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APHA 2016 ANNUAL MEETING • DENVER, CO
Wednesday, November 2
8:30–9:30
Board 5 Examining the Public Conversation
About Preventative and Lifestyle
Medicine: An Analysis of Professional
Engagement with Social Media—
Harry
Moore, BSHSM
Board 6 Sustainability of U.S. Ebola Treatment
Centers—
Jocelyn Herstein, MPH
Board 7 Developing a Set of Measures to
Assess Patient Treatment Barriers and
Intervention Opportunities in a Student-
Run Free Clinic—
Rennie Burke, MA
Board 8 Relation of alcohol, tobacco, and
fruit and vegetable purchases to
concentrated disadvantage in an urban
county population—
Emily Harmeling, BA
Board 9 Healthcare Utilization among Elderly
Medicare Beneficiaries with Coexisting
Dementia and Cancer—
Prachi Chavan,
MPH, PhD(c) 2017
Board 10 Socio-ecological Risk Factors of
All-Cause Hospital Readmission in
a Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
Population—
Megan McClendon
Organized by: APHA-Student Assembly
Endorsed by: APHA-Committee on Women’s Rights,
Public Health Education and Health Promotion
5006.0
CCC, Halls A/F
International/Global Health and Creating the
Healthiest Nation Poster Session
Board 1 Exploring Police Perceptions of
Community-level interactions in
Philadelphia: Implications for a trauma-
informed policing model—
Steven
Brooks, MPH Candidate
Board 2 Blood pressure changes during a 12
month wellness coaching program
among Utah women of color—
Hannah
Wright, BS
Board 3 Human trafficking for sexual
exploitation in Europe—
Jami Flick, MS,
OTR/L
Board 4 Medical student run free clinic
intervention to increase capacity for
Asian immigrant health—
Phillip Hsu
Board 5 Improving health and empowering
communities in Liberia in the aftermath
of Ebola: A community health worker
program—
Sarah Nuttbrock, RN, BSN,
MPH Candidate
Board 6 Role of mental health towards health
behaviors among International
students in the United States—
Amir
Bhochhibhoya, MS, MBA, CHES
Board 7 Behavioral, Environmental and Social
Correlates for Latest Confirmed Ebola
Deaths in West Africa—
Laurasona Leigh,
PhD, MPH
Board 8 Developing a Cultural Vaccination Model
for Korean College Students: Based on
the Health Belief Model and the Theory
of Planned Behavior—
Sun Young Park
Board 9 Priorities for well-being and
experiences of discrimination in a
sample of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans,
and Queer (LGBTQ) Individuals in
Puerto Rico—
Ryan Tingler, BSPH
Board 10 Physician experiences of Sri Lanka’s
post-tsunami health system: A
qualitative analysis—
William Schenk, BA
Organized by: APHA-Student Assembly
Endorsed by: APHA-Committee on Women’s Rights,
International Health, LGBT Caucus of Public Health
Professionals, Public Health Education and Health
Promotion
5007.0
CCC, Halls A/F
Nutrition Health/ Epidemiology/
Biostatistics/ Maternal and Child Health
Student Posters
Board 1 A Systems-Level Comparison of
Primary Medical Homes and their
Community Partners for a South
Carolina Program Serving At-Risk
Parents and their Families—
Claudia
Cartledge
Board 2 Promoting fruits and vegetables
consumption among African American
women: A review of interventions—
LaVonne Brown, Student
Board 3 Impact of Work-Related Stress on
Health Care Professional Medication
Errors in Saudi Arabian Hospitals—
Abdul Salam, Ph.D.
