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Submissions from 2022

Opportunities for Student Research, Stacy Smallwood

Privilege, Oppression, and Intersectionality, Stacy Smallwood

Rural HIV Providers’ Perspectives: Having Your Say, Stacy Smallwood

Setting the Table: Authentic Community Engagement to End the HIV Epidemic, Stacy Smallwood

The Impact of Racism and Historical Trauma through the Lens of Special Populations: LGBTQ+ People of Color, Stacy Smallwood

Where Do We Go from Here? Advancing HIV Prevention, Treatment, & Advocacy in Rural Areas, Stacy Smallwood and Tanya Jules

Who gets PrEPped? Negotiations of Stigma around HIV Prevention, Stacy Smallwood and Tanya Jules

Health Inequities: Poverty and Social Determinants, Joseph Telfair

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Who’s the Man? Examining the Relationship Between Black Masculinity, Perceived Social Support, and Sexual Behavior in Black Male College Students, James Thomas, Stacy Smallwood, Andrew Hansen, and Haresh Rochani

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Who's the Man? Examining the Relationship Between Black Masculinity, Perceived Social Support, and Sexual Behavior in Black Male College Students, James Thomas, Stacy W. Smallwood, Andrew R. Hansen, and Haresh Rochani

The Impact Of Intelligence In Youth On Cardiovascular Diseases Among 54-61 Years Old Americans, Joana Tome and Logan Cowan

Diurnal Variations of Overall Microbial Load on Surfaces of a Rural Chicken Farm, Denisa A. Wilson, Emmanuela Nwaonumah, and Atin Adhikari

Heteroscedastic survival data analysis based on AFT model, Lili Yu

Submissions from 2021

Guest Lecture given at Environmental Health – Health Science, The University of Alabama, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu

Keeping the Doors Open: A look at Georgia’s Efforts to Save Rural Hospitals, Bettye Apenteng

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Lessons Learned, Promising Practices and Opportunities for Addressing Social Needs of Medicaid Beneficiaries: Perspectives of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations, Bettye Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, Linda Kimsey, Angela Peden, and William Mase

Climate Change and Public Health, Asli Aslan

Rapid Water Quality Monitoring in a Pandemic Impacted World, Asli Aslan

The Effects of Fatigue on Selected Upper Extremity Functional Tests, Sophie Lucia Bargeron, Alicia Marie Connolly, Kali Rose Hackmann, Taylor Lane, James Karnes, Haresh Rochani, and Bryan Riemann

Effects of Fatigue on Active Joint Replication Proprioception of the Shoulder in Physically Active Individuals, Sophie Lucia Bargeron, Alicia Marie Connolly, Kali Rose Hackmann, Taylor Leanne Lane, Haresh Rochani, Ryan Michael Decarreau, James L. Karnes, Bryan L. Riemann, and George J. Davies

NCHEC Ambassador Webinar, D. Bleyenburg, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, and A. Sego

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40 Years of the Biopharmaceutical Section: Celebrating our Past, Planning for our Future, Charles Buncher, Stacy Lindborg, Karl E. Peace, Matilde Sanchez-Kam, and Steve Wilson

Assessing Private Well Water Stewardship Behaviors in Rural Georgia, J. Edward Dotherow

A Prospective, Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Intraoperative Injection of Technetium Tc 99m Tilmanocept With Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid in Breast Cancer Lymphatic Mapping, Anyul Ferez-Pinzon, Samuel L. Corey, Haresh Rochani, Elena A. Rehl, and William E. Burak Jr

Moving Forward: Beyond COVID-19, K. Griffth, C. Hart, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, and Stacy W. Smallwood

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Health Issues Affecting the Youth of Jeff Davis County, Ruby Hallam, Kim Harris, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble

A Survey of Weight Stigma Among College Students, Ruby Hallam and Stacy Smallwood

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The Effectiveness of Interventions to Increase Mammography Uptake among Non-Adherent Asian American Women: A meta-analysis, Li-Ting Huang, Joshua Longcoy, Chun-Yi Tai, Judy H. Wang, and Kelly L. Sullivan

