142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Index of Handouts

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Mitigating indoor thermal stress and improving health: A case study of green and healthy housing for older adults in Phoenix, Arizona
Sherry Ahrentzen, PhD, University of Florida; Ernesto Fonseca, PhD, Elemental Architecture; James Erickson, PhD, Arizona State University; Kim Shea, PhD, University of Arizona

Using Extended Parallel Process Model to guide the development of a tool to assist community-dwelling older adults in rural areas prepare for disasters
Sato Ashida, PhD, University of Iowa College of Public Health; Erin Robinson, MSW, MPH, University of Iowa; Ellen Schafer, MPH, University of Iowa College of Public Health; Elizabeth Rook, University of Iowa; Marizen Ramirez, MPH, PhD, University of Iowa

Disability Levels and Correlates among Older Mobile Home Dwellers, an NHATS analysis
Tala al-Rousan, M.D., University of Iowa College of Public Health; Robert B. Wallace, MD, MSc, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Effect of Proxy Respondents on Quality of Life Survey Results
Brittney Romanson, MPH, Georgia State University; Glenn Landers, Sc.D., MBA, MHA, Georgia State University; Kristi Fuller, MSW, Georgia State University; Mohammad Khalaf, MPH, Georgia State University; Elizabeth Kauss, MSW, Georgia State University

Insulin resistance associated with the intake of fructose-containing beverages among adolescents
Shian-Kai Wang, Kaohsiung Medical University; Wei-Ting Lin, National Yang-Ming University; Chun-Ying Lee, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital; Pei-Wen Wu, Kaohsiung Medical University; Hsiao-Ling Huang, Kaohsiung Medical University; Yu-Wen Chiu, DrPH, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans; Chien-Hung Lee, Kaohsiung Medical University

Opt-ing out: A multivariate analysis of refusal of free, rapid HIV testing in an urban emergency department
Andrea Huth, Georgetown University School of Medicine; Tulsi Patel, Georgetown University School of Medicine; Chris Thomas, Georgetown University School of Medicine; Jeffrey Bien, Georgetown University School of Medicine; Richard Teran, MPH, Georgetown University; Korin Hudson, MD, FACEP, Georgetown University; Princy Kumar, MD, Georgetown University; Brendan Furlong, MD, FACEP, Georgetown University

Self-efficacy and adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in HIV-infected Patients in New York City (NYC): Findings from the Medical Monitoring Project (MMP)
Michael Navejas, PHD, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Kathleen H. Reilly, PhD MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Shavvy Raj-Singh, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Alan Neaigus, PhD, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Dating and Protective Sex Behaviors of Young Black MSM Who Use Dating Phone Applications
Danielle Gilliard, MPH, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health; Eric Nehl, PhD, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health; Frank Wong, Ph.D., Rollins School of Public Health; Sophia Hussen, MD, MPH, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health

Data Linkages between Public Health and Education Programs for Young Children with Special Needs
Taletha Derrington, PhD, SRI International; Donna Spiker, PhD, SRI International; Kathleen Hebbeler, PhD, SRI International; Martha Diefendorf, MRP, University of Chapel Hill North Carolina

Linguistic cues via the telephone and Black parents' access to well child visits
Tamara Leech, PhD, IU Fairbanks School of Public Health; Anne Mitchell, MA, IUPUI

Evaluating a Program to Increase Blood Donation among Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities in New York City
Victoria A. Frye, MPH, DrPH, New York Blood Center; Melinda Caltabiano, MS, New York Blood Center; Debra Kessler, RN, New York Blood Center; Harvey Schaffler, New York Blood Center; Mark Rebosa, New York Blood Center; Christopher Hillyer, MD, New York Blood Center; Beth Shaz, MD, New York Blood Center

Role of Public Health Nursing in the Norovirus Outbreak Prevention Project
Veronica Caballero, R.N., B.S.N., P.H.N, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Evelyn Ocampo, R.N., B.S.N., P.H. N., Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Evelyn Gonzalez, R.N., B.S.N., P.H.N., Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Rachel Civen, M.D., M.P.H., Los Angeles County Acute Communicable Disease Control Program

Effect of a Peer-led Nutrition and Physical Education Intervention on Behavior
Vaple Robinson, PhD, RN, CHES, Coppin State University

Omaha System as a Structured Approach to Public Health Nursing Education
Debra Eardley, DNP, RN, PHN, Metropolitan State University; Karen A. Monsen, RN, PhD, FAAN, University of Minnesota

Innovations in incontinence education: Online audiovisual educational modules for older adults affected by urinary incontinence
Catherine Smith, MLS, MPH, University of Alabama Birmingham; Brian Geiger, EdD, FAAHE, The Horizons School; Marcia O'Neal, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Laura L. Talbott, PhD, CHES, University of Alabama at Birmingham; David Coombs, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Mary Gillispie, MD, Healthy Roads Media

Housing Our Heroes: Suggestions to Grow the VA Medical Foster Home Program
Leah Haverhals, MA, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System; Chelsea Manheim, LCSW, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System; Jacqueline Jones, PhD, RN, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System; Cari Levy, MD, PhD, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

FDA Center for Tobacco Products - Tobacco Adverse Event Reporting Surveillance and Update
Susan Rudy, MSN, CRNP, CORLN, USDHHS / Food & Drug Administration / Center for Tobacco Products; Nancy Chang, MD, USDHHS / FDA / CTP; Ii-Lun Chen, MD, FAAP, USDHHS / FDA

Creating a Tobacco Cessation Environment: Training College Students How to Ask, Advise, and Refer
Julie Scholer, M.Ed., MPA, Maricopa County Public Health Department; Keith Walker, MA, Maricopa County Public Health Department

Impact of Smoke-/Tobacco-free Policies on Student Tobacco-Use Rates at Postsecondary Institutions in Minnesota
Meghan Mason, MPH, University of Minnesota; Katherine Lust, PhD, MPH, RD, University of Minnesota; Julia Sanem, MPH, University of Minnesota; David Golden, BA, BS, University of Minnesota; John Kingsbury, PhD, Minnesota Department of Health; Maria Rudie, MPH, Minnesota Department of Health

Research and advocacy for a smoke-free Alaska: Academic and advocate perspectives
Katie Cueva, MAT, MPH, Institute of Social and Economic Research; Katie Reilly, MPH, American Lung Association in Alaska

Review of Country-Level Programming in Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Janice Meerman, MPP/MPH, World Health Organization; Marzella Wustefeld, PhD, World Health Organization

Impact of Menu Labeling on Adolescents in Four Diverse Los Angeles Communities
Valerie Ruelas, LCSW, USC Keck School of Medicine; Ellen Iverson, MPH, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Jennifer Jackson, MPH, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Meghan Treese, BS, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Cesar Arauz, AAS, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Sexual Health Information Sources for College Students: Gender Differences and Associations with Sexual Healthcare Behaviors
Sarah Beshers, PhD, SUNY-Cortland; Jill M. Murphy, PhD, SUNY-Cortland; Martin Mahoney, MD, PhD, Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Displacement and rape: Haiti's experience since the 2010 earthquake
Nicholas Thomas, MPH, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Preference for Injectable Contraceptives in Ghana: An Analysis of Mediating Factors
Frank Ankobea, MD FWACS, KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL; Dennis O. Laryea, MD MPH MGCP, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital; Emmanuel Morhe, MD FWACS; Yaw Amoako, BSc MD FWACP, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Thinking Outside the Pamphlet: An Amazing Story about Joey the Kangaroo Reaching America's Most Vulnerable Children
Jessica Drennan, MSW, Centers for Disease Control; Brittney Francis, MPH, Westat; Erika Bonilla, Westat; Erika Reed-Gross, Westat; Rebecca Wolf, Center for Disease Control; Katie Green, Center for Disease Control; Denise Levis, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Implementation of Active Early: A Wisconsin guide for improving childhood physical activity
Jonathon Morgan, Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Kelli Stader, MPH, RD, Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Interactive effects of social networks and neighborhood disadvantage on heavy drinking: A longitudinal study
Vanessa Au, BS, BA, Public Health Institute; Marylou Frendo, MPH, Public Health Institute; Katherine J. Karriker-Jaffe, PhD, Public Health Institute

Effects of distance to treatment on subsequent alcohol consumption
Jamie Heisey, MA, Public Health Institute; Jane Witbrodt, PhD, Alcohol Research Group; Lee Ann Kaskutas, DrPH, Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute; Katherine J. Karriker-Jaffe, PhD, Public Health Institute

Exposure to neighborhood poverty and drinking patterns over five years
Katherine J. Karriker-Jaffe, PhD, Public Health Institute; Kevin L. Delucchi, PhD, University of California San Francisco; Shalika Gupta, BS, Public Health Institute

Modeling US county premature mortality
James L. Wilson, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University; Christopher J. Mansfield, PhD, East Carolina University

Charging Forward: Lessons Learned from the Implementation of the In-Person Assistor/Navigator Program for the NY State of Health Benefit Exchange within the Asian Pacific American Community
Lindsey Riley, MPH, New York University School of Medicine; Noilyn Abesamis-Mendoza, MPH, Coalition for Asian American Children & Families

Patient- reported outcome surveillance and geographic variation for older cancer survivors: Using the SEER-MHOS linked data resource
Erin E. Kent, PhD, National Cancer Institute; Anita Ambs, MPH, National Cancer Institute; Steven Clauser, PhD, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Extending Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) through Partnership Development, Capacity Building and Innovative Strategies: The Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (Detroit URC)
Barbara A. Israel, DrPH, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Zachary Rowe, BBA, Friends of Parkside; Ricardo Guzman, MSW, MPH, Community Health & Social Services Center, Inc; LaNeice Jones, MSW, Neighborhood Services Organization; Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD, MS, Henry Ford Health System; Amy Schulz, MPH, MSW, PhD, University of Michigan; Richard Lichtenstein, PhD, University of Michigan; Ashley Weigl, MPH/MSW, University of Michigan; Julia Weinert, MPH, University of Michigan School of Public Health

Predictors of obesity among adolescents with disabilities
Mia Papas, PhD, University of Delaware; Michelle Axe, BS, University of Delaware

Association between Benzene Exposure, Circulating Angiogenic Cell Levels, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in the Louisville Healthy Heart Study
Natasha DeJarnett, PhD, MPH, University of Louisville; Daniel Conklin, PhD, University of Louisville; Daniel Riggs, MS, University of Louisville; Timothy O'Toole, PhD, University of Louisville; James McCracken, PhD, University of Louisville; Wesley Abplanalp, PhD, University of Louisville; Petra Haberzettl, PhD, University of Louisville; Ray Yeager II, MPH, University of Louisville; Sanjay Srivastava, PhD, University of Louisville; Ihab Hamzeh, MD, Baylor College of Medicine; Stephen Wagner, MD, University of Louisville; Atul Chugh, MD, University of Louisville; Andrew Defilippis, MD, MSc, University of Louisville; Tiffany Ciszewski, MEd, University of Louisville; Bradley Wyatt, MPH, University of Louisville; Carrie Becher, MPH, University of Louisville; Deirdre Higdon, MSN, ANP-BC, University of Louisville; Zhengzhi Xie, PhD, University of Louisville; Kenneth Ramos, MD, PhD, University of Louisville; David J. Tollerud, MD, MPH, University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences; John A. Myers, PhD, MSPH, University of Louisville; Shesh Rai, PhD, University of Louisville; Sumanth Prabhu, MD, University of Louisville; Aruni Bhatnagar, PhD, University of Louisville

Cost per calorie of chips or fruits: Produce prices, variety and caloric intake effects on food purchases in corner stores/bodegas in NYC
Mindy Chang, MPH, DVM, City Harvest, Inc.; Veronica Uzoebo, Ed.D., City Harvest, Inc., NYC; Sheilah Crowley, City Harvest, Inc

Reporting Guideline for Trials of Social and Psychological Interventions: CONSORT-SPI
Evan Mayo-Wilson, DPhil, Johns Hopkins University; Sean Grant, MSc, University of Oxford; Paul Montgomery, DPhil; Kenneth McLeroy, PhD, Texas A&M School of Public Health

Maximizing Retention in an Urban Prospective Cohort Study
Elaina Murray, BS, Saint Louis University; Kate E. Beatty, PHD, MPH, Saint Louis University; Louise H. Flick, DrPH, MPE, MSN, Saint Louis University, College of Public Health & Social Justice; Micheal Elliott, PHD, Saint Louis University; Lisa V. John, PhD, Battelle Memorial Institute; Vetta Thompson-Sanders, PHD, Washington University in St. Louis; Allison King, MD, MPH, Washington University in St. Louis; Laura W. Bernaix, PhD, RN, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Candi LeDuc, RN, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Elizabeth Lacy, RN, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Kristi Helmkamp, RN, Battelle St. Louis Operations; Amanda S. Harrod, MPH, Saint Louis University; Nicole I. Weinstein, MSW, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research

Cancer mortality and other causes of death in users of geothermal hot water
Adalbjorg Kristbjornsdottir, MPH, University of Iceland; Vilhjalmur Rafnsson, MD, University of Iceland

Peruvian FSW Perspectives on Ethics-Relevant Experiences of Participating in an HPV Vaccine Clinical Trial
Brandon Brown, MPH Epidemiology, PhD International Health, University of California Irvine; Mariam Davtyan, MPH, University of California Irvine; Angela Bayer, PhD, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; Celia Fisher, Fordham University

Network of Health Professionals Combatting Human Trafficking- HEAL Trafficking
Hanni Stoklosa, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard School of Public Health; Aimee Grace, MD, MPH, Children's National Medical Center; Makini Chisolm-Straker, MD, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University; Sue Baldwin, MD, MPH, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Kimberly Chang, MD, Asian Health Services; Nicole Littenberg, MD, MPH, Pacific Survivor Center

Does selection of foods in the school cafeteria by 6-8 year olds translate into consumption? Results of a cafeteria observation study
Susan M. Gross, PhD, MPH, RD, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health; Allison Zucker, MPH, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Erin Biehl, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health; Sahnah Lim, MIA, MPH, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health; Beth Marshall, DrPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Marycatherine Augustyn, PhD, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health; David M. Paige, MD MPH, Johns Hopkins University; Kristin N. Mmari, DrPH, MA, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Implications of Community Supported Agriculture-Farmshare Programs as Alternative Food Networks
Fayomi Agboola, MPH, RN, Loma Linda University; Patti Herring, PhD, RN, Loma Linda University; Daniel Handysides, DrPH, Loma Linda University; Mark Ghamsary, PhD, Loma Linda University School of Public health; Peter Gleason, Ph.D., Loma Linda University

Assessing Variation in Revenue Generating Strategies of Local Health Departments
Sergey Sotnikov, PhD, CDC; Huabin Luo, PhD, CDC; Tim van Wave, PhD, CDC

What's your ROI? Making the Case for Improving Public Health: Reducing Hypertension through Primary Care and Public Health Integration in Rural Oklahoma
Karl Ensign, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO); Jon Lowry, Oklahoma State Department of Health

Economic Evaluation of 2012 Fungal Meningitis Outbreak in New River Valley
Nargesalsadat Dorratoltaj, MS, MPH, Virginia Tech; Margaret O'Dell, MD, MFA, Virginia Department of Health; Page Bordwine, MPH, MT(ASCP), New River Health District; Thomas Kerkering, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine; Kerry Redican, PhD, MPH, MSPH, CHES, Virginia Tech; Kaja Abbas, PhD, MPH, Virginia Tech

HIV in a relational context: Understanding social support among HIV-infected African American dyads
Katie E. Mosack, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Katherine Becker, MA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Ashley K. Billig, MA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Angela R. Wendorf, MS, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Amanda M. Brouwer, PhD, Winona State University; Cami Thomas, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Patricia E. Stevens, RN, PhD, FAAN, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Conceptual Model of a Proficient Massage Therapist
Ann Blair Kennedy, LMT, DrPH(c), University of South Carolina

Heal the Healer
Maisha Amen, Ramapo College

CAMéxico: Mexican herbal remedy usage across borders
Amy Patel, MPH, Council of State & Territorial Epidemiologists

Love Me, Parents! Impact of an Integrated National Safe Motherhood Campaign in Tanzania
Michelle Kaufman, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Jennifer Orkis, MHS, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Jennifer Harman, PhD, Colorado State University; Robert Ainslie, MA International Affairs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs; Elizabeth Serlemitsos, Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs Tanzania; Waziri Nyoni, Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs Tanzania

Does place matter for healthy early child environments?
Karen Peifer, PhD, MPH, RN, First Things First; Ann Kaskel, RN, First Things First; Roopa Iyer, PhD, First Things First

Conducting evidence-based advocacy to improve abortion access: Lessons from the field
Amanda Dennis, DrPH, MBE, Ibis Reproductive Health; Fran Linkin, MPH, Center for Reproductive Rights; Bridgit Burns, MPH, Ibis Reproductive Health; Kelly Baden, BA, Center for Reproductive Rights; Ella Douglas-Durham, MPH, Ibis Reproductive Health; Angela Hooton, JD, Center for Reproductive Rights

Role of the provider in HPV vaccine uptake among African American adolescent girls
Tracie Graham, MPH, Emory University; Colleen Crittenden Murray, DrPH, MPH, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health; Ralph J. DiClemente, PhD, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory Univeristy; Debbie Yembra, MPH, CHES, Emory University

HPV vaccination uptake among those at greatest risk: Lessons learned from the field
Colleen Crittenden Murray, DrPH, MPH, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health; Tracie Graham, MPH, Emory University; Ralph J. DiClemente, PhD, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory Univeristy; Debbie Yembra, MPH, CHES, Emory University

Cultural Competency in Health Care: Evaluating the Outcomes of a Cultural Competency Training Among Healthcare Professionals
Sunil Khanna, PhD, Oregon State University; Margaret Henning, MA, PhD, Keene State College

Avatar Usage in HIV/AIDS Education with Gender and Ethnic Considerations
Mark Hart, Ed.D., University of Florida; Johanzynn Gatewood, University of Florida

Improving a community-based experience for medical students
Heather Archer-Dyer, MPH, CHES, Albert Enstein College of Medicine; Zoon Naqvi, MBBS, MHPE, EdM, Albert Enstein College of Medicine; Maria Santos, MD, Albert Enstein College of Medicine; Cheryl Merzel, DrPH, MPH, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Jason J. Fletcher, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; William B. Jordan, MD MPH, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Listen to the People: Perceptions of the Cancer Control Plan in a Rural State
Rebecca Randall, EdD, RN, South Dakota State University; Linda Burdette, PhD, RN, South Dakota State University; Gina Rowe, PhD, DNP, MPH, PHCNS-BC, South Dakota State University; Jennifer Kerkvliet, MA, LPC, NCC, South Dakota State University; Nancy L. Fahrenwald, PhD, RN, APHN-BC, South Dakota State University

Entry Level Baccalaureate Nursing Students as Health Coaches
Kim Decker, PhD, RN, CNS, Indiana University; Desiree Hensel, PhD, RN, PCNS-BC, CNE, Indiana University

“State of The Science Update: Sexually Transmitted Infections"
Heidi Collins Fantasia, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Correlation of high impact flood zones with population health outcomes
Gale A. Spencer, PhD, RN, Binghamton University; Sharon A. Bryant, PhD, Binghamton University; Florence Margai, PhD, Binghamton University

Serving Together: Using Peer Navigators to Enhance Veterans' Health and Well-being
Sally A. Koblinsky, PhD, University of Maryland; Katie Hrapczynski, PhD, University of Maryland; Suzanne Randolph, PhD, The MayaTech Corporation; Stefanie Moreno, LCSW-C, Mental Health Association of Montgomery County; Jessica Fuchs, MA, CRC, Mental Health Association of Montgomery County; Ernest Spycher, SGT (Ret), Mental Health Association of Montgomery County

Food Insecurity in Rural Utah: Identification of Nutritional Habits, Barriers and Potential Barriers to Quality Nutrition and a Planning Framework for a Nutrition Intervention Program
Laura Belgique, BS, MPH, Westminster College; Adrienne Butterwick, BS, MPH, Westminster College; John Contreras, PhD, Westminster College; Han Kim, Ph.D., Westminster College

HPV and HPV Vaccination: Recognizing and Identifying Opportunities to Develop Materials for College Students
Rosemary Corriero, University of South Carolina; Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES, University of South Carolina; Shalanda Bynum, PhD, MPH, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Jessica Bellinger, PhD, MPH, University of South Carolina

Depression rates among veterans by different conflict eras
Eric Adjei Boakye, Saint Louis University; Lisa Stringer, Saint Louis University; Christian Geneus, Saint Louis University

A Process Evaluation of a Food Access and Food Literacy program to Increase Fruits and Vegetables Intake Among Low-Income Families
Jane Momoh, MS, University of North Texas- Health Science Center; Shreela Sharma, PhD RD LD, University of Texas, School of Public Health; Heather Kitzman-Ulrich, PhD, University of North Texas Health Science Center; Christine Markham, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston

Online posts of men who buy sex with women: A mixed methods analysis of the USA Sex Guide
Dawn Bounds, MSN, PMHNP-BC, Rush University; Keren Roberts, BA, Rush University; Wrenetha Julion, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Rush University College of Nursing; Kathleen Delaney, PhD, PMH-NP, FAAN, Rush College of Nursing; Susan Breitenstein, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, Rush University

Examining Domestic Violence High Risk Teams: A Qualitative Assessment of this Promising Approach in Massachusetts
Kamala Smith, MPH, Abt Associates; Mica Astion, MSCJ, Abt Associates; Michael Shively, Ph.d., Abt Associates Inc.

