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- Title
- Collegiate Recovery Programs: A Comparison of Historically Black Colleges and Predominantly White Institutions
- Author
- Appiah, Josephine
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health, Medical sciences
- Description
- Culturally diverse college students often have high rates of addictive disorders, yet tend to have lower rates of treatment participation and completion. Much of this is due to the lack of culturally relevant practices and treatment. Collegiate Re...
- Title
- Comparison of Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) and Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) on Fall Reduction in Nursing Home Residents
- Author
- Waldrop, My Linh
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Medical sciences
- Description
- Vitamin D has been proven to reduce fall rates by 15%-20% for nursing home residents. However, vitamin D is still not considered a standard for fall prevention due to vitamin D type and dosage not having been established in the literature. The pur...
- Title
- Comprehensive Health Assessment: Decreasing Preventive Care Gaps in Older Adults
- Author
- Wright, Georgetta
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Nursing, Gerontology, Public health
- Description
- Less than 50% of adults aged 65 and older complete annual recommended preventive care. Preventive care is important since a major risk factor for cancer is aging. Colon cancer occurs in more than 70% of people aged 65 and older. The most common ca...
- Title
- DEMOGRAPHICS, SIDE EFFECTS, AND HEALTH CARE BELIEFS OF PROHORMONE USERS
- Author
- Noone, Joshua
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health, Social sciences, Pharmacology
- Description
- Prohormones are a type of nutritional supplement similar to Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids (AAS). As AAS are illegal without a medical prescription prohormones are sometimes used as a legal alternative. It is thoughts that prohormones carry the same...
- Title
- DISPARITIES IN WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA: EXPLORING CONTEXTUAL DETERMINANTS OF ACCESS, USE AND QUALITY OF CARE
- Author
- Olorunsaiye, Comfort
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health, Health services administration, Area studies
- Description
- Background: The West and Central African region bears the highest burden of maternal mortality globally. Objectives: The aims of this study were to: examine the association between women’s perception of domestic violence (DV) and choice of contrac...
- Title
- Developing Confidence and Knowledge in Nurses Managing Post-Catheterization Patients
- Author
- Patterson, Whitney
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Nursing
- Description
- Increase in volume and acuity of patients following Chest Pain Center Percutaneous Intervention (PCI) accreditation at a hospital in the foothills of North Carolina, led to various needs identified. One identified need was standard care training f...
- Title
- Development Of An Intraoperative Cognitive Aid To Guide Neostigmine Use For Pharmacologic Reversal Of Neuromuscular Blockade.
- Author
- Cornette, Laura
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Nursing, Medicine
- Description
- Insufficient recovery from non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents results in impaired pulmonary and upper airway mechanics and increases patients’ risk of experiencing adverse respiratory events postoperatively (Kheterpal et al., 2020; Rud...
- Title
- EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA IN PRIMARY CARE
- Author
- Banks, Philwyna
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Nursing
- Description
- ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Multiple myeloma is the second most prevalent hematological malignancy worldwide and the most common hematologic malignancy affecting the African American population. Multiple factors contribute to these marked disparities in t...
- Title
- EFFECT OF PROVIDERS' PROCEDURAL VOLUME COMPLEXITY ON IN-HOSPITAL COMPLICATIONS AND LENGTH OF STAY FOR GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY
- Author
- Kamble, Shital
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Medical sciences
- Description
- Obesity and morbid obesity represent one of the major public health problems in the United States (U.S.) that affects nearly one-third of the adult American population. Gastric bypass (GB) is a complex operation, performed in a high-risk morbidly ...
- Title
- EPIDEMIOLOGY, COSTS, AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LOAD-BEARING SURFACE CHOICE IN PRIMARY TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY: CERAMIC-ON-POLYETHYLENE VS. METAL-ON-POLYETHYLENE
- Author
- Carnes, Keith
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Economics, Medical sciences
- Description
- In an age of cost-consciousness in health care, it is essential that we seek to understand the ramifications of the choices where costs and expected clinical performance differ. When the cost differences are evolving and performance differences ar...