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“Squash the Spread of COVID-19 in Bulloch County” Program, Osaremhen Ikhile, Karabi Barai, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble

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Assessing the Impact of Ignoring Pre-pregnancy Obesity in the Expenditure of MCH Title V Grants on Preterm and Cesarean Deliveries, Prachi Joshi and Samuel T. Opoku

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Stories from the Field: A Narrative Thematic Analysis of MCOs Efforts to Address Social Needs of Medicaid Enrollees, Linda Kimsey, Charles Owens, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, and Angela Peden

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Factors Predicting Food Insecurity Among Students at a Historically Black College & University, Becky Larson, Andrew Hansen, Haresh Rochani, and Stacy Smallwood

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Factors Predicting Food Insecurity Among Students at a Historically Black College & University, Rebecca Larson, Andrew Hansen, Haresh Rochani, and Stacy W. Smallwood

Reducing Healthcare Disparities in Sickle Cell Disease, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble

Reducing Healthcare Disparities in Sickle Cell Disease, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble

Prioritizing Self-Care in 2021: Mental Health & Coping – Professional Wellness, Jacquelyn Mesenbrink

The Role of Bystanders in Creating Safe Environments: A Call to Action, Jacquelyn Mesenbrink

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Perceptions of Physical Activity Engagement Among African American Emerging Adults at a Predominantly White Institution in Southeast Georgia, Addison Mickens, Stacy Smallwood, Ashley Walker, and Jeffery A. Jones

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Evaluation of SIMEX extrapolation methods in Accelerated failure time models with covariate measurement error, Roshni Modi, M. Y. Liu, and Lili Yu

SIMEX Methods in Accelerated Failure Time Models With Covariate Measurement Error, Roshni Modi, M. Y. Liu, and Lili Yu

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Institutional Findings and Implications from ASPPH's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Survey, Shan D. Mohammed, Randy F. Wykoff, Theresa L. Byrd, Laura Rasar King, Gulzar H. Shah, and Juan Leon

The MCAHEC Scholars Program Capstone Experience in a Rural and Underserved Region: Got Georgia On My Mind, J. Nester; V. Embry; B. Kundu,; I. Thomas; P. Tillman; P. Padmini; Tilicia Mayo-Gamble; and P. Mahan

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The Influence of E-cigarette Warning Labels on Youths' Use Intentions –A Mediation Analysis of Role of the Perceived Harm, Tran Nguyen, Gulzar H. Shah, and Amanda Barefield

Social Media Usage and Transitioning into Online Classes During COVID-19- A Survey Among Undergraduate Students, Sylvia Ofori, Janet Choongo, Mario Kekop, Gulzar H. Shah, Haresh Rochani, and Joseph Telfair

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Differences in Prostate Cancer Outcomes by Insurance Status of African American Males Aged 65 Years or Younger in Georgia, Sylvia Ofori and Yelena Tarasenko

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It Takes a Village: A Descriptive Study of Partnerships between Medicaid Managed Care Organizations and Community-Based Organizations to Provide Whole-Person Care, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, Linda Kimsey, Bettye Apenteng, William A. Mase, and Angela Peden

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Examining the factors constraining Medicaid managed care organizations’ efforts to address social determinants of health (SDOH), Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, Linda Kimsey, Bettye Apenteng, and Angela H. Peden

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The Impact of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations’ Efforts Addressing Social Determinants of Health, Charles F. Owens, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, and Angela Peden

Climate Change Impact on Water Resources in Mugla, Turkey, N. Ozdemir and Asli Aslan

Impact of Global Warming on Aquaculture Activities in Mugla, Turkey, N. Ozdemir and Asli Aslan

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Communication Plan to Rase Awareness for Dementia and Promote Caring Closet, Aishwarya Potluri, Prachi Joshi, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble

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Use of Cancer Treatment Plans in Georgia: Results from 2012 and 2017 BRFSS, Willie Rajvong and Yelena Tarasenko

