UCI Program in Public Health faculty and students showed up in force this month at the Annual Public Health Association (APHA) Meeting. Touted as the biggest event in public health higher education, APHA strives to build comradery, knowledge sharing and inspiration by gathering public health advocates across the nation. Several presentations of research were presented at the meeting by UCI Public Health researchers, enriching the overall conference. With nearly 30 presentations or posters on topics across the public health spectrum, UCI Public Health truly showcased our expertise.
The following UCI Public Health faculty and students presented at the 2023 APHA Meeting:
Andrew Vu
- Breaking the vaping cycle: Exploring the multilevel influences on adolescent e-cigarette use in California
Biblia Cha
- Pathways linking social network characteristics and mental health help-seeking intentions among Korean Americans
Brittany Morey
- Community engagement efforts to advance environmental justice initiatives among Boyle Heights residents.
Brooke Gibbs
- Anti-Asian racism and related stigma among Asian subgroups: A repeated cross-sectional survey among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic
Cevadne Lee
- A Pacific Islander and Asian American community needs assessment: Examining community accessibility for data equity
- Bridging the gap with county health departments to achieve data equity for piaas in California
- Engaging diverse youth and adolescents in understanding e-cigarette use: A community-school-academic pilot program
- Including a Pacific Islander and Asian American community perspective on data disaggregation to change policy
- Community API tobacco analysis leading to interventions supporting equity (CAPITALISE)
Connie Valencia
- Community engagement efforts to advance environmental justice initiatives among Boyle Heights residents.
Cynthia Lakon
- Pathways linking social network characteristics and mental health help-seeking intentions among Korean Americans
- Social norms of referrals to mental health services among Korean American clergy
- Korean American clergy as gateway providers to mental health services: A qualitative inquiry
Emily Drum
- Anti-Asian racism and related stigma among Asian subgroups: A repeated cross-sectional survey among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic
Jiahui Dai
- Prevalence of diagnosed type 1 and type 2 diabetes among American Indians and Alaska natives in 2013
Jonathan Garzon
- Engaging diverse youth and adolescents in understanding e-cigarette use: A community-school-academic pilot program
Juan Carlos Ruiz Malagon
- Olvidados entre la cosecha: Understanding social needs and health disparities through farm workers’ perspectives
Luohua Jiang
- Prevalence of diagnosed type 1 and type 2 diabetes among American indians and Alaska natives in 2013
- Influence of social determinants of health in end-of-life health service utilization among American Indian and Alaska Native and non-hispanic white older adults
Melenaite Fifita
- Bridging the gap with county health departments to achieve data equity for piaas in California
- A Pacific Islander and Asian American community needs assessment: Examining community accessibility for data equity
- Including a Pacific Islander and Asian American community perspective on data disaggregation to change policy
Roselyn B. Tanghal (Alumni)
- Bridging the gap with county health departments to achieve data equity for piaas in California
- A Pacific Islander and Asian American community needs assessment: Examining community accessibility for data equity
- Including a Pacific Islander and Asian American community perspective on data disaggregation to change policy
- Social support, quality of life, and mental health factors affecting the post-treatment needs of Filipino cancer survivors: An exploratory study
Sora Park Tanjasiri
- Breaking the vaping cycle: Exploring the multilevel influences on adolescent e-cigarette use in California
- Engaging diverse youth and adolescents in understanding e-cigarette use: A community-school-academic pilot program
- Community API tobacco analysis leading to interventions supporting equity (CAPITALISE)
Suellen Hopfer
- Social norms of referrals to mental health services among Korean American clergy
- Korean American clergy as gateway providers to mental health services: A qualitative inquiry
Xiaoyi Niu (Alumni)
- Prevalence of diagnosed type 1 and type 2 diabetes among American Indians and Alaska natives in 2013
Xueting Ding
- Anti-Asian racism and related stigma among Asian subgroups: A repeated cross-sectional survey among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic
