Department of

Community Health and Health Behavior

May 2016

2015—2016

Student Recognition Newsletter

CHHB award winners (from left): Melina Bowdwin, Caitlin Biddle, and Rachel Daws with CHHB Director of Graduate Studies Dr. Heather Orom (2nd from left)

2016 Graduates

PhD Graduates

MPH Graduates

Megan L. Saddleson

(Kozlowski, Giovino,

Homish, Goniewicz,

Mahoney)

Tobacco/nicotine use in adolescents and young adults: A focus on electronic cigarettes and measurement of non-daily tobacco cigarette use

Melina Bowdwin

(Orom)

Treatment decision making in men diagnosed with prostate cancer

Cheri L. Cipriano

(Orom)

Barriers to and facilitators of culturally competent care for refugee patients

Mazie Feenstra-Swensen

(Temple)

Evaluation proposal of the UB-SAFER intervention

Alexandra Holland

(Gage-Bouchard)

Narcotic abuse and current trends in illegal street drugs

Kelseanna Hollis-Hansen

(Giovino)

PlanetFit Kids: Promoting lifestyle and nutrition education teaching families (through) interactive technology

Lucy Holmes

(Orom)

The effect of spirometry testing on asthma disease classification in a pediatric primary care office

Lauren Kroening

(Homish)

Reemergence of yellow fever in West Africa: A global health concern

Angelique Lynch-Jiles

(Homish)

Qualitative evaluation of the western New York Center for Survivors of Torture: A pilot study

Carly Nichols

(Gage-Bouchard)

Informal caregivers of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients

Paul Washburn

(Collins)

An investigation of patient satisfaction and education quality improvement in an ambulatory care waiting room

Rachel Wilson

(Homish)

Traumatic brain injury in community dwelling older adults from ground-level falls

Faculty advisors are listed in parenthesis

2016 Graduates

MS Graduates

Caitlin Biddle (Orom)

Decision-making among prostate cancer patients

Susan LaValley

(Gage-Bouchard)

Information-seeking in caregivers of the terminally ill

Awards & Recognitions

Caitlin Biddle CHHB Outstanding Doctoral Achievement Award Outstanding Trainee Abstract in Health Decision-Making Special

Interest Group at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine

Melina Bowdwin Francis V. Hanavan Memorial Fund Award Delta Omega inductee Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

Rachel Daws Paul T. Wietig Community Service Award UB School of Social Work DREAM Award

Kelly Dodd Community Action Organization of Erie County: Non Profit Partner of the Year Award

Adam Graczyk United University Professions Post Baccalaureate Scholarship

Jessica Kulak J. Warren Perry Poster Day Award Winner for CHHB Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

Susan LaValley Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

Megan Saddleson Delta Omega inductee

Rachel Wilson Graduate Student Employee of the Year

Faculty advisors are listed in parenthesis

Student Conference Presentations

Biddle C, Underwood W, Homish DL, Orom H. Active treatment decision making associated with better decisional outcomes, but more decisional difficulty. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine; Apr 2016, Washington DC. Biddle C, Hay J, Kiviniemi M, Waters EA, Ellis E, Orom H. Uncertainty about perceived disease risk may be a valuable addition to measures of risk perception. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine; Apr 2016, Washington DC. Biddle C, Orom H, Waters EA, Kiviniemi M, Ellis E, Hay J. Illness information avoidance is associated with lower need for cognition and intuitive risk beliefs. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine; Apr 2016, Washington DC and at the University at Buffalo Perry Poster Day, Apr 22, 2016, Buffalo, NY. Crandall AK, Lindeman MIH. The impact of experimental manipulations on self-reported BMI. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science; May 2016, Chicago, IL. Crandall AK, Van der Kloet E, Atkins AM, Ziegler AM, Temple JL. The relationship of dietary restraint and relative reinforcing value of food among adolescents. Poster Presented at the 2016 University at Buffalo Perry Poster Day; Apr 2016, Buffalo, NY. Daws RC, Homish, DL, Heavey SC, Homish GG. Childhood maltreatment experiences among US Army Reserve/National Guard soldiers and their partners. Paper presented at 37th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Mar 2016, Washington, DC. Graczyk A, Ziegler AM, Atkins A, Carrasco H, Temple JL. Developmental and gender differences in risk taking in response to caffeine. Poster presented at the Experimental Biology Meeting Apr 2016, San Diego, CA and at the University at Buffalo Perry Poster Day, Apr 22, 2016, Buffalo, NY. Homish DL, Heavey SC, Devonish J, Cornelius J, Homish GG. Nonmedical and illicit drug use: Associations with PTSD severity & symptom clusters among a sample of US Army Reserve/National Guard soldiers. Paper presented at College on Problems of Drug Dependence 78th Annual Meeting, Jun 2016, Palm Springs, CA.

