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Submissions from 2021
Community Engagement Research: Partnering with Community-Based Organizations, Stacy Smallwood
Community Voices: Engaging Marginalized Communities in Health Promotion Research, Stacy Smallwood
COVID-19 Vaccine Virtual Town Hall, Stacy Smallwood
Empowered to Succeed Series: Establishing Student/Faculty Partnerships, Stacy Smallwood
Faith, Family, & HIV, Stacy Smallwood
Seeing the Invisible: HIV Disparities and Black Sexual Minority Men in the Deep South, Stacy Smallwood
The Rewards of Community Service, Stacy Smallwood
Identifying Social and Structural Determinants of Health Equity and Strategies for Taking Action, Joseph Telfair
Public Health’s Relation to Social Justice, Joseph Telfair
Taking Action to Advance Health Equity: Addressing Poverty and the Social and Structural Determinants of Health, Joseph Telfair
Advanced Care Planning and Location of Death Among Older Americans Dying of Cancer: a Comparison With Dying of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ho-Jui Tung, Randall Ford, and Ming-Chin Yeh
Development of a Health Communication Evaluation Plan: Share Health Southeast Georgia, RoShonda J. Welch, Lakeysha Mutcherson, Addison Mickens, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Submissions from 2020
Managing Difficult Conversations Workshop, Lisa Costello, Nikki DiGregorio, Rochelle Bornett Lee, Alexandra J. Reyes, Peggy Shannon-Baker, Stacy Smallwood, and Clare Walsh
Recognizing Bias Workshop, Lisa Costello, Nikki DiGregorio, Rochelle Bornett Lee, Alexandra J. Reyes, Peggy Shannon-Baker, Stacy Smallwood, and Clare Walsh
Recognizing Bias Workshop, Lisa Costello, Nikki DiGregorio, Rochelle Bornett Lee, Alexandra J. Reyes, Peggy Shannon-Baker, Stacy Smallwood, and Clare Walsh
Unpacking Privilege Workshop, Lisa Costello, Nikki DiGregorio, Rochelle Bornett Lee, Alexandra J. Reyes, Peggy Shannon-Baker, Stacy Smallwood, and Clare Walsh
Unpacking Privilege Workshop, Lisa Costello, Nikki DiGregorio, Rochelle Bornett Lee, Alexandra J. Reyes, Peggy Shannon-Baker, Stacy Smallwood, and Clare Walsh
HIV clinical stage progression of patients at 241 outpatient clinics in DRC: Disparities by gender, TB status and rurality, Gina D. Etheredge, Gulzar H. Shah, Raimi Ewetola, L. Nkuta, and Kristie Cason Waterfield
HIV Clinical Stage Progression of Patients at 241 Outpatient Clinics in Democratic Republic of Congo: Disparities by Gender, TB Status and Rurality, Gina D. Etheredge, Gulzar H. Shah, Raimi Ewetola, L. Nkuta, Kristie C. Waterfield, A. Mutuadila, G. Ngalamulume, A. Kilundau, and M. Mpingulu
A Novel Framework for Training Public Health Professionals in Conflict Management: Using Behavioral Theory, Randall Ford, Ho-Jui Tung, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Leadership characteristics associated with social media use in LHDs: Ensuring public health essential service #3, Suzie Madden, Gulzar H. Shah, Jeffery A. Jones, and Samuel T. Opoku
Leveraging Partnerships, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Student-Led Social Marketing Proposal for a Public Health Campaign: Food Insecurity on College Campus, Dziyana Nazaruk and Christina S. Cook
Depression in African American Adults with Sickle Cell Disease: Exploration of Symptoms, Coping Strategies and the Potential Benefits of Religiosity, Delores P. Quasie-Woode, Janet Choongo, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Health Informatics Capacity of Local Health Departments: Trends and Variations, Gulzar H. Shah and D. Dekker
TB-HIV Co-infection and Risk of Death, Loss to Follow Up, and Viral Load Suppression in Democratic Republic Of Congo, Gulzar H. Shah, Raimi Ewetola, Gina D. Etheredge, L. Maluantesa-Nkuta, Kristie C. Waterfield, and Elizabeth Ayangunna
TB/HIV Coinfection and Patient Outcomes: Evidence from 241 Clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gulzar H. Shah, Raimi Ewetola, Gina D. Etheredge, L. Maluantesa-Nkuta, Kristie C. Waterfield, and L.-K. Lukusa
Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction among Rural HIV Healthcare Providers, Stacy Smallwood
Working with Community-Based Organizations, Stacy Smallwood
Health Inequities: Poverty and Social Determinants, Joseph Telfair
Health Inequities: Poverty and Social Determinants, Joseph Telfair
Shaping Public Health – APHA, Academics, Practice and Advocacy to Address Health Inequities and Links to Public Health 3.0, Joseph Telfair
