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December 2017

Issue 6

News and Kudos Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior

What’s inside this issue?

Congratulations are in order

Dissertation & practicum

presentations

Funding news

HPEB in the news

Publications & presentations

Contact us

Please join us as we

congratulate HPEB

students and faculty on

their accomplishments

and recognitions!

Message from the Chair

This is the time of year when we start talking about

New Year’s resolutions and what we plan to do

differently in the coming year. That always makes me

wonder – Weren’t we doing something right this year?

Well … you all definitely were as you will see from the

incredible work that is featured in this issue of HPEB

News and Kudos. Coming into the department suite

each day to learn from you and work with you is an

amazing opportunity. I thank you for this. And

promoting your important work is one of my most

favorite activities. This will definitely continue in 2018.

Congratulations on your achievements and enjoy the

upcoming holiday season. - Daniela Friedman

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Congratulations Are In Order!

Dr. Jessica Escobar (HPEB alum) started a new position as the Monitoring, Learning, and

Evaluation Advisor with Alive and Thrive in Washington, DC.

Dr. Katrina Walsemann was an invited participant for Achieving Health Equity: The Impact

of the Social Determinants of Housing, Education, and Employment on Health Inequities, spon-

sored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Duke University, and the Behavioral Science &

Policy Association, Durham, NC. Only 50 scientists, policymakers, and foundation program

officers were invited to participate in this workshop.

Dr. Katrina Walsemann was also invited to serve as a member of the program committee for IAPHS,

Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Sciences Conference, in Washington, DC, this past Octo-

ber.

Aditi Srivastav (HPEB doctoral student) served as a guest editor and author on a special publica-

tion on Adverse Childhood Experiences in Academic Pediatrics.

Dr. Mindi Spencer was selected to join the Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance, Board of Directors for

a two-year term starting in 2018.

Jamie Troutman (HPEB doctoral student) received the Murray Vincent Award for her dissertation re-

search entitled Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention: A Mixed-Methods Study of Sexual

Risks and Knowledge, Attitudes, and Acceptability of PrEP among Black Women.

Sarah King (HPEB MPH student) received the Ann Cassady Endowed Fellowship award that will be

used to support her practicum work and travel to present at a conference.

Sarah King and Ellen Stowe (HPEB graduate students) and Dr. Kaczynski were runners up for the

APHA Physical Activity Section best student poster presentation award for their project entitled, Walkability

101: Using multiple methods to assess the walkability of a large university campus in the southeastern United

States.

Dr. Andrew Kaczynski, Dr. Morgan Hughey (HPEB Alum), and Ellen Stowe (HPEB doctoral student)

received the APHA Physical Activity Section best student poster presentation award for their project entitled,

ParkIndex: Key informant perspectives on the development of a standardized national park access tool.

Dr. Andrew Kaczynski, Dr. Morgan Hughey

(HPEB Alum), and Sarah King (HPEB MPH student)

received the APHA Physical Activity Section best

student oral presentation award for their project enti-

tled, Park Hop: Barriers and facilitators to children

and families’ participation in a park-based physical

activity intervention in Greenville County, SC.

Dr. Andrew Kaczynski, Dr. Katrina Walsemann,

Dr. Spencer Moore, and Dr. Stephanie Child (HPEB

Alum) received Honorable Mention for the Betty J.

Cleckley Minority Research Award from the APHA

Aging and Public Health Section for their project enti-

tled, Personal network characteristics of Black Amer-

icans: Association with body mass index and role

education.

The HPEB Center for Healthcare Quality enjoyed a special

luncheon and celebration with President Pastides, Provost

Joan Gabel, Vice Provosts Allen Miller and Cheryl Addy, and

Dean Chandler.

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Dissertation and Practicum Presentations

We congratulate the following students who completed milestones in their academic programs during

the past three months:

Dissertation Proposals

Caroline Dunn: Examining Faith-Based Communities as Leverage Points for the Prevention of Childhood

and Adolescent Obesity. {October 2017}

Jamie Troutman: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention: A Mixed-Methods Study of Sexual

Risks and Knowledge, Attitudes, and Acceptability of PrEP among Black Women. {October 2017}

Dissertation Defense

Ebru Cayir: “An Uphill Battle”: Psychosocial Health & Self care among Advocates who Work against Gender-

Based Violence in South Carolina. {November 2017}

Practicum Presentations

Joshua Peake: Implementation of a Hypertension Management Program in the 29203 Community.

