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Submissions from 2014
Being a Black Man: Development of the Masculinity Inventory Scale (MIS) for Black Men, Krista D. Mincey, Moya L. Alfonso, Amy A. Hackney, and John S. Luque
Want to Add Some Pizazz to Your Weight Training Program? Try Sport Education!, Tony A. Pritchard, Andrew R. Hansen, and Starla McCollum
The Effect of the Sport Education Tactical Model on Coeducational and Single Gender Game Performance, Tony A. Pritchard, Starla McCollum, Jackie Sundal, and Gavin T. Colquitt
Sylvatic Typhus Associated with Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys Volans), Melissa A. Prunsinski, Jennifer L. White, Susan J. Wong, Maureen A. Conlon, Christina Egan, Cassandra D. Kelly-Cirino, Brian R. Laniewicz, P. Bryon Backenson, William L. Nicholson, Marina Eremeeva, Sandor E. Karpathy, Gregory A. Dasch, and Dennis J. White
2012 International Cancer Education Conference Proceedings, Levi Ross
2013 International Cancer Education Conference Proceedings, Levi Ross
Self-Reported Transition Readiness among Young Adults with Sickle Cell Disease, Amy Sobota, Akinlonu Adeola, Maria Champigny, Megan Eldridge, Lillian McMahon, Joseph Telfair, and Philippa Sprinz
Do You See What I See? Using Photovoice to Teach Health Education Students the Value of Using Community-Based Participatory Methods, Ashley D. Walker and Jody Oomen-Early
Development and Validation of the Biobanking Attitudes and Knowledge Survey (BANKS), Kristen J. Wells, Mariana Arevalo, Cathy D. Meade, Clement K. Gwede, Gwendolyn P. Quinn, John S. Luque, Gloria San Miguel, Dale Watson, Rebecca Phillips, Carmen Reyes, Margarita Romo, Jim West, and Paul B. Jacobsen
Development and Validation of the Biobanking Attitudes and Knowledge Survey (BANKS), Kristen J. Wells, Mariana Arevalo, Cathy D. Meade, Clement K. Gwede, Gwen P. Quinn, John S. Luque, Gloria San Miguel, Dale Watson, Rebecca Phillips, Margarita Romo, Jim West, and Paul B. Jacobsen
Submissions from 2013
Self-Injury Among Early Adolescents: Identifying Segments Protected and at Risk, Moya L. Alfonso and Rayneet Kuar
VERB™ Summer Scorecard: Increasing Tween Girls’ Vigorous Physical Activity, Moya L. Alfonso, Zachary Thompson, Gavin T. Colquitt, Robert J. McDermott, Jeffery A. Jones, Carol A. Bryant, Courtney H. Anita, Jenna L. Davis, and Yiliang Zhu
The Feasibility of Using Video Journaling to Collect Ecological Momentary Assessment Data: Application to Health Behavior Change Interventions, Lauren Bigham, Helen W. Bland, and Bridget F. Melton
Measuring Exercise Self-Efficacy in Pregnant Women: Psychometric Properties of the Pregnancy-Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale (P-ESES), Helen W. Bland, Bridget F. Melton, Elaine S. Marshall, and Jacquelyn Nagle
Tailoring a Physical Activity Promotion Program for a Rural Area, Gavin T. Colquitt, Moya L. Alfonso, Ashley D. Walker, and Vanessa Dunmore
The Impact of the PEP Grant on Elementary School Physical Education, Steven Elliott, Starla McCollum, Gavin T. Colquitt, and Tony A. Pritchard
Perception or Reality of Body Weight: Which Matters to the Depressive Symptoms, Jaynie L. Gaskin, Adam J. Pulver, Kiswana Branch, Ahmed Kabore, Tabitha James, and Jian Zhang
Adults’ Attitudes Toward Teen Pregnancy and Sexuality Education in Georgia High Schools, K. Johnson, Helen W. Bland, and Bridget F. Melton
Who Will Pick Georgia’s Vidalia Onions? A Text-Driven Content Analysis of Newspaper Coverage on Georgia’s 2011 Immigration Law, John S. Luque, Angel Bowers, Ahmed Kabore, and Ric Stewart
