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Works in Public Health

2023

Promoting Health Equity and COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Through Collaboration, Outreach, Education & Engagement, Alicia D. Wright, Litty Varghese, Kristine Garner, Karen Ebey-Tessendorf
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Please Romaine Calm! A Multi-Disciplinary Investigation of a Cyclospora Outbreak Among Hospital Employees, Jocelyn Love MPH, Amber Erickson DrPH, MPH, Hope Dishman MPH, Carla Coley BS, REHS
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Improving Employee Engagement in Rural Georgia Healthcare, Linda Kimsey, Bettye Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, Bill Mase, Angela Peden
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

The Golden Ray Incident: How Public Health Responded to a Maritime Disaster off Georgia’s Coast, Ginger Heidel, Todd Wyckoff
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Hani M. Samawi,
Curricula Vitae for Faculty Researchers

Lili Yu,
Curricula Vitae for Faculty Researchers

Development of a Test Method to Determine Inhalation Exposure of Microplastic Particles When Reusable Disposable Masks in Place, Jhy-Charm Soo, R. L. Perez, Atin Adhikari, Yunfeng Chen
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Environmental Health Sciences Faculty Presentations

Barriers to diagnosing tuberculosis and performing contact investigations amongst the uninsured and non-English speaking populations., Grace Greene
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Evaluating the outcomes and impact of the Rollins COVID-19 Epidemiology Fellowship to bolster Georgia’s workforce, Shelby T. Rentmeester MPH
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Augusta University’s Healthy Georgia Report: Creating a document to better inform Georgia’s policymakers, Aaron Johnson, Biplab Datta, Lorriane Odhiambo, Jennifer Jaremski, Catherine Clary, Kit Wootten
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Training Georgia Black Barbers to be Mental Health Advocates: Pilot Study of The Confess Project, Natasha De Veauuse Brown, Shannon Self-Brown PhD, Brian Barger PhD, Ashley Salmon MPH, Jamani Garner MS, Jamaica Hill MS, Ursula Berger
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Data to Action. What does it mean? How do we do it?, Grace Morrow, Elizabeth Otwell
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Enhancing Academic-Public Health Partnerships in Georgia: Lessons Learned from Across the State, Amber Erickson, Allison T. Chamberlain, Rachel Franklin, Lisa Crossman, Sarita Shah, Sasha Smith
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

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, Kelly L. Sullivan
Kelly L. Sullivan

The image in the mirror or the number on the scale, which counts? When it comes to depression, it’s a weighted issue., Arshpreet Kaur Mallhi, Jian Zhang, Kelly L. Sullivan
Kelly L. Sullivan

Changes in physical activity and risk of ischemic stroke: The ARIC study, Logan Cowan, Joana Tome, Arshpreet Kaur Mallhi, Yelena Tarasenko, Priya Palta, Kelly R. Evenson, Kamakshi Lakshminarayan
Logan Cowan

Time-varying reproduction numbers of COVID-19 in Georgia, USA, March 2-November 20, 2020, Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, Gerardo Chowell, Jessica S. Schwind, Randall Ford, Sylvia Ofori, Chigozie Alexandra Ogwara, Margaret R. Davies, Terrence Jacobs, Chi-Ngai Cheung, Logan Cowan, Andrew Hansen, Isaac Fung
Logan Cowan

Effects of Educational Interventions in Facilitating Mammography Screening Among Asian American Women: A Meta-Analysis, Li-Ting Huang, Chun-Yi Tai, Joshua Longcoy, Judy H. Wang, Jingjing Yin, Logan Cowan, Kelly L. Sullivan
Logan Cowan

OSA and Subsequent Risk of Hospitalization With Pneumonia, Respiratory Infection, and Total Infection: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Pamela L. Lutsey, Islam Zineldin, Jeffrey R. Misialek, Kelsie M. Full, Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, Junichi Ishigami, Logan Cowan, Kunihiro Matsushita, Ryan T. Demmer
Logan Cowan

Proteomic profiling identifies novel proteins for genetic risk of severe COVID-19: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Brian T. Steffen, James S. Pankow, Pamela L. Lutsey, Ryan T. Demmer, Jeffrey R. Misialek, Weihua Guan, Logan Cowan, Josef Coresh, Faye L. Norby, Weihong Tang
Logan Cowan

Perceived Discrimination and Racism on the Treatment and Medication Adherence of Hypertension in African Americans, Ifeoluwa Kayode, Daisy Tovar, Logan Cowan
Logan Cowan

The Relationship between High Consumption of BVO-Contained Beverage, CVD and Stroke, Joana Tome, Prachi Joshi, Logan Cowan, Asli Aslan
Logan Cowan

The Association of Adequate Sleep Duration with Mental Health and Academic Performance in Children with ASD, Tolulope Awolusi, Kelly L. Sullivan, Logan Cowan, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Gavin T. Colquitt
Logan Cowan

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

The Perplexing Relationship: Colorectal Cancer and Folate, Anunay Bhattacharya, Jian Zhang, Marian Tabi, Jingjing Yin, Logan Cowan
Logan Cowan

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, Weihong Tang
Logan Cowan

Association Between Sleep Duration and All-cause Mortality Among Participants Stratified by Metabolic Syndrome Status, Arshpreet Kaur Mallhi, Kelly L. Sullivan, Lili Yu, Jian Zhang
Jian Zhang

The Perplexing Relationship: Colorectal Cancer and Folate, Anunay Bhattacharya, Jian Zhang, Marian Tabi, Jingjing Yin, Logan Cowan
Jian Zhang

Crossover Trends in Current Cigarette Smoking Between Racial and Ethnic Groups of US Adolescents Aged 12–19 Years Old, 1999–2018, Samuel Nwaobi, Holly L. Richmond, Doyinsola Babatunde, Felix Twum, Arshpreet Malhi, Yudan Wei, Jian Zhang
Jian Zhang

Changes in the association between overweight and depression across three major ethnic groups, 2005–2018, Arshpreet Kaur Mallhi, Kelly L. Sullivan, Jian Zhang
Jian Zhang

The Trend in Density of Skilled Health Personnel in BRICS Countries: Implication for China and India, Fei Yan, Hongxia Li, Wei Wang, Jian Zhang
Jian Zhang

Spatiotemporal Correlation between Obesity Prevalence and the Percentage of Households using Air-conditioners in the United States, Evan Li, Alexander Wang, Carter Xu, Felix Twum, Jian Zhang
Jian Zhang

The image in the mirror or the number on the scale, which counts? When it comes to depression, it’s a weighted issue., Arshpreet Kaur Mallhi, Jian Zhang, Kelly L. Sullivan
Jian Zhang

