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Does early introduction of peanuts to an infant's diet reduce the risk for peanut allergy?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2020)
with severe eczema, egg allergy, or both, however, the risk for a peanut allergy is 12% to 24% lower when peanut-containing foods are introduced at age 4 to 11 months than after age 1 year. Early introduction of peanuts is associated with about 1 additional...
Should we stop prescribing IM progesterone to women with a history of preterm labor?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2022-01)
-up 2020 PROLONG RCT did not find that 17-OHP prevents preterm birth or improves neonatal outcomes. This held true for subgroup analyses (SOR: B, single larger RCT). (Notably, though, the PROLONG study had very few Black participants when compared...
Hydrologic Analysis of Rain Garden Performance
(2016)
Urban flooding became a significant issue for many cities worldwide due to rapid urbanization and increased impervious areas over the past two decades ([1]). Rain gardens are considered to be an economically-friendly ...
Factors Related to Mental Health Stigma Among Church-Affiliated African Americans
(2022)
African Americans make up 13% of the U.S. population, yet represent nearly 20% of persons diagnosed with a mental illness. Studies suggest African Americans experience higher levels of mental health related stigma (MHS) than whites. In addition...
Improving Adolescent Asthma Management Using a Smart Phone Application
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
Asthma is a common condition in adolescence and finding a way to optimize asthma care
management is a priority in primary care. The purpose of this project was to introduce an
electronic asthma action plan using a ...
A quantitative analysis of teacher job satisfaction and instructional modality in Missouri PK - 12 education during the COVID-19 pandemic
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
(Rogers and Ishimoto, 2020). This change led to educators conducting classrooms virtually and interacting with students and coworkers in person less frequently, if ever. Understanding how different instructional modalities affect the level of job...
Using photo-elicitation to explore challenges and creativity in self-managing breast cancer-related lymphedema and work by U.S. Hispanic/Latina survivors : a case study approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
for the Hispanic/Latina survivor. The themes of importance of support relationships, family adaptation, and obstacles encountered in self-managing BCRL and work activities were identified. These findings: 1) shed light on the challenges faced by this ethnic...
Improving Provider Comfort with the Assessment and Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
Sexuality and optimal erectile function are essential aspects of holistic care. Healthcare
providers, however, do not routinely assess erectile function in male patients during the annual
wellness exam. Men are more ...
Mental disorders associated with COVID-19 related unemployment
(2021)
, nationally representative dataset, the 2020 COVID-19 Household Pulse Survey. ANOVA with post hoc tests (Tukey HSD) are utilized to reveal the mean difference of mental disorders between various employment status, as well as between reasons of unemployment...
Pod travel in the pandemic era: social media analytics on travel sentiment and spatial distribution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic brought an enormous downturn to the overall hospitality and tourism industry. Accordingly, a novel trend emerged, called 'pod travel,' reflecting travelers' needs and behavior shifts. ...
Accelerating data-driven discover in type 1 diabetes: an informatics-based approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a lifelong chronic disease characterized by the absolute or near-absolute loss of insulin. For affected individuals, management of T1D is an unremitting challenge that involves constant blood glucose ...
Enhance Transition Care for Medically Complex Adolescents
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
Medically complex adolescents with spina bifida and shunted hydrocephalus are living into
adulthood and requiring healthcare as adults. For effective neurosurgical care to continue from a
pediatric practice to an adult ...
Pottery production at Fort Hill (27CH85) a seventeenth-century refugee community in northern New England
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
by well over half within less than 100 years. Individuals and families responded to the rapid social change of this time by fleeing high-stress areas and joining communities perceived to be more stable. A model for detecting this refugee movement...
The Propel Program: A Exploratory Study of an Inclusive Higher Education Model
(2020)
Higher education opportunities were previously scarce for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs), but are steadily becoming more common. The Propel Program, a two-year certificate program, ...
Three essays on the time series of returns
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
price variations across the market and 30 industry portfolios monthly from 1976 to 2020. Cash flow expectations matter more under financial uncertainty and recessions, especially among the hardest-hit industries such as Telecommunications during the Dot...
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....
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 ...
"That's what happens when you sleep around" : women's intergenerational family stories about sexual health, HPV, and cervical cancer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
interventions and guide family conversations around cervical cancer prevention and treatment. Future research can build upon this study by examining these story types in other family and gender roles (e.g., father-son stories), cancer types (e.g., prostate...
Faculty burnout and its relationship to social and institutional support
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The purpose of this sequential explanatory study was to determine if there was a relationship between faculty burnout, social support, institutional support, or salary, as well as establish if any college at a regional ...
Capturing the strategic pivot: Identifying the performance outcomes of new venture pivots
(2020)
Although pivoting is one of the most recognizable and highly taught subjects in entrepreneurship, relatively little empirical work has been done to establish the causal impact that it has on new venture performance. This ...