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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Optimal Bivariate Ranked Set Sample Design for the Matched Pairs Sign Test, Hani M. Samawi
Optimal Sign Test for One Sample Bivariate Location Model Using an Alternative Bivariate Ranked Set Sample, Hani M. Samawi
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 2006
Behind the Mountains: Politics and Culture in Haiti, Helen Bland
Haitian Creole Language Lessons and Explorations, Helen Bland
Life Lessons Learned from Haitian Proverbs: Something for Everyone, Helen Bland
The Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Charlie J. Hardy and Stuart H. Tedders
Interactive Learning in Health Education, Bridget F. Melton and Joanne Chopak-Foss
A Primer on Public Health in Georgia: Applications to Physical Activity and the Obesity Epidemic, Anthony V. Parrillo and Stuart H. Tedders
Perceptions of Relative Weight and Self-Reported Weight Loss Activities: Analysis of a Cohort of University Freshman, Anthony V. Parrillo, Stuart H. Tedders, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Laura H. Gunn, and R. H. Robbins
Perception of Relative Weight and Self-Reported Weight-Loss Activities: Analysis of a Cohort of Freshmen University Students, Anthony V. Parrillo, Stuart H. Tedders, Laura H. Gunn, R. Robbins, and Joanne Chopak-Foss
Certification: Certified IRB Manager (CIM) vs. Certified IRB Professional (CIP), Sara S. Plaspohl
NAIM Mock IRB Training: Evaluating Subject Payments in Protocols, Sara S. Plaspohl
Research Orientation for New Residents, Sara S. Plaspohl
Sample Size and Power, Robert L. Vogel and John M. Boltri
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
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
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
