Submissions from 2019
Local Health Department Engagement in Access to Mental Health Services and Mental Health Policy or Advocacy Activities, Abraham Ater, Sushma Kurella, Gulzar H. Shah, and Kristie Cason Waterfield
Increasing Steps in Sedentary College Students with Self–Monitoring and Social Feedback, Hafsa Junaid, Monique Benjamin, Talia Wind, Andrew Bulla, and Dziyana Nazaruk
A New Measure of Diagnostic Accuracy with Cut-point Selection Criterion for K-stage Diseases Using Concordance and Discordance, Jing Kersey, Hani Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Haresh Rochani, Xinyan Zhang, and Chen Mo
Applications of Generalized Kullback-Leibler Divergence as a Measure of Medical Diagnostic and Cut-Point Criterion for K-Stages Diseases, Chen Mo, Hani Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Haresh Rochani, Xinyan Zhang, and Jing Kersey
Health Care Provider Support for Physical Activity in Women, Aged 20-44 Years, in Georgia: A Qualitative Study, Dziyana Nazaruk, Stuart H. Tedders, and Andrew Hansen
Association Between Accreditation Engagement and Using the Community Guide for Preventive Services by Local Health Departments, Assegid Roba, Brianna Williams, Kristie Cason Waterfield, and Gulzar H. Shah
On Kullback-leibler Divergence as a Measure for Medical Diagnostics and Cut-point Selection Criterion, Hani Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Xinyan Zhang, Lili Yu, Haresh Rochani, and Robert L. Vogel
Emergency Preparedness Then and Now: Lhds' Activities, Response to Events, Funding, and Volunteer-engagement: 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2016, Gulzar H. Shah and Kristie Cason Waterfield
Impacting Health Equity and Other Social Determinants of Health: Public Health Workforce Perspectives, Gulzar H. Shah, Jingjing Yin, Jessica L. Owens-Young, and Kristie Cason Waterfield
Leadership Characteristics of Local Health Department Top Executives and Their Impact on Service Provisions, Kristie Cason Waterfield and Gulzar H. Shah
Twitter Users’ Opinion and Reactions Toward Autism Awareness Campaign Message, Jingjing Yin, Sushmita Khan, and Jeffrey P. Kaleta
Submissions from 2018
Wood Dust and Nanoparticle Exposure Among Workers During a New Building Construction, Atin Adhikari, Aniruddha Mitra, Abbas Rashidi, Imaobong Ekpo, Jefferson Doehling, Alexis Pawlak, Shane Lewis, and Jacob Schwartz
Utilization of Scrap Tires Versus Firewood and Liquefied Petroleum Gas as Fuels for Singeing Meat in Ghana: Chemical Emissions via Smoke, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, A. Brown, M. Rao, Atin Adhikari, and Hani M. Samawi
Legionella Occurrence in Hot Water Tanks in Rural Drinking Water Systems, Asli Aslan, S. Barron, and Zachariah A. Coles
Challenges to Remove the Antibiotic Resistant Escherichia coli for Wastewater Reuse, Asli Aslan, Zachariah A. Coles, Anunay Bhattacharya, and Kendell W. Anderson
Triggering of Coronary Heart Disease by Infection Type: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Logan T. Cowan, Pamela L. Lutsey, Jim S. Pankow, Kunihiro Matsushita, and Junichi Ishigami
Teaching Support—Training and Supporting Teaching Assistants, R. Gregory Evans
The Intersection of Pandemics and Biopreparedness, R. Gregory Evans
Identification of Unplanned Closure of K-12 Schools via Twitter and Online Systematic Search: A Pilot Study of Public Schools in Michigan, September 2015 – June 2016, Ashley Jackson, Lindsay Mullican, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Jingjing Yin, Dharamendra Kumar, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Twitter Sentiment Toward Autism During Autism Awareness Month, Jeffrey P. Kaleta, Jingjing Yin, and Sushmita Khan
The Efficiency of Ranking Count Data with Excess Zeros, Deborah A. Kanda and Jingjing Yin
The Impact of PM 2.5 on Lung and Bronchial Cancers: Regression and Time Series Analysis in the U.S. from 1999 to 2014, Jing Kersey, Jingjing Yin, Atin Adhikari, Xiaolu Zhou, Weitian Tong, and Lixin Li
