Monday, September 30, 2024 |
8:00 am | Registration Open and Light Breakfast |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks Keynote Address - Facing Challenges, Fostering Hope: Appalachians Respond to the Opioid Epidemic |
10:00 am - 10:15 am | Break and Visit Exhibitors |
10:15 am - 11:45 am | Concurrent Breakout Sessions Session 1 - Behavioral Science and Health Behaviors (Substance Use, Nutrition, Exercise, Smoking, etc.) A Qualitative Investigation of How Young Adults Would
Respond to an Age Restricted Location Policy Support from Family Members and Friends for Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Among Rural Residents Enrolling in an Online Behavioral Weight Loss Program Substance Use Disorder: Stigma Experience and Treatment Adherence Session 2 - Clinical and Translational Research Associations Between
Social Determinants of Health and Medication Level Variability Index for
Children Post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Community Co-design of Health Research Intervention Materials to Reduce Cervical Cancer Disparities in Appalachia Evaluating the Statewide West Virginia Area Health Education Centers Program Session 3 - Dissemination and Implementation Science A Randomized Trial of a Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative to Increase Uptake of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Services in Primary Care Clinics in Rural Kentucky Parents’ Information Seeking Behaviors Predict Adolescent Substance Use Deploying Enhanced Hearing Screening in Rural Kentucky Schools: a Qualitative Implementation Assessment of the Appalachian STAR Trial Session 4 - Health Literacy, Health Misinformation, Health Communication, Trust in Science Information Highway: Mapping the Routes of Health Professionals' Knowledge Sharing Lessons Learned from Recruiting Adolescents for Research on Vaping Messages Risk Communication for Hispanic/Latinx Persons Living in Northeast Tennessee: Lessons Learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Break and Visit Exhibitors |
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch Plenary - Reducing the Burden of Cancer in Kentucky and the Appalachian Area of Kentucky |
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Break and Visit Exhibitors |
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm | Concurrent Breakout Sessions Session 1: Behavioral Science and Health Behaviors (Substance Use, Nutrition, Exercise, Smoking, etc.) Job Growth Reduces Opioid Overdoses Substance Use Disorder Collaboration: WVCTSI Project ECHO and WVU Center of Excellence for Addiction Dementia Caregiving in Appalachia: Preliminary Findings from Care Ex Session 2: Translational Health, Informatics, Telemedicine, and Data-Driven Technologies Telehealth Implementation to Support a Rural PACE Center During Routine Periods of Low Staffing Rural Community Engagement and Cultural Considerations in the Design and Deployment of Remote Health Monitoring Systems: A Scoping Review Assessing and Addressing Root Causes of Population Health in Central Appalachian Virginia Session 3 - Training, Education, and Workforce Development Healthy WAY - An Innovative Rural Health Research and Workforce Pathway for High School Students Better Workplaces Tennessee: Translating Resilience and Trauma Research to Build a Better Workplace Students Striving Toward Better Health in Self and Community Session 4 - Clinical Conditions/Diseases (Cancer, Mental Health, Diabetes, etc.) Prevalence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Appalachian Medicare Fee-For-Service Population Associations between Rural and Appalachian Residency and the Self-Reported Overall Health of Pediatric Cancer Patients Substance Use Disorder among Cancer Patients in Appalachia |
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Break and Visit Exhibitors |
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Concurrent Breakout Sessions Session 1 - Disease Prevention and Treatment (Drug Development, Mental Health, Pain Management, etc.) Appalachian Voices for Health: The Feasibility of a Multi-Level Media Production and Social Marketing Intervention to Increase Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination PREVAIL Interdisciplinary Team Track: Feasibility and Patient Engagement in a Chronic Pain Intervention at a VA Serving Appalachian Veterans Medical-Dental Integration for Cancer Control Priorities: Perceptions and Action of Oral Health Professionals Session 2 - Health Equity and Engaging Marginalized Communities Engaging Undergraduate Students in Addressing a Community-Identified Research Issue: Air Quality and Health Related to Landfill Emissions in Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee Social Connectedness and Extreme Weather Adaptive Capacity in Appalachian Ohio: An Intergenerational Study Medicaid Expansion Regional Support Specialists: An Approach to Connecting Patients to Coverage Session 3 - Environmental Health Perinatal Exposure to Environmental Toxicants and Cardiometabolic Disorders of Pregnancy: An Environmental Justice Lens Identifying High-Priority Areas for Surveillance of Risks from Soil-borne Bacterial Pathogens in the Contiguous United States Household level analysis of drinking water contaminants and measured health outcomes: A risk characterization study in Appalachian Virginia Session 4 - Evidence-Based Practice An Interdisciplinary Clinic and Care Coordination Program to Improve Outcomes for Substance Exposed Infants and Children and their Families Hypertension Quality Improvement at a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center in Eastern Kentucky A Pilot Study Evaluating a Mobile App-Based Intervention for Parents of Children with Challenging Behaviors in Rural Appalachia |
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster & Networking Session |