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Cyberbullying And Self-Perceptions Of Students Associated With Their Academic Performance, Maham Muzamil, Gulzar H. Shah

Department of Health Policy and Community Health Faculty Publications

The aim of this study is to explore the factors influencing students’ academic achievements in secondary school level (grades 09 and 10). Those factors include students’ self-reported psychological and issues (e.g. being bullied through social media) as well as socioeconomic status. Study participants included610 students at senior secondary level (237 male and 363 female) randomly selected from ten different government schools. The schools were randomly selected from the lists provided by their respective Education District Officer (EDO). The data were collected by researchers with the help of teachers. Participants’ were offered as incentives a drawing for a gift certificate. Bivariate …

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• Georgia Southern Senior Honored as ESG Founder’s Award Winner

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• Georgia Southern Partners with NYU in Study of the association of Perceived and Actual Overweight on School Absenteeism

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• Sixth Annual Willow Hill Heritage Festival

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• Georgia Southern Examines the Effectiveness of a Physical Activity Educational Campaign
• Georgia Southern develops and conducts psychometric testing of a childhood obesity perception survey

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• Georgia Southern Translates Research into Practice

Fulfilling Community Health Assessment Requirements: Lessons Learned From Facilitating State-Wide Community Health Forums, Ashley D. Walker, Angela Peden, Stuart H. Tedders, John S. Barron, Aaron Jackson, Nicholas Williams, Bethrand Ugwu

Community Health Faculty Publications

Background: A prerequisite for National Public Health Accreditation is completion of a Community Health Assessment (CHA) that presents an exhaustive profile of the population served by a particular public health agency.

Methods: The Georgia Department of Public Health (GA DPH) contracted with the Center for Public Health Practice and Research at Georgia Southern University to facilitate five state-wide community health forums.

Results: Evaluation of the forums yielded qualitative data illustrating current challenges faced by Georgians, as well as assets that could be leveraged to improve health status.

Conclusion: Lessons learned from these state-wide community health forums can be applied to …

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• Georgia Southern Engages Rural Georgians
• Georgia Southern Examines Using the Exercise is Medicine® on Campus platform

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• Georgia Southern shows dangerous disconnect between doctors and parents of overweight children

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• Georgia Southern Alum Selected as Commencement Speaker

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• Georgia Southern Participates in Pilot Curriculum

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• Georgia Southern Examines Internalized Homonegativity among AAMSM in Southeastern US

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• Georgia Southern Examines the Relationship between Religiosity, Spirituality, Internalized Homonegativity, and Condom Use among African American Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Deep South

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• Georgia Southern Identified Social Marketing Concepts that Inform Program Adaptation

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• Georgia Southern Examines Racial Disparities in Emotional Distress among Cancer Survivors

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• Georgia Southern Examines Latinos’ views of Co-Morbid Chronic Disease and Minor Depression

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• Georgia Southern Examines Cervical Cancer Screening Interventions