Submissions from 2017
Privacy and security issues in mobile health: Current research and future directions, Soumitra S. Bhuyan, Hyunmin Kim, Oluwaseyi O. Isehunwa, Naveen Kumar, Jay Bhatt, David K. Wyant, Satish Kedia, Cyril F. Chang, and Dipankar Dasgupta
Smoking cessation and changes in body mass index: Findings from the first randomized cessation trial in a low-income country setting, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Kenneth D. Ward, Taghrid Asfar, Rana Jaber, Raed Bahelah, and Wasim Maziak
Adults' Daily Walking for Travel and Leisure: Interaction between Attitude Toward Walking and the Neighborhood Environment, Yong Yang and Ana V. Diez-Roux
Active travel to and from school among school-age children during 1997-2011 and associated factors in China, Yong Yang, Xue Hong, James G. Gurney, and Youfa Wang
Submissions from 2016
Racial differences in posttraumatic stress disorder vulnerability following hurricane Katrina among a sample of adult cigarette smokers from new Orleans, Adam C. Alexander, Jeanelle Ali, Meghan E. McDevitt-Murphy, David R. Forde, Michelle Stockton, Mary Read, and Kenneth D. Ward
Religious Beliefs Against Smoking Among Black and White Urban Youth, Adam C. Alexander, Leslie A. Robinson, Kenneth D. Ward, Amy S. Farrell, and Adam C. Ferkin
Building Evidence-Based Tobacco Treatment in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Lessons Learned by the Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies, Taghrid Asfar, Kenneth D. Ward, Radwan Al-Ali, and Wasim Maziak
Early symptoms of nicotine dependence among adolescent waterpipe smokers, Raed Bahelah, Joseph R. DiFranza, Fouad M. Fouad, Kenneth D. Ward, Thomas Eissenberg, and Wasim Maziak
Correlates of nicotine dependence among adolescent waterpipe smokers, Raed Bahelah, Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth D. Ward, Fouad M. Fouad, Thomas Eissenberg, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Rana Jaber, Olatokunbo Osibogun, and Wasim Maziak
Predictors of nicotine withdrawal symptoms: findings from the first randomized smoking cessation trial in a low-income country setting, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Kenneth D. Ward, Taghrid Asfar, Rana Jaber, Rehab Auf, and Wasim Maziak
Use of Mobile Health Applications for Health-Seeking Behavior Among US Adults, Soumitra S. Bhuyan, Ning Lu, Aastha Chandak, Hyunmin Kim, David Wyant, Jay Bhatt, Satish Kedia, and Cyril F. Chang
“Unmasked to a positive triumph”: Women with HIV share the benefits of showing their faces through photovoice, Toshua Kennedy, Michelle Teti, Deanna Hayes, Latrice C. Pichon, and Rose Farnan
Waterpipe tobacco smoking among arab youth; A cross-country study, Khalid A. Kheirallah, Jomana W. Alsulaiman, Mohammad H. Al-Sakran, Sukaina Alzyoud, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, and Kenneth D. Ward
Collision of waterpipe and cigarette smoking epidemics among youth in Arab countries, Khalid A. Kheirallah, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, Sukaina Alzyoud, Abdallah Alzoubi, Leah Walker, Yousef Khader, Fawaz Mzayek, Lori Pbert, and Kenneth D. Ward
Civilian-military interface in catastrophes requiring aeromedical evacuation, Marian Levy, Marla B. Royne, and Robert W. Koch
Dependence measures based on hookah smokers' experiences and context are needed, Kristopher Myers, Kenneth D. Ward, and Wasim Maziak
Strengthening partnerships between Black Churches and HIV service providers in the United States, Christopher O. Obong'o, Latrice C. Pichon, Terrinieka W. Powell, and Andrea L. Williams
