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Submissions from 2021
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, Raimi Ewetola, Gulzar H. Shah, L. Maluantesa, Kristie C. Waterfield, A. Mulenga, and A. Kilundu
Disparities in HIV Clinical Stages Progression of Patients at Outpatient Clinics in Democratic Republic of Congo, Raimi Ewetola, Gulzar H. Shah, Lievain Maluantesa, Gina D. Etheredge, Kristie C. Waterfield, Astrid Mulenga, and Apolinaire Kilundu
Implementation of Complex Interventions Lessons Learned From the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Transitional Care Portfolio, Sabina B. Gesell, Janet Prvu Bettger, Raymona H. Lawrence, Jing Li, Jeanne Hoffman, Barbara J. Lutz, Corita R. Grudzen, Anna M. Johnson, Jerry A. Krishnan, Lewis Hsu, Dorien Zwart, Mark V. Williams, and Jeffrey L. Schnipper
Care coordination for rural residents with chronic disease: Predictors of improved outcomes, Andrew Hansen, Susan F. McLendon, and Haresh Rochani
COVID-19 mitigation strategies: A case study to reduce the spread and promote vaccine uptake, Jill Johns, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Adekunle Adeyemi
Union General Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment & Implementation Plan, Linda Kimsey, Charles Owens, Bettye Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, Angela H. Peden, and Blerta Shehaj
Assessing Hotel Employee Knowledge on Risk Factors and Risk Management Procedures for Microbial Contamination of Hotel Water Distribution Systems, Brandon Leftwich, Samuel T. Opoku, Jingjing Yin, and Atin Adhikari
Underreporting of intimate partner violence against women: An important public mental health implication, Sandhya Lohani, Sha-Hanna Saffold, Tanya Jules, Brenda Blackwell, Suzanne Shurling, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Impact of Teachers’ Classroom Manners, Teaching Strategies, and Parents’ Socioeconomic Status on Students’ Performance, Maham Muzamil, Gulzar H. Shah, and Kamran James
The Use of Mobile Apps to Increase Physical Activity Level: A Systematic Review, Dziyana Nazaruk and Kelli Rouser
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, and Joseph Telfair
Rewards and Employee Creativity Among Rural Healthcare Employees: the Mediating Role of Organizational Support for Innovation and the Moderating Impact of Supervisory Support, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, and Kwabena Boakye
SNAPSHOT: Financial and Operational Performance Benchmarking Report, 2016-2020, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Charles Owens, Angela Peden, and William Mase
Clay County Hospital, Nursing Home and Wellness Center Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Plan, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Charles Owens, Linda Kimsey, Angela Peden, and P. Jochi
Courtesy Stigma and Self-care Practices Among Rural HIV/AIDS Healthcare Providers, Fayth M. Parks and Stacy Smallwood
Opening Pandora’s Box From Readmissions to Transitional Care Patient-Centered Outcome Measures, Mathew J. Reeves, Michele C. Fritz, Ifeyinwa Osunkwo, Corita R. Grudzen, Lewis L. Hsu, Jing Li, Raymona H. Lawrence, and Janet Prvu Bettger
Strategies to Handle Missing Data in Meta-Analysis, Haresh Rochani and Mario Keko
Public Health Education and Changing Public Health Realities in the Public Health 3.0 Era, Gulzar H. Shah
Risk Factors for TB/HIV Coinfection and Consequences for Patient Outcomes: Evidence from 241 Clinics in the Democratic Republic of Cong, Gulzar H. Shah, Raimi Ewetola, Gina D. Etheredge, Lievain Maluantesa, Kristie C. Waterfield, Elodie Engetele, and Apolinaire Kilundu
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, Kristie C. Waterfield, and L.-K. Lukusa
Perceived Benefits Matter the Most in COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors: Empirical Evidence from Okara District, Pakistan, Gulzar H. Shah, Ansar Ali Faraz, Hina Khan, and Kristie Cason Waterfield
HIV Viral Suppression among People Living with HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy in Haut-Katanga and Kinshasa Provinces of Democratic Republic of Congo, Gulzar H. Shah, Lievain Maluantesa, Gina D. Etheredge, Kristie C. Waterfield, Osaremhen Ikhile, Roger Beni, Elodie Engetele, and Astrid Mulenga
Behavioral Health Needs Assessment, Gulzar H. Shah, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Charles F. Owens, Linda Kimsey, and Angela H. Peden