Increased BMI is Associated with School Absenteeism Among US School Aged Children and Adolescents, Ram Polur, Swati Raychowdhury, Stuart H. Tedders, Jian Zhang
Jian Zhang

Serum Levels of Vitamin A and its Precursors and Colorectal Cancer Fatality: An 18-yr Follow-Up Study of a National Cohort, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Titilope Ogunleke, Chimuanya Okoli, Jian Zhang
Jian Zhang

Serum Levels of Vitamin A and its Precursors and Colorectal Cancer Fatality: An 18-yr Follow-Up Study of a National Cohort, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Titilope Ogunleke, Chimuanya Okoli, Jian Zhang
Jian Zhang

Serum Lycopene Levels and Fatality Among Prostate Cancer Patients/Victims: An 18 Year Follow-up Study, Deborah Kanda, Jian Zhang, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Jian Zhang

Serum Lycopene Levels and Prostate Cancer Mortality: An 18-Year Follow-Up Study of a National Cohort, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Deborah Kanda, Jian Zhang
Jian Zhang

Healthcare Seeking Behaviour Among Chinese Elderly, Hui Lu, Wei Wang, Ling Xu, Zhenhong Li, Yan Ding, Jian Zhang, Fei Yan
Jian Zhang

Message from the President, Jian Zhang, Andrew Hansen, Kelly L. Sullivan
Jian Zhang

COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Clinical Manifestation and Effect of Comorbidities on Outcomes of Hospitalized SARI Cases, Mario Keko, Karl E. Peace
Karl E. Peace

The Pharmaceutical Industry Contributes to Public Health, Karl E. Peace, Mario Keko
Karl E. Peace

COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Clinical Manifestation and Effect of Comorbidities on Outcomes of Hospitalized SARI Cases, Mario Keko, Karl E. Peace
Karl E. Peace

COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Clinical manifestation and effect of comorbidities on outcomes of hospitalized SARI cases, Mario Keko, Karl E. Peace
Karl E. Peace

College Students' Experiences of Race-Related Bias or Hatred in Their Lifetimes and COVID-19 Era, Gulzar H. Shah, Haresh Rochani, Joseph Telfair, Elizabeth Ayangunna, Gemma C. Skuraton
Haresh Rochani

Applications of Kullback-Leibler Information as a Measure of Diagnostic Accuracy, Hani Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Xinyan Zhang, Lili Yu, Haresh Rochani, Robert Vogel, Chen Mo
Haresh Rochani

Application of the Misclassification Simulation Extrapolation Procedure to Log-Logistic Accelerated Failure Time Models in Survival Analysis, Varadan Sevilimedu, Lili Yu, Hani Samawi, Haresh Rochani
Haresh Rochani

Correction of Misclassification Error in Presence of Non-Ignorable Missing Data, Haresh Rochani, Lili Yu, Hani Samawi
Haresh Rochani

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Insufficient Sleep up to 50 Years Later, Kelly L. Sullivan, Haresh Rochani, Li-Ting Huang, Diane K. Donley, Jian Zhang
Haresh Rochani

Exploring Psychosocial Factors and Sexual Risk Behavior Of Men Who Have Sex With Men In The United States Military, Erin Jordan, Stacy W. Smallwood, Haresh Rochani, Jeffery A. Jones
Haresh Rochani

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, Jessica S. Schwind
Haresh Rochani

On Diagnostic Accuracy Measure With Cut-points Criterion for Ordinal Disease Classification Based on Concordance and Discordance, Jing Kersey, Hani Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Haresh Rochani, Xinyan Zhang
Haresh Rochani

Parameter Estimation using Influential Exponential Tilting in Case of Data Missing at Random and Non-Ignorable Missing Data, Kavita Gohil, Hani Samawi, Haresh Rochani, Lili Yu
Haresh Rochani

Post-Test Diagnostic Accuracy Measures of a Continuous Test With a Disease of Ordinal Multistages, Hani Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Haresh Rochani, Chen Mo, Jing Kersey
Haresh Rochani

Sources of Microbiological Contamination in Sachet Water From Ghana, Asli Aslan, Haresh Rochani, Oghenekpaobor Oyibo, J. Edward Dotherow, Kendall W. Anderson, Christina J. Beslin, Asheley Chapman, Brittny Thomas, Alicia Brown, Akwasi Ampofo-Yeboah, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Haresh Rochani

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, Joseph Telfair
Haresh Rochani

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

Further Improving the Performance of Logistic Regression Analysis Using Double Extreme Ranking, Hani Samawi, Xinyan Zhang, Haresh Rochani
Haresh Rochani

Mean Functional Estimation With Non-ignorable Missing Data Using Influential Exponential Tilting Resampling Approach, Hani Samawi, Haresh Rochani, Kavita Gohil
Haresh Rochani

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

Notes on the Overlap Measure as an Alternative to the Youden Index: How Are They Related?, Hani Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Haresh Rochani, Viral Panchal
Haresh Rochani

High Intermediate Risk Pulmonary Embolism: The Use of Very Low Dose Catheter-Directed Ultrasound- Accelerated Thrombolysis, Lee W. Greenspon, Ryan D. Reber, Ravi Desai, Theodore J. Plush, Matthew Hegewald, Haresh Rochani, Peter A. Villas, Joseph Bonn
Haresh Rochani

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., Xinyan Zhang
Haresh Rochani

Reducing Sample Size Needed for Cox-Proportional hazards model Analysis Using More Efficient Sampling Method, Hani Samawi, Lili Yu, Haresh Rochani, Robert Vogel
Haresh Rochani

Strategies to Handle Missing Data in Meta-Analysis, Haresh Rochani, Mario Keko
Haresh Rochani

Care coordination for rural residents with chronic disease: Predictors of improved outcomes, Andrew Hansen, Susan F. McLendon, Haresh Rochani
Haresh Rochani

On Kernel-Based Estimator of Odds Ratio Using Different Stratified Sampling Schemes, Abbas Eftekharian, Hani Samawi, Haresh Rochani
Haresh Rochani

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, William E. Burak Jr
Haresh Rochani

Notes on Kernel Based Mode Estimation Using More Efficient Sampling Designs, Hani Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Arpita Chatterjee, Haresh Rochani
Haresh Rochani

Quantiles Naïve, Ratio and Difference Estimators for Efficient Stratified Sampling Designs, Haresh Rochani, Hani W. Samawi, Xinyan Zhang
Haresh Rochani

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

Misclassification Simulation Extrapolation Procedure for Log-Logistic Survival Data, Lili Yu, Varadan Sevilimedu, Hani Samawi, Haresh Rochani
Haresh Rochani