Unbreathable: A Study of Community-Perceived Cancer Mortality from Industrial Toxins along the Houston Ship Channel through Spatial-temporal Analysis in a GIS Environment
Demetrice R. Jordan, M.A., Cert. GIS, Michigan State University; Denae King, PhD, Texas Southern University; Cruz Hinojosa, Environmental Community Advocates of Galena Park; Lovell Jones, PhD, Texas A & M University Corpus Christi

Asessing Long-term Climatic Change on Mortality Patterns Marginal Communities in Gansu China
Lai Sze Tso, PhD, Wayne State University; Guowei Yu, PhD, Northwest University for Nationalities; Lai Sze Tso, PhD

Geographic Differences in Allergic Sensitization and Environmental Exposures among Children with Asthma: Comparing Patient Differences in a Study of Three Geographically-Distinct Federally Qualified Healthcare Centers
Michelle Sever, PhD, Rho, Inc.; Ryan Bailey, MA, Rho, Inc.; Amanda Smith, MS, Rho, Inc.; Katy Jaffee, MS, Rho, Inc.; Suzanne Kennedy, PhD, Rho, Inc.; David Stevens, MD, George Washington University; Maya Gerstein, MPH, George Washington University; Anne Markus, PhD, JD, MHS, George Washington University; Herman Mitchell, PhD, Rho

Mortality from motorcycle crashes: The baby-boomer cohort effect
Victor Puac-Polanco, MD, MSCE, Columbia University in the City of New York; Guohua Li, MD, DrPH, Columbia University in the City of New York

Effect of road characteristics on the incidence of crashes involving farm vehicles: A matched case-control study
Shabbar Ranapurwala, MPH, PhD, Injury Prevention Research Center, College of Public Health, University of Iowa; Mitchell Greenan, MS, Injury Prevention Research Center, College of Public Health, University of Iowa; Elizabeth Mello, BA, University of Iowa; Hongqian Wu, MPH, Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Iowa; Marizen Ramirez, MPH, PhD, University of Iowa

Use of a driving simulator to assess risk of bicycle-motor vehicle crashes
Richard Neitzel, PhD, CIH, University of Michigan; Stephanie Sayler, BS, University of Michigan; Ken Guire, MS, University of Michigan; C. Raymond Bingham, PhD, University of Michigan

Translation of an evidence-based safe teen driving program into a workplace wellness program
Karisa Harland, MPH, PhD, The Injury Prevention Research Center, and University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics; Corinne Peek-Asa, PhD, MPH, University of Iowa

Identifying Common Errors in Child Restraint Use
Shelby Bachman, BS, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Garrett Salzman, BA, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Rita Burke, PhD, MPH, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Helen Arbogast, MPH, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Pearl Ruiz, BA, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Jeffrey Upperman, MD, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Cost effectiveness of wearing a motorcycle helmet in preventing death or serious injury
Gwendolyn Gill, BS, JD, MA, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Bystander CPR Rate for out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest
Tom Eckstein, MBA, Arundel Street Consulting; Lucinda Klann; Ben Bobrow, M.D.; Thomas Rea, M.D., M.P.H.

Cultural models of CVD risk factors: Understanding diet change and changing diets in St. Lucia
Colleen Cherry, PhD, University of Georgia; Elizabeth Serieux, MPH, University of Georgia

Effectiveness of a workplace oral health promotion intervention program on oral health status for employees in Taiwan
Tzu-Hsien Lin, Ph.D., China Medical University; Chin-Shun Chang, DDS, MPH, Ph.D., Taiwan Society of Oral Health; Chen-Yi Lee, PhD, Kaohsiung Medical University; Hsiao-Ling Huang, Dr.PH, MPH, Kaohsiung Medical University; Ruey-Yu Chen, PhD, Taipei Medical University; Chun-Chan Ting, DDS, PhD, Kaohsiung Medical University; Jia-Hua Yu, MS, Kaohsiung Medical University; Chih-Chia Chen, Kaohsiung Medical University; Wen-Yao Chang, Kaohsiung Medical University; Shu-Mei Chiang, MS, Ministry of Health and Ware; Yu-Wei Huang, MS, Ministry of Health and Ware

Evaluation of using Expanded Practice Dental Hygienists to provide expanded services in Oregon's School-based Dental Sealant Program
Amy Umphlett, MPH, Oregon Health Authority; Shanie Mason, MPH, CHES, Oregon Health Authority; Laurie Johnson, RDH, MA, Oregon Health Authority

Determining the effect of parental/caregiver dental education on dental hygiene practices of their children
Deepa Pishey, BDS, MHA, MPH, Joint program of Louisiana State University School of Allied Health Professions and Louisiana State University Shreveport; Dennis Wissing, PhD, FAARC, Louisiana State University Health Shreveport - School of Allied Health Professions

Framing the Future of Education for Public Health: Recommendations for the 21st Century Master of Public Health (MPH) Degree
Donna Petersen, ScD, MHS, University of South Florida; Robert Meenan, MD, MPH, MBA, Boston University; Ruth Gaare Bernheim, JD, MPH, University of Virginia; Harrison Spencer, MD, MPH, CPH, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health

Let's Talk about Alzheimer's/Hablemos del Alzheimer - Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior of Hispanic caregivers about Alzheimer's Disease
Magdalena Castro Lewis, National Alliance for Hispanic Health; Edgar Gil, MBA, National Alliance for Hispanic Health

Impacts of a computer and Internet skills training program on communication and social connectedness among low-income older adults
Jinsook Kim, PhD, MPH, DDS, Northern Illinois University; Jennifer Gray, PhD, MPP, Northern Illinois University; James R. Ciesla, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University

Association between hazardous drinking and exposure to community violence in the U.S.-Mexico border region
Anne Lown, Dr.P.H., University of California, San Francisco; Guilherme Borges, National Institute of Psychiatry (Mexico City); Cheryl J. Cherpitel, DrPH, Public Health Institute; Jason Bond, PhD, Public Health Institute; Thomas K. Greenfield, PhD, Public Health Institute; Sarah Zemore, PhD, Public Health Institute

PhotoVoice as a community-based evaluation method
Katie Cueva, MAT, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Ventura Lovato, BA, Community Member, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Danya Carroll, MPH, Community Member, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Sean Parker, Community Member, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Jennifer Richards, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Kaitlin Mosley, BA, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Tyson Coriz, Community Member, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Travis Nieto, Community Member, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Aaron Martinez, Community Member, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Caitlyn Hatzell, BA, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Michael Howell, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Keioshiah Peter, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Nicole Neault, MPH, Johns Hopkins University; Corinne Shefner-Rogers, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Kristen Speakman, MA, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Jessica Delmar, BA, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Change pathways in indigenous and non-indigenous youth suicide
Deborah Goebert, DrPH, University of Hawaii - John A. Burns School of Medicine; Fumiaki Hamagami, PhD, Longitudinal Research Institute; Earl Hishinuma, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa - John A. Burns School of Medicine; Jane Chung-Do, DrPH, University of Hawaii at Manoa - John A. Burns School of Medicine; Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda, DrPH, University of Hawaii at Manoa - John A. Burns School of Medicine; Kris Bifulco, MPH, University of Hawaii at Manoa - John A. Burns School of Medicine; Tasha Tydingco, BA, University of Hawaii at Manoa - John A. Burns School of Medicine

Chronic Stress in Adolescents: Implications for Immigrant Populations
Olga Acosta Price, PhD, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health

Reducing racial bias among health care providers
Diana Burgess, PhD, University of Minnesota

Use of reflection in public health education in health literacy
Bonnie Braun, PhD, University of Maryland Extension

Reflective practice in nursing and cultural competency education
Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, RN, University of Maryland School of Nursing

Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals – Improving to better meet public health workforce needs
Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Public Health Foundation; Ron Bialek, MPP, Public Health Foundation

Cancer disparities and health equity: Contributing regional factors among the underserved in MA
Joshua Nyambose, PhD, MALD, Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Gail Merriam, MSW, MPH, Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Terry Greene, M.S., JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.; Jacqueline Nolan, MPH, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.; Karen Schneider, PhD, John Snow, Inc.; Lewis Holmes, MD, MPH; Gretchen Latowsky, MEd, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.; Jane Hynson, BSPH; Xue Dai

Action-Centered Data and Tools: County Health Rankings
Bridget Catlin, PhD, MHSA, University of Wisconsin; Julie A. Willems Van Dijk, RN, PhD, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Environmental Health Literacy: What does it mean to you?
Marti Lindsey, Ph.D., University of Arizona

Answering needs and deficits: The 2013 APHA Cancer genomics in public health policy statement
Stephen M. Modell, MD, MS, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Chikezie C. Maduka, MA, PhD, Seat Pleasant University of Maryland Health Partnership; Esha Mathew, BS, MEng, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Guided Imagery for Arthritis and other Rheumatic Conditions: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Meagan Stabler, B.S., West Virginia University; Peter Giaccobi Jr., PhD, West Virginia University; Jay Stewart, M.S., West Virginia University; Anna-Marie Jaeschke, M.S., West Virginia University; Jean L. Siebert, M.L.S., West Virginia University; George A. Kelley, PhD, West Virginia University

Building Strategic Connections without Borders to enhance Population Health Equity
Amy Ansehl, DNP, FNP-BC, New York Medical College; Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, New York Medical College; Gregory Owens, MPH, New York Medical College

Toxic Paint Removers: Safer Choices
David Harrington, MPH, California Department of Public Health; Robert Harrison, MD, MPH, University of Califiornia, San Francisco; Jennifer McNary, MPH, CIH, California Department of Public Health; Laura Styles, MPH, California Department of Public Health; Dennis Shusterman, MD, MPH, California Department of Public Health

Smart Choice Health Insurance: Results of a multi-state health insurance literacy program
Virginia Brown, DrPH, University of Maryland; Bonnie Braun, PhD, University of Maryland Extension; Amanda Ginter, PhD, Universeity of Maryland Extension; Mia Russell, MA, Universeity of Maryland Extension; Lynn Little, MA, Universeity of Maryland Extension; Teresa McCoy, Universeity of Maryland Extension; Maria Pippidis, University of Delaware

ACA Navigators in Illinois: An Analysis of Training Efficacy
Michele Thornton, M.B.A. - Health Sector Management, Doctoral Student, University of Illinois - Chicago

Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on the Justice-Involved, Crime Victims, and the Criminal Justice System in San Diego County
Kellen Russoniello, J.D., M.P.H, American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties

Adaptations of “Coaching Boys Into Men:” Exploring the role of messengers in presenting a dating violence prevention program
Maria Catrina Jaime, MPH, CPH, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Caroline Lippy, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Kimberley Freire, PhD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Leah Perkinson, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Samantha Ciaravino, BS, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Evaluating the RD Parent Empowerment Program: A pragmatic approach within real-world constraints
Amanda S. Birnbaum, PhD, MPH, Montclair State University; Rosa K. Hand, MS, RDN, LD, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; Betty Jean Carter, MS, Healthy Directions; Lisa Medrow, RDN, LD, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation; Katie Brown, Ed.D., RDN, LD, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation

Engaging Youth for Careers in Sciences and Public Health
Robin Perry-Smith, MHA, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute; Mark A. Kaelin, EdD, Montclair State University; Wendy W. Huebner, PhD, Montclair State University; Robin Taylor Wilson, PhD, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State University

Capacticy for Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Rural State
Rebecca Randall, EdD, RN, South Dakota State University; Amanda Mitchell, MS, South Dakota State University; Jennifer Kerkvliet, MA, LPC, NCC, South Dakota State University; Nancy L. Fahrenwald, PhD, RN, APHN-BC, South Dakota State University

Evaluating the Ethics of Global Health Training Programs
Paige Johnson, RN, MSN, MPH, APRN, University of Kansas; Sarah Heinonen, DNP, APRN, CPNP, University of Kansas

Engaging Entry Level Undergraduate Nursing Students in Population Health
Kim Decker, PhD, RN, CNS, Indiana University; Chad Priest, RN, MSN, JD, Indiana University; Desiree Hensel, PhD, RN, PCNS-BC, CNE, Indiana University; Joyce Krothe, PhD, RN, Indiana University

Determining community wellbeing priorities through academia-public health linkages
Lauren Wallar, University of Guelph; Andrew Papadopoulos, University of Guelph

Differential Rates in Acute HIV Infection Diagnosis in Men who Have Sex with Men at a Community-based Organization in Los Angeles, California
Matthew Beymer, MPH, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and University of California, Los Angeles; Robert Bolan, MD; Risa Flynn, BA, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center

Using a Community Engagement Approach to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Healthy Habits Program on Function and Health in Chinese Older Adults
Cynthia Hau, MPH, Tufts University School of Medicine; Kieran Reid, MS, MPH, Jean Mayer United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University; Kit Wong, The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Greater Boston; Richard Chin, MSW, The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Greater Boston; Timothy Botto, BSc, The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Greater Boston; Misha Eliasziw, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine; Odilia Bermudez, PhD, MPH, Tufts University School of Medicine; Roger Fielding, PhD, Jean Mayer United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University

Development and results of an older adult health communication program using the theory of planned behavior
Virginia Brown, DrPH, University of Maryland; Lisa McCoy, Universeity of Maryland Extension; Nancy Lewis, University of Maryland Extension

How does social care need amongst older adults change over time in the UK?
Andrew Amos Channon, PhD, University of Southampton; Joe Viana, University of Southampton; Stuart Rossiter, University of Southampton; Sally Brailsford, University of Southampton

Health service utilization for homeless and low-income persons: A spotlight on the VA Supportive Housing (VASH) program in Los Angeles
Sonya Gabrielian, MD, MPH, West Los Angeles VA / UCLA; Anita Yuan, PhD, MPH, VA Greater Los Angeles; Ronald M. Andersen, PhD, UCLA School of Public Health; Lisa Rubenstein, MD, MSPH, Veterans Health Administration; Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH, University of California, Los Angeles

Addressing Lupus Health Disparities in the Latino Community through Collaborative Partnership
Karen Mancera-Cuevas, MS, CHES, Northwestern University; Patricia Canessa, MA, MBA, PhD, Salud Latina/Latino Health; Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH, Northwestern University

Causes of death and mortality trends among Utah HIV/AIDS cases, 2000-2011
Anne Burke, MS, Utah Department of Health; Matthew Mietchen, MPH, Utah Department of Health; David Jackson, MPH, Utah Department of Health; Allyn Nakashima, MD, Utah Department of Health

Regional differences in hospital utilization in Iceland 2008-2012
Sigríđur Haraldsdóttir, MA, Directorate of Health

Psychosocial implications of uncertainty in genomic testing of children with autism
Marian Reiff, PhD MSc, University of Pennsylvania; Ebony Easley, University of Pennsylvania; Ellen Giarelli, PhD, Drexel University; Shimrit Keddem, MS, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Surabhi Mulchandani, MS, CGC, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Nancy Spinner, PhD, FACMG, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Barbara Bernhardt, MS, CGC, University of Pennsylvania

My Life, Our Future: A multi-sector collaboration to provide genotyping services and a research repository for the hemophilia community expands from pilot to national program
Diane Aschman, MS, American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network; Marion Koerper, MD, University of California, San Francisco Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center; Barbara Konkle, MD, Puget Sound Blood Center; Sally McAlister, RN, BSN, Biogen Idec Hemophilia; Elaine Eyster, MD, FACP, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center; Lisa Baker, BSN, RN, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center; Michael Tarantino, MD, Bleeding & Clotting Disorders Institute; Sarah Gonzales, MT (ASCP), CCRP, Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Institute; Sarah Ruuska, MPH, Puget Sound Blood Center

Systematic review of the role of yoga in improving pregnancy outcomes
Manoj Sharma, PhD, University of Cincinnati; Paul Wesley Branscum, PhD, RD, The University of Oklahoma

Pre and Post Mindfulness of College Students in a Physical Activity and Wellness Course
Michelle D'Abundo, PhD, MSH, CHES, Seton Hall University; Kelly Fiala, PhD, ATC, Salisbury University; Cara Sidman, PhD, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Can mind-body exercises help to manage obesity?
Gerhild Ullmann, University of Memphis

Improving diabetes care through an interdisciplinary, patient-incentivized model in a public health department population
B. DeeAnn Dugan, Pharm.D., BCACP, McWhorter School of Pharmacy Samford University; Roger D. Lander, PharmD, BCPS, Samford University; Bryn Manzella, MPH, Jefferson County Department of Health; Katy Collins, Pharm.D.; Ashley Hannings, Pharm.D.; Jessica Skelley, Pharm.D., BCACP

