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Submissions from 2018
Analysis of Ambient Air Pollution Monitoring and the Effects on Urban Population: A Systematic Literature Review, M. Peterson, B. Newsome, and Sara S. Plaspohl
Gender Identity and the Outside Influence of Gender Roles and Stereotypes, Sara S. Plaspohl
Sharing the Wealth: Using the GTF Experience to Mentor Faculty Peers, Sara S. Plaspohl
Case Study: Student-Led Initiative for Development of Public Health Leadership Skills Among College Students, Sara S. Plaspohl, Nandi A. Marshall, Po'Teea Morris-Hunter, and Vanessa Manning
Collaboration Between Public Health and Planning Professionals to Improve Quality of Life for Georgia Communities: Planners4Health, Sara S. Plaspohl, Whitney Shepherd, and Randy McCall
Planners4Health: Interdisciplinary Partnership Opportunities Between Public Health and Planning Professionals in Georgia to Promote Healthy Communities, Sara S. Plaspohl, Whitney Shepherd, and Randy McCall
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Self-management Tools for Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease, Delores P. Quasie-Woode, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, and Andrew Hansen
Sickle Cell Disease and Self-Management Tools, Delores P. Quasie-Woode, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, and Andrew R. Hansen
Depression and Coping in Sickle Cell, Delores Phylinda Quasi-Woode
Role Models: Understanding the Influence of Black Female Students on Other’s Health, I. Reid, K. Felder, A. Rodney, A. Griffin, K. Watson, Krista D. Mincey, Tyra Gross, and Nandi A. Marshall
Grown Woman: Understanding What Influences Health Behaviors in Black Female Students at a HBCU, A. Rodney, Krista D. Mincey, Tyra Gross, Nandi A. Marshall, K. Felder, A. Griffin, I. Reid, and K. Watson
Proposed Program: Comprehensive Sexual Health Education for Public School Students in Chatham County, Georgia Aged 12-19 Years Old, Akeya Sanders and Nandi A. Marshall
Teaching Public Health Content and Competencies Through Immersive Role Play Applications, Rachel D. Schwartz
Barriers to Vaccination in Children 19 to 35 in the United States, A. Scurry, E. Smarr-Allen, and Sara S. Plaspohl
Local Health Department Information Systems, their Interoperability and Impact on Health Disparities, Gulzar H. Shah, William A. Mase, and Kristie Cason Waterfield
Nature of Local Health Departments Partnerships With Hospitals for Community Health Needs Assessment and Other Mutual Needs, Gulzar H. Shah, William A. Mase, Kristie Waterfield, and Bushra G. Shah
Unpacking Privilege Workshop, Peggy Shannon-Baker, Lisa Costello, and Stacy Smallwood
Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom: What’s the DIFF? Workshop, Peggy Shannon-Baker, Nikki DiGregorio, and Stacy Smallwood
From the Page to the Platform: Writing for Social Change, Stacy Smallwood
Resisting the Closet: Aging in the LGBTQ Community, Stacy Smallwood
Accomplishments that Matter - APHA, Affiliates responding to and Shaping Public Health, Joseph Telfair
Addressing Inequities – Poverty, Social Determinants and Viable Solutions, Joseph Telfair
An Overview of APHA and Affiliates Working to Collaboratively Address Health Inequities, Joseph Telfair
APHA, Affiliates Making Health a Shared Value – Promoting and Implementing Health in All Sectors and Policies, Joseph Telfair
APHA, Affiliates, Partners Collaborating to Promote and Sustain a Culture of Health, Joseph Telfair
APHA, Affiliates, Partners responding to and Shaping Public Health Outcomes, Joseph Telfair
APHA, Affiliates responding to and Shaping Public Health – Emerging Challenges, Opportunities Advocacy and Change, Joseph Telfair
APHA, Affiliates Responding to and Shaping Public Health – Emerging Challenges, Opportunities for Leadership, Advocacy and Change, Joseph Telfair
APHA, Affiliates Responding to and Shaping Public Health – Health Equity, Workforce, Emerging Challenges and Opportunities, Joseph Telfair
APHA, Affiliates Responding to and Shaping Public Health in the Us Through Partnerships and Workforce Development, Joseph Telfair
APHA, Affiliates Responding to and Shaping Public Health – Opportunities, Leadership, and Advocacy to Address Health Inequities, Joseph Telfair
APHA, Affiliates Responding to and Shaping Public Health – Opportunities, Leadership, and Advocacy to Address Health Inequities, Joseph Telfair
APHA, Affiliates responding to and Shaping Public Health to Collaboratively Address Health Inequities, Joseph Telfair
