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Improving information use through public health informatics systems & human resource capacity building
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
to the annual workshops, real-time tools are needed to support surveillance at district and national levels and continuous data use in public health sectors. The DHIS dataset is aggregated at the district level, lacking information on location within...
Three essays on economics of education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
modestly positive impacts. In Chapter 2, I estimate the effects of nursing articulation agreements between the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) and numerous public community colleges on the likelihood that community college students transfer to the MU...
A quantitative analysis of teacher gender, race, and educational attainment on teacher retention in rural northwest Missouri public schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The purpose of the study is to analyze disaggregate rural public teacher retention data to determine significant differences in retention by race, gender, and educational attainment. Missouri public schools in Northwest Missouri, who are considered...
A Longitudinal study of modeling-based college algebra and its effect on student achievement
(2020)
/F percentage, the withdrawal percentage, and the average final grade in a subsequent mathematics course was examined. The difference in median final grade, D/F percentage, and withdrawal percentage was statistically significant. The difference in average final...
Exporting Hollywood excellence : public relations excellence theory and the MPPDA's European public affairs program of the 1920s
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] To test the theory that the period between the mid-1920s and the 1950s was marked by the "two-way asymmetrical model" of public relations, this thesis searches for the modern...
Evaluation of performance funding systems : results from the event study design
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
As part of the national agenda of accountability, state governments established performance funding policy to hold public institutions accountable for their performance. Accountability allows state policymakers to incentivize institutions to address...
Comparison of media portrayals of poverty in low-income versus affluent metropolitan areas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Poverty has become a salient issue for many Americans. The economic recovery from the Great Recession has been uneven, with large portions of the country continuing to live in poverty. The public has a range of views on the subject, shaped...
Three essays on the impact of public policies on the health and educational outcomes of young adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
, as well as quasiexperimental and descriptive analyses to evaluate how two public polices improve outcomes for young adults. The first essay focuses on effects on young adults' health outcomes, while the second and third chapters focus on impacts...
From saving face to saving lies : prioritizing the public in public relations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
for an ethical approach to crisis communication that prioritizes protecting the public....
Rural agglomeration : how does the distribution of people across rural America affect entrepreneurship?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
important policy implications for rural businesses, infrastructure (e.g., broadband), and services (e.g., public education and healthcare)....
Public-powered journalism in local news reporting: public opinion research for local newsroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
institutions, and audience researchers in the communication industries to gain insight and recommendations in public opinion and audiences research methods that could potentially help local newsrooms and journalists to improve their understanding...
Slowing the sophomore slide: do second-year on-campus residency requirements predict student success factors?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
relationship between living on campus for two years and select metrics. Living on campus for two years was found to be a statistically significant positive predictor of retention, GPA, graduation, and student involvement. Future research could address...
Expanding the Informatics Competencies of Nurse Practitioners Through Online Learning
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
was emailed to members of a local nurse practitioners’ association in California and graduate nursing students at a public university in Missouri. The study was also shared on a professional networking website, LinkedIn. Data were collected from 15 nurse...
Parent attachment and prosocial behaviors in Asian Indian young adults : prosocial moral reasoning and respect for family as intervening mechanisms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
was positively associated with altruistic and negatively associated with public prosocial behaviors. Prosocial moral reasoning and respect for family were positively intercorrelated with each other. Parent attachment was also directly related to emotional...
Internal crisis communication : the effects of negative employee-organization relationships and negative emotions on reputation and employees' unsupportive behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This study examines the role that negative employee-organization relationships (NEORs) play in determining crisis outcomes (organization's internal reputation and employees' unsupportive behavior). Moreover, the study aims ...
Farmland values for Missouri counties
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2021)
for this survey compare their data with the census data to see that the figures maintain a uniform historical relationship. Annual land values for Missouri and surrounding states can be found in MU Extension publication G404, Farmland Values for Midwestern States...
The impact of urbanization on food production and residential land disputes (a global perspective)
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2021)
methods for data analysis purposes; these include the one-way ANOVA test analysis, the T-statistical analysis and the regression test analysis. Urbanization is identified as the main independent variable whereas food production and the residential land...
2019 annual report
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2020)
by all who wish to participate through a majority of online coursework; and, following nationally approved curriculum as outlined by the US Fire Administration, Fire and Emergency Services in Higher Education (FESHE) network. MU FRTI is committed...
The role of public information officers in local American government
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Public information officers (PIOs) see themselves as the liaison between the agency they represent and the public. They come from various backgrounds including broadcast and print journalism, for profits and the advertising world while others seek...
Platelet-rich plasma injection for rotator cuff disease
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2020)
inconsistently produced statistically significant improvements in pain and function of minimal clinical significance (less than 5%) (strength of recommendation B: systematic review of RCTs). Overall, PRP injection in the treatment of rotator cuff disease showed...