Deploying team science principles to optimize interdisciplinary lung cancer care delivery: Avoiding the long and winding road to optimal care, Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, Hector P. Rodriguez, Danielle Hicks, Raymond S. Signore, Kristi Roark, Satish K. Kedia, Kenneth D. Ward, Christopher Lathan, Scott Santarella, Michael K. Gould, and Mark J. Krasna
Factors Influencing Black Churches’ Readiness to Address HIV, Latrice C. Pichon, Terrinieka Williams Powell, Siri A. Ogg, Andrea L. Williams, and Nicole Becton-Odum
Cardiovascular Consequences of Childhood Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure: Prevailing Evidence, Burden, and Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association, Geetha Raghuveer, David A. White, Laura L. Hayman, Jessica G. Woo, Juan Villafane, David Celermajer, Kenneth D. Ward, Sarah D. De Ferranti, and Justin Zachariah
Marketing active transportation to school to improve children’s health: Utilizing parental perspectives from an inner-city environment, Marla B. Royne, Stephanie S. Ivey, Marian Levy, Alexa K. Fox, and Susan L. Roakes
From thinking green to buying green: consumer motivation makes the difference, Marla B. Royne, Jeff Thieme, Marian Levy, Jared Oakley, and Laura Alderson
Orchestrating community change through music and heritage: Soulsville USA, Charles A. Santo
Associations of adolescents' cigarette, waterpipe, and dual tobacco use with parental tobacco use, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, Sukaina Alzyoud, Leah Dierking, Khalid Kheriallah, Fawaz Mzayek, Lori Pbert, and Kenneth D. Ward
Risk of Anal Cancer in People Living with HIV: Addressing Anal Health in the HIV Primary Care Setting, Crystal Martin Walker, Wendy Likes, Marye Bernard, Satish Kedia, and Elizabeth Tolley
Tobacco intervention research in low- and middle-income countries: Lessons learned and future directions, Kenneth D. Ward
Lessons learned in a breastfeeding media campaign, Julie L. Ware, Fawaz Mzayek, and Marian Levy
Church Attendance as a Predictor of Number of Sexual Health Topics Discussed Among High-Risk HIV-Negative Black Women, Terrinieka T. Williams, Latrice C. Pichon, Melissa Davey-Rothwell, and Carl A. Latkin
Walking to work: Trends in the United States, 2005-2014, Yong Yang
Active Travel to School: Findings From the Survey of US Health Behavior in School-Aged Children, 2009-2010, Yong Yang, Stephanie S. Ivey, Marian C. Levy, Marla B. Royne, and Lisa M. Klesges
Submissions from 2015
The allure of the waterpipe: A narrative review of factors affecting the epidemic rise in waterpipe smoking among young persons globally, E. A. Akl, K. D. Ward, D. Bteddini, R. Khaliel, A. C. Alexander, T. Lotfi, H. Alaouie, and Rema A. Afifi
Association of Religious Commitment and Tobacco Use Among Muslim Adolescents, Sukaina Alzyoud, Khalid A. Kheirallah, Kenneth D. Ward, Noha M. Al-Shdayfat, and Abd Albaset Alzyoud
Predictors of adherence to pharmacological and behavioral treatment in a cessation trial among smokers in Aleppo, Syria, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Kenneth D. Ward, Taghrid Asfar, Raed Bahelah, and Wasim Maziak
Predictors of waterpipe smoking progression among youth in Irbid, Jordan: A longitudinal study (2008-2011), Rana Jaber, Purnima Madhivanan, Yousef Khader, Fawaz Mzayek, Kenneth D. Ward, and Wasim Maziak
'One-stop shop': Lung cancer patients' and caregivers' perceptions of multidisciplinary care in a community healthcare setting, Satish K. Kedia, Kenneth D. Ward, Siri A. Digney, Bianca M. Jackson, April L. Nellum, Laura McHugh, Kristina S. Roark, Orion T. Osborne, Fayre J. Crossley, Nicholas Faris, and Raymond U. Osarogiagbon
