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Submissions from 2014
A Twist on Oliver: Ten Lessons to Transform Healthcare Performance, James H. Stephens, Karl B. Manrodt, Gerald R. Ledlow, Richard Wilding, and Christopher A. Boone
The Relationship between Perceived Burden of Chronic Conditions and Colorectal Cancer Screening among Appalachian Residents, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Steven T. Fleming, and Nancy E. Schoenberg
Children’s, Their Guardians’, and Health Care Professionals’ Perceptions of Child Overweight in Relation to Children’s Weight Loss Attempts, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Lauren M. Rossen, and Kenneth C. Schoendorf
The Association of State Legal Mandates for Data Submission of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection in Neonatal Intensive Care Units with Process and Outcome Measures, Philip Zachariah, Julie Reagan, E. Yoko Furuya, Andrew Dick, Hangsheng Liu, Carolyn T. A. Herzig, Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz, Patricia W. Stone, and Lisa Saiman
Submissions from 2013
An Ecological Examination of Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes by the Presence of Community Health Centers in Local Health Department Jurisdictions, Priscilla A. Barnes, Melody Goodman, Arlesia Mathis, Gulzar H. Shah, and Xuemei Si
Race-Related Disparities in Infant Mortality in the United States, Shannon M. Cearley, Gulzar H. Shah, Padmini Shankar, and Bushra G. Shah
Active Learning in Action: Preparing Future Leaders for Policy Reform, Renee B. Hotchkiss and J. Cantiello
Chapter 5: Choosing the Appropriate Electronic Medical Records System: A Clinic’s Journey to Innovation, Renee B. Hotchkiss and J. Cantiello
Enterprise Systems and Information Systems, M. Kennedy, K. Wood, and Gerald R. Ledlow
Public Health Emergency Preparedness Assessment and Trend Analyses of the State of Georgia 2012: Eighteen Public Health Districts, Gerald R. Ledlow
Childhood Asthma in Georgia: Comparison against the Nation, Gerald R. Ledlow, Hani M. Samawi, and James H. Stephens
Extremes of Lineage Plasticity in the Drosophila Brain, Suewei Lin, Elizabeth C. Marin, Ching-Po Yang, Bettye A. Apenteng, Michael B. O'Connor, James W. Truman, and Tzumin Lee
Factors Associated with Local Health Departments’ Activities to Assure Access to Health Care Services, Huabin Luo, Sergey Sotnikov, and Gulzar H. Shah
Variation in Delivery of the Ten Essential Public Health Services by Local Health Departments for Obesity Control in 2005 and 2008, Huabin Luo, Sergey Sotnikov, Gulzar H. Shah, Deborah Galuska, and Xinzhi Zhang
Assessing Gaps in Maternal and Child Health Safety Net, Alastair Matheson, Priscilla A. Barnes, and Gulzar H. Shah Dr.
Rates of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Genital Herpes Before and After Spring Break and Homecoming at a Southeastern American University, Macaulay Okwuokenye, Karl E. Peace, Brian Deloach, Paul Ferguson, and Gulzar H. Shah
Abdominal Adiposity and Caregiver Recall of Healthcare Provider Identification of Child Overweight in the United States, 2001-2010, Lauren M. Rossen, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Amy M. Branum, and Kenneth C. Schoendorf
Childhood Asthma in Georgia: Comparison against the Nation, Hani Samawi, James H. Stephens, Gerald R. Ledlow, and Ren Chunfeng
Risk Factors for Childhood Blindness in Punjab, Pakistan, Gulzar H. Shah, Faryal Shabbir, Nadia Seed, and Shahid Kamal
College Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Regarding Low-Carbohydrate Diets, Padmini Shankar, Macaulay Okwuokenye, Gulzar H. Shah Dr., Sara Kitchen, Laura H. Gunn, Suman Ahuja, and Diana Sturges
Increasing College Student Obtainment of Influenza Vaccine via Mass Media, Ali Shropshire, Renee B. Hotchkiss, and Urkovia Andrews
Mass Media Campaign Impacts Influenza Vaccine Obtainment of University Students, Ali M. Shropshire, Renee Hotchkiss, and Urkovia K. Andrews
Strategic Planning and Leadership, James H. Stephens and Gerald R. Ledlow
Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening among Middle-Aged and Older Rural Appalachian Women, Christina R. Studts, Yelena N. Tarasenko, and Nancy E. Schoenberg
The Use and Role of Open Source Software Applications in Public and Not-for-Profit Hospitals in the United States, Joshua R. Vest and James H. Stephens
A Merged Model of Quality Improvement and Evaluation: Maximizing Return on Investment, Lynn D. Woodhouse, Russ Toal, Trang Nguyen, DeAnna Keene, Laura H. Gunn, Andrea Kellum, Gary Nelson, Simone M. Charles, Stuart H. Tedders, Natalie Williams, and William C. Livingood
Submissions from 2012