Applying Survival Analysis and Count Models to Twitter Data, Congjian Liu, Jingjing Yin, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, and Lindsay A. Mullican
Nanoparticle Exposure Levels in Indoor and Outdoor Demolition Sites, Aniruddha Mitra, Abbas Rashidi, Shane Lewis, Jefferson Doehling, Alexis Pawlak, Jacob Schwartz, Imaobong Ekpo, and Atin Adhikari
Application of Regression Analysis on Text-Mining Data Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder from Twitter: A Pilot Study, Chen Mo, Jingjing Yin, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, and Zion Tsz Ho Tse
Health Care Provider Support for Physical Activity in Women, Aged 20-44 Years, in Georgia: A Qualitative Study, Dziyana Nazaruk, Stuart H. Tedders, and Andrew R. Hansen
On Quantiles Estimation Based on Different Stratified Sampling with Optimal Allocation, Hani M. Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Arpita Chatterjee, and Haresh Rochani
The Effects of Stoke’s Drag, Electrostatic Force and Charge on Penetration of Nanoparticles Through N95 Respirators, Jacob Schwartz, Maxim Durach, Aniruddha Mitra, Abbas Rashidi, Glen Sage, and Atin Adhikari
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Insufficient Sleep: Persistent Association Through Life, Kelly L. Sullivan and Diane Donaly
Effects of a Changing Earth on Predicting Microbial Dynamics and Human Health Risks in the Beach Water/Sand Continuum, Chelsea Weiskerger, Joao C. S. Brandão, Claire Robinson, Chris Staley, Greg Kleinheinz, Jean-Pierre Nshimyimana, Julie Kinzelman, Meredith Nevers, Michael Sadowsky, Mantha Phanikumar, Richard Whitman, Tom Edge, Alan Piggot, Alexandria Boehm, Asli Aslan, Brian Badgley, Christopher Heaney, Erin Symonds, Helena Solo-Gabriele, Jay Fleisher, Jody Harwood, Kevan Yamahara, Laura Vogel, Maria Luisa Jordao, Lindsay Avolio, Paivi Merilainen, Tarja Pitkanen, Warish Ahmed, Zachery Staley, and James Klaus
New Applications of Kullback-Leibler Information as a Measure of Diagnostic Accuracy and Its Relation to Common ROC Indices, Jingjing Yin, Hani M. Samawi, Xinyan Zhang, Lili Yu, Haresh Rochani, and Robert L. Vogel
Submissions from 2017
A Pilot Study on Nanoparticle Levels and Field Evaluation of N95 Respirator Masks in Construction Sites, Atin Adhikari, Abbas Rashidi, Jacob Schwartz, Imaobong Ekpo, Alexis Pawlak, Jefferson W. Doehling, Shane Lewis, and Aniruddha Mitra
World Pneumonia Day 2011-2016: Twitter Contents and Retweets, Md Mohiuddin Adnan, Jingjing Yin, Ashley M. Jackson, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Hai Liang, King-Wa Fu, Nitin Saroha, Benjamin M. Althouse, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Insight into Potential Impact of Serum Levels of β-Carotenoid on Lung and Colorectal Cancer Mortality: An 18-Year Retrospective National Cohort Study, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Blessing Odion, and Jian Zhang
Eastern Equine Encephalitis and YouTube: A Content Analysis, Corey H. Basch, Elizabeth Blankenship, Jingjing Yin, Christina C. Yarborough, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
English Language YouTube Videos as a Source of Lead Poisoning and Other Lead-Related Information: A Cross-Sectional Study, Corey H. Basch, Ashley Jackson, Jingjing Yin, Rodney N. Hammond, Atin Adhikari, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Lyme Disease and Youtube: A Cross-Sectional Study of Video Contents, Corey H. Basch, Lindsay A. Mullican, Kwanza D. Boone, Jingjing Yin, Alyssa Berdnik, Marina E. Eremeeva, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
