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Title: ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AMONG WOMEN LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES
Author: Solomon, Corliss
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Public health
Description: The problem of heavy alcohol consumption is now a woman’s issue but there is limited data on the prevalence of and factors associated with heavy alcohol consumption among women living in the United States. Three manuscripts were developed to study...

Title: Addressing the difference in rates of trauma among youth involved with in-home services compared to foster care
Author: Cooper, Jenny
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Public health
Description: Childhood trauma has long-term effects on the physical and mental health of its victims. Given that the focus of the public health field is to create the healthiest communities possible, determining interventions to combat the effects of childhood...

Title: Advance Care Planning: A Nursing Educational Intervention
Author: Pointer, Shannon
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: It is so rewarding to help someone to achieve their desires for their health care. The feeling of helping to empower others to know the choices that they have available to them while they can make those choices is profound. It is also gratifying t...

Title: Association Between Patient-Level Predictors and Gynecologic Cancer Among Women with Autoimmune Diseases
Author: Bahrani_Mostafavi, Zahra
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Epidemiology, Medical sciences
Description: Cancer and autoimmunity are two major chronic diseases among women. Based on previous studies that cancer and autoimmune diseases (AD) are both the accumulative effect of genetics and environmental exposures, it was imperative to recognize the pro...

Title: Association Between the Affordable Care Act and Emergency Department Admission by Psychiatric Patients
Author: Asgharian, Afsaneh
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Mental health
Description: AbstractThis was a cross-sectional study to evaluate the association between the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the emergency department (ED) admission by psychiatric patients, characteristics of psychiatric patients admitted to ED, and the ED visi...

Title: Bullying and Cyberbullying Victimization: Understanding the Role of Intimate Partner Violence during Childhood, Adolescence, and Early Adulthood
Author: Post, Abigail
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Public health
Description: Bullying and cyberbullying victimization are major public health problems that threaten the health of children, adolescents, and early adults across the U.S. Past research has suggested different types of interpersonal violence are related, but fe...

Title: Communicative Needs of Patients who Experience Miscarriage: Understanding Healthcare Communication and Reproductive Self-efficacy
Author: Lacci-Reilly, Kandice
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Communication, Health services administration
Description: Miscarriage, defined as pregnancy loss in the first 20 weeks of gestation, is a profound and individualized experience. It is estimated to occur in up to one in four pregnancies, resulting in approximately one million miscarriages annually in the ...

Title: Conceptual Refinement of the Phenomenon of Adverse Childhood Experiences
Author: Krinner, Lisa Maria
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Public health
Description: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are stressful and/or traumatic events that happen during the first 18 years of a person’s life. Researchers estimate that at least 50% of the U.S. adult population have experienced at least one ACE. Consequence...

Title: Depression, Anxiety, and Perceived Stress During a Pandemic: An Understanding of the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on a University Community
Author: Bello-Ogunu, Faustina
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Mental health, Education, Higher
Description: COVID-19 is a viral infectious disease that first occurred in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and by March 2020, it was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Mental health – especially as it relates to physical distancing, loneliness...

Title: Exercise Is Medicine-On Campus® and Contemporary Physical Activity Measurement in College Students
Author: McAvoy, Cayla
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Kinesiology
Description: The benefits of regular physical activity (PA) for lifelong health are abundant. However, college students are at risk for a decline in PA levels during a transformational life-course period, where long-lasting health behaviors often form. One evi...

Title: Factors Influencing Clinician Decision Making Regarding Opioid Prescribing And Pain Management
Author: Wally, Meghan
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Social sciences, Medical sciences
Description: Opioid overdose deaths have increased substantially over the past fifteen years. However, the position and beliefs of the medical community regarding opioids over time has not been described. Despite the proliferation of guidelines, interventions,...

Title: Function Matters: Examining Body Functionality as a Dimension of Body Image Among Women With and Without Disabilities
Author: Thomas, Erin
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Public health
Description: Body image is defined as the thoughts, feelings, and perceptions a person has about their body. Body image disturbance is an increasingly important public health issue due to its documented associations with maladaptive health behaviors and dimini...

Title: High-Risk Medication Use: The Dilemma in the Older Adult
Author: Freeland, Julie
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: JULIE FREELAND. High-Risk Medication Use: The Dilemma in the Older Adult Population. (Under the direction of DR. MEREDITH TROUTMAN-JORDAN) Introduction: The use of high-risk medications in the older adult population is an issue currently gaining a...

Title: IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH CLINICIANS’ BELIEFS AND BEHAVIORS WITH LGBT INDIVIDUALS
Author: Townsend-Chambers, Colette
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Public health, Queer studies
Description: ABSTRACTCOLETTE TOWNSEND-CHAMBERS. Improving Public Health Clinicians' Beliefs and Behaviors with LGBT Individuals (Under the direction of DR. KELLY POWERS).Identified gaps in the education of healthcare clinicians contribute to non-affirming beli...

Title: Infant Feeding Practices and Weight Status Among WIC Participants
Author: Bably, Morium
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Public health
Description: Appropriate infant and child feeding practices and balanced nutrition can significantly reduce malnutrition and can contribute to optimal physical, mental, and developmental growth of children. Childhood obesity is a major public health concern in...

Title: Introducing clean delivery kits to improve knowledge of clean birth practices in Haiti.
Author: Ostan, Grace
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Maternal and infant mortality rates in developing countries are significantly higher than rates in developed countries with sepsis contributing to mortality. Cleanliness at birth has been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a key ...

Title: Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention among Sexually and Gender Diverse Adults
Author: Kaniuka, Andréa
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Public health
Description: Sexual and gender minority (SGM; e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) individuals are recognized as a health disparity population due to the undue burden of mental and physical health disorders among this population. The National Institutes ...

Title: Outcomes Among Adults with Mental Illness in the United States
Author: Patton, Alexandra
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Social sciences
Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated unmet mental health needs among adults in the U.S and resulted in significant strains on the U.S. healthcare system. This descriptive, quantitative study aims to investigate reports of unmet mental health need...

Title: Rush Hour-Related Road Crashes: Assessing the Social and Environmental Determinants of Fatal and Non-Fatal Road Crash Events
Author: Adeyemi, Oluwaseun
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Public health
Description: Road crashes remain a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. The rush-hour period represents the time with the highest human and vehicular road densities. This dissertation aims to assess, during the rush and non-rush hour periods, the envi...

Title: Social Capital and Developmental Disabilities: Interdependence to Promote Health
Author: Hoyle, Jessica
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Disability studies, Social sciences--Research
Description: Approximately one quarter of American adults have at least one disability that influences their ability to participate in activities of daily life. Individuals with disabilities beginning in childhood may experience reduced social opportunities as...