Delivery of Mobile Farm Clinic Services to Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers: A Review of Practice Models for Community-Academic Partnerships, John S. Luque and Heide Castaneda
Physical Activity and Muscular Strengthening in Pregnancy: A Comparison Between Rural and Urban Women, Elizabeth S. Marshall, Bridget Melton, Helen W. Bland, and Jacquelyn Nagle
American Rural Women’s Exercise Self-Efficacy and Their Perceived Benefits and Risks of Exercise, Bridget F. Melton, Elaine S. Marshall, Helen W. Bland, and Michael Schmidt
Self-reported Tooth Loss and Cognitive Function: Data from the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (Hispanic EPESE), Carlos Reyes-Ortiz, John S. Luque, Charlotta K. Eriksson, and Libia Soto
Precocious Puberty: Pathology, Related Risks, and Support Strategies, Linda B. Synovitz and Joanne Chopak-Foss
The Feasibility of Using Social Networks to Understand the Causal Pathways of Cancer Disparities, Essie Torres, Levi Ross, and Jarrett Johnson
A Merged Model of Quality Improvement and Evaluation: Maximizing Return on Investment, Lynn D. Woodhouse, Russ Toal, Trang Nguyen, DeAnna Keene, Laura H. Gunn, Andrea Kellum, Gary Nelson, Simone M. Charles, Stuart H. Tedders, Natalie Williams, and William C. Livingood
Submissions from 2012
Farmers Markets in Rural Communities: A Case Study, Moya L. Alfonso, Jen Nickelson, and Danielle Cohen
Strategic Prevention Framework: State Incentive Grant Evaluation Report, One Bulloch, Moya L. Alfonso and J. Spencer
Community Partnerships: Initial Steps for Rehabilitation Counseling Professionals, Jill Bezyak, Ashley D. Walker, Elizabeth Gilbert, and April Trice
Stress Tolerance: New Challenges for the Millennial College Students, Helen W. Bland, Bridget F. Melton, Paul D. Welle, and Lauren E. Bigham
Comparing Body Image Dissatisfaction Among Middle-Aged Women: A Life-Long Experience, Helen W. Bland, Amy Jo Riggs, and Bridget F. Melton
Exploring Student Attitudes Toward Physical Education and Implications for Policy, Gavin T. Colquitt, Ashley D. Walker, Jody L. Langdon, Melanie Pomazal, and Starla McCollum
Evaluation and Refinement of a Prostate Cancer Treatment Seminar, Kathleen Field, Glenn Frost, Jarrett Johnson, Levi Ross, Megan Pailler, Marcia Gruber, and Michael Zevon
Ethics of Clear Health Communication: Applying the CLEAN Look Approach to Communicate Biobanking Information for Cancer Research, Alexis Koskan, Mariana Arevalo, Gwen Quinn, Shalwea Noel-Thomas, John S. Luque, Kristen Wells, Cathy Meade, and Clement K. Gwede
Health Districts as Quality Improvement Collaboratives and Multi-Jurisdictional Entities, William C. Livingood, Nandi A. Marshall, Angela Peden, Ketty Gonzales, Gulzar H. Shah, Dayna Alexander, Kellie Penix, Raymona H. Lawrence, Russell B. Toal, and Lynn Woodhouse
Formative Research on HPV Vaccine Acceptability with Latina Farmworkers, John S. Luque, Heide Castañeda, Dinorah Martinez Tyson, Natalia Vargas, and Meade
Formative Research on Perceptions of Biobanking: What Community Members Think, John S. Luque, Gwendolyn P. Quinn, Francisco A. Montel-Ishino, Mariana Arevalo, Shalanda A. Bynum, Shalewa Noel-Thomas, Kristen J. Wells, Clement K. Gwede, Cathy D. Meade, and Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network Partners
Healthcare Provider Challenges for Reaching Hispanic Immigrants with HPV Vaccination in Rural Georgia, John S. Luque, Swati Raychowdhury, and Mary Weaver