The Administration and Management of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Programs: A Descriptive Study of the Experiences of US State & Local Health Departments, Gulzar H. Shah, Angela Peden, Bettye Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, Kristie C. Waterfield, and Osaremhen Ikhile
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, and Gemma C. Skuraton
Parental Substance Use and its Impact on Children’s Health and Safety. Increased Need for Collaboration and Multidisciplinary Efforts, Blerta Shehaj and Joanne Chopak-Foss
Low Acceptance of Helmet-Use and Injuries from Motorcycle Accidents in Rawalpindi and Abbottabad, Pakistan, Maryam Siddiqa, Gulzar H. Shah, and A. Munam
Chapter 3 - Families and Health, Joseph Telfair, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Janet Choongo, and K. Harris
Chapter 19 - Program Monitoring and Evaluation, Joseph Telfair, A. K. Kelly, and G. Dave
Retention and predictors of attrition among children living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Côte d’Ivoire between 2012 and 2016, F. Traore-Toure, Gina D. Etheredge, Gulzar H. Shah, and C. Brennan
Personal Mastery and All-Cause Mortality among Older Americans Living with Diabetes, Ho-Jui Tung, Ming-Chin Yeh, Randall Ford, and Gulzar H. Shah
Understanding the Scientific Evidence and Regulatory State of the U.S. Dietary Supplement Industry: Considerations for Health and Fitness Practitioners, Julie Ann Ulery, Bridget F. Melton, Helen Bland, and Amy Jo Riggs
Consequences of COVID-19 Crisis for Persons with HIV: The Impact of Social Determinants of Health, Kristie Cason Waterfield, Gulzar H. Shah, Gina D. Etheredge, and Osaremhen Ikhile
Public Health Employees’ Perceptions about the Impact of Emerging Public Health Trends on Their Day-to-Day Work: Effects of Organizational Climate and Culture, Kristie Cason Waterfield, Gulzar H. Shah, Linda Kimsey, William A. Mase, and Jingjing Yin
Stigma Is Associated with Widening Health Inequities: Challenges from the Current COVID19 Pandemic, Ming-Chin Yeh and Ho-Jui Tung
Submissions from 2020
Tattnall County Community Needs Assessment, A. Alston, T. Clark, J. Lewis, A. McGee, S. Sherpa, Q. Smith, I. Thomas, Denisha Allicock, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Flex Financial and Operational Improvement Grant, 2019-2024 Year One Report, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, William A. Mase, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, and Angela H. Peden
2020 Georgia Critical Access Hospital Employee Engagement Assessment Reports, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, Angela Peden, and William Mase
Telehealth – Delivering Health Care Safely During COVID-19 and Into the Future, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Samuel T. Opoku, Angela Peden, Charles Owens, and William Mase
Putnam General Hospital 2020 Employee Survey, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Angela Peden, William A. Mase, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, Emmanuel Akowuah, and Imaobong Ekpo
Wills Memorial Hospital 2020 Employee Survey, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Angela Peden, William A. Mase, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, Emmanuel Akowuah, and Imaobong Ekpo
Morgan Memorial Hospital 2020 Employee Survey, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Angela Peden, William Mase, Samuel T. Opoku, Emmanuel Akowuah, and Imaobong Ekpo
Flex Operational and Financial Improvement Grant: Year One Report, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Angela Peden, William Mase, Samuel T. Opoku, and Charles Owens
Candler County Hospital 2020 Employee Survey, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Angela Peden, William Mase, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, Emmanuel Akowuah, and Imaobong Ekpo
CEO Turnover in Georgia Rural Hospitals, 2011-2017, Bettye Apenteng, Samuel Opoku, Linda Kimsey, Charles Owens, Bill Mase, and Angela Peden
2020 Assessment of Employee Engagement at Crisp Regional Hospital, Bettye Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, and Kwabena G. Boakye
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, and Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Sewage Monitoring in Rural Communities: A Powerful Strategy for COVID-19 Surveillance, Asli Aslan, Gulzar H. Shah, Vinoth Sittaramane, and Padmini Shankar Ph.D.
