Joseph Collier
Developed a tracking database of dental practices in Vermont and contacted dental offices to identify levels of interest in engagement with referral to tobacco cessation treatment; identified dental practices that are already referring to treatment and researched tools that can aid in engagement work.
Sarah Dixon
Identified infants with risk to Zika related birth defects/adverse outcomes as part of the United States Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry and analyzed the associations between adverse outcomes and key demographics to identify who was more at risk for Zika related adverse outcomes in Zika exposed mothers.
Caitlin O’Connell
Analyzed data to guide the development of an updated injury prevention state plan from assessments to be used as an educational tool for program partners and to inform the direction of the program.
Lyvia Gaewsky
Coordinated Community Health Needs Assessment to support in the planning and evaluation of the Cumberland District Public Health Council’s public health goals and created fundraising strategy for community based dental program.
Jamie Shead
Traveled to Iceland to collect data from field observations, research and direct testimonies of those living in the area presented report to find ways to incorporate practices and strategies into the rural community in which I live.
Marisa Heinlein
Built a public health movement through timely public health messaging. Accomplished this with the completion of a social media one year messaging toolkit that will enhance the NHPHA’s ability to produce such messaging and for use after my internship has ended.
Mary Juergens
Identified facilitators and barriers of classroom physical activity, which includes 5 focus groups and a review of the literature, and use these findings created to address facilitators and barriers, and/or assess the application of existing resources.
Kate MacDonald
Identified and described age friendly initiatives with the state of NH. In doing this, I will be assisting the NH alliance for Health Aging along with the Tri-State Learning Collabritive on Aging.
Kamran Javadi
Provided screening services and locally promoted the NHP and offering our services to notoriously hard-to-reach populations, increasing the number of clients we see during a typical day, digitizing patient records which until this point have all been on paper, applying for grants and initiating a fundraising campaign.
Meadeshia Mitchell
Worked closely with an SCSU faculty member and through consultation with New Haven Farms staff to create a modified nutrition education curriculum based on New Haven Farms programming and assisted in the creation and delivery of data collection tools to evaluate the impact and success of the program.