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Submissions from 2015
Photovoice as a Service Learning Assessment Tool: Feasibility and Validity Evidence, Moya L. Alfonso
Photovoice: The Effects of Service Learning on Student Outcomes, Moya L. Alfonso
A Qualitative Study of Co-Occurring Alcohol Abuse and Overweight/Obesity, Moya L. Alfonso, Emily Eisenhart, Jamie Cromley, and Gemma Skuraton
An Exploration of the Health-Related Needs and Assets of Children Living in a Community Founded by Former Slaves, Moya L. Alfonso, Gayle Jackson, Gemma Skuraton, Emily Earnest, Jeseseme Omoraun, Kristen Pruitt, Kandyce Reeves, Shalisa Robinson, Yvette Steele, Pei-Ling Tseng, Chantavious Wyatt, and Alvin Jackson
Application of Rapid Molecular Techniques to Track Sources of Pathogens in Water, Asli Aslan
Legal Powers Vested by State Legislatures to Local Boards of Health and Their Perception/Misrepresentation, Ankit Bangar, Jeffery A. Jones, and Julie Reagan
Analysis of the Persistence of Enteric Markers in Sewage Polluted Water on a Solid Matrix and in Liquid Suspension, Yolanda Brooks, Asli Aslan, Sushil Tamrakar, Bharathi Murali, Jade Mitchell, and Joan Rose
Ovarian Cancer Disparities in Advanced Stage Diagnosis and Surgery Treatment: Multilevel Analysis of SEER 2001-2011 Data, Chen Chen and Yelena N. Tarasenko
Prevalence of Health Care Provider Counseling about Exercise And Physical Activity Levels Among Cancer Survivors in the U.S, Chen Chen and Yelena N. Tarasenko
Improving Health Education Instruction in Middle School: A School Service Project, Joanne Chopak-Foss and Kellie Penix
Health and Physical Activity Promotion for Youth With Disabilities in Rural Areas, Gavin T. Colquitt
Using Participatory Action Research to Prepare Teacher Candidates for 21st Century Schools, Gavin T. Colquitt, Starla McCollum, Ashley D. Walker, and Tony A. Pritchard
The Personalized System of Instruction (PSI): A Framework for Differentiated Instruction, Gavin T. Colquitt, S. Peeples, and Stephanie Viness
Evidence-Based Benefits Offered by Local Farmers’ Markets to Promote Public Health, B. Davis and Sara S. Plaspohl
Evidence-Based Strategies Identified to Increase Access to Oral Health Services to Promote a Healthier Lifestyle, B. Davis and Sara S. Plaspohl
Does Ischemic Preconditioning Occur with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)? Comparing the Severity of Myocardial Necrosis Between the Patients with OSA and Without OSA After an Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Ravi Desai, Emily Broach, Haresh Rochani, Amanulla Khaji, Eliot Friedman, and Rizwan Sardar
Exploring Barriers Related to HIV Testing among College Students, Emily Earnest and Andrew Hansen
Challenges Posed by Tick-borne Rickettsiae: Eco- Epidemiology and Public Health Implications, Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch
How Social Media Is Used During Natural Disasters, Environmental Disasters, and Other Environmental Concerns: A Scoping Review, Kathryn C. Finch, Kassandra R. Snook, Carmen H. Duke, King-Wa Fu, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Atin Adhikari, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
How Physical Activity Is Associated With Severe School Absenteeism, Andrew Hansen, Tony Pritchard, Irina Melnic, and Jian Zhang
How Physical Activity Is Associated with Severe School Absenteeism, Andrew Hansen, Tony Pritchard, Irina Melnic, and Jian Zhang
Effectiveness of the Sport Education Fitness Model on Fitness Levels, Knowledge, and Physical Activity, Andrew Hansen, Tony Pritchard, Shot Scarboro, and Irina Melnic
Socioeconomic Issues Are the Catalyst for Rising HIV Rates in the South, B. Hill and Sara S. Plaspohl
Methods Improving Estimate of Diagnostic Odds Ratio, Yisong Huang, Jingjing Yin, and Hani M. Samawi
Variations in Public Health Governance, Jeffery A. Jones, Ankit Bangar, Patrick Chang, and Yelena N. Tarasenko
Disease Investigation Specialist Workforce Development: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Shamika D. Jones, Stacy W. Smallwood, and William A. Mase