Anderson Goodell EM, Heavey SC, Homish DL, Homish GG. Social Ties and substance use among reserve soldiers in single- and dual-military households. Poster presented at 78th Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Jun 2016, Palm Springs, CA.

Bolded names indicate current student

Italicized names indicate alumni

Student Conference Presentations

Heavey SC, Homish DL, Devonish JA, Anderson EA, Homish GG. Peer networks, marital satisfaction & nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) among reserve soldiers & partners. Poster presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence 78th Annual Meeting, Jun 2016, Palm Springs, CA. Heavey SC, Homish DL, Homish GG. Combat exposure’s influence on intimate partner violence among reserve soldiers. Poster presented at Perry Poster Day, State University of New York at Buffalo, April 2016, Buffalo, NY and at the 143rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Nov 2015, Chicago, IL. Homish GG, Homish DL, Cummings KJ, Heavey SC. Military deployments, combat exposure, and partner drinking. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Jun 2015, San Antonio, TX. Heavey SC, Homish GG, Das Eiden R, Derrick JL. Prenatal tobacco exposure predicts child’s internalizing behavior. Paper presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence 77th Annual Meeting, Jun 2015, Phoenix, AZ. Heavey SC, Co-Chair, Oral Communications VIII, Perinatal Drug Abuse. College on Problems of Drug Dependence 77th Annual Meeting, Jun 2015, Phoenix, AZ. Homish GG, Homish DL, Cummings KJ, Heavey SC, Read E, Daws R, Saltino D. Perceived approval of substance use in soldiers vs. civilians. Poster presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence 77th Annual Meeting, Jun 2015,Phoenix, AZ. Holmes L, Persaud A. Age of Onset of Anemia in a low-income population. Paper presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, 2016. Holmes L, Persaud A. Prevalence and severity of anemia among children in a low-income population. Poster presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, 2016. Lampkin S, Holmes L, Lehman H. Comparison of caregiver confidence and knowledge in asthma management by socioeconomic status. Poster presented at Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, 2016.

Holmes L, St. George K, Burg M, Berti R, Faden H, Lamson D, Lehman H. Retrospective study on patients presenting with wheezing and enervirus D68 infection. Poster presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition, 2015. Abstract published in Pediatrics 2016; 137 (Suppl 3): 332A.

Bolded names indicate current student Italicized names indicate alumni

Holmes L, Lampkin S, Mamily L, Kalwani K, Bowser E, Lehman H. The effect of spirometry testing on asthma disease classification in a pediatric primary care office. Poster presented at the University at Buffalo Perry Poster Day. Apr 2016, Buffalo, NY. Holmes L, Persaud A, Williams K, Kazmierczak J. Prevalence of anemia in children and adolescents in a rural community in Haiti. Poster presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition, 2015. Abstract published in Pediatrics 2016; 137 (Supplement 3): 362A. Holmes L. Are antibiotics necessary for skin abscesses after surgical drainage? Grand Rounds presented at the Department of Pediatrics, Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo; 2016, Buffalo, NY. Klasko-Foster LB, Erwin DO, Jandorf LM, Kiviniemi MT. Decision-making constructs mediate the relation between socioeconomic status and colorectal screening uptake. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine; Apr 2016, Washington DC. Kulak JA, Saddleson ML, Travers MJ, Mahoney MC, Giovino GA. Many college students are introduced to nicotine products through the use of hookah. Poster presented at the University at Buffalo Perry Poster Day. Apr 22, 2016, Buffalo, NY. Kulak JA, Saddleson ML, Travers MJ, Mahoney MC, Giovino GA. College students are introduced to nicotine products through the use of hookah. Paper presented at the 2016 Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco Annual Meeting. Mar 4, 2016, Chicago, IL. Kulak JA, Carrero A, Travers MJ. Physical design characteristics of little filtered cigars and cigarillos. Paper presented at the 2016 Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco Annual Meeting. Mar 5, 2015, Chicago, IL. Kulak JA, Beideman J, Watt CW. A preliminary review of legislation governing tobacco use in Ontario, Canada retirement homes. Poster presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual conference. Nov 2015, Miami, FL. LaValley SA. Patient-centered versus caregiver-centered communication: negotiating end-of-life information needs. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Nov 1, 2015, Chicago, IL. LaValley SA. Caregiver-Clinician communication: negotiating evolving information needs in end-of-life care. Poster presented at the Western New York Networks in Aging Conference, Nov 4, 2015, Buffalo, NY.

