School of Health Professions (MU)
The MU School of Health Professions (SHP) is the University of Missouri system’s only school of health professions and the state’s only public allied health program located on a health sciences campus. With programs in rehabilitation, diagnostic and imaging sciences, graduates of the School of Health Professions fill critical roles in health care. The school is comprised of five departments and ten disciplines, each with their own specialized accreditation processes. The school also hosts a satellite program of the University of Missouri-Kansas City College of Pharmacy.
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COVID-19 perspectives, prevention behavior, and vaccine intention among health workers in Sierra Leone : a low-resource context
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly impacted health workers, who were already affected by the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. However, there is limited research on health workers' COVID-19 ... -
Adult autism & employment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)"This guide is an outgrowth of another book, the Handbook of Disabilities (available online at www.dps.missouri.edu). It grew out of a growing awareness of the limitations of the previous handbook entry on Autism and Autism ... -
More than nouns, verbs, or adjectives: influence of word characteristics on vocabulary knowledge
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Purpose- Although children generally learn nouns before verbs, form class does not fully explain differences in vocabulary knowledge. The ... -
Clinical kinematics research data set
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The kinematics assessments were conducted to evaluate the movement quality of the players of the Mystic Isle game. The game recorded the skeletal joint data. Efficiency and smoothness assessments were performed on the joint ... -
Healing centered yoga : an adjunct clinical intervention pilot study : trauma and chemical dependency
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Introduction: Healing Centered Yoga (HCY) is a multidisciplinary practice and program offered as an adjunct clinical intervention for individuals experiencing complex, acute, and/or treatment-resistant trauma and related ... -
Trauma team toolkit & crisis protocols (TTTCP) for clinic implementation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)This TTTCP is complete with trauma screenings and responses, referrals to in-clinic and out-of-clinic resources, acute crisis interventions, and expanded resources for patients, including resiliency skills and social ... -
Home exercise program data 2014-
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Effects of menthol on swallowing function in a mouse model of presbyphagia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The goal of this study was to characterize the progression of presbyphagia in our recently established mouse model and investigate the treatment effect ... -
Word learning from context : relations with language ability, socioeconomic status, and executive function
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)During the school-age years, children learn most new word meanings from context rather than through deliberate vocabulary instruction. However, the actual process of word learning from context among schoolage children ... -
The effect of laryngeal nerve transection on swallowing function in a mouse model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Dysphagia is a common postoperative complication of cervical and thoracic surgical procedures, presumably caused by iatrogenic laryngeal nerve injury. It is unknown which laryngeal nerve contributes most to dysphagia and ... -
A multiple subsystem approach to predicting speech intelligibility declines in older adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Introduction: Given the significant impact of progressive dysarthrias on individuals’ communication abilities and the increasing prevalence of progressive dysarthrias in the United States, it is becoming imperative to ... -
Data for Validation of Kinect V2 in a full-body virtual reality rehabilitation game
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The long-term effects of a short-term study abroad experience on baccalaureate-prepared nursing students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Cultural competency is a crucial component of baccalaureate nursing education to support patient-centered practice (Calvillo, Clark, Ballantyne, Pacquiao, Purnell, and Villarruel 2009). Studying abroad is associated with ... -
Characterization of dysphagia onset in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)The primary goal of this study was to characterize dysphagia onset and progression in the low copy number SOD1-G93A (LCN-SOD1) mouse model of ALS. A secondary goal was to determine the effect of serial radiation exposure ... -
Standardizing a freely-behaving canine videofluoroscopic swallow study protocol to investigate dysphagia in primary aging and neurological diseases
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The goal of this study was to establish a freely-behaving videofluoroscopic swallow study protocol (VFSS) for dogs that permits identification of ... -
Impact of maternal education and health awareness on child health in Kandahar province, Afghanistan
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Improving child health and decreasing child mortality still remains a challenge to the government of Afghanistan. According to UNICEF, Afghanistan ranked 16th among the countries with high child mortality (2015). Kandahar ... -
Maternal behaviors following infant vocalization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Studies of maternal responsiveness suggest responsive maternal utterances may encourage infant behaviors important to mastering speech and language. However, little is known about instances in which mothers are non-responsive. ... -
Noninvasive clinical tools to aid in early detection and monitoring of dysphagia in ALS : translating findings from mice to humans
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Previous work in our lab identified lingual dysfunction (i.e., slow lick rate) as the earliest clinical sign of dysphagia in SOD1-G93A transgenic mice, ... -
Videofluoroscopic characterization of dysphagia in the low copy number SOD1-G93A transgenic mouse model of ALS
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The goal of this study was to determine if the SOD1-G93A low copy number mouse model of ALS is a suitable model for studying dysphagia (i.e., swallowing ... -
Prevalence of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in pre-harvest sheep in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The epidemiology of foodborne pathogens in poultry, swine, and beef production systems in the United States has been studied extensively. However, there is a paucity of information on the epidemiological characteristics ...