{November 2017}

Alexandra Burley: Effects of Intergenerational Relationships and Volunteering on the Elderly in the

Foster Grandparent Program. {December 2017}

Rebekah Jackowski: Development of Patient Education Materials for the top Five Causes of Preventa-

ble Death as Related to Medicare Annual Wellness Visits. {December 2017}

Thomas Orton: MoveWell {December 2017}

Margaret Peck: National Diabetes Prevention Program Expansion Plan for Berkeley, Charleston and

Dorchester Counties of SC. {December 2017}

Dr. Lee Pearson’s HPEB 700 class surprised him on Halloween by becoming important figures in public health.

Then they gave him a Dr. Larry Green mask to wear. Our own Dr. Ruth Saunders, HPEB professor emerita, made

an appearance (in the front row)!

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Funding News

Dawit Alemu, Kaleea Lewis, and Jennifer Mandelbaum (HPEB doctoral students)

received travel grants from The Graduate school.

Dr. Brie McGrievy received the Research Dietetic Practice Group Faculty Research

Award, which provides funding for the study entitled, The Plant-based and Soul-full Study

(PASS): Partnerships with local vegetarian soul food restaurants in the community to in-

crease dietary acceptability of a plant-based diet. This study is co-led by Anthony Cri-

marco, HPEB doctoral student.

HPEB in the News

Dr. Tracey Thomas (HPEB Alum) wrote a blog for graduate student professional de-

velopment discussing her search for a career. Story Link

Jennifer Mandelbaum (HPEB doctoral student) wrote a blog that provides insight

about the StrengthsFinder assessment for graduate student professional development.

Story Link

Dr. Katrina Walsemann was featured on the

Arnold School website for funding received for the

enhancement of Robert Wood Johnson Founda-

tion county health rankings. Story Link

Dr. Brie Turner-McGrievy was featured in The

State newspaper for her article discussing healthy

tips for eating at the State Fair. Story Link

Dr. Heather Brandt was featured on the Arnold

School website for her appointment to the editorial

board of the American Journal of Public Health.

Story Link

Alicia Dahl (HPEB doctoral student) was fea-

tured on the Arnold School website for receiving

the 2017 Emerging Scholar in Childhood Obesity

Graduate Research Award. Story Link

Ashley White and Jennifer Mandelbaum, HPEB doctoral stu-

dents, enjoyed this year’s APHA conference in Atlanta, GA.

Publications and Presentations

Belza B, Choi SK, Croff R, Friedman DB, Wilcox S. Disseminating and translating research to faith-based

communities to improve cognitive health. Presented at the 4th Annual Healthy Churches 2020 National Con-

ference, Hilton Head, SC. November 14-17, 2017.

Boeckermann LM, Kaczynski AT, Child ST. Association of perceived physical and social attributes

with neighborhood satisfaction among men and women in disadvantaged communities. Public Health 146:

148-151. 2017.

Child S, Kaczynski AT, Walsemann KM, Fleischer N, Moore S, & McLain A. (2017). Personal network

characteristics of Black Americans: Association with body mass index and role education. Presented at the

American Public Health Association 145th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Atlanta, GA. November 4-8, 2017.

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Center for Healthcare Quality Team

Child ST, Kaczynski AT, Fair ML, Stowe EW, Hughey MS, Boeckerman L, Wills S, Reeder Y. ‘We need

a safe, walkable way to connect our sisters and brothers’: a qualitative study of opportunities and challenges

for neighborhood based physical activity among residents of low-income African-American communities. Eth-

nicity & Health. July 2017. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2017.1351923

Choi SK, Fram MS, Frongillo EA. Very low food security in US households Is predicted by complex

patterns of health, economics, and service participation. Journal of Nutrition. 2017 doi: 10.3945/

jn.117.253179.

