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Submissions from 2020
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Potential, Iran, 2020, Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, Isaac Fung, Shayesteh R. Ferdosi, Sylvia Ofori, Yiseul Lee, Amna Tariq, and Gerardo Chowell
Social Media Use in Emergency Response to Natural Disasters: A Systematic Review With a Public Health Perspective, Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, Sylvia K. Ofori, Lauren C. Bayliss, Jessica S. Schwind, Kadiatou Diallo, Manyun Liu, Jingjing Yin, Gerardo Chowell, and Isaac Fung
Kernel-based estimation of P(X < Y) when X and Y are dependent random variables based on progressive type II censoring, Rola Musleh, Amal Helu, and Hani Samawi
Local Health Departments' Engagement in Activities to Address Opioid Use and Abuse: The Influence of Surveillance Systems' Use, Tran Nguyen, Gulzar H. Shah, Anjum Khurshid, and Maria I. Olivas
The Use of Digital Technology to Improve and Monitor Handwashing Among Children 12 Years or Younger in Educational Settings: A Scoping Review, Sylvia Ofori, Yuen Wai Hung, Jessica S. Schwind, Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, Reece Kakou, Sunmisola Alade, Kadiatou Diallo, Kelly L. Sullivan, Benjamin J. Cowling, and Isaac Fung
Statistical Considerations for Clinical Trials During COVID-19: Accurate COVID-19 Testing in Clinical Trials, Stephan Ogenstad, Qing Liu, and Karl E. Peace
An Analysis of Local Health Departments' Responsiveness to Community Segregation in Their Efforts to Address Health Disparities, Maria I. Olivas, Deborah Kanda, Rakhi Trivedi, Gulzar H. Shah, and Kristie C. Waterfield
Georgia Rural Hospital Tax Credit: Perspectives of Rural Health Executives, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye A. Apenteng, Charles Owens, Linda G. Kimsey, Angela Peden, Imaobong Ekpo, William Mase, and Emmanuel Akowuah
SNAPSHOT: Financial and Operational Performance Benchmarking Report, 2014-2019, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Charles F. Owens, Angela H. Peden, and William A. Mase
The Use of Religion in the Management of Depression in Sickle Cell Disease: A Systematic Review, Delores P. Quasie-Woode, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
The Use of Penalized Regression Analysis to Identify County-Level Demographic and Socioeconomic Variables Predictive of Increased COVID-19 Cumulative Case Rates in the State of Georgia, Holly L. Richmond, Joana Tome, Haresh Rochani, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Gulzar H. Shah, and Jessica S. Schwind
Association Between Accreditation Engagement and Using The Community Guide for Preventive Services by Local Health Departments, Assegid A. Roba, Brianna Williams, Kristie C. Waterfield, and Gulzar H. Shah
On Improving the Performance of Logistic Regression Analysis Via Extreme Ranking, Hani Samawi
Kullback-Leibler Divergence for Medical Diagnostics Accuracy and Cut-point Selection Criterion: How it is related to the Youden Index, Hani Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Xinyan Zhang, Lili Yu, Haresh Rochani, Robert Vogel, and Chen Mo
Further Improving the Performance of Logistic Regression Analysis Using Double Extreme Ranking, Hani Samawi, Xinyan Zhang, and Haresh Rochani
Book Review: Statistics With R: Solving Problems Using Real-World Data by Jenine K. Harris, Gulzar H. Shah
Gaps in Public Health Workers' Awareness of Emerging Public Health Trends, Gulzar H. Shah, Kyle Bogaert, Jingjing Yin, Elizabeth Gould, and JP Leider
Informatics and the Covid-19 Crisis: the Role of Information Systems and Clinical Trials Databases, Gulzar H. Shah and Karl E. Peace
The Detrimental Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health, Gulzar H. Shah, Padmini Shankar, Jessica S. Schwind, and Vinoth Sittaramane