Waterpipe use and cognitive susceptibility to cigarette smoking among never-cigarette smoking Jordanian youth: Analysis of the 2009 Global Youth Tobacco Survey, Khalid A. Kheirallah, Sukaina Alzyoud, and Kenneth D. Ward
College students with asthma: The perfect storm, Marian C. Levy
Innovations in public health education: promoting professional development and a culture of health, Marian Levy, Daniel Gentry, and Lisa M. Klesges
Interventions for waterpipe smoking cessation, Wasim Maziak, Mohammed Jawad, Sena Jawad, Kenneth D. Ward, Thomas Eissenberg, and Taghrid Asfar
Social support, stigma and disclosure: Examining the relationship with HIV medication adherence among ryan white program clients in the mid-south USA, Latrice C. Pichon, Kristen R. Rossi, Siri A. Ogg, Lisa J. Krull, and Dorcas Young Griffin
Review of HIV testing efforts in historically black churches, Latrice Crystal Pichon and Terrinieka Williams Powell
Reaching consumers through effective health messages: A public health imperative, Marla B. Royne and Marian Levy
Activity engagement: Perspectives from nursing home residents with dementia, Sunghee H. Tak, Satish Kedia, Tera M. Tongumpun, and Song Hee Hong
Factors affecting the relationship between environmental concern and behaviors, Jeff Thieme, Marla B. Royne, Subhash Jha, Marian Levy, and Wendy Barnes McEntee
The waterpipe: An emerging global epidemic in need of action, Kenneth D. Ward
The relationship between waterpipe smoking and body weight: Population-based findings from Syria, Kenneth D. Ward, Sang Nam Ahn, Fawaz Mzayek, Radwan Al Ali, Samer Rastam, Taghrid Asfar, Fouad Fouad, and Wasim Maziak
Waterpipe tobacco smoking: The critical need for cessation treatment, Kenneth D. Ward, Kamran Siddiqi, Jasjit S. Ahluwalia, Adam C. Alexander, and Taghrid Asfar
Integration of tobacco cessation services into multidisciplinary lung cancer care: Rationale, state of the art, and future directions, Graham W. Warren and Kenneth D. Ward
Sexual Health Communication Within Religious African-American Families, Terrinieka T. Williams, Latrice C. Pichon, and Bettina Campbell
Modeling spatial segregation and travel cost influences on utilitarian walking: Towards policy intervention, Yong Yang, Amy H. Auchincloss, Daniel A. Rodriguez, Daniel G. Brown, Rick Riolo, and Ana V. Diez-Roux
Submissions from 2014
Gender roles, sociosexuality, and sexual behavior among US Black women
Tobacco smoking status and perception of health among a sample of Jordanian students, Sukaina Alzyoud, Khalid A. Kheirallah, Linda S. Weglicki, Kenneth D. Ward, Abdallah Al-Khawaldeh, and Ali Shotar
Behavioral cessation treatment of waterpipe smoking: The first pilot randomized controlled trial, Taghrid Asfar, Radwan Al Ali, Samer Rastam, Wasim Maziak, and Kenneth D. Ward
Food availability as a determinant of weight gain among renal transplant recipients, Robin F. Bloodworth, Kenneth D. Ward, George E. Relyea, and Ann K. Cashion
Relationship of racial composition and cancer risks from air toxics exposure in memphis, Tennessee, USA, Chunrong Jia, Wesley James, and Satish Kedia
Blood 2,5-dimethyfuran as a sensitive and specific biomarker for cigarette smoking, Chunrong Jia, Kenneth D. Ward, Fawaz Mzayek, and George Relyea
Change in carbon monoxide exposure among water pipe bar patrons, Mary P. Martinasek, Kenneth D. Ward, and Allison V. Calvanese