Student Conference Presentations

Bolded names indicate current student Italicized names indicate alumni

LaValley SA, Gage-Bouchard EA, Mollica M, Beaupin L. Examining social media use among parents of children with cancer. ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Nov 6-10, 2015, St. Louis, MO. Orom H, Sharma CK, LaValley SA, Homish GG, Underwood W 3rd, Homish DL. Racial discrimination and stigma consciousness are associated with chronic disease risk factors. The Gerontological Society of America's 68th Annual Scientific Meeting, Nov 18-22, 2015, Orlando, FL. Mahoney MC, Widman CA, Masucci Twarozek A, Saad-Harfouche FG, Rodriguez EM, Erwin DO. Building a foundation to accelerate rates of HPV vaccination in western New York state. Poster presentation at the International Cancer Education Conference, Oct 21-24, 2015, Tucson, AZ. Widman CA, Mahoney MC, Masucci Twarozek, A, Saad-Harfouche FG, Rodriguez EM, Erwin DO. Parent perspectives of HPV vaccination in western New York state. Poster presentation at the International Cancer Education Conference, Oct 21-24, 2015, Tucson, AZ. Colón J, Clark N, Widman CA, Erwin DO, Underwood W. Building a diverse patient action team to facilitate institutional culture change. Poster presentation at the International Cancer Education Conference, Oct 21-24, 2015, Tucson, AZ. Mahoney MC, Saad-Harfouche FG, Erwin DO, Widman CA. A conversation on HPV vaccination in western New York state: Results of an environmental scan. Poster presentation, 2015 Increasing HPV Vaccination in the US: A Collaboration of NCI-designated Cancer Centers Summit, Nov 5-6, 2015, Houston TX.

Student Conference Presentations

Bolded names indicate current student Italicized names indicate alumni

Adam Graczyk, PhD student, at Perry Poster Day 2016

Susan LaValley and Jessica Kulak, PhD candidates in CHHB

Orom H, Biddle C, Underwood W III, Nelson CJ, Homish DL. What is a 'good' treatment decision? Decisional control, knowledge, treatment decision-making, and quality of life in men with clinically localized prostate cancer. Medical Decision Making 2016 March. Smith KZ, Smith PH, Cercone SA, McKee SA, Homish GG. Past year non-medical opioid use and PTSD diagnosis: Interactions with sex and associations with symptom clusters. Addictive Behaviors (In press). Holmes L, Ma C, Qiao H, Drabik C, Hurley C, Jones D, Judkiewicz S, Faden H. Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole therapy reduces failure and recurrence in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin abscesses after surgical drainage. The Journal of Pediatrics 2016; 169: 128-34. Kulak JA, Cornelius ME, Fong G, Giovino GA. Differences in quit attempts and cigarette smoking abstinence between whites and African Americans in the United States: Literature review and results from the ITC United States survey. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2016; 18(Suppl 1): S79-S87. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntv228. Gage-Bouchard EA, LaValley SA, Panagakis C, Shelton RC. The architecture of support networks: comparing the support roles of network contacts after a serious pediatric illness. Social Science & Medicine 2015; 134: 59-65. Yang J, LaValley, SA. Health Information Seeking. In Kim, D. & Dearing J. eds. Health Communication Research Measures. New York, NY: J. Peter Lang Publishing Group; 2015: 45-56. LaValley SA, Kiviniemi MT, Gage-Bouchard EA. Where people are looking for online health information: results from a nationally representative survey in the U.S. Health Information and Libraries Journal. In press. Gage-Bouchard EA, LaValley SA, Mollica M, Beaupin, LK. Communication and exchange of specialized health-related support among people with experiential similarity on Facebook. Health Communication. In press. Gage-Bouchard EA, LaValley SA, Mollica M, Beaupin LK. Cancer communication on social media: Examining how cancer caregivers use Facebook for cancer-related communication. Cancer Nursing. In press.