Maternal Mortality among African American Women in the State of Georgia, Causes, Policy, and Ethical Considerations, Zahra Shahin, Isabella M. Hardwick, Nancy Jeffery, JaLisa Jordan, and William Mase
A scoping review of theoretical models and conceptual frameworks used in Public Health Services and Systems Research (PHSSR) literature, Zahra Shahin, Anna Messick, Jenna Harris, Kristie C. Waterfield, and Gulzar H. Shah
Health Departments and Authentic Community Engagement, Stacy Smallwood, Angela Peden, Andrew Hansen, William Mase, Gurleen Roberts, RoShonda J. Welch, and Jill Johns
Association Between Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Offspring Overweight in U.S.-Born Children, Shirley JoAnn Smart, Aurela Nikaj, Lili Yu, Hongxia Li, Fei Yan, and Jian Zhang
Statistical Considerations for Clinical Trials During COVID-19: Phase 1 Cancer Trials, Michael T. Tirgan, Qing Liu, and Karl E. Peace
Difference in Prevalence of Edentulism Between Foreign-Born and US-born Older Americans, Ho-Jui Tung, Randall Ford, and Ming-Chin Yeh
Sources of Information in Regard to HPV and Vaccination Among Hispanic/Latino College Students, Wei-Chen Tung, Itzel Corral, and Ho-Jui Tung
Red Blood Cell Folate and Cardiovascular Deaths Among Hypertensive Adults, an 18-year Follow-up of a National Cohort, Felix Twum, Neil Morte, Yudan Wei, Stanley Nkemjika, Fengqi Liu, and Jian Zhang
Interpolation Method to Estimate the Asymptotic Variance-covariance Matrix in EM Algorithm, Lili Yu, Ding-Geng Chen, and Jun Liu
Regression Multiple Imputation for Missing Data Analysis, Lili Yu, Liang Liu, and Karl E. Peace
Efficient Estimation of Cumulative Distribution Function Using Moving Extreme Ranked Set Sampling With Application to Reliability, Ehsan Zamanzade, M. Mahdizadeh, and Hani Samawi
Occurrence of a Human-associated Microbial Source Tracking Marker and Its Relationship With Faecal Indicator Bacteria in an Urban Estuary, Sibel Zeki, Asli Aslan, Selmin Burak, and J.B. Rose
Limited Early Warnings and Public Attention to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China, January–February, 2020: A Longitudinal Cohort of Randomly Sampled Weibo Users, Yuner Zhu, King-Wa Fu, Karen A. Grépin, Hai Liang, and Isaac Fung
Submissions from 2019
The Ethics of Parental Refusal to Vaccinate: Costs, Community Safety, and Individual Rights, Olatanwa Adewale, Carla Cooper, Pascal Felix, Ashley K. Mitchell, Justin Savage, and William A. Mase
Pet ownership and the risk of dying from lung cancer, findings from an 18 year follow-up of a US national cohort, Atin Adhikari, Naduparambil Jacob, Andrew R. Hansen, Yudan Wei, Kassandra Snook, Fengqi Liu, and Jian Zhang
Pet Ownership and the Risk of Dying From Lung Cancer, Findings From an 18 Year Follow-up of a US National Cohort, Atin Adhikari, Naduparambil Jacob, Andrew Hansen, Yudan Wei, Kassandra R. Snook, Fengqi Liu, and Jian Zhang
Association between pet ownership and the risk of dying from colorectal cancer: an 18-year follow-up of a national cohort, Atin Adhikari, Yudan Wei, Naduparambil Jacob, Andrew R. Hansen, Kassandra Snook, Chad E. Burleson, and Jian Zhang
Association Between Pet Ownership and the Risk of Dying From Colorectal Cancer: An 18-year Follow-up of a National Cohort, Atin Adhikari, Yudan Wei, Naduparambil Jacob, Andrew Hansen, Kassandra R. Snook, Chad E. Burleson, and Jian Zhang
A Need for Patient-Friendly Language for those with Low Health Literacy in Advanced Care Planning, Denisha Allicock, Addison Mickens, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Pilot survey of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from southeastern Georgia, USA for Wolbachia and Rickettsia felis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae), Matthew Anderson, R. Christopher Rustin, and Marina Eremeeva
Crisp Regional Hospital Employee Engagement Assessment Report, Bettye Apenteng, Emmanuel Akowuah, Samuel T. Opoku, and Kwabena G. Boakye