APHA responding to and Shaping Public Health – Links to Academics, Practice and Advocacy to Address Health Inequities, Joseph Telfair
Assessing, Addressing and Responding to Social Determinants of Health in Vulnerable Communities, Joseph Telfair
Cultural Diversity and Public Health – A Practice-Based Perspective, Joseph Telfair
Developing Grant Writing Skills, Joseph Telfair
Development-Enhancement of Assessment Monitoring and Evaluation – Knowledge, Skills, and Tools for Practice, Joseph Telfair
Development-Enhancement of Assessment Monitoring and Evaluation – Knowledge, Skills, and Tools for Practice, Joseph Telfair
Development-Enhancement of Assessment Monitoring and Evaluation – Knowledge, Skills, and Tools for Practice, Joseph Telfair
Healthiest Nation 2030 – Changing Our Future Together, Joseph Telfair
Healthy Hour Conversation, Joseph Telfair
Inequalities – Definitions and Considerations for Health Professionals, Joseph Telfair
More than a Professional Association: The Link Between APHA, Academics, and Practice, Joseph Telfair
PH WINS Presidential Session - Healthy Agency, Healthy People, Joseph Telfair
Pioneers of Health Care Transition, Joseph Telfair
Public Health as an Influencer of Change in Collaboration with Partners & Affiliates, Joseph Telfair
Realizing the Collaborative Strength of Public Health, Its Partners and the Community, Joseph Telfair
Universal Health in the Americas: Role and Perspectives of the AASPA, Joseph Telfair
What is the relationship between Public Health and Education?, James E. Thomas
Health Disparities Among Black MSM and HIV/AIDS, Kimberly Thomas, J. Finney, and Sara S. Plaspohl
Mental Health Issues in Elderly Ages 60 and Over, Grant Voyles, Khatiga Nasir, and Nandi A. Marshall
Characteristics of Local Health Department Leadership and Their Impact on Service Provisions, Kristie Waterfield, Gulzar H. Shah, and Nathalie Robin
Adolescents’ Perspectives of Facilitators and Barriers to Receiving Comprehensive Sexual Education in Georgia Schools, Daniella R. Williams, Stacy W. Smallwood, William A. Mase, and Andrew Hansen
The Association Between Bullying and Suicide Among Adolescents, S. Williams, K. Rouser, and Sara S. Plaspohl
Poverty: The Hopeless Effect on High School Graduation Rates, L. Young and Sara S. Plaspohl
Submissions from 2017
Impact of Illegal Mining Activities on Cost of Water Treatment in Ghana, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Bettye A. Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, James Awuah, and John Suobogbiree
Hepatitis C Virus in the Countries of the Middle East and North Africa: Level of Awareness and Prevention, D. Ahmed, Sara S. Plaspohl, and M. Kiawu
Use of Mobile Health in Prenatal and Postnatal Care - A Systematic Review, Toyin O. Akomolafe, Swaha Pattanaik, and Andrew R. Hansen
Examining the Characteristics of Physicians That Leave Georgia After Their Medical School Training, Emmanuel A. Akowuah, Fedelis Mutiso, Samuel T. Opoku, and Bettye A. Apenteng
Participation of Georgia Physicians in the Physician Quality Reporting System, 2014, Emmanuel A. Akowuah, Fedelis Mutiso, Samuel T. Opoku, and Bettye A. Apenteng
Do Maternal Perceptions of Childhood Obesity Risk Factors and Obesity Complications Predict Support for Prevention Initiatives Among African Americans?, Dayna S. Alexander, Moya L. Alfonso, Chunhua Cao, and Austin Wright
Co-Morbid Alcohol Use Disorders and Overweight/Obesity: A Qualitative Study, Moya L. Alfonso, Emily Eisenhart, Gemma C. Skuraton, and Daniella R. Williams
Adopting Lean Six Sigma Operational Improvement Principles in Critical Access Hospitals: Lessons Learned from an Academic-Practice Partnership, Kwabena G. Boakye, Mark D. Hanna, Bettye A. Apenteng, Linda G. Kimsey, William A. Mase, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, Angela Peden, and Stuart H. Tedders
Evidence-Based Review of Adult Obesity: Long Work Hours and Sleep Deprivation, T. Bradley, T. Taylor, and Sara S. Plaspohl
Evidence-Based Review to Explore Possible Correlation Between Mass Shooting and Mental Illness, E. Bressler, E. Chisholm, and Sara S. Plaspohl
Project PrEP: A Community Health Education Initiative, Julia Cooper, Stacy W. Smallwood, Anne O. Odusanya, Abraham N. Johnson, and Javier Gallard
A Tailored Educational Program to Improve Cancer Clinical Trial Participation among African Americans and Latinos, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, Claudia Barajas, Tilicia L. Mayo-Gamble, Caree R. McAfee, Pamela Hull, Maureen Sanderson, Juan Canedo, Katina Beard, and Consuelo H. Wilkins
