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Adam Hege

Assistant Professor

Appalachian State University

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Appalachian State University

Beaver College of Health Sciences

Department Of Public Health And Exercise Science

Adam Hege is currently serving as an Appalachian State University Assistant Professor at Appalachian State University.

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Appalachian State University

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Emergency Department Burden of Mental Health and Substance Misuse After Hurricane Helene: Insights From Rural Appalachia.. PubMed (2026)

public healthsubstance abusecommunity mental healthpsychological traumamental healthsubstance misusevulnerable populationspsychiatrysubstance usesubstance use disorderspsychiatric careemergency department burdenrural healthvulnerability

Effect of Climate Change on the Health and Nutritional Status of Children and Their Families in Africa: Scoping Review. PLOS Global Public Health (2025)

public healthchild developmentafrican developmentmalnutritionchild nutritionpopulation healthpopulation nutritionclimate changenutritional statusglobal healthchild healthpediatricsenvironmental health perspectivenutritionpublic health nutrition

Positive Association Between Body Mass Index and the Likelihood of Reporting an Overall Cancer Diagnosis Among College Students in the United States. Cancer Medicine (2025)

public healthhealth communicationcancer careanthropometric indicatorobesity managementbody compositioncollege studentsweight disordersunited statesoverall cancer diagnosishealth sciences

Socio-Demographic Risk Factors for Food Insecurity Among Students at Five North Carolina Colleges: The Influence on Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Perceived Health and Well-Being. Preventive Medicine Reports (2025)

public healthfood insecurityfood securityhunger in the united statesnutrition securitynorth carolina collegessocio-demographic risk factorshealth educationglobal healthnutrition educationbehavioral nutritionpublic health nutrition

The Covid-19 Pandemic and College Student Food Access: Perspectives From Students at Four North Carolina Universities. UNC Libraries (2025)

public healthhealth equitycommunicable diseasespublic health preparednesscovid-19covid-19 pandemichealth educationglobal healthfood policynutrition educationpublic health nutrition

Viability and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Food Box Delivery Program Among Clients of an Appalachian Food Pantry. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition (2025)

public healthfood systemsfood researchfood distributionhealth promotionpreliminary effectivenessfood policyfoodservice systemsappalachian food pantryagricultural economics

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Cardiovascular Disease Risks: Implications for North Carolina and the Need for an Upstream Approach. North Carolina Medical Journal (2024)

public healthpediatric nursingupstream approachearly childhood developmentpreventive pediatricschild developmentsocial determinants of healthearly life exposurespopulation healthadverse childhood experienceschild healthpediatricspediatric obesitynorth carolina

Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment in Rural Northwest North Carolina. Journal of Appalachian Health (2024)

public healthintimate partner violencecovid-19epidemiologypartner violencecovid-19 pandemicsocial determinants of healthchild maltreatmentchild abuseviolence against womenfamily violencedomestic violenceinterpersonal violence

Improving Truck Stop Environments to Support Long-Haul Truck Driver Safety and Health: A Scoping Review. Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice (2024)

public healthinjury preventionsystems engineeringcommercial vehicle operationsafetydriver behaviortruck stop environmentsvehicle system dynamicstransportation engineeringroad traffic safetysafety sciencetransport safetyscoping review

Public Health Policy That Leads With Equity in Rural Appalachia: Recommendations to Confirm Vaccination Status in an Equitable Manner. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (2024)

public healthhealth equitypublic health ethicsvaccine hesitancyconfirm vaccination statuspublic health interventionscritical public healthhealth inequitiespublic policysocial determinants of healthpublic health policypreventive medicinerural appalachiavaccinationrural healthhealth policy

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Adam Hege

Assistant Professor

Appalachian State University

Affiliations

Appalachian State University

Beaver College of Health Sciences

Department Of Public Health And Exercise Science

Adam Hege is currently serving as an Appalachian State University Assistant Professor at Appalachian State University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Adam Hege

Appalachian State University

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Emergency Department Burden of Mental Health and Substance Misuse After Hurricane Helene: Insights From Rural Appalachia.. PubMed (2026)

Effect of Climate Change on the Health and Nutritional Status of Children and Their Families in Africa: Scoping Review. PLOS Global Public Health (2025)

Positive Association Between Body Mass Index and the Likelihood of Reporting an Overall Cancer Diagnosis Among College Students in the United States. Cancer Medicine (2025)

public healthhealth communicationcancer careanthropometric indicatorobesity managementbody compositioncollege studentsweight disordersunited statesoverall cancer diagnosishealth sciences

The Covid-19 Pandemic and College Student Food Access: Perspectives From Students at Four North Carolina Universities. UNC Libraries (2025)

public healthhealth equitycommunicable diseasespublic health preparednesscovid-19covid-19 pandemichealth educationglobal healthfood policynutrition educationpublic health nutrition

Viability and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Food Box Delivery Program Among Clients of an Appalachian Food Pantry. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition (2025)

public healthfood systemsfood researchfood distributionhealth promotionpreliminary effectivenessfood policyfoodservice systemsappalachian food pantryagricultural economics

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Cardiovascular Disease Risks: Implications for North Carolina and the Need for an Upstream Approach. North Carolina Medical Journal (2024)

Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment in Rural Northwest North Carolina. Journal of Appalachian Health (2024)

Improving Truck Stop Environments to Support Long-Haul Truck Driver Safety and Health: A Scoping Review. Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice (2024)

Public Health Policy That Leads With Equity in Rural Appalachia: Recommendations to Confirm Vaccination Status in an Equitable Manner. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (2024)

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