Model Parameters Estimation With Non-ignorable Missing Data Using Influential Exponential Tilting Resampling Approach, Kavita Gohil, Hani M. Samawi, Haresh Rochani Dr., Lili Yu
Haresh Rochani

Significant Improvement of Somatic Symptom Disorder With Brief Psychoeducational Intervention by PMHNP in Primary Care, Kim K. Johnson, Carole Bennett, Haresh Rochani
Haresh Rochani

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, Jian Zhang
Andrew R. Hansen

Association between the Health Belief Model, Exercise, and Nutrition Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Keagan Kiely, Bill Mase, Andrew R. Hansen, Jessica S. Schwind
Andrew R. Hansen

Care coordination for rural residents with chronic disease: Predictors of improved outcomes, Andrew Hansen, Susan F. McLendon, Haresh Rochani
Andrew R. Hansen

Trends in Weight Loss Efforts Among Us Adolescents With Overweight and Obesity, Daneisha Hawkins, Kathryn Kazmierski, Andrew Hansen, Cathony Reid, Alicia Brown, Samuel T. Opoku, Jian Zhang
Andrew R. Hansen

Weight Misperception and Cigarette Smoking among Healthy Weight Adolescents in the U. S: NHANES 2005–2014, Toyin O. Akomolafe, Andrew Hansen, Amy Hackney, Wei Wang, Daniella R. Thorne Williams Mrs., Jian Zhang
Andrew R. Hansen

Risk and Protective Factors of Substance Abuse in Ghana: A Social-Ecological Perspective Using Photovoice, Ahmed Kabore, Ashley D. Walker, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Melissa Hester, Andrew R. Hansen
Andrew R. Hansen

Childhood Obesity Perceptions Among African American Caregivers in a Rural Georgia Community: A Mixed Methods Approach, Dayna S. Alexander, Moya L. Alfonso, Andrew R. Hansen
Andrew R. Hansen

Association Between Equipment Maintenance Violations in Food Service Establishments and Their Risk Level According to the Ohio Administrative Code in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mario Keko, Joana Tome, William A. Mase, Haresh Rochani
Haresh Rochani

Trends in Physical Activity Interest in the College and University Setting, Bridget F. Melton, Andrew R. Hansen, Jonathon Gross
Andrew R. Hansen

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, Jian Zhang
Andrew R. Hansen

Disease Intervention Specialist Education for the Future: An Analysis of Public Health Curricula, William A. Mase, Andrew Hansen, Stacy W. Smallwood, Gulzar H. Shah, Angela Peden, Ted Mulherin, Kaye Bender
Andrew R. Hansen

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

Evaluating the Efficacy of a Stakeholder Advisory Board in Pediatric Palliative Care Health Equity Research, Camille R. Murray
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Addressing Health Equity: Leveraging Partnerships and Meaningful Community Engagement to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence and Vaccine Uptake, Jacqueline Jenkins, Lacey Carmon, Remy G. Hutchins, Victoria R. Davidson, Nathaniel Elijah Barrera-Nitz, Janay Stewart
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Mental Health, Physical Activity and Sport Participation among Children with Developmental Disabilities, Mario Keko, Sarah Creveling, Haresh Rochani, Christopher M. Modlesky, Gavin T. Colquitt
Haresh Rochani

Associations among Participation, Activity, and Neighborhood Characteristics among Children with Cerebral Palsy, Sarah Creveling, Rachel Hott, Mario Keko, Haresh Rochani, Ashley D. Walker Colquitt, Christopher M. Modlesky, Gavin T. Colquitt
Haresh Rochani

Weight Status, Parental Concern About Weight, and the Relationship to Physical Activity and Sport Among Children with Cerebral Palsy, Sarah Creveling, Mario Keko, Cory Cribb, Haresh Rochani, Gavin T. Colquitt
Haresh Rochani

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, Haresh Rochani Dr.
Haresh Rochani

Impact of Embedded Fitness Programming in Southeastern Georgia Career Firefighters, Derick Anglin, G. A. Ryan, Thomas Nagel, Mario Keko, Haresh Rochani, Catherine G. Gallagher, Bridget F. Melton
Haresh Rochani

Assessing the Effectiveness of an Egg Intervention in the Nutritional and Food Security Status of Infants and Toddlers from Rural Honduras, Aishat Adewoye, Mario Keko, Luke Roberson, Dziyana Nazaruk, Gisela Ramos, Laura Manship, Haresh Rochani, Asli Aslan, Ana M. Palacios
Haresh Rochani

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, William E. Burak Jr
Haresh Rochani

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, Bryan Riemann
Haresh Rochani

A Nationwide Study of the “July Effect” Concerning Postpartum Hemorrhage and Its Risk Factors at Teaching Hospitals across the United States, Zahra Shahin, Gulzar H. Shah, Bettye Apenteng, Kristie Cason Waterfield, Hani M. Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

Application of the Misclassification Simulation Extrapolation Procedure to Log-Logistic Accelerated Failure Time Models in Survival Analysis, Varadan Sevilimedu, Lili Yu, Hani Samawi, Haresh Rochani
Hani M. Samawi

Effectiveness of Telemedicine in Diabetes Management: A Retrospective Study in an Urban Medically Underserved Population Area (UMUPA), Lisa Ariellah Ward, Gulzar H. Shah, Jeffery A. Jones, Linda Kimsey, Hani M. Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

Comparing Two Correlated Diagnostic Tests Based on Joint Testing of the AUC and the Youden Index, Jingjing Yin, Lili Tian, Hani Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

Correction of Misclassification Error in Presence of Non-Ignorable Missing Data, Haresh Rochani, Lili Yu, Hani Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

Chapter 3 - Case study: Does PM2.5 contribute to the incidence of lung and bronchial cancers in the United States?, Jing Kersey, Jingjing Yin
Hani M. Samawi

Engaging Communities for Health – Environment and Food Safety, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Alicia Brown, Atin Adhikari, Hani Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

Evaluation of Possible Risk Factors of Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorder, Chen Mo, Jingjing Yin, Hani M. Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

Food Waste on Georgia Southern Campus, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Rebecca L. Larson, Felix Twum, Cathony Reid, Alicia Brown, Hani Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

Food Waste on Georgia Southern Campus, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Rebecca L. Larson, Felix Twum, Cathony Reid, Alicia Brown, Hani Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

Efficient Sampling Design for Making Inference on Mean Estimation in Longitudinal Data, Haresh Rochani, Daniel F. Linder, Hani Samawi, Viral Panchal
Hani M. Samawi

Improved Nonparametric Estimation of the Optimal Diagnostic Cut-off Point Associated With the Youden Index Under Different Sampling Schemes, Jingjing Yin, Hani Samawi, Daniel Linder
Hani M. Samawi

