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Submissions from 2012
Selecting an Evaluation Framework for Community-Based Interventions: RE-AIM in Rural Georgia, Moya L. Alfonso, Charlotte Spell, Joanna Spencer, and Alison Scott
A Case Study of Re-AIM in Rural Georgia: Lessons Learned From Evaluating a Driving Under the Influence Prevention Campaign, Moya L. Alfonso, Joanna Spencer, and Charlotte Spell
Influence of Physical Activity on Stress Tolerance in College Students, Helen W. Bland, Bridget F. Melton, and Laura Bigham
Assessing Health Literacy in Children and Adolescents: Measuring the Meaning and the Meaning of the Measures, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Easy, Peasy: Constructing a Developmentally Appropriate 6-Day Health Unit, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Health Literacy and Adolescents: Does Being Articulate, Make Them Health Literate?, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Using Hands-on Teaching to Teach Health, Joanne Chopak-Foss, A. Civalier, and D. Z. Sarratt
Improving Health Literacy for At-Risk Youth: Educating in the Age of the Internet, Joanne Chopak-Foss and Bridget F. Melton
Sources of Health Information Used by Young Adults: Implications for Health Literacy Education, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Linda B. Synovitz, and Bridget F. Melton
Using Photovoice in PETE Programs to Initiate Positive Change, Gavin T. Colquitt, Jody Langdon, Tony A. Pritchard, and Starla McCollum
Fun and Funds on the Run, Gavin T. Colquitt, Ashley D. Walker, Starla McCollum, and Tony A. Pritchard
Increasing Cultural Competence in Undergraduate PETE Programs, Gavin T. Colquitt, Ashley D. Walker, and Ashley D. Walker
Analytical Hierarchical Processing: Using an Innovative Technology for the Adaptation of an EBI for Latinos With Minor Depression and Chronic Disease, Jaime Corvin, Claudia X. Aguado Loi, Moya L. Alfonso, Jennifer Burges, Jilian Gonzales, and Elizabeth Powers
School-Located Influenza Vaccination Programs (SLIV): Impact on Absenteeism, Betty T. Dixon and Sara S. Plaspohl
School-Located Influenza Vaccination Programs (SLIV): Impact on Absenteeism, Betty T. Dixon, Sara S. Plaspohl, S. Streater, B. Hausauer, and Charles C. Newman
Rickettsial (Spotted & typhus fevers) & related infections (Anaplasmosis & ehrlichiosis), Marina Eremeeva
Molecular Epidemiology of Rickettsial Diseases in North America, Marina E. Eremeeva
Other Rickettsia Species, Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch
Rickettsial (Spotted And Typhus Fevers) and Related Infections (Anaplasmosis and Ehrlichiosis), Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch
Tick-borne Agents: Can You Predict Whether a New Rickettsia Is a Human Pathogen?, Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch
Two Pathogens and One Disease: Detection and Identification of Flea-Borne Rickettsiae in Areas Endemic for Murine Typhus in California, Marina Eremeeva, Sandor E. Karpathy, Laura Krueger, Erica K. Hayes, Ashley M. Williams, Yamitzel Zaldivar, Stephen Bennett, Robert Cummings, Art Tilzer, Robert K. Velten, Nelson Kerr, Gregory A. Dasch, and Renjie Hu
The Resilient Local Health Department: Attributes of Survival During the Economic Crisis, Paul C. Erwin and Gulzar H. Shah
Preschool Children’s Perceptions of Fruit and Vegetable Messages, Andrew Hansen, Amy A. Hackney, and Moya Alfonso
Nursing Home Study on Infection Control Policies and Culture of Patient Safety Among Residents Living with Diabetes Mellitus, D. Hardy and Sara S. Plaspohl
Measuring Compatibility Gaps in Strategic Relationships, Gerald R. Ledlow, Karl B. Manrodt, and James H. Stephens