Examination of depression related to the legalization process among new U.S. immigrants
Michelle A. Montgomery, MPH, CAMBA; Elizabeth A. Kelvin, PhD, CUNY School of Public Health, Hunter College & the Graduate Center

Pathways to Abortion Services in South Carolina: Identifying patient-centered perspectives to inform evaluation of Provide, Inc.'s Referrals for Unintended Pregnancy Training Program
Judy Margo, MPH, DrPHc, Boston University School of Public Health; Emily Feinberg, ScD, CPNP, Boston University School of Public Health; Lois McCloskey, DrPH, MPH, Boston University School of Public Health; Gouri Gupte, PhD, BMS, Boston University; Melanie Zurek, EdM, Provide, Inc; Jenny O'Donnell, MSc, Provide, Inc

Selection and correct use of emergency contraception by race and ethnicity
Gina Sucato, MD, MPH, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; Brandon Howard, PhD, Teva Global Medical Affairs; Nancy Ricciotti, MSN, Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products; Jennifer Hsieh, MS, Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products

Examining the Effectiveness of Medicaid Family Planning Expansion in Connecticut
Kimberly Vasquez, Yale University; Meghan Angley, Yale University; Moiuri Siddique, Yale University; Crystal Gibson, Yale University; Debbie Humphries, PhD, MPH, Yale University; Susan Lane, BA, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England

Training the 21st century DrPH: Innovation in practice-based curriculum
Rita DeBate, PhD, MPH, FAED, FAAHB, University of South Florida; Deanna Wathington, MD, MPH, FAAFP, University of South Florida, College of Public Health

Educating Public Health Professionals for the Future: A Competency-based Approach to Public Health Practica
Meghan McGinty, MPH, MBA, Johns Hopkins University; Patti Truant, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Thomas A. Burke, PhD, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Beth Resnick, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Jennifer Le, MPH, Johns Hopkins University; Juleen Lam, PhD, MHS, MS, Johns Hopkins University

Developing Communication Skills in Future Public Health Practitioners through a Public Health Writing Program
Alexandra May, MPH, Boston University School of Public Health; Vanessa Edouard, MPH, Boston University School of Public Health

Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Social Marketing and Media Campaigns in Indian Country
Colbie Caughlan, MPH, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Outcomes of a Healthy Start Program
Catherine Kothari, PhD, Western Michigan Univ. School of Medicine; Arthur James, MD, Ohio State University

Best Student Activities at Affiliates Across the Nation: Hawai‘i Public Health Association
Michelle Tagorda, BS, BA, Office of Public Health Studies/Hawai‘i Public Health Association

Racial Disproportionality in School Discipline and the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Sharon Adams-Taylor, MA, MPH, American Association of School Administrators; Bryan Joffe, MPA, AASA

Low-Income Women Balancing Full-Time Work and Exclusive Breastfeeding: A Qualitative Study
Lea Pounds, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health

Bringing Baby-Friendly to the Indian Health Service: A Systemwide Approach to Implementation
Susan Karol, MD, Indian Health Service; Tina Tah, RN, BSN, MBA, Indian Health Service; Anne Merewood, PhD, MPH, IBCLC, Boston Medical Center

Documentary as a tool for community-based participatory policy work: The THRIVE study
Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, DrPH, MPH, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Tvli Jacob, BS, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Jordan Hearod, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Kasey Jernigan, MPH, PhD candidate, University of Massachusettes Amherst

United For Health: Community Engagement Strategies to Support Food Innovation, Equity, and Community Economic Development as a Prevention Strategy in Los Angeles
Lark Galloway-Gilliam, MPA, Community Health Councils; Gwendolyn Flynn, Community Health Councils; Malcolm Carson, JD, Community Health Councils,; LaVonna Lewis, PhD, MPH, University of Southern California; Hector Gutierrez, MURP, Community Health Councils

ACA and implications for improving population health: Opportunities to move beyond the clinical
George R. Flores, MD, MPH, The California Endowment; David Kindig, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Alina Baciu, MPH, PhD, Institute of Medicine

An Equation to Coalition Success: Findings from the 2005-2013 Annual Survey of Coalitions
Allison Jacobs, MPH, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America; William Geary, PhD, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America; Robert Busch, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America

A propensity matched analysis of population movement implicating area contributions to increased cardiometabolic risk over time
Natasha Howard, BHSc (Hons), PhD, Spatial Epidemiology and Evaluation Research Group; Catherine Paquet, BSc, PhD, Spatial Epidemiology and Evaluation Research Group; Neil Coffee, BA(Hon), MA, PhD, Spatial Epidemiology and Evaluation Research Group; Graeme J. Hugo, PhD, MGEOG, University of Adelaide; Peter Lekkas, BPty MPty PhD (Cand), Spatial Epidemiology and Evaluation Research Group; Anne W. Taylor, MPH PhD, University of Adelaide; Robert Adams, MBBS MD FRACP FRCP, University of Adelaide; Mark Daniel, BSc, MSc, PhD, University of South Australia

Does grandparental smoking influence body size? A three-generational study
Marcelle Dougan, Harvard School of Public Health; Alison Fields, Harvard School of Public Health; Janet Rich-Edwards, Harvard Medical School; Susan Hankinson, University of Massachusetts School of Public Health and Health Sciences; Robert Glynn, Harvard Medical School; Walter Willett, Harvard Medical School; Karin Michels, Harvard Medical School

Evaluating a Mobile Application against Dating Violence in African American Adolescents
Vipavee Thongpriwan, PhD, RN, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Yi Hu, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Jean Bell-Calvin, MS, RN, PHCNS-BC, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Aaron Buseh, PhD, MPH, MSN, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Behnam Azimi, PhD Student, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Improving Food and Beverage Standards in State Government: An Advocate's Story
Victor Colman, BA, JD, Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition (WA State)

SNAP Participants, Shopping at Farmers Markets, and the Role of Financial Incentives: Findings from Focus Groups with SNAP Participants
Keith MacAllum, PhD, Westat; Cynthia Robins, PhD, Westat; Mustafa Karakus, PhD, WESTAT; Eric Sean Williams, Ph.D., USDA, Food and Nutrition Service

Adapting IHI model for Community-Based Outcome Improvements: The Case of Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program
Frances Revere, PhD, University of Texas School of Public Health; Zheng Wang, MA, PhD, University of Texas School of Public Health; Nicole Lievsay, BA, Harris Health System

Local needs, local data: An analysis of the potential for data integration and geospatial techniques to improve community health
Brianna Gass, MPH, CFMC; Rebecca Rothbard, MPH, CFMC; Lacey McFall, MPH, MA, CFMC; Jane Brock, MD, MPSH, CFMC

Health Domains for Sale: The Need for Global eHealth Governance
Timothy Mackey, MAS, PhD, UC San Diego - School of Medicine; Bryan Liang, MD, JD, PhD, University of California, San Diego,; Jillian Kohler, PhD, University of Toronto; Amir Attaran, MS, D.Phil, LLB, University of Ottawa

Ready for ACA?: Assessment of third-party billing and reimbursement for Texas HIV, STD, TB, Viral Hepatitis and reproductive health services
Jennifer Seth, ScM, The University of Texas at Austin; Robin Atwood, EdD, PMP, The University of Texas at Austin; Matthew Flynn, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin; Jared Hall, MA, The University of Texas at Austin; Tara Ray, MA, CHES, The University of Texas at Austin; Karol Harris, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin

Risk and the residential environment: Prior homelessness as a predictor of HIV risk among adults living in single room occupancy housing
Elizabeth Bowen, University at Buffalo, State University of New York; Christopher Mitchell, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago

Thirty Years of Trauma: The Evolution of the Trauma Patient in the San Diego County Trauma System
Joshua Smith, PhD, MPH, County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency; Candy Schoenheith, RN, BSN, PHN, MICN, County of San Diego; Barbara M. Stepanski, MPH, County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency; Amelia Kenner Brininger, MPH, CPH, County of San Diego; Isabel Corcos, PhD, MPH, County of San Diego; Ryan Smith, MPH, County of San Diego; Alicia Sampson, MPH, CPH, County of San Diego; Leslie Ray, MPH, MPPA, MA, County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency; Alan Smith, PhD, MPH, University of California, San Diego

100th anniversary of the Occupational Health and Safety Section of APHA
Glenn Shor, PhD, MPP, Calif Department of Industrial Relations

Bikeshare transit systems: Ubiquitous urban invitation to move
Kit Keller, JD, Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals

Influence of ART, Orphanhood, and Education on Trends Over Time in Initiation of Sexual Intercourse among Adolescents, Rakai District, Uganda, 1994-2011
John S. Santelli, MD, MPH, Columbia University; Inge Holden, Columbia University; Sanyukta Mathur, DrPH MHS, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; Xiaobo Zhong, MS, Columbia University; Ying Wei, PhD, Columbia University; Richard Musoke, MHS, Rakai Health Sciences Program; Tom Lutalo, MSc, Uganda Virus Research Institute; Zoe Edelstein, PhD, Columbia University; Fred Nalugoda, MHS, Rakai Health Sciences Program; Ronald Gray, MD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Maria Wawer, MPH, MD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; David Serwadda, MBChB, MSc, MMed, MPH, Makerere University School of Public Health

Perceptions of Discrimination against Gay and Bisexual Men in South Carolina
Matthew Page, PhD, MPP, College of Charleston; Nicole Chapman, College of Charleston

Exploring Inequalities in U.S. Young Adults' Exposure to E-cigarette Information from Media Sources and Knowledge about FDA E-Cigarette Regulation
Cabral Bigman, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Andy Tan, PhD, MPH, MBA, MBBS, University of Pennsylvania; Ashley Sanders-Jackson, PhD, Stanford University

Agenda-Setting for Expanded Policy-Driven Change: Research Directions for Leadership and Practice Development to Improve Population Health
Charles (Chuck) T. Kozel, PhD, MPH, MCHES, New Mexico State University; Michael Hatcher, DrPH, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR); Anne Hubbell, PhD, New Mexico State University

Developing an index of exposure to obesity-related community interventions and policies
Michael Prelip, MPH, DPA, UCLA; May C. Wang, DrPH, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; Onyebuchi Arah, MD, MSc, DSc, MPH, PhD, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; Mona AuYoung, PhD, MS, MPH, UCLA School of Public Health; Ricardo Basurto-Davila, PhD, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Mehrnaz Davoudi, MPH, Kaiser Permanente; Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Roch Nianogo, MD MPH, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; Tabashir Z. Nobari, MPH, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; Suzanne M. Rauzon, MPH, RD, University of California Berkeley; Brenda Robles, MPH, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Matt Sharp, California Food Policy Advocates; Wendelin M. Slusser, MD, MS, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Shannon E. Whaley, PhD, PHFE-WIC; Sallie Yoshida, DrPH, RD, The Sarah Samuels Center for Public Health Research & Evaluaion

Childhood Obesity: Psychosocial factors influencing the use of sugar sweetened beverages in preschoolers
Julia Anne Tipton, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing

Public health nurses: Are they ready for uniform data collection using electronic health data?
Erin Maughan, PhD, MS, RN, APHN-BC, National Association of School Nurses; Martha Dewey Bergren, DNS RN NCSN FNASN FASHA FAAN, University of Illinois Chicago; Kathleen Johnson, DNP, RN-BC, NCSN, Seattle Public Schools, Washington

Healthcare provider utilization and patient outcomes: The call for enhanced coordinated care for Medicare beneficiaries
Yvonne Mai, PharmD, MS Candidate 2015, University of the Pacific; Rajul A. Patel, PharmD, PhD, University of the Pacific; Suzanne M. Galal, PharmD, University of the Pacific; Sian M. Carr-Lopez, PharmD, Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, University of the Pacific; Joseph A. Woelfel, PhD, RPh, University of the Pacific

Trangenerational effect of substance abuse between students, parents, and grandparent
Subira Brown, Student, Andrews University; Duane C. McBride, PhD, Andrews University

Talking about change: The relationship between verbal expressions of desire to quit smoking and quitting outcomes in smokers who are not yet ready to quit
Jose Moreno, MA, University of Missouri- Kansas City; Lindsey Green, University of Missouri - Kansas City; Fei Wu, University of Missouri - Kansas City; Saige Stortz, University of Missouri - Kansas City; Christopher Khaleel, University of Missouri - Kansas City; Andrea Bradley-Ewing, MPA, MA, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Daniel Folk, University of Missouri - Kansas City; Kari Harris, PhD, MPH, The University of Montana; Kathy Goggin, PhD, Children Mercy Hospital; Kimber Richter, PhD, MPH, University of Kansas School of Medicine; Karen Williams, PhD, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Christi Patten, PhD, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Delwyn Catley, PhD, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Perceived Barriers to Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorders in a National Sample
Megan S Schuler, PhD, Pennslyvania State University; Savitha Puttaiah, MD, Sinai Hospital; Ramin Mojtabai, MD, PhD, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Rosa M Crum, MD MHS, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Emergency Management and Homeless Services Providers: The Need for Cross-Sector Collaboration
Kristi Messer, MPH, MSW, Nova Southeastern University; Edward Rafailovitc, MA, Sergeant, Broward Sheriff's Office; Scott Russell, Captain, Broward Sheriff's Office; Devra Cohen, M.P.H., Nova Southeastern University; Elliot Montgomery Sklar, PhD, Nova Southeastern University; Anna Johnson, Nova Southeastern University; Brandon Young, Nova Southeastern University; T. Lucas Hollar, PhD, Nova Southeastern University

Role of Local Public Health in Disaster Recovery: Successes and Challenges after Hurricanes Irene and Sandy
Lauren Walsh, MPH, National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health; Hillary Craddock, MPH, National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health

Where the streets have no name: Evaluating implementation of a local health department's youth violence prevention efforts and approaches
Krista Hanni, MS, PhD, Monterey County Health Department; Linda McGlone, MPH, Monterey County Health Department; Patricia Zerounian, MPP, Monterey County Health Department; Molly Hubbard, MS, Monterey County Health Department; Edward Moreno, MD, MPH, Monterey County Health Department

Estimating the prevalence and incidence of suspected concussions among Colby College football and rugby players
Rose Solomon, Colby College; Carly Hallowell; Jim Scott, MA, MPH, PhD; Paul Berkner, DO, Colby College

Suicide ideation among transgender youth
Arnold H. Grossman, PhD, LMSW, New York University; John A. Frank, BA, New York University; Zachary Y. Barletta, BS, New York University; Stephen T. Russell, PhD, University of Arizona

Translating evidence into action: Sharing economic outcomes with employers to impact vaccination policies and practices
Cori Ofstead, MSPH, Ofstead & Associates, Inc.; Evan Doyle, BS, Ofstead & Associates, Inc.; Harry Wetzler, MD, MSPH, Ofstead & Associates, Inc.; Bruce Sherman, MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Associations of organizational safety practices with workers' perceptions and safety behaviors, and musculoskeletal symptoms among hospital nurses
Soo-Jeong Lee, PhD, RN, University of California San Francisco; Joung Hee Lee, University of California San Francisco

Evaluation of a Natural Experiment: Does the Built Environment Affect Children's Physical Activity?
Morgan Clennin, MPH, University of South Carolina; Micheal Elliott, PHD, Saint Louis University; Sarah Morgan Hughey, MPH, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina; Cheryl Kelly, PhD, MPH, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

How do we know when we should tailor an intervention? Using the Reasoned Action Approach to compare adults to youth on their beliefs about eating fruits and vegetables
Susan A. Nyawade, MSc, B.Ed, Indiana University, Bloomington.; Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, MA, MPH, Indiana University; Alyce D. Fly, Ph.D, Indiana University; Susan E. Middlestadt, PhD, School of Public Health, Bloomington, Indiana University

Vaccine decision making in a vaccine-hesitant community: Marin County, California
Jasmine Carver, MPH, County of Marin Department of Health and Human Services; Karina Arambula, MPH, County of Marin Department of Health and Human Services; Jessica Cunningham, MPH, County of Marin Department of Health and Human Services; Sharayn Forkel, RN MS, County of Marin Department of Health and Human Services; Rochelle Ereman, MSMPH, Marin County Department of Health and Human Services; Matthew Willis, MD MPH, County of Marin Department of Health and Human Services

Alternative school breakfast in urban districts: What do students think?
Kelly A. Beckwith, MPH, CHES, AASA, The School Superintendents Association; Sharon Adams-Taylor, MA, MPH, American Association of School Administrators

Adherence to Early Resuscitation Bundle for Severe Sepsis; a multi-hospital system review
Rosemarie P. Linton, MPH, Krasnoff Quality Management Institute; Kevin D. Masick, PhD, Krasnoff Quality Management Institute; Carol Cross, MBA, Krasnoff Quality Management Institute; Marcella De Geronimo, MS, Krasnoff Quality Management Institute; Yosef Dlugacz, PhD, Krasnoff Quality Management Institute; Anne Marie Fried, RN, DNP, Krasnoff Quality Management Institute

Susceptibility to Electronic Cigarette Use Among Current Nonsmokers
Robert C. McMillen, PhD, Mississippi State University; Susanne Tanski, MD, MPH, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; Karen Wilson, MD, MPH, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado; Regina M. Shaefer, MPH, American Academy of Pediatrics; Jonathan Klein, MD, MPH, American Academy of Pediatrics; Jonathan Winickoff, MD, MPH, MGH Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy

Regulation of E-cigarettes: Filling the Gaps
Joelle Lester, JD, Public Health Law Center; Mark Meaney, J.D., M.A., Tobacco Control Legal Consortium

Addressing the Social Determinants of Health through Local Health Departments
Barbara Laymon, MPH, National Association of County and City Health Officials

An Overview of the Legal Context of Breastfeeding in the Workplace
Lea Pounds, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health

A statewide assessment of worksite lactation support programs - Georgia 2013
Chinelo Ogbuanu, MD, MPH, PHD, Georgia Department of Public Health

Building healthy communities around shared goals: A community-academic partnership between Project Access-New Haven and Yale-New Haven Hospital
Lauren M. Kelley, MSW, MPA, Project Access-New Haven; Darcey Lynn Cobbs-Lomax, MBA, MPH, Project Access of New Haven; William Gedge, Yale-New Haven Health System; Adrienne Lofton, MSN, Project Access of New Haven; Erica S. Spatz, MD, MHS, Yale University School of Medicine

Increasing Access to Comprehensive Care for Youth in Schools: How One Community-Academic Partnership is Accomplishing It
Kelly Washburn, MPH, Cambridge Health Alliance; Renee Cammarata Hamilton, MSW, MPA, Tufts University Family Medicine Residency; Honor Macnaughton, MD, Tufts University Family Medicine Residency; Sara Martin, Harvard University; Kelly Warner, MPH, Cambridge Health Alliance; Joanna Gattuso, Cambridge Health Alliance; Nathan Cardoos, MD, Cambridge Health Alliance

