The College of Public Health was well represented at the most recent annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, including almost three dozen faculty, staff and students addressing a wide range of topics of regional and national important. The theme of the meeting was “Creating the Healthiest Nation: Overcoming Social & Ethical Challenges,” and was held from November 12 – 15 in Atlanta Georgia.
The topics covered, included:
- Advancing health in rural communities through shared service arrangements: Leveraging existing strengths and overcoming common challenges. Haleigh Leslie, Christen Minnick, Wyatt J Beckman, Olivia Sullivan and Nneoma Ubah
- Age-based spatial disparities of COVID-19 incidence rates in the United States counties Qian Huang
- Barriers to vision care in underserved communities in northeast Tennessee Jodi Southerland, Muhammad Elahi, Shimin Zheng, Priscilla Rogers, and Kayla Dodson
- Bright Spots: Case Studies of Successful Strategies for COVID-19 Vaccination in Rural Communities Samuel Pettyjohn, Megan Heffernan, Luciana Rocha, Laura Trull, Michael Meit, Casey Balio
- Data, Data, and More Data: Overview of Rural Mapping Tools. Qian Huang, Megan Heffernan, Michael Meit
- Determining how rural and frontier communities utilize public health emergency capabilities: Lessons from listening sessions Michael Meit, Christen Minnick, Laura Trull, and Haleigh Leslie
- Factors that Determine the Outcome of Valvular Disease among Patients based on the Type of Hospital, Location of Patient, and Type of Insurance. Francis Okeke, Francis Onakpoma, Saudikatu Mamudu, Charles Olomofe, Asifat Olamide, Hadii M. Mamudu, Manik Ahuja, Florence M. Weierbach, Ghaith Husari, Krishna Singh, Timir Paul
- Pattern of Liver Disease in Hospitalized patients with Cardiometabolic Morbidities: A United States Experience. Abdulrasak Ejiwumi, Adedeji Adenusi, Francis Onakpoma, Kelli Greer, Hadii Mamudu, Manik Ahuja, Florence Weierbach Ghaith Husari
- Prevalence and factors associated with long COVID among US adults with the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection: Insights from a national survey Kusse Toitole, Laura Trull, W. Samuel Manalew, Shimin Zheng, Dawn Rowe, Nathan Hale
- Primary Care Visits by the Postpartum Women with Gestational Diabetes and Hypertension: Analysis of Medicaid Claims Data in South Carolina. Kajol Dahal, Melissa White, Nathan Hale
- A Rural Lens on Federal Block Grant Distribution Kate Beatty, Stephanie Mathis, Margaret Francisco, Michael Meit, Casey Balio
- Variation in the Public Health Workforce Composition by Geography, Economic Factors, Race, and Ethnicity Casio Balio, Haleigh Leslie, Michael Meit
- Panel Discussion: CDC’s Office of Rural Health Michael Meit