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Submissions from 2015
Inequalities and Approximations of Weighted Distributions by Lindley Reliability Measures, and the Lindley-Cox Model with Applications, Broderick O. Oluyede, Macaulay Okwuokenye, and Karl E. Peace
Health Care Cost and Hospital Length of Stay in Nebraska, Samuel T. Opoku
A Comparison of the J‐1 Visa Waiver and Loan Repayment Programs in the Recruitment and Retention of Physicians in Rural Nebraska, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye A. Apenteng, Ge Lin, Li-Wu Chen, David Palm, and Thomas Rauner
Monitoring for Adverse Events Post Marketing Approval of Drugs, Karl E. Peace and Macaulay Okwuokenye
The State of Accreditation Readiness in Georgia: A Case Study, Angela Peden, Gulzar H. Shah, Russell B. Toal, Dayna S. Alexander, Alesha Wright, Ashton Anderson, Nandi A. Marshall, Scott Uhlich, and Jeffery A. Jones
Impact of 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic on Mortality Rates in Savannah, GA, and Implications for Future Epidemic Prevention, Sara S. Plaspohl and Betty T. Dixon
Effect of the Personalized System of Instruction on Health-Related Fitness Knowledge and Class Time Physical Activity, Steven Prewitt, James Hannon, Gavin T. Colquitt, Timothy A. Brusseau, Maria Newton, and Janet Shaw
Implementation of a Personal Fitness Unit Using the Personalized System of Instruction, Steven Prewitt, James Hannon, Gavin T. Colquitt, Timothy A. Brusseau, Maria Newton, and Janet Shaw
Effectiveness of the Sport Education Fitness Model on Fitness Levels, Knowledge, and Physical Activity, Tony A. Pritchard, Andrew R. Hansen, Shot Scarboro, and Irina Melnic
State Law Mandates for Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Clostridium difficile Infections in Hospitals, Julie Reagan, Carolyn T. A. Herzig, Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz, Andrew Dick, Patricia W. Stone, and JD Divya Srinath
How Long Does that 10-Year Smoke Alarm Really Last? A Survival Analysis of Smoke Alarms Installed through the SAIFE Program in Rural Georgia, Haresh Rochani, Valamar Malika Reagon, and Steve Davidson
Correction of Verication Bias using Log-Linear Models for a Single Binaryscale Diagnostic Tests, Haresh Rochani, Hani M. Samawi, Robert L. Vogel, and Jingjing Yin
Healthcare Coordination and Transition for Individuals with Genetic Conditions, Sharon Romelczyk, Sharon Homan, Joseph Telfair, Gaurav Dave, Alisha Keehn, Deborah Maiese, and NCC Evaluation Workgroup
Neuroprotective Core Measure 2: Partnering with Families - Effects of a Weighted Maternally-Scented Parental Simulation Device on Premature Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care, Kendra Russell, Barbara Weaver, and Robert L. Vogel
On Inference of Partially Correlated Data, Hani M. Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
On Ranked Set Sampling Variation and Its Applications to Public Health Research, Hani M. Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
On the Inference of Partially Correlated Data with Applications to Public Health Issues, Hani M. Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
Childhood Asthma in Georgia, Hani Samawi, James H. Stephens, Gerald R. Ledlow, and Ren Chunfeng
Childhood Asthma in Georgia, Hani Samawi, James H. Stephens, Gerald R. Ledlow, and Ren Chunfeng
On Some Nonparametric Tests For Partially Observed Correlated Data: Proposing New Tests, Hani Samawi, Lili Yu, and Robert L. Vogel
Patient and Provider Perspectives on the Relationship Between Multiple Morbidity Management and Disease Prevention, Nancy E. Schoenberg, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Shoshana H. Bardach, and Steven T. Fleming
Answering the Call to Integrate: An Editorial, Gulzar H. Shah
Social Media and Alcohol Use: Adverse Impact of Facebook and Twitter on College Students, Gulzar H. Shah, Moya L. Alfonso, and Nina Jolani
Knowing Where Public Health Is Going: Levels and Determinants of Workforce Awareness of National Public Health Trends, Gulzar H. Shah and Kusuma Madamala
Implementation of Electronic Disease Reporting Systems by Local Health Departments, Gulzar H. Shah, Karmen S. Williams, and Bushra G. Shah