A public health care plan's evolving model to enhance community assets and promote wellness in low-income communities of color
Jammie Hopkins, DrPH, MS, WORK IT OUT Wellness Services; Peter Prampetch, MPH, L.A. Care Health Plan; Devina Kuo, MPH, L.A. Care Health Plan; Judy Hsieh, MA, MFTI, L.A. Care Health Plan; Auleria Eakins, MPA, L.A. Care Health Plan

Community capacity dimensions influencing success of local initiatives: The importance of reflexivity
Monica L. Wendel, DrPH, MA, University of Louisville; Whitney Garney, MPH, Texas A&M University; Billie Castle, Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health; Angela Alaniz, BA, School of Rural Public Health; Monique Ingram, M.P.H., Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health; Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD, School of Rural Public Health; James N. Burdine, DrPH, School of Rural Public Health

Water and Sanitation in Rural Haiti – a Community Health Perspective
Azizur Molla, M.P.H., Ph.D., Grand Valley State University; Peter Wampler, Ph.D. Geology, Grand Valley State University; Richard Rediske, Ph.D. Environmental Health Sciences, Grand Valley State University

Navigating the Role of a Backbone Organization in Collective Impact for Cancer Prevention
Marcela Gutierrez, LMSW, University of Texas at Arlington; Michelle DeBose, PhD, MSN, MSEd, RN, Texas Christian University; Gail Adorno, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, University of Texas - Arlington; Misty Wilder, BS, Greater Mt. Tabor Christian Center; Dawn Dickerson-Sankofa, MPH; Kirstin Williams, UNT Health Science Center; Marcy Paul, MA, University of North Texas Health Science Center - Texas Prevention Institute; Kathryn Cardarelli, PhD, MPH, University of Kentucky; Amy Hatfield, MBA; Kim Linnear, MPA, University of North Texas Health Science Center - Texas Prevention Institute; Jamboor Vishwanatha, Ph.D., University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth; Dresdene Flynn-White, JPS Health Network; Roxanne Martinez; Demi Austin-Thomas, Bee Empowered, Inc.; Elizabeth Trevińo; Frances Villafane; Melanie Senter; Sherree Bennett; Angela Williams, UNT Health Science Center; Karin Petties, UNT Health Science Center; Anissa Carbajal-Diaz, MPH, CHES, University of North Texas Health Science Center- Texas Prevention Institute

Creating Healthy Communities and Overcoming Barriers through Effective Coalitions
Sarah Garchar Ginnetti, RD, LD, Ohio Department of Health; Ashley Davis, MA, RD, LD, Ohio Department of Health

Hands on strategies CHWs can use to prevent and reduce falls among older adults
Julie Ann St. John, MA, MPH, DrPH, School of Rural Public Health, TAMHSC; Tiffany Shubert, PT, PHD, University of North Carolina; Marcia Gail Ory, PhD, MPH, Texas A&M University System; Doris Howell, MPH, Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health; Cherie Rosemond, PT, PhD, GCS, University of North Carolina; Matthew Lee Smith, PhD, MPH, CHES, The University of Georgia, College of Public Health; Chris Beaudoin, PhD, Texas A&M University; Stephanie Bomberger, University of North Carolina

Healthy Eating and Active Living: What would a CHW say?
Sheila Castillo, MUPP, University of Illinois at Chicago; Marsha Love, MA, MA, University of Illinois at Chicago - School of Public Health; Lorraine Hitchcock, Chicago Family Health Center

Indicators: Effectively Communicating Climate Change and Environmental Health
Michael Kolian, MSPH, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

A Brief Scale to Measure Problematic Sexually Explicit Media Consumption: Psychometric Properties of the Obsessive Compulsive Pornography Consumption (OCPC) Scale among Men who have Sex with Men
Syed Noor, PhD, MPH, MA, MSS, The University of Minnesota; B. R. Simon Rosser, PhD, MPH, University of Minnesota School of Public Health; Darin J. Erickson, PhD, University of Minnesota

Cultural Narratives of HIV-Positive African American Women Living in Rural and Urban South Carolina: Place Matters
Alyssa Robillard, PhD, CHES, University of South Carolina; Kaleea Lewis, MSPH; Lucy Annang, PhD, University of South Carolina; Lisa Wigfall, PhD, University of South Carolina; Medha Iyer, MD, PhD, MPH, University of South Carolina

Using the Salon Safety Quiz as a Pre-/Post- Evaluation Assessment Tool When Training Young Cosmetology Workers
Alexsandra Apostolico, BS, MPH (c), Rutgers School of Public Health, 683 Hoes Lane West, 3rd Floor SPH Building, Piscataway, NJ 08854; Amy Lewis, MPH, Rutgers School of Public Health; Alison Murtha, BS, MPH (c), Rutgers School of Public Health; Jenny Leigh Houlroyd, MSPH, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Sarah W. Kelly, MPH, Rutgers School of Public Health; Derek G. Shendell, DEnv, MPH, Rutgers SPH (and EOHSI)

Risk Factors for Heat-related Illness in Agricultural Workers in Washington State
Jennifer Krenz, MS, MPH, University of Washington; June Spector, MD, MPH, University of Washington School of Public Health; Kristina Blank, MPH, University of Washington

tEEEth talk community education workshops: An opportunity for pre-clinical service-learning
Lyubov D. Slashcheva, BA, DDS Candidate, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry; Kim T. Isringhausen, BSDH, RDH, MPH, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry

Engaging funders as partners in promoting healthy land use
Lisa Craypo, MPH RD, Ad Lucem Consulting; Allison Gister, The Annenberg Foundation; Liz Schwarte, MPH, Ad Lucem Consulting

Gender-based Health Program Evaluation and Cost Effective analysis: Building a Case for Policy Change
Sandy Waddell, RN, BSN, The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan; Jodi Burke, MSW, The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan; Arthur Franke, PhD, The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan; David Hutton, PhD, University of MichiganSchool of Public Health; Patrick Hufnagel, National Kidney Foundation of Michigan

Integration of Health Impact Assessment with the development of a community-driven neighborhood sustainability plan
Anna Marie Creegan, MA, ReThink Health; Gina Federico Muslim, Community Solutions

Conducting a School-Based Surveillance Survey to Assess Youth Health Risk Behaviors
Jacqueline Lawler, MPH, CPH, Orange County Health Department; Juliana Marchesano, MPH, Orange County Department of Health; Robert J. Deitrich, Orange County Health Department

Partnering to Provide Public Health Nursing Experiences at the “Top of the World”
Lynnea Myers, MSN, RN, PHN, CPNP, Gustavus Adolphus College (work) and Vanderbilt University (school)

Addressing practice competencies across acute and community nursing to reduce healthcare disparities
Kathlynn Northrup-Snyder, RN, CNS, PhD, Oregon Health & Sciences University; Mary Moran Clark, MPH, RN, Oregon Health and Science University; Amanda Marcus, MN RN CPN, Oregon Health and Science University; Renee' Menkens, RN, MS, Oregon Health & Siences University; Annette Garner, MSN, RN, CNE, Oregon Health & Sciences University

Converging competencies: Structuring a DNP/MPH dual degree
Marilyn L. Stember, PhD, RN, FAAN, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Marilyn J. Krajicek, EdD, RN, FAAN, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Scott Harpin, PhD, MPH, RN, PHCNS-BC, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Kathy Shaw, DNP, RN, CDE, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Gerri Steinke, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Alison Pilsner, MPH, CPH, CHES, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Can Critical Thinking in Community Health Nursing Students be Compared Across Countries?
Sheilia Goodwin, PhD, RN, University of South Carolina Beaufort; Bobbie Reddick, BSN, MPH, EdD, Winston-Salem State University; Ahmad Aboshiaqah, PhD RN, King Saud University; Mahaman Moussa, PhD RN NP, King Saud University

Moderating the Politics of Public Health Data session
Catherine Cubbin, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

Effects of recruitment method on study demographics, psychosocial variables, and drug use among a sample of men who have sex with men in Shanghai, China
Jessica Harnisch, MPH, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Eric Nehl, PhD, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health; Zheng Ning, MD, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Yingying Ding, Fudan University School of Public Health; Tony Zheng, Shanghai Piaoxue Cultural Media Limited; Na He, Fudan University School of Public Health; Frank Wong, Ph.D., Rollins School of Public Health

Understanding food insecurity in the summer among African American children in rural Missouri
Melissa Chapnick, RD, Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice; Ellen Barnidge, PhD, MPH, Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice; Elizabeth A. Baker, PhD, MPH, Saint Louis University; Marjorie Sawicki, MS, RD, LDN, Saint Louis University; Freda Motton, MPH, Saint Louis University

Eyes Wide Open: The Relationship between Sensory Limitations & Elderly Depression
William Cabin, PhD, JD, MPH, MSW, Richard Stockton College

Using the Kirkpatrick Model to Conduct an Outcome Driven Evaluation of Public Health Leadership Institutes
Brandon Grimm, PhD, MPH, Univesity of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health

Assessing the Health Impacts of Public Housing for Low Income Elderly and Disabled Residents – An HIA for a Proposed Federal Designated Housing Rule
Barry Keppard, AICP, Metropolitan Area Planning Council; Peter James, MHS, ScD, Harvard School of Public Health; Kate Ito, BA, Metropolitan Area Planning Council; Noemie Sportiche, MS, Metropolitan Area Planning Council; Clayton Martin, MURP, Metropolitan Area Planning Council; Marjory Givens, PhD, MSPH, Pew Charitable Trusts; Ruth Lindberg, MPH, MUP, Health Impact Project, Pew Charitable Trusts; Mariana Arcaya, ScD, MCP, Harvard School of Public Health

Factors that facilitate and impede adoption and implementation of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment in New York State school-based health centers
Brett Harris, DrPH, University at Albany, School of Public Health; Benjamin Shaw, PhD, University at Albany, School of Public Health; Barry R. Sherman, PhD, University at Albany, School of Public Health; Hal Lawson, PhD, University at Albany, School of Social Welfare

Leading through Health System Change: A Public Health Opportunity
Glenn Landers, Sc.D., MBA, MHA, Georgia State University

NAS Gulf Research Program: An Overview
Chris Elfring, National Academy of Sciences; LeighAnne Olsen, PhD, National Academy of Sciences

Immigrant and Refugee Issues during ACA Enrollment
Srujana Kunapareddy, MPH, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Developing new measures to monitor disease burden in rural communities: Potential Lessons for HiAP from Maiji China
Lai Sze Tso, PhD, Wayne State University; Guowei Yu, PhD, Northwest University for Nationalities

Community Development and Health: A Health Impact Assessment to Inform the Community Investment Tax Credit Program
Noemie Sportiche, MS, Metropolitan Area Planning Council; Barry Keppard, AICP, Metropolitan Area Planning Council; Ben Wood, MPH, Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Brittany H. Chen, MPH, Health Resources in Action; Kate Ito, BA, Metropolitan Area Planning Council; Chris Kuschel, MUP, Metropolitan Area Planning Council; Peter James, MHS, ScD, Harvard School of Public Health

“Ambiente limpio es ambiente sano” (Clean environment is a healthy environment): Environmental health education in Ngäbe-Buglé Indigenous population
Arlene Calvo, PhD, MPH, University of South Florida Panama Program; Lourdes Alguero, RN, MPH, Universidad de Panamá; Silvio Vega, MD MSC, Social Security System; Arturo Rebollon, MD, MPH, CPH, University of South Florida; Morgan Hess-Holtz, MPH, CPH, USF Health International Foundation

Kaiser Permanente's process and tools for examining community health needs
Pamela Schwartz, MPH, Community Benefit; Kathryn Clift, Kaiser Permanente

Designing and planning strategies to address community health needs: Lessons learned from Kaiser Permanente
Jean Nudelman, MPH, Kaiser Permanente; Mehrnaz Davoudi, MPH, Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit, Southern California Region

Effect of automation of communicable disease reports on public health surveillance
Uzay Kirbiyik, MPH, Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health; Brian Dixon, MPA, PhD, FHIMSS, Regenstrief Institute; Shaun Grannis, M.D., M.S., FAAFP, Regenstrief Institute

Disaster Response Goes Digital: User-Informed Mobile App Helps Behavioral Health Responders Focus on People in Need with Real-Time Resources
Maryann Robinson, PhD, RN, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; CDR Jamie Seligman, LMSW-C, BCD, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Stephanie Adams, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Continuous observations of seat belt use using naturalistic driving data
James Hedlund, PhD, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences

Utilizing GIS maps to translate the burden of falls among older adults into policy opportunities
Carol Thornton, MPA, PA Department of Health; Micah Victoria, PA Department of Health; Andrea Smith, PA Department of Health

How do number pregnancy and delivery problems and mothers' psychological health influence rooming-in time? A study of Italian mothers
Marta Casonato, PhD, University of Turin; Enrique Ortega, Phd MPH, California State University Dominguez Hills; Anais Tapia, California State University Dominguez Hills; Cesare Albasi, Phd, Univerwsity of Turin

Application of the group visit model in the pediatric heart transplant clinic
Lan Doan, MPH, CPH, Stanford University; Nancy McDonald, CPNP, Stanford University Medical Center; Donna Lee, RN, CPNP, Stanford University Medical Center; David Rosenthal, MD, Stanford University; Seth Hollander, MD, Stanford University

Assessing CSHCN Programs Across the Nation: A Visual Profile of State CSHCN Programs
Meredith Pyle, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs; Veronica Helms, MPH, The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)

Community-based Pediatric Obesity Prevention Education: A Physician/Dietitian Partnership
Aleksandra McDonnell, MSN, RN, CRNP, American Academy of Pediatrics, Pennsylvania Chapter; Tiffany Bransteitter, MSW, PA Department of Health-Bureau of Health Promotion & Risk Reduction; William J. Cochran, MD, FAAP, Geisinger Pediatrics; Lisa Jones, MA, RDN, LDN, FAND, Pennsylvania Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; Suzanne Yunghans, MBMgt, American Academy of Pediatrics, Pennsylvania Chapter; Amy Wishner, MSN, RN, PA Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

In Their Own Words: Training Muslim Religious Leaders to Reduce Stigma and Improve Access to Mental Health Care
Sahra Noor, RN, PHN, MS, Fairview Health Services; Ahmed Hassan, MA, Co-founder, Summit Guidance Center; Pachia Vue, MPH, Fairview Health Services

Enhancing Diversity of the Public Health Research Workforce: The Summer HIV/AIDS Research Program (SHARP)
Elizabeth Kroboth, BA, San Francisco State University; Jonathan Fuchs, MD, MPH, San Francisco Department of Public Health; Willi McFarland, MD, PhD, MPH&TM, San Francisco Department of Public Health

Value of the CHES and MCHES Certification Study: A Cross-Sectional Examination of Current CHES/MCHES Perspectives
Beth Chaney, PhD, MCHES, East Carolina University; Melissa A. Rehrig, MPH, MCHES, National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc; Ellen Edmonds, Ph.D., MCHES, Ball State University

Multicultural Screening and Assessment of Immigrants & Refugees
Ellen Jones, DNP, FNPC, FAANP, The University of North Carolina @ Greensboro

Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Randomized Control-Trial Community Health Worker Intervention to Improve Diabetes Management in the New York City Bangladeshi Community
Lindsey Riley, MPH, New York University School of Medicine; Gulnahar Alam, NYU School of Medicine; Mamnunul Haq, NYU School of Medicine; MD Taher, NYU School of Medicine; Laura Wyatt, MPH, NYU School of Medicine; S. Darius Tandon, PhD, Northwestern University; Michael Tanner, MD, DREAM Project Coalition; Purnima Naik, MD, DREAM Project Coalition; Shahnaz Yousuf, DREAM Project Coalition; Runi Mukherji-Ratnam, PhD, DREAM Project Coalition; Mariano Rey, MD, NYU School of Medicine; Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DPH, NYU School of Medicine; Nadia Islam, PhD, NYU School of Medicine

Hepatitis B awareness and screening campaign with the Vietnamese on the Mississippi gulf coast
Candice Green, MPH, Mississippi State Department of Health; Evelyn Walker, MD, MPH, Mississippi State Department of Health

Increased Metabolic Risk among Asian vs. Non-Hispanic White Adults in the United States: NHANES 2011-2012
Hannah Jackson, PhD, MPH, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Dejun Su, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center; May C. Wang, DrPH, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; Terry Huang, Ph.D., MPH, CPH, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Building a Healthy Community: Using the Community Health Assessment to Prioritize Major Health Concerns for Strategic Planning
Charisse Jenkins, MSPH, Mecklenburg County Health Department; Donna Smith, MSPH, Mecklenburg County Health Department; Kerry Burch, MPH, Mecklenburg County Health Department; Susan Long-Marin, DVM, MPH, Mecklenburg County Health Department; Sara Lovett, MPH, Mecklenburg County Health Department

Comparison of opt-in versus opt-out screening for sexually transmitted infections among jail inmates in a county correctional facility
Raees Shaikh, MPH, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Kari Simonsen, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Anne O'Keefe, MD, MPH, Douglas County Health Department; Mary Earley, CJM, Douglas County, Nebraska; Mark Foxall, PhD, Douglas County, Nebraska; Monirul Islam, MD, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Austin Person, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Cole Boyle, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Uriel Sandkovsky, MD, FACP, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Chris Brown, MS, MPH, CPH, George Mason University; Ruth Margalit, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Association of Sleep-Disordered Breathing with Erectile Dysfunction in Community-Dwelling Older Men (for Osteoporotic Fractures in Older Men Study (MrOS))
Shahab Bozorgmehri, MD, MPH, CPH, University of Florida; Howard Fink, MD, MPH, University of Minnesota; Neeta Parimi, MS, San Francisco Coordinating Center; Benjamin Canales, MD, MPH, University of Florida; J.Kellogg Parsons, MD, MHS, Moores UCSD Comprehensive Cancer Center; Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD, University of California, San Diego; Kristine Ensrud, MD, MPH, University of Minnesota; Muna Canales, MD, MS, University of Florida

Age and Sex specific Body Mass Index cut-offs among the school children of West Bengal
Parthasarathi Mukherjee Sr., PhD, PGDPHN, Liver Foundation, West Bengal

Index hospitalization predictors of subsequent readmission for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia in North Carolina Medicare enrollees
Bryce Van Doren, MA, MPA, MPH, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Joshua Noone, PhD, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Debosree Roy, MA, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Bill Saunders, PhD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Monitoring the monitors: Assessing the implementation of performance management change after institutional reorganization in a health promotion agency
Victor Gan, Health Promotion Board, Singapore; Isaac Koh, Health Promotion Board, Singapore; SK Teh, Health Promotion Board, Singapore; Chee Yeong Chng, Health Promotion Board, Singapore; Ling Chew, Health Promotion Board, Singapore

Sisters project: A Milwaukee partnership to address prostitution
Staci Young, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin; Laura Cassidy, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin; Jeanne Geraci, Benedict Center; Donna Hietpas, Benedict Center; Mina Farahzad, Medical College of Wisconsin

