Sharon L. Talboys

Sharon L. Talboys, PhD, MPH

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Family & Preventive Medicine

Divisions: Public Health

Sharon Talboys, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Public Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Her teaching and research focus is on applied public health practice in global and local settings. Her research contributes to our understanding of how health systems and services perform in meeting community health needs and informs evidence-based policy development. She has conducted several studies examining socio-cultural factors that affect health behaviors and outcomes in the areas of mental health, COVID-19, sleep, and cancer screening. She is recently interested in implementation science to accelerate the adoption of new innovations such as HPV self-testing to prevent cervical cancer.

Dr. Talboys earned her PhD in Public Health from the University of Utah, MPH in International Health, Behavioral Science and Health Education from Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, and BS in Anthropology at State University of New York at Geneseo.

Education History

Undergraduate State University of New York at Geneseo
 BA
Graduate Training Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
 MPH
Doctoral Training University of Utah School of Medicine
 PhD

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Alder SC, Clark JD, White GL Jr, Talboys S, Mottice (2004). Physician preparedness for bioterrorism recognition and response: a Utah-based needs assessment. Disaster management & response, 2(3), 69-74. (Read full article)
  2. Qeadan F, Akofua Mensah N, Tingey B, Bern R, Rees T, Talboys S, Pal Singh T, Lacey S, Shoaf (2020). Qeadan F, Akofua Mensah N, Tingey B, Bern R, Rees T, Talboys S, Pal Singh T, Lacey S, Shoaf K. What Protective Health Measures Are Americans Taking in Response to COVID-19? Results from the COVID Impact Survey. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(17), (Read full article)
  3. Obasi M, Manortey S, Kyei KA, Addo MK, Talboys S, Gay L, Baiden (2019). Sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in schools for people with disabilities. The Pan African medical journal, 33, 299. (Read full article)
  4. Kwabeng MA, Kyei KA, Manortey S, Vanderpuye V, Kitson-Mills D, Yarney J, Talboys (2020). Kwabeng, M. A., Kyei, K. A., Manortey, S., Vanderpuye, V., Kitson-Mills, D., Yarney, J., & Talboys, S. (2020). Assessment of clinical outcome and health insurance coverage among patients with breast cancer. Journal of Public Health in Africa, 11(1). Journal of public health in Africa, 11(1), 1344. (Read full article)
  5. Talboys SL, Kaur M, VanDerslice J, Gren LH, Bhattacharya H, Alder S (2017). What Is Eve Teasing? A Mixed Methods Study of Sexual Harassment of Young Women in the Rural Indian Context. SAGE open, 7(1), 215824401769716.
  6. V Sifa, J. S., Manortey, S., Talboys S, Ansa, G. A., & Houphouet, E. E (2019). Risk factors for loss to follow-up in human immunodeficiency virus care in the Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Ghana: a retrospective cohort study.
  7. Bondah, EK, Gren LH, Talboys (2020). Prevalence, Drinking Patterns, and Risk Factors of alcohol use and early onset among Ghanaian Senior High School students. 6,
  8. Manmeet K, Nimran K1, Poonam Khanna1, Christianna Tu, Sharon Talboys, Tejinder P. Singh,Amandeep Kahlon Sandhu, Hema Panesar, Harsh Rastog (2021). Sandhu, A. K., Panesar, H., Khanna P., Tu, C., Talboys, S., Singh, TP, Sadhu, AK & Rastogi, H. (2021). Community Action: A 360 Approach to Understand and Prevent Violence against Women and Child Marriage in Punjab, India. World, 8(2). URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/wjssr.v8n2p20 . World Journal of Social Science Research, 8(2),
  9. Ocran, B., Talboys, S, & Shoaf, (2022). Ocran, B., Talboys, S, & Shoaf, K. (2022). Conflicting HIV/AIDS Sex Education Policies and Mixed Messaging among Educators and Students in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality, Ghana. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(23), 15847. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(23),

Review

  1. Cho Y, Talboys S (2024). Trends in South Korean Medical Device Development for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Narrative Review. JMIR biomedical engineering, 9, e60399. (Read full article)

Abstract

  1. Talboys S, Kaur M, VanDerslice J, Gren LH, Bhattacharya H, Sandhu AK, Alder S (2016). Is eve teasing a public health problem? Public sexual harassment in rural India and its association with common mental disorders and suicide ideation among young women ages 15-24; 7th Annual Global Health Conference, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, San Francisco, CA. 82(3), 561-2.

Other

  1. Talboys S, (Clark, SL (1997). Increasing the utilization and sustainability of primary healthcare services provided by a private voluntary organization in Rural Bolivia. Masters Thesis , Emory University School of Public Health.
  2. Talboys S (2015). The public health impact of eve teasing: Public sexual harassment and its association with common mental disorders and suicide ideation among young women in rural Punjab, India. (Doctoral dissertation, THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH ¿ Proquest http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/1774373148.html?FMT=AI),
  3. Berik, G., Bhattacharya, H., Singh, T. P., Sinha, A., Strenio, J., Naomi, S. S., & Talboys, S (2023). Capability Approach to Public-space Harassment of Women: Evidence from India and Bangladesh. University of Utah, Department of Economics. Berik, G., Bhattacharya, H., Singh, T. P., Sinha, A., Strenio, J., Naomi, S. S., & Talboys, S. (2023).

Report

  1. Talboys S, Clark S (1999). Perceptions of the Children's Health Insurance Program: A qualitative study of English and Spanish speaking clients of the Community Health Centers in Salt Lake City Utah.
  2. Sharon Talboys, K Shoaf, S Godin, FA Hipo (2020). Utah Maternal and Child Health and Children with Special Healthcare Statewide Needs Assessment 2020, Utah Department of Health http://health.utah.gov/mch/documents/Utah%20Title%20V%20Needs%20Assessment%20Report/2020%20Utah%20MCH_CSHCN%20Needs%20Assessment.pdf .