Front Matter
Articles
The Effect of African American Socio-Political Ideology on Diabetes and Hypertension Diagnoses | Kristie J. Lipford
The First School of Public Health in Mississippi: Challenges and Opportunities | Mohammad Shahbazi
The Community Health Model (CHM): A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Racial/Ethnic Community Change | Joyce Buckner-Brown
A Preventive Intervention Model for Preschool Children Who Are At-Risk for Language and Literacy Difficulties | Betty D. Sutton, EdD Caroline McCormick, BS Kimberley Ritchie, BS Teaonna Rochell, BS Brandi Newkirk-Turner, PhD
Designing and Implementing a Prevention Program that Targets Language and Literacy Development | Lekeitha R. Morris, PhD
Living with HIV/AIDS in Rural and Urban Areas of the Midwest | Sarah Donley, C. Patrice Lockett
The First School of Public Health in Mississippi: Challenges and Opportunities | Mohammad Shahbazi
Recruitment and Retention of Males and Persons from Minority Backgrounds into the Fields of Communication Sciences and Disorders | Mary Langford Hall, Brandi Newkirk-Turner, Betty D. Sutton
Enhancing Maternal and Child Health in Mississippi: Is the One Key Question® (OKQ) Initiative a Potential Solution? | Wengora Thompson, Joni Roberts
Predictors of Dental Care Service Utilization among Hispanics/Latinos in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama | Azad R. Bhuiyan, Sophia S. Leggett, Pamela D. McCoy, Gerri A. Cannon-Smith, Maria Barvie
From Their Hearts to Our Ears: Former Wards in Rural Communities Discuss Permanency | Shonda Lawrence
Step N2 Life- A Pilot Investigation on the Benefits of Community-Developed Intervention to Reduce Hypertension in Mississippi | Bettye Tyler, Mangle Shanks, Saundra Hill, Ruby Gray, Clifton Addison, Brenda W. Campbell Jenkins, Adrianne Clark, Marty Fortenberry, Darcel Odom, Donna Antoine-LaVigne
Treating Depression: A Strategy for Preventing and Reducing Chronic Illnesses | Mary Langford Hall
Preventing Illiteracy: Improving the Practice of Selecting Reading Assessments or Early Learners | Tracy Harris, Regina Fults McMurtery, Alfonzo Haralson