Medical Diagnostics Accuracy Measures and Cut-point Selection: An Innovative Approach Based on Relative Net Benefit, Hani Samawi, Ding-Geng Chen, Ferdous Ahmed, Jing X. Kersey
Hani M. Samawi

Meta-Analysis for Evaluating Diagnostic Accuracy, Jingjing Yin, Jing Kersey
Hani M. Samawi

Quantiles Naïve, Ratio and Difference Estimators for Efficient Stratified Sampling Designs, Haresh Rochani, Hani W. Samawi, Xinyan Zhang
Hani M. Samawi

On Regression Estimators for Different Stratified Sampling Schemes, Arpita Chatterjee, Hani M. Samawi, Lili Yu, Daniel F. Linder, Jingxian Cai, Robert L. Vogel
Hani M. Samawi

Performance of Diagnostic Tests Based on Continuous Bivariate Markers, Hani M. Samawi, Ding-Geng Chen, Jingjing Yin, Marwan Alsharmana
Hani M. Samawi

On Kernel-Based Estimator of Odds Ratio Using Different Stratified Sampling Schemes, Abbas Eftekharian, Hani Samawi, Haresh Rochani
Hani M. Samawi

Notes on the Overlap Measure as an Alternative to the Youden Index: How Are They Related?, Hani Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Haresh Rochani, Viral Panchal
Hani M. Samawi

Net Benefit of Diagnostic Tests for Multistate Diseases: an Indicator Variables Approach, Hani Samawi, Ferdous Ahmeda, Gene Pennello, Jingjing Yin
Hani M. Samawi

Model Parameters Estimation With Non-ignorable Missing Data Using Influential Exponential Tilting Resampling Approach, Kavita Gohil, Hani M. Samawi, Haresh Rochani Dr., Lili Yu
Hani M. Samawi

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., Xinyan Zhang
Hani M. Samawi

Methods Improving Estimate of Diagnostic Odds Ratio, Yisong Huang, Jingjing Yin, Hani M. Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

Improved Estimation of Youden Index and Associated Optimal Cut-off Point Under Different Sampling Schemes, Jingjing Yin, Hani Samawi, Daniel F. Linder
Hani M. Samawi

Improving Inference of Some Clinical Studies Using Ranked Auxiliary Covariates, Hani Samawi, Rajai Jabrah, Robert Vogel, D. Linder
Hani M. Samawi

Invited speaker, Extreme Affordability: West Africa Conference 2018, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Alicia Brown, Atin Adhikari, Hani Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

Improved Estimation of Area Under the ROC Curve Using Ranked Set Sampling, Jingjing Yin, Hani M. Samawi, Yi Hao
Hani M. Samawi

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

Identifying Factors Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder Based on a Comprehensive National Survey, Chen Mo, Kotwoallama Zerbo, Jingjing Yin, Hani Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

Utilization of Scrap Tires Versus Firewood and Liquefied Petroleum Gas as Fuels for Singeing Meat in Ghana: Chemical Emissions via Smoke, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, A. Brown, M. Rao, Atin Adhikari, Hani M. Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

Utilization of Scrap Tires Versus Firewood and Liquefied Petroleum Gas as Fuels for Singeing Meat in Ghana: Emission of Pollutants via Smoke, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Alicia Brown, M. Rao, Hani Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

Improving Inference of Some Clinical Studies Using Ranked Auxiliary Covariates, Hani M. Samawi, Rajai Jabrah, Robert L. Vogel, Daniel F. Linder
Hani M. Samawi

Kernel Density Estimation Based on Progressive Type-II Censoring, Hani Samawi, Amal Helu, Haresh Rochani, Jingjing Yin, Robert L. Vogel
Hani M. Samawi

Misclassification Simulation Extrapolation Procedure for Log-Logistic Survival Data, Lili Yu, Varadan Sevilimedu, Hani Samawi, Haresh Rochani
Hani M. Samawi

New Applications of Kullback-Leibler Information as a Measure of Diagnostic Accuracy and Its Relation to Common ROC Indices, Jingjing Yin, Hani M. Samawi, Xinyan Zhang, Lili Yu, Haresh Rochani, Robert L. Vogel
Hani M. Samawi

On Improving the Performance of Logistic Regression Analysis via Extreme Ranking, Hani Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

On Kullback-leibler Divergence as a Measure for Medical Diagnostics and Cut-point Selection Criterion, Hani Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Xinyan Zhang, Lili Yu, Haresh Rochani, Robert L. Vogel
Hani M. Samawi

Parameter Estimation using Influential Exponential Tilting in Case of Data Missing at Random and Non-Ignorable Missing Data, Kavita Gohil, Hani Samawi, Haresh Rochani, Lili Yu
Hani M. Samawi

On Quantiles Estimation Based on Different Stratified Sampling with Optimal Allocation, Hani M. Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Arpita Chatterjee, Haresh Rochani
Hani M. Samawi

Quasi-likelihood Ratio Tests for Homoscedasticity of Variance in Linear Regression, Lili Yu, Varadan Sevilimedu, Hani Samawi, Robert L. Vogel
Hani M. Samawi

Regression Estimators Using Stratified Ranked Set Sampling an Application to Bilirubin Level in Jaundice Babies Who Stay in Neonatal Intensive Care, Arpita Chatterjee, Hani M. Samawi, Lili Yu, Daniel F. Linder, Jingxian Cai, Robert L. Vogel
Hani M. Samawi

The Impact of PM 2.5 on Lung and Bronchial Cancers: Regression and Time Series Analysis in the U.S. from 1999 to 2014, Jing Kersey, Jingjing Yin, Atin Adhikari, Xiaolu Zhou, Weitian Tong, Lixin Li
Hani M. Samawi

Sensitivity Analysis for Non-ignorable Missing Data With Misclassification Error, Haresh Rochani, Hani Samawi, Lili Yu
Hani M. Samawi

Using Benefit-Risk Measure to Evaluate Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers: A Collapsing Net Benefit Approach, Ferdous Ahmeda, Hani W. Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

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, Haresh Rochani
Hani M. Samawi

Medical Diagnostics Accuracy Measures and Cut-point Selection: An Innovative Approach Based on Relative Net Benefit, Hani Samawi
Hani M. Samawi

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, Haresh Rochani
Hani M. Samawi

Health Departments’ Engagement in Emergency Preparedness Activities: The Influence of Health Informatics Capacity, Gulzar H. Shah, Bobbie J. Newell, Ruth E. Whitworth
Bobbie Newell

