S&A - Ronald F. Czaja

Ronald F. Czaja

RANK: Associate Professor

POSITION RESPONSIBILITY:

! Research, teaching and service EDUCATION: ! New England Epidemiology Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1984)

! Ph.D. - Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle (1976)

! M.A. - Sociology, University of Iowa, Iowa City (1969)

POSITIONS HELD: ! Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology (July 1990-present).

! Assistant Director, Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago (September 1979-July 1990).

! Research Assistant Professor, Survey Research Laboratory, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago (December 1976-July 1990).

RESEARCH INTERESTS: ! Response effects in surveys, cognitive aspects of questionnaire design, and any methodological studies in survey research; design and evaluation of medical interventions for early cancer detection (e.g., using tailored messages to improve health promotion outcomes). PROJECTS, GRANTS, CONTRACTS (LAST 10 YEARS): ! Czaja, Ron. 1991-95. Prescribe for Health in Urban Minorities Primary Care Physician Practices. $1,689,400. Co-Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute.

! Czaja, Ron. 1992-93. Family Structure, Function and Health. $17,640. Co-Principal Investigator, National Center for Health Statistics.

! Czaja, Ron. 1987-90. Information-Seeking Behavior of Cancer Patients. $125,000. Co-Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute.

! Czaja, Ron. 1985-89. Evaluation of the PDQ System. $799,000. Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute.

! Czaja, Ron. 1985-88. Evaluating Network Sampling for Local Victimization Surveys. $165,000. Co-Principal Investigator, National Institute of Justice.

TEACHING AND GRADUATE ACTIVITIES: ! Graduate research methods, advanced survey research methods, undergraduate research methods, medical sociology, health behavior and interventions. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (LAST 10 YEARS) ! Czaja, R., and J. Blair. 1996. Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures. Newbury Park, CA: Pine Forge Press.

! Manfredi, C., R. Czaja, S. Freels, M. Trubitt, R. Warnecke, and L. Lacey. 1998. Improving Cancer Screening in Physician Practices Serving Low-Income and Minority Populations. Archives of Family Medicine 7:329-37.

! Czaja, R. 1998. Probability Proportional to Size Sampling. Pp. 3945-51 in The Encyclopedia of Biostatistics Vol. 5, ed. by P. Armitage, and T. Colton. Chickester, UK: J. Wiley and Sons.

! Czaja, R. 1998. Questionnaire Pretesting Comes of Age. Marketing Bulletin 9 (May): 52-66.

! Czaja, R., C. Manfredi, and R. B. Warnecke. 1996. Collecting Survey and Medical Records Data to Measure Intervention Outcomes in Medical Practices Serving Urban Minorities. Pp. 209-14 in Health Survey Research Methods, ed. by R. B. Warnecke. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.

! Parsons, J. A., R. B. Warnecke, R. F. Czaja, J. Barnsley, and A. Kaluzny. 1994. Factors Associated With Response Rates in A National Survey of Primary Care Physicians. Evaluation Review 18 (6):756-66.

! Czaja, R., J. Blair, B. Bickard, and E. Eastman. 1994. Respondent Strategies for Recall of Crime Victimization Incidents. Journal of Official Statistics 10 (3):257-76.

! Czaja, R., S. L. McFall, R. B. Warnecke, L. Ford, and A. D. Kaluzny. 1994. Preferences of Community Physicians for Cancer Screening Guidelines. Annals of Internal Medicine 120 (7):602-8.

! Czaja, R., C. Manfredi, J. Price, M. Buis, and R. Janiszewski. 1993. Cancer Patients' Search for Information: A Comparison of Patients Who Called the CIS and Other Cancer Patients. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 14:93-104.

! Manfredi, C., R. Czaja, M. Buis, and D. Derk. 1993. Cancer Patients' Utilization of Treatment Related Information Received from the Cancer Information Service. Cancer 71 (4):1326-37.

! Hoban, T., E. Woodrum, and R. Czaja. 1992. Public Opposition to Genetic Engineering. Rural Sociology 57 (4):476-93.

! Czaja, R., D. H. Trunzo, and P. N. Royston. 1992. Response Effects in a Network Survey. Sociological Methods and Research 20 (3):340-66.

! Shaw, D., and R. Czaja. 1992. User Interactions with the PDQ Cancer Information System. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 80 (1):29-35.

! Czaja, R., and J. Blair. 1990. Using Network Sampling in Crime Victimization Surveys. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 6 (2):185-206.

! Czaja, R., and J. Blair. 1988. Using Network Sampling for Rare Populations: An Application to Local Crime Victimization Surveys. American Statistical Association Proceedings on Survey Research Methods 38-43.

! Czaja, R. 1987-88. Asking Sensitive Behavioral Questions in Telephone Interviews. International Quarterly of Community Health Education 8 (1):23-32.

! Czaja, R., C. B. Snowden, and R. J. Casady. 1986. Reporting Bias and Sampling Errors in a Survey of a Rare Population Using Multiplicity Counting Rules. Journal of the American Statistical Association 81 (June):411-19.

SERVICE ACTIVITIES: ! Associate Editor of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior (1992-94)

! Periodic Reviewer: Journal of American Statistical Association, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Journal of Official Statistics, Southern Rural Sociology, Midwest Sociological Quarterly, Public Opinion Quarterly, and Social Science Quarterly.

! Proposal Reviewer - Special Emphasis Panel on Community Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute, NIH, (March 1994, November 1994, February 1996); CAHPS, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, NIH (August 1995); Cancer Control Project for Farm Population, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NIH (September 1993); Cancer Information Research Consortium Program Project, AMC Cancer Research Center (February, 1992); Consultant, National Eye Health Education Program, Survey Task Force, National Eye Institute, (June 1990 to 1995); Master's Level Certification Examination Committee, American Sociological Association (March 1989 - February 1992).

HONORS, AWARDS, OTHER IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES: ! Massey University (Palmerston North, New Zealand), College of Business Studies, Department of Marketing (February-December 1997).

! Statistician, Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignment, Office of Research and Methodology, National Center for Health Statistics (February-May 1983).

FUTURE PLANS: ! Continue my medical intervention research and survey research methodological studies. Look for a survey research organization affiliation.