The Department of Public Health uses its passion for helping others to prepare students to tackle challenges that affect the health and well-being of our communities. Using evidence-based scientific approaches, you will become competent to work in in the field of public health locally, nationally and internationally.
The Department of Public Health is part of the UT Tyler School of Health Professions and offers two bachelor’s programs and one master’s program.
Submissions from 2024
A Qualitative Exploration of Factors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Hesitancy in Selected Rural Communities in Kenya, Fletcher J. Njororai, Walter Amulla, Caleb Kogutu Nyaranga, Wilberforce Cholo, and Toluwani Adekunle
Submissions from 2023
Occupational Health and Safety Policy Compliance among Community Health Workers in Western Kenya, Fletcher J. Njororai, Daniel Ganu, Cholo Wilberforce, and Koguto Caleb Nyaranga
Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy in Rural Communities in Western Kenya, Fletcher J. Njororai, Kogutu Caleb Nyaranga, Wilberforce Cholo, Walter Amulla, and Harrison Ndetan
Submissions from 2022
HIV epidemic among Brazilian women who have sex with women: An ecological study, Ana Luisa Lemos Bezerra, William Sorensen, Taymara Barbosa Rodrigues, Sara Melissa Lago Sousa, Marcia Simao Carneiro, Sandra Helena Isse Polaro, Aline Maria Pereira Cruz Ramos, Glenda Roberta Oliveira Naiff Ferreira, Elucir Gir, Renata Karina Reis, and Elia Pinheiro Botelho
Spatial scenery of congenital syphilis in Brazil between 2007 and 2018: An ecological study, Iaron Seabra, Glenda Roberta Oliveira Naiff Ferreira, William Sorensen, Carmem Oliveira, Andressa Tavares Parente, Elucir Gir, Renata Karina Reis, Rosangela Aparecida Pimenta Ferrari, and Elia Botelho
Submissions from 2021
Serodiscordance predictors among couples in the HIV context: implications for health care, Marcela Antonini, Priscila Silva Pontes, Elizabete Santos Melo, Regina de Souza Alves, Elucir Gir, William Sorensen, and Renata Karina Reis
Correction to: The HIV epidemic in Colombia: spatial and temporal trends analysis (BMC Public Health, (2021), 21, 1, (178), 10.1186/s12889-021-10196-y), Jhon Freddy Montana, Glenda Roberta Oliveira Naiff Ferreira, Carlos Leonardo Figueiredo Cunha, Ana Angelica Rego de Queiroz, Wellington Augusto Andrade Fernandes, Sandra Helena Isse Polaro, Lucia Hisako Takase Goncalves, Danielle Costa Carrara Couto, Elucir Gir, Renata Karina Reis, William Sorensen, and Elia Pinheiro Botelho
The HIV epidemic in Colombia: spatial and temporal trends analysis, Jhon Freddy Montana, Glenda Roberta Oliveira Naiff Ferreira, Carlos Leonardo Figueiredo Cunha, Ana Angelica Rego de Queiroz, Wellington Augusto Andrade Fernandes, Sandra Helena Isse Polaro, Lucia Hisako Takase Goncalves, Danielle Costa Carrara Couto, Elucir Gir, Renata Karina Reis, William Sorensen, and Elia Pinheiro Botelho
Role of Socio-Demographic and Environmental Determinants on Performance of Community Health Workers in Western Kenya, Fletcher J. Njororai, Daniel Ganu, Kogutu Caleb Nyaranga, and Cholo Wilberforce
Submissions from 2020
Evaluation of cardiovascular risk factors in people living with HIV in São Paulo, Brazil, Elizabete Santos Melo, Marcela Antonini, Christefany Regia Braz Costa, William Sorensen, Elucir Gir, and Renata Karina Reis
Submissions from 2018
Risk of Colorectal Polyps and Malignancies Among Predominantly Rural Hispanics, Gabriela Orsak, Carlton M. Allen, William Sorensen, and Paul McGaha
Submissions from 2017
Needs and Experiences of People Living with HIV/AIDS Regarding Implementation of Community Home-based Care Services in a Rural County in Western Kenya, Fletcher J. Njororai, Daniel Ganu, and Caleb Nyaranga Kogutu
Submissions from 2016
Students' perspectives on online and face-to-face components of a blended course design in Health and Kinesiology at a South Western Public University in the USA, Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, Fletcher J. Njororai, and Tejaswini Chanumolu
Walkability in upper east Texas cities and implications for physical activity and health, Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, Fletcher J. Njororai, and Billystrom Aronya Jivetti
Submissions from 2015
College undergraduate students’ self-rating of their physical activity involvement over a 7-day period, Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu and Fletcher J. Njororai
Walkable scores for selected three east Texas counties: physical activity and policy implications, Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, Fletcher J. Njororai, and Billystrom Aronya Jivetti