Effect of Influenza Vaccination on Mortality and Risk of Hospitalization in Elderly Individuals with and without Disabilities: A Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study, Yu-Chia Chang, Ho-Jui Tung, Yu-Tung Huang, Chin-Te Lu, Ernawaty Ernawaty, and Szu-Yuan Wu
Formative Research to Design a Culturally-appropriate Cancer Clinical Trial Education Program to Increase Participation of African American and Latino Communities, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, Claudia Barajas, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Caree R. McAfee, Pamela Hull, Maureen Sanderson, Juan Canedo, Katina Beard, and Consuelo H. Wilkins
Mixed Methods in Public Health Case Studies: Applying a Sequential QUAN → Qual Design to Identify Factors Associated With Black Mothers’ Intention to Vaccinate Their Daughters Aged 9 to 12 for HPV, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, Nataliya Ivankova, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Engagement of Community Stakeholders to Develop a Framework to Guide Research Dissemination to Communities, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Yolanda Vaughn, Jim Hawk, Mike Helms, Claudia Barajas, and Yvonne Joosten
Publication of data collection forms from NHLBI funded sickle cell disease implementation consortium (SCDIC) registry, Jeffrey Glassberg, Elizabeth A. Linton, Katrina Burson, Tabitha Hendershot, Joseph Telfair, Julie Kanter, Victor R. Gordeuk, Allison A. King, Cathy L. Melvin, Nirmish Shah, Jane S. Hankins, Axel Yannick Epié, and Lynne D. Richardson
Applying the Socio-Ecological Model to Improving Maternal Mental Health in Georgia, Kim Harris, Janet Choongo, and Joanne Chopak-Foss
2020 Community Health Needs Assessment for Evans County, Georgia, A. Jennings, E. Ochieng, A. Riggins, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Public Health Implications of Early Marriage, Prachi Joshi and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Quality of Care Among Adolescents and Adults With Sickle Cell Disease in the United States: Analysis From the Sickle Cell Disease Implementation Consortium, Julie Kanter, Robert Gibson, Raymona H. Lawrence, Matthew P. Smeltzer, Norma L. Pugh, Jeffrey Glassberg, Rita V. Masese, Allison A. King, Cecelia Calhoun, Jane S. Hankins, and Marsha Treadwell
Building Informatics Capacity of Local Health Departments to Combat COVID-19: A Call to Action, Anjum Khurshid, Gulzar H. Shah, Tran Nguyen, and Jeffery A. Jones
Effingham Senior Living Market Analysis, Linda Kimsey, Bettye A. Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles F. Owens, Angela Peden, and Blerta Shehaj
A Role For Scenario Planning In Rural Hospitals, Linda Kimsey, Bettye Apenteng, Anna Rose Moore, and Angela Peden
Monroe County Hospital 2021-2022 Strategic Plan, Linda Kimsey, William Mase, Bettye Apenteng, and Blerta Shehaj
Blood Transfusion: Knowledge, Perspectives, and Experiences of Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease, Raymona H. Lawrence, Ashley Singleton, and Jane Branscomb
Feasibility of Long Acting Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in Rural Communities, William A. Mase and Ellie Purdy
Engaging Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: A Community Health Ambassador Training Model, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Velma McBride Murry, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, Robert M. Cronin, Nabilah Lari, Alexis Gorden, Lametra Scott, Michael R. Debaun, and Trevor Thompson
Local Health Departments' Engagement in Activities to Address Opioid Use and Abuse: The Influence of Surveillance Systems' Use, Tran Nguyen, Gulzar H. Shah, Anjum Khurshid, and Maria I. Olivas
An Analysis of Local Health Departments' Responsiveness to Community Segregation in Their Efforts to Address Health Disparities, Maria I. Olivas, Deborah Kanda, Rakhi Trivedi, Gulzar H. Shah, and Kristie C. Waterfield
Georgia Rural Hospital Tax Credit: Perspectives of Rural Health Executives, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye A. Apenteng, Charles Owens, Linda G. Kimsey, Angela Peden, Imaobong Ekpo, William Mase, and Emmanuel Akowuah
SNAPSHOT: Financial and Operational Performance Benchmarking Report, 2014-2019, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Charles F. Owens, Angela H. Peden, and William A. Mase
The Use of Religion in the Management of Depression in Sickle Cell Disease: A Systematic Review, Delores P. Quasie-Woode, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Association Between Accreditation Engagement and Using The Community Guide for Preventive Services by Local Health Departments, Assegid A. Roba, Brianna Williams, Kristie C. Waterfield, and Gulzar H. Shah
Book Review: Statistics With R: Solving Problems Using Real-World Data by Jenine K. Harris, Gulzar H. Shah
Gaps in Public Health Workers' Awareness of Emerging Public Health Trends, Gulzar H. Shah, Kyle Bogaert, Jingjing Yin, Elizabeth Gould, and JP Leider
Maternal Mortality among African American Women in the State of Georgia, Causes, Policy, and Ethical Considerations, Zahra Shahin, Isabella M. Hardwick, Nancy Jeffery, JaLisa Jordan, and William Mase
