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Do allergy shots help seasonal allergies more than antihistamines and nasal steroids?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2006)
). No RCTs directly compare immunotherapy with conservative management. Treatment decisions are driven by the clinical presentation, patient and physician preferences, practice guidelines, and expert opinion (SOR: C, based on expert opinion). In standard...
The assessment of HIV knowledge and attitudes towards caring for HIV/AIDS patients among senior nursing students in baccalaureate programs in the United States of America and Thailand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
.S senior nursing students at New York University, 50 U.S. senior nursing students at University of Missouri-Columbia, 50 Thai senior nursing students at Chiang-Mai University, and 55 Thai senior nursing students at Prince of Songkla University. The key...
Impact of Nurse Practitioner Practice Regulation on Access to Healthcare Services
(2014-09-26)
Nurse practitioner (NP) practice regulations vary from state to state across the United States. Despite strong evidence supporting the quality of care and satisfaction with care provided by NPs, restrictive regulations continue to limit the practice...
Three essays on labor economics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
at the added worker effect in the great recession, the wife's labor market response to a husband loss of job. The second chapter investigates the impact of a wife's labor market participation on family poverty. The third chapter examines employment...
The Influence of Nurses' Attitudes, Beliefs, and Biases Toward Families on Family-Centered Care Delivery in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Grounded Theory
(2021)
The purpose of this study was to examine nurses’ attitudes, beliefs, and biases toward families and the influence these views have on the implementation of family-centered care in the neonatal intensive care unit and to uncover social processes...
Analysis of alternative care placement changes as provided by case managers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
or adoptive family reasons were identified for 21.4% of the total moves. Child related reasons were identified for 35.2% of all moves; and biological family reasons were identified for 4.8% of placement changes. Chi-square tests for association found...
Can public relations professionals help span the boundaries between scientists and journalists, and does this function help increase accuracy of news articles about public health?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
A function of public relations professionals working for public health agencies is to perform a boundary-spanning role, facilitating communication between public health professionals and the news media. The purpose of this ...
On parents, peers, administrators, and advisers : developing a system to understand self-censorship of controversial topics in the high school press
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Two surveys of young college students (N1=134; N2=372) were used to examine what perceived familial and educational factors influenced former high school journalism students' comfort levels with controversial stories running in the student newspaper...
A neo-Gramscian communication analysis of structure and agency in the hegemonic struggle for meaning: organic retailer and organic activist group
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation extends environmental communication theorizing by drawing upon socio-political cultural and critical theory. The exigency of this ...
Community Factors in Differential Responses of Child Protective Services
(2015-06-19)
Child maltreatment results in over 3 million referrals annually to U. S. child
protective services agencies and an estimated 695,000 children who are determined
to be child maltreatment victims. There are ongoing concerns ...
Missouri kindergarten teachers' perceptions of early childhood experiences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Most parents today are faced with the decision of what type of childcare will best prepare their children for school. With increased emphasis on student achievement, parents and educators need to know what skills students ...
Mathematics teacher instruction, classroom goal structures, and student motivation : a test of achievement goal theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The culture of schooling in the United States has become increasingly focused on outwardly proving student competence. Some achievement goal theorists ...
The socioeconomic and cultural significance of food gardening in the Vladimir Region of Russia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
of a 2006 survey of 1,500 families in the Vladimir region, show that gardens not only perform a wide range of economic, social and cultural functions, but also represent a highly sustainable practice embedded in the region's and the country...
Using attitutudes and motivations to segment the landowner audience: a typology of family forest owners in the Missouri Ozarks and description of management and information behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
With 74% of Missouri's forestland controlled by family forest owners, understanding this ownership group is important to ensuring the sustainable management of the state's forests. Audience segmentation techniques can help us to understand...
Cover crop and rotation intensity effects on soil health and yield in corn-soybean cropping systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
stable aggregates, soil moisture, total organic carbon, active carbon, potentially mineralizable nitrogen (PMN), and soil microbial community composition via a phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis were measured in 2017 and 2018 in Columbia, MO under no...
The Congestive Heart Failure Nurse Development Project
(2017)
One of the leading diagnoses for hospital 30-day readmissions is congestive heart failure.
Closing gaps in nurses’ knowledge and comfort level in congestive heart failure management
principles can potentially contribute ...
Sound off (or sound on) : melodic repetition, sonic branding and interactive advertisements
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This study examined whether or not familiarity, defined as repeated exposure to melodies, affects attitude toward and recognition for information of an advertised brand or interactive advertisement, differently than ...
Effect of study abroad on intercultural sensitivity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
One of the ways that students seek to prepare for the global job market is through studying abroad. Although little quantitative data has been collected to demonstrate the best way to develop intercultural sensitivity in ...
Securitization as a theory of media effects : the contest over the framing of political violence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation proposes a particular form of media framing effect from securitization, a process in which political actors seek to create consensus about security related issues such as terrorism and immigration by ...
Protecting the environment: the effects of green menu design on restaurant customers' willingness to pay
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The present study conducted experiments to reveal the relationship between various message appeals and customers' menu selection processes. There is a dearth of studies that explore the consumer green menu selection ...