Following Title X guidelines for unintended pregnancies in South Carolina
Linda Robinson, APRN-BC, Reproductive Health Consultant; Kathryn Luchok, PhD, University of South Carolina; Shannon Staley, LMSW, Consulting

Mall walking: Evaluating the evidence to create an Evidence-Informed Mall Walking Program Resource Guide
Laura Farren, BS, University of Washington; Peg Allen, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis; Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN, University of Washington; Sarah Brolliar, MPH Candidate, University of Washington; David Brown, PhD, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention; Marc Cormier, MA, PhD Candidate, West Virginia University; Sarah Janicek, M.Ed., MA, PhD Candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago; Dina Jones, PT, PhD, West Virginia University; Michael Kelly, BS Candidate, University of Washington; Diane King, PhD, University of Alaska Anchorage; David Marquez, PhD FACSM, University of Illinois at Chicago; Dori Rosenberg, PhD, MPH, Group Health Research Institute; Jeremy Thurston, BS, University of Washington; Rebecca Tiffany, BS Candidate, University of Washington

Need and Unmet Need for Mental Health Care among Elderly in New York City
Shijian Li, PhD, SUNY College at Old Westbury; William Gallo, PhD, CUNY School of Public Health

Shattered Myths: Major findings from alcohol brand research among underage drinkers
Sarah Roberts, BA, MPH, Boston University School of Public Health; Michael Siegel, MD, MPH, Boston University School of Public Health; William DeJong, PhD, Boston University School of Public Health; Craig Ross, MBA, Virtual Media Resources, Inc.; Timothy S. Naimi, MD, MPH, Boston University School of Medicine; Alison Albers, PhD, Boston University School of Public Health; Margie Skeer, ScD, MPH, MSW, Tufts University School of Medicine; David Rosenbloom, PhD, Boston University School of Public Health; David H. Jernigan, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Social Determinants of Health – Engaging National, State and Local Policymakers
Steven Woolf, MD, MPH, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Women veterans' use and perception of mental health services in rural Oregon
Kathy Ingelse, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, Oregon Health & Science University; Deborah C. Messecar, PhD MPH, Oregon Health & Science University

Human Rights and healthcare in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
K. Brad Ott, BA, MA, Southern University at New Orleans

Using Participatory Photo Mapping to Explore Food Choices and Physical Activity Opportunities with Latino Youth in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Suzanne Gaulocher, PhD, MPH, Stanford University; Samuel Dennis Jr., PhD, ASLA, University of Wisconsin

Empowerment-washing: A Critical Systematic Review of Community Health Worker Participation in Program Planning and Case Study of an Non-Governmental Organization's Experience
Kris Coontz, MPH, MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine; José Albany Chavarría Picado, Teach For Health; Noah Hawthorne, MPH, MD, UCSF; Sarah Nunn, MSN, Teach For Health; Ivania del Carmen Escobar Sanchez, Teach for Health

CHWs on fire but not burnt out
Julie Ann St. John, MA, MPH, DrPH, School of Rural Public Health, TAMHSC; Katharine Nimmons, MSc, MPH, TX A&M School of Rural Public Health

Unhealthy food-and-beverage advertising in subway stations -- targeted marketing to vulnerable groups
Sean C. Lucan, MD, MPH, MS, Albert EInstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center; Andrew Maroko, PhD, Lehman College, City University of New York; Omar Sanon, College of Arts and Sciences, New York University; Andrew Carmona, New York University; Clyde Schechter, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Why do people work in public health? Results and implications of a worker recruitment and retention study
Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Public Health Foundation; Ron Bialek, MPP, Public Health Foundation; Valerie Yeager, DrPH, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine; Janna Wisniewski, MHA, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Cost effectiveness of Diabetes Intervention in rural India
Kushan Shah, B.D.S., University of North Texas-Health Science Center; Erin Carlson, DrPH, University of North Texas Health Science Center; Sangeeta Shenoy, MBBS, MPH, CPH, University of North Texas Health Science Center; Pankaj Shah, MBBS, Sanjivani Health and Relief Committee

It's a Slippery Slope: Perceptions of Insufficient Breastmilk Give Way to Early Feeding in the First 6 months of Life in Egypt
Justine Kavle, PhD, MPH, CPH, PATH and MCHIP; Sohair Mehanna, M.A.L.D., American University in Cairo (AUC); Gulsen Saleh, PhD, MCHIP/Smart Project; Ghada Khan, MPH, DrPH Candidate, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services; Rae Galloway, MS, PATH and MCHIP

Improving Older Latina's Health through a Community-Based Participatory Research Project
Deborah Linares, MA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Adriana Rodriguez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Shengzhang Su, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Andiara Schwingel, Assistant Prof, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Engaging the Latino Community for Recruitment into a Large Population Registry and Biorepository
Perla Nunes, Duke University; Cecilia Plez, Duke University, Duke Translational Medicine Institute; Leah Bouk, Duke University, Duke Translational Medicine Institute; Melissa A. Cornish, MSPH, Duke University; Ashley Dunham, MSPH, PhD, Duke University; Kimberly Ellis, Duke University, Duke Translational Medicine Institute; Rowena Dolor, MD, MHS, Duke University Medical Center; Victoria Christian, Duke University; Robert Califf, MD, Duke University Medical Center; L. Kristin Newby, MD, MHS, Duke University Medical Center

A train the-trainer project: Equipping promotoras to empower Hispanic families in South Texas to recognize developmental milestones and warning signs of autism
Johanna McLendon, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine; Beatriz Tapia, MD, MPH, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - Harlingen Regional Academic Health Center; Aida Vigil, MD, MPH, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine at San Antonio; Noe Garza, DDS, MPH, DPH, UT Health Science Center San Antonio

Partnership between Academia and Community to Improve Diabetes Outcomes Among Latino Immigrants in Lake County, IL
Amparo Castillo, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago - Midwest Latino Health Research Training and Policy Center and Institute for Health Research and Policy; Laura Ramirez, Mano a Mano Family Resource Center; Diana Gutierrez, Mano a Mano Family Resource Center

Relationship between Exercise/PA and Sexual Satisfaction among Women
Duston Morris, PhD, MS, CHES, ACE-CPT, University of Central Arkansas; Alexandra Marshall, PhD, MPH, CPH, CHES, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Modeling the determinants of Medicaid home care payments for children with special health care needs: A structural equation model approach
Yichen Zhang, Texas A&M University; Omolola Adepoju, PhD, MPH, United Health Group; Charles Phillips, PhD, MPH, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center

#EC: Implications for public health practice and research from a content analysis of tweets about emergency contraception
Tilly Gurman, DrPH, MPH, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services; Tiffany Clark, MPH, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services

Planned Parenthood's Chat/Text program: Reaching adolescents with urgent sexual and reproductive health questions
Jennifer Johnsen, MPH, Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Leslie Kantor, MPH, Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, New York University; James Jaccard, PhD, New York University Silver School of Social Work

Academic Health Departments: A Liaison's Perspective on Contributions and Challenges
Jimmie Smith Jr., MD, MPH, Mercer University College of Health Professions; Nannette Turner, PhD, MPH, Mercer University; Huey Chen, PhD, Mercer University; David Harvey, MD, North Central Health District

Addressing the health needs of students in poverty in Los Angeles County, CA
Kelly A. Beckwith, MPH, CHES, AASA, The School Superintendents Association; Sharon Adams-Taylor, MA, MPH, American Association of School Administrators; Karen Samara, AASA, the School Superintendents Association

Poverty and politics- their impact on women's reproductive health outcomes over time
Richard Kimball Jr., MSN/MPH, PHCNS-BC, PhD, RN, University of New Mexico

Access to Abortion and Contraception as Measures of Inequality
Ellen R. Shaffer, PhD MPH, Center for Policy Analysis

Critically reflecting on & celebrating 20 years of the Spirit of 1848!
Nancy Krieger, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health

Ensuring Access to Dental Care for Pregnant Women in Vermont
Reiko Sakai, University of Vermont College of Medicine; Katia Chavez, University of Vermont College of Medicine; Heather Gardiner, University of Vermont College of Medicine; Shane Greene, University of Vermont College of Medicine; Nicolas Monte, University of Vermont College of Medicine; Dwight Parker, University of Vermont College of Medicine; Shravan Rao, University of Vermont College of Medicine; Thomas V. Delaney, PhD, UVM College of Medicine; Kristin Fontaine, MPH, FAHC Community Health Improvement; Wendy Davis, MD, Vermont Department of Health; Jan K. Carney, MD MPH, University of Vermont College of Medicine

"Growing Forward": The Roles of Place and Language in a Multinational Maternal Health Intervention
Elizabeth Mosley, MPH, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Julia Seng, PhD, CNM, FAAN, University of Michigan School of Nursing

Innovating and advancing handheld health: A global solution for scaling up mHealth technologies to control and prevent non-communicable diseases
Tiffany Nicole Tsukuda, BS, MPH Candidate, No Affiliation; Daniela Madrid, MSW/MPH Candidate, No Affiliation; Jelilat Majekodunmi, BS, MPH Candidate, No Affiliation; Weilan Truong, BA, Pharm D. Candidate, No Affiliation; Jose Javier Velez-Colon, BSEE, MSCS Candidate, No Affiliation

Fighting Malaria: A Community-Based Needs Assessment in Ghana
Trinidad Jackson, MS, MPH, University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences; Alecia Kennedy, MPH, CPH, University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences; Galyna Burstein, MPH, University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences; Lauren Rollins-Lwanga, MPH, CPH, University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences

Using the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model to address risky substance use in New York City STD clinics: Are we in the right neighborhoods?
Margaret Wolff, MSW, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Raffaella Espinoza, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Meighan Rogers, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; John Yu, Ph.D., New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services; Brett Harris, MPH, New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services; Louis Cuoco, DSW, LCSW-R, ACSW, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Susan Blank, MD, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Utilization of an electronic information system to evaluate and enhance practice at a medication-assisted opioid treatment program
Steven Kritz, MD, START Treatment & Recovery Centers (formerly Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation); Lawrence S. Brown Jr., MD, MPH, FASAM, START Treatment and Recovery Centers (formerly Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation); Melissa Lin, MS, START Treatment and Recovery Centers (formerly Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation); Roberto Zavala, MD, START Treatment and Recovery Centers (formerly Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation)

Love Your Heart: Community research to improve cardiovascular health in central Albania
Elizabeth Foulkes, MPH, Loma Linda University; Blerina Balla, MA, ADRA Albania; Beatrice C. Kastrati, MBChB, MPH, ADRA Albania; Juan Carlos Belliard, PhD, MPH, Loma Linda University School of Public Health

Combating Smoking Disparities among Those With and Without Disabilities: Using Data to Drive Policy Change
Anureet Benipal, MPH, The Ohio State University; Yiping Yang, MPH, CHES, The Ohio State University; Rosalind Gjessing, BA, The Ohio State University Nisonger Center; Katherine Randle, MPH, The Ohio State University College of Public Health; Susan Havercamp, PhD, The Ohio State University; Ilka K. Riddle, PhD, University of Cincinnati University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities; Jessica Foster, MD, MPH, FAAP, The Ohio Department of Health; Erica Coleman, MS, University of Cincinnati University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities; Amanda Burkett, MA, The Ohio Department of Health; Amy Gorenflo, BA, CTTS, The Ohio Department of Health

Disability and HIV/AIDS status influences actual and perceived household behaviors and access and utilization of health and education services in Chongwe, Zambia
Kathryn Fleming, American Institutes for Research; Jonas Ngulube, Consultant; Jerome Mindes, American Institutes for Research

Residential Arrangements and Environmental Conditions for Adults on the Spectrum
Sherry Ahrentzen, PhD, University of Florida; Kim Steele, Environmental Design Research and Consulting

Violence among LGBTQ: Assessment, advocacy, and response in a Southern state
Edward Strickler Jr., MA, MA, MPH, CHES, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy

Patient-centered validation of a new palliative care patient/caregiver questionnaire
Rebecca Baranowski, MEd, MS, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gerald Arnold, PhD, MPH, American Board of Internal Medicine; Magdalena Harrington, PhD, PatientsLikeMe, Inc.; Lorna Lynn, MD, American Board of Internal Medicine

Factors associated with African Americans' utilization of influenza vaccination
Shada Kanchanasuwan, University of Georgia; Henry N. Young, PhD, University of Georgia

Immunization access through pharmacies located in low income, medically underserved areas
Linda Ohri, B.S., Pharm.D., MPH, Creighton School of Pharmacy and Health Professions; Manuel Bangsil, Pharm.D. Candidate, Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions; Ted Kasha, Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

Food Purchasing Patterns of Rural WIC Participants do not Vary by Food Desert Status
Alisha Gaines, MS, The University of Alabama; Linda Knol, PhD, RD, The University of Alabama; Lori Turner, PhD, RD, University of Alabama

Farm Bill and U.S. food aid policy reforms: Their effects on global hunger, food security, and nutrition around the world
Trisha Comsti, MPH candidate, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Perceptions of Neighborhood Factors and Their Influence on Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Frances Abigail (Abby) Cabrera, MPH, Thomas Jefferson University; Lisa Della Badia, MS, Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania; Amy Leader, DrPH, MPH, Thomas Jefferson University

Emerging caregiver burden domains in the new National Study of Caregiving: Results, reliability, and applications
Allison Phillips, MPH, Virginia Commonwealth University; Steven A. Cohen, DrPH, MPH, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine; Trisha Sando, DPT, CWS, Virginia Commonwealth University

Motivation in healthy eating in African American men: Preliminary findings and practical implications
Emily Cornish, MPH, Vanderbilt University; Donnatesa Dean, BS, Vanderbilt University; Sydika McKissic, PhD, Vanderbilt University; Brandon Hill, Vanderbilt University; Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, MA, MS, Vanderbilt University; Derek M. Griffith, PhD, Vanderbilt University

I can do all things: Positive religious coping and its effects on risk reduction
LaShun R. Robinson, PhD, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health; Danielle Lambert, MPH, CHES, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health; Gina Wingood, ScD, MPH, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

Viewing the body as a temple: Exploring motivators and barriers to improving obesity related health behaviors in African American faith communities
Leilani Dodgen, MPH, CHES, The University of North Texas Health Science Center; Heather Kitzman-Ulrich, PhD, University of North Texas Health Science Center; Mark J. DeHaven, PhD, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Jenny Lee, PhD, MPH, CHES, University of North Texas Health Science Center; Jennifer Cole, BA, UNT Health Science Center; Olatunde Ola, MPH, UNT Health Science Center

Influence of Religious Affiliation on Birth Control Use at First Intercourse: Examining Possible Pathways
Charis Davidson, MPH, DrPH Candidate, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health

Integrating Healthy Food Access into Pedestrian Planning
Michael Zelek, MPH, Chatham County Public Health Department

Compliance Programs after The Affordable Care Act
Angela Mattie, MPH, JD, Quinnipiac University; Teresa Tai, Ph.D., Quinnipiac University

Take II - Factors related to recruitment and retention of primary care physicians at community health centers post Massachusetts health care reform: Results from a 2013 and 2008 statewide physician survey
Judith Savageau, MPH, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Linda Cragin, MS, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Joan Pernice, RN, MS, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers; Warren Ferguson, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Leslie Bailey, MS, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers; Laura Sefton, BA, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Leveraging Resources to Enhance Data Capacity and Utilization in Nebraska
Ming Qu, PhD., Nebraska Dept. of Health and Human Services; Ge Lin, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Jianhua Qin, MS, Dept. of Health and Human Services; Jeff Armitage, Dept. of Nebraska Health and Human Services

Public Health Dashboard powered by Digital Disease Detection for Local Epidemiologists: A Gastrointestinal illness case study
Elizabeth Musser, MPH candidate, Virginia Bioinformatics Inst; James Schlitt, Computational epidemiologist, Virginia Bioinformatics Inst; Bryan Lewis, MPH, PhD, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech; Stephen Eubank, PhD, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech

Buena Salud (Good Health) Americas, Community Initiatives for Cardiovascular Health in the Americas
Edgar Gil, MBA, National Alliance for Hispanic Health; Pedro Orduńez, Dr, Pan American Health Organization; Marcela Gaitán, MPH, MA, National Alliance for Hispanic Health

Forging Sustainable Programs Through Strengthening Local Leadership: A Case Study of Local-International Collaboration Among Community Health Non-Profits Working in San Ramón, Nicaragua
Kris Coontz, MPH, MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine; Noah Hawthorne, MPH, MD, UCSF; José Albany Chavarría Picado, Teach For Health; Sarah Nunn, MSN, Teach For Health; Ivania del Carmen Escobar Sanchez, Teach for Health; Paola Ferst, MS, Teach For Health; Ben Busack, Teach For Health

Establishing a Social Marketing Strategy for a Continuing and Professional Development Library for Nurses and Midwives in East, Central and Southern Africa
Kristen Hosey, DNP, RN, APHN-BC, Afya Bora Consortium in Global Health Leadership; Maureen Kelley, CNM, PhD, Emory University; Jessica Gross, ANP-BC, MPH, CDC-Emory; Alphonce Kalula, RN MN, East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA -HC); Joachim Voss, PhD, RN, ACRN, University of Washington

Impact of Early Elective Deliveries in a State with the Highest Incidence of Infant Mortality
Amy L. Radican-Wald, DrPH Candidate, MPH, Center for Mississippi Health Policy; Charlene Collier, MD, MPH, Mississippi State Department of Health

Improvement in Cognitive Outcomes for Children Living in Poverty in the Legacy for ChildrenTM Parenting Intervention Five Years Post-Intervention
Lara R. Robinson, Phd MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Ruth Perou, PhD, CDC; Melissa Danielson, MSPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Angelika Claussen, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Health disparity and social inclusion – home visits to new mothers, a feasibility study
Jeanette H. Magnus, MD PhD, University of Oslo; Maria Leirbakk, MPH, University of Oslo; Johan Torper, MD, Oslo Kommune

Regional variation in preterm birth and associated risk factors in Texas: A county level analysis using Geographic Information Systems
June Hanke, RN, MSN, MPH, Harris Health System; Luis Rustveld, PhD, RD, LD, Baylor College of Medicine; Thomas Reynolds, PhD, MPA, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Margo Hilliard Alford, MD, MPH, Harris Health System

Can physician-patient concordance increase trust and satisfaction for women enrolled in Medicaid primary care?
Galen H Smith III, PhD, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Teresa Scheid, Ph.D., UNC-Charlotte

Increasing Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Yields Significant Results in Colorado
Kari Kuka, M.S. CHES, Denver Health and Hospital Authority; Tara Thomas-Gale, MPH, Denver Health; Greta Klingler, MPH CHES, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Better breast cancer care among extremely poor women in Canada than in the United States: Historical cohort support of a health insurance explanation
Kevin M. Gorey, University of Windsor; Nancy L. Richter, University of Windsor; Isaac N. Luginaah, University of Western Ontario; Caroline Hamm, University of Western Ontario and Windsor Regional Cancer Center; Eric J. Holowaty, University of Toronto; GuangYong Zou, University of Western Ontario and Robarts Research Institute; Madhan K. Balagurusamy, University of Windsor