Local Health Departments' Approaches to Deal With Recession: What Strategies Are Used to Minimize the Negative Impact on Public Health Services to Community?, Gulzar H. Shah, Jiali Ye, Carolyn J. Leep, and Jonathon P. Leider
Implementing a Community Empowerment Center to Build Capacity for Developing, Implementing, and Sustaining Interventions to Promote Community Health, Stacy W. Smallwood, Darcy Freedman, Ronald Pitner, Patricia Sharpe, Jennie Ann Cole, Shanna Hastie, and Brittney Hunter
Impact of Laws Aimed at Healthcare-Associated Infection Reduction: A Qualitative Study, Patrica W. Stone, Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz, Julie Reagan, Jacqueline A. Merrill, Brad Sperber, Catherine Cairns, Matthew Penn, Tara Ramanathan, Elizabeth Mothershed, and Elizabeth Skillen
U.S. Undergraduate Education in Public Health: Hot or Not?, Yelena Tarasenko and Joel M. Lee
Acceptability and Feasibility of Physical Activity Assessment Methods for an Appalachian Population, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Britteny M. Howell, Christina R. Studts, Scott J. Strath, and Nancy E. Schoenberg
Review of Association of Hospital and Provider Types on Sickle Cell Disease Outcomes by Jan, S., Slap, G., Smith-Whitley, K., et al., Joseph Telfair
Development of a Sickle Cell Disease Readiness for Transition Assessment, Marsha Treadwell, Shirley Johnson, India Sisler, Matthew Bitsko, Ginny Gildengorin, Rogelio Medina, Fernando Barreda, Kimberly Major, Joseph Telfair, and Wally R. Smith
Self-Efficacy and Readiness for Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care in Sickle Cell Disease, Marsha Treadwell, Shirley Johnson, India Sisler, Matthew Bitsko, Ginny Gildengorin, Rogelio Medina, Fernando Barreda, Kimberly Major, Joseph Telfair, and Wally R. Smith
Use of Facebook by Local Health Departments: Usage and Activity Area, Rakhi Trivedi, Gulzar H. Shah, and Ankit Bangar
Joint Modeling of Treatment Effect on Time-to-Event Endpoint and Safety Covariates in Control Clinical Trial Data Analysis, Kao-Tai Tsai and Karl E. Peace
Georgia Department of Public Health Community Health Forums: A Summary Report, Ashley Walker-Colquitt, Angela Peden, Stuart H. Tedders, John S. Barron, Aaron Jackson, Nicholas Williams, and Bethrand Ugwu
Differences in Health Literacy Knowledge and Experiences among Senior Nursing Students, Sharon S. Williamson and Joanne Chopak-Foss
Evaluation of Diverse Community Asthma Interventions: Balancing Health Outcomes with Developing Community Capacity for Evidence-Based Program Measurement, Lynn D. Woodhouse, William C. Livingood, Russell B. Toal, DeAnna Keene, Stuart H. Tedders, Simone M. Charles, Raymona H. Lawrence, Laura H. Gunn, Natalie Williams, and Andrea Kellum
Submissions from 2014
Employee Influenza Vaccination in Residential Care Facilities, Bettye A. Apenteng and Samuel T. Opoku
Differences in Definitions of EBPH and Evidence: Implications for Communication with Practitioners, Robert E. Aronson, Kay Lovelace, Mark Smith, and Gulzar H. Shah
Differences in Definitions of EBPH and Evidence: Implications for Communication with Practitioners, Robert Aronson, Kay Lovelace, Mark Smith, and Gulzar H. Shah
Final Report of the Georgia Southern University Ad Hoc Committee on Student Ratings of Instruction, Helen W. Bland, James Harris, James Jupp, William B. Levernier, Nan S. LoBue, Trent W. Maurer, James S. Reichard, Sonya S. Shepherd, and Rebecca Ziegler
Quantifying the Impact of Physical Activity on Stress Tolerance in College Students, Helen W. Bland, Bridget F. Melton, Lauren Bigham, and Paul D. Welle
Patterns of Referral for, and Utilization of, Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT) by Race, Alyssa Clay, Brittany Peoples, Levi Ross, Kirsten Moysich, Yali Zhang, Philip McCarthy, and Theresa Hahn
Becoming the Physical Activity Champion: Empowerment through Social Marketing, Gavin T. Colquitt, Moya L. Alfonso, and Ashley D. Walker
Adapting a Community-Based Physical Activity Promotion Program for Rural, Diverse Youth, Gavin Colquitt, Ashley Walker, and Moya L. Alfonso
Engaging Diverse Populations about Biospecimen Donation for Cancer Research, Julie H. Dang, Elisa M. Rodriguez, John S. Luque, Deborah O. Erwin, Cathy D. Meade, and Moon S. Chen Jr.
