Stephen C. Alder

Stephen C. Alder, PhD, MBA

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Family & Preventive Medicine , Adjunct - Internal Medicine

Divisions: Public Health , Epidemiology

Academic Office Information

steve.alder@utah.edu

Research Statement

My research focuses on optimizing health through human-centric and system-changing development. My current work focuses on how to engage communities to build capacity for accessing resources needed to achieve high quality health. This includes working with both researchers and community groups across an array of research topics. I also lead research that is focused on translational and implementation science aimed at improving community-based health resources and developing community capacity for improving public health. I am currently working on creation of community-based approaches to developing primary health resources that are integrated into the broader health system. I also serve as a consulting expert on health workforce modeling to guide strategies for developing health professionals. I am helping to develop a research program focused on the integration of strengthening community health and creating pathways for self-reliance through economic development. I continue to serve as a collaborating expert on research projects where I provide guidance on health behavior theory, research methods and biostatistics. My research activities are both domestic and international, with a record of extramurally funded projects that have been conducted locally, regionally, nationally and globally.

Education History

Undergraduate University of Utah
 BS
Graduate Training University of Utah
 MS
Doctoral Training University of Utah
 PhD
Graduate Training University of Oxford
 Executive MBA

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Stone MB, Botto LD, Feldkamp ML, Smith KR, Roling L, Yamashiro D, Alder S (2010). Improving quality of life of children with oral clefts: perspectives of parents. The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 21(5), 1358-64.
  2. Stone MB, Stanford JB, Lyon JL, VanDerslice JA, Alder S (2013). Childhood thyroid radioiodine exposure and subsequent infertility in the intermountain fallout cohort. Environmental health perspectives, 121(1), 79-84.
  3. Simonsen SE, Digre KB, Ralls B, Mukundente V, Davis FA, Rickard S, Tavake-Pasi F, Napia EE, Aiono H, Chirpich M, Stark LA, Sunada G, Keen K, Johnston L, Frost CJ, Varner MW, Alder S (2015). A gender-based approach to developing a healthy lifestyle and healthy weight intervention for diverse Utah women. Evaluation and program planning, 51, 8-16.
  4. Long KN, Long PM, Pinto S, Crookston BT, Gren LH, Mihalopoulos NL, Dickerson TT, Alder S (2013). Development and validation of the Indian Adolescent Health Questionnaire. Journal of tropical pediatrics, 59(3), 231-42.
  5. Dye HM, Stanford JB, Alder SC, Kim HS, Murphy P (2005). Women and postfertilization effects of birth control: consistency of beliefs, intentions and reported use. BMC women's health, 5, 11.
  6. Naranjo D, Kimball E, Nelson J, Samore M, Alder SC, Stroupe K, Evans CT, Weaver FM, Ray C, Kale I, Galyean PO, Zickmund (2023). Differences in perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination between vaccine hesitant and non-hesitant persons. PloS one, 18(9), e0290540.
  7. Hartsell JD, Leung DT, Zhang Y, Delgado JC, Alder SC, Samore M (2023). Sex difference in the discordance between Abbott Architect and EuroImmun serological assays. PeerJ, 11, e15247.
  8. Drits-Esser D, Coulter H, Mannello MC, Sunada G, Alder SC, Davis PFA, Lee D, Mukundente V, Napia E, Ralls B, Rickard S, Tavaké-Pasi F, Stark L (2019). The Community Faces Model: Community, University and Health Department Partners Thriving Together for Effective Health Education. Collaborations (Coral Gables, Fla.), 2(1),
  9. Guynn I, Hassmiller Lich K, Manortey S, Frerichs L, Mansfield AJ, Shaibu M, Anum-Brown MM, Antwi PO, Alder S (2025). The 'Health-2-Go' programme's impact on all-cause mortality and clinic utilisation for children 5 and under: a retrospective cohort analysis of an iCCM intervention in Ghana's Barekese Subdistrict. BMJ global health, 10(3),
  10. Sutherland EK, Smith JD, Ofori-Boateng M, Kushitor SB, Sarkwah HN, Kwanin BA, Sward KA, Gouripeddi R, Manortey SO, Price MD, Rositch A, Ngwa W, Alder SC, Joshu C, Price R (2024). Study protocol for the development of a real-time interface showing the availability of breast and cervical cancer services in Ghana. PloS one, 19(10), e0312150.
  11. Odukoya OO, Manortey S, Takemoto M, Alder S, Okuyemi K (2020). Body, Soul and Spirit, an adaptation of two evidence-based interventions to promote physical activity and healthy eating among adults in churches in Lagos Nigeria: a three-arm cluster randomized controlled pilot trial. Pilot and feasibility studies, 6, 59.
  12. Manortey S, Alder S, Crookston B, Dickerson T, VanDerslice J, Benson (2014). Social Deterministic Factors to Participation in the National Health Insurance Scheme in the Context of Rural Ghanaian Setting. Journal of public health in Africa, 5(1), 352.
  13. Manortey S, VanDerslice J, Alder S, Henry KA, Crookston B, Dickerson T, Benson (2014). Spatial Analysis of Factors Associated with Household Subscription to the National Health Insurance Scheme in Rural Ghana. Journal of public health in Africa, 5(1), 353.
  14. Kindness A, Kim H, Alder S, Edwards A, Parekh A, Olson L (2009). Court compliance as a predictor of postadjudication recidivism for domestic violence offenders. Journal of interpersonal violence, 24(7), 1222-38.

Review

  1. Nelson JR, Ess RH, Dickerson TT, Gren LH, Benson LS, Manortey SO, Alder S (2022). Strategies to increase rural maternal utilization of skilled health personnel for childbirth delivery in low- and middle-income countries: a narrative review. Global health action, 15(1), 2058170.

Other

  1. Toth DJA, Beams AB, Keegan LT, Zhang Y, Greene T, Orleans B, Seegert N, Looney A, Alder SC, Samore M (2021). High variability in transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within households and implications for control. PloS one, 16(11), e0259097.
  2. Samore MH, Looney A, Orleans B, Greene T, Seegert N, Delgado JC, Presson A, Zhang C, Ying J, Zhang Y, Shen J, Slev P, Gaulin M, Yang MJ, Pavia AT, Alder S (2021). Probability-Based Estimates of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Seroprevalence and Detection Fraction, Utah, USA. Emerging infectious diseases, 27(11), 2786-2794.