Moving Beyond Tradition: Concerns about Child Well-Being Outweigh the Notions of Trust and Race in Parental Decision-Making of Child Participation in Clinical Trials, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, Tilicia L. Mayo-Gamble, and Consuelo H. Wilkins
Obesity Means Having Too Much Body Fat…or Money?, T. Duncan and Sara S. Plaspohl
Lactation Legislation and Its Implications in the United States: Systematic Literature Review, Whitney Hamilton, Julie Reagan, and Yelena N. Tarasenko
A Cluster Analysis of Competitive Strategies among Georgia’s Critical Access Hospitals, Mark D. Hanna, Kwabena G. Boakye, Christian Rossetti, William A. Mase, and Bettye A. Apenteng
Engaging Community Stakeholders to Inform Healthful City Redevelopment and Land Use, Andrew R. Hansen, Irina Melnic, Valamar Reagon, Melissa Hester, and Levi Ross
Evidence-Based Review to Support More Rigorious Nationwide School Vaccination Mandates, V. Hearn, S. Wagener, and Sara S. Plaspohl
Who’s Reading Food Labels? Tracking Nutrition Label Usage Across Major Races/Ethnicities in the U.S., NHANES 2007-2010, Melissa Hester, Denisha Allicock, Andrew R. Hansen, and Jian Zhang
Incongruent Trends in Parents Being Notified of Their Child’s Overweight/Obesity Status: Parent Reports, NHANES 1999–2014, Melissa Hester, Andrew R. Hansen, Amy A. Hackney, Dziyana Nazaruk, Dustin T. Duncan, and Jian Zhang
Utilization of Automobile Tires to Singe Meat for Human Consumption in Three Major Cities of Ghana: International Public Health Implications, Tempest D. Hill, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Gulzar H. Shah, Andrew R. Hansen, and Veeravalli Sevilimedu
Adolescent Suicide and Cyberbullying, S. Hooper, M. Mendes, and Sara S. Plaspohl
Evidence-Based Review of Factors that Influence Vegetable Intake for U.S. Children and Adults, Megan Hudson, Bresa Daise, and Sara S. Plaspohl
Deep Fried Dharma, Jeffery A. Jones
Stressors and Pre-Term Births, E. Jordan and Sara S. Plaspohl
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Patterns in Time From Diagnosis to Initial Treatment Among Tricare Beneficiaries, Linda G. Kimsey, Avni Patel, Jeffrey Sparks, and Tracey Koehlmoos
Georgia’s Critical Access Hospitals: Financial Performance and Process Improvement, William A. Mase, Bettye A. Apenteng, Lisa Carhuff, Mark D. Hanna, Kwabena G. Boakye, Linda G. Kimsey, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, Stuart H. Tedders, and Patricia Whaley
Best-Practice Strategies for Engaging Community Stakeholders and Patients as Partners in Research, Tilicia L. Mayo-Gamble and Velma McBride Murry
Community Health Ambassadors: A Novel Strategy for Engaging Patients with Sickle Cell Disease, Tilicia L. Mayo-Gamble, Velma McBride Murry, and Michael R. DeBaun
Establishment of the Tennessee-Sickle Cell Disease Network as a Mechanism for Engaging a Rare Disease Population in Patient Centered Outcomes Research, Tilicia L. Mayo-Gamble, Velma McBride Murry, and Michael R. DeBaun
Leveraging Partnerships, Tilicia L. Mayo-Gamble, Velma McBride Murry, and Michael R. DeBaun
“I Really Don’t Have No Understanding About It”: An Insider Perspective from Patients with Sickle Cell Trait, Tilicia L. Mayo-Gamble, David G. Schlundt, and Velma McBride Murry
Evidence-Based Review for Research on Childhood/Adolescent Obesity, L. Mutcherson, E. McConico, and Sara S. Plaspohl
Solo Practice Physicians in Georgia, Fedelis Mutiso, Emmanuel A. Akowuah, Samuel T. Opoku, and Bettye A. Apenteng
Disparities Faced by Minority Women in the U.S. While Obtaining Services for Sexual Health, K. Nasir and Sara S. Plaspohl
Impact of Local Boards of Health (LBoH) Governance Functions on Local Health Departments (LHDs) Policy Making or Advocacy Activities, Bobbie J. Newell and Gulzar H. Shah
Understanding Obesity and Self-Esteem: What Your Weight in Middle School Says About You Now, Etinosa Oghogho and Helen W. Bland
An Ethnographic Analysis of Health Resources in the Willow Hill Community, Maria I. Olivas and Moya Alfonso PhD
EMS 2020: A Multi-Year SWOT and Financial Analysis of Georgia’s Emergency Medical Services System, Charles F. Owens
Assessing the Feasibility of Capturing Treatment Information Needs Using an Electronic Question Prompt List: A Pilot Study of Localized Prostate Cancer Survivors, Sarbesh Pandeya, Abraham Deng, Jarrett Johnson, Andrew R. Hansen, and Levi Ross
Characteristics of Local Health Departments Involved in Climate Change Mitigation, John Peden and Gulzar H. Shah
Developing and Implementing an Emergency Preparedness Course for Masters of Public Health (MPH) Program Core Curriculum to Promote Workforce Development, Sara S. Plaspohl
