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 , MA, Human Services and Social Planning/Clinical Psychology Program Director The Calverton Center Calverton, Maryland
Phone: (301) 755-2725
Fax: (301) 755-2799
Email: nelkin@pire.org
Valerie S. Nelkin, PIRE Program Director, is a senior health and social science analyst and manager. She has extensive research and evaluation experience in public health, human services, substance abuse prevention, and traffic safety programs. She is skilled in program and policy evaluation, data collection, and qualitative analysis. Ms. Nelkin has conducted program evaluations in numerous culturally diverse communities across the country. She is fluent in Spanish.. Ms. Nelkin has authored many publications and reports, including reports to Congress. She also wrote the Surgeon Generals Report on Children with Special Health Care Needs, written for C. Everett Koop, M.D. Ms. Nelkin has served on a number of national public health task forces and has given presentations at many professional conferences. Her areas of interest include improvement of service provision to, and evaluation of culturally diverse communities; violence prevention; adolescent behaviors; and community services integration.
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Published Literature
- Taking your medicines safely: A community senior center education program (2008). Author(s): Sheppard, M.A.; Snowden, C.B.; Jones, P.R.; Nelkin, V.; and Roche, L.
- Children with HIV infection and their families: Organizing a community response (2004). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.
- Using Corporate Data in Research on Worker Health and Safety, American Journal of Evaluation (2004). Author(s): Spicer, R.; Nelkin, V.; Miller, T.; and Becker, L.
- Drinking, riding and prevention: A focus group study (2003). Author(s): Becker, Les R.; McNight, Scott A.; Nelkin, Valerie, S.; and Piper, Douglas L.
- Evaluation of female driver responses to impaired driving messages (2000). Author(s): Piper, D.; and Nelkin, V.
- Achieving Healthy Outcomes for Children and Families of Diverse Cultural Backgrounds (1996). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.; and Malach, R.S.
- Evaluation of CASA (community alternatives to substance abuse program) (1995). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.
- Evaluation of Project SUPPORT (1995). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.
- How far we've come-overview of SPRANS survey findings in lessons learned in developing systems of care, in Proceedings of the Seventh Annual National SPRANS Workshop (1994). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.
- Implementing the Surgeon General's action agenda: Survey of SPRANS Grantees, for Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (1994). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.
- Estimating the costs to society of cigarette fire injuries, in Report to Congress in response to the Fire Safe Cigarette Act of 1990 (1993). Author(s): Miller, Ted R.; Brigham, P.; Cohen, M.; Douglass, J.; Galbraith, M.; Lestina, D.; Nelkin, V.; Pindus, N.; and Regojo-Smith, P.
- Evaluation of Project Linkages (an asthma project) (1993). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.
- Evaluation of the Family Preservation Program (1993). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.
- Experiences of burn survivors: Case studies (1993). Author(s): Pindus, N; Miller, Ted R.; and Nelkin, V
- Improving services for culturally diverse populations, hemophilia, pediatric AIDS, habilitative services, and genetic services activities, for the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (1991). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.
- Improving state services for culturally diverse populations: Focus on children with special health needs and their families (1991). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.
- Strategies to evaluate community-based coordinated care projects in making a difference: Evaluating community-based services, in Proceedings of Fourth Annual National SPRANS Workshop (1990). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.
- AIDS policies on youth, Journal of Adolescent Health Care (1989). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.; and Oliva, G.
- Building systems of care for children with HIV infection and their families (1989). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.
- Evaluation of community-based services, in Proceedings of the American Evaluation Association Conference: New Perspectives From International and Cross-Cultural Evaluation (1989). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.; and Hubbell, R.
- Evaluation of community-based services for children with special health care needs (1989). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.; and Hubbell, R.
- Pediatric AIDS (1988). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.
- Family-centered health care for medically fragile children: Principles and practices (1987). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.
- Surgeon General's Report: Children with special health care needs (1987). Author(s): Nelkin, V.S.
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