Mississippi Related Abstract Scheduled for Presentation at APHA15 in Chicago

1. Weight related perceptions and perceived threat to disease among African American Women in Mississippi ... 329748 Weight related perceptions and perceived threat to disease among African American Women in Mississippi Monday, November 2, 2015 : 8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Alyce Stewart, MPH, MCHES, DrPH (c), Behavioral and Environmental Health, ... 1. Differences in maintenance vs. acute care between a rural and urban Mississippi Medicare Advantage population with diabetes; a cross-sectional analysis ... 333870 Differences in maintenance vs. acute care between a rural and urban Mississippi Medicare Advantage population with diabetes; a cross-sectional analysis Wednesday, November 4, 2015 : 12:50 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Kayleigh Majercak, ... 1. Infant sleep position and breastfeeding in Mississippi: Evidence from 2011 Mississippi Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) ... 332943 Infant sleep position and breastfeeding in Mississippi: Evidence from 2011 Mississippi Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Sunday, November 1, 2015 Mina Qobadi, PhD, Office of Health ... 1. What's in a label?: Multiple meanings and associated identities of ‘MSM' among African American men in Mississippi ... 336612 What's in a label?: Multiple meanings and associated identities of ?MSM' among African American men in Mississippi Sunday, November 1, 2015 Nhan Truong, PhD, Center for Research, Evaluation and Environmental & Policy Change, My Brother's Keeper, Inc, ... 1. Cultural and Linguistic Competence Policy Assessment Across the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) ... 329686 Cultural and Linguistic Competence Policy Assessment Across the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) Tuesday, November 3, 2015 : 11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Dora Moreno, MPH, Division of ... 1. Assessing the Feasibility of Using Video Remote Medical Interpreting Services in Mississippi Department of Health Clinics ... 327748 Assessing the Feasibility of Using Video Remote Medical Interpreting Services in Mississippi Department of Health Clinics Monday, November 2, 2015 : 2:50 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Dora Moreno, MPH, Division of Linguistic ... 1. Mississippi Disparities in Diabetes-Associated Hospitalizations ... 334778 Mississippi Disparities in Diabetes-Associated Hospitalizations Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Lamees El-sadek, MHS, Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, MS Manuela Staneva, ... 1. Occupational Heat-related Illness in Mississippi ... 326900 Occupational Heat-related Illness in Mississippi Monday, November 2, 2015 Sirisha Tippani, MHSA, Office of Health Data and Research, Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, MS ... 1. Impact of the mother-father relationship on how formerly incarcerated fathers perceive their father-child relationship(s) in Mississippi ... 330606 Impact of the mother-father relationship on how formerly incarcerated fathers perceive their father-child relationship(s) in Mississippi Sunday, November 1, 2015 Samuel Baxter, BS, MPH(c), Master of Public Health Program, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Elaine ...