Choi SK, Kannaley K, Olscamp K, Tang W, Friedman DB. Research on Alzheimer’s disease messaging in

social media by South Carolina Healthy Brain Research Scholars. Presented at the 145th Annual Meeting of

the American Public Health Association, Atlanta GA. November 4-8, 2017.

Choi SK, Rose ID, Chiarelli M, Friedman DB. Understanding types of literacy in the context of Alzheimer’s

disease research: A scoping review. Poster presented at the 145th Annual Meeting of the American Public

Health Association, Atlanta GA. November 4-8, 2017.

*Cho YJ, Thrasher JF, Yong HH, Szkloc AS, O’Connor RJ, Bansal-Traverse M, Hammond D, Fong GT,

Hardin J, Borland R. Path analysis of warning label effects on negative emotions and quit attempts: A longitu-

dinal study of smokers in Australia, Canada, Mexico, and the US. Social Science & Medicine. 2017. https://

doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.10.003

*This publication is a result of the HPEB 815 course taught by Dr. Katrina Walsemann. The course titled The-ory-Driven Analysis, helps provide practical guidance for organizing, writing about, and presenting results from basic and multivariate statistical analyses.

Dahl AA, Cooper CB, Wilcox S, Liu J, Davis RE, Turner-McGrievy G. Tailoring the Development of an e

-Health Intervention for Pregnant Women: Results from a Web-based Needs Assessment of Intervention

Components. Poster presented at the 145th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, At-

lanta, GA. November 2017.

Fair ML, Kaczynski AT, Hughey SM, Besenyi GM, Powers AR. An Initiative to Facilitate Park Usage,

Discovery, and Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents in Greenville County, South Carolina, 2014

Preventing Chronic Disease. 2017 doi: https://doi.org/10.5888/

pcd14.160043.

Friedman DB, Croff R, Miyawaki CE, Logsdon R. Who are the

scholars of the Healthy Brain Research Network? Presented at

145th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association,

Atlanta GA. November 4-8, 2017.

Groshong L, Wilhelm SAS, Kaczynski AT, Hipp JA, Besenyi GM.

Exploring attitudes, perceived norms, and personal agency: In-

sights into theory-based messages to encourage park-based

physical activity in low-income urban neighborhoods. Journal of

Physical Activity and Health. 14(2): 108-116. 2017.

Hebert JR, Adams AS, Ureda JR, Young VM, Brandt HM, Heiney

SP, Seel JS, & Friedman DB. Accelerating research collabora-

tions between academia and federally qualified community health

centers: Suggestions shaped by history. Public Health Reports.

November 2017. doi:10.1177/003335 4917742127.

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Hughey SM, Kaczynski AT, King SB, Fair M, Wills S, & LiveWell Greenville Park Hop Team. Park

Hop: Barriers and facilitators to children and families’ participation in a park-based physical activity interven-

tion in Greenville County, SC. Presented at the American Public Health Association 145th Annual Meeting

and Exposition, Atlanta, GA. November 4-8, 2017.

Khan AI, Kabir I, Eneroth H, El Arifeen S, Ekström EC, Frongillo EA, Persson LA. Effect of a randomised

exclusive breastfeeding counselling intervention nested into the MINIMat prenatal nutrition trial in Bangla-

desh. Acta Paediatrica 106:49-54. 2017.

Kim SS, Rawat R, Mwangi EM, Tesfaye R, Abebe Y, Baker J, Frongillo EA, Ruel MT, Menon P. Exposure

to large-scale social and behavior change communication interventions is associated with improvements in

infant and young child feeding practices in Ethiopia. PLOS ONE 11:e0164800, 2016.

King SB, Kaczynski AT, Knight J, Stowe EW. Walkability 101: Using multiple methods to assess the

walkability of a large university campus in the southeastern United States. Presented at the American Public

Health Association 145th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Atlanta, GA. November 4-8, 2017.

Liu JX, Liu JH, Frongillo EA, Boghossian N, Cai B, Hazlett LJ. Body mass index trajectories during infancy

and pediatric obesity at 6 years. Annals of Epidemiology 27:708-715, 2017.

Martinez SM, Webb K, Frongillo EA, Ritchie LD. Food insecurity in California’s public university system:

What are the risk factors? Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2017.13

74901, 2017.