A School District - University Collaboration to Address Childhood Obesity
Anastasia Snelling, PHD, RD, American University; Sarah Belson, phd, american university; Erin Watts, mph, american university; Nancy Katz, MS, RD, LD, Office of the State Superintendent of Education

School, University, and Community-Based Organization Partnerships to Counter Negative Environmental Influences on High School Students through Multidisciplinary Programming
Valamar Reagon, MLA, MPH, Georgia Southern University; Kerrie Partridge, MPH, Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Determining Services at the UAMS 12th Street Health and Wellness Center
Angela Jimenez-Leon, M.D, M.P.S., Arkansas Department of Health

Mapping health access in recovery: A spatial analysis of health needs in central New Orleans
Peter Cummings, MPH, South Broad Community Health; Sarah Wiant, BSPH Candidate Spring 2015, Tulane University; Elizabeth Tracy, BSPH Candidate December 2015, Tulane Univeristy

Medical surveillance and child maltreatment incidence reporting among NICU graduates
Arthur Owora, MPH, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Measurement Invariance of the Pediatric Version of PROMIS Symptom Scales between American and Chinese Children with Cancer
Changrong Yuan, PhD, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China; Pamela Hinds, Children’s National Medical Center, The George Washington University, Washington; Yanyan Liu, PhD candidate, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China; Jichuan Wang, PhD, The George Washington University

Geography as a Risk Factor: Effective Use of GIS to Reduce Teen Pregnancy
Joy Sotolongo, M.S. Rehabilitation Administration, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina

Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Colorectal Cancer Screening Utilization
Susan Nyawade, MSc, B.Ed, Indiana University, Bloomington.; Hsien-Chang Lin, PhD, MA, Indiana University; Hsiao-Yun Lee, MSc

Healthcare Reform Implementation in Hispanic Rhode Island: Perspectives of Spanish-speakers, Insurance Navigators, and Social Workers
Haiyan Ramirez Batlle, M.D. Candidate 2016, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Joseph Diaz, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University & Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island

From the ground up: Assessing and building the data capacity of community-based agencies in the Mission Promise Neighborhood collaborative
Elisa Baeza, MPP, MIssion Economic Development Agency (MEDA); Monica Lopez, MSW, PhD, Mission Economic Development Agency

Built Environment: Examining Race, Class, and the Alcohol Outlet in the Urban Context
Frank Franklin II, PhD, JD, MPH, Morehouse School of Medicine

Where do Gay, Bisexual and Other MSM in NYC Live, Socialize and Have Sex? A Spatial Analysis of Neighborhoods by Race/Ethnicity
James Egan, MPH, MPhil, University of Pittsburgh; Victoria A. Frye, MPH, DrPH, New York Blood Center; Emily Greene, MPH, MPhil, New York Blood Center; Andrew Rundle, PhD, Columbia University; James Quinn, MS, Columbia University; Vijay Nandi, MS, New York Blood Center; Beryl Koblin, PhD, New York Blood Center

Social Discrimination and Sexual HIV Acquisition Risk Behavior among Urban MSM
Victoria A. Frye, MPH, DrPH, New York Blood Center; Vijay Nandi, MS, New York Blood Center; Emily Greene, MPH, MPhil, New York Blood Center; James Egan, MPH, MPhil, University of Pittsburgh; Magdalena Cerda, PhD, Columbia University; Danielle Ompad, PhD, New York University; Hong Van Tieu, MD, MPH, New York Blood Center; Donald R. Hoover, PhD, Rutgers University; Beryl Koblin, PhD, New York Blood Center

Acceptability of medical male circumcision (MMC) among health care providers in Port-au-Price, Haiti
Anshul Saxena, BDS, MPH, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University; Stéphanie Gaston, MA, Les Centres GHESKIO; Michčle Jean-Gilles, Ph.D., Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University; Rhonda Rosenberg, Ph.D., Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University; Marie-Marcelle Deschamps, MD, Les Centres GHESKIO; Purnima Madhivanan, MBBS, MPH, Ph.D., Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University; Harry Théodore, MD, Les Centres GHESKIO; Jeffrey Klausner, MD, MPH, Division of Infectious Diseases and Program in Global Health; Jessy G. Dévieux, Ph.D., Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University; Jean William Pape, MD, Les Centres GHESKIO

Sexuality and HIV Prevention: Perspectives from Somali Women Living in Minnesota
Shanda Hunt, MPH, University of Minnesota; Amanda Ciesinski, MS, Concordia University; Beatrice "Bean" E. Robinson, PhD, University of Minnesota; Jennifer J. Connor, PhD, St. Cloud State University

Rapid HIV screening in a jail setting: Addressing perceived barriers through a pilot project
Raees Shaikh, MPH, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Kari Simonsen, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Mary Earley, CJM, Douglas County, Nebraska; Mark Foxall, PhD, Douglas County, Nebraska; Cole Boyle, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Monirul Islam, MD, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Heather Younger, Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services; Uriel Sandkovsky, MD, FACP, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Elizabeth Berthold, Douglas County Health Department; Ruth Margalit, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Food Access and Security Assessment: A County Comparison Study
Cheryl Gaddis, DrPH, MPH, CHES, Mercer University College of Health Professions

Learning Social Determinants through Longitudinal Preclinical Patient Relationships
Andrew Telzak, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; William B. Jordan, MD MPH, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Victoria Gorski, MD, Montefiore Medical Center; Jennifer Brown, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Emma Ruderman, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Hannah Rosenblum, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Kevin O'Laughlin, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Deborah Swiderski, MD, Montefiore Medical Center

Creating Model Sexual Health Education Policies for Schools and Districts
Kendra LeSar, MPH, CHES, Louisiana Public Health Institute; Kelley McDonough, MPH, Louisiana Public Health Institute; Marsha Broussard, DrPH, Louisiana Public Health Institute

Seven Steps to Success to a Successful Wellness Policy
Hannah Laughlin, MPH, Action for Healthy Kids

Health care expenditures for the elderly with chronic conditions in 2011
Jeffrey A. Rhoades, PhD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Beyond Strength: Participant and Instructor Perspectives on the Benefits of EnhanceFitness
Marlana Kohn, MPH, University of Washington; Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN, University of Washington; Laura Farren, BS, University of Washington; Grace Kline, PhD, RN, University of Washington; Christina Miyawaki, PhD, MSW, MA, University of Washington; Miruna Petrescu-Prahova, PhD, University of Washington

Public Health Response to Legalization of Marijuana - the Colorado Example
Tista Ghosh, MD, MPH, Colorado Dept of Public Health and Environment

Smoking cessation at bladder cancer diagnosis: Many patients might benefit from this teachable moment
Josemanuel Saucedo, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine; Jeffrey Bassett, MD, David Geffen School of Medicine; John Gore, MD, MS, University of Washington; Lorna Kwan, MPH, UCLA; Sarah Connor, MPH, CHES, UCLA; Christopher Saigal, MD, MPH, UCLA; William McCarthy, PhD, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Using concept mapping to explore strategies for smoking cessation for women with experiences of homelessness and serious mental illness
Lara Weinstein, MD, MPH, Thomas Jefferson University; Marianna Lanoue, PhD, Thomas Jefferson Univeristy; Katelyn Hurley, MPH, Thomas Jefferson Univeristy; Ronald E. Myers, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University; Randa Sifri, MD, Thomas Jefferson University

Working Together for Complete Streets
Stefanie Seskin, MUPP, Smart Growth America; Kimberly L. Irwin, MPH, Health by Design

Empowering Seniors as Advocates for Healthy & Walkable Neighborhoods
Tony Dang, BA, California WALKS; Wendy Alfsen, JD, California WALKS

Community health worker peer-to-peer education: A method for addressing barriers to data collection utilization, improving data quality, and developing leadership
Katy Weeks, MPH, The Institute for Public Health Innovation; Sabrina Heard, Community Health Worker, Institute for Public Health Innovation

Lessons learned on integrating a CHW-led research project on cervical cancer screening in 2 safety-net clinics
Kumar Ilangovan, MD, University of Miami; Brendaly Rodriguez, MA, University of Miami; Orieta Fontan, University of Miami; Valentine Cesar, University of Miami-Center for Haitian Studies; Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH, University of Miami

Both Sides of the Tracks: Two CHEs Tell How They Went From Being a Part of Vulnerable Populations to Serving Them
Oreletta Garmon, Sinai Health System; Maria Trujillo, Sinai Health System; Chela Sproles, PhD, MPA, Sinai Health System

IDecide/Decido Decision Aid: The role of community health workers in the development and delivery of a tailored, interactive, web-based decision aid to low-income Latino and African American adults with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes who received care at a federally qualified health center in Detroit
Gloria Palmisano, BS, MA, Community Health & Social Services Center, Inc.; Angela Fagerlin, PhD, University of Michigan; Rebecca Mase, MSW, University of Michigan Medical School; Hwajung Choi, PhD, Univeristy of Michigan; Lawrence C. An, MD, University of Michigan; Caroline Richardson, MD, University of Michigan Medical School; Michael Spencer, PhD, University of Michigan; Michele Heisler, MD MPA, University of Michigan; Claudia Guajardo, CHASS Center, Inc.; Deliana Ilarraza-Montalvo, CHASS Center, Inc.; Michael Anderson, CHASS Center, Inc.

Validation of Telehealth for Home Assessment of Transfer Mobility in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
Ruth Cronkite, PhD, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Palo Alto Health Care System; Michelle Hill, RN, MS, VA Palo Alto Health Care System; B. Jenny Kiratli, PhD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System; Max Halvorson, MA, VA Palo Alto Health Care System; Doug Ota, MD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Someone could eat that: Fruit tree gleaning and food bank donations in New Orleans
Megan Nuismer, Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana

Mobile food vending landscape at fifteen Chicago Public Schools elementary schools
Sarah B. Welch, MPH, Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children; Anna Barnes, MPH, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital; Daney Ramirez, MPH, Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children; Jaime Arteaga, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Nadia Sulayman, Chicago Public Schools; Rachael Dombrowski, MPH, Chicago Public Schools; Veronica Sek, CLOCC

AskCHIS Neighborhood Edition: California Healthography through a web-based dissemination tool
David Grant, PhD, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; Ninez Ponce, MPP, PhD, UCLA; Bogdan Rau, MPH, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; Yueyan Wang, PhD, UCLA; Hongjian Yu, PhD, UCLA

Parents' and children's emotions spanning the HIV disclosure process in Kenya
Grace Gachanja, PhD, MPH, RN, Walden University; Gary J. Burkholder, PhD, Walden University; Aimee Ferraro, PhD, MPH, Walden University

Technical efficiency and its relation to health providers' competence and scale of production of HTC services in Africa: A multi-country cost and quality of care study
David Contreras-Loya, MSc, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública; Sandra Sosa-Rubi, PhD, National Institute of Public Health; Amílcar Azamar-Alonso, MSc, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública; Ivan Ochoa Moreno, MSc, National Institute of Public Health; Jeanine Condo, PhD, National University of Rwanda; Kumbutso Dzekedzeke, PhD, Dzekedzeke Research & Consultancy; Omar Galarraga, PhD, Brown University; Sabin Nsanzimana, MD, Rwanda Biomedical Center; Neil Martinson, MD, University of the Witwatersrand; Felix Masiye, PhD, University of Zambia; Richard Wamai, PhD, Northeastern University; Joseph Wang'ombe, PhD, University of Nairobi; Sergio Bautista Arredondo, MSc, National Institute of Public Health

Quality of care for three HIV prevention interventions: A multi-country study in Africa
Ivan Ochoa Moreno, MSc, National Institute of Public Health; Ada Kwan, MHS, National Institute of Public Health; Jeanine Condo, PhD, National University of Rwanda; Neil Martinson, MD, University of the Witwatersrand; Jenny Coetzee, University of the Witwatersrand; Felix Masiye, PhD, University of Zambia; Kumbutso Dzekedzeke, PhD, Dzekedzeke Research & Consultancy; Joseph Wang'ombe, PhD, University of Nairobi; Omar Galarraga, PhD, Brown University; Richard Wamai, PhD, Northeastern University; Sandra G. Sosa Rubí, National Institute of Public Health; Sergio Bautista Arredondo, MSc, National Institute of Public Health

Determinants of Technical Efficiency of HIV Prevention Interventions in four African Countries
Sergio Bautista Arredondo, MSc, National Institute of Public Health; Sandra Sosa-Rubi, PhD, National Institute of Public Health; Jeanine Condo, PhD, National University of Rwanda; Neil Martinson, MD, University of the Witwatersrand; Felix Masiye, PhD, University of Zambia; Sabin Nsanzimana, MD, Rwanda Biomedical Center; Joseph Wang'ombe, PhD, University of Nairobi; Kumbutso Dzekedzeke, PhD, Dzekedzeke Research & Consultancy; Omar Galarraga, PhD, Brown University; Richard Wamai, PhD, Northeastern University; Jenny Coetzee, University of the Witwatersrand; Raluca Buzdugan, PhD, University of California, Berkeley; Claire Chaumont, MSc, National Institute of Public Health; Ada Kwan, MHS, National Institute of Public Health; Ivan Ochoa Moreno, MSc, National Institute of Public Health

Did PEPFAR Impact the ABCs of HIV Prevention?
Ashley Fox, PhD, MA, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Madison Little, Rutgers University

Association between area-level poverty and HIV diagnoses, and differences by sex, New York City 2010-2011
Ellen Wiewel, MHS, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Angelica Bocour, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Laura Kersanske, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Sara Bodach, MPH, University of California, San Francisco; Qiang Xia, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Sarah Braunstein, PhD MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

E-Mobile data collection to improve data quality and speed of results: Lessons from Angola
Beth Brennan, MPH, Abt Associates, Inc.; Jeanne Goodman, B.S., Abt Associates, Inc.; Brendan Small, B.S., Abt Associates, Inc.; Joe Contini, B.S., M.B.A., Abt Associates, Inc.; Nancy Brown, B.S., Abt Associates, Inc.

Ten Years Later: Results from a Performance Evaluation of the USAID/Mali health portfolio (2003 to 2013)
Dr. Swati Sadaphal, MD MHS, International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI); Pierre Claquin, Independent Consultant; Mamadou Kone, Independent Consultant; Iain Mclellan, Independent Consultant; Bouaré Mountaga, Independent Consultant

Improving Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination Rates in Developing Economies
Oroma Nwanodi, MD, MS-CROM, FACOG, ABIHM, Athena Medical Group; Patrick Palmieri, DHSc, EdS, MSc(c), MBA, MSN, ACNP, RN, CPHRM, CPHQ, FACHE, International Center for Advanced Research and Applied Science | INCAAS

Implications of the Affordable Care Act for the Justice-Involved and Criminal Justice System
Jenny Montoya Tansey, J.D., Californians for Safety and Justice

Detrimental Effect on Low-Income African-Americans from Refusing to Accept the Medicaid Expansion Under the ACA
Anthony Adewumi, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis

Fathers do matter -Effects of paternal parental stress and health behaviors on pregnancy outcomes in Taiwan
Chao-Hung Chen, MD, PhD, Mackay Memorial Hospital; Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management; Jian-Pei Huang, MD, Mackay Memorial Hospital; Ping-Lin Chen, Ph.D, Taipei Medical University; Tai-Chia Chang, Taipei Medical University; Yi-Han Chen, Taipei Medical University; Yi-Hua Chen, Ph D, Taipei Medical University

Transforming the way women see place using CHWs
Yolanda Hill- Ashford, MSW, Henry Ford Health System

Environmental Health in Early Care and Education Settings: Evidence-Based Standards
Marilyn J. Krajicek, EdD, RN, FAAN, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

An Integrated Pest Management Intervention in Child Care Centers
Abbey Alkon, PhD, UCSF; Bobbie Rose, RN, PHN, UCSF School of Nursing; Dana Cox, RN, PHN, UCSF School of Nursing; Regina Vittore, RN, PHN, UCSF School of Nursing; Alicia Swartz, RN, PNP, PhD student, UCSF School of Nursing; Sahar Nouredini, PHN, MSN, CNS, UCSF; Michelle Stephens, RN, PNP, UCSF School of Nursing

Breastfeeding Friendly Health Departments: Ten Steps to Success
Bonnie Brueshoff, DNP, MSN, RN, PHN, Dakota County

Breastfeeding-friendly activities in hospitals and child care programs: Making it happen
Kathleen Anderson, MEd, CLC, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Catherine Sullivan, MPH, RD, LDN, IBCLC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, IBCLC, FACPM, FILCA, FABM, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Emily Taylor, MPH,, WISE

Title: Supporting School Employees who Breastfeed: A project of the Louisiana Workplace Breastfeeding Support Program
Caitrin Alb, MPH, Tulane University; Lauren Futrell Dunaway, MPH, RD, LDN, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine; Ana Bales, Tulane University; Marci Brewer Asling, MPH, Louisiana Office of Public Health; Katherine P. Theall, PhD, Tulane University School of Public Health

A randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of a telephone consultation program on exclusive breastfeeding
Yu-Ying Lu, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences; Lin-Ying Chien, National Yang-Ming University; Shu-Ti Chiou, Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Meei-Ling Gau, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences; Chieh-Yu Liu, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences; Mei-Yueh Hsu; Su-Fang Wang; Cherng-Chia Yang; Chun-Sen Hsu; Ming-Kuang Shyu

Documenting the impact of the Hyde Amendment on women's abortion access
Amanda Dennis, DrPH, MBE, Ibis Reproductive Health

Normalization: Depathologizing Male Behavior to Create a New Treatment Paradigm
Alan Ellis, LCSW, Foundation For Male Studies; Gerard Treacy, LCSW-R, Foundation For Male Studies; Edward Stephens, MD, Foundation For Male Studies

Emergency Room Enhancement: Improving Access to Behavioral Health Care
Rita Adkins, MPA, Missouri Institute of Mental Health; Mary Dugan, PhD, Missouri Institute of Mental Health

Impact of Fathers on Reducing Prevalence of Dating Violence, and Sexual Risk Behaviors among a National Sample of Adolescent Females
Binta Alleyne-Green, PhD, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service; Claudette Grinnell-Davis, University of Michigan; Trenette Clark, PhD, University of North Carolina

Make TODAY Count!: Implementing a population engagement and culture change strategy
Mark Wallace, M.D., M.P.H., North Colorado Health Alliance; Vincent Atchity, Ph.D., North Colorado Health Alliance; Carlee Rosen, M.P.H., North Colorado Health Alliance

Enriching the public health nursing database by including school nursing data
Erin Maughan, PhD, MS, RN, APHN-BC, National Association of School Nurses; Linda Wolfe, EdD, RN, NCSN, FNASN, Delaware Department of Education; Marjorie Cole, MSN, RN, Missouri Department of Health; Kathleen Johnson, DNP, RN-BC, NCSN, Seattle Public Schools, Washington; Donna Mazyck, MS, RN, NCSN, LCPC, National Association of School Nurses

