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Efficacy Of A Daily Mindful Breathing Intervention To Increase Academic Engagement, Marlena L. Minkos

Doctoral Dissertations

Low academic engagement is a common student-related problem faced by teachers. Internally-managed systems of change, such as self-management strategies, used in conjunction with existing behavioral frameworks may provide an efficient and effective way of addressing student engagement. Mindfulness has received increasing attention in the research literature over the past decade and has been shown to improve a variety of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological outcomes, especially with clinical populations. However, school-based mindfulness curricula are typically expensive, time-consuming, and require specialized training, resulting in barriers to implementation. There is a need for mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) that are replicable and easily integrated into …

The Essential Elements Of Adolescent-Friendly Care In School-Based Health Centers: A Mixed Methods Study Of The Perspectives Of Nurse Practitioners And Adolescents, Alison Moriarty Daley

Doctoral Dissertations

The Essential Elements of Adolescent-Friendly Care in School-Based Health Centers: A Mixed Methods Study of the Perspectives of Nurse Practitioners and Adolescents

Alison Moriarty Daley Ph.D.

University of Connecticut, 2016

The majority of the morbidity and mortality among adolescents results from preventable causes including risk-taking behaviors and injuries. Preventive care for this population therefore includes anticipatory guidance and screening aimed at reducing these risks. However, the rates of engagement in preventive care decline steadily throughout adolescence. School-based health centers (SBHCs) have been identified as an adolescent-friendly community resource for preventive care. The purpose of this study was to identify the …