Asymptotic properties of a median tree under the coalescent model, Liang Liu and Lili Yu
Bartonella and Bartonella Infections in China: From the Lab to the Clinic, Qiyong Liu, Marina Eremeeva, and Dongmei Li
Health Districts as Quality Improvement Collaboratives and Multi-Jurisdictional Entities, William C. Livingood, Nandi A. Marshall, Angela Peden, Ketty Gonzales, Gulzar H. Shah, Dayna S. Alexander, Kellie O. Penix, Russell B. Toal, and Lynn D. Woodhouse
Health Districts as Quality Improvement Collaboratives and Multi-Jurisdictional Entities, William C. Livingood, Nandi A. Marshall, Angela Peden, Ketty Gonzalez, Gulzar H. Shah, Dayna S. Alexander, Kellie O. Penix, Raymona H. Lawrence, Russell B. Toal, and Lynn D. Woodhouse
Health Districts as Quality Improvement Collaboratives and Multi-Jurisdictional Entities, William C. Livingood, Nandi A. Marshall, Angela Peden, Ketty Gonzalez, Gulzar H. Shah, Dayna S. Alexander, Kellie O. Penix, Raymona H. Lawrence, Russell B. Toal, and Lynn D. Woodhouse
Noninvasive Measurements of Cardiac Hemodynamic and Tissue Perfusion Indices in Normal Infants, Eric L. Long, Barbara Weaver, Joshua Glenn, Robert L. Vogel, Andrew Bozeman, Brandon Lerner, Renee Kleris, Joseph M. Van De Water, Don K. Nakayama, and Misael Rodriguez
Barriers to Physical Activity During Pregnancy: Perceptions of a Sample Women Living in Rural Southern Communities, Elaine S. Marshall, Bridget F. Melton, and Helen W. Bland
Self Efficacy & Perceived Benefits and Risk in Prenatal Women, Elaine S. Marshall, Bridget F. Melton, and Helen W. Bland
Enhancing Health Equity Through Coalition Building for Diabetes Prevention and Management Among African-Americans in Jenkins County, Georgia: A Photovoice Project, Nandi A. Marshall
Understanding the Psychosocial Aspects of Hookah Smoking Among College Students, Mary Martinasek, Moya L. Alfonso, and A. Souza
Tactical Games Model in Elementary Physical Education, Starla McCollum, Tony A. Pritchard, and Gavin T. Colquitt
Pregnant Women On the Move: Exercise Patterns and Intentions Study, Bridget F. Melton, Helen W. Bland, and Elaine S. Marshall
An Evidence-Based Prescription for Exercise During Pregnancy, Bridget F. Melton, Helen W. Bland, Elaine S. Marshall, and Dziyana Nazaruk
Prescription for Exercise During Pregnancy, Bridget F. Melton, Helen W. Bland, Elaine S. Marshall, and Dziyana Nazaruk
A Technology Enhanced Physical Activity Program for Pregnant Women: A Pilot Study, Bridget F. Melton, Helen W. Bland, Elaine S. Marshall, Michael Schmidt, and Kimberly Guion
Combating the Freshman 15: The Effects of Weight Perception on Weight Loss in College Freshmen, R. Mitchell, Sara S. Plaspohl, and L. Rich
Combating the Freshman 15: The Effects of Weight Perception on Weight Loss in College Freshmen, R. Mitchell, Sara S. Plaspohl, and L. Rich
Associations Between Stage of Behavior Change, Physical Activity, and Self-efficacy in Prenatal Women, Jacquelyn A. Nagle, Bridget Melton, Helen W. Bland, Elaine S. Marshall, Michael Schmidt, and Kimberly Guion
Mercury and Environmental Justice Issues, J. Nriagu, R. Charles, and Simone M. Charles
A Method to Identify Quality Improvement Initiatives in Georgia’s Multijurisdictional Public Health System, Kellie O. Penix, William C. Livingood, Angela Peden, Nandi A. Marshall, Lynn D. Woodhouse, Dayna S. Alexander, Ketty Gonzalez, Gulzar H. Shah, and Russell B. Toal
An Assessment of America’s Tobacco-Free Colleges and Universities, Sara S. Plaspohl
Changes in the Air: Insight from Key Stakeholders at Tobacco-Free Colleges, Sara S. Plaspohl
Creating Our Tobacco-Free Campus: No Butts About It!, Sara S. Plaspohl
