Accomplishments: Department of Social and Behavioral Health

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) have co-edited a book, COVID-19: Impact on Public Health and Healthcare (Volume 2), which was published by MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland). This compendium of studies conducted from around the world focuses on the assessment of the impact of…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) coauthored an article, "Correlates of COVID-19 Pandemic on Anxiety among Adults in Appalachia, USA" in the Journal of Research in Health Sciences in collaboration with coauthors from Berea College and Northern Kentucky University. The study found that young women were suffering more from COVID-19-related…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) published the article, "Applying the Integrated Marketing Communication Approach to Recruit and Retain African American Women" in the journal Health Promotion Perspectives with his former student, Traci Hayes, who now is a faculty member at University of Southern Mississippi. The article discusses…
Christopher Johansen (Social and Behavioral Health), along with colleagues from Claremont Graduate University, recently published a research article, "Exploring Mediation Pathways on the Relationship between Acculturation and Binge Eating among Latino Adolescents," in Appetite. .
Tim Grigsby (Social & Behavioral Health) co-published an article on "Perceived Discrimination, Coping Styles, and Internalizing Symptoms Among a Community Sample of Hispanic and Somali Adolescents" in the Journal of Adolescent Health. This article examines the association between perceived discrimination and past week symptoms of depression…
Francisco Sy and Christopher Johansen (both Public Health) presented at the Community-Based Participatory Research (CBRP) Institute: "Obtaining CBPR Funding."  The CBPR Institute was sponsored by the School of Public Health, Nevada Minority Health & Equity Coalition, and the UNR Latino Research Center.
Tim Grigsby (Social & Behavioral Health) co-published an article on "Domains matter: A prospective investigation of traditional female gender roles and alcohol use among Latinas" in the Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. Scholars suggest traditional feminine gender roles (TFGRs) influence alcohol use among U.S. Latinas, but relevant…
Courtney Coughenour (Environmental and Occupational Health) is the first author along with Maxim Gakh (Environmental and Occupational Health), Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), Brian Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) on the article "Assessing Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine…
Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) have published an article, “Can the Multi-theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change Explain the Intent for People to Practice Meditation?” in the Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine in collaboration with colleagues from Baylor…
Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) has coauthored an article, “Effect of the Fourth-generation Multi-theory Model Intervention on the Quality of Life in Iranian Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” in the journal Post Reproductive Health in association with colleagues from Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical…
Jason Flatt (Environmental and Occupational Health) published new research with colleagues, "Measuring Sex and Gender in Aging and Alzheimer’s Research: Results of a National Survey," in the Journals of Gerontology, Psychological Sciences.    
Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) has coauthored an article, “Independent and Combined Associations between Multiple Lifestyle Behaviors and Academic Grades of Inner Urban and Peri-Urban High School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chongqing, China” in the journal BMJ Open in collaboration with colleagues from Chongqing…