Assessing Training Needs and Competency Gaps in Food Protection Staff, William A. Mase, Bobbie J. Newell, H. Pamela Pagano, Jessica Arrazola
Bobbie Newell

Do Local Health Departments With Better Health Informatics Capacity Have Better Preparedness Capacity?, Gulzar H. Shah, Bobbie Jo Newell, Ruth E. Whitworth
Bobbie Newell

Impact of Local Boards of Health (LBoH) Governance Functions on Local Health Departments (LHDs) Policy Making or Advocacy Activities, Bobbie J. Newell, Gulzar H. Shah
Bobbie Newell

Responding to the 2014 Ebola Outbreak: The Value of Effective Interprofessional Communication During Emergency Response, Bobbie J. Newell, Jessica C. Pittman, Hilda P. Pagano, John S. Barron, Bettye A. Apenteng
Bobbie Newell

Local Health Departments Health Informatics and Emergency Preparedness Capacity, Bobbie J. Newell, Gulzar H. Shah, Ruth E. Whitworth
Bobbie Newell

Impact of Local Health Departments' (LHDs) Budget Cuts and Staff Reduction on Service Changes, Bobbie Jo Newell, Gulzar H. Shah
Bobbie Newell

Inadequate Sleep and Depressive Disorder among United State Military Personnel, Raymond A. Sellitto
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Association Between COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Religiosity Among Elderly with Comorbidities, Kingsley A. Kalu, Ho-Jui Tung
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Strengthening HPV Vaccination Recommendations During STI Screenings, Ashley Deverell, Bridget Walsh
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

The Barbershop-Beauty Shop Project: Creating Healthcare Advocates for Rural Georgia, Samantha Johnson, Taliyah Henderson, Chris Scoggins
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Uncovering Geographic Health Disparities: A Secondary Analysis of the Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, Neil MacKinnon, Preshit Ambade, Vanessa Emery, Jennifer Waller, Brittany Ange
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

The Future Public Health Workforce: Engaging Youth Through Boy Scouts of America, Sang Nguyen
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Impact of Employment Status on Subjective Cognitive Decline Among Georgians 45 and Older, Kimberly Erukunuakpor, Rana Bayakly, Antionette Lavender
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Perception of patients with multiple chronic conditions in the U.S. regarding their communication with healthcare providers, Yoonho Seol
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Social Vulnerability as a Predictor of Farmer Stress, Chris Scoggins, Anne Montgomery, Stephanie Basey
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Strengthening State Partnerships to Address Maternal Mortality, Nutrition Disparities, and Father Engagement, Latrice Rollins, Ph.D., MSW, Tiara Giddings
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Georgia Tobacco Quit Line Data Analysis for the North Central Health District amidst COVID-19, 2018-2021, Constantine H. Katsoudas , MPH, Jimmie H. Smith Jr., MD, MPH
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

The Veiled Consequences of COVID-19 on Child Abuse Reporting in Georgia, Arianna M. Borges, Kun Hsi Chu, Sarah E. Albritton, Alexandria C. Simko, Brad Lian
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

COVID-19 Deaths among People with HIV in Georgia, 2020–2021, Daniel Mauck, Pascale Wortley, Amanda Jara, Cherie Drenzek
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Addressing Racial Inequities Using a Racial Equity Impact Assessment to Facilitate Systemic Change, Desiree Shantai Smith, Chaliava Williams, Brittany Renee Daniels, Chris Thomas Scoggins, Carly Jean Johnson
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Responding to Mpox using Program Collaboration and Service Integration (PCSI), District 5-2, GA., Mareike Haaren, Amber Singleton, Ramona Barnett, Amber Erickson
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Keeping up with the times: A modernized approach to case investigation activities, Melissa Neufeld, Morgan White Granger
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Link Between Early Life Adversity with Poor Health Outcomes, Morgan McLendon
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Overburdened and under-reported. A retrospective study of COVID-19 school reporting within District 5-2, Georgia, Janae Mitchell
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Relationship between Physician Workforce Racial Diversity and Racial Disparities in County-Level Premature Deaths, Amanda L. Tomlinson, Aishat Adewoye, Aminat Nwaonumah
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Animal Bite Incidences in Cobb & Douglas Counties, Sheena D. Norwood
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

The Utilization of a Syringe Services Program in a High-Risk Homeless Community in Savannah, Georgia, Jimmy Nguyen, Zachery Neil, Abigail Lane Haythorn, Shaquita Greene, Meena Dhir, Bonzo Reddick
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Community-based Cancer Initiative on Factors That Affect Testing, Ara Idun, Marlo Vernon
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Provider-Patient Communication and Pediatric Hospital Utilization, SAMUEL ANOKYE-MENSAH, Aishat Adewoye, Samuel Opoku, Bettye Apenteng
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Suspected Tuberculosis Outbreak and Workplace Contact Investigation at Food Processing Plant in Northeast Georgia, 2022, Melinda Dolphyn, Benjamin Yarn, Erin Anderson, Cassandra Burleson, Courtney Elliott
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Assessing the Health Equity of the Coastal Georgia through COVID-19 Response Data, Danielle S. Sayre, Beonca Brown
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Fall Prevention Nature Walk: Addressing Falls Prevention Across the Lifespan, DeAndre Cain, Megan Passineau
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Cross-sectional Associations between Civic Engagement and Voting Behavior in a Rural Setting, Alexis J. Smith
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Identifying the Social Determinants and the Challenges of Viral Suppression Among Adults with HIV in Macon, Georgia, Jeremy Aguinaldo
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Impact of COVID-19 on Reports of school ages Flu Activity in West Central Health District, Yidan Lou
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Hospital-Community Engagement, Community Collective Efficacy and Rural Critical Access Hospital Reputation, Bettye A. Apenteng
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Collaboratively Integrating Resident Voice and Health Promotion through Health Action Plans in Affordable Housing Preservation, Taylor S. Williams
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Comorbidities of Type 2 Diabetes: A study from Georgia Academic Health System., Tran Ha Nguyen
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Autism Spectrum Disorder in Rural Georgia: Resources and Education, Sarah Rotschafer, Carolann Curry
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Investing in Public Health: Cost-Benefit Analysis of VaxUp! Augusta COVID-19 Vaccination Initiative, Vahe Heboyan, Kimberly Allen, Lee Merchen
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Secondary analysis of PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) and STI incidence trends among MSM locally and nationwide, Jalen M. Marshall
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

