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New Latino Farmers in the Midwest: The Case of Southwest Michigan
(Cambio Center, 2007)
Our paper is, "New Latino Farmers in the U.S. Heartland: An Example of a Growing Trend in U.S.Agriculture." It is a change that is affecting the economic well-being, social, and cultural arena of rural America. We will ...
Missouri's Efforts to Confront Racial Profiling
(Cambio Center, 2007)
Agroforestry and grass buffer effects on water quality on grazed pasture watersheds
(2009)
Conservation practices including agroforestry and grass buffers are believed to reduce non point source pollution (NPSP) from grazed pasture watersheds. Agroforestry, a land management practice that intersperses agricultural ...
Exploring individual, family, and community factors predicting business success in Hispanic and Latino experiences
(Cambio Center, 2012)
This research examines what selected individual, family, and community factors best predict Hispanic/Latino male and female entrepreneurs? engagement in entrepreneurial activities and business success. In this study, ...
Frequency of consumption and preferences for chestnuts in Missouri
(2009)
in 2008 are reported. The conjoint analysis used a choice-based model to investigate responses from pair-wise product profile comparisons. The attributes investigated include price per pound, production process, and origin. Our findings indicate...
Dropout Prevention with Latino Families The Juntos Program
(Cambio Center, 2012)
significant mean differences from pre- to post-tests. Parents and youth reported an increased understanding of NC graduation requirements, classes needed, higher education options, financial aid options, and necessary tests. Parents report a significant...
Stimulant Holidays in Children and Adolescents with ADHD: A Retrospective Study to Explore Variables in Parent and Prescriber Initiated Holidays
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
A stimulant holiday is an underutilized and under-researched intervention that could improve
patient outcomes and patient and parent satisfaction to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
treatment. Given the pervasive ...
Police-Latino Community Relations: Addressing Challenges in Rural Communities
(Cambio Center, 2007)
immigrant communities while maintaining current relationships with majority communities. This essay is based on the Cambio de Colores 2003 conference presentation "Latinos and Law Enforcement: A Report Card," which highlighted the findings from research...
Transitional Care Intervention to Reduce 30-day Readmission Rate in Cardiac Transplant Patients
(2016-05)
, and (4) telephone call follow-up for 30 days post hospital discharge. The intervention group had a 30-day readmission rate of 8.3% (2/24) compared to 36.8% (7/19) in the usual group. The results indicated a significant decrease in the 30-day readmission...
Murdoch Lake agroforestry project
(2009)
hybrids were planted in 2004 with half being planted with plastic mulch and the other half without. The project is setup in three different blocks with on consisting of hay only, the second with hay and trees and the other with trees only...
Estimating carbon stock change in agroforestry and family forestry practices
(2009)
The Carbon Management Evaluation Tool for Voluntary Reporting (COMET-VR) is an online tool that estimates short-term carbon stock (CS) changes under different farm or forest land management systems, including temperate agroforestry practices...
Social Capital in Rural Southwest Kansas
(Cambio Center, 2013)
This study addresses a social capital literature that has targeted a White majority in the United States. Hispanic/Latino audiences, especially new immigrant populations, have not been primary subjects in most studies. ...
Health Literacy Provider Training and Patient Satisfaction
(2017)
Ninety million Americans lack the health literacy skills required to adequately manage their
health while healthcare professionals lack the formal training to appropriately address the needs
of low health literate ...
Evidence-Based Practice Asthma Education in Primary Care
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Asthma affects more than 300 million people across the globe. The financial burden
impacts individuals and their families as well as communities and health care systems. Although
asthma education is a fundamental ...
Veterinary antibiotic sorption to agroforestry buffer, grass buffer and cropland soils
(2009)
Veterinary antibiotics are used to treat infectious animal diseases and enhance animal growth. In Missouri, the increased growth of confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and the need to dispose of manure generated by ...
Competition for applied 15N fertilizer in a longelaf pine/native woody ornamental intercropping system
(2009)
The cultivation of ornamentals to produce woody floral products -- the fresh or dried stems that are used for decorative purposes -- may be an attractive option for southeastern landowners looking to generate income from ...
Wellness Promotion in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
The older adult population is growing, and is the largest utilizer of healthcare. Most older adults live independently within the community. Community-based health promotion programs benefit the maintenance of older adult ...
Rural Hispanic Women in Missouri: A Needs Assessment
(Cambio Center, 2011)
group. Common health disorders that were reported were 24 obesity, diabetes mellitus, depression, poor nutrition, high blood pressure, chronic pain, stress, and difficulty sleeping. Several women noted that they did "not like" going to see a physician...
Influence of a faculty development workshop on clinical evaluation practices in a nurse anesthesia program
(2016-05)
Faculty development has a number of benefits in academiaacademia. Specifically, in nurse anesthesia
education, doctoral programs are required to provide faculty development for their clinical
instructors. In order to ...