.S., Adamek, M.E., Geling, O., & Calderon, A. (1997). Firearm Suicide Among Older Women in the U.S. Social Science and Medicine, 44, 1427-1430.
Kaplan, M.S. & Geling, O. (1998). Firearm Suicides and Homicides in the United States: Regional Variations and Patterns of Gun Ownership. Social Science and Medicine, 45, 1227-1233.
Kaplan, M.S., Adamek, M.E., & Rhoades, J.A. (1998). Prevention of Elderly Suicide: Physicians' Assessment of Firearm Availability. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 15, 60-64.
Kaplan, M.S. & Geling, O. (1999). Sociodemographic and Geographic Patterns of Firearm Suicide in the United States, 1989-93. Health & Place, 5, 179-185.
Kaplan, M.S., Adamek, M.E., & Calderon, A. (1999). Managing Depressed and Suicidal Geriatric Patients: A Survey of Primary Care Physicians. The Gerontologist, 39, 417-425.
Reese, D.J. & Kaplan, M.S. (2000) Spirituality, Social Support, and Worry About Health: Relationships in a Sample of HIV+ Women. Social Thought, 19, 37-52.
Adamek, M.E. & Kaplan, M.S. (2000). Caring for Depressed and Suicidal Older Patients: A Comparison of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 30, 111-125.
Joe, S. & Kaplan, M.S. (2001). Suicide Among African American Men: Linking Secular Trends and Literature with a Focus on Prevention. In Davidson L, Ross V eds.. Suicide Prevention Now: Linking Research to Practice. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Joe, S. & Kaplan, M.S. (2001). Suicide among African-American Men. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 31 (Suppl.), 106-121.
Kaplan, M.S., Adamek, M.E., & Martin, J.L. (2001). Confidence of primary care physicians in assessing the suicidality of geriatric patients. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16, 728-734.
Kaplan, M.S., Newsom, J.T., McFarland, B.H., & Lu, L. (2001). Demographic and psychosocial correlates of physical activity in late life, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 21, 306- 312.
Joe, S. & Kaplan, M.S. (2002). Use of firearms in suicide among young African-American males 1979-1997, Psychiatric Services, 53, 332-334.
Kaplan, M.S., Chang, C., Newsom, J.T., & McFarland, B.H. (2002). Acculturation and hypertension among Asian immigrants in Canada. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 56, 455-456.
Kaplan, M.S., Newsom, J.T., & McFarland, B.H. (2002). Older adults' contacts with health practitioners: Is there an association with smoking practices? Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 57A, M343-M346 (with an accompanying editorial).
McFarland, B., Bigelow, D., Zani, B., Newsom, J., & Kaplan, M. (2002). Complementary and alternative medicine in Canada and the United States. American Journal of Public Health. 92, 1616-1618.
Kaplan, M.S. & Nunes, A. (2003). Psychosocial determinants of hypertension: A review article. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease, 13, 52-59.
Kaplan, M.S., Huguet, N., Newsom, J.T., & McFarland, B.H. (2003). Characteristics of physically inactive older adults with arthritis: Results of a population-based study. Preventive Medicine 37, 61-67.
Kaplan, M.S., Huguet, N., Newsom, J.T., McFarland, B.H., & Lindsay, J. (2003). Prevalence and correlates of overweight and obesity among older adults: Findings from the National Population Health Survey. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 58A, 1018-30.
Adamek, M.E. & Kaplan, M.S. (2003). Confidence in Managing Late-Life Suicidality: A National Survey of Nurse Practitioners. Journal of Mental Health and Aging. 9, 171-82.
Newsom, J.T., Kaplan, M.S., Huguet, N., & McFarland, B.H. (2004). Health Behavior in a Representative Sample of Older Canadians: Prevalences, Reported Change, Motivation to Change, and Perceived Barriers. The Gerontologist, 44, 193-205.
Kaplan, M.S., McFarland, B.H., Newsom, J.T., & Huguet, N. (2004). Spending More, Feeling Worse: Medical Care Expenditures and Self-Rated Health. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 58, 529-30.
Newsom, J.T., McFarland, B.H., Kaplan, M.S., Huguet, N., Zani, B. (in press). The Health Consciousness Myth: Impllications of the Near Independence of Major Health Behaviors in the Population. Social Science & Medicine.
Kaplan, M.S., Huguet, N., Newsom, J.T., McFarland, B.H. (in press). Length of Residence and Obesity Among Hispanic Immigrants. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Kaplan, M.S. (in press). Myths and Realities of Canadian Medicare. Oregon's Future.
Published Abstracts
Kaplan, M.S., Adamek, M.E., & Johnson, S. (1996). Trends in Firearm Suicide Among Older American Males: 1979-1988. In P. Rabins (Ed.), Year Book of Geriatrics and Gerontology. St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
Adamek, M.E. & Kaplan, M.S. (1997). Geriatric Mental Health in the Primary Care Sector: A Comparison of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners.[11th International Conference on Mental Health Problems in the General Health Care Sector] International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 27, 299.
