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Primary Care Heart Failure Education Program to Improve Quality of Life
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Heart failure is a public health concern within today’s healthcare system at both the national and
local level. As the prevalence of heart failure continues to rise, interventions on improving
patient outcomes, reducing ...
A Violence Prevention and Preparedness Educational Intervention in Primary Care Clinics
(2017)
Violent acts of patients and/or visitors in the healthcare setting are an increasing problem that
threatens the physical safety and psychological well-being of primary care office staff members
and providers, as well ...
Graph Format Effects in Processing Health Outcome Information
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Decision support tools that incorporate predictive risk estimates can be used to assist
patients and their families in making better-informed choices about treatment options. The
format utilized to present predictive ...
The relationship between staff nurses' perceptions of nurse manager caring behaviors and patient experience: A correlational study
(2020)
Background. The Institute of Medicine claimed that effective nursing leadership is essential to fulfilling the vision of nurses as full partners with other healthcare professionals. Nursing leadership education is often ...
We have a duty to eradicate HIV in the community, in the world' : successful PrEP use among black men who have sex with men
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
descriptions about barriers to PrEP access. Men in this study felt strongly that HIV prevention is everyone's responsibility. Findings have important implications for research and clinical practice. Strategies that can decrease healthcare system barriers...
"Whatever you do, fund the band": The History and Continuing Implementation of the 1921 Iowa Band Law
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
For years, community bands had two methods of receiving the requisite funds needed
for operation during the concert season: donations from local businesses or the “pass-the-hat”
method. The money was used to finance ...
Todos Juntos : collaboration and unity in uncertain times : proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference, June 14-16, 2017, St. Louis, Missouri
(Cambio Center, 2018)
by knowledge and practice, seeking to facilitate integration and wellbeing in changing times. The 2017 conference proved to be a good place to explore collaboration and unity, in contrast to the nation context. Plenary sessions explored public health measures...
Mentoring Latinx Students through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies at a Predominately White Institution
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Latinx students are enrolling in four-year higher education institutions (HEIs) at a
rapidly increasing rate. However, an alarmingly low number complete their degrees.
Institutional barriers such as racism, language ...
Muse, number 51 (2017)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2017)
The moderating role of online racism in the relationship between lived racism, racial trauma symptoms, and well-being
(2021)
-being (Pieterse et al., 2012). Although online racism occurs frequently and explicitly on digital and social media platforms (Keum & Miller, 2017), there is little to no research available on its psychological impact on Black adults. The current study employed...
Justifying brutality : news readers' perceptions of police violence and race
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Over the past few decades, police brutality has attracted the attention of the American public and news media. With increased attention, one topic of ...
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 ...
An Ethnographic Case Study Examining the Experiences of African American Students with Nonresident Fathers
(2022)
The purpose of this ethnographic case study was to identify influences that replace the presence of Black fathers with children living in non-paternal homes. For my research investigation, influence was defined as people ...
The etiologic, theory-based, ontogenetic hierarchical framework of alcohol use disorder: a translational systematic review of reviews
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Modern nosologies (e.g., ICD-11, DSM-5) for alcohol use disorder (AUD) and dependence prioritize reliability and clinical presentation over etiology, resulting in a diagnosis that is not always strongly grounded in basic theory and research. Within...
This is not a moment. This is a movement : how national newspapers reported 2015 protests against racism at the University of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
In 2015, protests against racism at the University of Missouri upended the university. Journalists from news outlets throughout the U.S. descended on the Columbia campus to document the historic protest movement, which ...
An analysis of undergraduate heavy-video-gaming students : developing technology-enhanced learning-support areas based on gaming and study practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
hours a week on games. When extracurricular activities take 14 or more hours of commitment, students' academic performance is at risk of falling. However, not much is known about the heavy-video-gaming students, their gaming and study practices...
Identifying risk patterns for suicide attempts in individuals with diabetes : a data-driven approach using LASSO regression
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
-World Data [trade mark]. LASSO regression was used for feature selection, and ARM was used for investigating the risk patterns. We discovered risk patterns that are understandable and practical for healthcare providers. The findings of this research can...
Representative Bureaucracy and Racial Profiling in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
There have been inquiries regarding the extent, nature, and causes of racial
profiling. Numerous studies have been and continue to explore whether and how the
experience of people of color differ from those of majorities ...
Intentions to Eat a Healthy Diet: Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior in an African American Faith-Based Population
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
female (68%), with an average age of 54 years (SD = 13.1). Findings indicated behavioral and normative beliefs predicted intentions to eat a healthy diet, even when controlling for covariates (i.e., age, sex, BMI, religiosity, baseline fat or F/V intake...
A quantitative analysis of high school sports participation intensity and breadth : relationships with academic achievement in a rural Missouri high school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
participation trends which demonstrated overall participation increases from 1989 to 2017 (Bell et al.,2016; Howard, 2017; Jayanthi, Pinkham, Dugas, Patrick, & LaBella, 2013; Moore, Murphey, Bandy, & Cooper, 2014). Since increased connectivity to school...