McCarthy SM, Hughey MS, and Kaczynski AT. Examining sociodemographic differences in playground

availability and quality and associations with childhood obesity. Childhood Obesity doi: 10.1089/

chi.2016.0239, 2017.

Menon P, Nguyen PH, Saha KK, Khaled A, Kennedy A, Tran LM, Sanghvi T, Hajeebhoy N, Baker J, Alayon

S, Afsana K, Haque R, Frongillo EA, Ruel MT, Rahul Rawat. Impacts on breastfeeding practices of at-scale

strategies that combine intensive interpersonal counseling, mass media, and community mobilization: Re-

sults of cluster-randomized program evaluations in Bangladesh and Vietnam. PLOS Medicine doi: 10.1371/

journal.pmed.1002159, 2016.

Nguyen PH, Kim SS, Sanghvi T, Mahmud Z, Tran LM, Shabnam S, Aktar B, Haque R, Afsana K,. Frongillo

EA, Ruel MT, Menon P. Integrating nutrition interventions into an existing maternal, neonatal, and

child health program increased maternal dietary diversity, micronutrient intake, and exclusive breastfeeding

practices in Bangladesh: Results of a cluster-randomized program evaluation. Journal of Nutrition doi:

10.3945/jn.117.257303, 2017.

Osman A, Daoud N, Thrasher JF, Bell BA, Walsemann KM. Ethnic discrimination and smoking-related out-

comes among former and current Arab male smokers in Israel: The buffering effects of social support. Jour-

nal of Immigrant and Minority Health doi: 10.1007/s10903-017-0638-9, 2017.

Reid MJ, Baxi S, Sheira LA, Landay A, Frongillo EA, Adedimeji A, Cohen M, Waddell E, Gustafson D, Me-

renstein D, Hunt P, Tien PC, Weiser SD. Higher body mass index is associated with greater proportions of

effector CD8+ T cells expressing CD57 in women living with HIV. Journal of AIDS 75:e132-e141, 2017.

Spinelli MA, Frongillo EA, Sheira LA, Palar K, Tien PC, Wilson T, Merenstein D, Cohen M, Adedimeji A,

Wentz E, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Metsch L, Turan JM, Kushel MB, Weiser SD. Food insecurity is associat-

ed with worse HIV clinical outcomes among women in the United States. AIDS and Behavior doi 10.1007/

s10461-017-1968-2, 2017.

Stowe EW, Hughey SM, Oliphant E, Kaczynski AT, Hipp JA, Schipperijn J. ParkIndex: Key informant

perspectives on the development of a standardized national park access tool. Presented at the American

Public Health Association 145th Annual Meeting and Exposition, November 4-8, 2017, Atlanta, GA.

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Torres ME, Murray A, Meetze EG, Gaul Z, Sutton MY. HIV Knowledge Among Pregnant Latinas in Rural

South Carolina. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health doi:10.1007/s10903-016-0455-6, 2017.

Walsemann KM, Ro A, Gee GC. Trends in food insecurity among California residents from 2001 to

2011: Inequities at the intersection of immigration status and ethnicity.” Preventive Medicine, 105: 142-148.

2017.

Walsemann KM. Student debt, parents, and population health: Possible implications of student debt

for population health: What do parents have to do with it? Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health

Sciences Blog. August 14, 2017. https://iaphs.org/student-debt-parents-population-health/

Walsemann KM. Student debt: Not just a millennial problem. Oxford University Press Blog. May 16,

2017. https://blog.oup.com/2017/05/student-debt-parents-college-tuition/

Whittle HJ, Palar K, Seligman HK, Hufstedler LL, Napoles T, Frongillo EA, Weiser SD. How food insecurity

contributes to poor clinical outcomes among people living with HIV/AIDS: Qualitative evidence from the San

Francisco Bay Area. Social Science & Medicine 170:228-236, 2016.

Winningham, AL. Extra Credit: Enticing students to learn and keeping faculty connected. Presented at

the Center for Teaching Excellence 8th Annual Oktoberbest: A Symposium on Teaching. October 2018.

Dr. Lucy and Cory Ingram welcomed Corrie DeAnna into the world on November 3. She

was 7lbs and 2 oz. Congratulations to the Ingram family!

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