Measuring birth outcomes in New York State: A multidimensional approach at the county level
Rosa D. Darling, PhD, RNC-NIC, Binghamton University; A. Serdar Atav, PhD, Binghamton University

A Tale of two Tails: How access to needed care differs across the Appalachian border in two states
Tonimarie Black, BS (expecting 2014), Univesrity of New Hampshire; Robert J. Mcgrath, PhD, University of New Hampshire; Julia Farides-Mitchell, MS, University of New Hampshire

Health hazard scenarios and dermal exposure risk during Marcellus Shale hydraulic fracturing activity
Bevin Durant, MPH, Drexel University School of Public Health; Curtis E. Cummings, MD, MPH, Drexel University School of Public Health; Patrick Gurian, PhD, Drexel Universty; Mira Olson, PhD, Drexel Universty

Young adults' health beliefs and safety concerns regarding the use of electronic cigarettes: Evidence from Eastern Europe
Oana M. Pop, MA, Cluj School of Public Health, Center for Health Policy and Public Health, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca; Angela Cazacu-Stratu, PhD, The State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “NicolaeTestemitanu”; Melinda Penzes, MD, Semmelweis University Budapest; Paula Alexa, BA, University of Iowa

Implementation of Tobacco Free Futures an integrated health systems tobacco cessation model in Alberta
Brent Friesen, MD FRCPC, Alberta Health Services; Michelle Nummi, BSc BSc llP, Alberta Health Services; Judy Corcoran, RN BN MSc, Alberta Health Services; Susan Canning, Alberta Health Services

How self-esteem and exposure to neighborhood deviant behavior influence dating violence victimization among American Indian adolescent girls
Deborah Poling Scott, MPH, Sage Associates, Inc.; Vishnu Nepal, MSc, MPH, City of Houston, Health and Human Services; Deborah Banerjee, PhD, Houston Health and Human Services

Development of coordinator competencies for the Stanford chronic disease management program in Maryland
Virginia Brown, DrPH, University of Maryland; Patsy Ezell, PhD, University of Maryland Extension

Potential Influence of Internet Health Resources on Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department
Camille Broadwater-Hollifield, PhD, MPH, University of Utah; Kajsa Vlasic, University of Utah; Robert Stephen, MD, University of Utah; Troy Madsen, MD, University of Utah

Feasibility of Implementing a Decision Support and Integrated Record-Keeping Tool in the Nurse Management of Hypertension in Rural Western Kenya
Evan Blank, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Nelly Tuikong, Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare; Jemima Kamano, MD, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital; Lawrence Misoi, Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare; Deborah Ascheim, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Sylvester Kimaiyo, MD, Moi University College of Health Sciences; Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Martin Were, MD, MS, Indiana University School of Medicine; Rajesh Vedanthan, MD, MPH, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Feasibility of generating community health measures based on geospatially-enabled electronic health records
Karen Frederickson Comer, MLA, Indiana University; Marc Rosenman, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine; Joseph Gibson, MPH, PhD, Marion County Public Health Department; Brian Dixon, MPA, PhD, FHIMSS, Regenstrief Institute

Patient Access to Personal Health Information Across Health Care Settings
Alisa Hughley, MPH, DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority

GMOs v. Organic: Is Coexistence Possible?
Genna Reed, M.S., Food & Water Watch

Impact of Maternal Death on Living Children in Rural Malawi
Junior Bazile, MPH, MD, Partners In Health /Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo; Alicia Ely Yamin, JD MPH, Harvard University; Vanessa Boulanger, Harvard School of Public Health; Leslie Berman, Partners In Health; Pilira Kausiwa, Diploma, Partners In Health /Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo; Jonas Rigodon, MD, MPH, Partners In Health /Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo

Increasing acceptance and use of recommended treatment for childhood diarrhea with Bicycle Doctors (Sehat Mitras) in Uttar Pradesh, India
Elizabeth Cohen, MPH, FHI 360; Camille Saade, FHI 360; Abhay Singh, FHI 360; Saikat Mukhopadhyay, FHI 360

Caring for Children's Environmental Health in Early Care and Education Settings: Evidence-Based Standards
Marilyn J. Krajicek, EdD, RN, FAAN, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Kathy Shaw, DNP, RN, CDE, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Engaging African-American Fathers in Reducing Stress during Pregnancy: Interview Results of African-American Men
George Morris III, MD, University of Wisconsin -Milwukee; David Pate Jr., PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Kris Barnekow, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Kathleen Pritchard, PhD, IMPACT Inc.

'Nobody cares if I use a condom': Sexual Risk Behaviors of Foster Care Youth
Nadine Finigan-Carr, PhD, University of Maryland - Baltimore; Catherine Watson, MSW, Baltimore City Health Department; Patricia Jones, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Richard Barth, PhD, University of Maryland

Work environment and health needs in small- and medium-sized enterprises in a manufacturing technology ward in Japan
Yoko Tsuno, Ph.D., The University of Tokyo; Tomoko Omiya, Ph.D., Toho University; Kaoru Kawai, Ph.D., MH Revolution Co.,Ltd.

Rutgers Global Child Labor Forum
Derek G. Shendell, DEnv, MPH, Rutgers SPH (and EOHSI); Yu (Lucy) Zheng, BS (c), Rutgers University E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy; Nikita Tumati, BS, Rutgers University E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy; Sarah W. Kelly, MPH, Rutgers School of Public Health

Mental health of child workers: Results from a case-control study of the brick manufacturing industry in four countries
Catherine Pellenq, ESPE & Université Joseph Fourier; Susan Gunn, PhD, International Labour Organization; Janessa Graves, PhD, MPH, Washington State University; Mohammed Vaqas Ali, PhD, University of the Punjab

Measuring effects of information in media on antecedents of African American youth weight control: A case study of magazine content
Chelsea Reynolds, M.A., University of Minnesota; Marco Yzer, Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Carolyn Ievers-Landis, Ph.D., University Hospitals

Health Connectors: Lessons learned from a resource-coaching program for diabetic patients at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
Nahal Nikroo, UC, Irvine; Mayra Cruz, UC, Irvine; Sarah Peraza, UC, Irvine; Marco Angulo, MD, UC, Irvine; Annie Nguyen, PhD, MPH, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

Engaging priority populations in tobacco control advocacy and policy: The LAAMPP experience
Linda M. Bosma, MA, PhD, Bosma Consulting, LLC; Rod Lew, MPH, Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership; Jaime Martinez, ClearWay Minnesota

Translating FDA/CTP Authority into Regulatory Action
Mitch Zeller, J.D., U.S. Food and Drug Administration

How Science Informs FDA Regulatory Decisions
RADM David Ashley, PhD, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Perceived Barriers and Impact of Implementing ACA in a Rural Community
Cheryl Gaddis, DrPH, MPH, CHES, Mercer University College of Health Professions; Brad Lian, PhD, Mercer University; Mary Mathis, DrPH, MPH, Mercer University; Suzie Lamarca, MPH, Mercer University; Nannette Turner, PhD, MPH, Mercer University

"Central California Healthy Stores Initiative" Addresses Health Inequity in Underserved Communities
Genoveva Islas, MPH, Public Health Institute; Reyna Villalobos, MPH, Public Health Institute

Atlanta's Enduring Compromise: Youth Contending with Home Foreclosures and School Closures in the “New South”
LeConte Dill, DrPH, MPH, SUNY Downstate School of Public Health; Mercedez Dunn, University of Michigan; Orrianne Morrison, Eagle's Landing Middle School

Improving the Health and Safety Disinvested Urban Communities
Myra Tetteh, MPP, University of Michigan; Todd Scott, Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance; Nikita Buckhoy, LMSW, City Connect Detroit

Impact of hearing loss on bullying in school-aged children
Andrea Warner-Czyz, Ph.D., Dallas Cochlear Implant Program; Betty Loy, Au.D., Children's Medical Center; Hannah Pourchot, M.A., The University of Texas at Dallas

Assessing Collaborative Efficacy of an Environmental Health Workgroup
Suzanne Padilla, MA, California State University, Long Beach; C. Kevin Malotte, DrPH, California State University, Long Beach; Parichart Sabado, PhD, MPH, California State University Long Beach; Laura Hoyt D'Anna, DrPH, California State University, Long Beach; Gisele Fong, PhD, EndOil/Communities for Clean Ports; Jennifer Chheang, MA, The California Endowment; Rene M. Castro, MSW, Building Healthy Communities: Long Beach; Lori Nascimento, MPH, The California Endowment

Utilizing Mississippi 2007-2011 linked birth and death data to explain district level variances in infant mortality rates
Juanita C. Graham, DNP RN FRSPH, Mississippi State Department of Health; Amy Brown, MPHc, University of South Florida

Vaccination Mandates for Healthcare Professionals - An Evaluation of How Ethical Concerns Impact Implementation
Arthur Caplan, PhD, NYU Langone Medical Center; Esther Chernak, MD, MPH, Drexel University School of Public Health; Evelyn Arana, MS, Drexel University School of Public Health; Nina Blank, Weill Cornell Medical College; Robert Field, JD, MPH, PhD, Drexel University School of Public Health; Michael Yudell, PhD, MPH, Drexel University School of Public Health

Do Right!® Healthy Corner Store Network: An innovative approach to equip corner stores within underserved communities with greater access to and education of healthy, affordable foods
Renee Mahaffey Harris, The Center for Closing the Health Gap in Greater Cincinnati; Hana Shaaban, The Center for Closing the Health Gap in Greater Cincinnati; Rhonda Lindsey, The Center for Closing the Health Gap in Greater Cincinnati; Shakeyrah Elmore, The Center for Closing the Health Gap in Greater Cincinnati

Five year analysis of changing response to AHRQ's Funding Opportunity Announcements (FY2009 – 2013)
Rebecca Trocki, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Shyam Misra, MD, PhD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Kishena Wadhwani, PhD, MPH, AHRQ; Francis Chesley, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Association of neighborhood-level socioeconomic status (SES) with time from HIV diagnosis to viral suppression among newly diagnosed New Yorkers, 2006–2010
Ellen W. Wiewel, MHS, The Graduate Center, CUNY; Lucia V. Torian, PhD, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Andrew R. Maroko, PhD, Lehman College, City University of New York; Heidi E. Jones, PhD, MPH, CUNY School of Public Health, Hunter College; Luisa N. Borrell, DDS, PhD, Lehman College, CUNY

Geographic Information Systems As a Tool for Community-based Advocacy
Khusdeep Malhotra, BDS, MPH, Morehouse School of Medicine; Harry Heiman, MD, MPH, Morehouse School of Medicine; Jeff Graham, Georgia Equality

New Approaches and Outcomes in Innovative Men's Suicide Prevention Program
Sally Spencer-Thomas, Psy.D., MNM, Carson J Spencer Foundatino

Safe or Unsafe Motherhood: The Invisibility of Foreign-born Mothers in Philadelphia
Joan Bloch, PhD, CRNP, Drexel University; Cecily Knauer, PhD, Drexel University; Michelle Kensey, MSN, RN-BC, Drexel University; Marjie Mogul, MBA, PhD, Maternity Care Coalition; Angela Guerriero, M.Ed., MA, MM, MT-BC, RYT, Drexel University; Jane Ryan, PhD, CNM, Drexel University

Predictors of Stunting in Early Infancy Among Bolivian Children
Kaitlyn Stanhope, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health; Paulina Rebolled Esteinou, MD, MSc, Emory University; Rachel M. Burke, MPH; Juan Leon, PhD, MPH, Emory University; Michael D. Garber; Rita Revollo; Rebecca Heritage

Clostridium difficile in a population of hospital discharges: Examining differences in patients admitted with or without the infection
Obioma Nwaiwu, MBBS, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center; Darcy McMaughan, PhD, Texas A&M Health Science Center; Rachel Edwards, Texas A&M University, Health Science Center; Szu-hsuan Lin, Texas A&M Health Science Center; Charles Phillips, PhD, MPH, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center

Trauma Informed Community Building: Transforming the way we rebuild public housing and build community resilience in trauma impacted neighborhoods
Sharon Rose, MPH, University of California, San Francisco; Jessica Wolin, MPH, MCRP, San Francisco State University; Emily Weinstein, MCP, MSRED, BRIDGE Housing Corporation

Ryan White Part F and Dental Funding
Mark Schweizer, DDS, MPH, Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine

Online Lessons Help College Students Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy
Chelsey Connolly, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy

Exploring the ethical and social aspects of an mHealth intervention in urban and rural home visitation programmes for women affected by domestic violence
Loraine Bacchus, PhD MA BSc, University of Virginia; Linda Bullock, PhD, RN, FAAN, University of Virginia; Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, FAAN, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Predicting Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Series Completion Rates: The Case of New York State Counties
A. Serdar Atav, PhD, Binghamton University; Nannette Cowen, MS, FNP-BC, Binghamton University; M. Lynn Baniak, BS, RN, Binghamton University

Irrational Use of Medicines: An Assessment of Turkish Patients in Primary Care Settings
Merdiye Sendir, RN, MS, PhD, Istanbul University; A. Serdar Atav, PhD, Binghamton University; Funda Buyukyilmaz, RN, MS, PhD, Istanbul University; Zuhal Celik, BSN, Istanbul University

Nurses Need Not be Guilty Bystanders
Judy Myers, PhD, RN, Indiana University Southeast; Elizabeth Fitzgerald, EdD, APRN, The Ohio State University; Paul Clark, PhD, RN, University of Louisville

Advocating for Improved School Health Services in Wisconsin: The WISHeS Project
Teresa DuChateau, DNP, RN, CPNP, Wisconsin Public Health Association; Sarah J. Beversdorf, MPH/MSW, Wisconsin Public Health Association; Marie Wolff, PhD, Center for Healthy Communities and Research

Upward or Downward Mobility: Longitudinal residential trajectories and risk for preterm birth
Luke Baertlein, MPH, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health; Michael Kramer, PhD, Emory University

Developmental Trajectories of Comorbid Alcohol and Tobacco Use Among Young Adults
Charu Mathur, PhD, MPH, MBBS, School of Public Health,University of Minnesota; Traci L. Toomey, PhD, University of Minnesota; Kathleen Lenk, MPH, University of Minnesota; Lindsey Fabian, MPH, University of Minnesota; Darin J. Erickson, PhD, University of Minnesota; Jean Forster, PhD, MPH, University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Analyzing Local Tobacco, Nutrition, & Alcohol Data to Influence Chronic Disease Prevention Advocacy and Policy Development
Shaunda Scruggs, MSHS, San Mateo County Health System; Brad Jacobson, MPH, San Mateo County Health System; Deborah Van Olst, MPH, San Mateo County Health System; Brightstar Ohlson, MS, Bright Research Group; Mejin Leechor, MPP, Bright Research Group; Megan Griffin, MPH(c), San Jose State University; Edith Cabuslay, MPH, San Mateo County Health System; Scott Morrow, MD, MPH, MBA, San Mateo County Health System

Findings of a community health needs assessment (CHNA) with a Latino population living in the Oxnard Plain, California
Amanda Tamburro, MPH, CHES, Dignity Health, St. John's Hospitals; Steven Godin, PhD, MPH, East Stroudsburg University; George West, JD, BCCC, Dignity Health, St. John's Hospitals

Lost in translation: Physicians' perspective on how language barriers affect diabetes outcomes among Latino patients with limited English proficiency
Claudia Chaufan, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco; Hegla Fielding, R.N. MA, University of California San Francisco; Catherine Chesla, RN, PhD, FAAN, University of California San Francisco; Alicia Fernandez, MD, University of California San Francisco

Improving interventions designed to prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among college students
Hannah Priest, CHES, MAED, University of Alabama; Adam Knowlden, CHES, MBA, MS, Ph.D., University of Alabama

Providing Long-Acting Reversible contraception services In the school-based health center setting: Key themes for facilitating implementation
Kelly Gilmore, BA, MPHc, University of Washington; Andrea Hoopes, MD, University of Washington; Janet Cady, MN, ARNP, Neighborcare Health; Sarah Prager, MD, University of Washington; Anne-Marie Amies-Oelschlager, MD, University of Washington

A systematic review of preventive interventions for HIV/AIDS in high-risk adults
Kenneth D. Woodson, MPH, CHES, University of Cincinnati; Manoj Sharma, PhD, University of Cincinnati

Emotional Distress of Children with Cancer in China: An IRT Analysis of Pediatric PROMIS Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Short Forms
Yanyan Liu, PhD candidate, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China; Changrong Yuan, PhD, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China; Jingting Wang, MSN, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.; Pamela Hinds, Children’s National Medical Center, The George Washington University, Washington; Jichuan Wang, PhD, The George Washington University

A Decade of Diverse Opportunities: Trend Analysis of Summer Field Experiences at Rollins School of Public Health
Evelyn Howatt, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Roger Rochat, M.D., Rollins School of public Health; Mary Claire Worrell, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Jeffrey Freeman, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Cancer Morbidity Trends in Panama: Lets Analyze 8-years of data for 20 Different Types of Cancer
Arturo Rebollon, MD, MPH, CPH, University of South Florida; Dawood Sultan, Ph.D., University of South Florida College of Public Health

Building a diverse public health pathway to reducing health disparities: Future Public Health Leaders Program
Susan Frazier-Kouassi, PhD, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Sela V. Panapasa, PhD, University of Michigan; Melissa A. Valerio, PhD, MPH, University of Texas School of Public Health; Dana L. Thomas, MPH, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Phyllis Meadows, PhD, MSN, RN, University of Michigan, School of Public Health

Effects of Medicare Part D and the Health Implications of Medication Therapy Management Eligibility Criteria
Junling Wang, PhD, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy; Yanru Qiao, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy; Ya-Chen Shih, University of Chicago Department of Medicine; Christina Spivey, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy; Liyuan Li; Jim Wan, PhD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center; Shelley White-Means, University of Tennessee Department of Clinical Pharmacy; Samuel Dagogo-Jack, University of Tennessee Health Science Center; William Cushman, Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Marie Chisholm-Burns, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy

A Population Health Approach to Early Childhood Development
Lisa Stanley, DrPH, UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities; Neal Halfon, MD, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles

Partnering for Health: The Benefits of Collaboration in an Effort to Reduce Health Inequities
Katherine Brown, MPH, City of Berkeley Public Health Division; Gin Jugarap, LifeLong Medical Care

A multisectoral approach to implementing statewide healthy relationships programming: Strengths, challenges, and strategies for success from Alaska
Wendi Siebold, M.A., M.P.H., Strategic Prevention Solutions; Kami Moore, B.S., Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault; Claire Crooks, PhD, CPsych, CAMH Centre for Prevention Science; Ann Rausch, M.A., Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault; Patricia Owen, B.A., MCHES, Alaska Department of Education & Early Development; Mollie Rosier, M.P.H., Alaska Division of Public Health Women's, Children's and Family Health; Lea Hegge, M.P.H., Strategic Prevention Solutions