TMJ Online: Investigating Temporomandibular Disorders as “TMJ” on YouTube, Corey H. Basch, Jingjing Yin, Aurea J. De Leon, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Information Available on YouTube Related to Tinnitus, Corey H. Basch, Jingjing Yin, Betty Kollia, Adeyemi Adedokun, Stephanie Trusty, Felicia Yeboah, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Contents Affect Retweets: A Cross-Sectional Study of Highly Retweeted Pro-Vaccine Tweets, Elizabeth B. Blankenship, Mary Elizabeth Goff, Jingjing Yin, King-Wa Fu, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Hai Liang, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Contents Affect Retweets: A Cross-Sectional Study of Highly Retweeted Pro-Vaccine Tweets, Elizabeth B. Blankenship, M. Elizabeth Goff, Jingjing Yin, King-Wa Fu, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Hai Liang, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Prevalence and Correlates of Anxiety in Rural Populations of Southeast Georgia, R. Bohler, Jennifer O. Ahweyevu, B. Philpot, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Burning of Scrap Tires, Firewood and Liquefied Petroleum Gas as Fuel Sources for Singeing Meat in Ghana: Chemical Emissions via Smoke and Health Concerns, Alicia Brown, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Haresh Rochani, and Rachel Barham
Pet Ownership, Indoor Air Quality. and the Prevalence of Respiratory Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Georgia, Amanda Brown, Javanta Gupta, Errol Spence, and Atin Adhikari
Residential Exposure to PM2.5 and PM10 in Homes of South-Eastern Georgia, Amanda Brown, Deonte Martin, and Atin Adhikari
Periodontal Disease and Incident Venous Thromboembolism: The Atherosclerosis Risk in the Community (ARIC) Study, Logan T. Cowan, Jim S. Pankow, Pamela L. Lutsey, Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, and Aaron R. Folsom
Fish Consumption is Associated with a Decreased Risk of Death among Adults with Diabetes, a 15-Year Follow-Up of a National Cohort, Abraham Deng, Anunay Bhattacharya, Swaha Pattanaik, and Jian Zhang
Exposure to Nanoparticles Including Submicron Silica Dust in a Construction Site During Concrete Blasting, Imaobong Ekpo, Jefferson W. Doehling, Abbas Rashidi, Aniruddha Mitra, Shane Lewis, Jacob Schwartz, and Atin Adhikari
#GlobalHealth on Twitter: Analysis of Tweets on #Malaria, #HIV, #TB, #NCDS, and #NTDS, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Ashley Jackson, Jennifer Ahweyevu, Jordan H. Grizzle, Jingjing Yin, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Hai Liang, Juliet N. Sekandi, and King-Wa Fu
#GlobalHealth on Twitter: Analysis of Tweets on #Malaria, #HIV, #TB, #NCDS, and #NTDS, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Ashley M. Jackson, Jennifer O. Ahweyevu, Jordan Grizzle, and Jingjing Yin
Contents, Followers and Retweets of CDC Office of Advanced Molecular Detection Twitter Profile: A Cross-Sectional Study, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Ashley Jackson, Lindsay Mullican, Elizabeth B. Blankenship, Mary Elizabeth Goff, and Nitin Saroha
#CDCGrandRounds and #VitalSigns: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Twitter Data, Ashley Jackson, Lindsay Mullican, Jingjing Yin, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Hai Liang, King-Wa Fu, Jennifer O. Ahweyevu, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Exposure to Airborne PM2.5, PM10, and Other Particles in Rural Georgia Farming Operations, Jawon Jones, Deonte Martin, Emmanuela Nwaonumah, and Atin Adhikari
Assessment of Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Depression Among Residents of Southeast Georgia, M. Lawrence, O. Oyibo, E. Enabulele, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Occupational Exposure to Bacteria, Molds and Particulate Matter in Citrus Greenhouses, Deonte Martin, Jawon Jones, Emmanuela Nwaonumah, and Atin Adhikari
Identifying Factors Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder Based on a Comprehensive National Survey, Chen Mo, Kotwoallama Zerbo, Jingjing Yin, and Hani Samawi
#GrandRounds and #VitalSigns: A Twitter Analysis, Lindsay Mullican, Jimmy Jenkins, Ashley M. Jackson, Jingjing Yin, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Hai Liang, King-Wa Fu, Jennifer O. Ahweyevu, and Isaac Fung
