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A descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational exploration of perceived stress, quality of life, and family functioning in parents of a child with congenital heart disease: The PinCHeD Study
(2020)
Background: As survival rates for infants born with severe forms of cardiac disease improve, attention is directed to evaluating factors that affect the child’s short- and long-term outcomes, including parental stress, quality of life, and family...
Does learning with high-fidelity human patient dimulation during nursing school impact career retention in the nursing profession during the first years of licensure?
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-06)
High Fidelity Human Patient Simulation (HFHPS) is becoming an increasingly common component of undergraduate nursing education. Research has not captured the long term impact of this learning modality on retention in the ...
Religiosity and Engagement in HIV Care Among African American People Living with HIV
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
OBJECTIVE: This study explored the acceptability and feasibility of adopting and
implementing religious determinants, including prayer and referral to religious leaders, into
engagement in HIV care [EIHC] for African ...
Primary care provider prep prescribing practices : southern United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The Southern United States (U.S.) accounts for more than half of new HIV cases annually and African Americans make up the majority of new HIV diagnoses in this region. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective biomedical HIV prevention...
Latinos in Missouri : Gateway to a New Community : Proceedings of the 2004 annual conference Including selected papers from 2003
(Cambio Center, 2007)
The University of Missouri is proud to bring you the proceedings from the 2003 and 2004 Cambio de Colores conferences. These proceedings showcase the excellent presentations from both events and share information as we continue to explore...
Building a media agenda on health disparities : how issue perceptions and news values work to influence effectiveness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Building on prior literature conceptualizing the role of public relations in influencing the media agenda, this study proposes a model of agenda building that explores the determinants of the agenda building process and ...
CHamorus' Narratives and Perceptions of Historical Trauma and Contemporary Health in Guam
(2021)
Historical trauma refers to the generationally transferred human consequences of cultural oppression in a population associated with colonization, slavery, and genocide. Historical trauma theory suggests that such trauma ...
Missouri's hidden Civil War : financial conspiracy and the decline of the planter elite, 1861-1865
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
intensified the state's notorious guerrilla insurgency, the worst such conflict ever fought on American soil. The financial history of the Civil War in the West has been hitherto largely unresearched, and this dissertation explains certain social and economic...
An Ecological Model of Mexican Immigration and Mental Health
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
The literature on the relationship between cultural factors and mental health outcomes
for immigrant groups has been extensive (e.g., Berry, 1976; 1997; 2004; Sam & Berry,
2006). The complex nature of interacting factors ...
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 ...
Making the connection: J.B. Murray and the scripts and forms of Africa
(2013)
Many African and African America artists have chosen to represent Nsibidi and other
African and Afro-Caribbean syllabaries in their works of art. However, some artists also
produces art and script given to them "by God" ...
Praising Girls: The Epideictic Rhetoric of Young Women, 1895-1930
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-17)
the expansion of secondary education to new conceptions of adolescence. In response, adults reacted by alternately idealizing and demonizing girls, whom they often viewed as emblems that signified the best and worst of American culture. Despite these adult...
The STRATA Study: Structural Antecedents of Tdap Administration in Obstetrical Practices in the Midwestern United States
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Every year in the United States, young infants die from pertussis. The incidence of
pertussis among infants exceeds that of all other age groups. Protection is only available if
the mother receives the tetanus, diphtheria, ...
The Outcomes of an Innovative Hybrid Pre-dental Admission Enhancement Program among Underrepresented Minority and Disadvantaged Students
(2014)
This study examined the outcomes of a hybrid pre-dental admission enhancement
program (AEP) with regard to the Dental Admissions Test (DAT) scores, admission rates, and
satisfaction among underrepresented and/or disadvantaged ...
Outcomes of Holistic Review in a Medical School Offering a Six-Year Combined Baccalaureate and Medical Degree Program and Traditional Four-Year Medical Degree Program
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
The purpose of this ex-post facto quantitative study was to examine the outcomes of
holistic review in the BA/MD program and the MD program at the University of Missouri
Kansas City School of Medicine. Outcomes were ...
Mizzou, volume 103, number 1 (2014 Fall)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2014)
Health costs of sickle cell disease patients from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 1996-1997, 2002-2003, 2007-2008
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)
Chronic conditions affect a person physically, mentally, emotion, socially, and financially. With the increase in technology and advancements in medicine, those with chronic conditions are living longer and spending more ...
Providing culturally appropriate environments in nursing homes for frail ethnic minority elders in the U.S. : three case studies of Korean-American nursing homes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Korean American elders are one of the fastest growing Asian ethnic subgroups in the United States, adding to the growing cultural and linguistic diversity of the older population. Yet no published study was found on Korean American nursing home...
A quantitative and qualitative inquiry into classroom incivility in higher education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this mixed method design study was to add to the body of knowledge about classroom incivility in higher education by examining perceptions of both undergraduate university students and faculty by comparing ...
Facilitators and Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening Among African American Women
(2021)
African American (AA) women are at greater risk for cervical cancer incidence and mortality compared to white women, primarily due to lack of screening and follow up. Up to 90% of cervical cancers are caused by persistent Human Papillomavirus (HPV...