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Relationship Between Self-Report And Observed Parenting Among Parents In Treatment Versus Not In Treatment Populations, Rabab Zahidi, Jessica S. Rogers, Wendy P. Guastaferro, Daniel J. Whitaker

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association

Background: Most maltreatment, by definition, is a failure of parenting. However, even without maltreatment, poor parenting can lead to a variety of negative outcomes including social, emotional and behavioral problems. Given that parenting plays a key role in child outcomes, one of the foci of interventions are parenting programs. Interventions for parents must be evaluated using standardized assessment tools, which leads to an important question; how can we best assess parenting? Observational methods (observing a parent and child interact) are often regarded as the gold standard in the assessment of parental behaviors but are cumbersome to administer. Self-reports of parenting …

Improving Housing Quality To Reduce Asthma Rates And Healthcare Costs In Athens-Clarke County, Ga, Samantha J. Harris, John M. Johnston, Maria Bowie, Grace Bagwell Adams

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association

Background: Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition that often develops from controllable environmental factors, such as poor air quality. Our study examined the relationship between mold in the home, which compromises indoor air quality, and asthma prevalence in Athens-Clarke County (ACC), Georgia.

Methods: Data from the Athens Wellbeing Project’s 2016 survey of 1,354 households in ACC was employed to examine indoor air quality and asthma prevalence in ACC. We provided descriptive statistics to examine asthma prevalence and asthma predictors, including the proportion of respondents reporting mold and pest problems, smoking prevalence, and the proportion of households reporting clinical obesity. We …

Health Inspectors On Local Boards Of Health: The Impact On Communities’ Environmental Health Governance, Jeff Jones, Asli Aslan, Ginger Fenton

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association

Background: This study examines whether having a required health inspector on a local board of health (LBOH) improves the board’s information on environmental health.

Methods: Analysis uses the national random sample of 351 U.S. LBOHs in the 2011 Profiles collected by the National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) and examines whether having a required health inspector on a LBOH increases the likelihood it receives information on 10 environmental health topics.

Results: LBOHs overall received little information on environmental health, and 48% reported wanting no or little additional information. Having a required health inspector on a LBOH did not …

Mental Health Outcomes, Parenting Skills And Family Functioning Of Adult And Family Treatment Court Participants, Carolyn A. Malone, Jessica S. Rogers, Wendy P. Guastaferro, Daniel J. Whitaker

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association

Background: Parental substance use places children at risk for poor social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes. Many parents with substance use disorders (SUD) are treated through accountability drug courts including adult drug courts (ADC) through the criminal justice system and family drug treatment courts (FTC) through the child welfare system. Little is known about the children of parents who participate in treatment through adult drug courts, which could serve as an important treatment venue for improving child outcomes. Children treated through family treatment courts are often the center of treatment. This research compared outcomes of parents and children involved in adult …

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• Georgia Southern: Examines Differences in Breastfeeding Rates Between Rural and Urban Mothers in Georgia
• Georgia Southern: Further Increasing Fisher's Information for Parameters of Association in Accelerated Failure Time Models via Double Extreme Ranks

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• Georgia Southern: Working with International Team to Study Impacts of Microbial Dynamics and Human Health Risk in Beach Sand

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• The American Statistical Association (ASA) announces the 2019 winner of the ASA Karl E. Peace Award for Outstanding Statistical Contributions for the Betterment of Society

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• Georgia Southern: Impact of Employee Relationships in Financially Distressed and Highly Financially Distressed Hospitals

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• Georgia Southern: Examines Compliance of Personal Protective Equipment Among Wastewater Workers

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• Georgia Southern: Collaborates on New Perspectives on Public Health Workforce

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• Impact of an Integrated Gratitude Intervention on Positive Affect and Coping Resources

• Association between earthquake exposures and mental health outcomes in adults after the 2015 Nepal Earthquakes.

• Looking at barriers and facilitators to physical activity among rural adolescents with cerebral palsy.

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• Georgia Southern: Study Identifies Sickle Cell Carrier Unmet Information Needs

• Georgia Southern: Researchers Look at Factors Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Overall Microbial Activity On Shopping Carts Handles: Relationship With Ambient Temperature, Relative Humidity, Moisture, And Ultraviolet Radiations, Grayson Rentz, Atin Adhikari

GS4 Georgia Southern Student Scholars Symposium

Goals and Objectives: Microbial contamination in shopping cart handles were previously reported but how the microbial load in shopping cart handles vary in different seasons and its relationship with ambient temperature (T), relative humidity (RH), surface moisture, and ultraviolet radiations (UV) are largely understudied. This study aims at exploring microbial loads on shopping cart handles in three grocery stores during fall and winter and its relationship with real-time T, RH, moisture, and UV levels.

