Editors
Editor-in-Chief: | Randy Wykoff, MD, MPH & TM, East Tennessee State University |
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Senior Associate Editor: | Erin Haynes, DrPH, MS, University of Kentucky |
Managing Editor: | Emily Wilson, MA |
Media & Marketing Coordinator: | Bradley Firchow, MD Candidate, University of Kentucky |
Research Assistant: | Noah Wren, BS |
Welcome to the Journal
The Journal of Appalachian Health (“JAH”) is a fully peer-reviewed, open-access journal centered on the health and well-being of people living in the 13-state, 423-county region of Appalachia—and in other resource-limited settings. The Journal is available without charge to authors and readers, who are welcome to use the information within it to improve well-being across the region and in comparable regions across the globe. We work from within the region to publish information by and for the people of Appalachia. The Journal receives generous financial support from the Appalachian Regional Commission.
Founded in 2019, JAH was the culmination of efforts by Doug Scutchfield, Charlotte Seidman, Erin Haynes, Robert Shapiro, and others to create the first peer-reviewed outlet focused specifically on public health issues affecting the people of Appalachia.
Today, the Journal welcomes timely research, media reviews, commentary, and other pieces covering health-impacting topics and practical work to promote well-being in the Appalachian Region (and in comparable regions). JAH encourages submissions from academics, students, and practitioners alike to build a robust and interdisciplinary hub of the latest peer-reviewed research and evidence-based good practice. To begin a submission, please visit our submissions page.
A Gold Open Access (Gold OA) journal, JAH is published under the Creative Commons (CC) Attribution license CC BY 4.0 International, which means that all users are free to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format; and can remix, transform, and build on the material for any purpose. This CC license requires that you provide attribution by giving appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if any changes have been made.
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Current Issue:
Editorial
The Journal of Appalachian Health: A Year of Growth and Impact
Noah Wren, Bradley Firchow, Emily Wilson, and Randy Wykoff
Commentary
Powered Haulage Fatalities in Appalachian Coal Mines
Nirmala T. Myers, Noemi B. Hall, Nadia T. Saif, and A. Scott Laney
Research Articles
Rural Reflections of Appalachia: A Qualitative Study of Health Professional Students’ Experiences from a Rural Immersion Experience in West Virginia
Treah Haggerty MD MS; Jessica Stidham MA; Stephan Brooks MPH; Abigail Cowher BA; Sandra Pope MSW; Patricia Dekeseredy MScN RN; and Cara L. Sedney MD,MA
Clinician Attitudes and Experiences in Screening Patients for Social Determinants of Health Using PRAPARE
Pranav Rane, Mathew B. Weimer M.D., and Adam Baus
Investigating Suicide Risk Factors Among Appalachian West Virginian Adults
Erin D. Caswell, Angela M. Dyer, Summer D. Hartley, Caroline P. Groth, Mary Christensen, Sahiti K. Tulabandu, Bryce K. Weaver, and Ruchi Bhandari
Current Attitudes and Barriers Among Appalachian Patients Towards Orthopaedic Surgery
Dylan Smith MD; Justin B. West MS; Wade Smith MD; Micah MacAskill MD; Jonathan Lash; and Matthew W. Bullock DO, MPT
Comparative Outcomes Following Randomization to a Pilot Facebook-Based HIV Prevention Intervention Among Appalachian Women Involved in the Criminal Legal System
Megan F. Dickson, Erika Pike, and Michele Staton
Brief Report
Impaired Driving Among Rural Appalachian Women in the Year Following Incarceration
J. Matthew Webster, Megan F. Dickson, Shawn M. Jamison, and Michele Staton
Early Report of Innovation
Establishing a Student-Run Mobile Clinic in Appalachian Kentucky: A Community-Based Pilot Program to Address Health Inequities
Bradley A. Firchow and John C. Cornelius
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