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 5, Number 3 (2025)
Trends in Drug Overdose Deaths in Alabama, 2010-2020
Michael Rutalira Koko and Raphu Wakumeki
Risk for Infant Mortality Among Childbearing Women in Alabama
Michael Rutalira Koko
Enhancing Public Health Strategies: Addressing the RSV Burden in Alabama Through Clinical Treatment, Community Prevention, and Surveillance Approaches
Martha K. Findley Roper and Jennifer S. Dawson
Assessing Education and Training of Developmental Screening Tools Among Residents in a Southern Academic Medical Center
Paige Seabrook, Dustin E. Sarver, and Susan Buttross
Using Electronic Medical Records to Estimate the Prevalence of Pediatric Obesity in Mississippi
Brian D. Christman, Abigail Gamble, Sonia Jain, Kalon KL Ho, Lei Zhang, and William B. Hillegass
Personal Health Advice in the World of Artificial Intelligence: An Assessment of Responses from ChatGPT for Three Common Health Conditions in The Southern United States
Marion W. Evans Jr, Julie Harrison Swartz, Harrison Ndetan, Damian Francis, John Moore, Mary Kozub, Ernie Kaninjing, Jennifer Jones-Locklear, Debbie Greene, and Josie Doss