Accomplishments: Department of Social and Behavioral Health
Jennifer R. Pharr (Environmental & Occupational Health), Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), Jason D. Flatt, and Axenya Kachen (both Environmental & Occupational Health), along with Babayemi Olakunde, '20 PhD Public Health, recently published an article, "Exercise as a Mitigator of Poor Mental Health Among Lesbian, …
Gabriela Buccini (Environmental and Occupational Health) is a co-author of a newly published article, "Maternal Mental Health Mediates the Relationship Between Household Food Insecurity and Early Child Development in Brazil" in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin journal. Household food insecurity (HFI) is a well-known risk factor for…
Gabriela Buccini (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently published an article on "Scaling up of Brazil's Criança Feliz Early Childhood Development Program: An Implementation Science Analysis" in the journal ANNALS of the New York Academy of Sciences.
To address inequities that prevent socioeconomically vulnerable young…
Gabriela Buccini (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently published an article on "Scaling Up of Brazil’s Criança Feliz Early Childhood Development Program: An Implementation Science Analysis" in the Annals of the New York Academy of Science. To address inequities that prevent socioeconomically vulnerable young children from reaching…
Jason Flatt (Environmental and Occupational Health), co-authored a publication "Advanced Dementia: Recommendations to Address Workforce Needs," in OBM Geriatrics.
Melva Thompson-Robinson and Johanna Adlam (both Center for Health Disparities Research) published a paper on "COVID-19 and Communities of Color: Understanding the Impact of Racism on Public Health" in the Nevada Journal of Public Health.
In light of the recent declarations of racism as a public health crisis, the push to address the…
Tim Grigsby (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently published an article on "Correlates of COVID-19 Pandemic-related Increases in Sleep Aid and Anti-anxiety Medication Use" in the Journal of Substance Use.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a stressful environment of fear, isolation, and economic instability. This study quantifies…
Jason Flatt (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored a paper on "Predictors of Mind–Body Therapy Use Among Sexual Minority Older Adults" in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
Timothy J. Grigsby (Environmental and Occupational Health) published an article on the "Comparison of Substance Use Estimates by Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity between Two Representative Samples of the US Adult Population" in the Population Research & Policy Review.
This paper presents differences in past year estimates of alcohol,…
Jason Flatt (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored a publication in the Journal of American Medicine Neurology: "Sexual and Gender Minority Health in Neurology: A Scoping Review"
Timothy Grigsby (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored an article on "Pandemic-Specific Factors Related to Generalized Anxiety Disorder during the Initial COVID-19 Protocols in the United States" in the journal Issues in Mental Health Nursing.
The purpose for the current study is to assess the prevalence rates of generalized…
Melva Thompson-Robinson, Jennifer Pharr, Marya Shegog (all Public Health) and Sandra Owens, along with Philip Danquah (Public Health alumni) presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo on the topic: HIV risk behaviors associated with the willingness to take PrEP among young university students in the…