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Submissions from 2009

Testing a Test and Studying a Study, Robert L. Vogel

The Feasibility of Electrical Cardiometry in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Robert L. Vogel

Electrical Cardiometry in the NICU, is it Feasible?, B. Weaver, M. Rodriguez, A. Bozeman, B. Ho, Robert L. Vogel, and Joseph M. Van De Water

Cardiac Output in Neonates, Noninvasively, B. Weaver, M. Rodriguez, Robert L. Vogel, A. Bozeman, and Joseph M. Van De Water

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Disparity of Health Status and Preventive Service Between General Population and Individuals with Homosexual Behaviors, Allen R. Wolfe, Robert G. Cosgrove, Lewis A. Perry, and Jian Zhang

Nonparametric Quasi-likelihood for right censored data, Lili Yu

Submissions from 2008

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Empowering the Millennials to Handle the Stressors Of College, Helen W. Bland, Bridget F. Melton, and Paul Welle

Retrospective Case-Control Study of Factors that Contribute to Obesity Among College Students, Helen W. Bland and J. R. Welle

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VOC and Particulate Emissions from Commercial Cigarettes: Analysis of 2,5-DMF as an ETS Tracer, Simone M. Charles, Stuart Batterman, and chunrong Jia

The Challenges (and Rewards) of Educating Adolescents About Health, Joanne Chopak-Foss and S. Goodwin

Enhancing Health Literacy, From Paper to Practice, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Bridget F. Melton, and E. Baltazar

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Precocious Puberty in Girls: Implications for Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Bridget F. Melton, and Swati Raychowdhury

Promoting Health Literacy to Reduce Sexual Health Risk Behaviors: A Primer for Pre-Service Teachers, Joanne Chopak-Foss and Linda B. Synovitz

Understanding Healthy People 2010, Betty T. Dixon, Sara S. Plaspohl, Raymona Lawrence, and Anthony V. Parillo

Assessing the Effectiveness of Stress Coping Mechanisms Employed by College Students, Bridget Melton and Helen W. Bland

Weight Management Curricula in Physical Education, Bridget Melton, Helen W. Bland, Daniel R. Czech, and Stephen J. Rossi

Using Online Course Management System to Enhance the Health Curriculum, Bridget Melton, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Helen W. Bland, and Glenn Parrish Burdette

Hybrid Health: Is It the Next Generation of Teaching?, Bridget F. Melton, Swati Raychowdhury, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Glenn Burdette, and Helen W. Bland

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Among Georgia Southern University Students Regarding Low Carbohydrate Diets, Macaulay Okwuokenye, Laura H. Gunn, Padmini Shankar, and Diana Sturges

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Among Georgia Southern University Students Regarding Low-Carbohydrate Diets, Macaulay Okwuokenye, Laura H. Gunn, Diana Sturges, and Padmini Shankar

Primary Prevention and Preparedness for Influenza, Sara S. Plaspohl

Role of the IRB in Research: Human Subject Protections, Sara S. Plaspohl

The Prevention of Childhood Obesity, Sara S. Plaspohl, Betty T. Dixon, Raymona Lawrence, and M. Mason

On Distribution Free Runs Test for Symmetry Using Median Ranked Set Sampling, Hani M. Samawi and Robert L. Vogel

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On Distribution-Free Runs Test for Symmetry Using Median Ranked Set Sampling, Hani M. Samawi and Robert L. Vogel

Targeting Healthy People's 2010 Goals: Where Do Georgia Infants Stand?, Shrikrishna Shroff, Laura H. Gunn, Diana Sturges, and Padmini Shankar

Does Hemodynamic Variability Predict Outcome in Shock?, Thomas Street, Matthew Barton, Robert L. Vogel, Jonathan A. Whitten, Christopher L. Stout, and Dennis Ashley

Precocious Puberty: A Primer for Teachers and Parents, Linda B. Synovitz and Joanne Chopak-Foss

Mapping Low Birth Weight Incidence in Georgia Public Health District 9.0, W. Tu, K. S. McElveen, and Stuart H. Tedders

A Brief History of Biostatistics, Robert L. Vogel

Fostering Collaboration: An Internal Communications Survey in a Regional Community Hospital, M. Walker, K. Chester, H. Hulsey, J. Atkins, and James H. Stephens

