Jean Breny

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Biography

Jean M. Breny is Professor in the Department of Public Health at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT. Her scholarship aims to eliminate health disparities through an antiracism lens using photovoice research and a community-based participatory research paradigm that informs public health practice. Along with colleagues at Southern Connecticut State University, she is developing a Center for Health Equity and Eliminating Racism (CHEER) designed to train students in antiracist research. Dr. Breny holds is an Associate Scientist in the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University and an Affiliated Researcher at the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. She was a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Global/Public Health in Izmir, Turkey and is Past President of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). Her co-authored book, Photovoice for Social Justice: Visual Representation in Action, was published in January, 2021.

Education/Academic qualification

Public Health, Exploration of the Social Context Among Low-Income African American Women: Towards a model for preventing HIV/STDs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

… → 2000

Public Health, Thesis: Gender Differences in Condom Use Among Sexually Active Undergraduate Students, San Jose State University

… → 1994

Communications, Western Connecticut State University

… → 1986

Using Photovoice to Explore Parent’s Breastfeeding Experiences on Campus
Griswold, M. (Other) & Breny, J. (Other)
CSU
08/1/22 → 05/31/23
Project: Research
Addressing Health Equity in Connecticut through the Use of Implicit Bias and Photovoice Training: A pilot model of systems change through academic/community partnerships
Breny, J. (PI)
Connecticut Health Foundation
01/1/20 → 08/31/21
Project: Research
Digital Storytelling: Tool for Teaching and Community Based Participatory Research
Smoyer, A. (PI) & Breny, J. (CoPI)
Southern Connecticut State University
01/1/18 → 05/31/18
Project: Research
Formative Evaluation to test a Peer Education Program to Increase Healthy Sexual Behaviors Among Undergraduate Male Students at SCSU
Breny, J. (PI)
CSU
01/1/18 → 12/31/19
Project: Research
Examination of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Behaviors in Izmir, Turkey
Breny, J. (PI)
CSU
08/1/13 → 06/30/14
Project: Research

19 Paper
12 Article
4 Chapter
2 Design
More

We Are Family: Effects of a Relationship-Strengthening Prevention Intervention on Parenting Behaviors Among Black and Latino Adolescent Couples
Diaz, V. R., Albritton, T., Katague, M., Dancy, V., Breny, J. & Kershaw, T., Jul 1 2023, In: Journal of Family Issues. 44, 7, p. 1796-1816 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Advancing the Journey to Achieve Health Equity and Eliminate Discrimination in Academic Public Health
Halkitis, P., Bowman, D., Breny, J. & St. George, D. M., 2022.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Exploring Racism in Health Pedagogy
Evans, M. A., Breny, J., Njoku, A. & Searcy, Y., 2022, In: Race and Pedagogy Journal: Teaching and Learning for Justice. 5, 4, p. 3
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Implementation Tools, Program Staff, and Budgets
Fertman, C., Grim, M., Valdez-Barkwell, C., Breny, J. M., Fagen, M. & Roe, K. M., 2022, Health Promotion Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation: A Practitioner’s Guide. 3 ed. Wiley
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Let’s Talk About Photovoice!
Breny, J. & McMorrow, S. L., 2022.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

Committee Member
Breny, J. (Participant)
2013
Activity: Other › Professional Service
Committee Chair
Breny, J. (Participant)
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Committee Member
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2010 → 2011
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Committee Member
Breny, J. (Participant)
2009 → 2012
Activity: Other › Professional Service

~Artistic Response to Genocide
Smoyer, A., Breny, J. & Marsoobian, A.
01/1/23 → …
Course
~History of Athens
Petroski, D., Smoyer, A., Chrissidis, N., Mugno, R., Slomba, J., Breny, J., Marsoobian, A., Bennett, T. & Heidkamp, C.
01/1/15 → …
Course

~SOC Honors Prospectus

Ellis, S., Dutta, S., Thompson, C., Brancazio, L., Graves, S., Kenty-Drane, J., Latchman, P., Nye, L., Evans, M., Risisky, D., Dodson, J., Beals, P., Waldman DeLuca, Z., McGill, K., Rogers, M., Miller, M., Phillips, J., Casetti, D., Baker Bailey, S., Kruczek, K., Kearns, J., Cochenet, G., Talhelm, M., Brady, S., Grace, S. P., Sulkowski, M., Mugno, R., Budnick, C., Finch, E., Breslin, V., Powell, J., Piemontese, L., Bertana, A., Pang, J., Goldberg, A., Colwell, K., Marchant-Shapiro, T., Cook, B., Kuss, M., Edgington, N., Larocco, S., Taylor, D., Keenan, E., Tomczak, S. M., Paddock, T., Serchuk, C., Manzella, J., Shea, M., McDaniel, M. B., Hopper, J., Anthis, K., Nizhnikov, M., Madu, N., Rondinone, T. M., Bordner, K., Kim, Y., Carter-David, S., Walters, K., Aguilar, J., Lancor, L., Bay, M., Kalbfleisch, E., Crawford, S., Andoh, S., Vu, T. Q., Macur, D., Mock, J., Thompson, C. M., Reyes, L., Wu, B., Prince, M., McVerry, J. G., Smyth, A., Baraw, C., Carrigan, B. A., Breny, J., Antonios, I., Horch, E., Heidkamp, C., Olney, P., Marsland, K., Schwendemann, T., Brown , M., Smith, J., Forbus, Jr., R., Bernard, S., Swartz, D., Kelly, M., Marx, H., Enjalran, M., Rodriquez-Keyes, E., Henderson, N., Unson, C., Archambault, M. J., Skinner, M., Bower-Phipps, L., Lockwood, H., Smoyer, A., Durwin, C., Yu Ng, W., Johnson, B., Terpstra, J. E., O'Brien, K., Pang, Y., Suckle-Nelson, J. A., Engel, R., Barry Councilor, K., Hossain, M. S., Moore, D., Kwak, L., Axtell, III, R., Schmitt, E., Bennett, T., Wu, H., Skoczen, K., Dunbar, M., Clark, A., Sinclair, M., Richardson, A., Robertson, M., Kahlbaugh, P., Richmond, A., Wall, A., Islam, M. T., Stewart, C., Andrushko, V., Petroski, D., Amerman, S., Sessler Branden, P., Buckley, S., Al Seesi, S., Furey, R., Gilliland, R., Coleman, K., Sargent, M., Vaters-Carr, R., Wharton, J., Warner, H., Cavallero, E., Kern, D., Jacobs, J., Sherwood, C.-A., Adams, G., Abugri, B., Lunn, W., Webb, J., Sheta, A., McEachern, R., Coca, A., Lesley, M. J. G., Calin, C., Hong, J., Parrish, T., Liu, Y. Q., Harry, C. C., Lopez-Velasquez, A., Broadbridge, C., Ramachandar, S., Bessenoff, G., Zipoli, Jr., R., D'Angelo, K., Birz, G., Gregory, R., Fields, J., Morin, G., Jeffrey, R., Michalsen, V., Finch, K., Hoffler, S., Buterbaugh, K., West, E. S., Coury, C., Stiver, K., Cross, E., Brownell, M., Volkmar, F., Irwin, J., Chevan, D. & Mabry, K.

01/1/18 → …

Course

*Health in Society
Kreiger, J., Evans, M., Breny, J., Bernard, S., Schwartz, E. & Unson, C.
01/1/23 → …
Course
Health Promotion Practice
Breny, J.
01/1/23 → …
Course

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