Theoretical Framework: Most of us do not realize that microbes are often present on many common stuffs outdoors. When we touch shopping cart handles by bare …

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• Georgia Southern: Participates in National Study to Assess New Molecular Method That Tests for Microbial Pollution in Water

• Researchers Participte in National Study to Evaluate Performance of New USEPA Method for Monitoring Recreational Waters

Identification Of Bird-Associated Nonpoint Sources Of Microbial Contamination In Sediments, Savannah D. Mullins

Honors College Theses

Fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), such as Enterococci, are commonly used to monitor the microbial contamination of recreational beach waters based on standards set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Sediment and sand may also harbor FIB and reintroduce these bacteria to the water column. Enterococci may be originated from various non-point sources such as humans and wildlife. Recent literature has shown that avian feces also harbor high concentrations of Enterococci. The purpose of this study is identify the relationship between Enterococci and avian-associated markers in sediments. Sediment samples were collected monthly from four sites at Kings Ferry Beach in …

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• Georgia Southern: Researchers Look at On Kernel-Based Mode Estimation Using Different Stratified Sampling Designs

Table Of A Second Chance, Jean P. Belizaire Mr.

National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference

i will present on the continous dilemma on the opiate crisis and the best practices based on 5 years experience in the field in helping to stabilize and rehabilitate those held in the grips of addictions and various related symptoms of addictions.

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• Georgia Southern looks at Public Health Employees’ Perceptions About Health Equity and Other Social Determinants of Health

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• Georgia Southern reports on provider support for physical activity in women

• Georgia Southern reports on a more powerful and efficient sampling method for proportional hazards model analysis

• Earthquake exposures and mental health outcomes in children and adolescents in Nepal

• Georgia Southern reports on school personnel knowledge in diabetic emergencies in Georgia public schools

• Correlation Between Personal Health History and Depression Self- Care Practices and Depression Screening Among African Americans With Chronic Conditions

• Exploring Childhood Obesity Perceptions Among Caregivers of African American Children

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• Georgia Southern public health professor wins prestigious national award

Shifting Sexual Violence Prevention Messaging: Placing Blame Where It Belongs While Fostering Collective Empowerment And Self-Efficacy, Jacquelyn Mesenbrink, Gemma Skuraton, Lauren O. Patterson, Nandi A. Marshall

Eagles Talking About the Public’s Health

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The Relevance Of Traditional Medicine In The 21st Century, Bettye Apenteng, Pascal Felix

Eagles Talking About the Public’s Health

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Leveraging Technology To Address Patient-Centered Outcomes In Sickle Cell Disease, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Delores P. Quasie-Woode, Andrew Hansen

Eagles Talking About the Public’s Health

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New Epidemic Needs New Epidemiologic Thinking, Shirley Joann Smart, Aurela N. Nikaj, Carlene Robinson, Kadiatou Diallo, Sylvia Ofori, Neil Mistry, Jian Zhang

Eagles Talking About the Public’s Health

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Jiann-Ping Hsu College Of Public Health Magazine, Georgia Southern University

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• Message from the Interim Dean: Stuart Tedders, P.D.
• Dean Greg Evans: Seven years at the helm
• Can owning a pet affect your health? Students and faculty work together to answer this question
• Class project becomes reality: Students partner with local health departments for inaugural drive-thru flu clinics
• Up in smoke! Health hazards of burning scrap tires for meat-singeing
• Where in the world did we go?
• Center for Addiction Recovery: Celebrating 10 years of recovery
• Center for Public Health Practice and Research: Community assessments
• Karl E. Peace Center for Biostatistics and Survey Research: Ten years of developing biostatistical techniques to impact …

Mental Health And Gun Violence: A Link Held By Misperception, Neil Morte, Kelly Sullivan

Eagles Talking About the Public’s Health

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Better Health Through Vaping?, Janet Choongo, Delores Quasie-Woode, Jamie Cromley

Eagles Talking About the Public’s Health

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A Need For Patient-Friendly Language For Those With Low Health Literacy In Advanced Care Planning, Denisha Allicock, Addison Mickens, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble

Eagles Talking About the Public’s Health

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Emergency Preparedness With The One Health Approach, Holly Richmond, Joana Tome, Jessica Schwind

Eagles Talking About the Public’s Health

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Quasi-Likelihood Ratio Tests For Homoscedasticity Of Variance In Linear Regression, Lili Yu, Varadan Sevilimedu, Robert Vogel, Hani Samawi

Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Environmental Health Sciences Faculty Publications

Two quasi-likelihood ratio tests are proposed for the homoscedasticity assumption in the linear regression models. They require few assumptions than the existing tests. The properties of the tests are investigated through simulation studies. An example is provided to illustrate the usefulness of the new proposed tests.