Faculty and Staff

Barbara Plested, Ph.D., Senior Researcher
Barbara.Plested@colostate.edu
355 SE Aylesworth Hall
Interests: Native American Studies

Selected Publications:

Thurman, Pamela, Irene S Vernon and Barbara Plested, 2007, “Advancing HIV/AIDS Prevention among American Indians through Capacity Building and Community Readiness Model”. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (January): S49-S54.

Slater, M. D., Kelly, K. J., Edwards, R.W., Thurman, P.J/, Plested, B. A., Keefe, T. J., Lawrence, F. R., & Henry, K. L. (2005). Combining in-school and community-based media efforts: reducing marijuana and alcohol uptake among younger adolescents. Health Education Research, Oxford University Press.

Slater, M. D., Edwards, R. W., Plested, B. A., Thurman, P. J., Kelly, K. J., Comello, M. L. G., & Keefe, T. J. (2005). Using Community Readiness key informant assessments in a randomized group prevention trial: Impact of a participatory community-media intervention. Journal of Community Health, 30(1),39-53.

Novins, D., LeMaster, P., Jumper Thurman, P., & Plested, B. (2004). Describing community needs: Examples from the Circles of Care initiative. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 11(2), 42-58.

Beauvais, F., Jumper-Thurman, P., Plested, B., & Helm, H. (2004). Surveillance of drug use among American Indian adolescents: Patterns over 25 years. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology.

Kelly, K. J., Edwards, R. W., Comello, M. L. G., Plested, B. A., Jumper Thurman, P., & Slater, M. D. (2003). The Community Readiness Model: A complementary approach to social marketing. Journal of Marketing Theory, 3(4), 411-425.

Jumper Thurman, P., Plested, B. A., Edwards, R. W., Foley, R., & Burnside, M. (2003). Community readiness: The journey to community healing. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 35(1), 27-31.

Jumper-Thurman, P., Edwards, R. W., Plested, B. A., & Oetting, E. (2003). Honoring the differences: Using community readiness to create culturally valid community interventions. In G. Bernal, J. E. Trimble, A. K. Burlew, & F. T. L. Leong (Eds.), Handbook of racial & ethnic minority psychology (pp. 591-607). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Beauvais, F., Jumper-Thurman, P., Plested, B. (2002). Prevention of alcohol and other drug abuse among Indian adolescent: An examination of current assumptions. In P. D. Mail, S. Heurtin-Roberts, S. E. Martin, & J. Howard (Eds.), Alcohol use among American Indians and Alaska Natives (NIH Publication No. 02-4231, pp. 187-209). Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Beauvais, F., Wayman, J., Jumper-Thurman, P., Plested, B., & Helm, H. (2002). Inhalant use among American Indian, Mexican-American & non-Latino White adolescents. American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse, 28(1), 1-18.

Jumper-Thurman, P., Plested, B., & Beauvais, F. (1995). Treatment strategies for volatile solvent abusers in the United States. In N. Kozel, Z. Sloboda, & M. De La Rosa (Eds.), Epidemiology of inhalant abuse: An international perspective (NIDA Research Monograph No. 148, pp. 250-259). Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Jumper-Thurman, P., Swaim, R., & Plested, B. (1995). Intervention and treatment of ethnic minority substance abusers. In J. F. Aponte, R. Y. Rivers, & J. Wohl (Eds.), Psychological interventions and cultural diversity (pp. 215-233). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Oetting, E. R., Donnermeyer, J. F., Plested, B. A., Edwards, R. W., Kelly, K., & Beauvais, F. (1995). Assessing community readiness for prevention. The International Journal of the Addictions, 30(6), 659-683.

Plested, B. A., & Jumper Thurman, P. (1995). Failure in organization and planning: A case study of a treatment agency. The International Journal of the Addictions, 30(6), 735-746.

Thurman, P. J., Plested, B. A, & Beauvais, F. (1995). Treatment of solvent abuse. In Solvent Abuse Monograph. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Donnermeyer, J. F., Plested, B. A., Edwards, R. W., Oetting, E., & Littlethunder, L. (1997). Community readiness and prevention programs. Journal of the Community Development Society, 28(1), 65-83.

Jumper-Thurman, P., Slater, M., Smitham, D. M., Serrato, S., Plested, B., & Helm, H. (1998). How effective are inhalant prevention media materials? Pathways: A practical forum for services to Indian children and families, 13(3), 3-4.

Plested, B. A., Jumper Thurman, P., Edwards, R. W., & Oetting, E. R. (1998). Community readiness: A tool for effective community-based prevention. Prevention Research, 5(2).

Smitham, D. M., Moya, B., Jumper-Thurman, P., & Plested, B. A. (1998). Inhalant resource manual: A guide to educational tools. Ft. Collins, Colorado: Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research and Colorado State University

Thurman, P. J., & Plested, B. A. (1998). Health needs of American Indian women. In C. L. Wetherington & A. B. Roman (Eds.), Drug addiction research and the health of women. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Plested, B., Smitham, D. M., Jumper-Thurman, P., Oetting, E. R., & Edwards, R. W. (1999). Readiness for drug use prevention in rural minority communities. Substance Use and Misuse, 34(4&5), 521-544.

Thurman, P. J., Chen, J., Edwards, R. W., Swaim, R., & Plested, B. (1999). Intervention with ethnic minority substance abusers. In J. F. Aponte & J. Wohl (Eds.), Psychological intervention and cultural diversity, Second edition. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Edwards, R. W., Jumper-Thurman. P., Plested, B. A., Oetting, E. R., & Swanson, L. (2000). Community readiness theory: Research to practice. Journal of Community Psychology, 28(3), 291-307.

Jumper-Thurman, P., Bates, S. C., & Plested, B. (2000). Solvent use, school attendance, gender and ethnicity. Prevention Researcher, 7(3), 10-11.

Thurman, P. J., Plested, B. A., Edwards, R. W., Helm, H. M., & Oetting, E. R. (2001). Using the community readiness model in native communities. In J. Trimble & F. Beauvais (Eds.), Health promotion and substance abuse prevention among American Indian and Alaska Native communities: Issues in cultural competence (CSAP Monograph, Cultural Competence Series No. 9, DHHS Publication No. (SMA)99-3440, pp. 129-158).

Beauvais, F., Jumper-Thurman, P., Plested, B., & Helm, H. (2002). A survey of attitudes among drug user treatment providers toward the treatment of inhalant users. Substance Use & Misuse, 37(11), 1391-1410.