Key Determinants of the Fungal and Bacterial Microbiomes in Homes, Eric Kettleson, Atin Adhikari, Stephen Vesper, Kanistha Coombs, Reshmi Indugula, and Tiina Reponen
Geographic Variation within the Military Health System, Linda G. Kimsey, Samuel Olaiya, Andrew Hoburg, Chad Smith, Louis L. Nguyen, and Joel S. Weissman
Efficacy of Delayed-Release Dimethyl Fumarate vs Glatiramer Acetate on a Novel Composite Outcome Measure of Inflammatory Disease Activity: Post-Hoc Analysis of the CONFIRM Study, M. Kremenchutzky, R. J. Fox, J. T. Phillips, Mariko Kita, Karl E. Peace, J. B. Lewin, A. Zhang, M Okwuokenye, M Edwards, and J Marantz
Obesity Significantly Intensifies the Depressive Symptom among Adults with Neck or Back Pain, Wayne Lawrence, Adrian Badana, Gloria Barnett, Jessica K. Sexton, Kirsten Oliver, Jamesa V. Hogges, and Jian Zhang
Association Between Health Literacy and Perceived Confidence for Communicating with Physicians Among African-American Men, Wayne Lawrence, Brandon Wilcher, Jarrett Johnson, Heather Guerreso, and Levi Ross
JPHCOPH Faculty Assessment System: Reporting Student Learning Outcomes, Gerald R. Ledlow and James H. Stephens
Public Health Perspectives on the Importance of Leadership in Health Informatics at Local Health Departments, Jonathon P. Leider, Gulzar H. Shah, Akrati Gupta, Karmen S. Williams, and Brian C. Castrucci
Trends in Diffusion of Surgical Innovation and Outcomes: A Comparative Analysis of Radical Prostatectomy in Military and Civilian Institutions, Jeffrey Leow, Joel S. Weissman, Linda G. Kimsey, Andrew Hoburg, Lorens A. Helmchen, Wei Jiang, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Deborah Hess, Louis L. Nguyen, and Steven Chang
High Prevalence and Genetic Heterogeneity of Rodent-Borne Bartonella Species on Heixiazi Island, China, Dong-Mei Li, Yong Hou, Xiu-Ping Song, Ying-Qun Fu, Gui-Chang Li, Ming Li, Marina E. Eremeeva, Hai-Xia Wu, Bo Pang, Yu-Juan Yue, Ying Huang, Liang Lu, Jun Wang, and Qi-Yong Liu
Exploratory Review of Terminated Veteran Affairs Health System and Medical Center Executives, Cristian Lieneck, Sandra Collins, and James H. Stephens
The Veterans Affairs Health System: Allegations, Investigations and Leadership Changes, Cristian Lieneck, Sandra Collins, and James H. Stephens
Factors Driving Local Health Department’s Collaboration with Other Organizations in the Provision of Personal Healthcare Services, Huabin Luo, Nancy L. Winterbauer, Ashley Tucker, and Gulzar H. Shah
Efficacy Study of a Group-Based Promotora Intervention to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening Among Immigrant Latina Women, John Luque, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Moya L. Alfonso, Claudia M. Reyes-Garcia, Laura Rebing, and Daron Ferris
Creating a Baseline for Healthy Campus 2020 Implementation, Nandi A. Marshall and Sara S. Plaspohl
Beyond Engagement: A pilot study of past experiences, current expectations, and engagement related behaviors after graduation, William Mase, Samuel Adeyeye, Olga Amarie, Ellen Hamilton, Claudia A. Cornejo Happel, Shamika D. Jones, Jessica N. Orvis, and Neri Romero
Standardized Knowledge and Behavior of Food Protection Staff, William A. Mase and Kyle W. McKinley
Standardized Knowledge and Behavior of Food Protection Staff, William A. Mase and Kyle W. McKinley
Assessing Changes in Safety Net Providers Since the Passage of the Affordable Care Act, Arlesia Mathis, Julia Burke, and Gulzar H. Shah
The Great Recession and Fiscal Allocation for Public Health: How Has Our Slice of The Pie Changed?, J. Mac McCullough, Jonathon P. Leider, and Gulzar H. Shah
Coping with Depression: College Students' Perceived Barriers and Preferences for Formal and Informal Psychological Help, Irina Melnic, Andrew Hansen, Jeff Klibert, and Hani Samawi
Building and Evaluating Personal Technology Physical Activity Interventions in Diverse Populations, Bridget Melton, Beverly D. Harris, and Helen W. Bland
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Distance Learning Quality Implementation Plan, Katie M. Mercer
Evaluation of Possible Risk Factors of Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorder, Chen Mo, Jingjing Yin, and Hani M. Samawi