Mississippi Related Presentations-APHA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL Nov. 2015 Page 1 1. Opt4Health (Obesity Prevention Texts for Health): A social marketing mHealth campaign, integrating text, web, and voice messaging, for obesity prevention efforts in Mississippi and Louisiana ... Prevention Texts for Health): A social marketing mHealth campaign, integrating text, web, and voice messaging, for obesity prevention efforts in Mississippi and Louisiana Wednesday, November 4, 2015 : 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Caitlin Heitz, MSW, The OrganWise Guys, Inc, Suwanee, ... 1. EBaby Phase II Results: Use of Online/Other Infant Care Resources among Minority Teen/Young Mothers in Rural Mississippi ... 325294 EBaby Phase II Results: Use of Online/Other Infant Care Resources among Minority Teen/Young Mothers in Rural Mississippi Tuesday, November 3, 2015 : 8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Kathleen Ragsdale, PhD, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, ... 1. Comorbidity in Mississippi Patients Hospitalized with Diabetes: The Use of Hospital Discharge Data for Conducting Evidence-Based, Population-Level Research ... 332589 Comorbidity in Mississippi Patients Hospitalized with Diabetes: The Use of Hospital Discharge Data for Conducting Evidence-Based, Population-Level Research Wednesday, November 4, 2015 : ... 1. Challenges and successes associated with implementing abstinence-plus education in a politically conservative state: Institutionalizing sex education in Mississippi ... 336433 Challenges and successes associated with implementing abstinence-plus education in a politically conservative state: Institutionalizing sex education in Mississippi Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Kenyatta Parker, DrPH(c), MPH, Office of Preventive Health, Mississippi State Department of Health, Ridgeland, MS Tia ... 1. Health Care Access in Mississippi: Examining racial disparities by socioeconomic determinants ... 335995 Health Care Access in Mississippi: Examining racial disparities by socioeconomic determinants Sunday, November 1, 2015 Lamees El-sadek, MHS, Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, MS ... 1. Studying the Mississippi Uninsured: Utilizing self-reported data to assess subpopulation access and out-of- pocket accessibility ... 335979 Studying the Mississippi Uninsured: Utilizing self-reported data to assess subpopulation access and out-of-pocket accessibility Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Lamees El-sadek, MHS, Mississippi State ... 1. Demographic and Comorbidity Profile of Opioid-Related Hospitalizations in Mississippi: A Call for State Surveillance ... 333273 Demographic and Comorbidity Profile of Opioid-Related Hospitalizations in Mississippi: A Call for State Surveillance Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Manuela Staneva, MPH, Office of Health Data & Research/Hospital Discharge Data ... 1. Increasing awareness of primary and secondary prevention of colorectal cancer in at-risk communities of Northeast Mississippi ... 329039 Increasing awareness of primary and secondary prevention of colorectal cancer in at-risk communities of Northeast Mississippi Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Katherine Cranston, MPH, CHES, Department of Health & Kinesiology, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS Timothy ... 1. Body Mass Category and Asthma in Mississippi Adults ... 316956 Body Mass Category and Asthma in Mississippi Adults Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Meagan Robinson, MPH, Office of Health Data and Research, Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, ...

Mississippi Related Presentations-APHA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL Nov. 2015 Page 2 1. An examination of cardiovascular-related in-patient hospitalizations in Mississippi: A demographic and financial snapshot ... 333422 An examination of cardiovascular-related in-patient hospitalizations in Mississippi: A demographic and financial snapshot Sunday, November 1, 2015 LaTonya Lott, MS, MPH, Office of Health Data and Research, Mississippi ... 1. Opportunities for health promotion: Discussing health topics during prenatal care visits, 2011 Mississippi Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) ... 337335 Opportunities for health promotion: Discussing health topics during prenatal care visits, 2011 Mississippi Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Monday, November 2, 2015 Mina Qobadi, Epidemiology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS Lei Zhang, ... 1. Medical Home for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) in Mississippi ... 335674 Medical Home for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) in Mississippi Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Mina Qobadi, PhD, Office of Health Data and Research, Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, MS ... 1. Evaluating Be A Food Groupie's Effectiveness: Matched Comparison Results of a Health/Nutrition Education Program Delivered at a Mississippi Children's Museum ... 321150 Evaluating Be A Food Groupie's Effectiveness: Matched Comparison Results of a Health/Nutrition Education Program Delivered at a Mississippi Children's Museum Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Kathleen Ragsdale, PhD, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS Ginger ... 1. Mapping the Gaps: Using GIS to Enhance Mississippi Seals Program Planning and Priority Setting ... 329542 Mapping the Gaps: Using GIS to Enhance Mississippi Seals Program Planning and Priority Setting Monday, November 2, 2015 Sai Kurmana, MD, MPH, Chronic Disease Programs, Mississippi State Department ...

1. Epidemiological Justification for Systems-Level Health Policies to Reduce Mississippi Infant Deaths ... 320159 Epidemiological Justification for Systems-Level Health Policies to Reduce Mississippi Infant Deaths Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Manuela Staneva, MPH, Office of Health Data & Research/Hospital Discharge Data System, Mississippi State ... 1. Use of Dental Care Services among dentate adults with Asthma in Mississippi ... 329476 Use of Dental Care Services among dentate adults with Asthma in Mississippi Monday, November 2, 2015 Sai Kurmana, MD, MPH, Chronic Disease Programs, Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, MS Rodolfo Vargas, ... 1. Determining the Relationship Between Adult Obesity Rate and Risk Factor in Mississippi ... 323529 Determining the Relationship Between Adult Obesity Rate and Risk Factor in Mississippi Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Kendria Irby, MSPH Student, School of Graduate Studies and Research, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN Adult ... 1. Role of Community Health Workers for Clinical Systems: The Mississippi Delta Clinical Community Health Worker Initiative ... 335020 Role of Community Health Workers for Clinical Systems: The Mississippi Delta Clinical Community Health Worker Initiative Monday, November 2, 2015 : 3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Tameka Walls, MS, Mississippi ... 1. High Blood Pressure Awareness and Prevention among Adult Black Men in the Mississippi Delta Region: The Barbershop Initiative

