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Submissions from 2014
The Impact of State Mandated Healthcare-Associated Infection Reporting on Infection Prevention and Control Departments in Acute Care Hospitals: Results from a National Survey, Carolyn T. A. Herzig, Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz, Julie Reagan, Elaine Larson, and Patricia W. Stone
Effects of Parental Feeding Styles on Childhood Obesity, Jessica Holmes, Mechelle Lockhart, Helen W. Bland, and Bridget Melton
The Relationship Among Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines and Binge Drinking in College Students, Krystina Johnson, Jody L. Langdon, Tony A. Pritchard, Ashley D. Walker, and Gavin T. Colquitt
Effects of Power Training on Individuals With Cerebral Palsy: Preliminary Results From a Pilot Study, Kristina L. Kendall, Gavin T. Colquitt, Theophile B. Dipita, Keagan Kiely, Megan Jennings, Nicholas A. Coker, and Li Li
Healthography of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Transition: Exploring Community-Level Indicators of SCD Transition Success from Rural, Georgia SCD Patients' Perspectives, Raymona H. Lawrence, Bettye A. Apenteng, and April M. Schueths
Transitioning from Clinic to Community: Exploring Community-Level Indicators of SCD Transition Success from Rural, Georgia SCD Patients' Perspectives, Raymona H. Lawrence, Bettye A. Apenteng, April M. Schueths, and Robert Gibson
Enhancing Quality Improvement Organizational Culture in Georgia's Local Public Health Agencies, William C. Livingood, Angela Peden, Gulzar H. Shah, Nandi A. Marshall, and Ketty Gonzalez
LHDs Increase Their Use of EBDM Practices From 2010 to 2013, Kay A. Lovelace, Gulzar H. Shah, Carolyn J. Leep, and Robert Aronson
Salud es Vida: A Group-Based, Cervical Cancer Education, Promotora Program, John S. Luque, Claudia Reyes-Garcia, Lisa Watson, Yelena Tarasenko, Moya L. Alfonso, Neal Espin, and Daron Ferris
Insurance Coverage, Knowledge, and Physical Activity Among Rural Pregnant Women, Elaine S. Marshall, Bridget Melton, and Helen W. Bland
Creating a Path Towards Sustainability: Lessons Learned and Next Steps for Building a Sustainable Community Coalition, Nandi A. Marshall, Rechelle Lofton, Raymona H. Lawrence, and Jessica Apps
Enhancing Physical Activity Classes With Physical Activity Apps, Bridget F. Melton, Helen W. Bland, Beverly D. Harris, and Elaine S. Marshall
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Physical Activity Media Campaign in a Rural OBGYN Office, Bridget F. Melton, Helen W. Bland, and Elaine S. Marshall
Promoting Physical Activity to Perinatal Women Within the Clinical Setting: a Pilot Study, Bridget F. Melton, Helen W. Bland, Elaine S. Marshall, and Lauren Bigham
Nurses’ and Health Educators’ Role in End of Life Decisions: Do Not Resuscitate Order, K. Oakley and Helen W. Bland
Comparative Assessment of the J1 Visa and State Loan Repayment Programs in the Recruitment and Retention of Physicians in Rural Nebraska, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye A. Apenteng, and Ge Lin
Impact of the Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918 on Savannah, N. Owen, Sara S. Plaspohl, and Betty T. Dixon
Parental Feeding Behavior: Influences of Elementary Children’s Health, Jennifer Paquin, Cyndi Martin, and Helen W. Bland
Effectively Managing an IRB Office, Sara S. Plaspohl
Impact of 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic on Mortality Rates in Savannah, GA, Sara S. Plaspohl and Betty T. Dixon
Correlation of a School-Located Influenza Vaccine (SLIV) Program and Student Absenteeism: A Longitudinal Trend Analysis, Sara S. Plaspohl, Betty T. Dixon, S. Steater, and A. Smith
Correlation of School Flu Vaccine Program and Student Absenteeism, Sara S. Plaspohl, Betty T. Dixon, S. Streater, and A. Smith
Meeting the Challenge of Comprehensive and Accurate Validation of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Julie Reagan
Always On The Go: Snacks, Kids And Recreational Sports. Can Healthy Win?, Amy Jo Riggs, Andrew Hansen, and Amy A. Hackney
