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Writing Appalachia: An Excerpt
Southern Spaces, 2020 Katherine Ledford and Theresa Lloyd introduce Writing Appalachia, an anthology of Appalachian literature concerned with \"simultaneously representing, complicating, and furthering the discourse on the Appalachian region and its cultures.\" Excerpted ...
Katherine Ledford, Theresa Lloyd
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Machine learning to evaluate the effects of non-clinical social determinant features in predicting colorectal Cancer mortality in a medically underserved Appalachian population [PDF]
Scientific ReportsColorectal cancer (CRC) is the 2nd leading cause of cancer death in the United States (US). Rural Appalachia suffers the highest CRC incidence and mortality rates. There are several non-clinical health-related social determinant factors (SDOH) associated
Aisha Montgomery +7 more
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Navigating Hepatitis C care: Knowledge gaps and access barriers among young women who inject drugs in rural Appalachia. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundHepatitis C virus (HCV) and injection drug use among young women are dramatically rising in the rural United States. From 2004 to 2017, heroin use among non-pregnant women increased 22.4% biennially, mirroring increases in HCV cases, especially
Cheyenne R Wagi +8 more
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Embodied Readers: Teaching about the Earliest Christians in Rural Protestant America [PDF]
Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, 2020 This article discusses the ways in which my Introduction to the New Testament class at the University of Tennessee engages with and offers students tools for understanding and participating in social activism, particularly around race, ethnicity, gender ...
Tina Shepardson
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The Sense of Place at the End of the World [PDF]
Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities, 2020 This article discusses the 2017 document “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice” in relationship to the daily life of Appalachia, one of the United States’ most resource rich and yet economically poorest regions.
Stephanie Foote
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Appalachian youth e-cigarette harm perceptions and tobacco use
Population Medicine, 2021 Introduction E-cigarettes are the most popular tobacco product among youth. Although harm perceptions have been linked to youth e-cigarette use, little research focuses on vulnerable populations, such as Appalachian youth.
Delvon T. Mattingly +3 more
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Cardiovascular disease risk perceptions and tobacco use among Appalachian youth
Population Medicine, 2021 Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a critical public health issue, with tobacco smoking the leading preventable cause. Perceptions of CVD risk in specific populations may differ by tobacco use status, potentially necessitating customized ...
Osayande Agbonlahor +4 more
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New records of theropods from the latest Cretaceous of New Jersey and the Maastrichtian Appalachian fauna [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 The faunal changes that occurred in the few million years before the Cretaceous–Palaeogene extinction are of much interest to vertebrate palaeontologists. Western North America preserves arguably the best fossil record from this time, whereas terrestrial
Chase Doran Brownstein
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Alpha-Gal Allergy: a new threat to Appalachia
Marshall Journal of Medicine, 2021 Alpha-gal allergy, or mammalian meat allergy, is described as the development of IgE antibodies to the oligosaccharide galactose-a-1,3-galactose following a bite from the tick species Amblyomma americanum (Lone Star tick) or Dermacentor variabillis (Wood
Makala Murphy +5 more
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Population Medicine, 2020 Introduction Given that Appalachian youth tobacco use rates are higher than the US national average, it is important to understand whether sex differences shape associations between receiving and sharing product information and using tobacco.
Delvon T. Mattingly +3 more
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