Mississippi Related Presentations-APHA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL Nov. 2015 Page 3 ... 334952 High Blood Pressure Awareness and Prevention among Adult Black Men in the Mississippi Delta Region: The Barbershop Initiative Monday, November 2, 2015 : 3:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Jackie Hawkins, Mississippi Delta Health ... 1. Building a Healthier Mississippi ... 338967 Building a Healthier Mississippi Monday, November 2, 2015 : 12:50 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Kay Henry, RN, MSN, Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, ... 1. Cardiovascular Disease Reduction: Lessons Learned from the Mississippi Delta Health Collaborative ... 3386.0 Cardiovascular Disease Reduction: Lessons Learned from the Mississippi Delta Health Collaborative Monday, November 2, 2015: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Oral A highly collaborative and interconnected approach is needed to ... 1. Increasing food access in high-poverty school districts: Mississippi's implementation of the Community Eligibility Provision ... 333453 Increasing food access in high-poverty school districts: Mississippi's implementation of the Community Eligibility Provision Sunday, November 1, 2015 Jessica Shappley, M.P.P.A., Mississippi Economic Policy Center, Jackson, MS Corey ...

1. Step Up Be Counted! Creating a core data set for school nursing ... Education, Denver, CO Deborah Pontius, MSN, RN, CDE, NCSN, Pershing County School District, Lovelock, NV Estelle Watts, MSN, RN, NCSN, Mississippi Department of Education, Jackson Linda Mendonca, MSN, MEd, RN, NCSN, Pawtucket (R.I.) School Department Jenks/JMW School for the Arts, Pawtucket, ... 1. Rust College Health Explorers Program: Engaging High School Students to Increase Public Health Diversity ... youths’ interest in public health by offering a college/health career readiness and leadership development program for underserved students in rural Mississippi. HEP introduces students to public health careers & practitioners, offers near-peer mentoring from undergraduate health-related majors & academic counseling and ... 1. Social Context and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Risk for Black Men who Have Sex with Men (BMSM) in the Southeastern United States (U.S.), 2014 ... Evaluation, Environmental and Policy Change, My Brother's Keeper, Inc., Jackson, MS Leandro Mena, MD, MPH, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS Nhan Truong, PhD, Center for Research, Evaluation and Environmental & Policy Change, My Brother's Keeper, Inc, ... 1. Context Matters: A Community Based Study of Urban Minority Parents Viewpoints on Children's Health ... Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, I served as an Assistant Extension Professor and Family Life Specialist at Mississippi State University (MSU). Most of my work has focused on community-based interventions for improving parenting and children's health. Any relevant ... 1. A Novel Measure of Poverty and its Association with Elevated Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young Black MSM ... Elevated Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young Black MSM Sunday, November 1, 2015 Leandro Mena, MD, MPH, Infectious Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Jackson, MS Angelica Geter, DrPH, Department of Health Behavior, University of Kentucky College of Public ... 1. Increase in males attending Title X family planning clinics - 2003-2013

Mississippi Related Presentations-APHA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL Nov. 2015 Page 4 ... male varied by state, with the highest in D.C. (25.2%), Alaska (20.6%), and Delaware (17.2%), and lowest in Alabama (1.2%), Mississippi (1.2%), Arkansas (1.0%), and Tennessee (0.8%). Conclusions: Use of Title X service sites by men has increased markedly during the ... 1. Internalized Homophobia is not Associated with Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young Black MSM ... Geter, DrPH, Department of Health Behavior, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington, KY Laura Beauchamps, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center Timothy Brown, MPH, University of Kentucky DeMarc Hickson, PhD, MPH, My Brother's Keeper, INC, Ridgeland, MS Leandro Mena, ...

