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Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Magazine

• Message from the Dean: Stuart H. Tedders, PhD
• Remembering Dr. Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
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News Media Trust And Mistrust During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Kaitlyn Seiter

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

With the uncertainty and growing information surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, news media consumption has increased drastically compared to pre-pandemic consumption. At the start of the pandemic, 94% of Americans reported closely following COVID-19 news, with more than half of Americans spending more than two hours consuming COVID-19 news everyday (SSRS, 2020). With the news media serving as a critical source of information through this public health crisis, the public’s reactions, behaviors, and attitudes to the pandemic stem from the level of trust they have in the news media to share COVID-19 information. Because of this, this study examines trust in …

Effects Of News And Threat Perceptions On Americans’ Covid-19 Precautionary Behaviors, Riva Tukachinsky Forster, Megan A. Vendemia

Communication Faculty Articles and Research

Our study examines the relationship between news exposure at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, personal threat beliefs, beliefs about others’ threat perceptions, and participation in precautionary actions. A survey of 377 U.S . adults revealed a significant main effect of news exposure on various precautionary behaviors (e.g., facial mask wear, physical distancing). Personal threat beliefs and beliefs about others’ threat perceptions serve as unique mechanisms mediating the effect of news on specific CDC-recommended and less socially desirable actions. These findings can guide news sources covering health crises in a socially responsible manner.

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• JPHCOPH Students Present at The Eagle Showcase: Excellence in Service- Learning
• Georgia Southern Examines LHDs Role in Nonprofit Hospitals’ Community Health Needs Assessment
• Georgia Southern Participates in an international study to search for a common molecular indicator of microbial pollution in global waters

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• Georgia Southern Examines the Impact of Tides on Microbial Water Quality
• Georgia Southern Investigates Asymptotic Properties of Kernel Density Mode Based Estimation using RSS

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• Georgia Southern Examines Size and Power of Tests of Hypotheses
• Georgia Southern Analyzes Awereness about Emerging Public Health Trends

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• Georgia Southern Examines the State of Accreditation Readiness in Georgia

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• Laying the Groundwork for Evidence-Based Public Health

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• NOAA Grant
• Trends in the Use of Volunteers

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• Public Health Collaboration

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• Dr. Gulzar Shah at JPHCOPH

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• Georgia Southern University's Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health receives grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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• JPHCOPH Attends 139th American Public Health Association Meeting in Washington D.C

The Media, Risk Assessment And Numbers: They Don't Add Up, Sharon M. Friedman

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Professor Friedman argues that, for risks to be reported accurately, journalism educators must help their students understand science, numbers and statistics.