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• Georgia Southern Professor Recognized for Outstanding Contribution

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• Georgia Southern Examines the Association between Arthritis and Depression

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• Georgia Southern Examines the role of Adiposity

Epidemiology News, Georgia Southern University

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• Georgia Southern Examined Rural-Urban Differences in Perceptions of Child Overweight

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• Georgia Southern Examines Social Media Reactions
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Epidemiology News, Georgia Southern University

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• Georgia Southern study shows overweight and obese teens think they’re ‘just fine’

Epidemiology News, Georgia Southern University

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• Georgia Southern Questions the Validity of Avoidable Mortality

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• Georgia Southern Models the Effect of School Closures

Epidemiology News, Georgia Southern University

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• Misperception of Child’s Body Weight
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Variations In Public Health Governance, Jeffery A. Jones, Ankit Bangar, Patrick Chang, Yelena N. Tarasenko

Epidemiology Faculty Presentations

Background: Studies of public health departments have found mixed results regarding the relevance of governance through local boards of health (LBOHs). Some studies find that LBOHs can be an important component in higher performance by local health departments. Other analyses, however, find no advantage for local health departments having or not having a LBOH. The hypothesis was that a typology of LBOHs nationwide can define different types of LBOHs based on their powers and responsibilities.

Methods: Using national profile sample data from the National Association of Local Boards of Health, LBOHs were categorized using 34 variables based on four domains …

Epidemiology News, Georgia Southern University

Epidemiology News (2012-2018)

• Acceptability and Feasibility of Physical Activity Assessment Methods

Epidemiology News, Georgia Southern University

Epidemiology News (2012-2018)

• Evaluation of Diverse Community Asthma Interventions

Epidemiology News, Georgia Southern University

Epidemiology News (2012-2018)

• Converting Big Data into Public Health
• Evaluation of Diverse Community Asthma Interventions

Examination Of Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Ovarian Cancer Stage Of Diagnosis, Surgery Treatment And Survival: Multilevel Analysis Of 2001-2012 Seer Data, Chen Chen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Context. Racial/ethnic disparities in cancer outcomes are major public health concerns. Ovarian cancer is the tenth most common cancer and the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women. Identifying individual- and contextual-level factors contributing to racial/ethnic disparities in ovarian cancer stage of diagnosis, surgery treatment and survival is necessary for reducing and eliminating these disparities.

Objective. The study aims to examine racial/ethnic disparities in ovarian cancer diagnosis, surgery treatment and survival outcomes; to explore individual- and contextual-level factors contributing to these disparities, and to examine the trend of ovarian cancer racial/ethnic disparities from 2001 to 2012.

Methods. The …