Accomplishments: Department of Social and Behavioral Health
Jennifer Pharr (EOH), Lung-Chang Chien (EAB), Max Gakh (EOH), Jason Flatt (SBH), Krystal Kittle (SBH), and Emylia Terry (EOH) from the School of Public Health recently published, "Moderating Effect of Community and Individual Resilience on Structural Stigma and Suicidal Ideation among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in the United…
Anita Chatterjee, Laurencia Bonsu, and Sidath Kapukotuwa (all Social and Behavioral Health) have been awarded a grant of $3,000 each for their proposal titled, “A phenomenological qualitative study based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to identify factors and ways to design interventions for quitting gambling among older…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored an article titled, “Mother-daughter’s relationship with menstrual hygiene and premenstrual symptoms in Iranian teenage girls,” in the Journal of Education and Community Health with authors from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. The article highlights the crucial role of mothers to buffer…
Sidath Kapukotuwa, Anita Chatterjee, and Laurencia Bonsu (all Social and Behavioral Health) have been awarded a grant of $3,000 each for their proposal titled, “Explaining the correlates of problem gambling behavior based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change among college students: A cross-sectional study,” by the 51ԹϺ's…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored an article titled, “Application of the multi-theory model to explain veterinarians’ intentions to use telehealth/telemedicine,” in the journal Veterinary Record, with authors from Lincoln Memorial University; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; and University of Mississippi Medical Center.…
Siddharth Raich (Social and Behavioral Health) received the American Public Health Association (APHA) Cancer Forum's Inaugural Cancer Public Health Student Award at this year's APHA national conference.
This award recognizes student achievement and passion in addressing cancer screening disparities and engagement with research and leadership…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) orally presented the paper, "Explaining readiness to change in physical inactivity behavior among college students in Mississippi using perfection quotient (PQ) model," at the 150th American Public Health Association annual meeting in Boston. He was also a co-presenter on 11 other presentations at this…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) coauthored an article titled, “Explaining physical activity behavior among university students in Fiji Islands using the multi-theory model of health behavior change: A cross-sectional study” with coauthors from Fiji National University and Berea College. The article lends…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) coauthored with colleagues at Chongqing Medical University the article “Understanding and use of nutrition labels of prepackaged food by university students: A cross-sectional study in Chongqing, China,” in the journal Nutrients (Impact Factor 6.706). The article highlights the need for developing…
Manoj Sharma, Ravi Batra (Social and Behavioral Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine), and coauthors from the University of Southern Mississippi, the University of Kentucky, and the University of Utah have published an article titled, “Assessing the testability of the multi-theory model (MTM) in predicting vaping quitting behavior among young adults in…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) coauthored an abstract titled, “Associations of perceived skin cancer absolute risk and comparative risk with sunscreen use among patients with keratinocyte carcinoma,” in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (the first-ranked journal in Dermatology with an IF of 11.527) along with…
Siddharth Raich, Asma Awan, Christopher Johansen, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) presented two papers at Nevada Public Health Association’s Annual Conference on September 13 and 14, 2022.
The papers were titled, “Disparities in cervical cancer screening programs among minority women in the United…