Rate My Professor Linda Detman

Linda Detman, PhD, serves as Research Associate at the Lawton & Rhea Chiles Center in the College of Public Health at the University of South Florida, where her discipline is Sociology with a specialization in Quality Improvement. She earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996, an AM in Sociology from the same institution in 1989, and a BS in Sociology, cum laude, from Central Michigan University in 1987. Dr. Detman's career at USF began in 1996 as Coordinator of Academic Support Services in the Graduate School, followed by her appointment as Research Associate at the Chiles Center in 1999, a position she continues to hold. She has held progressive leadership roles within the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative (FPQC), including Program Manager from 2010 to 2018 and Associate Director for Programs & Operations since 2018. Additionally, she has served as Assistant Director of the Chiles Center since 2016.

Dr. Detman's research interests center on maternal and child health, perinatal epidemiology, quality improvement strategies, health literacy, and oral-systemic health during pregnancy. Her extensive publication record includes peer-reviewed articles such as 'Evaluation of a Respectful Maternity Care Train-the-Trainer Workshop' (Journal of Perinatal Education, in press), 'Identification of Clinician Training Techniques as an Implementation Strategy to Improve Maternal Health: A Scoping Review' (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023), 'An initiative "that you do for one person": Identifying barriers and facilitators to implementing an immediate postpartum LARC initiative in Florida hospitals' (Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2022), '"I didn't know": Pregnant women's oral health literacy experiences and future intervention preferences' (Women's Health Issues, 2019), 'Exploring women's health literacy experiences during pregnancy' (Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2019), 'Hospital Variation in Cesarean Rates: Contribution of Individual and Hospital Factors in Florida' (American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2015), and 'Oral-systemic health during pregnancy: Exploring prenatal and oral healthcare providers' information, motivation and behavioral skills' (Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2015). Through her work with FPQC, she has supported statewide initiatives to enhance perinatal care, reduce unnecessary early deliveries, and improve maternal outcomes. The FPQC team received a state-wide Sapphire Award in 2016 for outstanding organization.