APHA Annual Meeting & Expo 2022

APHA’s Annual Meeting and Expo, being held November 6-9 in Boston, celebrates 150 years of improving public health and achieving equity in outcomes. APHA is the largest yearly gathering of public health professionals and provides science-based education, networking opportunities, and innovative resources to thousands of attendees.  

This year’s Meeting takes place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and will feature sessions focusing on the theme “150 Years of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Leading the Path Toward Equity.” Although there are no live virtual presentations, the event is hosting a digital version of APHA later in November. Join us in Boston to explore how science, action, and health can help us create the healthiest nation and see what public health experts are doing to address these areas. 

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Sunday, November 6

Who is hesitant? Changing correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy throughout the pandemic
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET
Presenter: Leyla Tosun
Authors: Naomi Freedner, Caroline Scruggs, Leyla Tosun, Timothy Sahr, Robert Ashmead, Michael Nau, Thomas Albani, Hilary Rosebrook, Amy Ferketich, Bo Lu 
Full Session Details: 2178 COVID-19 & Vaccination

Monday, November 7

Training youth-serving providers to engage parents and caregivers using an interactive toolkit
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Presenter: Denise Dickinson
Authors: Denise Dickinson, Katy Suellentrop, Barri Burrus, LeBretia White 
Full Session Details: 3093 PHEHP Materials Contest

Tuesday, November 8

Advancing equity for infants, toddlers, and their families in the child welfare system 
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
Presenter: Rose Domanico
Authors: Cecilia Casanueva, Rose Domanico, Jenifer Fraser, Molly O'Neil 
Full Session Details: 4045 Infant and Child Health: Addressing health equity in promoting infant and child health

COVID-19 vaccines and essential workers: A study of grocery workers’ vaccine attitudes and behaviors
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
Presenter: Nikie Sarris Esquivel
Authors: Nikie Sarris Esquivel, Becky Durocher, Catherine Viator, Karen Strazza, Jules Payne, Cammie Chaumont Menendez, Michael A. Flynn, Jacqueline Siven, Harpriya Kaur 
Full Session Details: 4054 Oral: COVID I

Grocer actions to protect grocery workers’ health during the COVID-19 pandemic
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
Presenter: Becky Durocher
Authors: Becky Durocher, Nikie Sarris Esquivel, Jules Payne, Karen Strazza, Catherine Viator, Cammie Chaumont Menendez, Jacqueline Siven, Michael A. Flynn, Harpriya Kaur 
Full Session Details: 4054 Oral: COVID I 

The promise of prevention in ensuring equity and access when addressing opioid misuse and opioid use disorder
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Moderator: Elvira Elek

Modernizing the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services “Care Compare” Public Reporting Websites: Assisting Patients to Make Informed Decisions and Incentivizing Providers to Improve Care
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Presenter: Roberta Constantine
Authors: Roberta Constantine, Kathryn Foster, Holly Neumann, Stephen Brown, Sarah Park 
Full Session Details: 4148 Quality Improvement

Population-level health impact of involuntary displacement of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness who inject drugs in 2 U.S. cities: a modelling study
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
Presenter: Samantha Sills
Authors: Alex Kral, Samantha Sills, Emily Mosites, Sarah Axelrath, Courtney Pladsen, Alaina Boyer, Christine Agnew-Brune, David Peery, Michael Bien, Jesse Goldshear, Joey Chiang, Benjamin Linas, Gregg Gonsalves, Ricky Bluthenthal, Joshua Barocas 
Full Session Details: 4205 Impacts of the Criminal Justice System on the Health of People Experiencing Homelessness 

Using observation studies and eye tracking technology to explore consumer response to revised food safety instructions on food products
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET
Presenter: Sheryl Cates
Authors: Sheryl Cates, Lisa Shelley, Benjamin Chapman, Aaron Lavallee 
Full Session Details: 4315 Innovative Methods in Food Labeling

Wednesday, November 9

The association of Medicaid expansion and receipt of alcohol screening and brief intervention in primary care: Is increased access to primary care enough?
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
Presenter: Aryn Phillips
Authors: Katherine Karriker-Jaffe, Aryn Phillips, Aryn Phillips, Joanne Delk, Meenakshi Subbaraman, Kara Bensley, Nina Mulia 
Full Session Details: 5002 Alcohol Oral #2 - Improving alcohol-related outcomes by focusing on priority and often overlooked populations: What do the data say?

Intersectional Disparities in Alcohol Treatment Completion: Results from US National Administrative Data
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
Presenter: Joanne Delk
Authors: Katherine Karriker-Jaffe, Joanne Delk, Meenakshi S. Subbaraman, Yu Y, Aryn Z. Phillips, Kara Bensley, Nina Mulia 
Full Session Details: 5002 Alcohol Oral #2 - Improving alcohol-related outcomes by focusing on priority and often overlooked populations: What do the data say?