Improving Communication Between VHA and Non-VHA Providers: Implications for Veteran-Centered Dual Care, Preethy Nayar, Bettye A. Apenteng, A. Fetrick, and P. Woodbridge
Local Health Departments Health Informatics and Emergency Preparedness Capacity, Bobbie J. Newell, Gulzar H. Shah, and Ruth E. Whitworth
Occurrence of Microbiological Contaminants in a Watershed Impacted by a Wastewater Treatment Plant, Blessing Odion, Sara Benevente, and Asli Aslan
Advantages of Health Promotion over Drug Dependency: Evidence-Based Support, Chidinma B. Okafor and Sara S. Plaspohl
The Control of Blood Pressure Among Hypertensive Male Adults: Evidence- Based Support, Chidinma B. Okafor and Sara S. Plaspohl
Discrete Time-to-Event and Score-Based Methods with Application to Composite Endpoint for Assessing Evidence of Disease Activity-Free, Macaulay Okwuokenye and Karl E. Peace
Geographic Variation in the Length of In-Hospital Stay for Alzheimer’s Disease in Nebraska, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye A. Apenteng, and Ge Lin
Evaluation of Myocardial Structure and Function in Patients with Friedreich’s Ataxia, A. Patel, Kelly L. Sullivan, D. Dasner, C. Pearsall, Theresa A. Zesiewicz, and A. Labovitz
Fruits and Labors of a Purpose Driven Life, Karl E. Peace
Accreditation Efforts in Georgia: A Technical Assistance Observational Study, Angela Peden, Gulzar H. Shah, Russell B. Toal, Dayna S. Alexander, Alesha Wright, Nandi A. Marshall, Ashton Anderson, and Scott Uhlich
The State of Accreditation Readiness in Georgia: A Case Stud, Angela Peden, Gulzar H. Shah, Russell B. Toal, Dayna S. Alexander, Alesha Wright, Nandi Marshall, Ashton Anderson, and Scott Uhlich
The Vegetarian Diet, Sara S. Plaspohl
Impact of 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic on Mortality Rates in Savannah, GA, Sara S. Plaspohl and Betty T. Dixon
Impact of 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic on Mortality Rates in Savannah, GA, Sara S. Plaspohl and Betty T. Dixon
Building a Culture of Health within the University Setting to Foster Student Success, Sara S. Plaspohl and Nandi A. Marshall
Evidence-Based Health Utilization for Individuals Ages 19-25 After ACA Implementation, S. Polite and Sara S. Plaspohl
The Association Between Arthritis and Depression Intensified by Excessive Body Weight, Maria D. Politis and Jian Zhang
Effect of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) on Health Related Fitness Knowledge and Class Time Physical Activity, Steven Prewitt, James Hannon, Gavin T. Colquitt, Timothy A. Brusseau, Maria Newton, and Janet Shaw
Implementation of a personal fitness unit using the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI), Steven Prewitt, James Hannon, Gavin T. Colquitt, Timothy A. Brusseau, Maria Newton, and Janet Shaw
Nourishing Minds: Dietetic Students and Community Members Learning through Food Bank Demonstrations, Katherine Pruitt, Rebecca Larson, Amy Hackney, and Andrew Hansen
Clostridium difficile: The State Regulatory Landscape, Julie Reagan
Submassive Pulmonary Embolism: The Impact of Early Clot Reduction with Ultrasound-Accelerated Thrombolysis on Pulmonary Hypertension, Ryan D. Reber, Ravi Desai, Matthew Hegewald, Daniel Sheibley, Joseph Bonn, Peter A. Villas, Haresh Rochani, and Lee W. Greenspon
Correction of Verification Bias by Application of Homogeneous Log-linear Models for a Single Scale Binary Diagnostic Test, Haresh Rochani Dr., Hani M. Samawi, Robert L. Vogel, and Jingjing Yin
Explicit Estimates for Cell Counts and Modeling the Missing Data Indicators in Three-Way Contingency Table by Log-Linear Models, Haresh Rochani, Robert L. Vogel, Hani M. Samawi, and Daniel Linder
Maximum Likelihood Estimates by Homogenous Log-Linear Models for Three-Way Contingency Tables with Missing Data with Application to Neuropathology Data, Haresh Rochani, Robert L. Vogel, Hani M. Samawi, and Daniel Linder
Explicit Estimates for Cell Counts and Modeling the Missing Data Indicators in a Three-Way Contingency Table by Log-Linear Models, Haresh Rochani, Robert L. Vogel, Hani M. Samawi, and Daniel F. Linder
