Tim Keady

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Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Health and Wellness | HEART Initiative

Timothy Keady

Contact Information

Office Location: Cache and Box Elder Counties
Phone: 435-752-6263
Email: tim.keady@usu.edu
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Educational Background

MS, Health Education, USU, 2005
ACADEMIC STRESS AND SEX DIFFERENCES IN A TECHNICAL COLLEGE”
BS, Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, (Exercsie Science), USU, 1995

Licensures & Certifications

Cert of Learning , Lighthouse Project , 2022
Suicide Prevention Across the Educational Curriculum: World Class Resources to Discover Genetic Risks for Suicide Death , Mountain Plains (HHS Region 8) PTTC , 2020
Strengthening Filmily Program - 10-14 , Iowa Sate University , 2020
Botvin Lifeskills Training - Middle School , NHPA (National Health Promotion Associates) , 2020
Youth Mental Health First Aid , National Council for Behavioral Health , 2020
Youth Mental Health First Aid USU, Instructor , National Council for Mental Health , 2020
Harm Reduction Specialist , HIV/STD Prevention & Surveillance Program Utah Department of Health, 2020
Mental Health First Aid USA, Mental Health First Aid USA - National Council for Behavioral Health, 2018
Certified Harm Reduction Specialist , UDOH Harm Reduction Coalition , 2018
CHES (Certified Health Education Specialist) , National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc, 2000
NYS EMT-D, NYS DOH, 1999

Biography

I am a Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor, Health & Wellness with USU Extension and a member of the HEART Initiative. I was hired to reduce deaths from substance misuse and suicide.

Teaching Interests

Opioids - Prevention, Treatment, Medications including Narcan, EMS Response, and Suicide

Suicide Prevention - Assessment, Skill Budding

Exercise - General, Sport Specific, Special Populations

Nutrition - Sports, Eating Disorders, Supplements, Weight Loss. and Special Populations

Obesity - Reasons, Prevention, Food Deserts

General Health and Wellness - Lifestyle

Sexual Health - General, HIV, STIs

Sleep Hygiene - Techniques to improve Sleep

Stress Reduction - Techniques, Prevention

Research Interests

Opioids, Suicide, Nutrition, Exercise Science, General Health and Wellness, and Homelessness.

Publications | Fact Sheets

    An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

    Publications | Curriculum

      An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

      Publications | Journal Articles

      Academic Journal

        Professional Journal

          An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

          Publications | MultiMedia

          Video

            An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

            Publications | Other

            Bulletins

              Magazine/Trade Publications

                Newsletter

                  Other

                    An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

                    Extension

                    Opoiod Prevention HEART Initiative Team (Contains Numerous Projects and Grants related to Opioid Use Disorder - OUD)., 2018 - Ongoing
                    Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Training Program for Service Industry Employees. Extension Project Number (Ext000150). , 2023 - 2024
                    PROSPER Grant , 2019 - 2021