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- Title
- "Showing up every day": A grounded theory of military veterans' resolution of trauma
- Author
- Riffle, Olivia
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Medical sciences, Clinical psychology
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to conduct an explication of the construct of resolution in the context of posttraumatic growth, or positive psychological and life changes resulting from the struggle with a highly stressful or traumatic experience. ...
- Title
- A Grounded Theory Study of Posttraumatic Growth and Wisdom in a Sample of Oncology Nurses
- Author
- Vishnevsky, Tanya
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Medical sciences, Oncology
- Description
- This study utilized a grounded theory approach to examine the degree to which oncology nurses report posttraumatic growth (PTG) and wisdom as a result of caring for patients. Open-ended interviews were conducted with 30 oncology nurses; interviews...
- Title
- A PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF EXPERIENCES OF TRAUMA-TRAINED K-12 TEACHERS PRACTICING TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE APPROACHES WITHIN THEIR CLASSROOMS
- Author
- McCasey, Christine
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Social sciences, Educational psychology, Medical sciences
- Description
- Trauma-informed care (TIC) has been the subject of numerous scholarly studies in various contexts for nearly four decades. Thus, TIC practices have been shown to reduce educators' stress (Jaycox et al., 2019), increase teacher awareness of student...
- Title
- A Radiation Safety Education Intervention for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists
- Author
- Oliveri, Alyssa
- Date Created
- 2024
- Subjects--Topical
- Medical sciences
- Description
- CRNAs provide anesthesia for surgeries that utilize ionizing radiation daily and must possess the knowledge to protect themselves from the negative biological sequelae that can be caused by ionizing radiation exposure. CRNAs must remain compliant ...
- Title
- A meta-analysis of the roles and resources model of support giving's health effects
- Author
- LaPorte, Thomas
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Social psychology, Psychology, Medical sciences
- Description
- Giving social support is lauded in society and regarded as contributing to the development and maintenance of social relationships, but research has typically focused on the benefits of receiving such support and the costs of giving. An emerging l...
- Title
- An exploration of the intra- and interpersonal pathways linking interpersonal goals to weight management goal pursuit
- Author
- Hilaire, Nicole
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Social psychology, Psychology, Medical sciences
- Description
- Using Pietromonaco and colleagues’ (2013) model as a guiding framework, I designed an empirically testable model that integrates theory and constructs from relationship science, affective science, and health psychology to explore the impact of soc...
- Title
- And I'm Hungry Like the Mom: Influences on Appetite During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Author
- Mooney, Jan
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Medical sciences, Psychophysiology
- Description
- Maternal eating patterns during pregnancy and the first year postpartum contribute to short and long-term maternal and child health outcomes. Food choices result from an interaction between individual-level appetite and the diversity and quantity ...
- 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
- Behavioral Health Stigma: Breaking the code with Stigma Index
- Author
- Tokmic, Farah
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Medical sciences, Information science
- Description
- Social labeling of people with behavioral health disorders falls under the umbrella of "stigma" and plays a key role in limiting the access to behavioral healthcare. Currently, the U.S. spends an estimated $201B on behavioral health disorders ever...
- Title
- Breaking Down Barriers to Goals of Care Discussions With Terminally Ill Cancer Patients
- Author
- Poillucci, Victoria
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Communication, Medical sciences, Oncology
- Description
- Opportunities to discuss options for care when faced with a life limiting disease is the right of all patients. Yet, healthcare provider feelings of awkwardness, fear of diminishing hope, and fear of failing to cure can result in missed opportunit...
- Title
- CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION STRATEGIES AND THE EFFECTS OF DIABETES COMPLICATIONS ON POOR HEALTH
- Author
- Ekezue, Bola
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health, Medical sciences, Health services administration
- Description
- Objectives: This research assessed the effect of comorbid diabetes complications on short-term adverse outcomes: in-hospital mortality, postoperative stroke, postoperative renal failure and readmissions within 30 days of discharge after coronary a...
- Title
- Cognitive, Attitudinal, and Behavioral Predictors of College Sleep and Health
- Author
- Peach, Hannah
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Medical sciences
- Description
- College students are one of the top at-risk groups for chronic sleep loss and poor sleep quality, therefore research devoted to the identification of cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral predictors of sleep is essential. The present study examin...
- 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
- Do video games reduce or induce stress? The effect of challenge and threat appraisals on stress and aggression when playing violent and nonviolent video games
- Author
- Porter, Anne
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Medical sciences
- Description
- Video game players report using video games for stress reduction, but previous studies have found mixed results when examining stress and video games, and fail to comprehensively measure all relevant psychological, emotional, and physiological str...
- 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
- EVALUATING A PRENATAL, BREASTFEEDING EDUCATIONAL VIDEO’S INFLUENCE ON PROTECTIVE RESOURCES, PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS, AND BREASTFEEDING OUTCOMES
- Author
- Godly-Reynolds, Erin
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational evaluation, Psychology, Medical sciences
- Description
- Barring major medical conditions (e.g., HIV), breastfeeding is widely recognized as the healthiest feeding option for babies. In the United States, approximately three out of every four mothers initiate breastfeeding; however, less than one in fiv...
- 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
- EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF SELF-EFFICACY, POSITIVE SOCIAL SUPPORT, PROBLEMATIC SOCIAL SUPPORT AND RACE ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS PATIENTS
- Author
- Bennett, Stacie
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Medical sciences, Continuing education
- Description
- ABSTRACT Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients are living longer with an unpredictable and incurable chronic condition (Dua, Touma, Toloze, & Jolly, 2013). Quality of life research allows insight into the impact of SLE and SLE treatments on differ...