Association of Obesity’s and Participation in Preventive Health Activities in Southeast Georgia, K. Nance, L. Cooper, D. Oguoma-Richards, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Association of Education and Physical Activity in Rural Georgia, Olanipekun Ianny Ntukidem, P. Durflinger, Zachariah A. Coles, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Occupational Exposure to Bacteria and Molds in a South-Eastern Citrus Farm, Emmanuela Nwaonumah, Deonte Martin, Jawon Jones, and Atin Adhikari
Description of State Laws Governing Administration of Naloxone for Opioid Emergency Treatment, Eniola Olatunji, Julie Reagan, and Yelena N. Tarasenko
Subjective Sleep Quality Among Residents of Southeast Georgia, C. O. Ordiah, Oluwaseun Oguntomole, A. Nikaj, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Association of Socioeconomic Factors and Breast, Cervical and Prostate Cancer Screening in Southeast Georgia, S. Oseghale, B. Okoro, B. Buchanan, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Health Care Provider Practices around Emergency Contraception: An Analysis of a Nationwide Provider Survey, H. Pamela Pagano, James H. Stephens, Haresh Rochani, Julie Reagan, Lauren Zapata, Maura Whiteman, and Kate Curtis
Hot Deck Imputation for MixedTyped Datasets using Model Based Clustering, Sarbesh Raj Pandeya and Haresh Rochani
Student-Led Planning and Implementation of Peer Education: Campus Health Promotion Fair, Sara Plaspohl, Nandi Marshall, TimMarie Williams, McKinley McKinley Thomas, and Dziyana Nazaruk
Efficient Sampling Design for Making Inference on Mean Estimation in Longitudinal Data, Haresh Rochani, Daniel F. Linder, Hani Samawi, and Viral Panchal
Kernel Density Estimation Based on Progressive Type-II Censoring, Hani Samawi, Amal Helu, Haresh Rochani, Jingjing Yin, and Robert L. Vogel
A Simpler Approach for Mediation Analysis for Dichotomous Mediators in Logistic Regression, Hani M. Samawi, Jingxian Cai, Daniel F. Linder, Haresh Rochani, and Jingjing Yin
Notes on the Overlap Measure as an Alternative to the Youden Index: How Are They Related?, Hani M. Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Haresh Rochani, and Viral Panchal
Twitter Reactions to Global Health News Related to Five Different Countries: A Case Study of #Polio, Braydon J. Schaible, Kassandra R. Snook, Jingjing Yin, Ashley M. Jackson, Jennifer O. Ahweyevu, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Hai Liang, King-Wa Fu, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Exploring the Importance of Health Journalism in Risk Communication from a One Health Perspective: A Case Study in Nepal, Jessica S. Schwind
Barriers to a Quality Diet: Cultural and Socioeconomic Influences among Residents of Rural Southeast Georgia, M. Smith, Daneisha Hawkins, T. Madandola, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Sleep Duration and Feeling Rested Are Differentially Associated With Having Children Among Men and Women, Kelly L. Sullivan
Diagnostic Validity of Static and Dynamic Postural Assessments Within 24-48 Hours Post-Concussion, Brian Szekely, Nicholas G. Murray, Megan E. Mormile, Katelyn E. Grimes, Jingjing Yin, and Doug W. Powell
Social Determinants of Diabetes and Disease Management in Low and Middle Income Countries: Evidence from the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health, Allan Tate, Logan T. Cowan, Rachel Ogilvie, Duke Appiah, and Benjamin D. Capistrant
Confidence Intervals for Differences Between Volumes Under ROC Surfaces and Generalized Youden Indices, Jingjing Yin
Attributes of Videos Related to Cupping Therapy on YouTube, Jingjing Yin, Corey H. Basch, Md Mohiuddin Adnan, M. Dottington Fullwood, Anthony Menafro, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Comparing Two Biomarkers for Disease of Three Categories, Jingjing Yin and Christos T. Nakas
EPI-743 (Alpha-Tocotrienol Quinone) Demonstrates Long-Term Improvement in Neurological Function and Disease Progression in Friedreich’s Ataxia, Theresa A. Zesiewicz, Susan Perlman, Kelly L. Sullivan, Jason Salemi, Yangxin Huang, Charles Isaacs, Matthew Klein, Jessica Shaw, Clifton Gooch, and David Lynch