“Jesus Left Every Decision Up to Us”: Georgia Protestant Faith Communities’ Attitudes on Abortion Bans, Hayley V. McMahon
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Mental Well-Being of Black, Latino, and Women Farmers in Georgia, Stephanie Basey, Anne Montgomery, Chris Scoggins, Lily Baucom
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Assessing Active Managerial Control: Factors Influencing How EHS Mark Supervision Compliance Status, Lauren N. Baker-Newton
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Collaboration on Health Promotion/Environmental Health Project to Reduce Period Poverty on a College Campus, Gabi Wiggill, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Gemma Skuraton
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Unintentional injuries trends in Georgia 2010-2021., Faith E. Luke, Diana G. Ghebrezadik, Cheryl L.R. Gaddis, Huey Chen, Liliana Morosanu
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Suicide rates differences between rural and urban Georgia, Diana G. Ghebrezadik, Faith E. Luke, Liliana l. Morosanu, Huey Chen, Cheryl L. R. Gaddis
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Evaluation of the COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts with Structural Racism and Low Vaccination Rates, Biplav B. Tiwari, Kiran Thapa, Ye Shen, Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Characterization of snack servings in childcare programs from Southeast Georgia, Weston L. Oliver, Amber Gatling, Neil Saha, Ariel Alston, Ana M. Palacios, Dziyana Nazaruk, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Hospital Pricing Transparency in Georgia, Foram Patel, Linda Kimsey, Melvin Lamboy-Ruiz, Yelena Tarasenko
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Infectious Disease Training in the Agricultural Sector using a One Health Approach, Jill Johns
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

EV Battery and Recycling, Sherone Lloyd
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Georgia Open Records: The Law and Best Practices, Jasmin B. Hughes
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

• Deep Dive into the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine Immunizations Across the Lifespan, Kathleen Holmes
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Distraction culture: The origin story of notification stress, Mari-Amanda A. Dyal, Amanda Redinger, Kennedy Nelson, Benii Kalonda, Grace Stere
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

The Public Health County Nurse Manager Journey Begins Here…, Cindi R. Hart, Leighan B. Waters
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Improving the Built Environment in Rural Georgia: A Strategy to Increase Physical Activity, Morgan McLendon, Karen Ebey-Tessendorf
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Improving Black Maternal and Child Health Outcomes Through Culturally Reflective and Respectful Care, Kimberley Anne Broomfield-Massey, Janina Daniels, Jemea Dorsey
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Statewide Community Outreach Approach to Address the Oral Health Needs of Georgia, Ketarya D. Hunt Bass
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

A Public Health Food & Nutrition Intervention for Youth with Disabilities, Rebecca Larson
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Findings from a cross-site evaluation of a rural Georgia health equity initiative, April Hermstad
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

First Responder Safety: Vaccine Program, Heather S. Holloway, David E. Newman
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

A Movement Towards Justice: A Collaborative Approach to Addressing Violence in Georgia, Laura M. Ross, Sarah Schanck, Anne Montgomery PhD
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Bringing Data to life. Using Technology to Automate Data Visualization in District 5-2, Georgia., Ramona Barnett, Amber Erickson
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

An assessment of healthcare barriers and health needs for rural residents. Results from a qualitative approach., Blerta Shehaj, Samuel Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Charles F. Owens, Angela Peden
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

An EPIC Mass Shelter Training for Public Health Nurses in Georgia to Improve Core Competencies in Disaster Preparedness, Ashlie Pullen, Sonya Shinhoster
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Stress and Suicidal Ideation Among First-Generation Farmers: A Cross-Sectional Study with 1,288 Farmers in GA, Anne Montgomery, Stephanie Basey, Chris Scoggins, Lily Baucom
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Maximizing 340B Income to Improve Patient Outcomes, Shelby Freeman, Jenna Harris
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Clean Water, Healthy Minds: The importance of identifying and eliminating lead in drinking water, Jennifer Hoponick Redmon, AJ Kondash, Erica Wood, Crystal Lee Pow Jackson
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Creating a Collaborative Structure to Improve Management of Sickle Cell Disease toward Improved Health Outcomes, Jeanette H. Nu'Man
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Smoked Butts and Football Players. A review of a Gastrointestinal Outbreak Linked to Homemade BBQ., Amber Erickson, Jocelyn Love, Sarah Kent, Sharon Pettit
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

School Health Programs: Building Capacity through Collaborative Partnerships, Jennifer Ross, Binal Patel
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Interactive Engagement: Bridging the Gap between Communities and Healthcare Possibilities, Elizabeth Oke
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Preceptor Bites: A Georgia Statewide AHEC Preceptor Development Series, Alyssa R. Ruffa, Erin Mundy
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Improving Outcomes Through Collaboration in Rural Georgia, Barbara A. Bruno, Derek Jones
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Utilization of a flow nurse in a rural Ryan White Clinic, Kristian E. Kirkland
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Development of Flexible Monitoring System for Diseases and Incidents, Jessica Pavlick, Hope Dishman MPH
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Leveraging Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Education to Bolster Risk Reduction for Brain Health., Elizabeth N. Head
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Empowerment Through Education: The Promise of Self-Advocacy for Reducing Maternal Health Disparities among Black Women, Kimberley Anne Broomfield-Massey, Asha Immanuelle, Tosi Adeniyi-Miller, Tracie Cooley, Amy Gaynor, Janina Daniels, Catrina Williams, April Reid, Morgan Barnes, Jemea Dorsey
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

A Scoping Review of Technology Applications in Evidence-Based Programs for Child Maltreatment Pre- and Post-COVID-19, Rushan I. Momin, Sadhana Durbha, Vanessa Emery, Ashwini Tiwari
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Using an Academic Health Department Framework to Address Challenges and Extend Applied Learning Experiences to Promote Public Health Practice., Faith E. Luke, Diana G. Ghebrezadik, Jimmie Smith Jr
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Nutrition and Exercise Knowledge During Pregnancy: Public Health Implications, Ariel Alston, Helen W. Bland, Ana Palacios, Evelyn Fagan
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Combating Staffing Shortages: Strategies for Hiring Spanish-Speaking Staff at Georgia’s HIV/AIDS Clinics and Health Departments, Eleanor Garlow, Jose Adame, Pascale Wortley, Cherie Drenzek
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Development and implementation of the Intergenerational Cancer Prevention project through breastfeeding among African American women, Marlo M. Vernon, Elinita Pollard
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Replacing Stigma with Education; Opioid Epidemic in Public Health, Beverly Brown
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Mixed Methods Approach to Evaluating a Community Based Interventions, Janani R. Thapa, Tatiana Y. Woldman, Heather Padilla, Jacob Matta, Grayson Waits, Wanda Allen, AntaSha Jones
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Addressing Rural Health Challenges in Georgia and Scotland: A Framework for International Collaboration, Neil MacKinnon, Preshit Ambade, Vanessa Emery, Melissa Powell-Williams, Puja Punukollu, Merry Chen
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Keeping Families Covered: Understanding Implications of the Medicaid Unwinding and the Pathways to Coverage Implementation, Candiss Leah Chan, Whitney Griggs
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Improving health outcomes through data collection and visualization. Building healthy rural communities in Georgia, Blerta Shehaj, Linda Kimsey, Bettye Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, Angela Peden
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Innovations in STI Prevention: Mail-Order Condoms and At-Home HIV Testing Opportunities in Rural Georgia, Ingrid M. Mateo-Anderson, Elizabeth M. Melson
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