Effingham Health System: Community Health Needs Assessment: 2019-2021, Bettye A. Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles F. Owens, Linda Kimsey, and Angela Peden
Evans Memorial Hospital Community Needs Assessment Report, Bettye Apenteng, Charles F. Owens, Samuel T. Opoku, and Linda Kimsey
Temporal distribution of opportunistic pathogens in household systems in Evans County, Asli Aslan, J. Edward Dotherow, and Robert Vogel
The Impact of Interpersonal Support, Supervisory Support, and Employee Engagement on Employee Turnover Intentions: Differences Between Financially Distressed and Highly Financially Distressed Hospitals, Kwabena G. Boakye, Bettye A. Apenteng, Mark Hanna, Linda G. Kimsey, William A. Mase, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles F. Owens, and Angela Peden
Pet ownership and risk of dying from cancer: observation from a nationally representative cohort, Brian Buck, Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, Sarah H. Jillson, Li-Ting Huang, Atin Adhikari, Naduparambil Jacob, Yudan Wei, and Jian Zhang
Pet Ownership and Risk of Dying From Cancer: Observation From a Nationally Representative Cohort, Brian Buck, Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, Sarah Jillson, Li-Ting Huang, Atin Adhikari, Naduparambil Jacob, Yudan Wei, and Jian Zhang
Safe Sleep Environment Focus Group Report, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Nandi Marshall, R. Ewesesan, Michela Hizine, and A. Moore
Cancer Control in Ukraine: Country visit report and recommendations, Marilys Corbex, Catherine Lam, Vitaly Smelov, Rolando Camacho, and Yelena Tarasenko
Cervical cancer control in Uzbekistan: Country visit report and recommendations, Marilys Corbex, Jos Luttjeboer, Vitaly Smelov, Yelena Tarasenko, Rimma Velikanova, and Karene Hoi Ting Yeung
Understanding the Dynamics of Diversity in the Public Health Workforce, Fátima Coronado, Angela J. Beck, Gulzar H. Shah, Jessica L. Owens-Young, Katie Sellers, and JP Leider
Trajectories of Engagement in Leisure-time Physical Activity and Risk of Incident Ischemic Stroke: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Logan Cowan, Yelena Tarasenko, Kelly Evenson, Priya Palta, and Kamakshi Lakshminarayan
Factors Influencing Parental Trust in Medical Researchers for Child and Adolescent Patients’ Clinical Trial Participation, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, Jason Deakings, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Kendria Kelly-Taylor, and Stephania T. Miller
E-Waste Disposal from Major Ports: Policies & Ethical Considerations, L. Davis, Joshua Dufresne, and William A. Mase
VOC and particle concentrations in new and old model automobiles, J. Edward Dotherow, Deonte Martin, and Atin Adhikari
Land Use and Environmental Variables Influence Tetracycline-Resistant Bacteria Occurrence in Southeastern Coastal Plain Streams, Jason A. Duff, Asli Aslan, and Risa A. Cohen
Adopting YouTube to Promote Health: Analysis of State Health Departments, Carmen H. Duke, Jingjing Yin, Xinyan Zhang, Elizabeth Blankenship, Sewuese Akuse, Gulzar H. Shah, Chung-Hong Chan, King-Wa Fu, Zion Tsz-Ho Tse, and Isaac Fung
Characteristics of the Health Information Technology Workforce in Georgia, Imaobong Ekpo, Emmanuel Akowuah, Bettye Apenteng, and Samuel T. Opoku
Molecular Survey for Pathogens and Markers of Permethrin Resistance in Human Head Lice (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) from Madagascar, Marina E. Eremeeva; Shamta Warang; Matthew Anderson; Danielle Capps; Sarah Zohdy; and Lance A, Durden
Public Health Implications of Image-Based Social Media: A Systematic Review of Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, and Flickr, Isaac Fung, Elizabeth Blankenship, Jennifer O. Ahweyevu, Lacey K. Cooper, Carmen H. Duke, Stacy Carswell, Ashley M. Jackson, Jimmy C. Jenkins III, Emily A. Duncan, Hai Liang, King-Wa Fu, and Zion Tsz Ho Tse