Barbers Against Prostate Cancer: An Intervention Assessing Viability of the Barbershop as a Venue for Prostate Cancer Education, Siddhartha Roy, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Levi Ross, and John S. Luque
Health Informatics Capacity and Meaningful Use Readiness of Georgia’s Health Districts, Gulzar H. Shah, William C. Livingood, and Russell B. Toal
LHDs' Implementation and Evaluation of Strategies to Target Psychological, Mental Health, and Other Behavioral Healthcare Needs of the Underserved Population, Gulzar H. Shah, Huabin Luo, Carolyn J. Leep, and Nancy L. Winterbauer
Voluntary National Public Health Accreditation: A Practice-Based Perspective, Gulzar H. Shah, Angela Peden, and A. Ford
Public Health Agencies' Level of Engagement in Accreditation, Gulzar H. Shah, Angela Peden, and E. Ford
Informatics Capacity of Georgia Public Health Agencies: Current Uses and Comparison With National Trends, Gulzar H. Shah, Russell B. Toal, and Suleima Salgado
Infrastructural and Governance Characteristics of Local Health Departments Associated with Their Use of Health Informatics, Gulzar H. Shah, Karmen S. Williams, Jonathon P. Leider, and Brian C. Castrucci
Developing and Implementing a Community Empowerment Center to Build Local Capacity for Community-level Change, Stacy W. Smallwood, Ronald Pitner, Darcy Freedman, Patricia Sharpe, Jennie Ann Cole, and Shanna Hastie
Different Dimensions: Internalized Homonegativity among African American Men who Have Sex with Men, Stacy W. Smallwood, S. Melinda Spencer, and Lucy Annang
Examining the Relationships Between Religiosity, Spirituality, Internalized Homonegativity, and Condom Use Among African-American Men Who Have Sex With Men, Stacy W. Smallwood, S. Melinda Spencer, Lucy Annang, Jim F. Thrasher, and Melva V. Thompson-Robinson
Community-based Participatory Evaluation, Joseph Telfair
Conceptual Logical Framework & Building Evidence for Practice, Joseph Telfair
Social Research Methods in Rural Settings, Joseph Telfair
Social Research Methods in Rural Settings, Joseph Telfair
Service Provider's Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to the School-Community Transition Among Youth with Disabilities, Ashley D. Walker, Moya L. Alfonso, Gavin T. Colquitt, Joseph Telfair, and Akrati Gupta
A Comparison of Providing Services to Individuals with Disabilities in a Rural and Urban Area, Ashley D. Walker, Moya L. Alfonso, Li Li, Kristina Kendall, Gavin T. Colquitt, and Theophile B. Dipita
Knowledge and Beliefs About Cervical Cancer and the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Among Mexican Immigrant Women, Lisa C. Watson, Moya L. Alfonso, Claudia Reyes-Garcia, Yelena Tarasenko, and John S. Luque
Perceptions of Cervical Cancer Among Mexican Farmworker Women in Rural Georgia, Lisa C. Watson, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Moya L. Alfonso, Claudia M. Reyes-Garcia, and John S. Luque
Legislative Mandates for Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection Reporting and Process and Outcome Measures in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, Philip Zachariah, Julie Reagan, E. Yoko Furuya, J. Edwards, Andrew Dick, Hangsheng Liu, and Carolyn T. A. Herzig
Submissions from 2013
Predicting the Frequency of Adolescent Self Injury, Moya L. Alfonso
VERB Summer Scorecard: Adaptation Feedback and Result, Moya L. Alfonso
Seeking Greener Pastures: An Exploration of the Brain Drain Phenomenon. A Survey of Active Physicians in Ghana, West Africa, Bettye A. Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, and Preethy Nayar
Using Expert Panels to Elicit Potential Indicators and Predictors of EBPH in Local Health Departments, Robert Aronson, Kay Lovelace, Mark Smith, and Gulzar H. Shah
A Presentation About Haiti, Helen Bland
Piti Piti Zwazo ap Fe Niche Li: Public Health Observations in Haiti, Helen Bland
Assessment of Psychometric Properties of an Exercise Self-efficacy Scale for Use With Rural Pregnant Women, Helen W. Bland, Elaine S. Marshall, and Bridget Melton
