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Understanding Dental Hygienists' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding HPV Vaccination

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Public Understanding and Perception of Harm Reduction and Prevention Messaging About Fentanyl Overdoses

Don't Touch Your Face

"Don't Touch Your Face" — Effectiveness of a Health Communication Intervention on Reducing Face-Touching Behaviors

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Building and Maintaining a Whole Community Initiative: Health Communication in Practice with Be Well Communities™

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Implementation and Evaluation of a Multi-level, Place-Based Tobacco Prevention and Control Program at a Minority-Serving Institution in Texas

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Understanding the Impact of Community-Based Sun Safety Interventions on a College Campus in Texas

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The Texas Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP): The Evaluation of a Statewide Campaign Aimed to Increase Prescriber Use of the PMP

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Strategies to Implement a Community-Based Longitudinal Cohort Study: The Whole-Communities-Whole Health Case Study

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Posters and Presentations

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A Comparison of the Texas Targeted Opioid Response (TTOR) Opioid Misuse Public Awareness Campaign and Similar Campaigns in Reducing Stigma

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In Austin, We Keep Each Other Safe: The Development and Implementation of a Harm Reduction Health Communication Campaign to Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses

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"Turn To" Check-In

"Turn To" Check-In: Statewide Substance Use and Mental Health Data | May–December 2023

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Father's Playbook

Father's Playbook: From Health Communication Research to Bilingual Prenatal Health Intervention 

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Texans

Texans’ Willingness to Participate in Whole-Communities Whole-Health Research: A Representative State-Wide Survey

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Feedback on Data Return Reports from Whole Communities-Whole Health Cohort Study Participants: A Qualitative Interview Study

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