Are we there yet? Feasibility of continuous stress assessment via wireless physiological sensors, Md Mahbubur Rahman, Rummana Bari, Amin Ahsan Ali, Moushumi Sharmin, Andrew Raij, Karen Hovsepian, Syed Monowar Hossain, Emre Ertin, Ashley Kennedy, David H. Epstein, Kenzie L. Preston, Michelle Jobes, Gayle Beck, Satish Kedia, Kenneth D. Ward, Mustafa Al'absiz, and Santosh Kumar
Barriers to breastfeeding in the African American population of Shelby County, Tennessee, Julie L. Ware, Larita Webb, and Marian Levy
Discussing Adolescent Sexual Health in African-American Churches, Terrinieka T. Williams, Darcy Dodd, Bettina Campbell, Latrice C. Pichon, and Derek M. Griffith
Practicing what is preached: Congregational characteristics related to hiv testing behaviors and hiv discussions among black women, Terrinieka T. Williams, Latrice C. Pichon, Carl A. Latkin, and Melissa Davey-Rothwell
Interactions between psychological and environmental characteristics and their impacts on walking, Yong Yang
Examining the impact of thewalking school buswith an agent-based model, Yong Yang, Ana Diez-Roux, Kelly R. Evenson, and Natalie Colabianchi
Submissions from 2013
Telephone surveys underestimate cigarette smoking among African-Americans, Hope Landrine, Irma Corral, Denise Adams Simms, Scott C. Roesch, Latrice C. Pichon, Diane Ake, and Feion Villodas
Self-reported training needs of emergency responders in disasters requiring military interface, Marian Levy, Robert W. Koch, and Maria B. Royne
Lung cancer risk perception and distress: Difference by smoking status, and role of physical activity and race among us population, Sunil Mathur and Marian Levy
An exploration of faith leaders' beliefs concerning hiv prevention: Thirty years into the epidemic, Latrice C. Pichon, Terrinieka T. Williams, and Bettina Campbell
Taking pictures to take control: Photovoice as a tool to facilitate empowerment among poor and racial/ethnic minority women with HIV, Michelle Teti, Latrice Pichon, Allison Kabel, Rose Farnan, and Diane Binson
Randomized trial of the effectiveness of combined behavioral/pharmacological smoking cessation treatment in Syrian primary care clinics, Kenneth D. Ward, Taghrid Asfar, Radwan Al Ali, Samer Rastam, Mark W.Vander Weg, Thomas Eissenberg, and Wasim Maziak
Calcium and Vitamin D Intake of Boys Who Have Autism, Ruth Williams-Hooker, E. Olusegun George, Marian Levy, Christin Morgan, Terra L. Smith, and Joyce B. Bittle
Using an agent-based model to simulate children's active travel to school, Yong Yang and Ana V. Diez-Roux
Submissions from 2012
Comparison of nutritional intake in US adolescent swimmers and non-athletes
Uneven magnitude of disparities in cancer risks from air toxics, Wesley James, Chunrong Jia, and Satish Kedia
Patterns of water-pipe and cigarette smoking initiation in schoolchildren: Irbid longitudinal smoking study, Fawaz Mzayek, Yousef Khader, Thomas Eissenberg, Radwan Al Ali, Kenneth D. Ward, and Wasim Maziak
Faith leaders' comfort implementing an HIV prevention curriculum in a faith setting, Latrice C. Pichon, Derek M. Griffith, Bettina Campbell, Julie Ober Allen, Terrinieka T. Williams, and Angela Y. Addo
Nicotine dependence among clients receiving publicly funded substance abuse treatment, Kenneth D. Ward, Satish Kedia, Larita Webb, and George E. Relyea
Walking distance by trip purpose and population subgroups, Yong Yang and Ana V. Diez-Roux
Exploring walking differences by socioeconomic status using a spatial agent-based model, Yong Yang, Ana V. Diez Roux, Amy H. Auchincloss, Daniel A. Rodriguez, and Daniel G. Brown
Submissions from 2011
