Presentations and Publications
Gao, X., & Richardson, B. (2024). Using measures of community collaboration to strengthen public health interventions. 2024 Public Health Conference of Iowa Annual Conference, Des Moines, IA, United States.
Gao, X., & Richardson, B. (2024). Improving healthy equity through more accurate assessments of disparities. 2024 Public Health Conference of Iowa Annual Conference, Des Moines, IA, United States.
Childs, E. (2023). How the federally supported patient centered medical home model impacts older adults’ access to health care in rural Georgia. Poster at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting. Tampa, FL.
Childs, E., & Grossman, A. (2023). State-certified Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support sustainability factors. Presentation at the Public Health Conference of Iowa. Ames, IA.
Childs, E., & Washington, T. (2022). Perception of health care access in rural Georgia: Findings from a community health needs assessment. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association.
Childs, E., & Boyas, J. (2022). Off the beaten path: A scoping review of how ‘rural’ is defined by the U.S. government for rural health promotion. Journal of Health Promotion Perspectives.
Alvarez-Hernandez, L., Childs, E., Fatehi, M., & Yeo, H. (2022). How student perception impacts the utilization of U.S. college campus counseling services. Journal of American College Health.
Gao, X., & Richardson, B. (2023). Validation of the VI-SPDAT (version 3) Instrument: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis. [Poster Presentation]. 2023 American Evaluation Association [AEA] Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Gao, X., Sivo, S., Hahs-Vaughn, D., Bai, H. (2023). A Simulation Study to Compare the Sensitivity of Goodness of Fit Indices of Measurement Invariance: Partial Replication of Khojasteh & Lo (2015). [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association [AERA] Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.
Gao, X. & Campbell, L. O. (2023). A Meta-Analysis of Teachers' Knowledge After Attending STEM Professional Development Programs. [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association [AERA] Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.
Gao, X., Paul, M., Caines, L. K. & DeStefano, C. (2022). Investigating the impact of instructional modality change on student learning motivation due to COVID-19 [Paper presentation]. American Evaluation Association [AEA] Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.
Gao, X. (2022). What affects students’ PISA test performance: A multiple linear regression analysis [Paper presentation]. American Evaluation Association [AEA] Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.
Hilaire, B., Campbell, L. O., & Gao, X. (2022). Promoting Social-Emotional Learning in Physical and Virtual Spaces [Paper presentation]. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education [SITE] 33rd International Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, United States.
DeStefano, C., Gao, X., Paul, M., & Caines, L. K. (2022). Projecting the impact of remote instruction during COVID-19 pandemic on academic outcome: a meta-analysis [Paper presentation]. Eastern Educational Research Association [EERA] 45th Annual Conference, Clearwater, FL, United States.
Richardson, B. et al. (2017) Reducing Disparities Utilizing a Culture and Trauma Informed Approach. Denver, CO: 24th Annual Association for Training on Trauma and Attachment in Children (ATTAch) Conference, October 12-14, 2017.
Richardson, B. (2017) Improving Health in Long-Term Care: Effectiveness of Direct Care Worker Oral Health Training. American Society on Aging. Chicago, IL, March 20-24, 2017.
Richardson, B. (2017) Worker Oral Health Training. Dr. Richardson presented results that showed significant gains in knowledge about oral health from a specialized training curriculum for direct care professionals (DCP). Changes in day-to-day practice were found in those long-term care facilities where trained DCP were employed. Recommendations for the curriculum, training and organizational improvements to help overcome barriers and further improve oral care in long-term care facilities were discussed. American Society on Aging Conference, Chicago, IL. March 22, 2017.
Richardson, B. (2016) Examination of Reductions in Health Disparities by Evidence Based Home Visiting Programs. From Disparity to Equity: Building Healthier Communities, Ninth Health Disparities Conference, New Orleans, LA: February 29 - March 2, 2016.
Richardson, B. (2015) Reducing Health Disparities Through In Home Family Support Services. American Public Health Association annual meeting: Health in All Policies. Chicago, IL: November 4, 2015.
Richardson, B. (2015) Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting to Reduce Health Disparities. The Collaborative Science of Home Visiting, Home Visitation Research Network. Washington DC: May 6, 2015.
Richardson, B. (2015) Improving Early Childhood and Family Functioning Outcomes through Utilization of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey in Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting. The Collaborative Science of Home Visiting, Home Visitation Research Network. Washington DC: May 6, 2015.
Richardson, B. & Verplough, M. (2015) The Impact of Neglect, Abuse, and Safety on Educational Outcomes for Children in Low Income Families. 9th ISPCAN Latin American Int’l. Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect, Toluca, Mexico April 26-29, 2015.
Richardson, B. (2015) Child Welfare Outcomes of In Home Services: Family Development Matrix Indicators and Reduction in Referrals to Public Child Welfare under Conditions of Differential Response. 9th ISPCAN Latin American International Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Toluca, Mexico April 26-29, 2015.
Richardson, B. & Verplough, M. (2015) Effects of Early Childhood Home Visiting on Improved Access to Healthcare and Reducing Health Disparities. Eighth Health Disparities Conference, New Orleans, LA: March 12 – 14, 2015. Strack, S., Carson, M. “Clinical interventions as public health strategies to address health disparities”. Public Health Conference of Iowa. March 2023. Presentation. Improving Health in Long-Term Care: Effectiveness of Direct Care.
Schneider, Haley (2023) Caregiving Through COVID: Positive Aspects of Caregiving and Caregiver Stress Over Time. Gerontological Society of America 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting. Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL, November 2023.
Carson, M., Strack, S. (2023) Interventions with Community Pharmacies to Address Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes. Iowa Diabetes + Wellness Summit. November 2023. Presentation.
Strack, S., Carson, M. (2023) Clinical interventions as public health strategies to address health disparities. Public Health Conference of Iowa. March 2023. Presentation.