UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center : JCCC Member Directory

Felicia S. Hodge, Dr.P.H.

Affiliation(s):

Professor, School of Nursing, School of Public Health

Chair, American Indian Studies

Director, Center for American Indian/Indigenous Research and Education (CAIRE)

Member, JCCC Healthy and At-Risk Populations Program Area

Contact Information:

Phone:	(310) 267-2255
E-mail:	fhodge@sonnet.ucla.edu

Scientific Interest(s):

Dr. Felicia Hodge's research focuses on chronic health conditions, health beliefs and behaviors among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Current projects include cancer symptom management (pain, fatigue, function, depression), diabetes fatalism among the Plains tribes, smoking cessation, prevention and control and wellness beliefs and behaviors among California Indians. Hodge is the Director of the Center for American Indian/Indigenous Research and Education (CAIRE).

Selected Cancer-Related Publications:

Geishirt Cantrell BA, Hodge FS, Struthers R, Decora LH. The high incidence of cigarette smoking among American indians of the Northern Plains. J Cancer Educ. 2005; 20(1 Suppl): 97-100.

Packer MM, Kaur JS, Hodge FS, Nan B, Trapp MA, Roubidoux MA. A survey of attendees at Native American health care conferences: knowledge, attitudes, and practices about cigarette smoking. J Cancer Educ. 2005; 20(2): 89-95.