Effective Use of Social Media in Public Health

Edited by:   Kavita Batra PhD (Assistant Professor and Senior Biostatistician Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Las Vegas Nevada USA), Manoj Sharma (Full Professor and Chair of the Social and Behavioral Health, University of Nevada Las Vegas, NV, USA)
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
ISBN:   9780323956307
ISBN 10:   0323956300
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   26 May 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dr. Kavita Batra, PhD, MPH, BDS, FRSPH, serves as an Assistant Professor and Senior Biostatistician with the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. Dr. Batra began her career as a dental surgeon in India and received her master’s and doctorate degrees in public health from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. As the co-vice chair of the research seminar planning committee for the office of research and director of internal medicine resident research within the school of medicine, Dr. Batra provides statistical and research mentoring to faculty, residents, fellows, and medical students. Her research interests include, but are not limited to, maternal and child health, COVID-19, social determinants of health, vaccine hesitancy, clinical research, and evidence synthesis. Dr. Batra has published multiple peer-reviewed articles and presented her work at several state, national, and international public health conferences. She has an extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative research. Dr. Batra serves on the topical advisory panel and editorial boards of several journals, including Annals of Epidemiology, Psychiatric Case Reports, Dentistry Journal, Vaccines, and Healthcare. Dr. Batra is a President-elect to the Delta Omega-Delta Theta Chapter at UNLV, a Grad Alumni Ambassador, a key member to the Sexual Misconduct Taskforce, Nevada System of Higher Education, and a statewide secretory to the Nevada Public Health Association. Dr. Manoj Sharma, MBBS, PhD, MCHES®, is a public health physician and educator with a medical degree from the University of Delhi and a doctorate in Preventive Medicine from The Ohio State University. He is currently a tenured Full Professor and Chair of the Social and Behavioral Health program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in the School of Public Health and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. In his career, spanning over 35 years, he has trained/taught over 6,000 health professionals. He has worked for local health departments; state health departments/agencies; federal government agencies; nonprofit agencies; professional organizations; and international agencies including governments of other nations in his career. He is ranked in the top one percentile of global research scientists from 176 fields by Elsevier. He has been awarded several prestigious honors including American Public Health Association’s Mentoring Award, ICTHP Impact Award, J. Mayhew Derryberry Award, and William R. Gemma Distinguished Alumnus Award at The Ohio State University among others. His research interests are in developing and evaluating theory-based health behavior change interventions, obesity prevention, stress-coping, community-based participatory research, and integrative mind–body–spirit interventions.