Bacterial Colonization Increases Daily Symptoms in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Himanshu Desai, Karen Eschberger, Catherine Wrona, Lori Grove, Aarti Agrawal, Brydon Grant, Jingjing Yin, G. Iyer Parameswaran, Timothy Murphy, and Sanjay Sethi
A More Efficient Gibbs Sampler Estimation Using Steady States Simulation: Application to Public Health Studies, Martin Dunbar, Hani Samawi, Robert L. Vogel, and Lili Yu
Steady State Gibbs Sampler Estimation for Lung Cancer Data, Martin X. Dunbar, Hani Samawi, Robert L. Vogel, and Lili Yu
Local Health Departments and the 2008 Recession: Characteristics of Resiliency, Paul C. Erwin, Gulzar H. Shah, and Glen P. Mays
Assessment of Nebraska Division of Public Health: Strategic Development Plan & Results, Brandon L. Grimm, K. Brandert, and Samuel T. Opoku
Generational Shift in Parental Perceptions of Overweight Among School-Aged Children, Andrew R. Hansen, Dustin T. Duncan, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Fei Yan, and Jian Zhang
Chapter 4: Readiness and Change Management During Electronic Medical Records Adoption, Renee B. Hotchkiss and J. Cantiello
Engaging Patients and Caregivers in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research on Advanced Stage Lung Cancer: Insights from Patients, Caregivers, and Providers, K. Monirul Islam, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye A. Apenteng, Ann Fetrick, June Ryan, M. Copur, Addison Tolentino, Irfan Vaziri, and Apar K. Ganti
Civil Marriage Laws, Jeffery Jones
GLSO Health News: Health Screenings, Jeffery Jones
GLSO Health News: Visits to Physicians, Jeffery Jones
Kenwick: The History of a Lexington Neighborhood, Jeffery Jones
Athletes’ Perceptions of National Collegiate Athletic Association Mandated Sickle Cell Trait Screening: Insight for Academic Institutions and College Health Professionals, Raymona H. Lawrence and Gulzar H. Shah
Instructors Manual, Test Bank, Presentation Material, and Forty – Four Supplemental files, Gerald R. Ledlow and Nicholas M. Coppola
Southeast Georgia Cancer Alliance Projects Focusing on Colon Cancer, Gerald R. Ledlow, James H. Stephens, Hani Samawi, and David E. Schott
Changes in Public Health Workforce Composition: Proportion of Part-Time Workforce and Its Correlates, 2008-2013, Jonathon P. Leider, Gulzar H. Shah, Brian C. Castrucci, Carolyn J. Leep, Katie Sellers, and James B. Sprague
Laying the Groundwork for Evidence-Based Public Health: Why Some Local Health Departments Use More Evidence-Based Decision-Making Practices Than Others, Kay A. Lovelace, Robert E. Aronson, Kelly L. Rulison, Jeffrey D. Labban, Gulzar H. Shah, and Mark Smith
Qualitative Systematic Review of Barber-Administered Health Education, Promotion, Screening, and Outreach Programs in African-American Communities, John S. Luque, Levi Ross, and Clement K. Gwede
Recommendations and Administration of the HPV Vaccine to 11-to-12-Year Old Girls and Boys: A Statewide Survey of Georgia Vaccinations for Children Provider Practices, John S. Luque, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Betty T. Dixon, Robert L. Vogel, and Stuart H. Tedders
Effects of Personality Disorder and Impulsivity on Emotional Adaptations in Prison among Women Offenders, Senik T. Mahmood, Micahel G. Vaughn, and Rachel D. Schwartz PhD
A Phylogenetic Model for Understanding the Effect of Gene Duplication on Cancer Progression, Qin Ma, Jaxk H. Reeves, David A. Liberles, Lili Yu, Zheng Chang, Jing Zhao, Juan Cui, Ying Xu, and Liang Liu
Application of a Course-Long Health Behavioral Change Project, Bridget F. Melton, Lauren Bigham, and Helen W. Bland
Relationship Between Health Behaviors and Technology Usage Among Late Adolescents, Bridget F. Melton, Lauren E. Bigham, Helen W. Bland, Matthew Bird, and Ciaran Fairman
Diabetes and Colorectal Cancer Screening among Men and Women in the USA: National Health Interview Survey: 2008, 2010, Eric A. Miller, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Jennifer D. Parker, and Kenneth C. Schoendorf
Understanding Masculinity in Undergraduate African American Men: A Qualitative Study, Krista Mincey, Moya L. Alfonso, Amy A. Hackney, and John S. Luque