Mobile Farm Clinic Outreach to Address Health Conditions among Latino Migrant Farmworkers in Georgia, John S. Luque, Calos Reyes-Ortiz, Prasen Marella, Angel Bowers, Viral Panchal, and Simone Charles
Perceived Barriers to Physical Activity Among Pregnant Women Living in a Rural Community: A Preliminary Case, Elizabeth S. Marshall, Helen W. Bland, Bridget F. Melton, and Jacquelyn Nagle
Adoption of Safety Eyewear among Citrus Harvesters in Rural Florida, Paul Monaghan, Carol A. Bryant, Robert J. McDermott, Linda S. Frost, John S. Luque, and Ricardo B. Contreras
Volleyball, Tony A. Pritchard and Gavin T. Colquitt
Effects of a Weight Training Personalized System of Instruction Course on Fitness Levels and Knowledge, Tony A. Pritchard, Kellie O. Penix, Gavin T. Colquitt, and Starla McCollum
Social Determinants of Health and Black Men: The Culture of Empowerment and the Policy Process, Adewale Troutman and Nandi A. Marshall
Refinement of an Educational Toolkit to Promote Cervical Cancer Screening among Hispanic Farmworker Women in Southeast Georgia, Lisa C. Watson-Johnson, Jigar Bhagatwala, Claudia Reyes-Garcia, Andrea Hinojosa, Mondi Mason, Cathy Meade, and John S. Luque
Creating a Patient Navigation Model to Address Cervical Cancer Disparities in a Rural Hispanic Farmworker Community, Kristen Wells, Maria Rivera, Sara Proctor, Gloria Arroyo, Shalanda A. Bynum, Gwendolyn Quinn, John S. Luque, Marlene Rivera, Dinorah Martinez-Tyson, and Cathy Meade
Submissions from 2011
Vigorous Physical Activity Among Tweens, VERB Summer Scorecard Program, Lexington, Kentucky, 2004-2007, Moya L. Alfonso, Robert J. McDermott, Zachary Thompson, Carol A. Bryant, Anita H. Courtney, Jeffery A. Jones, Jenna L. Davis, and Yiliang Zhu
Comparison of Obesity, Overweight, and Nutritional Patterns of Southeastern College Students to National Norms, Lauren E. Bigham, Bridget F. Melton, and Jody L. Langdon
Effects of Sex, Race, and Age on College Students’ Exercise Motivation of Physical Activity, Trevor J. Egli, Helen W. Bland, Bridget F. Melton, and Daniel R. Czech
A Social Network Analysis Approach to Understand Changes in a Cancer Disparities Community Partnership Network, John S. Luque, Dinorah Martinez Tyson, Shalanda A. Bynum, Shalewa A. Noel-Thomas, Kristen J. Wells, Susan T. Vadaparampil, Clement K. Gwede, and Cathy D. Meade
Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening in a Hispanic Migrant Farmworker Community through Faith-Based Clinical Outreach, John S. Luque, Dinorah Martinez-Tyson, Talar Markossian, Ji-Hyun Lee, Rachel Turner, Sara Proctor, Janelle Menard, and Cathy D. Meade
Salud es Vida: Development of a Cervical Cancer Education Curriculum for Promotora Outreach with Latina Farmworkers, John S. Luque, Mondi Mason, Claudia Reyes-Garcia, Andrea Hinojosa, and Cathy D. Meade
Barbershop Communications on Prostate Cancer Screening Using Barber Health Advisers, John S. Luque, Brian M. Rivers, Clement K. Gwede, Maisha Kambon, B. Lee Green, and Cathy D. Meade
Utilizing Technology to Improve the Administration of Instructional Physical Activity Programs in Higher Education., Bridget F. Melton
Graduate teaching assistant perceptions of changes development, Bridget F. Melton and Yasar Bodur
Anthropological Insights on Effective Community-Based Coalition Practice: An Introduction, Chad T. Morris and John S. Luque