1. Psychosocial vulnerabilities associated with HIV infection among Black MSM in the deep South ... Evaluation and Environmental & Policy Change, My Brother's Keeper, Incorporated, Ridgeland, MS Leandro Mena, MD, MPH, Infectious Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Jackson, MS Background: The psychosocial vulnerability (childhood sexual abuse, homelessness, incarceration, substance use, and depression) of ... 1. CVD management through engaging the Jackson Heart Study community ... intervention with our community partners. We want to make a difference in the prevalence of CVD among African Americans in Mississippi. We strive to translate research findings to the community in a culturally appropriate and timely manner, and we present the ... 1. Incarceration and HIV among Young African American MSM: The moderating effects of education, employment, and social support ... My Brother's Keeper, INC, Ridgeland, MS Timothy Brown, MPH, University of Kentucky Leandro Mena, MD, MPH, Infectious Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Jackson, MS background: The study examined the association between incarceration and sexual risk outcomes among ... 1. Counselling about e-cigarettes from physicians and dentists: Results from a national survey ... November 3, 2015 Olivier Drouin, MDCM MSc, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada Robert C. McMillen, PhD, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS Regina M. Shaefer, MPH, Julius B Richmond Center of Excellence, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove ... 1. Academic and research training in cardiovascular epidemiology: The Jackson Heart Study ... is to provide interdisciplinary training in cardiovascular epidemiology research to graduate students currently enrolled in studies at universities in Jackson, Mississippi. The hallmark of the program is mentored cardiovascular research that is orchestrated through a learning community (LC) that provides active-learning ... 1. Capacity building through partnerships with academic institutes, health organizations, and the state health department ... institutes, health organizations, and the state health department Monday, November 2, 2015 Victoria Walker, MPH, Office of Health Disparity Elimination, Mississippi State Department of Health, Ridgeland, MS Candice Green, MPH, Office of Health Disparity Elimination, Mississippi State Department of Health, Ridgeland, ... 1. Developing careers in cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention: The Jackson Heart Study ... epidemiology is increasingly apparent with the continued rise in health disparities and the spirally rise in obesity and CVD in Mississippi.The DHW scholar program is a unique strategy for incorporating rigorous academic and career-focused training to graduate students enabling the acquisition ...

Mississippi Related Presentations-APHA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL Nov. 2015 Page 5 1. Delayed antenatal care attendance: Are providers part of the problem? ... providers part of the problem? Sunday, November 1, 2015 Joni Roberts, DrPH, CHES, School of Health Related Professions, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS Diadrey-Anne Sealy, PhD, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA Helen Hopp Marshak, ... 1. Health Disparities in the Deep South: A Public Health Policy Study of Disasters on Vulnerable Communities ... Monday, November 2, 2015 Candace Bright, PhD, Department of Political Science, International Development, and International Affairs, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS Michelle Martin, PhD, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Roma Hanks, PhD, University of South Alabama, ... 1. Attitudes about Cigarette Experimentation, Addiction, and Regulations to Protect Children from Addiction ... Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH Robert C. McMillen, PhD, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS Jonathan Klein, MD, MPH, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL Background: With continued higher-than-ideal ... 1. Community capacity building for community based participatory research through training: Implementation and evaluation of the community research fellows training program ... of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO Tanya Funchess, DHA, MPH, MSM, Office of Health Disparity Elimination, Mississippi State Department of Health, Ridgeland, MS Bethany Johnson Javios, MSW Candice Green, MPH, Office of Health Disparity Elimination, Mississippi State ... 1. Racial disparities in sugar consumption and behavioral modification efficacy among male first-year college students ... PhD, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS Bettina Beech, DrPH, MPH, Medical Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS Roland Thorpe Jr., PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD Derek Griffith, PhD, ... 1. Poster snapshots of current breastfeeding research ... Gebel, MPH, LCCE, birth doula, Eugene Declercq, PhD and Carol Sakala, PhD Board 9 Infant sleep position and breastfeeding in Mississippi: Evidence from 2011 Mississippi Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Mina Qobadi, PhD and Lei Zhang, PhD, MSc, MBA Board ... 1. Evaluating Policy through a Faith-based Lens ... Powell-Wiley, MD, MPH Table 8 Increasing awareness of primary and secondary prevention of colorectal cancer in at-risk communities of Northeast Mississippi Katherine Cranston, MPH, CHES, Timothy Murphy, Ph.D., CHES and Irene Pintado, Ph.D., MCHES Table 9 Village HeartBEAT: People, partnership, pride ...

