Browsing by Author "McKyer, Lisako"
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Zhang, Bangning (2023-03-21)Childhood cancer, usually defined as cancer in children aged 0–14 years, is the leading cause of disease-related death among children and adolescents in Texas, with very few established risk factors. Examining childhood ...
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Zhang, Xiaoying (2019-12-04)To decrease the proportion of women delivering a live birth experiencing mental illness is one of the goals for Healthy People 2020. Maternal women in developing countries suffer disproportionally from mental illnesses. ...
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Cho, Seungyeon (2019-05-27)Populations with disabilities are at higher risks of food insecurity and low employment than those without a disability which can lead to poor nutritional outcomes and decreased quality of life. The objective of this ...
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Hall, Marla (2012-07-16)Life expectancy and overall health have improved in recent years for most Americans, thanks in part to an increased focus on preventive medicine and dynamic new advances in medical technology. However, not all Americans ...
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Rivers, Desiree Avia (2009-05-15)In this study, patient-physician interaction, patient socio-demographic factors, health literacy, sources of care, and use of diabetes-related health services, were examined to assess the relationships to patients’ ...
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Frazier, Chantel Gale (2017-07-18)The current study is an extension and replication of a previous study that examined the severity of depressive symptoms and rates of probable depression assessed by different instruments, the CESD-5 and PHQ-9, in two ...
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Salinas, Manisha Gautam (2017-06-14)Refugee health is a significant public health concern in the United States due to existing disparities and limited access to health information and health promotion programs. The goal of the dissertation research was to ...
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Danquah, Rudney Odoi (2023-01-25)Racial justice activism burnout has shown to lead to issues with disengagement in activist movements. Scholars have identified various causes, such as expending large amounts of emotional labor, hostility from outside ...
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Pulido, Ryne Andrew (2016-08-10)A significant portion of America’s youth is overweight or obese. Bully victimization and psychological maladjustment disproportionally afflict this population; however, it is unknown how these factors are related to each ...
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The Impact of Self-Reported Adolescent Strengths on Therapeutic Alliance and Psychotherapy Outcomes Lavadia, Courtney Nicole (2020-05-27)Despite the advances in strengths-based and clinical outcomes research, there have been no studies that attempt to better understand the intersection of these two bodies of literature. The current study hypothesized that ...
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Reichstein, Lauren (2012-02-14)This thesis utilizes a qualitative method to investigate recreational sex among teenagers as recounted by current college-aged students. As defined for the purposes of this thesis, recreational sex is any consensual sexual ...
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Eugene, Nola (2017-05-08)After decades of focusing solely on prenatal care interventions; the CDC and the March of Dimes convened a national summit in 2006 to discuss an agenda for preconception care programs, research, and policy. During this ...
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Thomas, Laura (2012-07-16)Using focus group methodology, this research identifies the behavioural, normative and control beliefs associated with consuming a local diet. Using these findings as a platform, a questionnaire was developed to quantify ...
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Lee, Lesleigh Carlotta (2021-07-26)There has been an increase in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the field of public health. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that this is imperative in health promotion and disease ...
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Michel, Kacy L. (2012-07-16)This dissertation presents three separate studies designed to investigate the relationship between marriage and physical activity behavior. First, a systematic literature review of nineteen articles presents qualitative ...
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Bennefield, Zinobia Chara (2016-08-01)Utilizing data from the National Comorbidity Survey – Adolescent Supplement and a mediated moderation analysis in structural equation models, this research examines the relationship between socioeconomic status, race, ...
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Nsobundu, Chinelo; Nmadu, Yeka; Wagle, Nikita; Foster, Margaret; Burdine, James; Ory, Marcia; McKyer, Lisako; Sherman, Ledric (PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews, 2020)
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Hale, Nicole Jean (2017-06-15)The purpose of this study was to investigate the Behavior Screening Checklist III (BSC) as a universal behavior screening measure with a sample of kindergarten students. A total of six research questions were examined using ...
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Shroads, Laurie (2015-08-07)Lack of formal nutrition education in the medical school curriculum has been a key component of barriers in presenting weight loss recommendations to overweight/obese patients, as reported by practicing physicians. Web-based ...
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Farmer, Jennifer Leigh (2021-10-15)This 3-paper dissertation examines the school-based sexual health education needs and interest of youth. To illustrate what is currently known regarding this topic area, the first paper presents findings from a systematic ...