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COVID-19 contact tracing: Identifying and addressing health inequities in the communities across United States, Gulzar H. Shah, Angela H. Peden, Bettye Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, Kristie C. Waterfield, and Osaremhen Ikhile

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Factors Associated With Local Health Departments’ Engagement in Food Safety Initiatives for People in the Communities Across United States, Gulzar H. Shah, Padmini Shankar, Vinoth Sittaramane, and Elizabeth Ayangunna

Community Engagement Research: Partnering with Community-Based Organizations, Stacy Smallwood

Community Voices: Engaging Marginalized Communities in Health Promotion Research, Stacy Smallwood

COVID-19 Vaccine Virtual Town Hall, Stacy Smallwood

Empowered to Succeed Series: Establishing Student/Faculty Partnerships, Stacy Smallwood

Faith, Family, & HIV, Stacy Smallwood

Seeing the Invisible: HIV Disparities and Black Sexual Minority Men in the Deep South, Stacy Smallwood

The Rewards of Community Service, Stacy Smallwood

Proteomics analysis suggests suppression of IL-15 among individuals at greater genetic risk of COVID-19-related respiratory failure: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC), Brian T. Steffen, James S. Pankow, Pamela L. Lutsey, Ryan T. Demmer, F. L. Norby, Logan Cowan, Josef Coresh, and Weihong Tang

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Identifying Social and Structural Determinants of Health Equity and Strategies for Taking Action, Joseph Telfair

Public Health’s Relation to Social Justice, Joseph Telfair

Taking Action to Advance Health Equity: Addressing Poverty and the Social and Structural Determinants of Health, Joseph Telfair

What Criteria Can Return Athletes Back to Overhead Sports Using Novel Upper Extremity Functional Tests?, Luke Alan Thayer, Nicole L. Ebel, Morgan Alexa Taylor, Benjamin Leigh DeLoach, Haresh Rochani, Bryan L. Riemann, Ryan Michael Decarreau, James Karnes, and George J. Davies

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Advanced Care Planning and Location of Death Among Older Americans Dying of Cancer: a Comparison With Dying of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ho-Jui Tung, Randall Ford, and Ming-Chin Yeh

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Development of a Health Communication Evaluation Plan: Share Health Southeast Georgia, RoShonda J. Welch, Lakeysha Mutcherson, Addison Mickens, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble

Submissions from 2020

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Youth in Action for Health Project: Peer Health Promoters Making a Difference, Annette Aalborg, Kimberly Orozco, Dennis Knight, Richard Ramos, Ashley Dennis, Madison Mcveigh, Denise Feria, Juan Martinez, Justice Richardson, Johnathan Lim, Baylie Smith, Hurjessica Virk, Devin Oates, Matthew Ristow, Shannon Frisinger, and Jessica S. Schwind

Levels of Airborne Particulate Matter and Radon Near Three Large Florida Phosphogypsum Stacks, Caleb Adeoye, Jayanta Gupta, A. Mele, Nora Demers, and Atin Adhikari

Respiratory Protection Against Particles of 0.3 – 10 μM in Cotton Farms During Harvesting, Caleb Adeoye, T. Thornton, S. D. Sherpa, and Atin Adhikari

Contributions of Pets to Indoor Environment Exposome: Hypothetical Links with Cancers and Respiratory Disorders, Atin Adhikari, Naduparambil Jacob, and J. Zhang

Guest Lecture given at Cultural Foods (NTFS 4630), Nutrition and Food Science Program, Health and Kinesiology Department at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu

Guest Lecture given at Environmental Health – Health Science, The University of Alabama, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu

Guest Lecture given at Environmental Health – Health Science, The University of Alabama, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu

Impact of Recent Climate Changes on Allergenic Pollen Seasons in Atlanta, Georgia, F. Ahmed, Hani Samawi, and Atin Adhikari

Childhood Asthma Management Practices in Rural Nigeria: Exploring the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Caregivers in Oyo State, Oyindamola Akinso, Atin Adhikari, Jingjing Yin, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Gulzar H. Shah