Being a Black Man: Development of the Masculinity Inventory Scale (MIS) for Black Men, Krista D. Mincey, Moya L. Alfonso, Amy A. Hackney, and John S. Luque
Peak Expiratory Flow in Adults and Changes in Particulate Matter Air Pollution During the Beijing Olympics: A Panel Study, Lina Mu, Furong Deng, Lili Tian, Yanli Li, Jingjing Yin, Richard Browne, Junfeng Zhang, Zuo-Feng Zhang, and Matthew Bonner
Career Satisfaction and Burnout among Ghanaian Physicians, Samuel T. Opoku and Bettye A. Apenteng
Seeking Greener Pastures? The Relationship between Career Satisfaction and the Intention to Emigrate: A Survey of Ghanaian Physicians, Samuel T. Opoku and Bettye A. Apenteng
In the Words of the Medical Tourist: An Analysis of Internet Narratives by Health Travelers to Turkey, Margaret E. Ozan-Rafferty, James Allen Johnson, Gulzar H. Shah, and Attila Kursun
A Novel Three Serum Phospholipid Panel Differentiates Normal Individuals from Those with Prostate Cancer, Nima Patel, Robert L. Vogel, Kumar Chandra-Kuntal, Wayne Glasgow, and Uddhav Kelavkar
Impact of School Flu Vaccine Program on Student Absences, Sara S. Plaspohl, Betty T. Dixon, James A. Streater, Elizabeth T. Hausauer, Christopher P. Newman, and Robert L. Vogel
Want to Add Some Pizazz to Your Weight Training Program? Try Sport Education!, Tony A. Pritchard, Andrew R. Hansen, and Starla McCollum
The Effect of the Sport Education Tactical Model on Coeducational and Single Gender Game Performance, Tony A. Pritchard, Starla McCollum, Jackie Sundal, and Gavin T. Colquitt
Sylvatic Typhus Associated with Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys Volans), Melissa A. Prunsinski, Jennifer L. White, Susan J. Wong, Maureen A. Conlon, Christina Egan, Cassandra D. Kelly-Cirino, Brian R. Laniewicz, P. Bryon Backenson, William L. Nicholson, Marina Eremeeva, Sandor E. Karpathy, Gregory A. Dasch, and Dennis J. White
Management of Comorbidities in Diabetics With Renal Cell Carcinoma Past Utilization and Current Outcomes, Jonathan L. Rabey, Jingjing Yin, Tammy M. Kublas, Terry Mashtare, and Alice C. Ceacareanu
Role of Capsaicin-Sensitive Peripheral Sensory Neurons in Anorexic Responses to Intravenous Infusions of Cholecystokinin, Peptide YY-(3–36), and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 in Rats, Roger Reidelberger, Alvin Haver, Krista Anders, and Bettye A. Apenteng
A More Efficient Nonparametric Test of Symmetry Based on Overlapping Coefficient, Hani M. Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
Notes on Two Sample Tests for Partially Correlated (Paired) Data, Hani Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
On Simple Tests of Diagonal Symmetry for Bivariate Distributions, Hani Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
Lessons for US Public Health from China’s SARS Response, Rachel D. Schwartz and Jonathan Schwartz
Lung Flute Improves Symptoms and Health Status in COPD with Chronic Bronchitis: A 26 Week Randomized Controlled Trial, Sanjay Sethi, Jingjing Yin, and Pamela K. Anderson
Editorial Comment: Temporal Trends in Preparedness Capacity, Gulzar H. Shah
Profile-IQ: Web-Based Data Query System for Local Health Department Infrastructure and Activities, Gulzar H. Shah, Carolyn J. Leep, and Dayna Alexander
Public Health Agencies' Level of Engagement in and Perceived Barriers to PHAB National Voluntary Accreditation, Gulzar H. Shah, Carolyn J. Leep, Jiali Ye, Katie Sellers, Rivka Liss-Levinson, and Karmen S. Williams
Public Health Services Most Commonly Provided by Local Health Departments in the United States, Gulzar H. Shah, Huabin Luo, and Sergey Sotnikov
Public Health Services Most Commonly Provided by Local Health Departments in the United States, Gulzar H. Shah, Huabin Luo, and Sergey Sotnikov
Leadership in Practices, James H. Stephens
Real Healthcare Reform: Focus on Primary Care Access, James H. Stephens and Gerald R. Ledlow
Strategic Planning in Public Health, James H. Stephens and Gerald R. Ledlow
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
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
Modeling the Probability of Second Cancers in Controlled Clinical Trials, Kao-Tai Tsai and Karl E. Peace
