Davison JA, Davis D, Decosimo KP, Jones J. Barriers to diagnosing and treating chlamydia in males following the CDC’s 2015 sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting; November 1, 2016; Denver, CO.

Excellent ML, Schenck A, Thomas AB. Evaluation of the Reaccreditation of North Carolina Local Health Departments for Improvement. North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference; September 14-16 2016; New Bern, NC.

Howard-Williams M, Schenck A. A snapshot of North Carolina Health 2016. North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference; September 2016; New Bern, NC.

Howard-Williams M, Schenck AP. Children Living in Poverty: An Analysis of Cross-Sector Associations. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting; November 2016; Denver, CO.

Howard-Williams M, Schenck AP. Preventable Hospitalizations: Beyond a Clinical Measure. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting; November 2016; Denver, CO.

Mainor AG, Decosimo KP, Leeman J, Williams B. Putting Evidence in Action: Advancing training and technical assistance to increase the adoption and implementation of evidence-based strategies among local public health practitioners. National Network of Public Health Institutes Annual Conference; May 18, 2017; New Orleans, LA.

Mainor AG, Leeman J, Decosimo KP. Putting Evidence in Action: Evaluating different approaches to extending a training’s reach to local practitioners. Toward a Carolina Improvement Science Initiative: A Lightning Symposium; May 19, 2017; Chapel Hill, NC.

Matthews G, Cole A, Reese, M, Simon MA, Decosimo KP. Going Upstream: GIS mapping of Social Determinants of Health to craft richer stories for communities in need. Association for Community Health Improvement Annual Conference; March 10, 2017; Denver, CO.

Matthews G, Cole A, Simon MA, Decosimo KP. GIS mapping of Social Determinants of Health as a tool to facilitate community collaborations. Annual State Health Director’s Conference; January 19, 2017; Raleigh, NC.

Morgan K, Thomas AB, Lesneski C, Jenkins GD, Cannon S. Using Process Mapping to Identify Areas for Quality Improvement in Clinical Support at a Local Health Department. Poster presented at the North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference; September 14-16 2016; New Bern, NC.

Schenck AP. Public Health Leadership: Generational and Life-Course Perspectives. North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference; September 2016; New Bern, NC.

Schenck AP, Cilenti D. Using health rankings data to educate decision makers: A success story from North Carolina. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting; November 2016; Denver, CO.

Simon MA, Decosimo KP, Wallace J, Reese, M, Cole A. Going Upstream with Your Hospital System: Using Story Maps to Identify Neighborhood Disparities in Social Determinants of Health. National Network of Public Health Institutes Annual Conference; May 19, 2017; New Orleans, LA.

Simon MC, Decosimo KP, Wallace JW, Wilfert RA. Collect SMART: A mobile app and survey management dashboard to facilitate community-level data collection for community health assessments. Poster presented at North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Meeting; September 14-16, 2016; New Bern, NC.

Stephanie Cannon S, Thomas AB, Lesneski C, Morgan K, Jenkins GD. Identifying Improvement Areas in Billing and Clinical Support: An Organizational Assessment at the Carteret County Health Department. North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference; September 14-16, 2016; New Bern, NC.

Thomas AB. Beyond the Obvious: How Local Preparedness Programs Can Help Meet Accreditation Activities. NC Annual Public Health Preparedness Symposium; May 18-19, 2017; Winston-Salem, NC.

Thomas AB. Creating a Sustainable and Successful Local Health Department Accreditation Program. North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference; September 14-16 2016; New Bern, NC.

Thomas AB. Planning for a Successful Future of the North Carolina Local Health Department Accreditation Program. 2017 State Health Directors Conference; January 19-20, 2017; Raleigh, NC.

Thomas, A. Changing Demographics. Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy; October 10-14, 2016; Chapel Hill, NC.

Wilfert R, Harrison LM, Samuel-Hodge C, Decosimo K, Thomas AB. Enhancing Rural Public Health Capacity: A Public Health Institute Emerging Model for an Academic Health Department. National Network of Public Health Institutes Annual Conference; May 17-19, 2017; New Orleans, LA.

Williams BM, Decosimo KP, Mainor AG, Leeman J. Evaluating pre-post participant competency data from three evidence-based public health trainings. Poster presented at North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Meeting; September 14-16, 2016; New Bern, NC.