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Which medications benefit patients with diastolic heart failure?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2011)
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs), propranolol, statins, furosemide, and some angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) benefit patients. Medications that reduce mortality in diastolic heart failure include ACEIs ...
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...
Mizzou, volume 099, number 4 (2011 Summer)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2011)
Do market returns influence risk tolerance? : Evidence from panel data
(2011)
This study used the 1992-2006 waves of the Health and Retirement Study to investigate changes in risk tolerance levels over time in response to stock market returns. Findings indicate that risk tolerance tends to increase ...
Macroinvertebrate assemblage composition along a longitudinal multiple-land-use gradient in a midwestern stream
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Land use changes often alter hydrogeomorphology and hydrologic flow regimes, which can adversely impact stream aquatic biota. Hinkson Creek Watershed (HCW, 231km2) located in Boone County, central Missouri, is comprised ...
Mizzou weekly (online version), volume 35, number 19
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Division of Marketing and Publications., 2014)
The cost of a GMO-free market basket of food in the United States
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2016)
to the cost of a typical market basket of food consumed by American households, GMO-free food consumption would increase the average family food budget from $9,462 to $12,181 per year....
Mizzou, volume 100, number 3 (2012 Spring)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2012)
Toxic Stress Education for Pediatric Practitioners to Improve Health Outcomes
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Toxic stress associated with adverse childhood experiences during childhood can have
catastrophic lifelong neurobiological, social, and emotional effects and has been shown to
decrease life expectancy up to 20 years. ...
Impact of a psychoeducational intervention on dementia caregiving
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-12-16)
have shown positive results with psychoeducational interventions on caregiver health and stress. This study examined the impact of a psychoeducational intervention, the Family Series Workshop, on levels of coping, caregiving competence, and stress among...
Socioeconomic Status, Acculturation, Family Characteristics, and Health Behaviors: Testing the Reserve Capacity Model with Hispanic Adolescents
(2014-09-30)
Research shows that socioeconomic status (SES) can impact adolescent use of alcohol and
smoking. These relationships may be mediated by stress, psychosocial reserves, and
negative emotions. I explored these relationships ...
Reducing Outpatient Antibiotic Resistance: A Quasi-Experimental Study
(2017)
Approximately 50% of antibiotics prescribed are not necessary, nevertheless in the United States
among the many outpatient prescriptions, few are more widely prescribed than antibiotics. The
inappropriate use of ...
Financial wellbeing of Asian Americans
(2016)
The Asian American population in the United States has been increasing. Research on the economic wellbeing of this minority group is far from being adequate. It is generally found that Asian Americans are more highly ...
Decreasing Stress Through Education for Caregivers of Community-Dwelling Individuals with Dementia
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
People with dementia experience a decline in mental ability that interferes with daily life. The
behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia affect the majority of individuals suffering
from dementia and cause ...
The relations between parenting and prosocial behaviors: mediating roles of moral reasoning and familism in Nicaragua
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study examined the relations between supportive and strict parenting behaviors and adolescents' six types of prosocial behaviors, along with the ...
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...
Effects of an Online Meditation-Based Intervention Compared to an Attention-Controlled Group on Chronic Pain Outcome among Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
(2022)
research into micro-practices as a possible effective strategy for managing chronic pain and stress among nurses....
Living and acting in Kansas City versus Southern California
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-31)
The purpose of this thesis is to compare theatre students' and recent theatre student alumni's descriptions of acting opportunities in Kansas City versus Southern California. Students from Southern California and Kansas ...
A qualitative study of administrator and teacher perceptions of changing instructional practices with 1:1 technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Reports on changing instructional practices with one-to-one (1:1) technology suggest positive increases in academic engagement, test scores, and preparing for 21st century...
The roles of client religion, counselor religiosity, and spiritual competence in counselors' clinical judgment
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-07-15)
The present study explored the roles that clients' religious beliefs, therapists'
spiritual/religious beliefs, and therapists' attitudes toward spirituality and religion may play in
how therapists conceptualize a prospective ...