Marshall KreuterDr. Kreuter is a public health consultant who focuses on the strategic planning, implementation, evaluation of community-based public health programs. In 2000, he retired as a Distinguished Scientist/Fellow at Centers for Disease Control and Preventon (CDC) in Atlanta where he served in several key leadership roles: as the Director of the Division of Health Education, as the first director of the Division of Chronic Disease Control and Community Intervention, and as Director of the Prevention Research Centers program. He and his co-workers at CDC refined the epidemiologic study of physical activity, initiated research and programs focused on the early detection of breast cancer, added a greater emphasis on school health, and created the Planned Approach to Community Health (PATCH) program. He holds Adjunct Professorships in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta, and in the School of Public Health at St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is co-author, with Dr. Lawrence W. Green, of Health Planning: An Educational and Ecological Approach (4rd edition) and is principal author of: Community Health Promotion Ideas That Work 2e. Read More Read Less