- Title
- EXAMINING MENTAL HEALTH FACTORS AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH CYBERBULLYING AND OTHER FORMS OF ADOLESCENT VICTIMIZATION
- Author
- Tolbert, Elliott
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health, Medical sciences, Social service
- Description
- Objective: To update the current state of knowledge by examining the individual effects multiple types of adolescent victimization (e.g., being threatened or injured by a weapon; being a victim of partner violence; face-to-face bullying; and cyber...
- Title
- EXISTING BARRIERS TO CARE FOR HIV POSITIVE BLACK MSM LEAVING PRISON
- Author
- Junious, Eric
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Medical sciences
- Description
- This study explored barriers of reintegration among Black men who have sex with other men (MSM) who are living with HIV and have histories with the criminal justice system in the state of South Carolina. This study uncovered barriers accessing HIV...
- Title
- Effect of Stroke Volume Variation Monitoring on Acute Kidney Injury after Robotic Enhanced Recovery Protocol Surgery
- Author
- Hile, Lloren
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Nursing, Medical sciences
- Description
- ABSTRACTLLOREN MCKENZIE HILE. Effect of Stroke Volume Variation Monitoring on Acute Kidney Injury after Robotic Enhanced Recovery Protocol Surgery. (Under the direction of DR. DAVID LANGFORD) Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most common com...
- Title
- Effects of E-Cigarette Education in Adolescents and Young Adults in Primary Care
- Author
- Carriker, Amy
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Nursing
- Description
- ABSTRACT AMY E. CARRIKER. Effects of E-Cigarette Education in Adolescents and Young Adults in Primary Care. (Under the direction of DR. TONYA ANDERSON) Approximately one in five high school student and 1 in 20 middle school students currently use ...
- Title
- Effects of Medical Home Among Children With Special Health Care Needs
- Author
- Willits, Kathryn
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health, Health services administration
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of having access to a medical home on the use of the emergency department, primary care office visits and the number of missed school days among children with special health care needs.Analysi...
- Title
- Effects of hydrocephalus on hospital use, associated costs, and access to care among children with spina bifida
- Author
- Radcliff, Elizabeth
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health, Health services administration
- Description
- Objectives: This study examined hospital resource use, timeliness of surgical repair of spina bifida (SB), and geographical access to hospital care for infants and children with SB. Methods: This was a retrospective, statewide, population-based st...
- Title
- Enhancing the Anesthesia Providers’ Awareness of Resources, Policies, & Procedures Surrounding Patients with Language Communication Barriers
- Author
- Krysl, Janzen
- Date Created
- 2024
- Subjects--Topical
- Health services administration, Nursing, Medicine
- Description
- Background: Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) are facing significant communication challenges in peri-operative settings, spanning from understanding anesthesia-related information to obtaining informed consent. These language-based ...
- Title
- Enhancing the Anesthesia Providers’ Awareness of Resources, Policies, & Procedures Surrounding Patients with Language Communication Barriers
- Author
- Martin, Taylor
- Date Created
- 2024
- Subjects--Topical
- Medicine, Health education, Language and languages
- Description
- Background: Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) are facing significant communication challenges in peri-operative settings, spanning from understanding anesthesia-related information to obtaining informed consent. These language-based ...
- Title
- Estimation Of Preference-Based Measures Of Health From Disease-Specific Clinical Outcome Measures For Total Hip And Knee Arthroplasty Patients
- Author
- Odum, Susan
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Economics, Medical sciences
- Description
- Transfer to utility (TTU) or mapping methodology allows researchers to estimate a health utility from a disease-specific measure and calculate quality adjusted life years for economic evaluations. The purpose of this study was to develop regressio...
- Title
- Evaluating the Effects of a Continuing Interprofessional Education (CIPE) Workshop on Participants' Attitudes and Collaborative Practice Behaviors.
- Author
- Magennis, Laura
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Nursing
- Description
- Key organizations, such as the WHO, IHI, and NAH, encourage interprofessional education (IPE) in healthcare to promote collaborative care practices and improved patient outcomes (Gilbert, Yan, & Hoffman, 2010; Owen & Schmitt, 2013; Thistlethwaite,...