A scoping review of theoretical models and conceptual frameworks used in Public Health Services and Systems Research (PHSSR) literature, Zahra Shahin, Anna Messick, Jenna Harris, Kristie C. Waterfield, and Gulzar H. Shah
Health Departments and Authentic Community Engagement, Stacy Smallwood, Angela Peden, Andrew Hansen, William Mase, Gurleen Roberts, RoShonda J. Welch, and Jill Johns
Difference in Prevalence of Edentulism Between Foreign-Born and US-born Older Americans, Ho-Jui Tung, Randall Ford, and Ming-Chin Yeh
Sources of Information in Regard to HPV and Vaccination Among Hispanic/Latino College Students, Wei-Chen Tung, Itzel Corral, and Ho-Jui Tung
Occurrence of a Human-associated Microbial Source Tracking Marker and Its Relationship With Faecal Indicator Bacteria in an Urban Estuary, Sibel Zeki, Asli Aslan, Selmin Burak, and J.B. Rose
Submissions from 2019
The Ethics of Parental Refusal to Vaccinate: Costs, Community Safety, and Individual Rights, Olatanwa Adewale, Carla Cooper, Pascal Felix, Ashley K. Mitchell, Justin Savage, and William A. Mase
A Need for Patient-Friendly Language for those with Low Health Literacy in Advanced Care Planning, Denisha Allicock, Addison Mickens, and Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Crisp Regional Hospital Employee Engagement Assessment Report, Bettye Apenteng, Emmanuel Akowuah, Samuel T. Opoku, and Kwabena G. Boakye
Effingham Health System: Community Health Needs Assessment: 2019-2021, Bettye A. Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles F. Owens, Linda Kimsey, and Angela Peden
Evans Memorial Hospital Community Needs Assessment Report, Bettye Apenteng, Charles F. Owens, Samuel T. Opoku, and Linda Kimsey
Temporal distribution of opportunistic pathogens in household systems in Evans County, Asli Aslan, J. Edward Dotherow, and Robert Vogel
The Impact of Interpersonal Support, Supervisory Support, and Employee Engagement on Employee Turnover Intentions: Differences Between Financially Distressed and Highly Financially Distressed Hospitals, Kwabena G. Boakye, Bettye A. Apenteng, Mark Hanna, Linda G. Kimsey, William A. Mase, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles F. Owens, and Angela Peden
Safe Sleep Environment Focus Group Report, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Nandi Marshall, R. Ewesesan, Michela Hizine, and A. Moore
Understanding the Dynamics of Diversity in the Public Health Workforce, Fátima Coronado, Angela J. Beck, Gulzar H. Shah, Jessica L. Owens-Young, Katie Sellers, and JP Leider
Factors Influencing Parental Trust in Medical Researchers for Child and Adolescent Patients’ Clinical Trial Participation, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, Jason Deakings, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Kendria Kelly-Taylor, and Stephania T. Miller
E-Waste Disposal from Major Ports: Policies & Ethical Considerations, L. Davis, Joshua Dufresne, and William A. Mase
Land Use and Environmental Variables Influence Tetracycline-Resistant Bacteria Occurrence in Southeastern Coastal Plain Streams, Jason A. Duff, Asli Aslan, and Risa A. Cohen
Adopting YouTube to Promote Health: Analysis of State Health Departments, Carmen H. Duke, Jingjing Yin, Xinyan Zhang, Elizabeth Blankenship, Sewuese Akuse, Gulzar H. Shah, Chung-Hong Chan, King-Wa Fu, Zion Tsz-Ho Tse, and Isaac Fung
Characteristics of the Health Information Technology Workforce in Georgia, Imaobong Ekpo, Emmanuel Akowuah, Bettye Apenteng, and Samuel T. Opoku
Presence of Antibiotic Resistant Escherichia Coli in Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents Utilized as Water Reuse for Irrigation, Tiong Gim Aw, Mano Sivaganesan, Shannon Briggs, Erin Dreelin, Asli Aslan, Samuel Dorevitch, Abhilasha Shrestha, Natasha Isaacs, Julie Kinzelman, Greg Kleinheinz, Rachel Noble, Rick Rediske, Brian Scull, Susan Rosenberg, Barbara Weberman, Tami Sivy, Ben Southwell, Shawn Siefring, Kevin Oshima, and Richard Haugland
Associations Among Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Toward Palliative Care Consultation Service in Healthcare Staffs: A Cross-sectional Study, Li-Chun Huang, Ho-Jui Tung, and Pei-Chao Lin
Clinch Memorial Hospital: Strategic Plan: 2019-2021, Linda Kimsey, Bettye A. Apenteng, William Mase, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, and Angela Peden
Clinch Memorial Hospital Community Needs Assessment Report, Linda G. Kimsey, Bettye Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles F. Owens, Angela Peden, Devin Hatchett, Imaobong Ekpo, Michela Hizine, and Oluwadamilola Onifade
Environmental Scan and Outmigration Analysis, Linda G. Kimsey, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye A. Apenteng, William A. Mase, Charles F. Owens, and Angela Peden
Hancock County Community Based Participatory SWOT Analysis: Community-Clinical Linkages, Linda G. Kimsey, Angela Peden, John Peden, Thomas Sweeney, Deborah Harvey, Michela Hizine, Oluwadamilola Onifade, Devin Hatchett, and Samantha Finn
Decision Making, Analytics, and Communications in Health Organizations, Gerald R. Ledlow and James H. Stephens
It’s Not a One Size Fits All Approach: Best Practices for Engaging Minorities with SCD in Health Research, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