Pedagogical Demonstration of Twitter Data Analysis: A Case Study of World AIDS Day, 2014, Isaac Fung, Jingjing Yin, Keisha D. Pressley, Carmen Duke, Chen Mo, Hai Liang, King-Wa Fu, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, and Su-I Hou
Presence of Antibiotic Resistant Escherichia Coli in Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents Utilized as Water Reuse for Irrigation, Tiong Gim Aw, Mano Sivaganesan, Shannon Briggs, Erin Dreelin, Asli Aslan, Samuel Dorevitch, Abhilasha Shrestha, Natasha Isaacs, Julie Kinzelman, Greg Kleinheinz, Rachel Noble, Rick Rediske, Brian Scull, Susan Rosenberg, Barbara Weberman, Tami Sivy, Ben Southwell, Shawn Siefring, Kevin Oshima, and Richard Haugland
Breastfeeding Practices in Georgia: Rural‐Urban Comparison and Trend Analyses Based on 2004‐2013 PRAMS Data, Whitney N. Hamilton and Yelena Tarasenko
Notice of Retraction and Replacement. Hawkins et al. Trends in weight loss efforts among US adolescents with overweight and obesity. JAMA Pediatr. 2018;172(8):782-784, Andrew Hansen, Samuel T. Opoku, Alicia Brown, Samuel Tawiah Opoku, and Jian Zhang
Health Behaviors in Rural Appalachia, Aasha I. Hoogland, Charles Hoogland, Shoshana H. Bardach, Yelena Tarasenko, and Nancy Schoenberg
Associations Among Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Toward Palliative Care Consultation Service in Healthcare Staffs: A Cross-sectional Study, Li-Chun Huang, Ho-Jui Tung, and Pei-Chao Lin
Social Ecological Factors Affecting Substance Abuse in Ghana (West Africa) Using Photovoice, Ahmed Kabore, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, James Awuah, Andrew R. Hansen, Ashley Walker, Melissa Hester, Moussa Aziz Wonadé Sié, Dhruv Medarametla, and Nicolas Meda
Chapter 3 - Case study: Does PM2.5 contribute to the incidence of lung and bronchial cancers in the United States?, Jing Kersey and Jingjing Yin
Mixture Ranked Set Sampling for Estimation of Population Mean and Median, Zahid Khan, Mahammad Ismail, and Hani Samawi
Clinch Memorial Hospital: Strategic Plan: 2019-2021, Linda Kimsey, Bettye A. Apenteng, William Mase, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, and Angela Peden
Clinch Memorial Hospital Community Needs Assessment Report, Linda G. Kimsey, Bettye Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles F. Owens, Angela Peden, Devin Hatchett, Imaobong Ekpo, Michela Hizine, and Oluwadamilola Onifade
Environmental Scan and Outmigration Analysis, Linda G. Kimsey, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye A. Apenteng, William A. Mase, Charles F. Owens, and Angela Peden
Hancock County Community Based Participatory SWOT Analysis: Community-Clinical Linkages, Linda G. Kimsey, Angela Peden, John Peden, Thomas Sweeney, Deborah Harvey, Michela Hizine, Oluwadamilola Onifade, Devin Hatchett, and Samantha Finn
Decision Making, Analytics, and Communications in Health Organizations, Gerald R. Ledlow and James H. Stephens
How did Ebola information spread on twitter: broadcasting or viral spreading?, Hai Liang, Isaac Fung, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Jingjing Yin, Chung-Hong Chan, Laura E. Pechta, Belinda J. Smith, Rossmary D. Marquez-Lameda, Martin I. Meltzer, Keri M. Lubell, and King-Wa Fu
It’s Not a One Size Fits All Approach: Best Practices for Engaging Minorities with SCD in Health Research, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Leveraging Technology to Address Patient-Centered Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble and Delores P. Quasie-Woode
Sickle Cell Carriers' Unmet Information Needs: Beyond Knowing Trait Status, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, David G. Schlundt, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, Velma McBride Murry, Kemberlee R. Bonnet, Delores P. Quasie-Woode, and Charles P. Mouton
