More than 15 students, faculty and staff members from the School of Public Health visited San Diego late last month to present individual research and school achievements at the annual American Public Health Association's national conference. The school's "Live It" theme resonated from coast to coast.
More than 15 students, faculty and staff members from the School of Public Health visited San Diego late last month to present individual research and school achievements at the annual American Public Health Association's national conference. The school's "Live It" theme resonated from coast to coast.
From October 25 – 29, 2008, members of the School of Public Health community delivered oral presentations, moderated or participated in roundtable discussions, or presented research findings to an international audience of public health officials.
This year’s theme was "Public Health Without Borders," and the research from the School of Public Health reflected the diverse reach of the conference.
A listing of the research includes:
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Lisa Bowleg, PhD -- "Intersectionality-Related Stress and Beyond: The Mental Health Trials and Tribulations of being Black, Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual"
Jonathan L. Cass, MPH -- "A Two-Year Evaluation of Community-Based Learning (CBL) Among 2008 Drexel University MPH Graduates"
Edna C. Garcia, BS -- "Anemia among Adolescent Females in Urban Public Health Clinics: Prevalence, Incidence, and the Need for Screening"
Mary E. Hovinga, PhD -- "A Two-Year Evaluation of Community-Based Learning (CBL) among 2008 Drexel University MPH Graduates"
Longjian Liu, MD, PhD -- "Use of Health Care Services for Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction among People with Diabetes Mellitus by Racial/Ethnic Groups in Pennsylvania"
Longjian Liu, MD, PhD -- "Association between Adherence to Treatment, Clinical Risk Factors, and Quality of Life among Congestive Heart Failure Patients"
Hernando R. Perez, PhD, MPH -- "Prevalence of Environmental Health & Safety Hazards Found in Home-Based Childcare Settings: Results from Three Years of Healthy Homes for Childcare"
Jane Pray, MSN -- "New Roles for Nurse-Family Partnership Public Health Nurse Home Visitors: Digital Video Disc (DVD) Productions"
Jennifer A. Taylor, PhD, MPH -- "Medical Injury Case Finding"
Jennifer A. Taylor, PhD, MPH -- "Organizational Safety Climate, Nurse Staffing, and Work-Related Nurse Injury"
Michelle Teti, MPH, DrPh -- "Safer Sex Strategies for HIV-Positive Women: Results from a Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Protect and Respect Intervention for Women Living with HIV/AIDS"
Augusta M. Villanueva, PhD -- "Evaluation of the Riverside Prison Project, A Sexuality Education Program for Women & Teens Developed by Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania (PPSP)"
Augusta M. Villanueva, PhD -- "A Two-Year Evaluation of Community-Based Learning (CBL) Among 2008 Drexel University MPH Graduates"
Seth Welles, ScD, PhD -- "Involvement with Street Violence, Incarceration, and Sex while Incarcerated among African-American Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) and non-MSM Enrolled at Urban Health Clinics"
Michael Yudell, PhD, MPH -- "From Eugenics to Genomics: A History of the Race Concept and its Impact on Contemporary Health Disparities"
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Lisa Bowleg, PhD -- "Pain on Top of Pain, Hurtness on Top of Hurtness: Understanding HIV-Positive Women's Daily Experiences with Oppression"
Carla Campbell, MD, MS -- "Primary Prevention of Lead Exposure Interventions for Low-Income Urban Newborns and their Families"
Curtis Cummings MD MPH -- "Pennsylvania Statewide Hospital Readiness Assessment: Improvement in Public Health Emergency Preparedness, 2002 – 2007"
Robert Ferdman, MPH -- "Disparities in Breast Cancer Awareness and Stage of Diagnosis among Women in Philadelphia"
Longjian Liu, MD, PhD -- "Disparities in Breast Cancer Awareness and Stage of Diagnosis among Women in Philadelphia"
Michelle Teti, MPH, DrPh -- "Safer Sex Strategies for HIV-Positive women: Results from a Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Protect and Respect Intervention for Women Living with HIV/AIDS"
Michelle Teti, MPH, DrPh -- "Pain on Top of Pain, Hurtness on Top of Hurtness: Understanding HIV-Positive Women's Daily Experiences with Oppression"
Lisa Ulmer, ScD, MSW -- "Reaching 18-24-Year-Old Men with Tobacco Programming through Job-Readiness Programs"
ROUNDTABLE PRESENTATIONS
Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH -- "Housing Instability Impacts Food Security and Well-Being in Young Children"
Raymond Lum, MPhil, MS -- "Health Disparities and linguistically Isolated Southeast Asians: Results of a Large Community-Based Survey"
Jennifer A. Taylor, PhD, MPH -- "Moderator: Annual Exploration of Injury Data Issues"
Seth Welles, ScD, PhD -- "Moderator: HIV/AIDS Prevention in LGBT Communities"
For copies of the listed presentations or research findings, please contact Joshua Roberts.