Stress Tolerance: New Challenges for the Millennial College Students, Helen W. Bland, Bridget F. Melton, Paul D. Welle, and Lauren E. Bigham
Optimal Trees for Functions of Internal Distance, Alex Collins, Fedelis Mutiso, and Hua Wang
Provider Perceptions of EMR and E-Prescribing in Safety Net Clinics, Renee B. Hotchkiss, Mondi A. Mason, and John R. Albright
Dynamic Culture Leadership, Gerald R. Ledlow and James A. Johnson
Measuring Compatibility Gaps in Strategic Relationships, Gerald R. Ledlow, Karl B. Manrodt, and James H. Stephens
Public Health Spending in 2008: On the Challenge of Integrating PHSSR Datasets and the Need for Harmonization, Jonathon Leider, Katie Sellers, Gulzar H. Shah, Jim Pearsol, and Paul E. Jarris
Health Districts as Quality Improvement Collaboratives and Multi-Jurisdictional Entities, William C. Livingood, Nandi A. Marshall, Angela Peden, Ketty Gonzales, Gulzar H. Shah, Dayna Alexander, Kellie Penix, Raymona H. Lawrence, Russell B. Toal, and Lynn Woodhouse
Public Health Training Needs of Nebraska’s Public Health Workforce: A Multi-Stakeholder Needs Assessment, Preethy Nayar, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, and A. T. Nguyen
Survival Analysis of Dialysis Patients Under Parametric and Non-Parametric Approaches, Maryam Siddiqa, Mueen -ud -Din Azad, Muhammad K. Pervaiz, Muhammad Ghias, Gulzar H. Shah, and Uzma Hafeez
Disparities of Childhood Limited Abilities and Special Health Care Needs in Georgia Compared with Other States, James H. Stephens, Hani M. Samawi, and Gerald R. Ledlow
The Extent of Inter-Organizational Resource Sharing Among Local Health Departments: The Association with Organizational Characteristics and Institutional Factors, Joshua Vest and Gulzar H. Shah
Impact of the 2008–2010 Economic Recession on Local Health Departments, Rachel Willard, Gulzar H. Shah, Carolyn J. Leep, and Leighton Ku
Submissions from 2011
Use of Outsourced Nurses in Long Term Acute Care Hospitals: Outcomes and Leadership Preferences, Raymona M. Alvarez, Bernard J. Kerr, Joan Burtner, Gerald R. Ledlow, and Larry V. Fulton
Effects of Outsourced Nursing on Quality Outcomes in Long Term Acute Care Hospitals, Raymond Alvarez, Bernard J. Kerr, J. Burtner, Gerald R. Ledlow, and Larry V. Fulton
Sticker Shock: An Exploration of Supply Charge Capture Outcomes, Gerald R. Ledlow, James H. Stephens, and Heidi Hulsey Fowler
Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening in a Hispanic Migrant Farmworker Community through Faith-Based Clinical Outreach, John S. Luque, Dinorah Martinez-Tyson, Talar Markossian, Ji-Hyun Lee, Rachel Turner, Sara Proctor, Janelle Menard, and Cathy D. Meade
HIPAA’s Role in E-Mail Communications between Doctors and Patients: Privacy, Security, and Implications of the Bill, James H. Stephens and Anthony V. Parrillo
Submissions from 2010
Drive Alive: Teen Seat Belt Survey Program, Katie M. Burkett, Steve Davidson, Carol Cotton, James Barlament, Laurel Loftin, James H. Stephens, Martin Dunbar, and Ryan Butterfield
Colorectal Cancer Screening Behavior Including Demographic Characteristics in Five Georgia Counties, Kelley G. Chester, Laura H. Gunn, and Gerald R. Ledlow
Leadership Execution: Perfection vs. Implementation, M. N. Coppola and Gerald R. Ledlow
Leadership for Health Professionals: Theory, Skills and Applications, Gerald R. Ledlow and Nicholas M. Coppola
The Growing Problem in College Students: Obesity, Bridget F. Melton, Yasar Bodur, and R. C. Clouse
Children Insurance Disparity in Georgia: In Comparison With Other States Using Data from the National Survey of Children’s Health, Hani Samawi and James H. Stephens
Canceling the Radiologist Contract, James H. Stephens
Real Healthcare Reform: Focus on Primary Care Access, James H. Stephens and Gerald R. Ledlow
Real Healthcare Reform: Focus on Primary Care Access, James H. Stephens and Gerald R. Ledlow
Submissions from 2009
Valuing Volunteers: The Impact of Volunteerism on Hospital Performance, Renee B. Hotchkiss, Myron D. Fottler, and Lynn Unruh
The Health System of the Russian Federation, James H. Stephens, Alexander V. Sergeev, and Elena A. Plantova
Non-Governmental Organizations in Global Health, Johnson M. Walker and Gerald R. Ledlow
Submissions from 2008
Decision Making and Communication, Gerald R. Ledlow and James H. Stephens
The Communication and Rhetoric of Terrorism, H. Dan O'Hair, Robert L. Heath, Kevin J. Ayotte, and Gerald R. Ledlow
Submissions from 2006
A longitudinal follow-up study of participants in cervical and prostate health education programs in Southeast Georgia, Gerald R. Ledlow
Sexism and Gender Discrimination at Work in Pakistan: Rhetoric or Reality?, Gulzar H. Shah and N. Zaman