The Spike-and-Slab Lasso Cox Model for Survival Prediction and Associated Genes Detection, Xinyan Zhang, Zaixiang Tang, Yueping Shen, and Nengjun Yi
#PublicHealthChat: An Analysis of a Twitter Health Communication Event, Yuner Zhu, King-Wa Fu, Lindsay Mullican, Ferdous Ahmed, Hai Liang, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Jingjing Yin, Nitin Saroha, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Submissions from 2016
Bacterial Exposure and Microbial Activity in Dental Clinics during Cleaning Procedures, Atin Adhikari, Sushma Kurella, Pratik Banerjee, Nabanita Mukherjee, Yamini M. Chandana Gollapudi, and Bushra Shah
Respiratory Protection Against Airborne Bacteria in Dental Clinics During Cleaning Procedures, Atin Adhikari, Sushma Kurella, Aniruddha Mitra, Brenden Jenkins, Alexander Purdy, William Aslaner, and Christopher Drew
Influence of Serum Lypocene on Lung Cancer Mortality: An 18-Year Follow-Up Study of a National Cohort, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Sewuese Akuse, Oreoluwa Adeyinka, and Jian Zhang
Chemical Emissions via Smoke Produced Through Burning of Scrap Tires, Firewood and Liquefied Petroleum Gas as Fuel Sources for Singeing Meat in Ghana, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Alicia Brown, Rachel Barham, and Haresh Rochani
Serum Lycopene Levels and Prostate Cancer Mortality: An 18-Year Follow-Up Study of a National Cohort, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Deborah Kanda, and Jian Zhang
Influence of Serum Folate Levels on Fatality Among Diabetic Adults in the U.S. Using a 15-Year Follow-Up Cohort Study, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Brittany Bianca Kyte, Sambridhi Shrestha, Emeka Ifebi, and Jian Zhang
Effects of Serum Levels of Vitamin A and Its Precursors on Colorectal Cancer Mortality: An 18-Year Follow-Up Study of a National Cohort, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Titilope Ogunleke, Chimuanya Okoli, and Jian Zhang
Sources of Enterococci and Their Relation with Environmental Factors at an Inland Beach, Asli Aslan
Microbiological Assessment of Sachet Water in Ghana, West Africa, Asli Aslan, Christina J. Beslin, Asheley L. Poole, Kendall Anderson, Javier Gallard, Kathryn McGowan, Kevin Ofuri-Gyawu, Akmasi Ampofo-Yeboah, and Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Influence of Social Media on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Southeast Georgia, Elizabeth B. Blankenship, Mary Elizabeth Goff, Jimmy C. Jenkins, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, and Kelly L. Sullivan
High Performance Compute Applications: Biostatistics, Curtis Combs and Jingjing Yin
Metagenomics of Head Lice Using the Ion-Torrent PGM, Gregory A. Dasch, Z. C. Holmes, T. B. Shirey, Marina E. Eremeeva, and S. Zohdy
Utility of 16S rRNA Gene Published Primers for Detection of Wolbachia in Human Lice and Cat Fleas, Marina E. Eremeeva and M. Anderson
Flea-borne Rickettsiae in Southeastern Georgia, USA, Marina E. Eremeeva, Daniel Capps, A.J. Williams-Newkirk, Gregory A. Dasch, L. Beati, and Lance A. Durden
Rickettsiologist Paul F. Zdrodovskyi - Larger Than Life and Not Just for His Famous Book, Marina E. Eremeeva, S. N. Shpynov, and I. V. Tarasevich
Zika and Twitter: The Initial Reactions to the Outbreak, King-Wa Fu, Hai Liang, Nitin Saroha, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Patrick Ip, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Zika-Virus Related Photo-Sharing on Pinterest and Instagram, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Elizabeth B. Blankenship, M. Elizabeth Goff, Lindsay A. Mullican, Kwun Cheung Chan, Nitin Saroha, Carmen H. Duke, Marina E. Ermeeva, King-Wa Fu, and Zion Tsz Ho Tse
Ebola and Social Media: A Systematic Review, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Carmen H. Duke, Kathryn C. Finch, Kassandra R. Snook, Peiling Tseng, Ana Cristina Hernandez, Manoj Gambhir, King-Wa Fu, and Zion Tsz Ho Tse