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College Of Public Health News, Georgia Southern University

Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health News (2011-2023)

• Georgia Southern: Reports on Ethics of Parental Refusal to Vaccinate
• Georgia Southern: Reports on Ethical Approaches to Mandating Influenza Vaccinations for Local Health Department Workforce in Georgia

Parenting Practices And Disordered Eating Behaviors In Adolescents, Rebekah Johnson

Student Works

Background/Purpose: Eating disorders are a common chronic condition among adolescents. Some parenting styles have been associated with adolescent disordered eating behaviors (DEB), which can lead to eating disorders and a variety of other psychological and physical complaints. Healthcare practitioners and parents need to identify these DEB early and intervene in hopes of preventing the sequela of other health problems. The purpose of this article is to review current research on the association between parenting styles or practices and DEB as well as associated psychological symptoms in adolescents.

Methods: CINAHL, Academic Search Premier, MEDLINE, and PsycINFO databases were searched for English-language …

Parental Experience With Whole Exome Sequencing Reanalysis And Its Impact On The Diagnostic Odyssey, Nicole D. Lucas

Theses and Dissertations

Advances in genomic technology and an increase in the number of gene-disease associations have helped reduce the number of individuals living without a diagnosis. Whole exome sequencing (WES) analyzes the entire human exome in an attempt to determine if there is a molecular etiology for individuals who remain undiagnosed after other clinical or molecular investigations. Still, WES leaves most individuals undiagnosed, resulting in feelings of disappointment and uncertainty. Individuals who remain undiagnosed after WES can subsequently undergo WES reanalysis later due to improvements in bioinformatics, software updates, and an increase in known genedisease associations. This is the first study, to …

Health Policy & Management News, Georgia Southern University

Health Policy & Management Department News (2011-2018)

• Dr. Tarasenko named Exceptional Reviewer
• Temporal Trends in Preparedness Capacity
• Parental Perceptions

Epidemiology News, Georgia Southern University

Epidemiology News (2012-2018)

• Dr. Tarasenko named Exceptional Reviewer
• Parental Perceptions

Factors Associated With Parental Decision Making And Childhood Vaccination, Zuwen Qiu-Shultz

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

In order to better understand factors affecting immunization status, logistic regression was used to assess the association of various socio-demographic factors and whether parents would have their child immunized if not a state mandate. Factors included in the study were race, household income, number of children in the household, number of adults in the household, if the child had a primary provider, if the child had a health check-up in the last twelve months, and medical insurance status of the child. The combined Nevada Kindergarten Health Survey Result of 2009-2010 (Year Two) and 2010-2011 (Year Three) conducted by the Nevada …