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Paul E. Norrod, DrPH, RN

Asst Professor (F2)

CON Population Health Sciences | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Doctor of Public Health: University of Kentucky
  • Master of Arts in Counseling: Asbury Theological Seminary
  • Master of Divinity: Asbury Theological Seminary
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing: Tennessee Technological University
  • EMT-Intermediate : Roane State Community College
  • EMT: Tennessee Technological University
Contact Information
Research Interests

Occupational Health and Injury Prevention
Natural Language Processing and Big Data
Mental Health Conditions and Suicide
Rural Health

Peer Reviewed Publications

MacDonald, M.K., Norrod, P.E., & Ickes, M.J. 2025. Understanding the Feasibility of Training Agricultural Education Student Teachers to Implement DBT STEPS-A Journal of Positive Behavioral Interventions, ,

Marfell, Julie; Woodall, Marsha; Norrod, Paul; Walmsley, Lee Anne; White, Dolores; Heath, Janie 2025. Advancing Nurse Suicide Prevention Efforts: Kentucky's Multistakeholder Leadership Approach. The Journal of nursing administration, 55 4, 212-216

Norrod, P.E., Marfell, J., Walmsley, LA., Hunter, J.L., and Health, J. 2025. The BARN (Bringing Awareness Right Now) Farmer Dinner Theater: Piloting a Novel Community Mental Health and Well-being Program Journal of Agromedicine, ,

Norrod, Paul E; MacDonald, Mary; Link, Kim; Ickes, Melinda J 2025. Evaluating Implementation of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) Training for Rural Suicide Prevention Among Mental Health and Healthcare Professionals. Issues in mental health nursing, 46 5, 436-443

Norrod, Paul E; Marfell, Julie; Walmsley, Lee Anne; Brown, Sabrina 2025. Circumstantial Factors Among Kentucky Nurse Suicide Decedents, 2005 to 2019 Workplace health & safety, 73 4, 193-202

Ridge, Laura J; Norrod, Paul; Titler, Marita; Medvec, Barbara; Friese, Christopher 2025. Nurses' Descriptions of Workplace Efforts to Improve Professional Well-being: An Analysis. The Journal of nursing administration, 55 5, 293-299

Karanth, Shama; Braithwaite, Dejana; Katsumata, Yuriko; Duara, Ranjan; Norrod, Paul; Aukhil, Ikramuddin; Abner, Erin 2024. Association of Physical Frailty and Cognitive Function in a Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study of American Older Adults. Gerontology, 70 1, 48-58

Norrod, P.E., Sanderson, W.T., Abner, E. L., Seals, J., & Browning, S. 2023. Farmer suicides among states reporting violent deaths, 2003 – 2017 Journal of Rural Mental Health, 47 3, 139-151