Physical Activity and Nutrition Knowledge for Pregnancy Among Preconceptual Women, Helen W. Bland, Bridget F. Melton, Elaine S. Marshall, and S. Joseph
Perinatal Case Management for Public Health Nurses, B. Brooks, Betty T. Dixon, C. Grovenstein, and Sara S. Plaspohl
Exceptional Health for All: Promoting Health Equity for Individuals With Disabilities, Gavin T. Colquitt, Moya L. Alfonso, Ashley D. Walker, and Kristina Kendall
Tailoring a Physical Activity Promotion Program for a Rural Area, Gavin T. Colquitt, Moya L. Alfonso, Ashley Walker, and Vanessa Dunmore
Sustaining Positive Health Outcomes Through the Augmentation of a Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for Latinos, Jaime Corvin, Claudia Aguado Loi, Elizabeth Powers, Jennifer Burges, Moya L. Alfonso, and Junius Gonzales
The Resilient Local Health Department: Surviving the 2008 Economic Crisis, Paul C. Erwin, Gulzar H. Shah, and Glen P. Mays
Colorado Best Practices for the Prevention of Childhood Obesity and Childcare Regulations: Increasing Alignment to Increase Impact, Andrew Hansen, Mondi Mason, J. Wright, and J. Vickers
Education About Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Includes Listening to the Children, Andrew R. Hansen, Moya L. Alfonso, John S. Luque, Mondi Mason, Jen Nickelson, and Robert L. Vogel
Evaluating Preschool Children’s Fruit and Vegetable Preference, Knowledge and Consumption, Andrew R. Hansen, Moya L. Alfonso, Robert L. Vogel, John S. Luque, Jen Nickelson, and Amy A. Hackney
The ACS/CDC Advanced Academy: One State’s Experiences Implementing Initiatives to Improve the Quality of Health and Physical Education Programming, K. Johnson-Porter, S. Barrett-Williams, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and T. Maguire
The Percentage of University Students With and Without Health Insurance Coverage at an Urban Public Institution, E. Johnston, L. Rich, Sara S. Plaspohl, C. Alvarado, A. Sams, and C. Bruce
NCAA Sickle Cell Trait Screening: Challenges Facing Health Education and Promotion, Raymona H. Lawrence and Gulzar H. Shah
Clarifying and Expanding Concepts of Cross-Jurisdictional Sharing: Early Lessons Learned from Conducting QI with Georgia’s Health Districts, William C. Livingood, Nandi A. Marshall, Angela Peden, Ketty Gonzales, Gulzar H. Shah, Dayna S. Alexander, Alesha Wright, Russell B. Toal, Lynn S. Woodhouse, and DeAnna Keene
Predictors of Evidence-Based Decision Making and Population Health Practice in LHDs, Kay Lovelace, Robert Aronson, Kelly Rulison, Gulzar H. Shah, and Mark Smith
Causes and Barriers Associated With the Pap Test Among Latina Farmworkers in Georgia, John S. Luque, Jonathan N. Maupin, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Moya L. Alfonso, Lisa C. Watson, and Claudia Reyes-Garcia
Systematic Review of Barber-administered Health Education and Outreach Programs in African American Communities, John S. Luque, Levi Ross, and Clement K. Gwede
Expanding the Understanding of the Social Determinants of Health to Support Community Readiness for Change, Nandi A. Marshall, Lynn D. Woodhouse, John S. Luque, and Gulzar H. Shah
Relationship Between Technology Use and Health Behaviors Among Late Adolescents, Bridget F. Melton, Lauren Bigham, Matthew Bird, and Helen W. Bland
Assessing Interstate Migration Among International Medical Graduates in the United States, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye A. Apenteng, Soumitra S. Bhuyan, and Ge Lin
Career Satisfaction and Burnout Among Ghanaian Physicians, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye A. Apenteng, and Preethy Nayar
In the Words of the Medical Tourist: Analysis of Internet Narratives by Health Travelers to Turkey, Margaret E. Ozan-Rafferty, James A. Johnson, Gulzar H. Shah, and Attila Kursun
Use of Social Media by Local Public Health Agencies and Variation by Agency Characteristics, Nilam Patel, Gulzar H. Shah, Ravneet Kaur, Kimberly McCreary, and Bushra Shah
Reporting Conflict of Interest, Sara S. Plaspohl