Tailored sexual assault prevention: An intervention mapping approach to adapting and integrating multiple evidence-based programs for the US Air Force
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
Presenter: Cary Carr
Authors: Marni Kan, Cary Carr, Nichole Scaglione, Jessica Cohen 
Full Session Details: 5049 Strategies to protect against sexual violence

*NOTE: all presentation times are in Eastern Time; bolded names indicate RTI researchers

Sunday, November 6

The evolution of strategies to prevent prescription drug misuse and opioid overdose: SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Presenter: Elvira Elek
Authors: Elvira Elek, Sheila Patel, Jessica Cance, Elizabeth Adams, Jason Williams, Michael Bradshaw, Shirley Liu, Matthew Clune, Jon Dunbar, Leslie Williams 
Full Session Details: 2011 Opioids Poster Session #1 Prevention: Reducing stigma and raising awareness

Experimenting with Pinterest Advertising to Expand Reach of North Carolina’s Early Check Newborn Screening Research Program
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Presenter: Stephanie McInnis
Authors: Stephanie McInnis, Jessica Sobolewski, Manisha Dass, Lisa Gehtland 
Full Session Details: 2023 Children with Special Health Care Needs Poster Session

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Access to Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Persons with Substance Use Disorders
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Presenter: Caitlin Green
Authors: Claudia Squire, Elizabeth T. Adams, Jill A. Brown, Peyton Williams, Raahina Malik, Caitlin Green, Kathryn Miele, Amy Board, Ji, Kara Polen, Suzanne Gilboa, Shin Y. Kim 
Full Session Details: 2034 Other Drugs Poster #1 - Complexities of Substance Use Disorders in the Landscape of COVID-19

Challenges and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to sustain and enhance substance use prevention strategies in Georgia
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Presenter: Sazid Khan
Authors: Sazid Khan, Darigg Brown, Elvira Elek, Shirley Liu, Jenna Gabrio, Laura Baum, Donna Dent, Nykia Greene-Young, Malinda Gowin  
Full Session Details: 2034 Other Drugs Poster #1 - Complexities of Substance Use Disorders in the Landscape of COVID-19

Sex and health in aging (SAGE): An exploratory study of sexual health and wellness with older adult women with a history of criminal-legal system involvement
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
Presenter: Amanda Emerson
Authors: Megan Comfort, Amanda Emerson, Ella Valleroy, Olivia Sours, Megan Comfort, Megha Ramaswamy 
Full Session Details: 2127 Health Promotion and Quality of Life

Monday, November 7

Process evaluation of community interventions to increase equitable access to tobacco cessation services
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Presenter: Mikayla Charles
Authors: Mikayla Charles, Michelle Rojas 
Full Session Details: 3002 CHPPD POSTER SESSION 1 

Lessons learned: Strategies for effectively accessing court and prison data to evaluate programs for preventing harmful substance use
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Presenter: Andre L Brown
Authors: Bradley Ray, Andre L Brown, Ethan Rosentel, Ozge Burgut, Patrick O'Toole, Steven M. Albert, Alyssa Johnston, Jeanine Buchanich, Mark Roberts, David Galloway, Elizabeth Van Nostrand  
Full Session Details: 3217 Opioids Poster Session #6 The intersection of opioids and the criminal justice system 

Tuesday, November 8

The association between WIC participation and breastfeeding outcomes among black women in Hamilton County
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Presenter: Shannon Trinh 
Authors: Whitney Remy, Shannon Trinh, Dorian Mundy, Nagendra Monangi, Laura Ward, Meredith Shockley-Smith, Francoise Kazimierczuk 
Full Session Details: 4072 Breastfeeding Poster Session

Conducting a national prevalence study of mental health and substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Presenter: Heidi Guyer
Authors: Heidi Guyer, Heather Ringeisen, Mark Edlund, Krishnan Radhakrishnan 
Full Session Details: 4080 Epidemiology Late Breaker Poster Session III 

Awareness and outcomes of a multi-channel vaping cessation campaign among California young adults 18-29
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
Presenter: Laurel Curry
Authors: Laurel Curry, Kevin Davis, Brian Bradfield 
Full Session Details: 4172 Tobacco Control Posters #6

Sexual health information seeking and PrEP communication amongst Black adolescents and young adults living in North Carolina: A qualitative participatory assessment
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
Presenter: Thi Vu
Authors: Marie Stoner, Nivedita Bhushan, Thi Vu, John Mitchell, Allysha Maragh-Bass, Linda Riggins, Katherine LeMasters, Summer Debnam, Audrey Pettifor, Alexandra Lightfoot, Carol Golin
Full Session Details: 4273 Health Equity and HIV

From bullied to bully: Examining moderators of the association between bullying victimization and perpetration in adolescent boys
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
Presenter: Jessica Cohen
Authors: Ashley Lowe, Marni Kan, Jessica Cohen, Nichole Scaglione 
Full Session Details: 4290 Social and Emotional Health in School Settings - Poster 

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient navigation for health-related social needs 
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET
Presenter: Julianne Payne
Authors: Julianne Payne, Kelli DePriest, Megan Clayton, Jeanette Renaud, Olivia Berzin  
Full Session Details: 4346 Social Determinants of Health and Systems Change for Population Health: Round Table

Tuesday, November 8

Provider Perspectives on Rapid Treatment Initiation among People Newly Diagnosed with HIV: A New Message of “Urgency”?
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Presenter: Breana Uhrig Castonguay
Authors: Noah Mancuso, Breana Uhrig Castonguay, Sarah Bernard, Sable Watson, Eunice Okumu, Carol E. Golin, Candice J. McNeil, Cynthia Gay   
Full Session Details: 5089 Implementation Research Roundtable 

*NOTE: all presentation times are in Eastern Time; bolded names indicate RTI researchers

Centering Equity in Research | Transformative Research Unit for Equity (TRUE)

Data & Informatics

• Data Modernization
• Advancing Health Equity with Data
• Tech Talk Webinar Series with RTI | The Future of Data
• The RTI Rarity™ Project: Next-Generation Health Equity Measurement & Analysis

Injury & Violence Prevention

• Ending Gender Violence
• Helping inform harm reduction strategies, prevent overdose deaths in Indiana with an NIH grant
• Podcast highlights women leading research for substance use prevention

Public Health

• Health Equity
• Digital Engagement Experiences for the All of Us Research Program
• Health & Wellness

Building a Diverse Workforce

• RTI Press paper emphasizes need for more diverse scientific workforce in environmental justice field
• Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging

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