Room: Magnolia Jr. Ballroom
Tuesday, April 21, 2015, from 5:30 to 6:45 pm
Board #1: A Case Study of the Use of Administrative Evidence-based Practices in Local Health Departments
Principal Investigator: Kathleen Duggan, MPH; MS
Co-Investigator(s): Rachel Tabak, PhD; Paul Erwin, MD, DrPH; Carson Smith, MPH, MPA; Kristelle Aisaka, BA; & Ross Brownson, PhD
Board #2: Social Network Analysis of a Health Department-led Community Health Improvement Partnership
Principal Investigator: J. Mac McCullough, PhD, MPH
Co-Investigator(s): Eileen Eisen-Cohen, PhD; Bianca Salas, MPH; & William Riley, PhD
Board #3: A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Community Stakeholder Engagement in Community Health Needs Assessments
Principal Investigator: Cara Pennel, DrPH, MPH
Co-Investigator(s): Kenneth McLeroy, PhD, MS; James Burdine, DrPH, MPH; David Matarrita-Cascante, PhD, MS; & Jia Wang, PhD, MBA, MEd
Board #4: Local Health Department (LHD) Clinical Service Delivery along the Urban/Rural Continuum
Principal Investigator: Kate Beatty, PhD, MPH
Co-Investigator(s): Michael Meit, MPH, MA;Amal Khoury, PhD; Tyler Carpenter, BS; & Paula Masters, MPH
Board #5: Workforce Education and Experience as a Factor in Disease Case Investigation Efficiency
Principal Investigator: Melanie Mason, MS
Co-Investigator(s): Adam Atherly, PhD; Lisa VanRaemdonck, MPH, MSW; & Sarah Lampe, MPH
Board #6: Describing Community Health Status and Priorities: Early Findings from Accredited Health Departments’ Community Health Assessments and Community Health Improvement Plans
Principal Investigator: Jessica Kronstadt, MPP
Co-Investigator(s): Molly Bernish, BS, RN; Bulbul Bhattacharya, MPH; Natasha Kormanik, BS, RN; & Diedre Serene, BS, RN
Board #7: Modeling Supply Chain System Structure to Trace Sources of Food Contamination: Results from Stylized Models
Primary Investigator: Stan Finkelstein, MD, MS, BS
Co-Investigator(s): Richard Larson, PhD, MS, BS
Board #8: A Systematic Approach to Sustain a CQI Culture with Application to Public Health
Principal Investigator: Lorelei Kurimski, MS
Co-Investigator(s): Bonnie Rubin, MBA
Board #9: Financial Risk Indices and Prediction of Fiscal Distress.
Principal Investigator: Patrick Bernet, PhD, MS; MBA, BA; BS
Board #10: Quantifying the Potential Economic Benefits of Health Equity in Connecticut: Disparities in Hospital Charges and Costs among Blacks and Hispanics compared to Whites, 2005-2012
Principal Investigator: Stephanie Poulin, MPH
Co-Investigator(s): Sina Kianoush, MD, MPH & Mehul Dalal, MD, MSc
Board #11: Impact of a Notifiable Condition Reporting Intervention within a Health Information Exchange on Clinical and Public Health Partners: A Mixed Methods Perspective.
Principal Investigator: Rebecca Hills, PhD, MSPH
Co-Investigator(s): Brian Dixon, PhD, MPA;Uzay Kirbiyik, MPH; Patrick Lai; Joseph Gibson; Shaun Grannis, MD, MS; & Debra Revere, MA
Board #12: Validating the Use of Electronic Health Record Data for Population Health Surveillance
Principal Investigator: Katharine McVeigh, PhD, MPH
Co-Investigator(s): Remle Newton-Dame, MPH; Lorna Thorpe, PhD; Sharon Perlman, MPH ; Lauren Schreibstein, MA; Elisabeth Snell, MPH; & Tiffany Harris, PhD, MS
Board #13: Food Safety Workforce Training Needs Assessment
Principal Investigator: William Mase, DrPH, MPH, MA
Co-Investigator(s): Kyle McKinley, MHA
Board #14: Globalization and the Resurgence of Pertussis in the United States
Principal Investigator: Stephen Petzinger, BS
Board #15: A Taxonomy of Integration Interventions between Health Care and Public Health
Principal Investigator: Deborah Porterfield, MD, MPH
Co-Investigator(s): Lucia Rojas-Smith, DrPH; Megan Lewis, PhD; Lauren McCormack, PhD; Tom Hoerger, PhD; & Debra Holden, PhD
Board #16: Is Health Equity a Priority? Perceptions from Health System Decision Makers and Practitioners in British Columbia
Primary Investigator: MacDonald Marjorie, PhD, MA, BS, RN
Co-Investigator(s): Phuc Dang, MA, BA; Bernie Pauly, PhD, MA, BS, RN; Corrine Lowen, MA, BA; & Diane Allan, MS
Board #17: Characteristics of Academic Health Departments
Principal Investigator: Paul Erwin, MD; DrPH
Co-Investigator(s): Patrick Barlow, PhD; Ross Brownson, PhD; Kathleen Amos; & C. William Keck, MD, MPH
Board #18: Functions and Performance of Community Health Coalitions in Tennessee (Presented as Oral in Session 4A)
Principal Investigator: Paul Erwin, MD; DrPH
Board #19: Epidemiologic Capacity and Need in Hawaii: Status and Implication for Improvement
Principal Investigator: Tetine Sentell, PhD
Co-Investigator(s): Thomas Lee, MPH; Jay Maddock, PhD; & Victoria Fan, PhD
Board #20: Workforce Impacts on Provides of Local Health Department Activities : Addressing Health Disparities (WITHDRAWN)
Principal Investigator: Quan Chen, MS, BS
Board #21: From the Hospitals’ Perspective: Collaboration among Non-Profit Hospitals and Local Health Departments
Principal Investigator: Kate Beatty, PhD, MPH
Co-Investigator(s): Kristin Wilson, PhD, MPH; Amanda Ciecior, MPH; & Lisa Stringer, MPH, MSW
Board #22: Understanding the Exponential Increase of Cesareans in the United States
Principal Investigator: Jessica Stallings, MPH, BS
Board #23: A Logic Model for Evaluating the Academic Health Department
Principal Investigator: Paul Erwin, MD; DrPH
Co-Investigator(s): Julie Grubaugh, MPH, BS, CHES; Clea McNeely, PhD; Jennifer Valentine, MSN; Mark Miller, MS; & Martha Buchanan, MD
Board #24: Injury Prevention Partnerships: The Role of Public Health and Primary Care in Reducing Injury-related Infant Mortality Among Vulnerable Populations.