All Things Connect: Youth and Young Adults Violence Prevention, A Public Health Approach, Nykita Howell
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Housing Needs of Georgians with Developmental Disabilities: A Statewide Assessment of Opportunities and Barriers to Community Housing, Whitney Griggs, Jessica Franks
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

How Internal and External Collaborations Launched a System-wide Social Health Screening and Referral Initiative, Chelsea Greer
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Associations Between Child Maltreatment Intake Call Rates and COVID-19 Vaccinations and Outcomes in Georgia, Sadhana Durbha, Ashwini Tiwari PhD, Nisha Kashyap, Justin Moore PhD
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Increases in Fatal Drug Overdoses Among Adolescents in GA, Haley K. Hirsh
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Review of 2023 Georgia Legislative Session, Scott Maxwell
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

STDs: An Epidemic Amidst a Pandemic- Whitfield County, Georgia, 2017-2022, Bridget Walsh MPH
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Opioid Overdose and Substance Misuse Harm Reduction, William A. Mase, Bret Frazier, Catherine Tootle
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Georgia Mental Health Provider Access: Assessing the Need for New Providers, Aubrey R. Dayton-Kehoe, Brandon L. Wilcher DrPH
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

GRIN: A Health Equity-Centered Oral Health Training for Community Health Workers, Morgan Fleming, Kristen Holtz, Andrew Simkus, Nicole Wanty, Dexter Cooper
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Intimate Partner Violence and Maternal Mental health: An Analysis of the Georgia 2016-2020 PRAMS Data, Tobi F. Oloyede, Sarah Sejoro
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Are comorbid obesity and type 2 diabetes priorities in federally-funded prostate cancer clinical trials, Desiree Shantai Smith, David ombengid@gmail.com, Lolade Ayedun, Diana G. Ghebrezadik, Faith E. Luke, JaNee L. Demery, Chris Thomas Scoggins, Dawood H. Sultan
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Tetracycline Resistant Bacteria Occurrence Before and After Treating Wastewater Effluents with Algal Turf Scrubbers, Victoria A. Clower
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

“An Outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis: A Brief Epidemiological and Environmental Health Investigation, Georgia 2022”, Anna K. Genetti, Alexia C. Lewis
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

The Importance of Local Level Data During the 2022 Mpox Outbreak, Mallory Hazell, Sasha Smith, Jessica Lopes da Rosa-Spiegler, David P. Holland, Lynn Paxton
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Youth Violence Prevention: A call to action for public health, Laura F. Searcy
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Region IV Public Health Training Center: A Partner in Workforce Development, Melissa Alperin, Laura M. Lloyd
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Health Equity to Address the Health of All Georgians- Georgia Department of Public Health Epidemiology Section, Walaa M. Elbedewy, John Olmstead, Ami Gandhi, Ashley Moore, Jenna Gettings, Jessica Tuttle, Amanda Feldpausch, Jessica Pavlick, Melissa Tobin-DAngelo, Cherie Drenzek
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Productive Partnerships: Nurturing collaborations to attain meaningful and best practice programming – examples from rural Georgia., April-Spring M. Wood M.A., Anita M. Reina Ph.D.
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

School Quality and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Linkages, Potential Consequences, and Future Questions, Bridget Hamilton
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Syphilis Staging and Getting It Wrong - Trends Across the SEHD, Victoria Bennett, Trevor Thomas
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Development of a Tele-Community Health Worker Program for Sickle Cell Disease, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Mapillar Dahn, Milline Nuahn, Shyterria Johnson
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Comparing Particulate Matter Exposures During Two Work Shifts in a Large University Dining Commons Kitchen, Shalom Emmanuel, Atin Adhikari
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Environmental Health Sciences Faculty Publications

Anxiety and Depression and Associated Factors Among a Sample of Semi-Rural High School Students in Georgia, Raul Perez Zarate, Yi-Ting Hana Lee, Jean A. Welsh, Julie A. Gazmararian
Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association

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Improving Healthcare Experiences for Transgender and Intersex Populations, Destiny S. J. Lee, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association

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Comparing Particulate Matter Exposures During Two Work Shifts in a Large University Dining Commons Kitchen, Shalom Emmanuel, Atin Adhikari
Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association

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Medication and Care Adherence Strategies to Improve Patient Adherence in Rural HIV Care Settings, Amanda Coffee, Tamaya Browder
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Harnessing the Power of Public Health, Chris Chanyasulkit
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Promoting a Data Driven Approach to Public Health Evaluation, Improvement, and Planning, Miranda G. Helms
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Opioid Overdose and Substance Misuse Harm Reduction, William A. Mase
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Crime, Dementia, and Caregivers, Lillian M. Morgado Ms., Jalayne Arias Prof
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

“Vista Forge: A Cross Collaboration For Radiological Disaster Response In Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia 2022”, Donald Porter, Khaleah Gordon
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

A scoping review of community-based suicide interventions in rural United States, Kimberly B. Roth, Christopher Weatherly, Eleni Gaveras, Judy K. Meirose, Maryam Abdelghani, Genesis R. Caiza, Maryam Irfan
Georgia Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Comparing Particulate Matter Exposures During Two Work Shifts in a Large University Dining Commons Kitchen, Shalom Emmanuel, Atin Adhikari
Atin Adhikari

Impact of Climate Change on Airborne Mold Spores in a Metropolitan Atmosphere, Emmanuela Nwaonumah, Ferdous Ahmeda, Clara Ray, Jingjing Yin, Anindya Chanda, Burcu Adivar, Atin Adhikari
Atin Adhikari

Comparing Particulate Matter Exposures During Two Work Shifts in a Large University Dining Commons Kitchen, Shalom Emmanuel, Atin Adhikari
Atin Adhikari

Respiratory, Neurological and Other Health Outcomes among Plastic Factory Workers in Gazipur, Bangladesh, Shobhan Das, Md. Masudur Rahman, Asmaul Husna, Margia Akter, Md. Matiur Rahaman, Md. Taohidul Islam, Md. Jamal Uddin, Atin Adhikari
Atin Adhikari