Using the theory of reasoned action to analyze African American college students’ intentions to participate in biobanking research, Bethrand O. Ugwu, Stacy W. Smallwood, Haresh Rochani, and Samuel T. Opoku
Public Health Employees’ Perceptions About Impact of Emerging Public Health Trends on Their Day-to-Day Work, Kristie C. Waterfield, Gulzar H. Shah, Linda G. Kimsey, and William A. Mase
Local health departments’ is capacity and the impact on their plans to implement an environmental health information systems, Kristie C. Waterfield, Gulzar H. Shah, Dziyana Nazaruk, Nandi A. Marshall, and Jeffery A. Jones
Implicit Bias and Healthy Equity, L. D. Weeks and Joseph Telfair
Submissions from 2019
Academic Health Departmental Panel Discussion, A. Barkin, A. Erickson, J. Lockwood, and William Mase
Program Planning in Public Health for Undergraduate Education: Taking it to the Next Level, Joanne Chopak-Foss and Jamie S. Cromley
Consulting Dr. Internet, Osaremhen Ikhile, K. Harris, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Gulzar H. Shah
Examining the Relationship Between Spirituality and Quality of Life in College Students, Hafsa Junaid and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
A Sickle Cell Research M.A.T.C.H, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Community Health Ambassadors: a Novel Strategy for Engaging Patients With Sickle Cell Disease, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Velma McBride Murry, and Delores P. Quasie-Woode
Sickle Cell Disease and Self- Management Tools, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Velma McBride Murry, and Delores P. Quasie-Woode
Technology Access and Preferences for Smartphone Application Content Among Adults With Sickle Cell Disease and Their Caregivers, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Velma McBride Murry, and Delores P. Quasie-Woode
Engaging Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease and Their Caregivers in Clinical Research Education through Sickle Cell Community Research 101, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Delores P. Quasie-Woode, Denisha Allicock, and Velma McBride Murry
Maternal Mortality among African American Women in Georgia, Policy and Ethical Considerations, Zahra Shahin, Nancy Jeffery, JaLisa Brown, Isabella Hardwick, and William A. Mase
Health Inequities at the Intersection of Race, Place, and LGBT Identity, Stacy Smallwood
Power and Privilege: Cultural Competency and Beyond, Stacy Smallwood
Seeing the Invisible: Obscured Narratives in HIV/AIDS, Stacy Smallwood
Adolescents with Chronic Health Conditions: Transition as a Public Health Issue, Joseph Telfair
Applied Evaluation for discovery, Problem-Solving and Sustainment, Joseph Telfair
Global Public Health An Overview, Joseph Telfair
Integrated Systems of Construct Oriented Program Evaluation (ISCOPE) for Community-Based Evaluation, Joseph Telfair
Public Health Genetics, Joseph Telfair
Research Mentoring, Supervising Department of English Language and Teaching, Joseph Telfair
Research Report Development and Utilization, Joseph Telfair
Rural Health Challenges in Universal Health Coverage, Joseph Telfair
Shaping Public Health – APHA, Academics, Practice and Advocacy to Address Health Inequities and Links to Public Health 3.0, Joseph Telfair
Teen Health Week Guest Speaker, Statesboro High School, James E. Thomas
Personal Mastery and All-cause Mortality Among Patients With Diabetes, Ho-Jui Tung and Ming-Chin Yeh
Submissions from 2018
Children Exposed to Secondhand Smoke, E. Abioro, A. Hanna, L. Gladkova, and Sara S. Plaspohl
Identifying Factors Associated with Employee Turnover Intent in a Rural Hospital, Emmanuel A. Akowuah, Imaobong B. Ekpo, Bettye A. Apenteng, and Samuel T. Opoku
Trends in Emergency Department Utilization in Georgia, Emmanuel A. Akowuah, Imaobong B. Ekpo, Samuel T. Opoku, and Bettye A. Apenteng
Association Between Local Health Departments’ Engagement in PAHB Accreditation and Their Financial Resiliency, Ghadeer M. Albashir, Gulzar H. Shah, Jeffery A. Jones, and William A. Mase
An Open Discussion of Ethical Issues Using the AEA’s Ethical Framework for Evaluators, Moya L. Alfonso
Formative Evaluation and Community Health Assessments: A Skill Building Workshop, Moya L. Alfonso
