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Title: Assessing Convergence of Community Benefit Programs and Community Health Needs Among North Carolina's Tax-Exempt Hospitals
Author: Fos, Elmer
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Government policy, Health services administration
Description: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires tax-exempt hospitals to conduct Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) every three years, formulate implementation strategies, and report yearly to the IRS and the public the progress of their work. Th...

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: DISCOVERING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MATERIAL CONSUMPTION AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
Author: Venkitasubramanian, Kailas
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Geography, Government policy
Description: This dissertation theoretically and empirically investigates how material consumption affects human happiness and life satisfaction in the urbanized societies around the world. In recent literature, happiness and life satisfaction is encapsulated ...

Title: Decision Analysis and Policy Formulation for Technology-Specific Renewable Energy Targets
Author: Okioga, Irene
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Power resources, Government policy, Environmental engineering
Description: This study establishes a decision making procedure using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for a U.S. national renewable portfolio standard, and proposes technology-specific targets for renewable electricity generation for the country. The study pr...

Title: Decision Analysis in Public Policy: Multi-Objective Optimization for Economic Mobility Policy Portfolio Mix in Local Urban Governments
Author: Watlington, Victoria
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Government policy
Description: In this dissertation, I take an interdisciplinary approach to improve the budget allocation process for economic mobility policy by leveraging multi-objective optimization as a decision support tool. Economic mobility is measured as the difference...

Title: Economic Implications of Decriminalization
Author: Viars, Shanyn
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Economics, Law
Description: Contrary to federal government policy in the United States toward illegal drug use, ten states enacted legislation to decriminalize marijuana during the 1970’s. The War on Drugs campaign of the 1980’s-1990’s halted state marijuana reform policy un...

Title: Factors associated with high-risk sexual behavior among Kenyans: Implications for public health strategies and policy in combating HIV/AIDS
Author: Onsomu, Elijah
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Government policy, Epidemiology
Description: BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa, representing only 12% of the world population is home to nearly 23 million people, approximately 70% of all HIV positives worldwide. HIV/AIDS epidemic in Kenya is characterized by high-risk sexual behavior (HRSB) su...

Title: Health Legacy Foundations and the Pursuit of Charitable Healthcare
Author: Niggel, Sabrina
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Social sciences--Research, Medical sciences
Description: Endowed with proceeds from transactions involving nonprofit healthcare assets, health legacy foundations (HLFs) embody tremendous potential to improve health and healthcare in communities across the nation. This dissertation represents the culmina...

Title: Health services use for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the developing country of Barbados
Author: Bushelle-Edghill, Jennifer
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Government policy, Medical sciences
Description: Objective: This research examined hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSH) for the population of Barbados during 2003-2008. I examined differences in ACSH rates for females and males at the parish and population levels over ...

Title: How Information Frictions Impacted the Paycheck Protection Program Loan Disbursements in Mitigating the Economic Constraints Faced by Small Businesses from Covid-19
Author: Kim, Min-Seung
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Government policy
Description: This study examines the impact of information frictions from demographic bias, financial institution access, and digital literacy on PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) loan disbursement and finds statistically significant positive relationships bet...

Title: Identifying Health and Mental Health Needs and Facilitating Access to Care among Youth in Foster Care
Author: Hogan, Katherine
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Mental health, Social service
Description: Youth placed in foster care typically confront a host of health and mental health conditions and related concerns. To address these potential health challenges early, federal legislation stipulates the need to develop case plans and coordinate the...

Title: Intersectionality of Identity and HIV-Related Stigma
Author: Lovato, Laura
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Government policy, Psychology
Description: The impact of HIV-related stigma on HIV prevention, treatment, and the well-being of people living with HIV (PLWH) is well established within the existing literature. HIV-related stigma experiences are compounded by intersections of identity, in t...

Title: Receptivity in a New Immigrant Gateway: Immigrant Settlement Geography, Public Education, and Immigrant Integration in Charlotte, North Carolina
Author: McDaniel, Paul
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Government policy, Education and state
Description: Community receptivity expresses the degree of openness within a place to someone or something new. Receptivity is shaped by multiple components, institutions, and structures related to a community's political, economic, social, and cultural sphere...

Title: Respite Care for People with Dementia Aging in Place: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis
Author: Weir-Gertzog, Amanda
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Gerontology, Aging
Description: Respite care, including adult day care, residential respite, and home services, offers integral life-enhancing benefits to people with dementia aging in place: peer interaction, diminished social isolation, and enhanced feelings of purpose and occ...

Title: SPACE-TIME DYNAMICS OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WATER CONSUMPTION IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
Author: Zhou, Yuhong
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Government policy, Water resources development--Management
Description: Water availability has become a more significant economic and policy issue in contemporary America. Although emerging as an attractive tool to water authorities, demand-side water management in urbanized areas is more complicated due to the high c...

Title: Social determinants of prenatal care use in sub-Saharan Africa: Exploring equity in content and outcomes of care
Author: Taylor, Yhenneko
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Government policy
Description: Objectives: This study examined prenatal care use among women in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the West African region. The primary analysis examined variations by individual and national measures of wealth and literacy. Secondary analyses exami...

Title: THE EFFECT OF SPORTING EVENTS ON FIRM-LEVEL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN UPTOWN CHARLOTTE
Author: Fore, Benjamin
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Sports administration
Description: This study investigates the impact of sporting events in Charlotte, North Carolina on local economic activity. A formal analysis of the effect these events have on local markets is useful in supporting or refuting the assumption of economic benefi...

Title: TONYA E. FARROW-CHESTNUT. Defining Multimorbidity Space: Structural characteristics, spatial variation of inpatient multimorbidity networks (IMN), and coronary heart disease.
Author: Farrow-Chestnut, Tonya
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Public health, Government policy
Description: Adults in the United States suffer from two or more chronic conditions at the same time (i.e. multimorbidity). Multiple chronic illnesses, such as coronary heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, dramatically shorten life expectancy and present the i...

Title: The Appalachian Regional Commission's Use of Tourism as an Economic Development Tool in Eastern Kentucky: 1965 - Present
Author: Matthews, Taylor
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, History
Description: A federal agency that was established during the War on Poverty, the Appalachian Regional Commission was created to help develop the Appalachian region through economic development initiatives and improve residents’ quality of life. Critics have c...

Title: The Effect of Child Access Prevention Laws on Unintentional Shootings Perpetrated by Children
Author: Nussbaum, Sofia
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Economics
Description: Holding gun owners responsible when a child accesses a firearm is one of the reasons Child Access Prevention Laws emerged. Previous studies have focused on fatal shootings in which the victim is a child without identifying the age of the perpetrat...