Microbial Source Tracking: A Rapid Tool for Beach Safety, Asli Aslan

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Exposure to Household Air Pollution Is Associated With Stillbirth and Child Mortality but Not Low Birth Weight in Ghana, Godfred O. Boateng, Laura Phipps, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, and Frederick A. Armah

Chronic Pain, Activities and Participation in Children With Cerebral Palsy, Gavin T. Colquitt, Haresh Rochani, Christopher M. Modlesky, Barbara Weissman, and Joshua Vova

Changes in Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Risk of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Logan Cowan, Yelena Tarasenko, Kelly Evenson, Priya Palta, and Kamakshi Lakshminarayan

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HIV clinical stage progression of patients at 241 outpatient clinics in DRC: Disparities by gender, TB status and rurality, Gina D. Etheredge, Gulzar H. Shah, Raimi Ewetola, L. Nkuta, and Kristie Cason Waterfield

HIV Clinical Stage Progression of Patients at 241 Outpatient Clinics in Democratic Republic of Congo: Disparities by Gender, TB Status and Rurality, Gina D. Etheredge, Gulzar H. Shah, Raimi Ewetola, L. Nkuta, Kristie C. Waterfield, A. Mutuadila, G. Ngalamulume, A. Kilundau, and M. Mpingulu

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A Novel Framework for Training Public Health Professionals in Conflict Management: Using Behavioral Theory, Randall Ford, Ho-Jui Tung, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble

Measuring Diagnostic Accuracy and Selecting Optimal Cutpoints for K-class Diseases Based on Concordance and Discordance with Application, Jing X. Kersey, Hani Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Haresh Rochani Dr., and Xinyan Zhang

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Leadership characteristics associated with social media use in LHDs: Ensuring public health essential service #3, Suzie Madden, Gulzar H. Shah, Jeffery A. Jones, and Samuel T. Opoku

Leveraging Partnerships, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble

Student-Led Social Marketing Proposal for a Public Health Campaign: Food Insecurity on College Campus, Dziyana Nazaruk and Christina S. Cook

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Youth in Action for Health Project: Association Between Mental Health and Exposure to Violence, Devin Oates, Annette Aalborg, Hurjessica Virk, Jessica S. Schwind, Daeja Tillis, Salina Ramachhita, Amy Vang, Janis Ho, Valentina Kelly, Shannon Frisinger, and Matthew Ristow

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Depression in African American Adults with Sickle Cell Disease: Exploration of Symptoms, Coping Strategies and the Potential Benefits of Religiosity, Delores P. Quasie-Woode, Janet Choongo, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble

Cancer Survivorship in Georgia: Selected Results of a Comprehensive Assessment Using 2017 BRFSS, Willie Rajvong and Yelena Tarasenko

New Post-test Diagnostic Accuracy Measures of a Continuous Test Based on the Average Predictive Values, Hani M. Samawi, Jing Kersey, Jingjing Yin, Chen Mo, and Haresh Rochani

On Efficient Logistic Regression Analysis Via Extreme Ranking, Hani Samawi, Xinyan Zhang, and Haresh Rochani

Health Informatics Capacity of Local Health Departments: Trends and Variations, Gulzar H. Shah and D. Dekker

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TB-HIV Co-infection and Risk of Death, Loss to Follow Up, and Viral Load Suppression in Democratic Republic Of Congo, Gulzar H. Shah, Raimi Ewetola, Gina D. Etheredge, L. Maluantesa-Nkuta, Kristie C. Waterfield, and Elizabeth Ayangunna

TB/HIV Coinfection and Patient Outcomes: Evidence from 241 Clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gulzar H. Shah, Raimi Ewetola, Gina D. Etheredge, L. Maluantesa-Nkuta, Kristie C. Waterfield, and L.-K. Lukusa

Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction among Rural HIV Healthcare Providers, Stacy Smallwood

Working with Community-Based Organizations, Stacy Smallwood

Health Inequities: Poverty and Social Determinants, Joseph Telfair

Health Inequities: Poverty and Social Determinants, Joseph Telfair