1. Building Community Capactiy through Evidence-Based Program Evaluation ... Rodriguez Table 3 Evaluating Be A Food Groupie's Effectiveness: Matched Comparison Results of a Health/Nutrition Education Program Delivered at a Mississippi Children's Museum Kathleen Ragsdale, PhD and Ginger Cross, PhD Table 4 Context Evaluation: A Case Study in Redwood City, California ... 1. Poster #4 - Emerging Issues in Disability and Public Health

Mississippi Related Presentations-APHA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL Nov. 2015 Page 6 ... MA, CCC-A and Claudia Steiner, MD, MPH Board 7 Medical Home for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) in Mississippi Mina Qobadi, PhD and Lei Zhang, PhD, MSc, MBA Board 8 Motor Skills and Physical Fitness: A systematic review of ... 1. Health Law Poster Session #2 ... Poster Session #2 Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Poster Organizer: Jennifer Ibrahim, PhD, MPH Board 1 Studying the Mississippi Uninsured: Utilizing self-reported data to assess subpopulation access and out-of-pocket accessibility Lamees El-sadek, MHS, Rodolfo Vargas, MS and Lei Zhang, ... 1. PHEHP Student Research Awards ... MPH and Brian Pasquale, PhD, MPH Board 6 Opportunities for health promotion: Discussing health topics during prenatal care visits, 2011 Mississippi Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Mina Qobadi and Lei Zhang, PhD, MSc, MBA Board 7 Evaluating the nutrition, economic, ... 1. Campus Tobacco-Free Policy Scale: Measurement of student perceptions of university tobacco-free policy ... and Human Performance, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX Barry Hunt, EdD, Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS Kathleen Egan, MS, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston- Salem, ... 1. The Determinants of Health and well-being in our neighborhoods ... p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Poster Board 1 Impact of the mother-father relationship on how formerly incarcerated fathers perceive their father-child relationship(s) in Mississippi Samuel Baxter, BS, MPH(c), Elaine Archie-Booker, EdD, RN, ICPS, Peter Baltrus, PhD and Carlos Mahaffey, PharmD, MPH Board 2 HIV ... 1. Youth Risk Behaviors ... Ochs Board 9 Challenges and successes associated with implementing abstinence-plus education in a politically conservative state: Institutionalizing sex education in Mississippi Kenyatta Parker, DrPH(c), MPH, Tia Sides, MPH, CHES and Meagan Robinson, MPH See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement ... 1. OHS Topics - 1 ... 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Poster Moderators: Miriam Weil, MPH, ScD and Ketki Patel, MD MPH Board 1 Occupational Heat-related Illness in Mississippi Sirisha Tippani, MHSA, Lei Zhang, PhD, MSc, MBA, Meagan Robinson, MPH and Rodolfo Vargas, MS Board 2 Assessing the Occupational ... 1. Child Nutrition Poster Session ... MPH, Karen Sokal Gutierrez, MD, MPH and Ameya Bondre, MBBS, MPH Board 4 Increasing food access in high-poverty school districts: Mississippi's implementation of the Community Eligibility Provision Jessica Shappley, M.P.P.A. and Corey Wiggins, MSPH, PhD Board 5 Development of a tool ... 1. Poster Session - Research Topics in Obesity and Cardio-Metabolic Risk in Epidemiology and Public Health ... PhD, MSc, MACE, Edward Leinaar, B.S. and Liang Wang, MD, DrPH, MPH Board 2 Body Mass Category and Asthma in Mississippi Adults Meagan Robinson, MPH, Sirisha Tippani, MHSA and Rodolfo Vargas, MS Board 3 Association of physical activity, abdominal obesity and ... 1. Poster Session - Diabetes and Chronic Disease Epidemiology ... for risks of coronary artery disease in patients with type 2diabetes Hsiang-Chi Wang, Cheng-Chieh Lin and Tsai-Chung Li Board 5 Mississippi Disparities in Diabetes-Associated Hospitalizations Lamees El-sadek, MHS, Manuela Staneva, MPH, Lei Zhang, PhD, MSc, MBA and Dietrich Taylor, RN, CDE ...