Characteristics of ‘Tween’ Participants and Non-Participants in the VERB™ Summer Scorecard Physical Activity Promotion Program, Jen Nickelson, Moya L. Alfonso, Robert J. McDermott, Elizabeth C. Bumpus, Carol A. Byrant, and Julie A. Baldwin
Perceived Job Satisfaction and Job Stress, and Their Effect on Health: A Pilot Study of Women in the Workplace, J. Pinkston and Joanne Chopak-Foss
Dining Out: A Nutrition Activity, Amy Jo Riggs, Bridget F. Melton, and Helen W. Bland
A Needs Assessment to Develop Community Partnerships: Initial Steps Working with a Major Agricultural Community, Ashley D. Walker, Jill Bezyak, Elizabeth Gilbert, and April Trice
Using Photovoice with NGO Workers in Sierra Leone: A Case for Community Based Research, Ashley D. Walker and Jody Oomen-Early
A Descriptive Study of Relief Behaviors of Persons with Migraine Headaches, K. Welchel, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Helen W. Bland
Effective Lifestyle Habits and Coping Strategies for Stress Tolerance among College Students, Paul D. Welle and Helen W. Bland
Salud es Vida: Development of a Cervical Cancer Education Curriculum for Promotora Outreach With Latina Farmworkers in Rural Southern Georgia, Kristen J. Wells, John S. Luque, Branko Miladinovic, Natalia Vargas, Yasmin Asvat, Richard G. Roetzheim, and Ambuj Kumar
Submissions from 2010
A Qualitative Study of Stressors, Stress Symptoms, and Coping Mechanisms Among College Students Using Nominal Group Process, Helen W. Bland, Bridget F. Melton, and Stephen Patrick Gonzalez
Application Of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Asset Mapping to Locate Colorectal Cancer Screening Resources in the Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network (TBCCN), Clement K. Gwede, Beverly G. Ward, John S. Luque, Susan T. Vadaparampil, Desiree Rivers, Dinorah Martinez-Tyson, Shalewa A. Noel-Thomas, and Cathy D. Meade
Barbers Against Prostate Cancer: A Feasibility Study for Prostate Cancer Education in an Urban African American Community, John S. Luque, Brian M. Rivers, Maisha Kambon, Ronald Brookins, B. Lee Green, and Cathy D. Meade
The Growing Problem in College Students: Obesity, Bridget F. Melton, Yasar Bodur, and R. C. Clouse
Addressing the Childhood Obesity Epidemic in Southeastern Georgia through a Community Coalition - An Applied Approach, Bridget F. Melton, Daniel R. Czech, Amy Jo Riggs, Starla McCollum, Marlo Rouse-Arnett, A. Barry Joyner, Elaine S. Marshall, and Melinda L. Czech
Trends in Physical Activity Interest in the College and University Setting, Bridget F. Melton, Andrew R. Hansen, and Jonathon Gross
The Relation between Adolescent Self Assessment of Health and Risk Behaviors: Could a Global Measure of Health Provide Indications of Health Risk Exposures?, Stephen Nkansah-Amankraa and Ashley D. Walker
We Have to Do Something for Ourselves": Using Photovoice and Participatory Action Research to Assess the Barriers to Abandoned Child and Orphan Caregiving in Sierra Leone, Ashley D. Walker and Jody Oomen-Early
Body Image Perceptions Among Sorority and Non-Sorority Women at a Rural Southeastern University, Kiley Winston-Morgan, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Laura H. Gunn
Submissions from 2009
Incorporating Weight Management Curriculum into Physical Activity Courses, K. Hice, Bridget F. Melton, Helen W. Bland, Stephen J. Rossi, and Daniel R. Czech
Achievement and Satisfaction in Blended Learning versus Traditional General Health Course Designs, Bridget Frugoli Melton, Helen W. Bland, and Joanne Chopak-Foss
