Education

• B.S., Health Education, Eastern Illinois University, 1972
• M.S., Health Education, Eastern Illinois University, 1974
• Ed.D., Health Education, Curriculum & Instruction, West Virginia University, 1978 

Courses Taught

• Health Promotion Interventions for Chronic Disease
• Health Promotion Communications
• Field Practice Internship Seminar

Research Interests

Dr. Cleaver's research focuses on the application of community-based approaches to public health problems, including adolescent tobacco use and Native American health issues.  She is an Investigator of the Center for Prevention Research in Native Americans, a research center established in the College of Public Health.  The Center has as its primary purpose the successful implementation of health promotion and disease prevention programs in the Native American community of Oklahoma.    

Funded Research  

• Principal Investigator. Development of a Model Smoking Cessation Program for Native American Youth. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 9/99 - 9/00, $80,725.

• Principal Investigator. Prevention Centers Tobacco Network. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 9/99 - 9/00, $10,805.

• Principal Investigator. Youth Response to Tobacco Control Policies. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 10/97-9/98, $99,811.

• Oklahoma Center for Prevention Research Center for Native Americans. Principal Investigator, Elisa Lee; V. Cleaver, Investigator for Center and Principal Investigator for project, Community Health Representative Project. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 9/94-9/98, $110,327.
  
  
• Principal Investigator. Dissemination of Effective School Health Programs. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 9/97-9/98, $17,995.

Select Publications  

• Kegler, M., Kingsley, B., Malcoe, L., Cleaver, V., Reid, J., Solomon, G.  The functional value of smoking and nonsmoking from the perspective of American Indian youth. Family and Community Health, 22:2,   31-42, 1999.


• Abubaker, W.A., Al-Assaf, A.F., Cleaver, V.L. Using process improvement teams to prevent iron deficiency in Egyptian women. International Journal for Quality in Health Care,  11:2, April 1999.


• Training Manual: Rogers, B. and Cleaver, V. How to Make Decisions for Tomorrow's Results: A Planning Manual for Health Educators.  Published by Health Education, Indian Health Service Headquarters, Rockville, Maryland, 1995.
  


• Wild, R., Taylor, L., Knehans, A., Cleaver, V. Matriarchal Model for Cardiovascular Prevention. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 49, 147-152, 1994.


• Cleaver, V., Ratliff, R., Rogers, B. Community health representatives (CHRs): a valuable resource for providing coronary heart disease health education and health promotion activities for Native Americans. Health Education,  20:6, 16-20, 1989.

• Vicki L. Cleaver, Ed.D., Michelle Kegler, Dr.P.H., Tim Tall Chief, M.Ed., Jennifer Winslow, B.A. Lessons learned from conducting focus groups with Native American teens. The 10th Annual Prevention Reserach Centers Scientific Conference, February, 2000, Atlanta, Georgia.
  
  
• Vicki L. Cleaver, Ed.D., Michelle Kegler, Dr.P.H., Tim Tall Chief, M.Ed. The use of focus group methodology in Native American teen smoking research. National Conference on Tobacco and Health, August, 1999, Kissimmee, Florida.
  
  
• Vicki L. Cleaver, Ed.D. and Michelle C. Kegler, Dr.P.H. Family influences on smoking among American Indian adolescents. SOPHE Midyear Scientific Conference, June, 1999, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  
  
• Vicki L. Cleaver, Ed.D. and Michelle Kegler, Dr.P.H. The role of smoking policies in reducing and preventing cigarette smoking among Native American high school students. 2nd European Conference on Tobacco or Health and 1st Iberoamerican Conference on Tobacco or Health, February, 1999, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
  
  
• Cleaver, V., Kegler, M., The Social Context of Experimenting with Cigarettes Among Native American Youth in Oklahoma, American Public Health Association, November, 1998, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Cleaver, V., Kegler, M., Reid, J. The Social Context of Adolescent Smoking Among Young in Oklahoma. SOPHE Mid-Year Scientific Conference, May, 1998, San Antonio.
  
  
• Cleaver, V. Community Health Representatives: Developing Partnerships for Health Native American Children.  American School Health Association Annual Conference, October, 1997, Daytona Beach, Florida.
  
  
• Cleaver, V. and Reynolds, S. How to Develop and Improve Your Advocacy Skills. American School Health Association Annual Conference, October, 1996, St. Louis.
  
  
• Cleaver, V. and Autaubo, D. Ways to Build and Enhance Self-Esteem: Professional Development.  Eleventh Annual Oklahoma Area Community Health Representative Conference, September, 1996, Oklahoma City.