Media Advocacy as a Service Learning Assignment: Assisting a Rural Domestic Violence Shelter, Moya L. Alfonso, Sean Bear, and Kathy Jenkins
A Community Health Assessment of African American Health in a Former Slave Community: Findings from Rural Georgia, Moya L. Alfonso, Glenn M. Jackson, Abraham Johnson, and Maria I. Olivas
Engaging Rural and Urban Communities to Address Health Disparities, Moya L. Alfonso, Glenn M. Jackson, Abraham Johnson, and Maria I. Olivas
Using University-Community Partnerships to Stimulate Critical Thinking, Moya L. Alfonso and Abraham Johnson
Painting a Clear Picture: Using Data for Evidence-Based Decision-Making, Bettye A. Apenteng
Strategies Adopted By Rural Hospitals in the US for Financial Sustainability, Bettye A. Apenteng, Angela Peden, Raymona H. Lawrence, Emmanuel Akowuah, Samuel T. Opoku, William A. Mase, and James H. Stephens
Positioning Rural Hospitals for Sustainability and Where and How Telehealth Works, Bettye A. Apenteng, Angela Peden, Raymona H. Lawrence, Emmanuel Akowuah, James H. Stephens, and Sherrie Williams
Evidence-Based Behavioral and Social Factors of Colorectal Cancer Screening in African American Men, Ages 50 and Older, L. Beal and Sara S. Plaspohl
PRECEED-PROCEED Model for HIV Reduction in High School Students in the Hopi Tribe, Emily Bressler and Nandi A. Marshall
Fall Prevention in the Elderly, Ernest Chisholm, Tahpenes Bradley, and Nandi A. Marshall
Interventions Aimed at Increasing Vegetable Consumption for Adults and Adolescents: An Evidence-Based Review, C. Cook, J. Crumley, and Sara S. Plaspohl
Development of a Framework to Enhance Dissemination of Tailored Research Results to Communities, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Improving Dissemination of Individualized Research Results to Communities: Use of an Academic-community Partnership to Develop a Framework, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Program Planning and Evaluation of How Food Insecurities Affect Children During the Summer Months, Bresa Diase, Megan Hudson, and Nandi A. Marshall
Preventive Measures Among Obese Children and Adolescents: Comparison of Interventions, T. Dorsey and Sara S. Plaspohl
Benefits of Resistance Training in Undergraduate Males, Tevin Duncan, Nandi A. Marshall, and Sara S. Plaspohl
The Use of Social Media for Emergency Response: How Do Georgia Public Health Districts Compare?, Imaobong Ekpo, Emmanuel A. Akowuah, Bettye A. Apenteng, and Samuel T. Opoku
A Comparative Analysis of Social Media Utilization and Engagement Among Public Health Districts, Imaobong B. Ekpo, Emmanuel A. Akowuah, Bettye A. Apenteng, and Samuel T. Opoku
Mediterranean Diet in the Prevention of Breast Cancer, A. Hanna and Sara S. Plaspohl
Chronic Pain Management Program for Beaufort County Active Duty Military: An Application of the PRECEDE-PROCEED Program-Planning Model, Victoria Hearn and Nandi A. Marshall
“Grind Well”: Improving Quality of Life Outcomes Among Black Males, Stephanie Hooper, Dwayne Lofton, and Nandi A. Marshall
Geographical Analysis of Opioid Epidemic in Georgia, Shobana Jayaraman, William A. Mase, A. Blackwell, B. Ibe, and M. Dennis
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, and Jeffery A. Jones
Jekyll Island Partnership for Planning: Leveraging Resources to Create Community Programs, Nandi A. Marshall and LeKara Simmons
Leveraging Partnerships, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Patient and Caregiver Perspectives on Areas of Burden in Sickle Cell Disease Management, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble and Velma McBride Murry
Technology Access and Preferences for Smartphone Application Content Among Adults With Sickle Cell Disease and Their Caregivers, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble and Velma McBride Murry
The Forest Hill High School Project, Elisabeth McConico and Nandi A. Marshall
Eating Better for African American Young Males, Mande'-kan Mendes and Nandi A. Marshall
Socioeconomic Status & Hesitancy: Barriers to Infant Vaccination in the United States, Jacquelyn Mesenbrink, D. Howlett, and Sara S. Plaspohl
Access to Care for Military Families, Lakeysha Mutcherson and Nandi A. Marshall
An Ethnographic Analysis of Health Resources in the Willow Hill Community, Maria I. Olivas and Moya L. Alfonso
Public Health Workforce Competencies and Training Needs of Frontline Workers in Georgia, Samuel T. Opoku, Angela Peden, Bettye A. Apenteng, and William A. Mase