Community Partnership to Promote Influenza Prevention and Academic Success Among Elementary School Students, Sara S. Plaspohl and Betty T. Dixon
Lessons Learned: Impact and Benefits of School-Located Influenza Vaccine Program on Reducing Student Absenteeism, Sara S. Plaspohl and Betty T. Dixon
Do School Flu Vaccine Programs Impact Student Absenteeism?, Sara S. Plaspohl, Betty T. Dixon, S. Streater, E. Hausauer, and Charles C. Newman
There is no “I” in TEAM: Players, Leaders, and Team Performance in Public Health Emergency Response, William Riley, Paige Anderson Bowen, Micky Scullard, Cheryl Petersen-Kroeber, and Gulzar H. Shah
Implementation of the Online Assessment to Study Information Seeking (OASIS): A Feasibility Study, Levi Ross, Jarrett Johnson, and Willie Underwood III
Improving Writing in Public Health, Rachel D. Schwartz
Local Public Health in Financial Crises: Common Decision Drivers for Changes in Services Due to Economic Downturn, Gulzar H. Shah
Local Health Departments’ Plan to Seek Voluntary National Accreditation and Its Association with PHAB Accreditation Prerequisites, Gulzar H. Shah, Kate Beatty, and Carolyn Leep
Community Health Assessment Activity by LHDs: The Influence of Local Health Agency and Community Characteristics, Gulzar H. Shah, Barbara Laymon, Carolyn Leep, and Julia Elligers
Local Health Departments' Performance of Community Health Assessment, Community Improvement Planning, and Strategic Planning: Do These Activities Predict Plans for Seeking Accreditation?, Gulzar H. Shah, Carolyn J. Leep, and Kate Beatty
Health Informatics Capacity and Meaningful Use Readiness of Georgia’s Health Districts: Preliminary Findings, Gulzar H. Shah, William C. Livingood, and Russell B. Toal
Conceptual Logical Framework & Building Evidence for Practice, Joseph Telfair
An Examination of Health-Related Quality of Life, Health Status, and Access to Health Services of Students With Disabilities in a Rural Versus Urban Area, Ashley D. Walker, Moya L. Alfonso, Gavin Colquitt, Li Li, and Kristina Kendall
Latina Farmworkers: Relationships Between Pap Screening Behaviors, Acculturation, and Cultural Cancer Screening Scales, Lisa C. Watson, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Moya L. Alfonso, Claudia Reyes-Garcia, and John S. Luque
Demography of Pediatric Patients at Dental Clinic, N. Wilson and Sara S. Plaspohl
Submissions from 2012
Augmenting the Effect of an EBI for Latinos with Minor Depression and Chronic Disease to Sustain Positive Medical Outcomes, Claudia X. Aguado Loi, Jaime Corvin, Moya L. Alfonso, Dinorah Martinez Tyson, and Jennifer Burges
Culturally Tailoring a Physical Activity Intervention for Tweens in Rural Georgia, Moya L. Alfonso, Gavin T. Colquitt, and Ashley D. Walker
ONE Bulloch: Advocating for Change in a Rural Community, Moya L. Alfonso, Charlotte Spell, Kristen Harper, and Joanna Spencer
Alcohol-Related Crashes in Rural Georgia: A Community-Based Prevention Case Study, Moya L. Alfonso, Charlotte Spell, Joanna Spencer, and Alison Scott
Selecting an Evaluation Framework for Community-Based Interventions: RE-AIM in Rural Georgia, Moya L. Alfonso, Charlotte Spell, Joanna Spencer, and Alison Scott
A Case Study of Re-AIM in Rural Georgia: Lessons Learned From Evaluating a Driving Under the Influence Prevention Campaign, Moya L. Alfonso, Joanna Spencer, and Charlotte Spell
Influence of Physical Activity on Stress Tolerance in College Students, Helen W. Bland, Bridget F. Melton, and Laura Bigham
Assessing Health Literacy in Children and Adolescents: Measuring the Meaning and the Meaning of the Measures, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Easy, Peasy: Constructing a Developmentally Appropriate 6-Day Health Unit, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Health Literacy and Adolescents: Does Being Articulate, Make Them Health Literate?, Joanne Chopak-Foss
Using Hands-on Teaching to Teach Health, Joanne Chopak-Foss, A. Civalier, and D. Z. Sarratt
Improving Health Literacy for At-Risk Youth: Educating in the Age of the Internet, Joanne Chopak-Foss and Bridget F. Melton
