Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"health history"”.
-
Ethnic Minorities and Family Health History: An Autoethnography of Guyanese Americans and Kidney Disease
<p>Exploring family health histories (FHHs) has emerged in recent years as an inexpensive genomic tool in public health. Families and clinicians can also use them to uncover family histories and experiences, which could inform better lifestyle choices to prevent or delay the onset of diseases. …
-
PRESERVING, INTERPRETING, AND DISPLAYING MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY: ESTABLISHING THE PATTON STATE HOSPITAL MUSEUM AND ARCHIVE
… an opportunity to educate the public about the history of mental health care. Recently, a mental health museum and archive of artifacts, photographs, and documents was established on the grounds of Patton State Hospital in Highland, California. The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the …
-
A Study of the Characteristics of Chemically Dependent Nurses Disciplined by a State Board of Nursing in the Upper Midwest
… background, nursing employment, and drug history.<br /> The study population consisted of 35 chemically dependent nurses disciplined by the Board of Nursing. Data was collected by retrospective analysis of disciplinary records. The variables reviewed included: sex, age, marital status, …
-
Implementation of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Screening in a Midwestern Elementary School
… negatively affect children’s physical and mental health, social development, and educational achievements. Early identification and interventions for children who have experienced negative impacts from ACEs could offer substantial benefits, but despite recommendations for ACEs screening in primary …
-
Breast self-examination practice in older women
… population of older women. This study tested the health protecting behavior of breast self-examination using the scales of the Champion (1985) instrument and the researcher-developed Williams Breast Inventory. These instruments were based on the Health Belief Model. Selected variables of the …
-
Geography of Service Delivery: On the Role of Mental Health Service Structure in Community Senior Services for Puerto Rican Older Adults
… of this study was to examine the role of mental health services structure in community senior centers and how it interacts with Puerto Rican older adults' historical, social, and cultural experiences to relate to their perceptions, awareness, and utilization of mental health services. The study …
-
An Empirical Study of Factors Associated with Physical Fitness of Sixth Grade Students
… Test; (4) absenteeism of the students; and (5) health history of students.
-
Genograms as threat appeals: Using the Extended Parallel Process Model with familial cardiovascular disease
… threat appeals in motivating intent to perform health promotion and disease prevention behaviors in participants with a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) recruited by convenience and snowball sampling. The Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM) contends that efficacy must exceed threat for …
-
Health spectacle in American popular literature, 1790-1870
This project takes up health spectacle, which I identify as a prevailing concept for late eighteenth and nineteenth century American health history, first beginning in the 1790s and concluding in the 1860s and 70s. Through a study of popular literature of the period and other circulating medical …
-
Infant feeding practices of migrant farmlaborers in Northern Colorado
… of foods and liquids, 3) nutrition and health practices and inadequacies, 4) home living environment, 5) health history, and 6) demographics. Data on the sources of food and nutrition information was collected regarding the 1) utilization of community food and nutrition programs and 2) …
-
The Effect of Hypertension on Periapical Disease: a Retrospective Study Utilizing Machine Learning to Assess a Dental School Population
… Institutional Review Board. The complete Health history data of patients who required primary endodontic therapy was collected, and periapical disease was defined as having symptomatic apical periodontitis, asymptomatic apical periodontitis, chronic apical abscess, or acute apical abscess. …
-
A Comparison of Markers of Iron Status between Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Female High School Cross Country Runners. Is Routine, Pre-Season Screening Warranted?
… used to obtain anthropometric data, health history, menstrual status, diet history and training history. Dietary intake was determined by self-report, using a food frequency questionnaire and a 3-day diet record. Blood samples were analyzed for serum iron, total iron binding capacity, …
-
Examining the Role Dietary Habits Play with Food Access, Stress, and Chronic Conditions Among African-Americans
… This thesis, a secondary data analysis, used Health Advocates In-Reach and Research(HAIR) data, a study evaluating family health history intervention to promote cancer screening. Participants(n=164) were recruited from barbershops/salons in low-income neighborhoods in the Washington D.C. …
-
Constructing validated clinical tools to enable the development of a new evidence base for personalised nutrition practice in obesity management
… be constructed and validated to help individual health history data collection, clinical decision making and clinical outcome analysis to enable the development of a case-by-case evidence base for personalised nutrition practice in the management of obesity? Theoretical frameworks that influenced …
-
Dental Health and Socioeconomic Status: Their Relationship with Preterm Labor in Rural Western South Dakota A Pilot Study
… can lead to premature birth. Infection, dental health, and socioeconomic status have all been substantiated through recent research in metropolitan areas; however, relationship between dental health, socioeconomic status, and preterm labor in rural areas warranted further investigation.<br> A …
-
History of Concussion and Current Functional Movement Screen Scores in a Collegiate Recreational Population
… study was to assess if FMS scores correlate to history of a concussion in healthy college club sport participants. <strong>Methods</strong>: Health history and FMS score were collected on 55 participants (38 male, 17 female). Correlation between history of concussion and FMS score was assessed …
-
Preference pro markery zdravotního stavu u člověka
… systematic preferences for markers of mate health. These markers may provide clues to an individual's immunocompetence, current health status, and health history. Correct recognition of good health helps to select a quality partner who can offer advantages such as good genetic qualities that …
-
The quiet crisis: An interpretive phenomenological study on parental experiences of youth inpatient treatment
… received inpatient hospitalization for a mental health, behavioral, or substance use crisis. A total of nine parents participated in semi-structured interviews, sharing their experiences regarding inpatient treatment, the impact of a parent’s own unique mental health history, and the lived …
-
Psychological Measures to Predict Serious Prison Violence
… The psychological variables studied included history of mental illness and results from psychological assessments (Beta-III, MMPI-2-RF, TCU Drug Screen II). Using a logistic regression analysis, history of mental illness and the MMPI-2-RF scale of Psychoticism accurately predicted violent …
-
THE MODERATING EFFECTS OF POSITIVE RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL COPING ON TEACHERS’ PAIN AND STRESS
… with beneficial associations with stress and health (Reutter & Bigatti, 2014). The internet-based survey of U.S. public school teachers (N = 377) was distributed primarily through social media. Included were items related to demographic information, religious/spiritual and other coping …
Page 1 of 3