Understanding and Taking Action to promote the safe use of acetaminophen among Hispanics – Know Your Dose Campaign
Magdalena Castro Lewis, National Alliance for Hispanic Health; Edgar Gil, MBA, National Alliance for Hispanic Health

Place Matters for Health in New Orleans: Ensuring Opportunities for Good Health for All
Yvette Wing, MPH, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals; Patrick Keen, D.Min, Orleans Parish Place Matters; Autumn Saxton-Ross, PhD, The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies; Jermane Bond, PhD, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Public Health Needs Assessment: Health Status and Disparities Identified among People with Disabilities in Ohio
Yiping Yang, MPH, CHES, The Ohio State University; Susan Havercamp, PhD, The Ohio State University; Ilka K. Riddle, PhD, University of Cincinnati University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities; Erica Coleman, MS, University of Cincinnati University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities; Timothy Sahr, MPH, MA, ThM, MDiv, The Ohio State University; Robert Ashmead, MS, The Ohio State University, The Government Resource Center

How the changing climate of Wisconsin is affecting health
Jeffrey Phillips, Wisconsin Dept. of Health Services

Delivering health gain and equity through ‘upstream' transport interventions
Judith Green, BSc, MSc, PhD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Phil Edwards, PhD, LSHTM; Rebecca Steinbach, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

VCU’s Education and Health Initiative and its Policy Implications
Steven Woolf, MD, MPH, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Precancerous Oral Conditions in Nevada Adolescents Associated with Tobacco and Marijuana Use
Marcia M. Ditmyer, PhD, MCHES, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Christina Demopoulos, DDS, MPH, UNLV School of Dental Medicine; Connie Mobley, PhD, RD, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Economic Evaluation of Outbreak Responses of Pertussis, Tuberculosis and Fungal Meningitis in New River Valley, Virginia
Kaja Abbas, PhD, MPH, Virginia Tech; Nargesalsadat Dorratoltaj, MS, MPH, Virginia Tech; Jennifer Samuels, BS, Virginia Tech; Karina Platt, MPH, Virginia Tech; Page Bordwine, MPH, MT(ASCP), New River Health District; Margaret O'Dell, MD, MFA, Virginia Department of Health; Thomas Kerkering, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine; Kerry Redican, PhD, MPH, MSPH, CHES, Virginia Tech

Substance Use and First Same-sex Sexual Experiences (FSSSE) in Young Black Same Gender Loving Adolescents (YBSGLAs)
Adedotun Ogunbajo, MHS, Johns Hopkins University; Anthony Morgan, Johns Hopkins University; Jessica Oidtman, BA, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health; Maria Trent, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Gary W. Harper, PhD, MPH, University of Michigan School of Public Health; J. Dennis Fortenberry, MD, MS, Indiana University School of Medicine; Renata Arrington-Sanders, MD, MPH, ScM, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Individual-Level and Event-Level Associations Between Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Gay and Bisexual Men
H. Jonathon Rendina, PhD, MPH, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY); Raymond Moody, BA, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY); Ana Ventuneac, PhD, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY); Christian Grov, PhD, MPH, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of CUNY, and the Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training; Jeffrey T. Parsons, PhD, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY)

Assessing Technical Efficiency of HIV Prevention Interventions in four African Countries
Sergio Bautista Arredondo, MSc, National Institute of Public Health; Sandra Sosa-Rubi, PhD, National Institute of Public Health; Jeanine Condo, PhD, National University of Rwanda; Neil Martinson, MD, University of the Witwatersrand; Felix Masiye, PhD, University of Zambia; Sabin Nsanzimana, MD, Rwanda Biomedical Center; Joseph Wang'ombe, PhD, University of Nairobi; Kumbutso Dzekedzeke, PhD, Dzekedzeke Research & Consultancy; Omar Galarraga, PhD, Brown University; Richard Wamai, PhD, Northeastern University; Jenny Coetzee, University of the Witwatersrand; Raluca Buzdugan, PhD, University of California, Berkeley; Claire Chaumont, MSc, National Institute of Public Health; Ada Kwan, MHS, National Institute of Public Health; Ivan Ochoa Moreno, MSc, National Institute of Public Health

Global approach for comparing the mortality rate from natural disasters and its relationship to the income level and development indices of the countries
Azadeh Rabiei, MD, MPH, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine; Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine; Amir Momeni, MD, MSc, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Impact of shift starting time on sleep duration, sleep quality, and alertness prior to injury in the People's Republic of China
David A. Lombardi, PhD, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety; Kezhi Jin, PhD; Celine Vetter, PhD; Theodore K. Courtney, MS, CSP, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety; Simon Folkard, D.Sc; Anna Arlinghaus, PhD; Youxin Liang, MD, PhD; Melissa J. Perry, ScD, The George Washington University

Criminal offending patterns in adults with serious mental illness: Clinical characteristics and gender as key risk factors
Allison G. Robertson, PhD, MPH, Duke University School of Medicine; Jeffrey Swanson, PhD, Duke University; Linda K. Frisman, PhD, University of Connecticut; Hsiu-Ju Lin, PhD, Research Division MS # 14 RSD; Marvin S. Swartz, MD, Duke University Medical Center

Mercury Challenges to Global Health
Linda M. Kaste, DDS PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry

Vigorous Physical Activity is Independently Associated with Markers of Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Risk in Youth
Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS, FACSM, University of South Carolina; Michael W. Beets, PhD, University of South Carolina; Keith Brazendale, MS, University of South Carolina; Nancy Fleischer, PhD, MPH, University of South Carolina; Steven N Blair, P.E.D, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health; Russell Pate, PhD, University of South Carolina

Cardiorespiratory Fitness and All-cause Mortality in Cancer Survivors
Duck-chul Lee, Iowa State University; Xuemei Sui; Enrique Artero; Vanesa Espańa-Romero; Steven N Blair, P.E.D, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health

Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy and STI in Community Health Centers
Stergios Roussos, PhD, MPH, Alliance for Community Research and Development; Felicia Batts, MPH, Golden Valley Health Centers; Kristi Olivares, PhD, Alliance for Community Research and Development; Angelica Carranza, MSW, Golden Valley Health Centers; Christine Noguera, Golden Valley Health Centers

Understanding Barriers to and Facilitators of Physical Activity and Stress Management among Bangladeshi Immigrants in New York City Using Qualitative Methods
Lindsey Riley, MPH, New York University School of Medicine; Gulnahar Alam, NYU School of Medicine; Mamnunul Haq, NYU School of Medicine; MD Taher, Center for the Study of Asian American Health, NYU Institute of Community Health and Research; Laura Wyatt, MPH, NYU School of Medicine; S. Darius Tandon, PhD, Northwestern University; Michael Tanner, MD, DREAM Project Coalition; Purnima Naik, MD, DREAM Project Coalition; Shahnaz Yousuf, DREAM Project Coalition; Runi Mukherji-Ratnam, PhD, DREAM Project Coalition; Mariano Rey, MD, NYU School of Medicine; Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DPH, NYU School of Medicine; Nadia Islam, PhD, NYU School of Medicine

Baby apps: Media exposure in infants
Sahel Hazrati, MPH, Inova Translational Medicine Institute; Elisabeth Klein, DNP, MSN, CNS, Inova Health System; Kathi Huddleston, PhD, RN, MSN, CNS, CCRC, Inova Health System

Using Health Literate Materials to Improve Patient Education
Michele Perlman, MPH, Community Healthcare Network; Emily Briglia, Community Healthcare Network

Advanced Topics in Smoke-Free Housing
Warren Ortland, J.D., William Mitchell College of Law

Bringing Healthy Air Home: Eliminating the hazards of secondhand and thirdhand smoke in multi-unit housing
Susan Bergquist, Tobacco Prevention, Maricopa County Department of Public Health; Laurie Thomas, MPA, Maricopa County Public Health

Evaluation of provider-led, healthy weight program for lesbian and bisexual women over 40 in the San Francisco Bay Area
Natalie Ingraham, MPH, Lyon-Martin Health Services; Dawn Harbatkin, MD, Lyon-Martin Health Services; Alexandra Minnis, MPH, PhD, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley; Marj Plumb, DrPH, Plumbline Coaching and Consulting, Inc.; Jennifer Lorvick, DrPH, RTI International

Mulitscale Modeling of HIV Transmission Dynamics
Nargesalsadat Dorratoltaj, MS, MPH, Virginia Tech; Josep Bassaganya-Riera, DVM, PhD, Virginia Tech; Stephen Eubank, PhD, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech; Margaret O'Dell, MD, MFA, Virginia Department of Health; Hazhir Rahmandad, PhD, Virginia Tech; Kaja Abbas, PhD, MPH, Virginia Tech

A qualitative examination of the impact of judges' decision-making processes on domestic violence protection order issuances
Christine Agnew-Brune, MPH, University of North Carolina; Kathryn E. Moracco, PhD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Public Health; Cara Person, MPH, CPH, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Improving Standards for Nutrition in Restaurants: The San Antonio °Por Vida! Initiative
Kasey Pape, MS, RD, LD, City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District

Facilitating Clinical Quality Improvement in Safety-Net Clinics
Jennifer Torres, MSSW, MPH, PhD (c), Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Heather Readhead, MD, MPH, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Ying Goh, MD, City of Pasadena Department of Public Health; Lisa Arangua, MPP, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS

National certification of healthcare interpreters – a competency assurance process
Natalya Mytareva, M.A., AHI, Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters

Development and Validation of Omaha System Guideline for Integrative Nursing to Translate Evidence-based Practice and Improve Population Health
Penny Kessler, MN, RN, University of Minnesota; Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, University of Minnesota; Karen A. Monsen, RN, PhD, FAAN, University of Minnesota

Refugee health: Lessons learned from Jordan in responding to the refugee crisis
James Griffin, MPH, International Relief and Development; Uma Kandalayeva, MD, International Relief and Development

Towards Better Solutions for Reducing Maternal Mortality
Susan Aradeon, MA Columbia U.; Phd Ahmadu Bello U, Nigeria, Partnership for Transforming Health Systems, Phase 2 (PATHS2), a United Kingdom Department for International Development programme; Amina Aminu, PATHS2; Henry Doctor, PhD – University of Pennsylvania; MA – University of Pennsylvania.

A Partnership to Assist Cancer Control Planning in Line with Global Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Control Targets
Melanie Samson, PhD, Union for International Cancer Control; Cynthia A. Vinson, PhD, MPA, National Cancer Institute; Lisa Stevens, PhD, National Cancer Institute; Julie Torode, PhD, Union for International Cancer Control; Brenda Kostelecky, PhD, National Cancer Institute

Delivering Prenatal Education through Community Collaboratives: A Catalyst for Improved Maternity Services and Birth Outcomes
Nikki Keene Woods, PhD, MPH, Wichita State University; Amy Chesser, PhD, MA, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita; Diane Daldrup, March of Dimes

Analyzing State and County Rates of Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC) before and after Revision of ACOG Guidelines
Kylia Garver, MPH Student, Boston University School of Public Health; Allison Potter, MPH Student, Boston University School of Public Health; Christina Gebel, MPH student, Boston University School of Public Health; Eugene Declercq, PhD, Boston University School of Public Health; Candice Belanoff, ScD, Boston University School of Public Health

Massachusetts care transitions education project: Improving effective person-centered care transitions across the healthcare continuum
Jena Bauman Adams, MPH, Central Massachusetts Area Health Education Center; Laurie Herndon, RN, M.S.N., GNP-BC, Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation; Carolyn Blanks, Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation; Kelly Aiken, MEd, MS, Regional Employment Board of Hampden County, Inc.

Challenges in Developing a Disaster Worker Mental Health Resiliency Training Program
Jonathan Rosen, MS, CIH, National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health Training

Right to Heal
Maggie Martin, MA, Iraq Veterans Against the War

Health Disparities Summer Internship Curriculum: A Service Learning Model engaging high school students in addressing health concerns impacting their communities
Nicole Primus, MPA, ARTHUR ASHE INSTITUTE FOR URBAN HEALTH; Marilyn Fraser-White, MD, Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health; Michael A. Joseph, PhD, MPH, School of Public Health at SUNY Downstate Medical Center; Tracey E. Wilson, PhD, SUNY Downstate Medical Center; Moro Salifu, MD; Mary Valmont, PhD, ARTHUR ASHE INSTITUTE FOR URBAN HEALTH; Humberto Brown, MA, Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health; Pamela Straker, PhD, Brooklyn Health Disparities Center; Mark Stewart, MD, Ph.D., SUNY Downstate Medical Center; Ruth C. Browne, ScD, Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health

Health Impact Assessment Education Programs and Standarized Curriculum
Cynthia Stone, DrPH, MSN, BSN, Indiana University

HIA of Gender Pay Inequity
Angela Stevenson, MPH, RN, Wayne County

Comparative Analyses of Flu Prevention at New England State Universities: Recommendations for Change
Adelaide Murray, University of New Hampshire; Marc D. Hiller, MPH, DrPH, University of New Hampshire; Rosemary M. Caron, PhD, MPH, University of New Hampshire

Estimating Prostate Cancer Care Cost in the US: Findings from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2008-2011
Mohammad Rifat Haider, MBBS, PGDHE, MHE, University of South Carolina; Zaina Qureshi, PhD, MPH, MS, University of South Carolina; Ramzi Salloum, PhD, University of South Carolina; Lianming Wang, PhD, University of South Carolina; Khosrow Heidari, MA, MS, MS, South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control; Mahmud Khan, PhD, University of South Carolina

Bridging Food Deserts and Creating Healthy Local Food Systems
Ann M. Carroll, MPH, US EPA, Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Revitalization

Modifiers of Neighbors' Bystander Intervention in Intimate Partner Violence: A Concept Mapping Study
Victoria A. Frye, MPH, DrPH, New York Blood Center; Sara Wee, MPH, National Family Justice Center Alliance; Mary-Justine Todd, MA. MPH, Women's Crisis Care International

Sticks and stones: The association between weight discrimination and mental and physical wellbeing
Angela Meadows, MSc, PhD Candidate, University of Birmingham; Suzanne Higgs, PhD, University of Birmingham

Body size measurements in public health: A social justice & weight stigma perspective
Natalie Ingraham, MPH, University of California- San Francisco; Sonya Satinsky, PhD, MPH, University of Kansas

Sharing Public Health Functions and Capabilities: Critical Issues
Gianfranco Pezzino, MD, MPH, Center for Sharing Public Health Services

Sharing Public Health Functions and Capabilities: Models of Full and Partial Integration
Kenneth Oakley, PhD, MS, MBA, FACHE, Lake Plains Community Care Network; Sandy Tubbs, RN, PHN, Douglas County Public Health

User-centered participatory design with at-risk teens of a psycho-educational mHealth interactive story to reduce risky sexual behavior
TJ Smith, AIDS Council of Northeastern New York; Paulina Sockolow, DrPH, MS, MBA, Drexel University

Partners met via sex parties have significantly greater odds for anal sex without condoms: An event-level analysis of men who have sex with men from bars/clubs, Craigslist.org, and sex parties
Christian Grov, PhD, MPH, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of CUNY, and the Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training; H. Jonathon Rendina, PhD, MPH, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY); Ana Ventuneac, PhD, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY); Jeffrey T. Parsons, PhD, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY)

Chronic stress among urban Latino day laborers in Los Angeles County, California
Frank H. Galvan, PhD, Bienestar Human Services, Inc.; Amy Wohl, MPH, PhD, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Juli-Ann Carlos, M.P.H., Division of HIV and STD Programs, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Ying-Tung Chen, M.S., Bienestar Human Services, Inc.

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Antenatal Depression in the United States: A Systematic Review
Soumyadeep Mukherjee, MBBS, DPH, Florida International University; Dudith Pierre-Victor, MPH, Florida International University; Raed Bahelah, MPH&TM, Florida International University; Mary Jo Trepka, MD, MSPH, Florida International University

Elements of Participation: Using Concept Mapping to understand CBPR in a Center to Study MH Recovery
Mary Jane Alexander, PhD, Nathan Kline Institute; Deborah Layman, MA, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research; Judy Sugarman, BA, Nathan Kline Institute; Christina Pratt, PhD, MSSW, BASW, Center to Study Recovery in Social Contexts Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research; Kristine Jones, Ph.D.

Temporary worker rights campaign
Richard Rabin, MSPH, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health; Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health

Assessing Attributes of an Oral Health Literate Organization: A Feasibility Study
Marcia M. Ditmyer, PhD, MCHES, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Christina Demopoulos, DDS, MPH, UNLV School of Dental Medicine; Connie Mobley, PhD, RD, University of Nevada Las Vegas; Judith Skelton, PhD, UNLV School of Dental Medicine

"Just Another Form of Giving Back": Motivations, Awareness, and Attitudes of Potential Oocyte Donors at Orientation
Lindsay Gezinski, MSW, Ph.D., University of Utah; Sharvari Karandikar, MSW, Ph.D., The Ohio State University; James Carter, MPH, The Ohio State University

Just Click Search: Placing Evidence-Informed Interventions at the Fingertips of School Social Workers
Humberto López Castillo, MD, MEd, MSc, University of South Florida; Tommi Rivers, BA, University of South Florida; Catherine Randall, MSW, University of South Florida

Health Knowledge, Insurance, and Other Factors' Influence on Breast and Prostate Cancer Screening Behavior
Sasigant So O'Neil, S.M., Mathematica Policy Research; Laura Ruttner, M.P.H., Mathematica Policy Research; Irina Cheban, M.S., Mathematica Policy Research; Melanie Steeves, M.P.H., Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Anita Christie, R.N., M.H.A., C.P.H.Q., Massachusetts Department of Public Health

MI AIms: Motivational Interviewing and Appreciative Inquiry Manifesting Success
Kathlynn Northrup-Snyder, RN, CNS, PhD, Oregon Health & Sciences University; Annette Garner, MSN, RN, CNE, Oregon Health & Sciences University; Kristen Crusoe, EdD, MN, RN, BA, Oregon Health & Sciences University; Sarah Wallace, MSN, RN, Peace Harbor Medical Center

Student Engagement in a Community Health Improvement Planning Partnership: An educational strategy for public health nursing practicums
Janet Primomo, PhD, MN, BSN, University of Washington Tacoma; Karen Meyer, MPH, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department; Corrie Matlock-Hightower, RN, MN, University of Washington Tacoma

Expanding Healthcare Service Delivery in South Bexar County, Texas: Development and Implementation of a School-Based Health Center
Camerino I. Salazar, MS, University Health System; Trina Roman, University Health System; Sadaf Rafique, MS, Texas Diabetes Institute; Matthew Lee Smith, PhD, MPH, CHES, The University of Georgia, College of Public Health; Theresa De La Haya, RN, MPH, University Health System; Kristen Plastino, M.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Jennie Quinlan, MPH, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Network analysis of organizations providing mammography in a rural region
Suzanne Lea, PHD, East Carolina University; Nancy Winterbauer, PhD, MS, MA, East Carolina University; Jacqueline Merrill, PhD, MPH, RN, Columbia University Medical Center; Ashley Tucker, MPH, East Carolina University