Accomplishments: Department of Environmental and Global Health
Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article, "Conceptualization of College Students鈥 COVID-19 Related Mask-wearing Behaviors using the Multi-Theory Model of Health Behavior Change" in the journal Health Promotion Perspectives in collaboration with colleagues from University of Arkansas and University of Alabama. The鈥
Gabriela Buccini (Environmental and Occupational Health) is the first author of a newly published article, "Nurturing Care Indicators for the Brazilian Early Childhood Friendly Municipal Index (IMAPI)" in the Maternal and Child Nutrition journal. The Nurturing Care Framework calls for establishing a global monitoring and accountability鈥
Drs. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj, Aditi Singh (both Medicine) and Chad Cross (Environmental and Occupational Health), along with Drs. Bhavana Bhaya, Dimal Patel, Justin Jeffries, and Edward Co, all former chief internal medicine residents (Medicine), presented their research poster at the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Online 2021 meeting鈥
Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article, "COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among College Students: A Theory-Based Analysis" in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health in collaboration with coauthors from University of Arkansas and University of Alabama. The article is very timely鈥
Jennifer R. Pharr (Environmental & Occupational Health), Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), Jason D. Flatt, and Axenya Kachen (both Environmental & Occupational Health), along with Babayemi Olakunde, '20 PhD Public Health, recently published an article, "Exercise as a Mitigator of Poor Mental Health Among Lesbian, 鈥
Karen E. Callahan (Environmental & Occupational Health) recently published an article on "Kidney Cancer Mortality Disparities among Hispanics in the US" in the journal Cancer Epidemiology.
Kidney cancer incidence is increasing among Hispanics but rate differences by distinct group, such as Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Mexican have not鈥
Gabriela Buccini (Environmental and Occupational Health) is a co-author of a newly published article, "Maternal Mental Health Mediates the Relationship Between Household Food Insecurity and Early Child Development in Brazil" in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin journal. Household food insecurity (HFI) is a well-known risk factor for鈥
Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) coauthored an article, 鈥淎ssociations among Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and Emotional Intelligence among Veterinary Medicine Students,鈥 in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health in association with colleagues from Lincoln Memorial University, University of鈥
Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) were interviewed by Medscape News for the feature, 鈥淟ess Sleep, More Burnout Linked to Higher COVID-19 Risk, Study Shows.鈥 Batra was the lead author on a meta-analysis on psychological impact of COVID-19, which she shared, while Sharma shared his expertise on鈥
Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with coauthors from University of Utah, National Dental College and Hospital (India), University of Kentucky, Coforge, and University of Mississippi Medical Center published an article "Explaining Screen-Time Behavior among Preschoolers in Northern India Using鈥
Gabriela Buccini (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently published an article on "Scaling up of Brazil's Crian莽a Feliz Early Childhood Development Program: An Implementation Science Analysis" in the journal ANNALS of the New York Academy of Sciences.
To address inequities that prevent socioeconomically vulnerable young鈥
Gabriela Buccini (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently published an article on "Scaling Up of Brazil鈥檚 Crian莽a Feliz Early Childhood Development Program: An Implementation Science Analysis" in the Annals of the New York Academy of Science. To address inequities that prevent socioeconomically vulnerable young children from reaching鈥