Emotion Scores May Serve as Predictors for the Revised NEO Personality Inventory Domains and Facets, D. G. Webster, James L. Pugh, Robert L. Vogel, Paul Stephen Foster, and V. Drago

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Protecting High Schoolers Against Stress: What Works and What Doesn’t, Paul D. Welle and Helen W. Bland

Food for thought - omega-3s, Jian Zhang

Updates on the research examining the association between depression and omega-3s, Jian Zhang

Submissions from 2007

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Four Years of an Aggressive Prophylaxis and Screening Protocol for Venous Thromboembolism in a Large Trauma Population, Raeanna Adams, Gage Oschner, Christopher Senkowski, and Robert L. Vogel

Surgery in Nonagenarians: Morbidity, Mortality, and Functional Outcome, Kelley G. Chester, K. S. Poole, Richard Ackermann, and Robert L. Vogel

Assessing African-American Christians’ Motivational Factors for Participation in HIV/AIDS Ministry, K. M. Coleman, K. J. Welshimer, Hani M. Samawi, R. J. Ogletree, P. Sarvela, and D. Ritzel

The Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, K. B. Fitzmorris and Stuart H. Tedders

Behavioral Determinants of Healthy People and Communities: An Applied Approach to Making Rural Healthy People 2010 a Reality in Georgia, Raymona H. Lawrence, K. Mincey, Sara S. Plaspohl, R. Christopher Rustin, R. Stone, and Anthony V. Parrillo

Improving Health Literacy in Sexual Health Education, Bridget F. Melton and Joanne Chopak-Foss

Hybrid Health, Is It the Next Generation for Teaching?, Bridget F. Melton, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Glenn P. Burdette

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Evidence-Based Decision-Making: Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes in Public Health Education Programs, Anthony V. Parrillo, Gerald R. Ledlow, Robert L. Vogel, K. B. Fitzmorris, and Charlie J. Hardy

Ethical Theories/Moral Issues in Health, Research Ethics, Sara S. Plaspohl

Writing IRB Policies and Procedures, Sara S. Plaspohl

Surgery in Nonagenarians: Morbidity, Mortality, and Functional Outcome, K. Poole, Kelley G. Chester, Richard Ackermann, and Robert L. Vogel

Inference on Overlapping Coefficients in Two Exponential Populations Using Ranked Set Sampling, Hani M. Samawi

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Optimal Bivariate Ranked Set Sample Design for the Matched Pairs Sign Test, Hani M. Samawi

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Optimal Sign Test for One Sample Bivariate Location Model Using an Alternative Bivariate Ranked Set Sample, Hani M. Samawi

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The Matched Pairs Sign Test using Bivariate Ranked Set Sampling, Hani M. Samawi, Mohammad F. Al-Saleh, and Obaid Al-Saidy

Infant Mortality Trends among Georgia Residents between 1995 – 2003, Shrikrishna Shroff, Laura H. Gunn, Diana Sturges, and Padmini Shankar

Can the Heart Tolerate the Operation, Joseph M. Van De Water, C. L. Stout, J. A. Whitten, B. S. Thomas, and Robert L. Vogel

Impact of Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring on Patient Care, Joseph M. Van De Water, C. L. Stout, J. A. Whitten, B. S. Thomas, and Robert L. Vogel

Impendence Cardiography: Equivalent Noninvasive Alternative to Thermodilution Cardiac Output Measurement, Joseph M. Van De Water, C. L. Stout, J. A. Whitten, B. S. Thomas, and Robert L. Vogel

Thoracic Fluid Content (TFC)- A New Parameter, Joseph M. Van De Water, C. L. Stout, J. A. Whitten, B. S. Whitten, and Robert L. Vogel

Submissions from 2005

Fatism: An Exploratory Study of Discrimination Toward Obese People Among College-Aged Participants, E. V. Anderson and Helen W. Bland

College Student’s Misperceptions Regarding Oral Sex as a Risk Factor for Sexually Transmitted Diseases, S. L. Bandura, Anthony V. Parrillo, and Stuart H. Tedders

Cultural Explorations of Haiti: Min Anpil Chay Pa Lou, Helen Bland

Children Health and Survival, Helen Bland, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Diana Sturges

