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Title: Adverse Events in Healthcare and the Ability to Improve the Quality and Safety of Patient Care in the Hospital
Author: Walsh Koricke, Maureen
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Government policy
Description: This dissertation examines the influence of external and internal constraints on adverse event management in hospitals. Using a multilevel organizing framework, in three separate studies I explore the mechanisms of constraint that impact adverse e...

Title: An Examination of Do Not Resuscitate Compliance: Hospital Ownership and Cost Considerations
Author: Porter, Petra
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Government policy, Medical ethics
Description: My dissertation sheds light on unwanted treatment in the larger context of the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA). I focus specifically on the impact of Catholic hospitals on compliance with do not resuscitate (DNR) orders. Drawing from institu...

Title: An Examination of the Criminalization of Mental Illness in North Carolina State Prisons
Author: Small, David
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: Purpose: The deinstitutionalization of mental health and the failure of community-based care has resulted in more individuals with mental illnesses receiving treatment in the criminal justice system than in the mental health system. This is referr...

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: MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGERS: AN ANALYSIS OF COMPASSION FATIGUE AND WELLBEING
Author: Bilaye-Benibo, Tamunosaki
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Health services administration, Medical personnel
Description: Compassion fatigue is a phenomenon wherein employees in "helping professions" develop decreased capacity for empathy due to repeated/extended exposure to client trauma and suffering. In addition to negatively impacting relationships with their cli...

Title: Navigating the Food Environment: Healthy Food Availability in SNAP-Authorized Drugstores in North Carolina
Author: Kennedy, Ashley
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Public health, Nutrition
Description: The number of major drugstore chains (such as Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid) that accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in North Carolina as dramatically increased. From 2000 to 2015, the number of stores accepting SNAP i...

Title: Past Experiences and Preferences for Queer Sex Education Among LGBTQ+ College Students
Author: Petrizzo, Kristen
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Queer studies, Educational sociology
Description: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other (LGBTQ+) students face a higher risk than their cisgender, heterosexual peers of experiencing symptoms of poor sexual health, poor mental health, and sexual violence. Despite this, LGBTQ+ stude...

Title: Racial Disparities in Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising
Author: Cavallo, Stephany
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Government policy
Description: Reducing health disparities by increasing access to health information is a national priority. Research demonstrates that direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) is effective in educating consumers about health issues. However, research also identif...

Title: Racial and Gender Concordance: Effects on Utilization of Health Services Among Individuals Enrolled in a Primary Care Case Management Delivery System
Author: Smith, III, Galen
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Social sciences--Research
Description: Very few studies to date have directly examined the impact of race or gender patient-provider concordance on the utilization of health services. This is particularly noteworthy given the role that the linkage between concordance and health service...

Title: Social Media Framing of the Dakota Access Pipeline
Author: Tierney, Carla
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Sociology
Description: Objectives The purpose of this research is to identify and understand the social media framing of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The DAPL is in North Dakota, crossing .55 miles north of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. Primary criticisms r...

Title: Social support and health outcomes among individuals living with HIV in the Deep South
Author: LeGrand, Sara
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Public health, Social sciences--Research
Description: ABSTRACTSARA HAYES LEGRAND. Social support and health outcomes among individuals living with HIV in the Deep South. (Under the direction of DR. TERESA L. SCHEID) Study Purposes: The purposes of this study were: 1) to provide a more comprehensive d...

Title: The Role of Formal and Informal Social Support on Depression for Individuals Living with HIV Disease
Author: Bloomer-Clouse, Amanda
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Mental health, Medical sciences
Description: The current literature on depression within HIV populations shows poorer outcomes for these individuals than those in the general population. To further these studies, I performed an analysis looking at the effects of formal and informal social su...