Student Manuscripts Published

Bolded names indicate current student Italicized names indicate alumni

Rodriguez EM, Masucci Twarozek A, Erwin DO, Widman C, Saad-Harfouche FG, Fox CH, Underwood W 3rd, Mahoney MC. Perspectives on smoking cessation in northern Appalachia. J Community Health 2015 Aug 29. O'Neill J, Oluyomi Daniel T, Epstein L. Episodic future thinking reduces eating in a food court. Eating Behaviors 2016; 20:9-13. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.10.002 Mahoney MC, Saad-Harfouche FG, Widman C, Masucci Twarozek A, Erwin DO, Rodriguez EM. Clinical misperceptions about the importance of adolescent HPV vaccination. World J Vaccines 2016 Jan 20.

Student Manuscripts Published

Community Health & Health Behavior GSA

President: Kelseanna Hollis-Hansen Vice President: Rachel Daws Secretary: Alyssa Abrams Treasurer: Lynne Klasko Senator: Sandy Wilson

Bolded names indicate current student Italicized names indicate alumni

The GSA’s Screening of “Fed Up” and Expert Panel, an activity for National Public Health Week 2016

GSA events for 2015-2016 included: - Health assessments at UB on the Green - Movie screening of “Fed Up,” with expert panel - Baking cookies for and working at Buffalo City Mission - Participation in the Multiple Sclerosis walk - Volunteering at West Herr’s Christmas event - Donations collected for Vive La Casa - Cooking and nutrition workshop for the Junior League - Niagara region wine tour of Buffalo

He worked with WNED TV, our collaborator on

some community-based health promotion pro-jects, to arrange for them to sponsor the award when it was first given in 2011. Paul personally contributed as well. When our community-based efforts moved beyond those based on the WNED collaboration, the Department supported the Award. In Paul’s honor, it has been renamed the Paul T. Wietig Community Service Award. In addition to his caring and kindness, Paul left us with many words of wisdom. One of his favorite quotes was from Gandhi, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." That’s especially relevant in a Department of Community Health and Health Behavior! Another quote that Paul shared most recently was from Pericles, “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." Along with many of our faculty, staff, and students, I feel blessed to have been part of Paul’s tapestry. May his legacy be an inspiration to us all. To learn more about Paul’s legacy, share a reflection, or donate to the Paul T. Wietig Memorial Fund, please visit: http://sphhp.buffalo.edu/home/about-us/paul-wietig-dedication.html. To the public’s health, Gary Giovino Professor and Chair, CHHB

In Memory

Mr. Wietig, history teacher at

Bishop Neumann High School

(photo courtesy of Dr. Giovino’s

1970 high school yearbook)

Dr. Paul Wietig, Vice-President, Office of

Interprofessional Education, University at Buffalo

(photo courtesy of UB’s School of Public Health and

Health Professions)

At this time of year we recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of our many students. They have grown in numerous ways, with many (but certainly not all) of their achievements listed in this newsletter. I congratulate them and the faculty members who have supported them. I also acknowledge with great sadness the passing of a member of the CHHB/SPHHP family. Dr. Paul Wietig has been an enormous supporter of our program. All of the faculty members and many of our students have been touched by his kindness, generosity, caring, and intellect. Paul would always take the time to advise me on matters that were relevant to teaching, interprofessional education, and my daughter. It was Paul’s idea to create a community service award for the Department in order to recognize and encourage the ways that CHHB students were contributing to the health of the local community.

Congratulations students and graduates!

Fore more information, please contact: 716-829-6100 Or visit: sphhp.buffalo.edu/chhb

CHHB Department Thanksgiving

Lynne Klasko-Foster presenting at the Behavioral Medicine 2016 meeting

Caitlin Biddle receiving an award from the Society for Behavioral Medicine

(above) Kelseanna Hollis-Hansen introducing a CHHB GSA event

(left) CHHB students volunteering at UB on the Green

Dr. Marc Kiviniemi, Dr. Elizabeth Gage-Bouchard, Jessica Kulak, & Dr. Sarahmona

Przybyla at Perry Poster Day