Mississippi Related Presentations-APHA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL Nov. 2015 Page 7 1. Poster session: Health care services availability and outcomes ... HEDIS Measures and Health Outcomes Eva DuGoff and Daniel Jung Board 7 Demographic and Comorbidity Profile of Opioid-Related Hospitalizations in Mississippi: A Call for State Surveillance Manuela Staneva, MPH, Thomas Dobbs, MD, MPH and Margaret Pearson, PharmD Board 8 Factors Predicting ... 1. HIV and Men Who Have Sex With Men ... p.m. Poster Board 1 What's in a label?: Multiple meanings and associated identities of ?MSM' among African American men in Mississippi Nhan Truong, PhD, Amaya Perez-Brumer, MSc, Melissa Burton, B.A. and DeMarc Hickson, PhD Board 2 Social Context and Human Immunodeficiency ... 1. Emerging Methods in Applied Public Health Statistics ... MS, Weihan Chen and Alice Li, MS Board 4 Determining the Relationship Between Adult Obesity Rate and Risk Factor in Mississippi Kendria Irby, MSPH Student Board 5 Maximum likelihood estimates by Homogenous log-linear models for three-way contingency tables with Missing data ... 1. Latinos in the Deep South: Challenges and Opportunities for stigma-free and healthy communities ... significance both numerically and culturally in many parts of the US Deep South which encompasses seven states: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. As the size of the Latino population has expanded in the South a wave ... 1. Impact of perceived benefits of leisure travel on overall life satisfaction of people with mobility impairment ... School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Wei Wang, Ph.D., Department of Economic Development and Tourism, University of Southern Mississippi, Long Beach, MS Leisure travel is a prominent phenomenon in modern day society. Although people with mobility impairments are likely ... 1. Poster #3 ... November 2, 2015: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Poster Board 1 Use of Dental Care Services among dentate adults with Asthma in Mississippi Sai Kurmana, MD, MPH and Rodolfo Vargas, MS Board 2 Providing oral disease prevention services, in low-income housing communities with ... 1. Poster #4 ... Residency Training Sites Erin Westfall, D.O. and Valeria Cristiani, MD MPH Board 3 Mapping the Gaps: Using GIS to Enhance Mississippi Seals Program Planning and Priority Setting Sai Kurmana, MD, MPH and Dionne Richardson, DDS, MPH Board 4 Staff Satisfaction with ... 1. Poster Session - Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology ... and Health Survey in Taiwan (NAHSIT) Kuang-Mao Chiang and Wen-Harn Pan Board 8 An examination of cardiovascular-related in-patient hospitalizations in Mississippi: A demographic and financial snapshot LaTonya Lott, MS, MPH, Xavier Johnson, MPH and Augusta Bilbro Board 9 Prevalence of high ... 1. Mental health and mental illness information preferences of undergraduate students ... Menn, PhD, CHES, Department of Health Studies, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX Caroline Payne-Purvis, PhD, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS Don Chaney, PhD, MCHES, Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC ... 1. What Comes First – Stable Housing or Mental Health? A Study of the Reciprocal Relationship Between Housing Stability and Mental Health Trajectories among Hurricane Katrina Survivors ... 1079 displaced or greatly affected households using a stratified cluster sampling of federally subsidized emergency housing settings in Louisiana and Mississippi, and of Mississippi census tracts

Mississippi Related Presentations-APHA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL Nov. 2015 Page 8 designated as having experienced major damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Findings: Using survival analysis, ... 1. Population Mental Health After Acute Collective Stressors: A Cross-Cohort Comparison of Large-Scale Natural and Technological Disasters ... cohorts include the Gulf Coast Child and Family Health Study, a longitudinal cohort (n=1079) of displaced and heavily-affected Louisiana and Mississippi adults, post Katrina; the Sandy Child and Family Health Study (n=1,000) a random population sample of an exposed population in ... 1. Adoption of a campus smoke-free policy: An application of Kingdon's Theory of Streams ... Kingdon's Theory of Streams Sunday, November 1, 2015 Irene Pintado, Ph.D., MCHES, Department of Health & Kinesiology, Health Education Program, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS Timothy Murphy, Ph.D., CHES, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS ...