Principal Investigator: Sharla Smith, PhD, MPH, BS
Board #25: Shared Service Arrangements Among Local and Tribal Health Departments in Wisconsin: Results of the 2014 Survey
Principal Investigator: Kusuma Madamala, PhD, MPH
Co-Investigator(s): Susan Zahner, DrPH, BA, BS, BBA, RN; Adam Karlen, BS, RN; & Tracy Mrochek, MPA, RN
Board #26: Is Leadership Style Associated with Resource Reductions in Local Health Departments?
Principal Investigator: Laura Cassidy, PhD, MS
Co-Investigator(s): Matthew Dellinger, PhD; Renee Hill, MPH; & Staci Young, PhD
Board #27: Mixing It Up: Patterns in PARTNERing across Public Health Collaboratives
Principal Investigator: Christine Bevc, PhD, MA, BS
Co-Investigator(s): Danielle Varda, PhD & Jessica Retrum, PhD
Board #28: Public Health and Primary Care Integration through Enhanced Public Health Information Technology (PHIT) Maturity: A Case for Behavioral Health
Principal Investigator: Ritu Agarwal, PhD
Co-Investigator(s): Kenyon Crowley, MS, MBA; Robert Gold, PhD; Karoline Mortensen, PhD; Raul Cruz-Cano, PhD; Dushanka Kleinman, PhD, DDS; & Robin Bloodworth, MPH
Board #29: Organizational Climate, Culture, Capacity, and Change: A Conceptual and Practical Review for Understanding Organizational Context and Evidence-based Practice
Principal Investigator: Virginia R. McKay, MA, BS
Board #30: Local Government Agency Spending and County Level US Mortality
Principal Investigator: David Bishai, MD; PhD, MPH, BA
Co-Principal Investigator(s): Y. Natalia Alfonso, MA, BA; Eoghan Brady, BA; Jonathon Leider, PhD; Jennifer Le, MPH; Art Sensenig, PhD; & Beth Resnick, PhD
Board #31: Renewal of Public Health Services: The Nature of Evidence on the Frontlines of Public Health in British Columbia
Principal Investigator: Megan Kirk, MSN, RN
Board #32: The Influence of Education Level, Income and Provider Density among Children Visiting a Mobile Dental Unit in South Central Kentucky
Principal Investigator: Jimmy Shah, BS
Co-Investigator(s): Dr. Gregory Ellis-Griffith, PhD
Board #33: Profiling American Public Health Workers: Data on Registered TRAIN Learners
Principal Investigator: Jeffery Jones, PhD, MA, BA
Co-Principal Investigator(s): Lois Banks; Ilya Plotkin, MA; & Nathan Walker, BS
Board #34: What Do Local Health Departments Do To Address Population Mental Health?
Principal Investigator: Jonathan Purtle, DrPH, MPH; MS
Board #35: Quality Improvement Trends in Public Health Practice
Principal Investigator: Stephen Brown, MS, BS
Co-Investigator: Jamie Pina, PhD, MSPH
Board #36: Assessing Changes in Safety Net Providers Since the Passage of the Affordable Care Act
Principal Investigator: Arlesia Mathis, PhD, MA
Co-Investigator(s): Priscilla Barnes, PhD, MPH & Gulzar Shah, PhD, MS
Board #37: Assessing the Chronic Disease Prevention capacity of a State Health Department
Principal Investigator: Jeanne Alongi, DrPH, MPH
Co-Investigator(s): Ginny Furshong, BS; Heather Zimmerman, MPH; Todd Harwell, MPH; & John Robitscher, MPH
Board #38: Restructuring a State Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Program: Implications of a Local Health Department Model
Primary Investigator: Helen Wu, PhD, MS, BA
Co-Investigator(s): Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH & Desiree Backman, DrPH, MS