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Experiences influencing physician rural practice and retention : a phenomenological study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
qualitative study using a transcendental phenomenological approach. Fifteen individual interviews were conducted. For the participants in this study, rural upbringing, family values, early experiences regarding medicine, and identity in place were experiences...
A sustainable livelihood resource evaluation of communities that participated in a livestock development project a decade ago
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
their development projects. While this is creating a more complete picture of immediate impacts in the community, there are short-term constraints due to the time frame in which the monitoring and evaluation occurs. This research used the sustainable livelihoods...
How university public relations departments choose medical research to promote
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
help journalists better understand the nature and purpose of the information that institutions supply. Gatekeeping theory points to forces that might influence these choices--from the personal biases of public relations (PR) writers to the reputational...
Cultural framing of diabetes from a public health perspective: a comparative content analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This content analysis of 161 newspaper articles identified public health facts and socio-cultural schema within two Los Angeles County newspapers, La Opinión and the Daily News of Los Angeles. It extended Rodgers and Thorson's (2001) crime...
The benefits of partnering with the University of Missouri Telecenter Network
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the Telecommunication Community Resource Center (TCRC) Collaborative and its participation in collaborations/ partnerships within the community, and examine the benefits to the TCRCs, partners...
Designated hospice rooms in nursing homes : a new model of end-of-life care
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
features present in designated hospice rooms; and a prevailing emphasis on accommodating the needs of family members. The findings from this study will be beneficial to nursing home owners and administrators, social workers, and architects dedicated...
A phenomenological study of new adult readers' participation in a community reading program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This research presents a phenomenological study of readers who participated in a community reading program. It examines participatory education in the context of a community reading project hosted by a public library. Narrative interviews...
We have chosen a few things from among many: the adaptations and suitability of nuns' rules in Merovingian Gaul
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The nuns' rules of Caesarius of Arles (470-542), Donatus of Besanc̜on (fl. 624), and Waldebert of Luxeuil (d. c. 668) suggest that for the early medieval female community in Merovingian Gaul, the monastic rule was a versatile and influential text...
Healing the frontier : Catholic sisters, hospitals, and medicine men in the Wisconsin Big Woods, 1880-1920
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
to mainstream America, a trouble-free advent of the cannon of modern public health care was not a foregone conclusion in Hayward, nor was the development of a modern definition of health or sickness inevitable. At critical moments, individual Haywardites...
Bridging the electronic gap : use of the internet by community newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
, rather than merely beneficial, way of life, and the multitude of new technologies means there are many ways publications can adopt expertise and tools to better their products. This study compares the amounts and types of content presented in eight...
A Quack on Trial: Advertising and Education in Missouri's Medical Marketplace, 1850--1890
(2014-09-30)
offers insight into the clashing American health cultures of the 1870s. From the orthodox perspective, advertisements were vulgar and unbecoming of medicine as a gentlemen's pursuit; they instigated an unseemly competition for patients that debased...
How and in what context do osteopathic medical students learn about interprofessional practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
toward interdisciplinary practice and to elicit a rich description of their experience in a community-based elder visit program. Sixteen students participated in the qualitative portion of the study and 329 in the quantitative portion. The qualitative...
Housing subsidy and self-perception of well-being : does housing subsidy make a difference in residents' perception of their physical and mental health?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
. Around the country, individuals are being moved from their homes in public housing into Section 8 housing. This study, conducted in Columbia, Missouri, (a mid-sized Midwestern town) compared Section 8 and public housing residents in terms of perceived...
Hospital discharge destination decisions : exploring congruence in frail elders, their family members, and health care teams' decisions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This study used a mixed method design to explore congruence about the discharge destination decision of hospitalized frail older adults, their family members, and health care team members (HCTM). There was no common pattern of preferred level...
A comparative study of faculty principles of practice in curricular learning communities and non-curricular learning communities environments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This study investigated faculty principles of practice in curricular learning communities (CLC) compared to faculty in non-curricular learning community environments. A sample of CLC faculty and non-CLC faculty who teach comparable courses at three...
Coping with food vulnerability: the role of social networks in the lives of Missouri food pantry clients
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This paper utilizes data from Coping with Hunger: Food Pantry Clients in the Central Missouri Food Bank Region (2005) to better understand the ways in which informal social networks are utilized by families and individuals coping with food...
Building a media agenda on health disparities : how issue perceptions and news values work to influence effectiveness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Building on prior literature conceptualizing the role of public relations in influencing the media agenda, this study proposes a model of agenda building that explores the determinants of the agenda building process and centers around the dynamics...
Evaluating the engaged institution : the conceptualizations and discourses of engagement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
legitimizing discourses regarding the role and purpose of higher education as a whole - epistemological and political (Brubacher, 1982). Nested into the political perspective are three distinct themes for how higher education should meet its social or public...
Profile of African American women leaders in a southeastern community college system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives and experiences of African American women administrators in a southeastern community college system. The study examined...
The role of household environment on health outcomes for female adolescents in Kenya
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Chronic illness has a profoundly negative impact on the welfare of households, especially for the adolescents who live there. Those who lack a social welfare safety net, particularly youth, are much more dependent on the ...