Board 4 Dietary Fat Intakes and Religiosity
Among College Students: A Call For
Theory-Based Research—
Jereme
Wilroy, PhD, CHES
Board 5 Association between perception and
intent to modify weight and actual
weight related behaviors—
Tokunbo
Akande, MD, MPH
Board 6 Childhood Sexual Abuse and Sexual
Risk Behaviors among College Students
in Appalachia—
Pooja Subedi, MPH
student
Board 7 Anorexic behavior and peer influence
in 8-15 year old males and females:
Findings from the National Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
2011 – 2012—
Christina Pindar, BA
Board 8 Breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes
among childcare workers in the
Tampa Bay area: Opportunities for
intervention—
Vinita Sharma, MPH
Board 9 Gender differences in factors associated
with the co-occurrance of depressive
symptoms in patients with diabetes—
Elizabeth Kauffman
Board 10 Development of a Rapid, Accurate, and
Private Contact Tracing System Utilizing
Intercellular Proximities—
Rohan Suri
Organized by: APHA-Student Assembly
Endorsed by: APHA-Committee on Women’s Rights,
Epidemiology, Public Health Education and Health
Promotion
5008.0
CCC, Halls A/F
Public Health Policy/Maternal and Child
Health Student Posters
Board 1 Getting prescription drugs off the
street—
Brady Malecha
Board 2 Utilization of Long lasting insecticide
treated nets for under -five children in
Southwest, Nigeria—
Oluwatoyin Idowu,
M.B.ch.,B
Board 3 Effect of Hospital Closure on the
Financial Performance of Neighboring
Surviving Rural Hospitals—
Emmanuel
Akowuah, MSc
Board 4 Creating Heart-Healthy Kids Meals:
Restaurant Owner & Manager
Perspectives—
Lauren Haggerty
Board 5 Optimization of an in Vitro Model for
Studying Respiratory Syncytial Virus—
Alison Reindel, DVM (c), MAT
Board 6 Influence of policy on alternative foods
in public schools: A competitive edge
for creating a healthy nation—
Eric
Conrad, MA, CHES
Board 7 Effects of Age and Rapid Repeat Births
on Consequential Repeat Births:
Findings from a Missouri Home
Visitation Program—
Courtney Sciarratta
Board 8 A focus group study to assess students’
interpretations of a doctoral degree in
public health—
Amanitare Baily, DrPH
student
Board 9 Socioeconomic status and indoor
environmental quality in rural Georgia
homes—
Errol Spence
Board 10 Connecting Wisconsin Public Health
Professionals to Public Policy that
Matters—
Kathryn Staats
Organized by: APHA-Student Assembly
Endorsed by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native
Hawaiian Caucus, APHA-Committee on Women’s Rights,
Public Health Education and Health Promotion
5009.0
CCC, Halls A/F
Student Topic in Creating the Healthiest
Nation: Ensuring the Right to Health Poster
Session
Board 1 Non-operative Management of Rotator
Cuff Tears and Implications for Low
Cost Orthopedic Clinics—
Jessica
Churchill, BS
Board 2 School climate and environmental
predictors of tobacco, alcohol, and
marijuana use in middle school
students of Mississippi—
Thia Walker,
MPH
Board 3 Restorative Justice in K-12 Schools
Can Contribute to Elimination of Health
Disparities: Framework for Research,
Practice and Policy—
Jelena Todic, MSW,
LCSW
Board 4 Addressing the Social Determinants
of Health Through Emergency
Department-Based Community
Partnerships—
Martine Madill, BA
Board 5 Hepatitis C among Puerto Rican adults
with co-occurring substance use and
mental health conditions in Greater
Boston: Who is Positive?—
Jessica
Sousa, MSW
Board 6 An Internship Program for American
Indian Students—
Jason Hale, MA
Board 7 Family Food Purchasing Patterns Based
on Accessibility, and Environmental and
Geographical Factors—
Katelyn Bennett,
BS
Board 8 Validating Survey Measures to Improve
Quality Language Services in U.S
General Hospitals—
Yaritza Benitez
Board 9 Support group as lifeline for women
coping with infertility: The right for
a better quality of life—
Anh Phuong
Nguyen, MSW
Organized by: APHA-Student Assembly
Endorsed by: APHA-Committee on Women’s Rights,
Ethics, Injury Control and Emergency Health Services,
Public Health Education and Health Promotion