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Understanding family violence assessment practices of pediatric emergency department nurses and physicians
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-12-16)
Despite recommendations from professional nursing and other health organizations, including the Institute of Medicine the frequency of routine assessment for intimate partner violence and other forms of family violence ...
Experiences and Perceptions of Depression in Young Black Men after Incarceration
(2014-03-31)
at risk for depression. However, very little is known about depression in young Black men or how depression is experienced and perceived by those with a felony record. Further, cultural and gender divergences from traditional clinical definitions...
The Effects of Hypnosis on Acute Pain Among Adolescents Undergoing Surgical Pectus Excavatum Repair
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
In the United States, approximately four million surgical procedures are performed on
children every year. Unfortunately, severe post-surgical pain is common. Children are at risk for
the development of chronic ...
Survival Stories: Relationships of Justice-involved Women with History of Trauma
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
narrative inquiry techniques, and two explanatory models were derived. The first model described women’s use of opportunizing talk and fatalizing talk in embedded trauma stories as a reflection of their perception of self-and-other in the process of support...
Provider Perceptions of a Mature School-Based Health Center's Effect on Adolescent Health and Wellness: A Case Study
(2015-06-02)
School-based health centers (SBHCs) have emerged as a model of care that enhances
utilization of health care services for U.S. adolescents. Staffed by interdisciplinary teams,
physicians play a largely supervisory role ...
Social Support and Smoking among Midwest LGBT Adults
(2014-09-30)
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations have smoking rates twice that of their heterosexual counterparts. To design effective outreach, prevention, and treatments for these individuals, a comprehensive ...
Male Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence: Syndemic Theory, Minority Stress Theory, & the Community of Protective Measures
(2015-05-28)
Intimate partner violence is an underreported, stigmatized, and deleterious reality affecting a
higher proportion of men who have sex with men (MSM) than their heterosexual
counterparts. The constructs of two theories ...