Institutional Conflict of Interest, Sara S. Plaspohl
Lessons Learned: Transitioning to a 100% Tobacco-Free University Campus, Sara S. Plaspohl
Teaching Methodology, Sara S. Plaspohl
Western Students Meet Eastern Medicine: Lessons Learned from a Study-Abroad Trip to China, Sara S. Plaspohl and M. O'Mallon
Western Students Meet Eastern Medicine: Impact of Study Abroad Experience on Perceptions of Chinese Culture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Sara S. Plaspohl and Helen M. Taggart
Calcium Montmorillonite Clay Reduces Urinary Biomarkers of Fumonisin B₁ Exposure in Rats and Humans, Abraham Robinson, Natalie M. Johnson, A. Strey, John F. Taylor, Alicia Marroquin-Cardona, N. J. Mitchell, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Nii-Ayi Ankrah, Jonathan H. Williams, Jia-Sheng Wang, Pauline E. Jolly, R. J. Nachman, and Timothy D. Phillips
Trends and Correlates of Health Care Provider Identification of Overweight in Children Ages 2-15 in the U.S., 2001-2010., Lauren M. Rossen, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Amy M. Branum, A. E. Simon, and Kenneth C. Schoendorf
Daily Walking and Life Expectancy of Elderly People in the Iowa 65+ Rural Health Study, Hani M. Samawi
General Pivotal Goodness of Fit Test Based on Kernel Density Estimation, Hani M. Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
A Mixed Method Study of the Relationship between Multiple Morbidity and Colorectal Cancer Screening, Nancy E. Schoenberg, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Steven T. Fleming, and Shoshana H. Bardach
H1N1 Preparation and Response, Rachel D. Schwartz
Writing in Public Health, Rachel D. Schwartz
Diffusion of Practice-based Research in Local Public Health: What Differentiates Adopters from Non-Adopters?, Gulzar H. Shah, Kay Lovelace, and Reba Novich
Assessing Changes in Community Readiness to Address Driving Under the Influence in Rural Georgia, Joanna Spencer, Moya L. Alfonso, Kristen Harper, and Debbie Bennett
Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol – Factors That Relate to Prevention on Rural Roadways, Joanna Spencer, Moya L. Alfonso, Jaymin Patel, David McDermott, and Charlotte Spell
Youth Health Risk: A High from Bath Salts?, Linda B. Synovitz and Joanne Chopak-Foss
The Effects of Smoke-Free Laws on Neonatal Health Outcomes in the U.S., Yelena N. Tarasenko, Scott Hankins, and Kenneth C. Schoendorf
Trends in Self-Reported Reasons for Forgoing Colorectal Cancer Screening, Yelena N. Tarasenko, E. A. Miller, and J. D. Parker
Health Care Provider, Parental, and Self Identification of Child Overweight and Weight Loss Attempts Among Children Aged 8-15, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Lauren M. Rossen, Amy M. Branum, A. E. Simon, and Kenneth C. Schoendorf
Community Health Assessment, Stuart H. Tedders and Marie Denis-Luque
Community Health Assessment, Stuart H. Tedders and Marie Denis-Luque
Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis from Guatemala and Costa Rica, Adriana Troyo, Danilo Alvarez, Lizeth Taylor, Gabriela Abdalla, Olger Calderon-Arguedas, Maria L. Zambrano, Gregory A. Dasch, Kim A. Lindblade, Laya Hun, Marina Eremeeva, and Alejandra Estevez
Extent and Nature of Resource Sharing Among Local Health Departments, Joshua Vest and Gulzar H. Shah
AAHE-SOPHE Merger, What Does It Mean for State Associations of AHPERD?, Ashley Walker and Joanne Chopak-Foss
Comparison of In Vivo Optical Spectroscopy and Electrical Cardiometry in Preterm Infants, Barbara Weaver, J. Glenn, Robert L. Vogel, E. L. Long, D. K. Nakayama, and M. Rodriguez