Ethical Approaches to Mandating Influenza Vaccinations for Local Health Department Workforce in Georgia, Melicent R. Miller, Maureen K. Akubu-Odero, LaShauna L. Hunt, Stephanie L. Irvin, Catherine T. Palmer, and William A. Mase
Mental Health and Gun Violence: A Link Held by Misperception, Neil Morte and Kelly L. Sullivan
Factors Associated with Continuous Improvement by Local Boards of Health, Tran Ha Nguyen, Gulzar H. Shah, Rachel D. Schwartz, and Jeffery A. Jones
Association Between Serum Folate and Cardiovascular Deaths Among Adults With Hypertension, Stanley Nkemjika, Emeka Ifebi, Logan Cowan, Isaac Fung, Felix Twum, Fengqi Liu, and Jian Zhang
Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among People With Cardiovascular Diseases in Southeast Georgia, Chimuanya Okoli, Stacy Carswell, Sewuese Akuse, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Adaptive Design and the Estimand Framework, Macaulay Okwuokenye and Karl E. Peace
Closest Similar Subset Imputation for Missing Data Analysis, Macaulay Okwuokenye and Karl E. Peace
SNAPSHOT: Financial and Operational Performance Benchmarking Report, 2014-2018, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Charles Owens, Angela Peden, and William Mase
Oral Cancer Screening in Non-institutionalized Older Adults Living in Rural Communities of Southeast Georgia, Swaha Pattanaik, Bettye Apenteng, Adrienne L. Cohen, and Raymona H. Lawrence
Hancock County Community Based Participatory SWOT Analysis: Nutrition Strategy, Angela Peden, Linda Kimsey, John Peden, Thomas Sweeney, Deborah Harvey, Michela Hizine, and Imaobong B. Ekpo
North Central Health District Supervisor Evaluation Results, Angela Peden, Charles F. Owens, Michela Hizine, and A. Moore
Diversifying Data: A Precision Medicine Approach to Improving Health Outcomes. Health Informatics Innovations and Applications Series, Kimberly Rodgers and Gulzar H. Shah
On Kernel-Based Mode Estimation Using Different Stratified Sampling Designs, Hani Samawi, Haresh Rochani, Jingjing Yin, and Robert L. Vogel
Evaluating Web-Based Platforms and Traditional Methods for Recruiting Tattoo Artists: Descriptive Survey Research Study, Jessica Sapp, Robert L. Vogel, Joseph Telfair, and Julie K. Reagan
Twitter Conversations and English News Media Reports on Poliomyelitis in Five Different Countries, January 2014 to April 2015, Braydon J. Schaible, Kassandra R. Snook, Jingjing Yin, Ashley M. Jackson, Jennifer O. Ahweyevu, Muhling Chong, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Hai Liang, King-Wa Fu, and Isaac Fung
Association Between Earthquake Exposures and Mental Health Outcomes in Phulpingdanda Village After the 2015 Nepal Earthquakes, Jessica S. Schwind, Stephanie A. Norman, Rebecca Brown, Rebecca Hoffmann Frances, Elisabeth Koss, Dibesh Karmacharya, and Susan L. Santangelo
The State of the US Governmental Public Health Workforce, 2014–2017, Katie Sellers, Jonathon P. Leider, Elizabeth Gould, Brian C. Castrucci, Angela J. Beck, Kyle Bogaert, Fátima Coronado, Gulzar H. Shah, Valerie A. Yeager, Leslie M. Beitsch, and Paul C. Erwin
Local Health Departments' Engagement in Addressing Health Disparities: The Effect of Health Informatics, Gulzar H. Shah, William A. Mase, and Kristie Waterfield
Publishing on Topics in Public Health Informatics for a Quarter Century, Gulzar H. Shah and Valerie N. Rogers
Health Informatics and Smart Health Communities: Podcast With Valerie Rogers, Gulzar H. Shah, Valerie N. Rogers, and Kristie C. Waterfield
Role of Data in Promoting Diversity & Inclusion in Public Health Institutions of Higher Education, Gulzar H. Shah and Kristie C. Waterfield
Promoting Social Determinants of Health Services: Informatics is the Answer, Gulzar H. Shah and Kristie Cason Waterfield
Data travels at the speed of trust: Population health informatics for population health. Health Informatics Innovations and Applications Series, Gulzar H. Shah, Kristie Cason Waterfield, and Anjum Khurshid