Correction of Verification Bias by Application of Homogeneous Log-Linear Models for a Single Binary-Scale Diagnostic Test, Haresh Rochani, Robert L. Vogel, Hani M. Samawi, and Jingjing Yin
Correction of Verification Bias by Application of Homogeneous Log-Linear Models for a Single Binary-Scale Diagnostic Tests, Haresh Rochani, Robert L. Vogel, Hani M. Samawi, and Jingjing Yin
Technology-assisted Learning to Promote Prostate Cancer Knowledge Among Urban-dwelling African Americans, Levi Ross, Jarrett Johnson, Heather Guerreso, Wayne Lawrence, Brandon Wilcher, and John S. Luque
Using CBPR to Extend Prostate Cancer Education, Counseling, and Screening Opportunities to Urban-Dwelling African Americans, Levi Ross, Jarrett Johnson, Stacy W. Smallwood, John S. Luque, Stuart H. Tedders, Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, and Terry Alford
Improving Inference of Some Clinical Studies Using Ranked Auxiliary Covariates, Hani Samawi, Rajai Jabrah, Robert Vogel, and D. Linder
Improving Inference of Some Clinical Studies Using Ranked Auxiliary Covariates, Hani M. Samawi, Rajai Jabrah, Robert L. Vogel, and Daniel F. Linder
Improving Some Clinical Trials Interference by Using Ranked Auxiliary Covariate, Hani M. Samawi, Rajai Jabrah, Robert L. Vogel, and Daniel F. Linder
More Efficient Logistic Analysis Using Moving Extreme Ranked Set Sampling: Application to Children Obesity, Hani M. Samawi, Haresh Rochani, Daniel Linder, Jingjing Yin, Arpita Chatterjee, Lili Yu, and Robert L. Vogel
Making Sense of Public Health: Improving Writing in Public Health, Rachel D. Schwartz
WAC and Public Health: The Perfect Intervention, Rachel D. Schwartz
Using the Teaching Toolkit Method to Improve Student Engagement, Rachel D. Schwartz and Claudia Cornejo Happel
Analysis of Neonatal Sepsis in Kumasi, Ghana Through Paper-Based Medical Records, Jessica K. Sexton, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Zachary McGalliard, and Daniel F. Linder
State of Public Health Voluntary Accreditation: Barriers, Facilitators, and Impact on Evidence-Based Practices, Gulzar H. Shah, Carolyn J. Leep, and Sergey Sotnikov
Characterizing the Informatics Capacities and Needs of Local Health Departments in a Post-Affordable Care Act Landscape, Gulzar H. Shah, Jonathon P. Leider, Brian C. Castrucci, Karmen S. Williams, Akrati Gupta, and James B. Sprague
Characteristics of Local Health Departments Associated with Their Implementation of Electronic Health Records and Other Informatics System, Gulzar H. Shah, Jonathon P. Leider, Brian C. Castrucci, Karmen S. Williams, and Huabin Luo
Levels and Predictors of LHDs' Engagement in Community Health Assessment, 2002-2013, Gulzar H. Shah, Kay Lovelace, and Daniel F. Linder
Do Local Health Departments With Better Health Informatics Capacity Have Better Preparedness Capacity?, Gulzar H. Shah, Bobbie Jo Newell, and Ruth E. Whitworth
Exploring Cost and Delivery of STI Services by Health Departments in Georgia: Mixed Methods Approach, Gulzar H. Shah and Angela Peden
The Impact of Religiosity on the Mental and Sexual Health of African American Men who Have Sex with Men in the Deep South, Stacy Smallwood, Anne O. Odusanya, and S. Melinda Spencer
HIV at the Crossroads: Intersecting HIV Prevention Practice and Truth among AAMSM, Stacy W. Smallwood and Jarvis W. Carter Jr.
Religiosity as a Predictor of Internalized Homonegativity and Sexual Risk Behaviors among African American Men who Have Sex with Men, Stacy W. Smallwood, Anne O. Odusanya, and S. Melinda Spencer
How Social Media Is Used During Natural Disasters, Environmental Disasters, and Other Environmental Concerns: A Scoping Review, Kassandra R. Snook, Carmen H. Duke, Kathryn C. Finch, King-Wa Fu, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Atin Adhikari, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Using Photovoice to Gather Formative Sexual Assault Prevention Information, J. K. Spencer and Moya L. Alfonso
Healthcare Reform in the United States: The Affordable Care Act, James H. Stephens
Hospital Acquired Conditions: Tying Outcomes to Value Based Care, James H. Stephens
