Accomplishments: Department of Social and Behavioral Health
Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), in association with researchers from Turkey and Italy, have co-authored an article titled, “Role of resilience in psychological adjustment and satisfaction with life among undergraduate students in Turkey: A cross-sectional study” in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) have coauthored an interdisciplinary article titled, “Animal-assisted interventions and post-traumatic stress disorders in military and veterans: A systematic review of the literature” in association with researchers from Italy, Canada, Poland, and the United States in the…
Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) was senior author of a study, “Subjective Cognitive Decline Associated with Discrimination in Medical Settings among Transgender and Nonbinary Older Adults," published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) published an interdisciplinary article, “Hoarding Disorder, Suicidality, and Treatment Modalities” in collaboration with Michael Kelson of Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (New Jersey) in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. The article presents a case for a…
Asma Awan (Social & Behavioral Health) has been selected as a Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Leaders in Equity & Diversity (LEAD) Fellow.
The LEAD Fellowship creates a pathway to increase diversity in health education leadership among SOPHE's membership. Fellows will learn best practices in leadership…
Jacq Tate (Social and Behavioral Health) has been invited to participate in the Point Source Youth (PSY) 2022-2023 National Youth Empowerment & Mentorship Initiative.
This initiative seeks Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (QTBIPOC) youth leaders and advocates driven by the determination to disrupt disparities and close gaps in…
Kavita Batra and Aditi Singh (both Medicine), along with Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), published a study, "Assessing COVID-19 Booster Hesitancy and Its Correlates: An Early Evidence from India," in the Vaccines journal. This research involved investigators from multiple countries, including India, Saudi Arabia, and Italy. To authors…
Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) was interviewed about the Your Public Breastfeeding Rights Explained. In the interview, she discusses the importance of normalizing breastfeeding in public, tips for breastfeeding in public, and what to do if a negative interaction happens.
Jason Flatt (Department of Social and Behavioral Health) along with colleagues recently published, "Functional Limitations and Access to Long-Term Services and Supports Among Sexual Minority Older Adults" in the Journal of Applied Gerontology. Using cross-sectional data from the 2016 Health and Retirement Study, they found that bisexual older…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) coauthored the interdisciplinary chapter “The associations between home economics education and familial risk factors for delinquency: An exploratory study” in the research monograph, “The justice system and the family: Police, courts, and incarceration” published by Emerald Publishing from the…
Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored a project titled "Analysis of Stakeholder Networks to Strengthen the Prevention of Childhood Obesity and the Caring for Children With Obesity in Brazil" published in the Current Developments in Nutrition. The project aimed to map and describe the influence level (i.e., power) of…
Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) recently was interviewed for the "City Cast Las Vegas" podcast. In the interview, she discusses why the recent formula shortage had put infants in a food insecurity situation and explains how this connects to the U.S. breastfeeding policies.