APHA annual meeting presenters from Tulane SPHTM

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

• Multi-system failure: Lethal policing of black women’s mental health and the criminalization of unmet needs, Jé Judson, MPH, Megan Faust, Sowmya Satagopan, Katherine Andrinopoulos, PhD, Katherine P. Theall, PhD, Thomas LaVeist, PhD, and Aubrey Madkour, PhD

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

• The skin you're in: A social marketing campaign to educate African Americans about COVID-19 in New Orleans, LA, Alicia Battle, PhD, Thomas LaVeist, PhD, and Lacey Allen, BA

• PS1067.0 Poster Session #2: Abortion and Contraception, Moderator: Bhavita Kumari, MD, MPH

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

• Impact of the momentum project on male involvement in maternal health and newborn care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Anastasia Gage, PhD, Francine Wood, MPH, and Madeline Woo, MPH

• Co-occurrence of food insecurity and trauma among African American households: A clinical social worker perspective, Darrian Dawson, MSW, Freddricka King, MSW, ABD, and Pamela Melton, DSW

• Chronic pain among African American women: A systematic review Examining the social, behavioral and health determinants on pain intensity, Mylischa Smith-Lewis, MSW, ABD, and Pamela Melton, DSW

• The hospital readmission reduction program: Health inequity among low socioeconomic status patients: A clinical social work perspective, Rosemary Patterson, LMSW, and Pamela Melton, DSW

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

• Assessing influenza vaccination perceptions and attitudes in lower ninth ward New Orleans: A community pilot initiative during COVID-19 pandemic, Sai Nedunchezhian, BS, Daphne Ferdinand, PhD, RN, Tina Reddy, MS, and Keith Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA
   

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

• Factors associated with self-perceived health of older adults in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic scoping review, Hannah Kaufman, MPH, PhD Candidate

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

• Over- and under-classification of underlying cause of death on death certificates from a small all-autopsied population of former nuclear workers, Xirui Liu

• The threat of incarceration and its impact on future aspirations of black men and boys, Susan Davies, PhD

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

• Women’s empowerment, IPV and contraceptives use, Bhavita Kumari, MD, MPH, and Mai Do

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

• Relationship satisfaction, gender relations, and intimate partner violence perpetration among male partners of first-time mothers in Democratic Republic of Congo, Anastasia Gage, PhD, Francine Wood, MPH

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

• College student perceptions of the root causes of sexual violence before and after a semester-long curricular intervention, Sydney Sheffield, Katherine Johnson, PhD, and Alyssa Lederer, PhD, MPH, MCHES

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

• Recruiting for the front lines: Creating uncommon partnerships to increase the number of black men in the public health workforce, Alicia Battle, PhD, Thomas LaVeist, PhD, and Mollye Demosthenidy, JD, MHA

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

• Birthing during COVID-19 toolkit: An emergency response to pregnancy and postpartum project, Kiara Cruz, MPH, Jesenia Angeles, MPH, Tonye Fohsta-Lynch, MPH, Fabiola Tarazona Tubens 

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

• Practice perspectives on preparing a public health workforce to address racism, Shokufeh Ramirez, MPH, Katherine Andrinopoulos, PhD, Katherine P. Theall, PhD, Thomas LaVeist, PhD, and Aubrey Madkour, PhD

2:17 PM - 2:32 PM

• Addressing systemic racism and public policy color-blindness as historical legislation led delivery of public health, Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

• Healthcare providers’ perspectives and recommendations regarding perinatal bereavement care in New Orleans hospitals, Sydney Sheffield and Alyssa Lederer, PhD, MPH, MCHES

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

• Creating an equity scorecard at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Eva Silvestre, PhD, Jeanette Gustat, PhD, Alicia Battle, PhD, MCHES, Alessandra Bazzano, PhD, Shokufeh Ramirez, MPH, and Keelia O'Malley, PhD, MPH

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

• Dismantling racism in a school of public health: The Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine experience, Alicia Battle, PhD, MCHES, Eva Silvestre, PhD, and Thomas LaVeist, PhD

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

• Development of an anti-racist scholarship program for MPH students at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Maeve Wallace, PhD, MPH, Erica Whitiker, EdD, and Thomas LaVeist, PhD

• Which healthcare workers are at greatest risk of testing positive for COVID-19 IgG antibodies? Juan Duchesne, MD, and Olan Jackson-Weaver, PhD, School of Medicine

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

• Health and social disparities, and COVID-19 in Louisiana, Pornpimol Kodsup, MPH, MSc

• Developing anti-racism competencies for MPH/MHA programs: Process and outcomes at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Aubrey Madkour, PhD, Eva Silvestre, PhD, Caryn Bell, PhD, Jé Judson, MPH, Briana Williams, MPH, Kiara Cruz, MPH, Joshua Bundy, PhD, Emily Harris, MHA, Angela Breckenridge, PhD, Julia Fleckman, PhD, MPH, Lina Moses, PhD, Katherine Schulze, MPH, Ashlee Walker, Kimberly Wu, Maria Santos, Margaret Major, and Thomas LaVeist, PhD

9:20 AM - 9:35 AM

• Building a better training program: Integrating anti-racism and transformative community engaged praxis into predominantly white institutions, Timothy Craft, MSW, Hannah Gilbert, MSHCM, Lindsey Moak, Simosenkosi Nkomboni, Valerie Pasquale, Julia Fleckman, PhD, MPH, Samantha Francois, PhD, and Stacy Drury, MD, PhD

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

• Young African American men’s reactions to testing positive for chlamydia: Implications for health communication, Alyssa Lederer, PhD, MPH, MCHES, Anna Bluthardt, Norine Schmidt, MPH, Gérard Gomes, Glenis Scott Jr., MPH, and Patricia Kissinger, PhD

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

• Violence exposures and medication non-adherence among persons living with HIV: Exploring mental health and coping pathways, Aubrey Madkour, PhD, Gretchen Clum, PhD, MA, Jé Judson, MPH, and Katherine P. Theall, PhD

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

• "Louisiana needs more outreach avenues for moms”: Analysis of PRAMS comment data from black postpartum women, Katherine P. Theall, PhD

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

• Workplace versus home: Where does COVID-19 exposure pose the highest risk? Juan Duchesne, MD, and Olan Jackson-Weaver, PhD, School of Medicine