Homoscedastic test for the AFT model, Lili Yu, Liang Liu, Ding-Geng Chen
Lili Yu

Association Between Sleep Duration and All-cause Mortality Among Participants Stratified by Metabolic Syndrome Status, Arshpreet Kaur Mallhi, Kelly L. Sullivan, Lili Yu, Jian Zhang
Lili Yu

A Bootstrap Method for a Multiple-Imputation Variance Estimator in Survey Sampling, Lili Yu, Yichuan Zhao
Lili Yu

On Cox Proportional Hazards Model Performance Under Different Sampling Schemes, Hani Samawi, Lili Yu, Jingjing Yin
Lili Yu

Misclassification Simulation Extrapolation Procedure for Interval-Censored Log-Logistic Accelerated Failure Time Model, Varadan Sevilimedu, Lili Yu, Ding-Geng Chen, Y. L. Lio
Lili Yu

Model Parameters Estimation With Non-ignorable Missing Data Using Influential Exponential Tilting Resampling Approach, Kavita Gohil, Hani M. Samawi, Haresh Rochani Dr., Lili Yu
Lili Yu

Effects of Dental Glove Materials on Mitigation of Vibration Exposures in Dentistry, Randall Ford, Atin Adhikari, Aniruddha Mitra, Jenny Landers, Matthew G. Adharsingh, Dalton Smith, Foram Patel, Ferdous Ahmeda, Karabi Barai
Atin Adhikari

Associations between Average ozone, PM2.5 levels and Asthma among Medicare Beneficiaries in the State of Georgia, Victoria A. Clower, Kingsley A. Kalu, Atin Adhikari, Katie-Anne Arnoldy
Atin Adhikari

Airborne Particulate Matter in a Ready-mix Concrete Plant and Assessment of a New Air Curtain Technology for Protecting Workers From Dust Exposures, Atin Adhikari, Victoria A. Clower, Jenny Landers, Matthew G. Adharsingh, Dalton Smith, Saman Hedjazi, Aniruddha Mitra
Atin Adhikari

Heteroscedastic survival data analysis based on AFT model, Lili Yu
Lili Yu

Network Meta-Analysis, Lili Yu, Xinyan Zhang
Lili Yu

Cox model for Weibull Survival Data, Mario Keko, Marwan Alsharmana, Djhenne Dalmacy, Lili Yu
Lili Yu

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

A Nonparametric MC-SIMEX Method, Lili Yu, Congjian Liu, Jingjing Yin, Jun Liu
Lili Yu

Regularization in Accelerated Failure Time (AFT) models with frailty parameters, Sarbesh R. Pandeya, Lili Yu, Hani Samawi, Xinyan Zhang
Lili Yu

Misclassification Simulation Extrapolation in survival analysis with AFT model, Congjian Liu, Lili Yu
Lili Yu

A Homoscedasticity in the Accelerated Failure Time Model, Lili Yu, Ding-Geng Chen
Lili Yu

An Application of Penalized Quasi-likelihood in Variable Selection on Parametric Accelerated Failure Time Models With Frailty, Sarbesh R. Pandeya, Lili Yu, Hani Samawi, Xinyan Zhang
Lili Yu

The Use of Digital Technology to Improve and Monitor Handwashing Among Children 12 Years or Younger in Educational Settings: a Systematic Review, Sylvia Ofori, Yuen Wai Hung, Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, Reece J. Kakou, Sunmisola Alade, Kadiatou Diallo, Kelly L. Sullivan, Jessica S. Schwind, Benjamin J. Cowling, Isaac Fung
Kelly L. Sullivan

Effects of Educational Interventions in Facilitating Mammography Screening Among Asian American Women: A Meta-Analysis, Li-Ting Huang, Chun-Yi Tai, Joshua Longcoy, Judy H. Wang, Jingjing Yin, Logan Cowan, Kelly L. Sullivan
Kelly L. Sullivan

Examining the Impact of Increasing Vaccine Coverage and Nonpharmaceutical Interventions against Coronavirus Disease 2019 In Ghana using Mathematical Modeling, Sylvia Ofori, Jessica S. Schwind, Kelly L. Sullivan, Gerardo Chowell, Benjamin J. Cowling, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Kelly L. Sullivan

Changes in the association between overweight and depression across three major ethnic groups, 2005–2018, Arshpreet Kaur Mallhi, Kelly L. Sullivan, Jian Zhang
Kelly L. Sullivan

Examining the Impact of Increasing Vaccine Coverage and Nonpharmaceutical Interventions against Coronavirus Disease 2019 In Ghana using Mathematical Modeling, Sylvia Ofori, Jessica S. Schwind, Kelly L. Sullivan, Gerardo Chowell, Benjamin J. Cowling, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Kelly L. Sullivan

On Cox Proportional Hazards Model Performance Under Different Sampling Schemes, Hani Samawi, Lili Yu, Jingjing Yin
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Environmental Health Sciences Faculty Publications

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Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19 in Ghana and the Impact of Public Health Interventions, Sylvia Ofori, Jessica S. Schwind, Kelly L. Sullivan, Benjamin J. Cowling, Gerardo Chowell, Isaac Fung
Kelly L. Sullivan

COVID Round 2: Workplace Support and Compassion Fatigue in Emergency Workers, Carlene A. Robinson, Kelly L. Sullivan
Kelly L. Sullivan

Dopaminergic Therapy for Motor Symptoms in Early Parkinson Disease Practice Guideline Summary: A Report of the AAN Guideline Subcommittee, Tamara Pringsheim, Gregory S. Day, Don B. Smith, Alex Rae- Grant, Nicole Licking, Melissa J. Armstrong, Rob M. A. de Bie, Emmanuel Roze, Janis M. Miyasaki, Robert A. Hauser, Alberto J. Espay, Justin P. Martello, Julie Gurwell, Lori Billinghurst, Kelly L. Sullivan, Michael Fitts, Nicholas Cothros, Deborah A. Hall, Miriam Rafferty, Lynn Hagerbrant, Tara Hastings, Mary Dolan O’Brien, Heather Silsbee, Gary Gronseth, Anthony E. Lang
Kelly L. Sullivan

Economic Evaluations of Interventions Against Influenza at Workplaces: Systematic Review, Sylvia Ofori, Y. W. Hung, Jessica S. Schwind, Kadiatou Diallo, Doyinsola Babatunde, Samuel Nwaobi, Xinyi Hua, Kelly L. Sullivan, Benjamin J. Cowling, Gerardo Chowell, Isaac Fung
Kelly L. Sullivan

Mental Health and Gun Violence: A Link Held by Misperception, Neil Morte, Kelly L. Sullivan
Kelly L. Sullivan