Journal of Public Health in the Deep South is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal focused on disseminating high quality research and/or effective applied techniques to academicians, educators, and practitioners. JPHDS is the first publication to specifically focus on public health issues in this geographical space and with an appeal to both research and applied public health professionals and educators.
Current Issue: Volume 6, Number 1 (2026)
The Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention Program (MS-VIP): Building a Community-Driven Model for Healing and Safety
Rukia Lumumba
Gun Violence and Maternal Mortality in the Mississippi Delta: A Dual Public Health Crisis
Nelson Atehortua and Mary Shaw-Ridley
Bridging IPV and SUD for Pregnant and Postpartum Women: A Case Report of Interdisciplinary Programming in Mississippi
Catherine Poehling, Masoumeh Karimi, Chinedu Chukwu, Jerome R. Kolbo, Xiaoshan Gordy, Saijun Zhang, Matthew Morris, Andrew Voluse, Erin Dehon, Michelle Brassfield, Danielle Lahn, Lisa Slade, Deanna Howington, Kathleen Rhodes, Tearsanee Davis, Sonja Fuqua, Mary M. Wesley, and Lei Zhang
Training Mississippi Providers to Address Intimate Partner Violence in Maternal Care: Pilot Outcomes from the SIMM Initiative
Xiaoshan Z. Gordy, Catherine Poehling, Saijun Zhang, Chinedu Chukwu, Jerome R. Kolbo, Masoumeh Karimi, Matthew Morris, Andrew Voluse, Erin Dehon, Michelle Brassfield, Danielle Lahn, Lisa Slade, Deanna Howington, Kathleen Rhodes, Tearsenee Davis, Sonja Fuqua, and Lei Zhang
Community-Guided Adaptation of Violence Prevention Strategies: Insights from the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (MS-VIP) Program
Erin Dehon, Masoumeh Karimi, Leila Seidfaraji, Michelle Brassfield, Melinda Todd, Rukia Lumumba, Matthew Kutcher, Matthew Morris, Fredrick Womack, Roy Hart, and Lei Zhang
“I’m Going to Get Help”: Violence Prevention and Response Assessment in Higher Education
Leah B.P. Pylate, Lindsey D. Knight, Sristi Subedi, and Earnestine Y. Roby
Demographic, Circumstantial, and Geographic Patterns of Firearm-related Homicides and Suicides in Mississippi, 2021-2023
Zhou Fang, Utsav Nandi, Cerissa Eubanks Neely, and Lei Zhang
A Secondary Analysis of Mississippi Domestic Violence Trends from 2019 to September 2025 Based on The Trace Atlas of Gun Violence Archives
Lashanda D. Brumfield, Bernice Akinwande, Vickie Blakely Reed, Traci Hayes, and Tanya Funchess
Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Length of Hospital Stay and Discharge Disposition Among Male and Female Gunshot Injury Patients in Jackson, Mississippi.
Okechukwu Erinne, Deanna Howington, Sarah McGraw, Jonathan B. Lowrie, Matthew Kutcher, Alyscia Severance, Masoumeh Karimi, Leila Seidfaraji, and Lei Zhang
Violence and Abuse Against Adult Stroke Survivors in the Deep South: Epidemiology, Risk, and Public Health Responses
Dawn S. McLendon, Shaneka S. Patterson, and Shreyas Gangadhara
School Climate as Primary Prevention: Mental Health and Violence Outcomes Among LGBTQ+ Youth in the U.S. South (2015–2024)
LaTarsha H. Michael, Brieah D. Hudson, and Kenya T. Horne
Exploring the Attributes of Varied Interventions to Reduce Firearm Violence Among Youth and Emerging Adults: A Systematic Review
Vickie Blakely Reed, Lashanda D. Brumfield, Maaz Ali, and Traci Hayes