September 2022 Chronicles

Project Updates 

The “Research and Learning of the McGovern-Dole School Meals Programs in Africa” project concluded over the summer. The project’s final presentation, executive summary, final report are all available online. Learn more about the project, and its products at https://bit.ly/3yqI2h4. 

Armstrong, K. J., Paul, M. (Sept, 2022), Cross-Referrals between Psychologists and Professional Clergy: Practical and Ethical Issues. Panel Presentation with Kevin J. Armstrong, Joseph Currier, Albert Bisson, Bev Smallwood, Neil Tullos, and Lynwood Wheeler accepted at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Psychological Association, Hattiesburg, MS. 

Brenner, D., Elmore-Staton, L., Hanna, H., Hardman, A., Parker, J., Poole, C. State of the State: Mapping out the importance of policy solutions for Mississippi’s mothers, children, and families.  State legislative hearings convened by the Mississippi Senate Study Group on Women, Children, and Families, Jackson, Mississippi, September 27, 2022.  

Mary Read-Wahidi and Kathleen Ragsdale were invited by the Resilince and Food Security Community of Practice to present “Using the GRADA to assess Gender Responsive Agricultural Development across IL Projects” as an example of gender integration within the Soybean and Fish Innovation Labs at their Summer (Back to) School series for USAID employees. This was a remote webinar with around 40 USAID attendees primarily in Washington DC.

Seitz, H. H., Robertson, M. N., Steen, J., Dulaney, S., & Buys, D. (2022). Development and pretesting of prescription opioid misuse prevention messages: Results and implications for practice. Health Communication.
http://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2124059

Robertson, M. N., Seitz, H. H., Downey, L. H., Hardman, A., Steen, J., & Buys, D. (2022). Increasing uptake of prescription drug take-back boxes: Eliciting preferences and applying the theory of planned behavior to predict use. Health Education and Behavior. http://doi.org/10.1177/10901981221116778

Walker, B. H., Brown, D. C., Walker, C. S., Stubbs-Richardson, M., Oliveros, A. D., & Buttross, S. B. (September 2022). Childhood adversity is associated with poorer health: Evidence from the U.S. National Survey of Children’s Health. Child Abuse & Neglect, 134, 105871. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105871