Are primary health care providers prepared to implement an anti-smoking program in Syria?, Taghrid Asfar, Radwan Al-Ali, Kenneth D. Ward, Mark W.Vander Weg, and Wasim Maziak
The development of a model of pandemic preparedness planning utilizing critical success factors from the united states and the European union, Y. Draine, J. Johnson, M. Levy, and W. Sumrall
Dog walking: Its association with physical activity guideline adherence and its correlates, Katherine D. Hoerster, Joni A. Mayer, James F. Sallis, Nicole Pizzi, Sandra Talley, Latrice C. Pichon, and Dalila A. Butler
Adolescents' use of indoor tanning: A large-scale evaluation of psychosocial, environmental, and policy-level correlates, Joni A. Mayer, Susan I. Woodruff, Donald J. Slymen, James F. Sallis, Jean L. Forster, Elizabeth J. Clapp, Katherine D. Hoerster, Latrice C. Pichon, John R. Weeks, George E. Belch, Martin A. Weinstock, and Todd Gilmer
Nicotine exposure in daily waterpipe smokers and its relation to puff topography, Wasim Maziak, Samer Rastam, Alan L. Shihadeh, Asma Bazzi, Iman Ibrahim, Ghazi S. Zaatari, Kenneth D. Ward, and Thomas Eissenberg
Design, baseline results of irbid longitudinal, school-based smoking study, Fawaz Mzayek, Yousef Khader, Thomas Eissenberg, Kenneth D. Ward, and Wasim Maziak
Comparative analysis of waterpipe and cigarette suppression of abstinence and craving symptoms, Samer Rastam, Thomas Eissenberg, Iman Ibrahim, Kenneth D. Ward, Rami Khalil, and Wasim Maziak
Marketing for Public Health: We Need an App for That, Marla B. Royne and Marian Levy
The public health implications of consumers' environmental concern and their willingness to pay for an eco-friendly product, Marla B. Royne, Marian Levy, and Jennifer Martinez
Involving faith-based organizations in adolescent HIV prevention., Terrinieka T. Williams, Derek M. Griffith, Latrice C. Pichon, Bettina Campbell, Julie Ober Allen, and Jennifer C. Sanchez
Analysis of CDC social control measures using an agent-based simulation of an influenza epidemic in a city, Yong Yang, Peter M. Atkinson, and Dick Ettema
A spatial agent-based model for the simulation of adults' daily walking within a city, Yong Yang, Ana V. Diez Roux, Amy H. Auchincloss, Daniel A. Rodriguez, and Daniel G. Brown
Variability and seasonality of active transportation in USA: Evidence from the 2001 NHTS, Yong Yang, Ana V. Diez Roux, and C. Raymond Bingham
Submissions from 2010
Waterpipe tobacco smoking: An emerging health crisis in the United States, Caroline Cobb, Kenneth D. Ward, Wasim Maziak, Alan L. Shihadeh, and Thomas Eissenberg
Dietary water and sodium intake of children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia, Katherine T. Fowler, Ruth Williams, Carol O. Mitchell, Marian C. Levy, Lucille F. Pope, Matthew P. Smeltzer, and Winfred C. Wang
Your blessed health: A faith-based CBPR approach to addressing HIV/AIDS among African Americans, Derek M. Griffith, Latrice C. Pichon, Bettina Campbell, and Julie Ober Allen
Gender, depression and physical impairment: An epidemiologic perspective from Aleppo, Syria, Nael Kilzieh, Samer Rastam, Kenneth D. Ward, and Wasim Maziak
Perceived skin cancer risk and sunscreen Use among African American adults, Latrice C. Pichon, Irma Corral, Hope Landrine, Joni A. Mayer, and Denise Adams-Simms
Sun-Protection Behaviors Among African Americans, Latrice C. Pichon, Irma Corral, Hope Landrine, Joni A. Mayer, and Gregory J. Norman
Measuring skin cancer risk in African Americans: Is the Fitzpatrick skin type classification scale culturally sensitive?, Latrice C. Pichon, Hope Landrine, Irma Corral, Yongping Hao, Joni A. Mayer, and Katherine D. Hoerster
