- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Risk Perception and Management
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Child Abuse and Trauma
University of South Carolina
2023-2025
The King's College
2019
Goodman Research Group (United States)
2019
Brigham Young University
2019
Life expectancy in the US is on decline. Mental health issues associated with opioid abuse and suicide have been implicated for this decline necessitating new approaches procedures. While Public Health 3.0 provides a call to action stakeholders work closely together address such complex problems as these, less attention has given engaging supporting most important primary producers of within US: families households. The idea that begins at home discussed from perspective primary, secondary,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded Cancer Research Network (CPCRN) is a national network which aims to accelerate the adoption implementation of evidence-based cancer prevention control strategies interventions in communities, enhance large-scale efforts reach underserved populations reduce their cancer-related health disparities, develop capacity dissemination work force specifically control. Our site has been part CPCRN since its inception 2002 with exception...
Background: Social capital is a construct of interaction and social trust in one's fellow community members. These interactions can provide safety net for individuals terms information, support, adherence to norms. While number studies have previously examined the relationship between health outcomes, few theparallel geographic "place" with respect outcomes. Methods: Considering as facilitated by specific structures, we evaluate neighborhood-level disability rates major Southern US city....
Context: The US government manages a large number of data sets, including federally funded collection activities that examine infectious and chronic conditions, as well risk protective factors for adverse health outcomes. Although there currently is no mature, comprehensive metadata repository existing federal agencies are working to develop make repositories available will improve discoverability. However, because these not yet operating at full capacity, researchers must rely on their own...
: The role of religion as a factor affecting smoking has received very little attention in epidemiologic research despite other risk factors for being well-documented and thoroughly researched. Previous on the intersection tobacco use focused primarily global faiths Islam, Judaism, Buddhism. This paper attempts to describe why members Church Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints abstain from use, by addressing current state landscape literature Mormon perspective. methodology prepare this...
A Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) is a complex natural event that occurs when algae reach critical biomass and create one or more toxins harmful to biological life the environment. By definition, HABs both ecological public health challenges. Because governments are entities most often tasked with responsibility for shared resources, this case study represents snapshot of current governmental messaging about in South Atlantic states. The objective online content analysis determine readability...