Heather Fritz, PhD

Associate Professor, Founding SOT Director​

School/College: Occupational Therapy
Email: hfritz@pnwu.edu

Fields:

  • Health behavior ​
  • Occupational therapy/science​
  • Gerontology​

Areas of Expertise:

  • Chronic condition prevention and management ​
  • Occupational science (theory, habits, action, and environment re daily activities)​
  • Population health and health disparities

Methodological Expertise:

  • Intervention design​
  • Qualitative data collection and analysis​
  • Mixed methods designs​
  • Scoping review methodology

Current Projects:

  • Outcomes of occupational therapy services in behavioral health residential program (Yakima Co DHS)​
  • Chronic condition self-management for older African-Americans and physician understanding/empathy (NIH)​
  • Older urban African-Americans, stress, and CVD risk (NIH)​
  • Frailty prevention in older adults

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