1. An examination of contributors to health in the MS River Delta Region ... Madison, WI Bridget Catlin, PhD, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, Madison, WI The Mississippi River Delta Region is among the most distressed areas of the United States. We used county-level data from the 2014 ... 1. Peer and Social Media Influences on College Student Drinking ... and Social Media Influences on College Student Drinking Sunday, November 1, 2015 Angela Robertson, Ph.D., Social Science Research Center (SSRC), Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS Cliff McKinney, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS Courtney Walker, M.S., Social ... 1. Policy & Finance Poster Session ... MPH, Shannon Krohe, MPH(cand.), Maya Gerstein, MPH and Cynthia Pellegrini Board 3 Epidemiological Justification for Systems-Level Health Policies to Reduce Mississippi Infant Deaths Manuela Staneva, MPH and Juanita C. Graham, DNP RN FRSPH Board 4 Assessing the MCH Navigator Impact on ... 1. Motivated to live a better life: A chronic disease self-management tool to improve and motivate healthier outcomes of Mississippians ... 333775 Motivated to live a better life: A chronic disease self-management tool to improve and motivate healthier outcomes of Mississippians Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Sebrenia Robinson, Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, MS LaTonya Lott, MS, MPH, Office of Health ... 1. Using mHealth and Social Media for Health Behavior Change (organized by HCWG) ... Prevention Texts for Health): A social marketing mHealth campaign, integrating text, web, and voice messaging, for obesity prevention efforts in Mississippi and Louisiana Caitlin Heitz, MSW, Danielle Hollar, PhD, MHA, MS and Herbie Hollar, MMC 8:45am Adapting a training of facilitators ... 1. Using Telehealth To Improve Population Health In Rural Communities Part I ... to Rural Veterans Jennifer Roseman, BSW, MA, CPSSS 2:50pm Assessing the Feasibility of Using Video Remote Medical Interpreting Services in Mississippi Department of Health Clinics Dora Moreno, MPH, Tanya Funchess, DHA, MPH, MSM, Valeria Pol, BA, Ana Alfaro-Correa, BA, MA, ScD ... 1. National and International Health findings and Big Data ... non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in New York City practices Arti Virkud, MPH, Laura Jacobson, MSPH and Remle Newton-Dame, MPH 9:10am Comorbidity in Mississippi Patients Hospitalized with Diabetes: The Use of Hospital Discharge Data for Conducting Evidence-Based, Population-Level Research Manuela Staneva, MPH, Lei Zhang, ...

Mississippi Related Presentations-APHA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL Nov. 2015 Page 9 1. Policies, programs, and systems for improving equity-I ... Health and Hospitals Corporation Camellia Mortezazadeh, MPH and Matilde Roman, JD 11:15am Cultural and Linguistic Competence Policy Assessment Across the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) Dora Moreno, MPH, Tanya Funchess, DHA, MPH, MSM, Shirley Pandolfi, JD, CSS and Ana Alfaro-Correa, ... 1. Adolescent and Teen Health: Addressing the Health Issues of Adolescents and Teens ... Haynes-Maslow, PhD, MHA 8:30am EBaby Phase II Results: Use of Online/Other Infant Care Resources among Minority Teen/Young Mothers in Rural Mississippi Kathleen Ragsdale, PhD, M. Maya McDoom, PhD, MPH and Sydney K. Harper, MS, CHES 8:50am Health Risk Behavior Variations between ... 1. Rural and frontier health ... Collins, BS and Robin C. Vanderpool, DrPH, CHES 12:50pm Differences in maintenance vs. acute care between a rural and urban Mississippi Medicare Advantage population with diabetes; a cross-sectional analysis Kayleigh Majercak, MS, Priya John, MPH, Christine Hettel, MPH, CPH, CPA, Erik ... 1. Quality of life of older South Africans: The role of social capital and disease ... Director of Research, International Health, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia Margaret Ralston, Department of Sociology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS Using a socio-environmental theory of aging and the first nationally representative population based study of older ... 1. Behavioral Science/Health Education and Maternal/Child Health Presentation ... 2, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Oral 8:30am Weight related perceptions and perceived threat to disease among African American Women in Mississippi Alyce Stewart, MPH, MCHES, DrPH (c), Mohammad Shahbazi, PhD, MPH, MCHES, Clifton C. Addison, PhD, David Brown, EdD, MCHES, Azad ... 1. Physical activity interventions in African American women: A recent qualitative review ... different interventions met the inclusion criteria. Results: All of the studies were conducted in the United States, (Alabama, California, Illinois, Mississippi and South Carolina). The sample sizes of the studies were generally small with a mean sample size of 148 women. ... 1. Racial Differences in College Student Alcohol Use ... 330138 Racial Differences in College Student Alcohol Use Sunday, November 1, 2015 Angela Robertson, Ph.D., Social Science Research Center (SSRC), Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS Courtney Walker, M.S., Social Science Research Center (SSRC), Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS Background: Drinking on ... 1. Shopping for Health: The Progress and Promise of the Jackson Medical Mall ... Medical Mall Monday, November 2, 2015 : 10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. Bettina Beech, DrPH, MPH, Medical Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS Primus Wheeler, MEd, Jackson Medical Mall Foundation, Jackson, MS Academic Health Centers (AHCs) are typically located ...

