Volume 8, Number 1 (2020)
Editorial
The Movement from Research Translation to Community Transformation
Tabia H. Akintobi
BRIEF Reports
Lessons Learned in the Early Stages of a Community-Academic Partnership to Address Health Disparities in a Rural Community
Tiffany R. Washington, Brian M. Rivers, L. Sherrié Raleigh, Natalie D. Hernandez, Mindy Le, A. Keith Green, Jeffery Lawrence, and Henry N. Young
Improving Access to Hepatitis C Treatment for Uninsured Patients in Southeast Georgia
Bonzo K. Reddick and MariAnna O'Ree
Full Manuscripts
Maternal Mortality among African American Women in the State of Georgia, Causes, Policy, and Ethical Considerations
Zahra Shahin, Isabella Hardwick, Nancy Jeffery, JaLisa Jordan, and William A. Mase
FitnessGram Assessment Results in Five Rural Counties of Georgia
Tara L. Underwood, JImmie H. Smith Jr, and Dawood H. Sultan
Racial Segregation as a Social Determinant of Health: Evidence from the State of Georgia
Simon Medcalfe, Catherine P. Slade, and Divesia Lee
Impact of School Tobacco-Free Policy and Tobacco Risk Education on Youth Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use
Vahe Heboyan and Bruce Riggs
Effects of CenteringPregnancy on Pregnancy Outcomes and Health Disparities in Racial Groups versus Traditional Prenatal Care
Adrianne M. Smith, Mehak Zainab, and Brad Lian
Examining the Effectiveness of a Nutrition Education Intervention for Hispanic Participants
Ginnefer O. Cox, Britt Rotberg, Melanie K. Ng, Sarah T. Henes, and Silvia Q. Giraudo
Serving Their Needs: A Qualitative Examination of Nutrition Policy Implementation in the Early Care and Education Setting
Caree J. Cotwright, Jori Hall, Nicole M. Arrington, Nathalie Celestin, Hayley Sanders, Taylor Ragan, Sarah Stotz, and Leann Birch
Utilization of a Community-based Participatory Approach to Design and Implement a Peer-led Parenting Pilot Intervention to Influence Child Nutritional and Physical Activity Behaviors
Tabia K. Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH; David Satcher; Victor Ede, MBBS; Glenda Wrenn, MD; Cassandra Bolar, PHD; Aneeqah Ferguson; Evonne Perdue; Martha Okafor; Kisha Holden; and LeRoy Reese, PhD
Practice Notes
Redefining Our Understanding of The Impact of Firearm-Related Injury in the State of Georgia: A White Paper by the Violence Prevention Task Force of IPRCE
Omar K. Danner MD; Lauren Hudak MD, MPH; Rana Bayakly MPH; Carol Koplan MD; Alexander Kelly; Sharon L. Nieb PhD, MSW; and Sheryl L. Heron MD, MPH
Leveraging Community Health Worker Program to Improve Healthcare Access for Sickle Cell Disease in Georgia
Jeanette H. Nu'Man and Milford Greene
Bridge Builders to Health Equity: The High School Community Health Worker Training Program
Arletha D. Williams-Livingston, Christopher E. Ervin, and Gail G. McCray
Improving the Public’s Health Through Sustained, Multidisciplinary Academic and Community Partnerships: The MSM Model
Desiree A. Rivers PhD; Carla Durham Walker MA; Ashley K. Mitchell DrPH, MSPH; Shirleta Lawrence; and Carey Roth Bayer EdD, MEd, BSN, RN, CSE
Making the Case for Community Health Workers in Georgia
Gail G. McCray, Berneta L. Haynes, Adrianne S. Proeller, Christopher E. Ervin, and Arletha D. Williams-Livingston
Editors
- Special Issue Editor
- Tabia H. Akintobi, PhD, MPH, Morehouse School of Medicine
- Editor-in-Chief
- Raymona H. Lawrence, DrPH, MPH, Georgia Southern University
- Founding Editor
- McKinley Thomas, EdD, Georgia Southern University