Exploratory Study of Breast Cancer Risk Behaviors Between College-Aged Females of Different Ethnic Backgrounds, Helen W. Bland and M. L. Nelson

Contraceptive Use Among College Students at a Mid-Size University in the Southeastern Portion of the United States, Traci Laquey Cleveland and Helen W. Bland

Perception of HIV/AIDS Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Since the Introduction of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, Traci Laquey Cleveland and Helen W. Bland

Smoking and High-Risk Drinking Behavior Among a Freshman Cohort of University Students, P. Giddulari, Stuart H. Tedders, and Anthony V. Parrillo

Utility of the Health Belief Model in Predicting HPV and Cervical Cancer Risk Among University Females, D. Hagans, Stuart H. Tedders, and Anthony V. Parrillo

Utility of the Health Belief Model in Predicting HPV and Cervical Cancer Risk Among University Females, D. Hagans, Stuart H. Tedders, and Anthony V. Parrillo

A Community Health Assessment of Bulloch County, Georgia, S. Kirkland and Stuart H. Tedders

The Association Among Receipt of Health Information, Body Mass Index, and Physical Activity and Dietary Behaviors in University Students, J. N. Meadows, Anthony V. Parrillo, and Stuart H. Tedders

The Association Among Receipt of Health Information, Body Mass Index, and Physical Activity and Dietary Behaviors in University Students, J. N. Meadows, Anthony V. Parrillo, and Stuart H. Tedders

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Breast Cancer Screening in Southeast Georgia: An Epidemiologic Profile of Perceptual and Behavioral Factors Affecting Participation, Anthony V. Parrillo and Stuart H. Tedders

Evaluation of an Integrated Model for Managing Asthma Among Children, Anthony V. Parrillo, Stuart H. Tedders, C. Reavis, and Andrew R. Hansen

On Some Statistical Issues Involving Clinical Trials in Oncology, Karl E. Peace and M. Rothman

Respiratory Care Research Class, Human Subject Protections in Research, Sara S. Plaspohl

Perceptions of Relative Weight and Self-Reported Weight-Loss Activities: Analysis of a Cohort of Freshman University Students, R. H. Robbins, Anthony V. Parrillo, and Stuart H. Tedders

Health Education Philosophies: What? So What? Now What?, S. Thomas, V. Ubbes, K. Brown, and Helen W. Bland

Portrait of a Rural Community: CDC’s YRBS Determines Fitness and Food Levels Among High Schoolers, J. Welle and Helen W. Bland

Submissions from 2004

Instilling Positive Interdependence: Min Anpil Chay Pa Lou, Helen Bland

From Loyal to Vulnerable: The Challenges and Rewards of Educating Adolescents about Health, Joanne Chopak-Foss, D. Breitenstein, and L. Harrill-Rudisill

Revenge of the Puffmeister: Small Towns Fight Tobacco, Barbara Funke, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and J. Lidstone

Early Initiation of Sexual Intercourse as a Marker of Multi-Problem Risk in College Students, U. Jacobs, Anthony V. Parrillo, and Stuart H. Tedders

Early Initiation of Sexual Intercourse as a Marker of Multi-Problem Risk in College Students, U. Jacobs, Anthony V. Parrillo, and Stuart H. Tedders

Respiratory Care Research Class, Human Subject Protections in Research, Sara S. Plaspohl

Implementing Alcohol Screening and Intervention in a Family Practice Clinic, Paul J. Seale, Sylvia Shellenberger, Wanda K. Tillery, John M. Boltri, Robert L. Vogel, Barbara Barton, and Megan McCauley

Institutions of Higher Education: Bridging the Gap in Rural Resources, Stuart H. Tedders

Submissions from 2003

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Workforce Shortage in Rural Hospitals: The Georgia Experience, Arif Ahmed and Helen W. Bland

Career Opportunities in Health Science, Helen Bland

Making Research User Friendly, Helen Bland

Primary Care Medical Training, Chronic Illness, and Psychological Trauma: Education, Assessment, and Intervention, J. Brende, Melton Strozier, David C. Parish, Robert L. Vogel, and C. Cummings

JusTeens Center: Teen Health Care and Health Education in Rural Georgia, Joanne Chopak-Foss, C. R. Hart, and S. McLendon