APHA Annual Meeting & Expo 2023
Date
Location
Georgia World Congress Center
285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW
Atlanta, GA 30313
United States
APHA’s 2023 Annual Meeting and Expo, happening November 12-15 in Atlanta, is focused on building public health capacity to address social and ethical challenges that threaten our nation’s health. RTI experts from a multitude of disciplines are excited to engage with other public health professionals in support of the meeting’s theme, “Creating the Healthiest Nation: Overcoming Social and Ethical Challenges.” You can discover innovative research RTI is conducting related to substance use, childhood lead exposure, mental health, data tools, and more by joining our APHA presentations during the event.
Be sure to visit booth #712 during the event to learn more about our people-centric, tech-forward approach to public health data modernization. Experts and recruiters will be available to chat with you.
RTI Oral Sessions
Co-creating digital solutions to engage members of priority communities with the all of us research program: An engagement marketing and human centered design approach
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM ET
Presenter: Sula Hood
Authors: Marcel Foster, Alex Rabre, Allyson Crobo, Jill Brown, Amy Sanders, Janelle Armstrong-Brown, Katie Baker, MaryBeth Branigan, Darigg Brown, Stephen Brown, Yujiemi Chisholm, Julia Chistiakova, Alexia Cox, Schuyler DeBree, Astrid Flores, Christel Gianci, Chelsea Gieck, et al.
A healthier, lead-free future: Identifying and eliminating early childhood exposure to lead in tap water at child care facilities
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Presenter: Jennifer Redmon
Author: Kelly Hoffman
Community benefit insight: A web-based tool to measure and visualize national hospital community benefit spending
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM ET
Presenter: Rebecca McGavin
Author: Ben Tyndall
CDC’s new tool: How to develop products for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Presenter: Linda Squiers
Authors: Sidney Holt, Molly Lynch, Aileen Rivell, Kathleen Walker, Sara R. Bedrosian (CDC), Jane Mitchko (CDC), Elizabeth Mitchell (CDC)
Can voice-activated personal assistants support diabetes prevention and management? results from a formative research study
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Presenter: Adam Vincent
Authors: Sara Jacobs, Nikie Sarris Esquivel, Wendi Elkins, Laura Arena, Casey Horvitz, Valerie Ng, LaShonda Hulbert (CDC), Yvonne Mensa-Wilmot (CDC)
Thematic analysis of Facebook and Instagram comments in response to the bureau of tobacco free Florida’s tobacco cessation social media campaign
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET
Presenter: Stephanie Lane
Authors: Allie Rothschild, Margaret Moakley, Jennifer Duke, Kristin Arnold, Meredith Hennon, Barbara Lopez, Sarah C. Belanger, Rachel Jara
The real cost e-cigarette prevention campaign: Effectively impacting youth in an attention-competitive digital media environment
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM ET
Presenter: Anna MacMonegle
Authors: Jessica Speer, Allie Jaarsma, Jennifer Duke, Morgane Bennett (FDA), Erin O’Brien (FDA), Lindsay Pitzer (FDA), Anh Nguyen Zarndt (FDA)
Adapting HIV linkage to care services for chronic hepatitis c treatment in rural areas among people who inject drugs | Health Equity and HIV Roundtable Session
Presenter: William Zule
Authors: Dalia Khoury, Caitlin Hennessy
Supporting tobacco dependence treatment in behavioral healthcare settings: A mixed methods approach to evaluating systems change strategies
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM ET
Presenter: Lindsay Olson
Authors: Brian Cunningham-Rhoads, Michelle Rojas, Lauren Pierce
Using implementation science frameworks to explore the adoption, implementation, and maintenance of tobacco-related health system interventions with federally qualified health centers
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Presenter: Brian Cunningham-Rhoads
Authors: Kim Hayes, Stephen Brown, Betty Brown, Olaoluwa Fajobi, Jennifer Lee
Novel methods to determine the national prevalence of schizophrenia spectrum disorders and treatment
12:30 PM – 12:50 PM ET
Presenter: Heidi Guyer
Authors: Mark Edlund, Heather Ringeisen
Prevalence of schizophrenia spectrum disorders in the U.S.: Results from the mental and substance use disorders prevalence study
12:50 PM – 1:10 PM ET
Presenter: Heather Ringeisen
Authors: Mark Edlund, Heidi Guyer
Do teens just want to have fun? outcomes of alcohol and drug use, and sexual agency among teens who were out of school in cape town, South Africa
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM ET
Presenter: Wendee Wechsberg
Authors: Tracy Kline, Felicia Browne, Courtney Bonner, Brittni Howard, Tara Carney, Bronwyn Myers, Robert MacDonald
Treatment for schizophrenia spectrum disorders in the United States: Results from the mental and substance use disorders prevalence study (MDPS)
1:10 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Presenter: Mark Edlund
Authors: Heather Ringeisen, Heidi Guyer
RTI Poster Sessions
Understanding the scope and severity of alcohol and drug harms to children
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
Presenter: Ivette Rodriguez Borja
Authors: Katherine Karriker-Jaffe, Cat Munroe, Camillia Lui, Deidre Patterson, Thomas Greenfield, William Kerr
Hospice, palliative care, and care experiences among Medicare beneficiaries with cancer
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
Presenter: Miku Fujita
Authors: Lisa Lines, Kim Danforth, Daniel H. Barch
Recent sociodemographic trends in cannabis use disorder among adults in the United States: Results from the mental and substance use disorders prevalence study
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
Presenter: Paul Geiger
Authors: Layla Stambaugh, Heidi Guyer
Implementation of Medicaid section 1115 substance use disorder demonstrations in multiple states
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Presenter: Rebecca Perry
Authors: Cari Megerian, Heather Kane, Donna Spencer, Anna Sommers, Anupa Bir
Advancing methods to measure and visualize hospital community benefit and health equity data: A web-based tool
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Presenter: Rebecca McGavin
Togetherness: Engaging community members in the process of adapting and evaluating a mental health and substance use stigma reduction training in a Ryan White-funded clinic
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Presenter: Courtney Bonner
Authors: Ayanna Smith, Felicia Browne, Wendee Wechsberg, Laura Nyblade, Dawn Chi-Quee, Dazon Diallo, Adaora Ntukogu, Kourtnii Farley, Gwen Davies, Sierra Harris, Marnina Miller, Deasia Gaston, Tammy Kinney, Indya Hairston
HEART: Serving our neighbors in crisis
View the recording on-demand during APHA.
Authors: Dilsey Davis, Yewande Addie, Brittany Wood, Markeith Gentry, Brian Aagaard, Hannah Hamza, Adam Booher, Jordan Baese, Dan Schneider
Adapting an evidence-based mHealth intervention to improve PrEP awareness and enhance social support for young Black women in the U.S. South
View the recording on-demand during APHA.
Presenter: Claudia Opper
Authors: Felicia Browne, Courtney Bonner, Brittni Howard, Brianna Pascarelli, Wendee Wechsberg
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