1. Evaluation of Cardiovascular Disease Initiatives: A University and State Health Department Partnership ... Health Department Partnership Monday, November 2, 2015 : 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Connie Baird- Thomas, Ph.D., Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, Canton, MS Issues: The Mississippi Delta Health Collaborative (MDHC) was established by the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH), ... 1. Distracted driving policies: What does the research show?

Mississippi Related Presentations-APHA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL Nov. 2015 Page 10 ... Distracted driving policies: What does the research show? Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Amy L. Radican-Wald, DrPH Candidate, MPH, Center for Mississippi Health Policy, Jackson, MS purpose: Determine the impact of mobile device use while driving to inform state policy considerations. methods: ... 1. Mobile device use policies targeting drivers: What does the evidence show? ... policies targeting drivers: What does the evidence show? Monday, November 2, 2015 Amy L. Radican-Wald, DrPH Candidate, MPH, Center for Mississippi Health Policy, Jackson, MS purpose: Determine the impact of mobile device use while driving to inform state policy considerations. methods: ... 1. Mobile device use policies targeting drivers: What the evidence shows ... evidence shows Wednesday, November 4, 2015 : 12:50 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Amy L. Radican-Wald, DrPH Candidate, MPH, Center for Mississippi Health Policy, Jackson, MS objective: Determine the impact of mobile device use while driving to inform state policy considerations. study ... 1. Progress on Health Improvement and Accreditation: APHA Affiliates Partnering with State and Local Health Departments ... 12:30pm Need Help Around Your Office? Linking MPH Students with Local Health Departments Lora Wier, AD 12:50pm Building a Healthier Mississippi Kay Henry, RN, MSN 1:10pm From ? Accreditation - What?? to ?We Can Do this!' Kaye Reynolds, DrPH 1:30pm Educating Arizona ... 1. Delta Alliance for Congregational Health: Identifying At-Risk and Undiagnosed Individuals through Congregational Health Screenings ... At-Risk and Undiagnosed Individuals through Congregational Health Screenings Monday, November 2, 2015 : 2:50 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Jackie Hawkins, Mississippi Delta Health Collaborative, Mississippi State Department of Health, Greenwood, MS Issues: Delta Alliance for Congregational Health (DACH) is based on ... 1. A Socio-Ecological Perspective on Alcohol Access, Social Capital, And High Risk Sexual Behaviors Among African American Men ... American Men Sunday, November 1, 2015 Dantrell Simmons, MA, School of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS Background: In Mississippi, African American men account for over half of all reported HIV cases. Previous studies indicate that neither sexual risk behaviors ...

1. Secrets to Success: Best practices and processes used in the Smoke Free New Orleans Campaign ... 2, 2015 : 3:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Jennifer Cofer, MPH, CHES, American Lung Association in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, Ridgeland, MS Leading the Smoke Free New Orleans effort was a mass undertaking of partner collaborations, regional and local health ... 1. Access to mental health care: Immigrant women's dilemma ... care: Immigrant women's dilemma Monday, November 2, 2015 Kamrun Mustafa, Ph. D CHES, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS Access to mental health care has been underreported for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, ... 1. Tougaloo College Active Life Program: Aging in Place ... Health and Wellness Center, Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS Patrice Jacobs, Owens Health and Wellness Center, Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS Background: Mississippi’s rural elderly have higher rates of overweight/obesity, physical inactivity, food insecurity, diabetes, heart disease and stroke compared to their urban ... 1. Hepatitis C in the United States: Emerging Trends in Incidence and Mortality

Mississippi Related Presentations-APHA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL Nov. 2015 Page 11 ... 100% in reported acute cases of HCV infection in recent years have occurred mainly in rural areas east of the Mississippi River. The profile of these infected PWIDs is that they are young, often younger than aged 25 years; white; almost ... 1. Seroprevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus type 2 (HSV-2) and associated risk factors among females in the USA: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2009-2012 ... and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2009-2012 Wednesday, November 4, 2015 : 1:42 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Ali Dehghanifirouzabadi, MPH, STD/HIV, Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, MS Background: HSV-2 is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections in the U.S., ...

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