Suicidal Behaviors, Self Rated Health and Multiple Health Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents: Exploring New Perspectives With High School Students in Suicide Prevention Research, Stephen Nkansah-Amankraa, Ashley D. Walker, and Alena Clark
Vitamin C Concentration, Syneresis and Consumer Perceptions of a Fermented Dairy Product Upon Fortification with Cucumber and Raspberry, Ann C. Onyenwoke, Joelle Romanchik-Cerpovicz, Laura D. Frost, and Helen W. Bland
Submissions from 2008
Factors Affecting Obesity Among High School Students in Rural Georgia: Nutritional Practices, Helen W. Bland, J. Welle, and Amy Jo Riggs
Behavior Change: A Lifestyle Change, Daniel R. Czech, A. V. Parrillo, and Bridget F. Melton
Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Bridget F. Melton
Stress Management Activity: Stigma Box. In Lois Ritter, Bridget F. Melton
Using Blended Learning in Health Education Instruction, Bridget F. Melton, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Swati Raychowdhury
Higher Education Administration's Role in Obesity Prevention, Bridget F. Melton and M. J. Ludwig
Submissions from 2007
Your Fitness, Daniel R. Czech, James L. McMillan, Bridget F. Melton, A. V. Parrillo, Amy J. Riggs, and Stephen J. Rossi
Your Health, Daniel R. Czech, A. V. Parrillo, and Bridget F. Melton
Submissions from 2006
Rural Teens Communication With Their Parents on Sexual Health Issues, Joanne Chopak-Foss and Anthony V. Parrillo
Addressing the overweight and obesity epidemic: A physically active lifestyle approach, Daniel R. Czech, A. V. Parrillo, and Bridget F. Melton
Behavior Change: A Lifestyle Change, Daniel R. Czech, A. V. Parrillo, and Bridget F. Melton
Evaluation of an Integrated Model for Managing Asthma Among Children, Anthony V. Parrillo, Stuart H. Tedders, C. Reavis, and Andrew R. Hansen
Submissions from 2005
Rural Parents Communication with Middle – and High-School Teens on Sexual Health Issues: A Pilot Investigation in a Private School, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Anthony V. Parrillo, Marlo Rouse-Arnett, and Marian Tabi
Submissions from 2003
School Health Policies and Programs Study 2000: U.S. and Georgia Results and Implications for Georgia Health and Physical Educators, Part II, Joanne Chopak-Foss and Barbara Funke
Submissions from 2002
Rural Health and Economic Development: Examining Correlations, Helen Bland
School Health Policies and Programs Study 2000: U.S. and Georgia Results and Implications for Georgia Health and Physical Educators, Part I, Barbara Funke and Joanne Chopak-Foss
Listening to the Voices of Haiti: Exploring the Connection of Education, Health and Quality of Life in the Democratization of a Society, Catherine A. Hansman and Helen W. Bland
Submissions from 2001
Linkage Between Pesticide Exposure and Leukemia Documented: What You Can Do to Protect Your Child, L. Mearse and Helen Graf
Submissions from 2000
Establishing and Maintaining Community Service-Learning Partnerships, Helen W. Bland
Understanding Legislative Issues Related To Rural Health Care Delivery in Georgia, Helen Graf and T. Szwarc
Pesticide Link to the Development of Childhood Leukemia: We Need You to Help Us Discover the Truth, L. Mearse and Helen Bland
Integrating Complementary and Alternative Medicine into the Health Education Curriculum, Sheila M. Patterson and Helen W. Bland
Submissions from 1999
Assessing the Perceived Importance of Preparing Health Educators to Teach Adult Learners, Helen W. Bland and Catherine A. Hansman
