Accomplishments: Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Courtney Coughenour, Maxim Gakh, Jennifer R. Pharr (all Environmental & Occupational Health), Timothy Bungum (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), and Sharon Jalene (Kinesiology) recently published an article on "Changes in Depression and Physical Activity Among College Students on a Diverse Campus After a COVID-19 Stay-at-Home" in the journal…
Kavita Batra and Manoj Sharma (both Environmental & Occupational Health) have published a commentary entitled, "Alcohol consumption in COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for alcohol education" in the August 2020 issue of the Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education in association with Vinayak Nahar of the University of Mississippi…
Kavita Batra, Amanda Elizabeth Morgan, and Manoj Sharma (all Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article, "COVID-19 and Social Isolation Endangering Psychological Health of Older Adults: Implications for Telepsychiatry" in the journal Signa Vitae.
Jennifer R. Pharr (Environmental & Occupational Health), Mary Angela M. Terencio (Occupational Therapy), and Timothy Bungum (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) published a study on "Physical Activity Guidelines Compliance and Its Relationship With Preventative Health Behaviors and Risky Health Behaviors" in the Journal of Physical…
Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) coauthored an article,"COVID-19 and Mental Well-Being: Guidance on the Application of Behavioral and Positive Well-Being Strategies" in the journal Healthcare with Amar Kanekar (University of Arkansas at Little Rock).
Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) coauthored an article, "Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress during COVID-19 Pandemic," with Ram Lakhan (Berea College) and Amit Agrawal (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), which was published in the Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice.
Renato "Rainier" M. Liboro (Psychology), Jason Flatt (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Dr. Samuel Parrish (Medicine), served as panelists on a virtual presentation on "Health Disparities in the LGBTQ+ Community," earlier this month. The event was presented to diverse students of the School of Medicine and was sponsored by the registered…
Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) coauthored an article, "Using the Multi-Theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change to Explain Yoga Practice," in Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine with his former students from Jackson State University.
Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) coauthored an article, "Motivations for Treatment Engagement in a Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program: A Qualitative Study" in the journal Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment in collaboration with coauthors from University of Memphis, Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, and…
Sanae El Ibrahimi (Environmental and Occupational Health) and colleagues from Comagine Health, the Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University and Pharmacy College at the Oregon State University recently published "A Comparison of Trends in Opioid Dispensing Patterns between Medicaid Pharmacy…
Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) was selected to receive the 2020 Mayhew Derryberry Award from the Public Health Education & Health Promotion section of the American Public Health Association (APHA). It will be awarded to him during the virtual APHA annual meeting in October.
The award honors…
Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) has published an article on application of the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to intentional outdoor nature contact behavior in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.