Lori Ward
Biographic Data
| ID | 8954637 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lori Ward |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lori |
| FAMILY NAME | Ward |
| SIGNATURE | WARD L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Memphis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Public Health Hackathon
Preparing the next generation of public health leaders requires innovative educational strategies that foster creativity, collaboration, and practical problem-solving skills. Hackathons—short, intensive innovation challenges—provide a structured platform for students to co-create solutions to real-world problems. The University of Memphis School of Public Health launched the “RE-AIM Public Health IDEAS through the Lens of Youth Hackathon” series …
Leading public health innovation in high schools across local and global settings
Introduction: Adolescents in the 21st century face numerous preventable public health challenges that extend beyond academics to include physical, mental, and social well-being. Addressing these issues requires schools to integrate public health education into their systems, empowering youth with digital health literacy and interdisciplinary skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, innovation, and collaboration. To meet t…
HIV Self-Test Program Preferences Among Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Southern United States
Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic men who have sex with men (BHMSM) in the Southern United States (US) have the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses in the country. Self-testing can increase detection and contribute to decreasing diagnoses, but it is unclear which self-test program characteristics encourage the highest engagement. To inform the design of self-test programs, we conducted an online discrete choice experiment with BHMSM in this region w…
The public health Cares initiative
Using the SMAART model (Sustainable, Multisector, Accessible, Affordable, Reimbursable, and Tailored), the Public Health CARES [Coping, Adaptability, Resilience, Empathy, and Success, (or PH-CARES)] initiative aims to address health inequities among youth to promote health education in schools and communities. PH-CARES integrates public health curriculum into high schools to enhance students’ knowledge and skills, fostering their adaptability, re…
Survey of Adherence with Covid-19 Prevention Behaviors During the 2020 Thanksgiving and Winter Holidays Among Members of the Covid-19 Community Research Partnership
Prevention behaviors represent important public health tools to limit spread of SARS-CoV-2. Adherence with recommended public health prevention behaviors among 20000 + members of a COVID-19 syndromic surveillance cohort from the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States was assessed via electronic survey following the 2020 Thanksgiving and winter holiday (WH) seasons. Respondents were predominantly non-Hispanic Whites (90%), female (60%), and ≥…
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Survey of Adherence with Covid-19 Prevention Behaviors During the 2020 Thanksgiving and Winter Holidays Among Members of the Covid-19 Community Research Partnership
Prevention behaviors represent important public health tools to limit spread of SARS-CoV-2. Adherence with recommended public health prevention behaviors among 20000 + members of a COVID-19 syndromic surveillance cohort from the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States was assessed via electronic survey following the 2020 Thanksgiving and winter holiday (WH) seasons. Respondents were predominantly non-Hispanic Whites (90%), female (60%), and ≥…
The public health Cares initiative
Using the SMAART model (Sustainable, Multisector, Accessible, Affordable, Reimbursable, and Tailored), the Public Health CARES [Coping, Adaptability, Resilience, Empathy, and Success, (or PH-CARES)] initiative aims to address health inequities among youth to promote health education in schools and communities. PH-CARES integrates public health curriculum into high schools to enhance students’ knowledge and skills, fostering their adaptability, re…
Public Health Hackathon
Preparing the next generation of public health leaders requires innovative educational strategies that foster creativity, collaboration, and practical problem-solving skills. Hackathons—short, intensive innovation challenges—provide a structured platform for students to co-create solutions to real-world problems. The University of Memphis School of Public Health launched the “RE-AIM Public Health IDEAS through the Lens of Youth Hackathon” series …
Leading public health innovation in high schools across local and global settings
Introduction: Adolescents in the 21st century face numerous preventable public health challenges that extend beyond academics to include physical, mental, and social well-being. Addressing these issues requires schools to integrate public health education into their systems, empowering youth with digital health literacy and interdisciplinary skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, innovation, and collaboration. To meet t…
HIV Self-Test Program Preferences Among Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Southern United States
Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic men who have sex with men (BHMSM) in the Southern United States (US) have the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses in the country. Self-testing can increase detection and contribute to decreasing diagnoses, but it is unclear which self-test program characteristics encourage the highest engagement. To inform the design of self-test programs, we conducted an online discrete choice experiment with BHMSM in this region w…
Public health (5 works) · Health education (3 works) · Health Policy (3 works) · Health promotion (3 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Public Health Policies and Education (2 works) · School Health and Nursing Education (2 works) · Workforce development (2 works) · Biomedical and Engineering Education (1 work)