Evaluators as Change Agents: Building Program Capacity, Ownership, and Use of Data, Lynn D. Woodhouse, William C. Livingood, Russell B. Toal, David W. Keene II, Stuart H. Tedders, Simone M. Charles, Raymona H. Lawrence, and Andrea Kellum
Spline quasi-likelihood regression for right censored data, Lili Yu
Submissions from 2011
Dying With Their Boots Off: Non-Traumatic Deaths Among American Troops in Vietnam, 1960-1975, David Adams, Sara S. Plaspohl, Melissa Reams, and DeShannon Hardy
Guest Lecture given at Toxicology (BIOL 5243), Biology Department at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest lecture given for the Global Health (CHBE 9335), Department of Community Health, JPHCOPH at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Community Driven Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions: Findings and Lessons Learned From Sarasota Mobilizes Alcohol Reduction in Teens (SMART), Moya L. Alfonso, Sherri Reynolds, C. Lavarello, and H. Woodcum
VERB Summer Scorecard: Increasing Physical Activity Among Female Adolescents, Moya L. Alfonso, Zachary Thompson, Jenna Davis, Carol A. Bryant, Anita H. Courtney, Jeff A. Jones, and Robert J. McDermott
The Believe in All Your Possibilities Campaign: Updating a Social Marketing Campaign on a Shoe String Budget, Moya L. Alfonso, H. Woodcum, Sherri Reynolds, and John S. Luque
Common Read Kick-Off: Ethical Engagement – Panel Discussion of “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks", M. Beil and Sara S. Plaspohl
Haiti in November 2011: After the Earthquake, Helen Bland
Piti, Piti Zwaso ap Fe Niche Li, Helen Bland
Physical Activity Patterns and Intentions During Pregnancy Among a Sample of Women in Rural Underserved Are of the Southeast United States, Helen W. Bland, Elaine S. Marshall, and Bridget Melton
Survival analysis in the presence of complex censoring: Fractional Polynomials in Analyzing Interval-Censored Time-to-Event Data, Ding-Geng Chen, Lili Yu, and Yuhlong Lio
Teen Pregnancy Update: Why are Rates so High in the South?, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Rethinking the Health Curriculum in Georgia: Using a Standards Based Approach to Teach Drug Use Prevention and Risky Sexual Behavior, Joanne Chopak-Foss and Bridget F. Melton
Improving Health Literacy to Reduce Health Risk Behavior in Adolescents, Joanne Chopak-Foss and Linda B. Synovitz
Anaplasma Phagocytophilum, Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch
Anaplasmataceae as Human Pathogens : Biology, Ecology and Epidemiology, Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch
Epidemic Typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii), Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch
Rickettsia rickettsii, Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Rickettsia rickettsii), Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch
The Genus Rickettsia: Microbiology, Diversity and Taxonomy, Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch
Analysis of Cancer Screening Behaviors in Females of Evans County, GA, A. Harrell and Stuart H. Tedders
Research Matchmaker (RM): Extending HIT to Support Georgia’s Community-Sponsored Health Initiatives, G. L. Heaberg, H. Reichgelt, and Stuart H. Tedders
The Effect of a Nurse Driven Music Therapy Intervention on Preterm Mothers' Milk Volume and Fat Content, Douglas Keith, Barbara Weaver, and Robert L. Vogel
Pilot Study of Selected Health Trends in Evans County, GA, Joseph Lowry and Stuart H. Tedders
Personal Floatation Devices: A Community Based Prevention Marketing Approach to Increase Wear Rates, Mary Martinasek, Moya L. Alfonso, James Lindenberger, Justin McBride, and Joy Hazell
